Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

                          10 - 30 minutes

Sections

4

  • Back Cover
  • 2 steps
  • Plastic Midframe
  • 3 steps
  • Motorola Moto E4 Plus Battery Disconnect
  • 1 step
  • Daughterboard
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the back cover
  • Power off your phone before beginning disassembly.
  • Insert the edge of the spudger into the notch on the bottom right corner of the phone.
  • Twist the spudger to start releasing the back cover from the phone.
  • Slide the spudger along the bottom edge to separate the back cover from the phone.

Power off your phone before beginning disassembly.

Insert the edge of the spudger into the notch on the bottom right corner of the phone.

Twist the spudger to start releasing the back cover from the phone.

Slide the spudger along the bottom edge to separate the back cover from the phone.

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Step 2

  • Lift the phone unit out of the back cover.

Lift the phone unit out of the back cover.

Step 3

              Remove the midframe screws
  • Remove the nineteen 3.2 mm long T3 screws securing the plastic midframe.

Remove the nineteen 3.2 mm long T3 screws securing the plastic midframe.

Step 4

              Release the midframe clips
  • The plastic midframe is still held in place with clips.
  • Insert the flat end of a spudger into the midframe seam at the bottom left corner of the phone (near the microphone hole).
  • Twist the spudger to release the plastic clip.
  • Repeat the process for the clip near the top right corner of the phone.

The plastic midframe is still held in place with clips.

Insert the flat end of a spudger into the midframe seam at the bottom left corner of the phone (near the microphone hole).

Twist the spudger to release the plastic clip.

Repeat the process for the clip near the top right corner of the phone.

Step 5

              Remove the midframe
  • Lift the bottom edge of the plastic midframe upwards until the clips along the top edge release.
  • Remove the plastic midframe.
  • To reattach the plastic midframe, line up the midframe to the phone and squeeze along the edges to engage the clips.

Lift the bottom edge of the plastic midframe upwards until the clips along the top edge release.

Remove the plastic midframe.

To reattach the plastic midframe, line up the midframe to the phone and squeeze along the edges to engage the clips.

Step 6

              Disconnect the battery
  • Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery connector from its motherboard socket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery connector from its motherboard socket.

Step 7

              Disconnect the antenna
  • Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the antenna cable from its daughterboard socket.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the antenna cable from its daughterboard socket.

Step 8

              Disconnect the daughterboard connectors
  • Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect cable from its daughterboard socket.
  • Pry up and disconnect the fingerprint sensor cable next to it from the daughterboard.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect cable from its daughterboard socket.

Pry up and disconnect the fingerprint sensor cable next to it from the daughterboard.

Step 9

              Remove the daughterboard screws
  • Remove the two 3.2 mm long T3 screws securing the daughterboard.

Remove the two 3.2 mm long T3 screws securing the daughterboard.

Step 10

              Loosen the daughterboard
  • Insert the point of a spudger under the bottom right corner of the daughterboard and pry up to loosen the daughterboard.

Insert the point of a spudger under the bottom right corner of the daughterboard and pry up to loosen the daughterboard.

Step 11

              Loosen the vibration motor
  • Insert the point of a spudger underneath the vibration motor and pry upwards to loosen it.

Insert the point of a spudger underneath the vibration motor and pry upwards to loosen it.

Step 12

              Remove the daughterboard
  • Grasp the daughterboard by the edges and lift it out of its recess.
  • Remove the daughterboard. The vibration motor will be attached to it.

Grasp the daughterboard by the edges and lift it out of its recess.

Remove the daughterboard. The vibration motor will be attached to it.

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

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