How to Change the Case of an iPhone X Step by Step

Price it costs to change this case at Apple

We want to start by telling you about the safest option of all, but also the most expensive. If the back of your iPhone X is damaged the most likely is that taking it to Apple what they have to do is change the entire phone, hence the price of the “repair” is so high, reaching almost having to pay what it would cost you to buy a new iPhone X today. The price of this service at Apple is 591.10 euros. When paying such a high price you also have to take into account the advantages it has, and that is really the Cupertino company is providing you with an iPhone that we can consider new, with an extension of warranty, obviously. Therefore, this is the safest option, without a doubt if you do not mind investing a good sum of money in fixing your iPhone as long as it is as good as new and you do not have to worry about anything else, this is the option that you most like. we recommend.

Authorized services are also valid

Unfortunately, not all users have access to an Apple Store in their locality and they also do not want Apple to pick up the device to take it away for the days that it means to run out of iPhone. For all of them there is also the possibility of being able to repair the iPhone in a service authorized by the Cupertino company itself, better known as SAT.

The repair that is carried out in these stores is produced with completely original parts, and even, on some occasions, the price you have to pay for it may be less than what you would have to pay if you did it in an Apple Store . In addition, as it is a service authorized by Apple, if your device still has an official warranty, it would not lose it, just as once the device is repaired you will have an additional warranty period.

This is one of the most interesting options given that at the end of the day it is as if it were Apple itself that carried out the repair, with all the benefits that this entails in terms of the originality of the parts and the guarantee obtained, but with the advantage that, in some cases, the price of the repair may be lower compared to the price of the repair if it were carried out in an Apple Store.

Changing it in an unauthorized center, does it have risks?

On many occasions, users who have been unlucky enough to suffer a break in the back of their iPhone are not willing to pay a high amount of money to repair it, so they discard the option of doing it through an Apple Store or a SAT, an Apple-authorized technical service, so they consider the option of doing it through a center that is not authorized by Apple but that has significantly lower repair prices.

However, although initially it may be very tempting to repair your iPhone X through one of these services, you have to take into account the consequences that this may have for your device. First of all, you have to know that the moment a technical service that is not authorized by Apple opens your iPhone, it will lose all the guarantee that it may have to be treated by the Cupertino company. Second, the parts that these services use to repair your device are not original, even though they may look the same aesthetically, the materials are not, and even this can have subsequent consequences on the operation of the iPhone.

Therefore, if you do not care about the conditions that we have mentioned above and even so, you value this option positively, our last recommendation is that before carrying out the repair of your iPhone X in an unauthorized center, consult and be very clear which are the guarantee conditions that the center gives you.

Put a case on the iPhone X on your own

We have already listed and told you what are the options you have for a third party to be in charge of repairing your iPhone X due to the damage it has suffered on the back. However, there is one more option to add to the range of possibilities when it comes to repairing your device, and that is that you can also do it yourself with the appropriate tools, a correct and precise procedure and taking into account the consequences of being who yourself. fix the phone.

Aspects to consider

The points that you have to take into account if what you want is to change the back of your iPhone yourself are similar to those that we have commented previously if you chose the option of having it repaired in an unauthorized center, that is, loss of warranty Apple official, the originality of the parts, which we will now talk about in more detail, and above all, the possibility that the process is not carried out correctly and instead of repairing your iPhone you end up leaving it practically useless. Therefore, we recommend that before getting down to work you carefully reflect on the consequences that repairing the iPhone may have on your own and above all, if you decide to do it, make sure that you have enough “skill” for this type of procedure. or ability to carry it out, given the complexity involved in the process.

Where to buy the housing

When purchasing the case that will replace the damaged part of your iPhone you have to bear in mind that at no time will you be able to have an original Apple case, since those sold on the market are imitations that, unfortunately, do not arrive at the level of quality offered by the original option. In this case, we recommend purchasing this pack from Ebay given the quality / price ratio it offers. There are more expensive options, however, this price increase is not proportional to the increase in its quality, so we do not recommend its purchase.

Steps to follow for the repair

Next we are going to explain the steps you have to follow in order to disassemble the iPhone and thus be able to change the back of your device. First, we want to emphasize once again the risk you run by being yourself in charge of carrying out this process. Ideally, you should be a professional and specialist since you will have more experience and, above all, more skill in these processes that require a lot of precision and care. However, here are the steps based on specialized iFixit technicians.

• Turn off the iPhone and take out the SIM card.
• Open the phone, for this you have to use a Pentalobe screwdriver to remove the screws from the charging port.
• Now you will have to remove the screen from the iPhone, to do this undo the 5 screws shown in the following image using a triangular screwdriver.

• Loosen the battery, display, digitizer, and speaker connectors with a spudger.
• Speaker turn, to be able to remove it you have to undo the three screws and carefully heat the flexible cable with a hot air gun.

• We go to the cameras, to be able to remove them you will have to remove the 2 screws and the metal plate, you also have to release the connectors of the rear cameras.

• When removing the motherboard, for this you have to release all the connectors on the motherboard with a spudger and undo the 3 screws present.

• Next you will have to remove the speaker and the haptic vibration motor, to do this remove the 8 screws from the retention plate and then remove the plate taking care not to break the small connector, which connects just below the haptic vibration motor . Once this is done remove the speaker and the haptic vibration motor.

• The next step is to remove the battery, to do this, pull the 4 stickers from the battery with tweezers and very carefully.
• Turn to remove the front camera, for this you will have to heat it carefully using a heat gun so that it is easier to remove.
• Next you have to remove the charging port and the antenna, so loosen the 4 screws on the frame and heating the flexible cable carefully you can remove it easily.

• Let’s go for the Wi-Fi antenna. Loosen the 7 screws of the flexible Wi-Fi cable, later and to make it easier to remove, carefully heat the cable using a heat gun.

• Remove the flexible cable from the power button, to do this remove the three screws and again, using the heat gun, carefully heat the cable so that you can remove it more easily.

• Now it only remains to remove the rear glass, that is, the housing to be able, later, to place the new one. To do this, make use of the Jimmy tool, and after carefully heating the entire back part, insert the tool very carefully to remove the rear glass. Special care must be taken as the bulk of the camera is above the glass and is meticulously welded to the steel frame below.
• At this point you just have to glue your new case and perform the steps in reverse order to reassemble your iPhone X.