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First time repairing a phone. Managed to undo the ‘*’ and ‘x’ screws really easily, but the Y screws just will not budge! Only managed to get one of them out easily. The others ended up stripping them but got them out using the rubber band trick, and a lot of pressure. However, I need to remove the screws where the home button is, and I don’t want to apply a lot of pressure as I fear breaking something. Maybe it’s the screwdriver I’m using? I’m using one that was part of a cheap set from China. I noticed the screwdriver had a small tip on the end of it, so I filed it down, thinking this was the problem. But it didn’t really help. Has anybody else experienced this problem? Any suggestions for a good make of screwdriver ?
been there, done that . i’ve never put so much pressure on the home button bracket that i’m worried about button damage (been close to that threshold though), but i have and some stripped screws where i had to destroy the home button bracket to recover the button. the advice i’ve gotten is not to rely on trilobe bits from screwdriver kits (all the other bits work great, so i still recommend those kits) but to get a good quality trilobe screwdriver made with quality metals. i’ve been told (and now i’m a believer) that this particular specialty tool is worth the splurge. i think the problem is (security functionality aside) is that the trilobe doesn’t give enough points of grip to really get a good bite like you do with a phillips, pentalobe or even torx screw.
Are you using the right screwdriver if so is it stripping if so replace it (because you’d need to anyways) and see if that works a screw driver that would work are the official ifixit one of the best quality
