iPhone 17 Pro Max Bottom Speaker

Before You Begin

Warning

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

Tools

  • Adjustable torque driver (10–34 Ncm)

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • Crosshead 44 mm half-moon bit

  • Crosshead 50 mm bit

  • Nitrile or lint-free gloves

  • Nylon probe (black stick)

  • Torque driver (blue, 0.65 kgf cm)

  • Torque driver (orange, 0.85 kgf cm) (for models with a physical SIM)

  • Torx Plus 4IP 25 mm bit (for models with a physical SIM)

Refer to a full list of tools required for all repairs.

Removal

Note: If you’ve already completed the removal steps, skip to reassembly.

Important

Complete display removal steps 1 through 5. Then continue to step 1.

  1. Use a torque driver and crosshead bit to remove eight crosshead screws. Then complete the entire step before continuing to the next step.

    • Note: The screw closest to the USB-C connector is located on the sidewall of the enclosure.

    • Remove the battery connector cowling and display connector cowling and save them for reassembly.

    • Lift the end of the battery flex cable off the connector.

    • Lift the ends of the display flex cable and ambient light sensor flex cable off the connectors.

    • Hold the display by the edges. Pull the tabs on the suction cups to release them from the display. Then set the display facedown on a clean, flat surface.

  2. For models with eSIM, skip to removal step 4. For models with a physical SIM, remove the SIM tray. Then continue with the remaining removal steps.

    • Use the adjustable torque driver and 4IP bit to remove 14 4IP screws in the order shown.

    • Lift the battery from the enclosure.

  3. Use a torque driver and crosshead bit to remove two crosshead screws from the SIM assembly. Then complete the entire step before continuing to the next step.

    • Tilt up the SIM assembly to access the flex cable underneath.

    • Lift the end of the SIM assembly flex cable off the connector. Remove the SIM assembly and save it for reassembly.

  4. Use the black stick to separate the Taptic Engine battery shim from the bottom speaker.

    • Gently lift the bottom speaker out of the enclosure.

    • Caution: Don’t damage the grounding springs on the bottom speaker.

Reassembly

Screw Diagrams

Models with eSIM

Models with a physical SIM

  1. Ensure that the speaker port (1) and speaker well (2) are undamaged and free of debris.

    • Caution: Debris in the speaker port and speaker well may affect sound quality.

  2. Align the speaker with the speaker port as you lower it into position.

  3. For models with eSIM, skip to reassembly step 4. For models with a physical SIM, complete the entire step before continuing to the next step.

    • Lower the SIM assembly into the enclosure. Press the end of the SIM assembly flex cable to the connector.

    • Tilt down the SIM assembly into the enclosure. Ensure that the SIM assembly screw mounts rest on top of the bottom speaker screw holes.

    • Use the orange torque driver and crosshead bit to install two new crosshead screws into the SIM assembly.

      • One screw (923-13710) (1)

      • One screw (923-13955) (2)

  4. Set the torque value on the 10–34 Ncm adjustable torque driver to 14 Ncm. Use the adjustable torque driver and crosshead bit to install four new crosshead screws into the bottom speaker.

    • Two screws (923-13953) (1, 2)

    • Two screws (923-13954) (3, 4)

  5. Use the blue torque driver and crosshead bit to install two new crosshead screws (923-13946) into the bottom speaker.

  6. Press the shim to readhere it to the bottom speaker.

Reinstall the following parts to complete reassembly:

Models with a physical SIM:

Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly:

Models with eSIM:

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