Motorola Droid Turbo Display Assembly Replacement Repair Guide

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

14

Time Required

                          45 minutes - 1 hour            

Sections

5

• Rear Case
• 2 steps
• Midframe
• 3 steps
• Earpiece Speaker
• 1 step
• Battery
• 3 steps
• Display Assembly
• 5 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Case               

• Prepare an iOpener and lay it over the rear case to soften the adhesive on securing the rear case to the phone.

Prepare an iOpener and lay it over the rear case to soften the adhesive on securing the rear case to the phone.

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Step 2

• Use a plastic opening tool to pry the rear case off of the rest of the device.
• Remove the rear case.
• The wireless charging coil may try to stick to the rear case, so make sure to remove it from the case before fully separating the rear case from the rest of the device.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry the rear case off of the rest of the device.

Remove the rear case.

The wireless charging coil may try to stick to the rear case, so make sure to remove it from the case before fully separating the rear case from the rest of the device.

Step 3

              Midframe               

• Remove the midframe bezel.

Remove the midframe bezel.

Step 4

• Remove the four Torx T5 screws securing the midframe plate.

Remove the four Torx T5 screws securing the midframe plate.

Step 5

• Remove the midframe.

Remove the midframe.

Step 6

              Earpiece Speaker               

• Use a Jimmy to pry under the speaker and lift to remove it.
• Be sure to place your tool under the entire speaker assembly, against the plastic frame, and pry there.
• These photos show an incorrect tool position—prying this high up on the speaker assembly may damage it. Place your tool underneath the speaker assembly, not on the edge as shown here.
• The speaker is secured with some light adhesive, so some force may be required.

Use a Jimmy to pry under the speaker and lift to remove it.

Be sure to place your tool under the entire speaker assembly, against the plastic frame, and pry there.

These photos show an incorrect tool position—prying this high up on the speaker assembly may damage it. Place your tool underneath the speaker assembly, not on the edge as shown here.

The speaker is secured with some light adhesive, so some force may be required.

Step 7

              Battery               

• Use the point of a spudger to pop up the battery connector.

Use the point of a spudger to pop up the battery connector.

Step 8

• Fold the wireless charging coil away from the battery.

Fold the wireless charging coil away from the battery.

Step 9

• Use a spudger to gently pry the battery up from the rest of the device.
• The battery is secured with some moderate adhesive, so some force may be necessary.

Use a spudger to gently pry the battery up from the rest of the device.

The battery is secured with some moderate adhesive, so some force may be necessary.

Step 10

              Display Assembly               

• Remove the four Torx T5 screws securing the lower antenna board to the motherboard.

Remove the four Torx T5 screws securing the lower antenna board to the motherboard.

Step 11

• Remove the lower antenna board.

Remove the lower antenna board.

Step 12

• Remove the SIM card holder/volume button rocker.

Remove the SIM card holder/volume button rocker.

Step 13

• Carefully lift up the motherboard to expose the display connector.

Carefully lift up the motherboard to expose the display connector.

Step 14

• Use the flat end of a spudger to flip up the retaining flap on the display ZIF connector.
• Pull the display ribbon cable free of the connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to flip up the retaining flap on the display ZIF connector.

Pull the display ribbon cable free of the connector.

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

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fake name - Sep 26, 2016

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This has a bunch of unecessary steps and is missing so,e just kinda bricked my phone thanks to this

Richard Klein - Nov 22, 2016

Yep. It repeats a bunch of steps, and seems to switch from replacing the display to replacing the motherboard. :(

Dudefoxlive - Sep 29, 2017

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has anyone ever had the buttons break on this phone? i know on my old droid maxx one little mistake when putting the board in the metal frame was enough to break the volume buttons.

Jason Stewart - Dec 9, 2017

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You don’t need to remove the battery from the board…the whole thing comes up as one.

Help me J - Feb 15, 2018

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What if your screen is glitchy after the install?