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Repair guide : Dock Connector iPhone 6S Plus

Level : Hard Time : 70 min Author : Alexandre

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You wanna fix the dock connector issue on youriPhone 6S Plus ? If you can't charge your iPhone or if it isn't recognized on iTunes, you have to replace the dock connector.

Our SOSav experts will help you throughout thisrepair tutorial, alongside with comments and pictures !

Symptoms :

Charging issue
iPhone 6S Plus isn't recognized
Defective headphone jack
Defective microphone

Some advice before you start

Repair - Repair guide: Dock Connector iPhone 6S Plus

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Step 1

Before disassembling the dock connector of your iPhone 6S Plus, you have to securely turn it off.

Maintain the power button on the top for a few seconds.

Then slide to the right to "power off" button in red.

Your iPhone 6S Plus is now turned off.

Step 2

The iPhone 6S Plus SIM card tray is on the right side of the phone, near the power button (on/off/sleep)

Step 3

With a pentalobe screw driver, remove the two screws circled in red on the picture.

Those screws are on both side of the lightning connector of the phone.

Those two screws maintain the bottom part of the screen on the iPhone's frame.

Step 4

Then put the iSclackon the iPhone 6S Plus.

The suction cups have to be near the home button (at the bottom) as shown on pictures 1 and 2.

Make sure the suction cups are perfectly attached to the iPhone and then close the handle of the iSclack to separate the suction cups, pulling the front panel up from the rear case.

A black seal on both sides of the phone and another white one at the top and bottom hold the display assembly to the rear panel.

Step 5

Then lift the display assembly to a 90° angle.

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the five screws circled in red.

Those screws hold the display assembly connector bracket. You'll be able to remove it using tweezers in the next step.

Step 6

Use tweezers to remove the display assembly connector bracket.

Step 7

With a nylon spudger, gently pry to disconnect the following cables:

Front camera
Earpiece speaker
Proximity and light sensor
Touch screen/LCD screen

Step 8

Still using the spudger, pry again and disconnect the last cable holding the display assembly to the rear case, running the home button.

Step 9

You can lift the complete screen and remove it.

Step 10

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.

Those two screws hold the dock connector and GSM antenna cable.

Step 11

With a pair of tweezers, remove the battery connector bracket and the dock connector bracket.

Step 12

With a nylon spudger, disconnect the battery cable.

Step 13

Still with a nylon spudger, peel the three battery adhesive strips along the bottom edge of the battery.

Step 14

Pull on the first strip and then gently pull all of the three strips with your fingers (see pictures).

Step 15

You can now remove the battery with a nylon spudger.

Step 16

With the spudger's tip, remove the black sticker covering a screw.

Step 17

Then remove the four screws circled in red on the picture

Those screws hold the volume button bracket and the WiFI

Step 18

With tweezers, remove the volume/vibrator cable.

Step 19

With a nylon spudger, remove the volume/vibrator connector cable.

Step 20

With a nylon spudger, disconnect the WiFi antenna from the logic board.

Careful, the connector is very fragile.

Step 21

With a pair of tweezers, grab the WiFi antenna and remove it.

Step 22

Then remove the antenna by lifting it slowly.

You should be able to do this very easily.

Step 23

Use a cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws circled in red.

Those screws maintain the back camera bracket.

Step 24

Use tweezers and grab the camera bracket to remove it.

Step 25

With a nylon spudger, disconnect the camera cable.

Step 26

Still with a nylon spudger, gently take off the camera from its socket.

Step 27

Use a pair of tweezers and remove the camera.

Step 28

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.

Those screws hold a grounding bracket.

Step 29

Once the screws are removed, remove the bracket with a pair of tweezers.

Step 30

Use the nylon spudger and disconnect the interconnect cable.

Step 31

Then with tweezers, gently pull the interconnect cable to remove it from its socket.

Step 32

With the flat part of the spudger, disconnect the dock connector/microphone/headphone jack cable and remove it.

Step 33

Still with a nylon spudger, remove the second interconnect cable.

Step 34

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.

Those screws hold the NFC bracket and well as the logic board to the rear panel.

Step 35

With tweezers, grab the NFC bracket and remove it.

Step 36

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the screw circled in red.

This screw holds the logic board to the rear panel.

Step 37

Use a nylon spudger, pry the power button/flash and microphone connector.

Step 38

Insert a nylon spudger under the logic board, then lift it.

You should be able to do this easily.

Step 39

Use the cruciform screwdriver and remove the eight screws circled in red.

The screws hold the dock connector to the rear panel.

Step 40

With a pair of tweezers, grab and remove the lightning connector bracket.

Step 41

Use the spudger again and unclip the second interconnect cable connector.

Step 42

Use a pair of tweezers to remove the interconnect cable.

The bracket may come off the cable.

Step 43

Use the screwdriver again and remove the screw circled in red.

This screw maintains the speaker to the rear panel.

Step 44

Use tweezers and gently pull the interconnect cable until the speaker is removed.

Step 45

With a cruciform screwdriver, remove the two screws circled in red.

Those screws hold the vibrator to the rear panel.

Step 46

With a nylon spudger, pry to disconnect the vibrator cable.

Step 47

Then with a pair of tweezers, remove the vibrator.

Step 48

Remove the last two screws on the dock connector.

Those screws hold the dock connector or lightning connector to the rear panel.

Step 49

With the flat side of the nylon spudger, gently remove the microphone 1.

Step 50

Do the same as step 49 and remove the microphone 2.

Step 51

With the flat side of the spudger, gently remove the dock connector cable.

Then with the spudger, lift the headphone jack.

Step 52

Grab the dock connector cable and remove it.

Step 53

The dock connector of your iPhone 6S Plus is now disassembled.

If your iPhone does not charge anymore, you can replace it by a new dock connector.

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