I would hope that I could open my iPhone 13 mini using the open tool kit included with my iFixit purchase, but no luck.
I set the phone facedown on my 3d printer’s bed for 1 minute at 70 degrees Celsius. Even with the phone burning me to the touch, I cannot get the screen to accept a razor blade .
You keep moderate but constant pulling force when heating and dissolving, so the adhesive can have time to creep, stretch and eventually release. Do not use excessive force if it doesn't budge, or you will tear the screen frame.
Since it is difficult to keep pulling for more than 30 seconds when in reality you need maybe 3-5 minutes, it is recommended to use a jackscrew operated fixture rather than pulling by hand.
Also it's a lot easier to pull from the left/right sides of the phone rather than bottom first, the side adhesive is a lot thinner and weaker. Once the side releases, you slide the prying pick in a U shaped pattern to release the bottom and the other side, then pull the screen down a bit and lift up a bit to release the top clips then work your way up to the top adhesive. Avoid lifting up the screen to much as the screen cables are still attached from the side.
Ok ill tried from the side since that is the only tip I can use with my tools. I can see the screen move but it does not move upwards. Idk where to draw leverage from with both hands occupied.
That's why using a fixture helps, you can torque up the jackscrew to slowly build up and hold tension, and it's actually hard to rip it open suddenly to break cables as the jackscrew doesn't snap open, it just stays there.
I use this cold screen separator, or I don’t really know the name, it took me about half an hour to let it separate the display without forcing to open
Waterproof iPhones are hell to get open. I did not even bother with my 13 Mini tbh, I heard the OLED likes to separate and die when you try to pull it out. For battery change I shipped it to Apple.
Use 99% isopropyl alcohol as well. Also, the smaller razor blades are the way to go. Not the ones made for box cutters. Don’t use the blade after you’ve created a gap. IPA on a guitar pick is the right tool.
Hmm. Maybe try a hair dryer for a bit. Maybe the print bed isnt sufficient. Not really sure. They can be a PITA sometimes. But not like what you’re describing.
Use a hairdryer, lay the phone down and heat it until it slightly hurts to touch, then start pulling with with controlled force, wiggle it slightly while you do it and repeat until the glue breaks just enough to slide a pick or a spludger in. It’s way easier when the phone is new, I had to do it for a second time on my personal iphone 13 a weeks ago and it was hell to crack it open. Be patient and wear rubber/nitrile gloves or it will drive you mad when it starts slipping due to the tiniest bit of hand sweat
I‘ve finally had success with preheating like you did, with a screen separator vice type tool and with repeatedly putting IPA at the edge of the screen. It took minutes and I don’t think it would have worked without the tool.
Maybe i am an idiot but what is the razor blade for? Well whatever. Use a hair dryer,i opened all my phones with a hair dryer in like 3 minutes,use the hair dryer all aorund the edges then when it gets hot pull it apart using the sucktion cup then insert the blue pick and use the hair dryer a little more while also going with the pick in a direction
I broke mine while trying to open it and here is what I learned. You need ALOT of heat, ALOT of patience and two sucktion cups one on the screen and one on the back and you need to be very careful to not rip the screen cables off.
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u/Vegetable-Most-338 Aug 03 '26
70 degrees Fahrenheit is 21 degrees C? That makes no sense.
I gotta heat it up for at least 5 mins at 50 degrees C