iPhone 12 mini Taptic Engine
Before You Begin
Warning
Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.
Remove the following part before you begin:
Tools
5.4-inch repair tray
ESD-safe tweezers
JCIS bit
Micro stix bit
Nylon probe (black stick)
Super screw bit
Torque driver (black, 0.35 kgf cm)
Torque driver (gray, 0.55 kgf cm)
Torque driver (green, 0.45 kgf cm)
Removal
Place the enclosure in the repair tray with the Lightning connector facing the cutout.
Use a torque driver and the JCIS bit to remove the two crosshead screws from the Taptic Engine connector cowling. Set aside the screws.
Use ESD-safe tweezers to remove the Taptic Engine connector cowling. Save the cowling for reassembly.
Use a torque driver and the super screw bit to remove the super screw (1) from the top of the Taptic Engine . Set aside the screw.
Use a torque driver and the Micro stix bit to remove the trilobe screw (2) from the bottom of the Taptic Engine . Set aside the screw.
Use the black stick to lift the end of the Taptic Engine flex cable off the connector.
Use ESD-safe tweezers to remove the Taptic Engine .
Reassembly
Position the Taptic Engine in the enclosure.
Press the end of the Taptic Engine flex cable to the connector.
Use the gray torque driver and super screw bit to install one new super screw (923-05000) (1) into the top of the Taptic Engine .
Use the black torque driver and Micro stix bit to install one new trilobe screw (923-05001) (2) into the bottom of the Taptic Engine .
Position the Taptic Engine connector cowling over the end of the flex cable.
Caution: Avoid touching the grounding spring on the Taptic Engine connector cowling.
Use the green torque driver and JCIS bit to install two new crosshead screws (923-04997) (1) (923-04998) (2) into the Taptic Engine connector cowling.
Reinstall the following part to complete reassembly: