Reemplazo de la placa de protección LCD del iPod Touch de 5.ª Generación

Paso 1

Si el vidrio de tu pantalla está agrietado, mantén contenidas las roturas adicionales y evita daños corporales durante la reparación pegando el vidrio con cinta adhesiva.
Coloca tiras superpuestas de cinta de embalaje transparente sobre la pantalla del iPod hasta cubrir toda la cara.
Esto mantendrá los fragmentos de vidrio contenidos y proporcionará integridad estructural al hacer palanca y levantar la pantalla.
Usa gafas de seguridad para proteger tus ojos de cualquier vidrio que se desprenda durante la reparación.

Any repair guides for front camera?

ipod touch 5th generation front camera freezes then returns to rear camera. This happened after replacing battery. Any ideas? Tried hard reset & restoring. Nothing worked.

Libby - 03/06/20

Paso 2

Usa un secador de pelo o prepara un iOpener y aplícalo en el borde inferior del iPod durante aproximadamente un minuto para suavizar el adhesivo que se encuentra debajo.
La parte inferior de la pantalla (cerca del botón de inicio) se mantiene en su lugar con un adhesivo fuerte.
A medida que comienzas a quitar la pantalla en las siguientes etapas, es posible que debas aplicar más calor para mantener el pegamento tibio y flexible.

Paso 3

Centra la ventosa en la sección inferior del vaso, con su borde centrado sobre el botón de inicio.
Presiona firmemente y asegúrate de que la ventosa tenga un agarre fuerte.

Be very careful. I have bought the ifixit kit. Tried with the suction cup and it didn’t work. None of the tools actually helped. Follower the instructions carefully and still ended up with a cracked screen. I wish I could go back in time and not doing any of this. I literally just cried and have no money for a new screen.

César Rodrigues - 25/10/19

Paso 4

Sostén el iPod firmemente contra una mesa o banco.
Coloca el pulgar y el índice sobre las esquinas inferiores de la pantalla para evitar que la pantalla se abra demasiado cuando se rompa el adhesivo.
Levanta la ventosa hacia arriba y hacia atrás hacia la parte superior del iPod. Se paciente y tira con fuerza firme y constante hasta que el adhesivo se rompa y la pantalla salga de la carcasa trasera.
Puede ser necesario usar una pistola de aire caliente para ablandar el adhesivo (especialmente en climas más fríos). Si puedes hacer palanca para separar la pantalla y el adhesivo todavía se pega y se separa como el queso de una pizza, puedes deslizar una hoja de afeitar delgada y cortar suavemente el adhesivo.
Después de que la pantalla comience a levantarse de la carcasa trasera, ten cuidado de no levantar más de una pulgada; un frágil marco de plástico aún conecta el ensamblaje de la pantalla a la carcasa trasera.

Step 2.5: Recover iPod from far side of the room due to suction assisted throwing.

thanks, Apple

Dave Davidson -

Did as shown, button switch works fine, when I reinstall button, it's like it won't touch the switch to engage.

What next?

Gary Aguilera - 07/06/14

I've got the same problem, managed to get the screen off, transferred the little steel plate to the new home button and put it in. The switch works fine when I press it with my finger, but it won't work with the home button??? - Did you manage to solve this problem?

Tom - 11/08/14

I've got the same problem. Been trying to find a solution for a few days now. Lots of people ask this question, but no one ever answers it. How did you solve it?

tirgang - 24/01/16

It sounds like you need to replace the home button dome switch rather than the actual home button. I'm currently searching for one myself. My customer jammed the home button and now it doesn't click. The dome switch is located on the home button ribbon cable and not on the home button.

Mary Baldwin - 02/03/16

The "home button" repair shows the physical button, but it's not actually the repair for the switch, which is what should be shown as the home button repair. The switch has a little black plastic tab that breaks off with excessive presses, and that's why the button plate cannot engage the switch when the screen is reinstalled. You will need to replace the switch, or modify it with something small enough to press the switch when the LCD is lowered.

Rene - 23/03/16

I also ran in to the Home button not working issue. I have not idea what changed with the button, but it would not work (from the outside) after the battery replacement & re-assembling. If you opened the iPod up, you could press the switch directly and it clicked & worked, but it seemed finicky. I ended up putting the tiniest dot of hot melt on the center of the switch (smaller than the switch 'dome', and thin too, maybe 0.6-0.7mm thick), re-assembled, and it works fine now.

Jeff Brown - 22/11/16

Use the hair dryer or a heat gun to loosen the adhesive. This did not work with just a suction cup for me.

Dmitry Fedoruk - 29/07/14

All good... But. All I wanted was to replace the cracked camera lens glass. Where in the guide is the instructions for the lens GLASS.

kwylie - 19/09/14

I also had to use a heat gun and the opening tool instead of just a suction cup to open the assembly. The rest of the guide worked really well!

When putting back together, make sure the display connector is in firm or you might get lines. And also, perform a hard reset - my power wasn't working, I took it apart and checked the power flex cable, but all it needed was a hard reset when put back together.

Tyler Weaver - 27/10/14

use a razor blade to pry. there is a huge amount of leverage, and the old frame is most likely trash.

trogfield - 18/01/15

Suction cup and hair dryer method never worked for me. Even tried my heat gun. Finger went numb before I gave up. Used thin prying + suction cup and eventually opened it but screen cracked in the process when I was too aggressive opening it.

In hind-sight, it would have been very helpful to know that the adhesive is just in the 2 areas to either side of the home button, nothing along the edges.

Biggest complaint is the time wasted, should have just bought a replacement iPod, better return on my money/time.

James Quinlan - 07/03/15

The adhesive strips are only located to the left and right of the home button. Imagine two small squares of tape in each corner. Be careful heating. I used a heat gun on the lowest heat, but I think I may have overheated the area and damaged the digitizer on the bottom of the screen. I now have small green lines on that section of the screen. I too had to use a thin metal spudger to release the adhesive.

muck - 18/09/15

The suction cup is pulling large. pieces of glass off of the screen. What else can I use to pry up the screen?

Ian Bogue - 27/12/18

Any pictures on applying adhesive when placing the face plate? I know its two pieces to the left and right of the bottom home button. Are there pre-cut strips available?

Ron - 26/07/20

Paso 5

En los siguientes pasos, aflojarás y liberará el marco de plástico que rodea la pantalla. Está conectado a la caja trasera con varios clips.
Comenzando en la parte superior derecha del dispositivo, inserta una herramienta de apertura de plástico en el espacio entre el marco de plástico y la carcasa trasera de aluminio.
Desliza la herramienta por esta grieta, aflojando el marco de la caja.

Careful! This piece is super fragile. It really helps to understand the way the clips work. I struggled for 10 min with not a single un-clip, snapped the plastic frame in 2 places because I didn't understand the clips, and as soon as I figured out how they work the piece was off like a prom dress.

The clips are metal n shapes around the outside of the frame. They need to be pushed away from the center of the device to release the frame. You need to get something in between the plastic and clip to release, a guitar pick is probably too thick. A thin opening device would probably work but I used a razor blade. I'm not sure if these clips are on all of the newer Apple devices, but I've never encountered one before (usually work on android devices.)

I hope this helps prevent someone from having to replace the frame.

nlw93 - 26/11/14

I wish I had read this comment before I broke my frame, hah! It made sense once I had the clips out, but while they were still in it was mystifying. Thankfully it won't be too big of a problem since all of the frame will still clip in, it just won't be connected.

Joshua Horan - 24/01/16

Paso 6

Inserta la herramienta de apertura de plástico entre el marco y la carcasa trasera detrás del primer clip.
Mueve la herramienta hacia los lados para extender el espacio detrás del clip y separarlo de la caja trasera.
Es posible que esto no libere el clip inicialmente, pero repetir el procedimiento para cada clip comenzará a aflojar la pieza.

Paso 7

Repite el procedimiento con los dos clips siguientes de este lado.
Es posible que tengas que ir y venir entre los clips para liberarlos todos. Tómate tu tiempo y ten cuidado y paciencia, ya que el marco de plástico es bastante frágil.

Take your time with removing this bezel… it’s so easy to get impatient which easily snaps it

Gary Ayre - 17/10/18

Paso 8

Pasando al lado izquierdo del dispositivo, inserta una herramienta de apertura de plástico en el espacio entre el marco de plástico y la carcasa trasera de aluminio cerca de la parte superior.
Desliza la herramienta por esta grieta, aflojando el marco de la caja.

Paso 9

Inserta la herramienta de apertura de plástico entre el marco y la carcasa trasera detrás del primer clip en el lado izquierdo.
Mueve la herramienta hacia los lados para extender el espacio detrás del clip y separarlo de la caja trasera.

Paso 10

Repite el procedimiento con los dos clips siguientes de este lado.
Inserta la herramienta de apertura de plástico entre el marco de plástico y la carcasa trasera de aluminio detrás del segundo clip.
Mueve la herramienta hacia un lado, aflojando el clip de la carcasa.

Hello how are you? I don't know what happens when I go back and put everything I close and the home button doesn't work, I disarm it and check the flex and it works when I press it but with the home button it doesn't.

Rafael Mata -

Paso 11

Usando el mismo procedimiento, afloja el último clip que sujeta el marco de plástico a la caja trasera.

this looks more like a 5th gen instead of 6th gen :-)

ifixshop - 14/11/15

They have the exact same dimensions.

Jayson Saavedra - 09/03/16

do you think if i use reolacement scren of itouch 5th gen to my itou h 6th gen this would work? i cant find screen for itouch 6th gen so im thnking to use the screen of 5th gen pls help me

alm yuwysha - 27/07/16

Paso 12

Inserta la herramienta de apertura de plástico entre el ensamblaje de la pantalla y la carcasa trasera cerca de la parte superior del iPod.
Gira ligeramente la herramienta de apertura para levantar el panel frontal de la carcasa trasera.
Separa el ensamblaje de la pantalla del iPod.
No intentes quitar completamente el panel frontal, ya que todavía está conectado por varios cables.

Paso 13

Dobla suavemente la pantalla para separarla del resto del iPod, teniendo cuidado de no desconectar o romper ninguno de los cables de cinta. Coloca las dos mitades planas sobre una mesa o banco.
Si tu iPod tiene un botón de inicio negro en lugar del naranja que se muestra aquí, puedes omitir este paso. El botón no está unido a la placa LCD y no es necesario quitarlo para completar la reparación.
Usa una herramienta de apertura de plástico para levantar el interruptor del botón de inicio de la placa LCD.
Puede ser necesario usar una pistola de aire caliente o un secador de pelo para ablandar el adhesivo en la parte posterior del botón de inicio. Utiliza siempre un ajuste de calor bajo.
No intentes quitar el interruptor del botón de inicio, ya que está conectado a los componentes debajo de la placa LCD.

If you have trouble lifting the home button switch up with the plastic opening tool, you can try using an opening pick instead.

matthew -

Hi I just replaced my screen on my ipod touch 5th gen and i connect all the ribbon chords and every thing and when i connect one of the ribbons from the screen to the motherboard the motherboard starts to get hot! The screen isnt actually fully on, I wanted to make sure it turned on before I snapped it back in place. Any ideas? When I disconnect the ribbon the temp goes down. Screen is an OEM screen from Apple. I read somewhere, and i have personally have done it, that you can short the battery on the ipod touch 4th and it fixes it but im not sure on the 5th.

Eddie -

I have the same problem. I am going to change the battery. I let you to know if it solved the problem. Please let me know if you solve your problem. Thanks

ismael452000 -

Eddie, Did you ever fix this? I have exactly the same issue, Board gets hot and screen remains black. Although i did Hear Siri and iTunes recognises it.

Dave - 19/06/14

You need to make sure that all the adhesive covers for the battery and the board are on so that it isn't shorting with the metal cover, this may fix some issues with the board / battery heating up a lot and display not working. I just put some electrical tape over the batter solder and screen cables so that it's all in place properly and no shorting of electric terminal points on the board.

Ben - 02/09/14

With some newer versions of the gen 6 iPod, it seems that removing the home button from its adhered position is not necessary. I removed mine and then realized that it was adhered to the metal of the dock, not the actual LCD shield. Just something to keep in mind, might save you some grief later if you have to re-adhere it.

The Stuff - 19/12/18