Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
12
Time Required
20 - 25 minutes
Sections
3
- Battery
- 3 steps
- Midframe
- 4 steps
- Charging Port
- 5 steps
Flags
1
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Open case with a plastic opening tool that has the same size as the divot located at the bottom left of the phone. If you don’t have an opening tool, use your finger nails.
Open case with a plastic opening tool that has the same size as the divot located at the bottom left of the phone. If you don’t have an opening tool, use your finger nails.
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Step 2
- Lift the case by the nearest corner to the divot and remove it from the phone.
Lift the case by the nearest corner to the divot and remove it from the phone.
Step 3
- Place the plastic opening tool into the notch located at the bottom of the battery compartment, and lift upwards. If you don’t have an opening tool, use your finger nails.
- Remove battery from your phone.
Place the plastic opening tool into the notch located at the bottom of the battery compartment, and lift upwards. If you don’t have an opening tool, use your finger nails.
Remove battery from your phone.
Step 4
Midframe
- Remove any SIM card and/or memory card present using your hand.
Remove any SIM card and/or memory card present using your hand.
Step 5
- Remove the small silicon cover at the bottom right of the camera using tweezers.
Remove the small silicon cover at the bottom right of the camera using tweezers.
Step 6
- Remove the sixteen (16) 3mm Phillips PH000 screws securing the midframe.
- Some phones have two shorter screws, one on each side of the battery (double marked with orange circles at left). If your device has these shorter screws, make sure they go back in their original holes.
Remove the sixteen (16) 3mm Phillips PH000 screws securing the midframe.
Some phones have two shorter screws, one on each side of the battery (double marked with orange circles at left). If your device has these shorter screws, make sure they go back in their original holes.
Step 7
- Remove the back panel assembly with your hands.
Remove the back panel assembly with your hands.
Step 8
Charging Port
- Use tweezers to pop up the antenna wire.
Use tweezers to pop up the antenna wire.
Step 9
- Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up on the connector at the bottom of the battery space.
Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up on the connector at the bottom of the battery space.
Step 10
- Remove the two (2) 3mm Phillips PH000 screws securing the charging port.
Remove the two (2) 3mm Phillips PH000 screws securing the charging port.
Step 11
- Insert the tweezers under the vibrator and gently lift up the whole part.
Insert the tweezers under the vibrator and gently lift up the whole part.
Step 12
- Pop up on the vibrator’s connector to separate it from the charging port.
Pop up on the vibrator’s connector to separate it from the charging port.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Slippery Jim - Jan 5, 2022
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Excellent guide.
The hardest parts were getting the “small silicon cover” off and putting the vibrator’s connector back in.
I highly recommend people to take a photos of their phone’s small details for later reference when you put it back together again.
