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Use this guide to replace the home button assembly.

Please note that only the phone's original home button assembly will be capable of using the Touch ID functionality. Installing a new home button will only restore ordinary home button functions, not the Touch ID features.

• Remove the two 1.8 mm Phillips screws securing the home button bracket to the front panel.

• Remove the home button bracket from the front panel assembly.

• Use the tip of a spudger to disconnect the home button connector from its socket on the home button cable.

• Carefully wedge the tip of a spudger underneath the home button connector cable.

• Gently move the spudger across to separate the home button connector cable from the adhesive securing it to the front panel assembly.

• If the cable doesn't separate easily, apply heat using an opener or hair dryer to soften the adhesive, and try again. Be careful not to damage the cable.

• Using your fingertip, gently push, but do not remove, the home button up from the opposite side to free one edge of the home button gasket from the front panel.

• Do not push the home button all the way through—you only need to get a corner free, so that you can pry it free with a spudger.

• The rubber gasket surrounding the home button is very thin. To prevent the gasket from tearing, we recommend applying a minimal amount of heat.

• Carefully run the tip of a spudger underneath the perimeter of the home button to separate it from the front panel assembly.

• Lift and remove the home button assembly off the front panel assembly.

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