How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port

How to replace iPhone 7 Plus charging port? This is what we are going to learn to do in this post from Technology Gadgets Magazine. If this is something that interests you, stay tuned to the end of this article.

How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port – Phase 1

• Turn off the device
• Open the two 3.4 mm screws on the bottom edge of the phone using a five-sided screwdriver and P2.
• For the sealing rubber on the lower edge of the iPhone 7 Plus to partially lose its waterproof properties and be easier to open, use a hair dryer or iOpener to gently heat the lower edge of the phone for 1 minute.
• Attach the suction cup to the screen of the iPhone. The location of the suction cup should be closer to the bottom edge of the phone.
• Pull the suction cup upwards by concentrating the force on the bottom edge of the phone. Increase the force until a small gap is created on the bottom edge of the iPhone and between the two front and bottom panels. As soon as this gap is created, insert the tip of the spatula into it.
• After you insert the tip of the spatula into the slot on the bottom edge of the iPhone 7 Plus, play with it horizontally and back and forth a bit. Finally, place the tip of the spatula in the middle of the lower edge of the iPhone and turn it 90 degrees so that the iPhone frame is completely raised on the lower edge.
• Place the tip of the spatula and push from the bottom edge to the left edge of the iPhone 7 Plus. Try to remove the sealing rubber on the left edge of the phone by moving the spatula horizontally. To make this easier, you can slowly pull the suction cup upward by concentrating the force on the left edge of the phone.
• After the left edge of the iPhone is completely loosened, move the tip of the spatula towards the bottom edge and from there to the right edge of the phone. Now, in the same way, break the sealing rubber on the right edge of the iPhone 7 Plus. At the end of this step, the three edges of the phone should be completely loosened.
• Place the iPhone 7 Plus on the work table. Gently pull the suction cup upwards, concentrating the force on the bottom edge of the phone. In this situation, the three edges on the right left, and bottom of the iPhone should not show resistance against the opening. If certain parts of these three edges resist opening, remove that part with the tip of a spatula or a rubber pick.
• Open the suction cup from the screen of the repaired iPhone.
• By inserting a pick into the gap on the upper edge of the repaired iPhone, remove the sealing rubber of this section and prepare the phone to be opened.

How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port – Phase 2

• Place the iPhone 7 Plus on the work table and open the panel from the left to the right edge (like a book).
• Open the three 1.2 mm screws from the back panel of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Open the 2.6 mm screw on the back panel of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Remove the bracket on the battery and display connectors.
• Place the tip of the spatula under the battery connector and remove it from the board while applying upward force.
• Separate the two connectors located next to the iPhone 7 Plus battery connector from the board using a spatula.
• Unscrew the two 1mm screws. Do this using a Y000 three-sided screwdriver.
• Open the single 1.3 mm screw from the back panel of the iPhone 7 Plus. Do this using a Y000 three-sided screwdriver.
• Remove the connector of the front sensors of the iPhone 7 Plus from the board using a spatula.
• Now you can completely separate the top and bottom panels of the iPhone 7 Plus.

How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port – Phase 3

• Unscrew the two 1.3mm screws holding the Wi-Fi antenna protector
• Unscrew the 1.2 mm screw as well
• Open the 1.3 mm screw that connects the iPhone 7 Plus Wi-Fi antenna to the upper edge of the phone.
• Using tweezers, take the Wi-Fi antenna of the iPhone 7 Plus and pull its inner edge upwards and forwards. Then pull down the screw that connects the antenna to the upper edge of the phone until it is separated from its position.
• Remove the iPhone 7 Plus Wi-Fi antenna from the panel under the phone.
• Insert the special repair needle into the hole on the right edge of the iPhone so that the SIM card slot of the phone moves outwards.
• Remove the SIM card and its accessories.
• Using the wide tip of a spatula or case opener, remove the iPhone 7 Plus original camera connector from the board.
• Open the two 1.6mm and 2.2mm screws holding the main iPhone 7 Plus camera bracket.
• Remove the original iPhone 7 Plus camera bracket.
• There is a bracket on the upper and left side of the iPhone 7 Plus. Open the two 1.3 mm screws holding this bracket.
• Remove the mentioned bracket.
• Open the two 1.3 mm screws of the clip to the base of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Remove the clip connecting to the base.
• Open the 1.3 mm screw from the upper edge of the iPhone 7 Plus. This screw is located near the main camera of the phone.
• Remove the iPhone 7 Plus antenna cable connector from the board using a spatula or case opener.
• Place the wide tip of the spatula under the antenna cable and slowly move it forward until you reach the end of the cable (top edge of the phone).
• Take the iPhone 7 Plus antenna cable with tweezers and remove it from the back panel.
• Take the end of the first connector of the coaxial cable with the tip of the tweezers and gently remove it from the board.
• Remove the second connector from the board in the same way.
• Remove the iPhone 7 Plus upper cable connector from the board.
• Remove the connector of the charging port or the lightning port of the iPhone 7 Plus, from the board.

How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port – Phase 4

• With the tip of tweezers or any other pointed tool, move the plunger or piston that is inclined to the inside of the iPhone body after unscrewing the required screws and opening the SIM card and its accessories to their original position. You have to push the plunger toward the outer edge of the phone.
• With a spatula or tweezers, open the coaxial cables from their holding clips that are installed on the logic board.
• Take the end of the logic board of the iPhone and bring it up to create an angle of about 30 degrees to the horizon.
• Now take the upper edge of the logic board and pull it back to completely separate it from the back panel of the phone.
• Open the two 2.9 mm and 2.1 mm screws that hold the iPhone 7 Plus pressure duct.
• Insert the tip of the tweezers into the outer screw channel of the barometric vent and gently pull it towards the inside of the iPhone body until its edge separates from the phone body.
• Remove the barometric vent or pressure duct of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• With the tip of the spatula, remove the taptic motor connector of the iPhone 7 Plus from the back panel of the phone.
• Open the three 1.5 mm screws holding the taptic motor of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Remove the Taptic motor from the back panel of the phone.
• With the tip of the tweezers, take the place where the coaxial cables are attached to the clip on the edge of the iPhone 7 Plus speaker and slowly separate these two cables from the said clip.
• Unscrew the required screws and remove the iPhone 7 Plus speaker from the back panel.

How to Replace iPhone 7 Plus Charging Port – Phase 5

• Open the 2.9 mm screw holding the lightning port of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Under the screw you opened, there is a metal contact. Disconnect this contact using tweezers.
• Unscrew the screws holding the charging port (lightning port) of the iPhone 7 Plus.
• Remove the two iPhone 7 Plus microphones from the bottom edge with the wide tip of the spatula or case opener.
• The cable of charging port or Lightning port of the iPhone 7 Plus is attached to the back panel of the phone. To separate this cable, start from the middle of the phone body and insert the tip of the pick under the cable. Continue slowly moving forward under this cable until you reach about halfway.
• Slowly continue moving the pick under the charging port cable of the iPhone 7 Plus until you reach its bottom edge.
• When you reach the end of the charging socket port (Lightning port) of the iPhone 7 Plus, slowly change the direction of the pick under the cable.
• Slowly continue the horizontal movement of the pick under the cable of the charging port of the iPhone 7 Plus until you reach its end.
• Remove the cable and charging port assembly.
• Using a plastic tool such as a case opener or a pick, try to remove the remaining glue from the charging socket cable from the iPhone case.
• Now you can install the new charging socket or on the iPhone 7 Plus.
• iPhone 7 Plus charging port uses a special sealing rubber. If you wish, you can remove the sealing rubber of the previous charging port and connect it to the new charging one.
• To close the phone, you must go through all the steps that were described from the end to the beginning.

Summing Up

How to replace iPhone 7 Plus charging port? Replacing the charging port of the iPhone 7 Plus is no easy task and is better to be left to the professionals. In case you are one, this guide may have been able to help you.