iPhone 5 Power Button Repair

This video will demonstrate an iPhone 5 Power Button Repair or more accurately replacement.

How to repair your iPhone 5 lock button, volume, etc.

[johnim]

This is the most comprehensive and easy to follow video on replacing iPhone 5 power button. Other short videos just give instruction and do not show actual parts and screws and that leads to confusion and (potentially unrecoverable) error. Great video and keep it up. That said, even following the video, it took about 4 to 5 hours to...mainly because everything is so tiny and fragile, and it's hard to take things apart and put them back in.

[zachmiller]

Oh my gosh, you helped me and my dad soooo much, we followed you every step of the way. And then came the final push of the power button...The Apple logo showed!!!! And it butted up flawlessly!! And the power button works!!! It took us a bout 2 hours and 30 minutes. Thank you soooo much, I'm so subscribing! :-)

[Christofski]

Just finished fixing an iphone power button, with added battery change, all thanks to this fantastic walkthrough. Fortunately it seems flex cables these days have the metal clips attached so didn't have to mess around with a soldering gun. Excellent guide, very thorough and I can only hope I don't have to fiddle with tiny screws again for a long time to come.

[simonb]

That was my first iphone repair (wife's) and your video made my life soooo much easier! Well explained, no background music, just perfect!

Other videos on youtube show the dudes disassemble the thing but they never get it back together and you just can't go in reverse, there is so much more to look after!

Thanks again, I owe you a beer, lemme know how I can at least donate a few bucks

[Erik]

Thanks for this video. This is by far the most thorough and complete tear-down and reassembly for the Iphone 5 yet. Great Job! 

[harry]

finally after searching for hours i finally found a video that actually helps on putting the flex cable back in the phone and reassembling the phone. video help me a lot thank you so much, i liked and subscribed to you.

[lmcorr]

Thank you for this video. You're the only poster I could find who shows how to put the phone back together again afterward!

[adamjerickson]

Absolutely perfect.  Thanks for explaining why you're doing things, and reminding me to reconnect certain parts first.  Some videos only show the tear down.  Putting it back together is tricky too.

[johngwallis]

Definitely going to be using this as a guide as a attempt to replace my power button and my battery in my iPhone 5 next week. Great quality and highly informative video.

[joncalon]

Awesome video man. Love the fact you go all the way through the repair as opposed to just the disassembly. My iPhone 5 is supposed to be eligible for the program, but since it's 3 years and a month after the date of sale, I'm a month out of the warranty and Apple would want well over $300 for the repair. I'm reasonably handy with tools and modelling, so this is something I can do. Whether I want to...that's a different story. Going to look and see what the local shops want to charge for this.

[twisted_void]

there are many videos I found on this topic, but none was so well in explaining how to deal with power button, which in my opinion is a real pain. Thank you.

And yes it is best to test power button clicks before doing anything further. Otherwise you risk wasting quite a bit of time.

[robthesamplist]

very good video, quite a hard repair and I've been repairing iPhones for friends for years as an amateur. the only time i can remember a harder repair was the same type of flex cable for the 3gs.

[defenda]

Hi, it's a shame you don't ship internationally. This was an excellent walkthrough, I used this to fix my power button, replacing the battery and screen along the way. I'd never done anything this intricate before but it worked perfectly... ended up having fun! Thanks for taking a good amount of time and describing the situation clearly (eg. one of the most important points, don't fully tighten switch screws).

[microdesigns]

Great video. This repair took me a little over two exhausting hours to complete. I guess I should have looked at the video length first!

[djsametguler]

It's been very helpful i am really glad that annoying assesive touch button disappeared from my screen much thanks to you. At first i accidently tear my screen apart then i managed to put it together and remove my screen as whole but i was really scared of the thought that i bricked my phone at very first step :) also i get the flex cable pre built with the metal parts and such. thought the manufacturers are watching your videos :) anyway i replaced my battery and the power button with your video i really appreciate it!

[jemtzg]

After 4.5 years, this video is still useful. Thanks!

[ispy]

Thanks so much, my friend. I was able to replace my little girl's on/off function thanks to you. Keep up the great vids!

[talhak]

My old iPhone 5's lock button wasnt working and neither was the speaker and was just out of the 3 year warranty. Followed your guide and it now works perfectly! Regarding the ear speaker i found that the screw holding it in place was loose so it worked fine once tightened.

Took me around 2 hours, didnt use any of the adhesive coz i didnt have any and only lost 1 screw lol! Thank you very much!

[Hammourabi]

Great step by step explanation. Can you tell me where I can find the 3M adhesive ? And what they call it ? where they are selling it.? Thanks

[Dinoattack]

Wow. Absolute rock. Most difficult phone repair I've done. Only took me 3 hours! Video is brilliant though, don't look at any of the 5 minute ones on this site where they miss out every other screw. Also, if you have sausage fingers or the DTs or both, then do not attempt, just throw phone in landfill.