iPhone 16 Pro Max Ambient Light Sensor Transfer

The ambient light sensor is located behind the screen, next to the cut‑out for the Face ID sensors.

Check if the replacement screen comes with one installed. If it does, click here to skip the next twelve steps.

Use a tri‑point Y000 driver to remove the 1 mm‑long screw securing the bracket on the ambient light sensor.

Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to lift and remove the ambient light sensor bracket.

Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor and ambient light sensor cable.

Slowly slide an opening pick under the ambient light sensor cable, starting under the connector at the bottom and working upwards until the cable is free from the screen.

Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor itself.

Use the flat end of a spudger to slowly pry up the ambient light sensor from the side with the protruding cable.

Remove the ambient light sensor.

Use tweezers to reposition any adhesive that may have covered the ambient light sensor during removal. The adhesive should form a border around the raised rectangle.

Align the ambient light sensor with its recess in the back of the screen.

Use a spudger or your finger to press the ambient light sensor into its recess.

Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or iOpener to soften the adhesive under the ambient light sensor and its cable. It only needs to be warm—not hot.

Use your finger to press down the ambient light sensor cable.

Use tweezers or your fingers to hook the ambient light sensor bracket over the back of the sensor and set it into place.

Use a tri‑point Y000 driver to install the 1 mm‑long screw securing the bracket on the ambient light sensor.