iPhone 8 Back Glass Replacement (How to fix the back for ~$15)
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Today I am going to show you remove and replace the back glass on the iPhone 8. The process took me roughly 1 hour and 45 minutes, so this isn't a simple repair. For those wondering, I used a 1500W Dual Temperature Heat Gun (which costs about $11-$20) and had it on the highest level.
Required tools-
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Flat blade of some sort
Heat
Patience.
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what temperature did you set the heating gun up?
Eventually Apple will make the whole iphone from glass, so when you drop it, you will only find the motherboard and battery and a pile of glass.
This might be a good thing actually. All I know is that as long as Apple makes glass back phones, they will make it like this or worse to fix them!
🤣🤣🤣
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oh, you forgot that that shi t will be balled up in adhesive
This comment aged bad seeing that the 14 is Titanium back. Should of been done years ago. But I’m Android Gang! But I give Apple their stripes for hardware 🫡
I just completed this over the weekend. Thank you for the video. The whole process took almost 4 hours. Under required tools I will list patience as first!!! The original glue is extremely hard and put on in no particular procedure. You basically will be braking glass off for hours. I would mention to be extremely careful around the middle to not damage wireless charging. Again Thank you for the video.
J.C. Harkins is it possible to do this without the heat gun?
Just throw a cheap $5 case on it, out of sight out of mind. ;)
Does anyone really even use charge pads…
@@randycollens2681 a lot of new cars these days have the feature
Why did I think this would be a simple job? After watching this and other videos, I think I can live with the crack on my rear glass, even though I already bought the replacement glass. Thanks for going to the effort of making the video.
I watched a bunch of videos and this is the best DIY video! Well done! 🙏
Great Video On iPhone Repair. It's nice to see a good POV to further my knowledge
Top job! Bravo! Thanks for the tips and for sharing.
I just spent 2 hours doing this with a lighter and flathead screwdriver on an 8 plus. I don’t even need the phone, I just broke it a few months ago and bought a new one, but decided to repair for self satisfaction. What I ended up with is a repaired phone, glass in my hand, glass all over my bedroom carpet, and an unbelievable amount of frustration. I thought it would be easier to remove if I shattered all the glass; it wasn’t.
Yep, I wanted to restore my old phone to give to my daughter for her birthday😅 I spent 3 hours only to remove 1/3 of glass(most of it ended up in my hair) and messed the motherboard beyond repair🤣 I will look for a used phone for her online instead of proceeding with this
Thanks for adding this video
$15 but how do you put a price on the suffering?
+Go Cell Phone Repair very true. Maybe we should just invest in cases for our phones
How you remove the glass from the center of the phone?
+Pastor Ramirez in this case it broke that way, but I would recommend just starting with the edges and then move on to the middle portion. The back panel is all one piece, so removing the middle is not something you can do unless it broke that way.
Real World Review = Thank you for answer my question.
Real World Review YOU DO NOT SHOW THE BACKLIGHT
AFTER HEATING, THE BACKLIGHT BEND
Hello I took a screwdriver and destroyed the cable on the back when removing glass and now the home button won’t work which part do I have to buy to get the homebuyer on get on working?
Whenever I do glass back repairs I start by removing the screen and camera since the heat can damage them both. Then I start heating up the glass in a cracked corner and start removing bits of glass but you genuinely have to be patient, especially if you don't use much heat.
Apple: Okay, we want our phones to be extremely durable, but expensive to repair if/when they get broken.
Apple: Put glass on the back of the phone.
apple has always been more about looks then about durability.
And u can't deny , the glass looks good af ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Great vid , but do ya think a hairdryer would be strong enough to melt the adhesive on the back ?
Thanks for informative vid,just completed the back replacement,it looks good,but won't be doing it again.
Not fun lol but I am glad I could help!
what a great tutorial! Thanks so much! please reply to this comment, thank you so much. i broke my iphone 8 plus and i took it to the shop and he said its £30, will it still be as durable as it was before? like when u try to bend, will it not bend, like when u replaced your glass will it be easy to bend or will it not bend and be as durable as it was before? thank you!
My question is after my glass back repair my power on and off button stopped working would you know why
Can you put the glass on when u put glue on or do u wait a couple minutes then put glass on and how long before I can turn my iPhone on after doing this
Has anyone tried using methylated spirits or some other solvent to flow underneath the glass to break down the glue? I’d be curious as to whether it’s effective.
nice video it's very helpful..
What should you use as adhesive if the replacement doesn’t have any? Just super glue?
I appreciate you showing how to lift the lens cap
Hi Matt, so i need some help/advice so i took the glass of like you said, my was spiderwebbed so i figured it would be easier. so my experience i the back glass was really stuck on there i have a heat gun that helped! it got stuck in two spot where it took me while, lol so my problems are one that black tab came off thats right next to the flashlight? what tab is that would my phone still be able to turn on? then the wireless charging sticker peeled away from the back is that ok? last i went to take the camera frame off and the black ring broke and the lens is still on any possible suggestions?
Thanks
Man, someone has just asked me to do this repair for them, not looking forward to doing it now after watching this, going to end up with glass everywhere!
Took me 3 hours, but it did work 😎
outstanding!
Quick question, I ordered a dummy phone to practice removing the back. One thing I noticed is that removing the back glass with a straight razor around the side bezel of the phone was scratching the edge of the bezel. did u have any issues with this on the real iphone? Because these bezels scratch very easily.
I gave up on the plastic bezel. I fell that you know that this will be destroyed once the back is cracked. I used metal and plastic and it still cut the bezel A LOT. Oddly enough, the heat did the least amount of damage. But yes, that bezel will get destroyed if you use metal, but once the new glass is on, you can use a flat blade to straighten out the plastic trim a little bit, but it will never be like new.
Yeah that's what I was afraid of! Thanks for the reply!
7:15 omg I got so scared😂 because I had my headphones really loud and then he started talking
I wondered if replacing the glass on the iPhone might be similar to doing an S7 edge or something.
Clearly not! Thanks for the video. Very informative.
Yes, a lot harder than the simple double sided adhesives Samsung uses. I wish Apple would do the same thing!
Good instructional video, I was thinking, how about removing the camera lens ring first, will that help you think?
It could, but with the glass around there it'd be very difficult to retain the structure of the ring because the metal is very fragile. The best would be to open up the phone, remove the camera, and then remove the ring that way (and just buy a replacement) but it's still pretty difficult to do and requires glue of some sort as well.
If the phone has only no glass can it stay like that or is it posing a hazard?
Can i ask from where did you get the blade?
can you replace iphone 8 plus back glass with back cover of iPhone 7 Plus.?
Could I use a hairdryer instead of a heat gun or would it not be hot enough?
Where did you have the glass, Link? Thank you😊
Nice, thanks👍🏼
Now 8 I can try to replace my cracked iPhone 8 back glass myself🤞🏽😞
I wish you luck!
Luke what happened?
@@yousufabdelrahman2538 he's still getting the back glass off
what kind of glue you use?
I got my iPhone 8 back glass replaced but I smell a lead smell coming from it. Is that normal?
1:00 the note 7 pun 😂
@@vidi00 alright dog
Where did u get the back glass
I followed your guide, but for some reason my camera keeps focussing on and off all the time. I removed it and cleaned it several times, didn't help. Is my camera damaged? For some reason when I press the lens sometimes it fixes it, but as soon as I release it goes back to being blurry and keeps focussing...
You might have damaged either the camera or the connector on the motherboard from the heat. A replacement camera is only around £5 and very easy to replace try that first if it doesn't work you might have damaged the motherboard
Does not need to put any instant glue new self back glass ?
This is really hard job to do.
For heat, once you got a start, could you use a heated blade? I.E. Take an Exacto knife or a razor blade holder and use a propane torch to just quickly heat the edge of the blade. Then when you pried into the glue, it would "melt" just the glue and not really heat up the whole phone? Thoughts on this?
Yes, but not the best when we are dealing with the battery and logic board.
Does a blow drier work as good as a heat gun?
Is it absolutely necessary to remove the camera lens? If all looks well with it (turning it on to check) can the replacement back slip over the existing lens?
No it cannot. However some vendors sell glass with bigger camera holes, but those are 100% aftermarket parts
Is the back glass simply cosmetic in nature? Or will broken back glass effect the functionality of the phone? I have an iPhone 8 plus with shattered back glass that is hidden underneath my new phone case and the phone and camera seem to work fine. Is there any reason I should worry about repairing the glass other than the fact that it looks horrible when it's not in the phone case?
The back is mainly cosmetic, but obviously I would assume that the phone is no longer water resistant (though it might have not been in the first place.) If there are any cracks near the camera flash, then the flash might affect the image. Other than that, you should be fine if you hide it under a case
I did everything what you did in the video, successfully replaced the glass but then when I rebooted my iPhone the power button and home button have stopped working completely
😂😂😂
Hey I did this and after I finished my volume down button stopped working, I tried restarting the device, shutting it down and nothing worked. Is there any solution to fixing it? Should I open my device or just buy the spare parts ? Thanks, great video by the way
You broke wires
I used this method on my iphone xs max and it looks great. However, my rear camera is now completely blurry and unusable. What would be the cause of this? Too much heat?
Might be too much heat. You can replace the camera unit, but Face ID may fail to work after that
I don't suggest you guys to replace a rear glass on the phone from my experience. The glue is like concrete and is like no other adhesive you know from Samsung or other phones. I replaced rear glass on a iPhone X which has same glue as the iPhone 8 and iPhone 8 Plus. I will post a video soon, but be warned, better to replace the whole housing with frame and glass already assembled. It will be maybe more expensive but much faster and less chances to break something.
CrocFIX Yeah the glue under the glass on this video is not the same glass that is actually used by Apple.
Just throw a cheap $5 case on it, out of sight out of mind. ;)
Do you mean take out everything on the inside and put it on a new back glass on LCD?
I cracked the rear glass of my SE. From what I’m seeing, might as well say fuck it and keep it on there.
How do you completely turn off phone besides using slide off?
I'm wondering, is it possible for my new iPhone 8's back glass to be not properly sealed and leak water?
Once you break any phone, I would assume water resistance is gone forever, unless the manufacturer fixes it. Even then, they do not guarantee water resistance at all.
How much would you charge me to replace mines
Great video, I'm going to use this method to fix my son's phone. I just wanted to add that I noticed your heat gun was from Harbor Freight. I plan on using their trim and molding removal tools which are used for car interiors to help take off the back glass. It's about $9 but I think would apply to this project well.
Not sure how large they are, but if they're razor blade size, they should be good. Yes, I got mine from Harbor Freight for like $15 lol.
Hi! Can you remove just 2 of the 3 parts and leave the glass of the camera!?
So you can buy the part with the metal piece that houses the camera lens, but then you need to open your phone up and figure out how to remove the metal piece that is in the phone without destroying the metal frame. Possible, but I haven't tried it on the 8/8+/X
Back glass my phone damage in copy glass changed phone call cut not cleared & swatch off 😔
Iphone 8 and 8+ are easy to remove the camera cover so its ok not to tear down, unlike Iphone, 7, 7+, X, Xs and Xs Max, need to access inside to remove camera frame holder. Also iphone 8+ need to be careful from flash and microphone area.
I wonder if it'd be significantly easier to do with a heat table. Heat guns aren't nearly on the same level for evenly heating up and softening adhesive.
True, but some heaters like this one go up to very high temperatures. I would recommend a heat pad if it's all one piece, but if it's multiple, then the pad may be difficult to use. Either way, this is a terrible repair and Apple should have copied Samsung in the design, but the phone would be way easier to bend.
When using CA glue, “crazy-glue,” it’s believed that’s rubbing alcohol will act as a drying accelerator. Either way that glue is going to be tricky not sure how else to remove it other than scraping it off once dry like shown in the vid. Great video, best how-to on CZcams that’s for sure.
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This video was made before the laser machine became common, glue looks a lot easier to repair than the newer iPhones which is basically soaked in glue
Lasers smell miserable. Plus the cost is pointless
@@RealWorldReview it’s not worthless if you run a repair shop and doing backglass replacements.
Hey man i accidently punctured my battery and smoke came out and fryed my battery and it messed up my wireless charging (black circle) is there any way i can replace the wireless charging circle on the back? If so can you please reply.
You can replace the pad, but you need to open up the phone and remove the logic board to get to the pad. It's lot's of work for sure. I would recommend replacing the battery because of your situation. The battery life will either be shorter or cause issues in the future if using questionable or aftermarket chargers.
Thanks but i found out i fryed the logic board
F
but if i dont have the hit gun?
can i heat it up with a blow dryer
i too have my phone wit same problem can u pls help me ......!
My IPhone 8plus is paid for. It’s cracked front and back. What is the cost to have a pro do this?
So let's say I bought my phone and it has already been repaired, the back glass seems to have some actual adhesive film I can pull? would it be safe to just grab that exposed portion of it and pull to remove the glass?
I'm doing my first repair ever and my circumstances seem to be slightly different
You should be able to. Just make sure to add a little bit of heat to loosen up the adhesive.
What if i put a ducktape onto, to keep the back glass in one piece?
I know it’s been 2 years but how much do you cost to do it for me
Is it ok if I take off all the glass and not put a replacement?
It leaves the internals of the phone more vulnerable, but i've used mine like that for a bit with no problems
Can you fix my phone because it has a broken screen
If the rear glass of iphone 8 plus is changed, will the seta be waterproof?
No
Why is it impossible to buy the same glue used to adhere the back glass to the frame?
where did you get the back replacement?
The link in the description is still active. And if it isn't, rover.ebay.com/rover/0/0/0?mpre=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ebay.com%2Fulk%2Fitm%2F162732233656
How long in real time took you to remove all the glass?
it takes like 1-3 hours
Took me an hour and 45 minutes.
take off the back glass without cutting finger, you are so great!
I tried to do this to a friends phone and I was not successful. The back glass was shattered far more than in this video so bear that in mind. I completely disassembled the phone in order to ensure that I don't overheat the logic board among other things. I was at my desk working on the phone for over 5 hours and I still didn't get all of the glass off. glass got everywhere and, like glitter, It will possibly never leave my room. I also scratched up the wireless charging module, I melted the flash module trying to get off the glass which at one point refused to come off . I gave up and took all the parts in a plastic bag to a phone repair shop and pleaded with them to pull off something to get the phone working again and they managed to fix it in an hour. The owner of the tech shop gave me some advice that I will share with you all. He said that it may be better to simply get a new, fully assembled chassis, so that you can avoid melting things.
whats The Heat Gun Temp You are using? ( in C°)
Not sure. Says it goes up to 1,110 F, but that sounds outrageous. Another one I use tells the temp, and generally that one is used from 400F to 600F (204C to 315C)
The back glass link for the black is unlisted can you send a new one
Back glass is easy to find, just not sure how easy it is to get one with a logo. Amazon is very specific on those for some reason, but allows companies to use this video to promote their back glass. Kind of ironic.
If the wireless patta cutted any problem
And what to do in that condition
It shouldn't be to much of an issue if you don't use it, but if it is cut and wireless charging still works, you should be good.
Prabhakant Tripathi you coud try to use a soldering iron to stick together
that wasn't the camera lens, just a glass cover. everyone should make sure not to scratch or damage the real lens once cover is removed.
removing the back glass looks brutal and you will damage the steel rim in the process.
Not so much the aluminum sides (the iPhone X has stainless steel while the 8/8 Plus are both aluminum), but the plastic trim will definitely get destroyed, especially if you use a blade on the entire repair.
What temperature is your heat gun at?
Box says 600-1200F, which both sound outrageous.
Any time adhesive is involved use 99% isopropyl alcohol. It prevents the adhesive from re-adhering to itself it will get sticky again once all the alcohol dissipates and of course its 100% safe to use on electronics.
Do u think waterproof glue would make the iPhone waterproof again
Water resistant, maybe. The question is are you willing to test it out? I think it should be splash resistant, but I would never recommend submerging your phone under water wether it is new or refurbished.
yeah it's actually very easy to puncture the battery
Remove all the components inside the phone just so it’s glass and frame only 350-360c apply Heat from the back and use a surgical knife to gently lift up shards of glass. U wanna have a mount that holds phone while doing this trust works like a charm but your glass part with the camera that way u ain’t gotta do all that
You Can use also isoprophyl or ?
Yeah, doesn't do much to break down the glue though
If you are attempting this be careful with the blade some how i cut the volume volume buttons my blade slipped under the metal as i was cutting thru the side its better to work from the inside out
Update i almost broke the camera just by pushing the camera glass up also its a bitch to install a new camera glass and ring im clumsy with glue anyways everything went well except that now my camera acts up when recording video the stabilisation shakes randomly in guessing it has trouble focusing
why u take off the lens? i see u can add the back house with out taking lens off.
No, the glass is too thick around the camera lens. You have to remove the camera in order to get it going.
Hi I need help my mother fixed my phone but it’s not turning on what should she do please answer
Could be numerous issues. Message me on Twitter or Instagram and I'll see what I can do
What’s your Instagram ? And thank you for responding
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So....patience is required. Once the back glass is off, will the phone still power up and operate? Before I seal it back up, i wanted to make sure the phone still works. with the back glass off, mine does not power on (it did prior to the fix). Did I somehow break it?
Did you? Mine won't come back on either.
@@jamesburton8070 mine never turned back on. Not sure what I did, but I’m sure it was user error. I lost patience and started chipping at the glass like an ape.
1 you have to use scotch or similar
2 you must wear gloves, little piece of glass can hurt your fingers
3 you can't use that type of glue because it leave residues and mark all the plastic around it.
All true, although wearing the right gloves feels weird and is hard to do repairs, to me. Residue means either you used too much or the excess glue was not cleaned up before the glue hardened.
it doesn't prevent me buying a new phone (there's a level of broken i'm willing to accept), but this seems like just the right amount of tedium i can use to fill a couple of hours on a boring day. for now, i can't even see the damage because of the case that the previous owner didn't think to put on it before it broke. the front glass is an entirely different matter
Can you get an aluminum back instead of the glass so it doesn’t break again
It’s possible, but the wireless charging won’t function.
It's simpler to use a different glue like b7000. It will never detach by itself . Sadly apple is a shitt* brand so they prefer to use this idiotic glue to make the repair harder
Put this video at 25% speed you'll know how long it really took. If I had time I would do this. But about 3 people have this much time.
Or u could just multiply the time it takes him in the vid by 4
There's other ways, but the kit costs alot!
I prefer to out everything into a new housing. Phone is immaculate again then.
Just throw a cheap $5 case on it, out of sight out of mind. ;)
It’ll take about an hour and a half to do it
Would i be able to use a Hair Dryer as a substitute for the Heat Gun
I would recommend something that can get extremely hot like a heat gun. You can try a hair dryer, but the heat gun method took me over an hour to do the repair, so a hair dryer may take waaaay longer.
Real World Review Ok thanks i’ll just use a heat gun i just don’t got money
Heat guns aren't that expensive really. iFixIt can sell you one (www.ifixit.com/Store/Tools/Heat-Gun/IF145-031-1) but you can find one at your local hardware store for around the same price, if not cheaper.
Real World Review Oh thanks bro How hard do you think it would be for me to fix the phone? i already gave all the tools besides the heat gun but my dad is kind of skeptical
Very, I would recommend having a clean table and protective eyewear. And a couple hours lol. But it's possible!
Why do we need to remove camera lense?
Because it is part of the frame. You cannot put the glass in place without the camera lens cover being removed first.
Can you put the glass over the broken glass
Sure but it won’t look nice
i want to fix my 8 plus but i’m scared lol
I did this with a hot air soldering station, a sharp knife and leather gloves in ~20 minutes. The key is to use plenty of heat at very defined areas. The glue simply snaps open at about 270°C. Good luck!
At 270 degrees don’t you create problems at the phone?
@@kertjj3522 remove important components beforehand like battery etc