iPhone 12 mini Camera

Before You Begin

Warning

Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.

Remove the following part before you begin:

Tools

  • 5.4-inch repair tray

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • JCIS bit

  • Nitrile or lint-free gloves

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Torque driver (gray, 0.55 kgf cm)

Caution

  • To avoid damaging the lenses, don’t touch the TrueDepth camera assembly or nearby parts.

  • Avoid the grounding springs on the camera cowling and enclosure.

Caution

This procedure requires System Configuration. After you’ve completed all removal and reassembly steps, follow the instructions to initiate System Configuration.

Removal

  1. Place the enclosure in the repair tray with the Lightning connector facing the cutout.

  2. Use a torque driver and the JCIS bit to remove the two crosshead screws from the camera cowling. Set aside the screws.

  3. Use ESD-safe tweezers to tilt up the left side of the camera cowling as shown. Then slide the camera cowling out of the enclosure. Save the cowling for reassembly.

  4. Lift the end of the top camera flex cable off the connector.

    • Note: One camera flex cable covers the other.

  5. Lift the end of the bottom camera flex cable off the connector.

  6. Remove the cameras from the enclosure.

Reassembly

  1. Put on the gloves to prevent contamination of the camera lenses. Then hold the replacement cameras with the lenses facedown and remove the protective cover from the camera lenses.

  2. Position the cameras in the enclosure.

  3. Press the end of the bottom camera flex cable to the connector.

  4. Press the end of the top camera flex cable to the connector.

  5. Lightly press the cameras into the enclosure.

  6. The camera cowling has tabs that fit into slots under the lip on the right side of the enclosure. Inspect the tabs and grounding spring on the cowling for damage before reassembly.

  7. Hold the cowling with ESD-safe tweezers and slide the cowling tabs into the slots. Then lower the cowling onto the cameras.

    • Caution

      • Avoid touching the grounding spring as you reinstall the camera cowling.

      • Ensure that the screw cutouts in the camera cowling align with the screw holes in the enclosure. A misaligned camera cowling may affect display image quality.

  8. Use the gray torque driver and JCIS bit to install two new crosshead screws (923-04991) into the camera cowling.

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

Caution

  • After you’ve completed all removal and reassembly steps, initiate System Configuration by putting the device into diagnostics mode. Tap Start Session and follow the onscreen prompts.

  • You’ll have one attempt to complete System Configuration. If the attempt is interrupted, canceled, or encounters an error, the device will display a message instructing you to contact the Self Service Repair Store team for assistance.

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