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Difficult
Steps
13
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Sections
3
- Battery
- 7 steps
- Screen Assembly
- 3 steps
- Screen Only
- 3 steps
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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
Screen Assembly
- We will be removing these 3 ribbon cables.
- Using an opening pick, lift the grey tab on the rear camera’s ZIF connector. Remove the ribbon cable and the camera.
- Use tweezers to lift up on the grey latch on the ZIF connector.
- Remove the ribbon cable from the ZIF connector.
We will be removing these 3 ribbon cables.
Using an opening pick, lift the grey tab on the rear camera’s ZIF connector. Remove the ribbon cable and the camera.
Use tweezers to lift up on the grey latch on the ZIF connector.
Remove the ribbon cable from the ZIF connector.
Step 9
- Use a pair of tweezers to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector.
- Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.
Use a pair of tweezers to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector.
Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.
Step 10
- Using a metal spudger, work your way around the perimeter of the main board and screen.
- There is a lot of adhesive between the two pieces, so be careful to try to remove the adhesive slowly in order to not break anything.
Using a metal spudger, work your way around the perimeter of the main board and screen.
There is a lot of adhesive between the two pieces, so be careful to try to remove the adhesive slowly in order to not break anything.
Step 11
Screen Only
- Use an opening pick or metal jimmy to carefully peel up a corner of this section of copper tape.
- Slowly peel the entire piece of copper tape off of the frame, trying not to tear or kink it. Set aside and re-install after attaching new display.
- Using the pointy tip of a spudger, detach these display cable tabs from the frame.
Use an opening pick or metal jimmy to carefully peel up a corner of this section of copper tape.
Slowly peel the entire piece of copper tape off of the frame, trying not to tear or kink it. Set aside and re-install after attaching new display.
Using the pointy tip of a spudger, detach these display cable tabs from the frame.
Step 12
- Carefully peel up the bottom part of this piece of copper tape and fold it over.
- Using the point of a spudger, detach this display cable tab from the frame.
Carefully peel up the bottom part of this piece of copper tape and fold it over.
Using the point of a spudger, detach this display cable tab from the frame.
Step 13
- The plastic edge around the digitizer is very fragile. Use caution when separating the adhesive.
- Heat the top bezel to soften the adhesive and carefully start removing the display from the frame using a plastic opening picks and a metal jimmy as necessary.
- The display cable is lightly adhered to the frame. Remove the display starting from the top.
The plastic edge around the digitizer is very fragile. Use caution when separating the adhesive.
Heat the top bezel to soften the adhesive and carefully start removing the display from the frame using a plastic opening picks and a metal jimmy as necessary.
The display cable is lightly adhered to the frame. Remove the display starting from the top.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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