Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
11
Time Required
15 minutes
Sections
2
- Battery
- 7 steps
- Button Assembly
- 4 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Insert a small pointed object into the hole on the sim card tray to eject the tray from the phone.
Insert a small pointed object into the hole on the sim card tray to eject the tray from the phone.
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Step 2
- Pull the sim card tray up out of the phone
Pull the sim card tray up out of the phone
Step 3
- Wedge your thumb into the indent located on the bottom left corner of the back cover and pull up to remove the back cover.
Wedge your thumb into the indent located on the bottom left corner of the back cover and pull up to remove the back cover.
Step 4
- Remove the seventeen 3.2mm Torx T4 screws from the mid-frame.
- These may be T3 screws. If you are having trouble unscrewing these, stop and try a T3 bit.
Remove the seventeen 3.2mm Torx T4 screws from the mid-frame.
These may be T3 screws. If you are having trouble unscrewing these, stop and try a T3 bit.
Step 5
- Pull the mid-frame off of the phone.
- Keep track of the on/off and volume buttons when you take the phone apart because they are likely to fall out when the halves are separated.
Pull the mid-frame off of the phone.
Keep track of the on/off and volume buttons when you take the phone apart because they are likely to fall out when the halves are separated.
Step 6
- Remove the static tape covering the two connectors.
- Use a spudger to disconnect the battery cables from the motherboard.
- If battery has adhesive, use heat gun for one to two minutes to loosen it. Be careful of the points outlined in red when prying it up. Use guitar picks or a spudger to gently lift the battery and separate the adhesive.
Remove the static tape covering the two connectors.
Use a spudger to disconnect the battery cables from the motherboard.
If battery has adhesive, use heat gun for one to two minutes to loosen it. Be careful of the points outlined in red when prying it up. Use guitar picks or a spudger to gently lift the battery and separate the adhesive.
Step 7
- Remove the disconnected battery from the phone.
Remove the disconnected battery from the phone.
Step 8
Button Assembly
- Peel back the orange adhesive covering the ZIF connector.
Peel back the orange adhesive covering the ZIF connector.
Step 9
- Lift the black tab on the ZIF connector up.
- Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.
Lift the black tab on the ZIF connector up.
Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.
Step 10
- Use the plastic spudger to loosen the metal prongs that hold the button assembly onto the phone.
Use the plastic spudger to loosen the metal prongs that hold the button assembly onto the phone.
Step 11
- Pull the button assembly up and out of the phone.
Pull the button assembly up and out of the phone.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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