Canon S100 Screen Replacement

I broke the screen on my S100 by sitting on it while having lunch on my Spanish climbing holiday.  Two sharp stones had pressed into the screen through the case, leaving it with vertical lines and blacked out parts.  I ordered a replacement display from http://www.cameraspareparts.co.uk/.  Note this is a different display from the S95, so make sure you get the right one.  It cost around £45.  You can get cheaper ones on Alibaba but it might take a long time to arrive.

It's dead easy and there are some YouTube videos around that reassure you're taking the right screws out.

Here's the broken screen...

Here is some indication of what screws you should remove...

Take the back off...

Remove the screw holding the L shaped clip and take it out...

Remove the other screw holding the button flexi PCB...

The screen and button board are now loose...

The screen has two connections.  One is very small and plugs into the button board.  I used a microscope to carefully inspect this and remove it with tweezers gripping the edges...

The other flexi connection is threaded through to the main PCB at the front of the camera.  You need to take the front off (again very straightforward but take great care not to snap the flexi connection to the ring control)...

Now if your eyes are like mine you will need a microscope to help.

You need to remove the flexi that goes to the button board by flipping up the connector catch and pulling it out.  Take great care and make sure you can see what you are doing!  Now undo the catch of the display connector and undo that.

You can now unthread the display connector and remove and replace the display.

Refitting is the reverse of the above!

And it works!...

Yay!