iPhone X Rear Camera Lens Replacement

Written By: cPix

Comments: 11

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

15 minutes

Introduction

The glass lens of the rear camera on your iPhone X is broken.
You need to replace this lens because the pictures are fuzzy.
To start with, remove the broken fragments of glass and obtain a new lens.
Clean the area and attach the new lens with double-sided tape or 2 drops of glue.
This simple repair requires care as you must avoid touching the cameras.
For safety, use eye-protection glasses in order to avoid any flying glass fragments getting in your eyes.

Step 1

If the camera glass is broken, remove the broken glass pieces from the camera housing.
Remove the broken glass around the camera lens area, then clean the contours of the camera lens area.

Step 2

Attach the new rear camera glass with adhesive or use two drops of clear superglue on the sides of the camera housing.
Position the replacement camera lens in the camera lens area using precision tweezers.
Be extremely precise while doing this! You do not want to have to clean up and re-apply the superglue that you may have smeared when you aligned the camera glass wrong!

Step 3

Apply light pressure on the camera lens to secure the lens glass to the camera housing.
You can now test your rear camera to check the sharpness of your photos and videos.

I actually took my phone apart to take out the camera so I didn't scratch it while I repaired it, after the first time you do it it's fairly easy. The most difficult part is just getting the phone open. I recommend alot of heat if you're using a hair dryer or normally if not and don't be afraid to kind of go at it and not be so extremely gentle. Then after I got the camera out I just broke out the camera glass with a razor blade no heat, it takes a bit of time but it is easy. JUST MAKE SURE that you don't break a little glass piece that covers where the flashlight LED is, it is important so either just push it out from the outside to the inside or leave it be and not break it off. I did use the adhesive but I would never purposely dunk my phone in water anymore because I don't trust my waterproofing like I did with the original apple that they have it certified that way. PS theres plenty of YouTube videos on how to do this.

Red - 09/01/19

This is one of the most difficult repairs on the iPhone X that I have ever undertaken. I think it is very disingenuous for the rating to be easy. It took 70 minutes to Cary out and although I am not a professional at these repairs I think that the repair should be revisited and revised with more detailed descriptions. I am a big fan of iFixit and feel let down so no points to the engineer.

Ian Fraser -

iFixit is an “open source” website: everybody can make a guide for anything, so the quality might not always be as high as we hope. but anyone can modify, update and change any guide, or at least submit those things. and there are guides that are made by iFixit staff iself, that aree the one with the higher standard and only the official staff can modify or accept modification for those.

Daniele Carminati -

Conclusion

Congratulations! You have successfully replaced the camera lens on your iPhone X. Clean the lens with a microfiber cloth and you should be able to shoot videos and take pictures normally again.

Author

cPix

Member since: 14/06/16

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8 comments

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Hizbur Rahman - 17/12/18

It is not that easy because of the tough adhesive. it is impossible to remove the glass without heating it, but be careful the camera lenses got damage of to intensive heat. Better remove the camera before tiny pieces of glass could harm the functionality.

BSlash - 10/03/19

Will the device still be waterproof after this repair? (provided the repair is done correctly)

George Downs - 21/10/19

Bonjour,

Pour information : les iPhone ne sont pas étanches ! Même si les publicités laissent penser le contraire, il faut savoir que les iPhone ne sont pas étanches, pour preuve : il suffit de lire les conditions de garantie de chez Apple qui stipulent bien : “La présente Garantie ne s’applique pas : ... aux dommages causés par un accident,... une exposition à un liquide, au feu, à un tremblement de terre ... “

Donc, que ce soit après une réparation ou avant la réparation, votre iPhone n’est pas étanche, les différents joints “d’étanchéité” présents dans l’iPhone le protège principalement des poussières fines et des petites projections de liquide (genre : micro gouttelettes d’eau) .

Vous pouvez trouver ces joints sur cPix.fr ainsi que les pièces détachées et les outils pour réparer votre iPhone X

Mais n’oubliez pas, il n’est pas étanche ;-)

cPix - 22/11/19

This is the worst repair guide on this website. . Not enough information on this guide to properly do the repair

berningchase - 30/12/19

J'ai changée ma lentille mais a plus 1m ou dans une zone peu éclairer mais photo deviennent floues

Julienne Compaore - 01/08/20

The iPhone X Replacement Lens Glass Replacement I purchase from iFixIt included the silver camera bezel with the glass. I did not realize, so now I have an iPhone with exposed cameras. I cannot find a solution as to how to remove the old bezel from the phone or the new one from the glass.

Elias Nikitchyuk - 22/03/21

I tried removing the bezel from the new part with a heat gun and pressure from a Q-tip and I broke the glass.

Elias Nikitchyuk - 23/03/21