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Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

9

Time Required

                          30 minutes

Sections

3

  • Back Cover
  • 4 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 2 steps
  • Screen Assembly
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

This guide does not cover removing the fused glass display and digitizer from the display frame, so if your part is missing the supporting frame, follow the more complicated LCD Digitizer replacement guide instead.

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Make sure the phone is powered off.
  • Remove the rear cover by placing the plastic opening tool in the groove on the bottom left side of the LG G4 and gently prying up.

Make sure the phone is powered off.

Remove the rear cover by placing the plastic opening tool in the groove on the bottom left side of the LG G4 and gently prying up.

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Step 2

  • Place the plastic opening tool at the bottom edge of the battery and lift up. Carefully remove battery with your hands.

Place the plastic opening tool at the bottom edge of the battery and lift up. Carefully remove battery with your hands.

Step 3

  • Remove the eleven 3.9 mm Phillips #00 screws found at the back of the phone.

Remove the eleven 3.9 mm Phillips #00 screws found at the back of the phone.

Step 4

  • Once all the screws have been removed, place the plastic opening tool in the lower left corner and firmly lift the cover up.
  • Detach the cover with your fingers

Once all the screws have been removed, place the plastic opening tool in the lower left corner and firmly lift the cover up.

Detach the cover with your fingers

Step 5

              Motherboard
  • Remove the following four press-fit connectors with the flat edge of a plastic spudger or opening tool:
  • Front-facing camera connector.
  • Rear-facing camera connector.
  • Digitizer connector.
  • The rear-facing camera may be held down to the frame with two sided tape. Try to move the camera with the spudger prior to lifting the motherboard If it does not budge, use the same tool to pry it from the frame to avoid damaging the connector cable in the next step.

Remove the following four press-fit connectors with the flat edge of a plastic spudger or opening tool:

Front-facing camera connector.

Rear-facing camera connector.

Digitizer connector.

The rear-facing camera may be held down to the frame with two sided tape. Try to move the camera with the spudger prior to lifting the motherboard If it does not budge, use the same tool to pry it from the frame to avoid damaging the connector cable in the next step.

Step 6

  • Remove the motherboard by lifting it up using the plastic opening tool and your fingers .

Remove the motherboard by lifting it up using the plastic opening tool and your fingers .

Step 7

              Screen Assembly
  • Use a heat gun or iOpener over the auxiliary port to soften the adhesive that secures it to the plastic housing.

Use a heat gun or iOpener over the auxiliary port to soften the adhesive that secures it to the plastic housing.

Step 8

  • Insert a nylon spudger into the auxiliary port and gently pry upward to free the port.

Insert a nylon spudger into the auxiliary port and gently pry upward to free the port.

Step 9

              Other components
  • You may also need to remove the vibration motor (the small circular component with two gold contacts), ear-speaker, and two rubber covers on either side of the ear-speaker to transfer these over to the new display assembly.
  • Use a spudger to carefully remove these components and then place them in the new display assembly..

You may also need to remove the vibration motor (the small circular component with two gold contacts), ear-speaker, and two rubber covers on either side of the ear-speaker to transfer these over to the new display assembly.

Use a spudger to carefully remove these components and then place them in the new display assembly..

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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