How To Fix Home Button Iphone 6s Plus

Repair guide : Home button iPhone 6S Plus

Level : Easy Time : 25 min Author : Alexandre

355 people have done this repair successfully ! Why not you?

The home button is the part that wears off the most on the iPhone 6S Plus, so if it's broken or cracked, if you can't use your iPhone... Thanks to this repair tutorial, you can replace it yourself.

You will even save money by doing it yourself with our steps and pictures. Now it's your turn !

Symptoms :

Broken home button
Lost home button
Defective home button

Some advice before you start

Repair - Repair guide: Home button iPhone 6S Plus

Step 1

Before disassembling the home button 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 display assembly and remove it.

The display assembly of the iPhone 6S Plus is now disassembled.

Step 10

Use the cruciform screwdriver to remove the two screws circled in red securing the home button bracket.

Step 11

With a pair of tweezers, remove the home button bracket.

Step 12

Disconnect the home button with a nylon spudger.

Step 13

With a nylon spudger, peel off the home button cable.

Careful, the home button cable is very fragile, so be meticulous with this step.

Make sure to put back the original Touch ID, otherwise for safety reasons, the Touch ID will not work.

Step 14

Use the spudger's tip to peel off the home button.

Step 15

With a pair of tweezers, grab the home button and remove it.

Step 16

The home button of your iPhone 6S Plus is now disassembled.

You can replace it by a new one if it's broken or cracked.

Make sure to put back the original Touch ID, otherwise for safety reasons, the Touch ID will not work. We advise that you replace only the home button and not its cable.