iPhone 12 Pro Max Taptic Engine 

Before You Begin

Warning

Read Battery Safety and follow workspace and battery handling guidelines before you begin.

Remove the following parts before you begin:

Tools

  • 6.7-inch repair tray

  • ESD-safe tweezers

  • JCIS 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

  1. Place the enclosure in the repair tray with the Lightning connector facing the cutout.

  2. Use a torque driver and the JCIS bit to remove the crosshead screw from the Taptic Engine  cowling. Set aside the screw.

  3. Use ESD-safe tweezers to remove the Taptic Engine  cowling. Save the cowling for reassembly.

  4. Use a torque driver and the super screw bit to remove the two super screws from the Taptic Engine . Set aside the screws.

  5. Use a torque driver and the JCIS bit to remove one crosshead screw from the Taptic Engine . Set aside the screw.

  6. Use the black stick to lift the end of the Taptic Engine  flex cable off the connector.

  7. Use ESD-safe tweezers to remove the Taptic Engine .

Reassembly

  1. Position the Taptic Engine  in the enclosure.

  2. Press the end of the Taptic Engine  flex cable to the connector.

  3. Use the gray torque driver and super screw bit to install two new super screws (923-05037) into the Taptic Engine .

  4. Use the green torque driver and JCIS bit to install one new crosshead screw (923-05038) into the Taptic Engine .

  5. Use ESD-safe tweezers to position the Taptic Engine  cowling in the enclosure.

  6. Use the black torque driver and JCIS bit to install one new crosshead screw (923-05105) into the Taptic Engine  cowling.

Reinstall the following parts to complete reassembly:

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