Difficulty
Difficult
Steps
26
Time Required
30 minutes
Sections
5
- Battery
- 3 steps
- Midframe
- 4 steps
- Rear Camera
- 2 steps
- Charging Port
- 5 steps
- Screen
- 12 steps
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2
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Introduction
Note: Microwave only one iOpener at a time for no more than 30 seconds, and make sure to not microwave it more than once within two minutes.
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
Rear Camera
- Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the rear-facing camera connector from its socket on the mother board.
Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the rear-facing camera connector from its socket on the mother board.
Step 9
- After detaching the connector, carefully remove the camera using tweezers. If you don’t have tweezers, use your hands.
After detaching the connector, carefully remove the camera using tweezers. If you don’t have tweezers, use your hands.
Step 10
Charging Port
- Use tweezers to pop up the antenna wire.
Use tweezers to pop up the antenna wire.
Step 11
- 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 12
- 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 13
- 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 14
- 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.
Step 15
Screen
- Using an opening tool, pry up one of the connectors to the left of where the sim card was located.
Using an opening tool, pry up one of the connectors to the left of where the sim card was located.
Step 16
- Pry up the next connector located right on top of the previous one.
Pry up the next connector located right on top of the previous one.
Step 17
- Using the Phillips screwdriver, remove the screw that’s found next to the speaker on the top left of the phone.
Using the Phillips screwdriver, remove the screw that’s found next to the speaker on the top left of the phone.
Step 18
- Using the plastic opening tool, carefully pry up the motherboard.
Using the plastic opening tool, carefully pry up the motherboard.
Step 19
- Pull up the cable that connects the motherboard and the charging port.
- It’s on the side that’s closer to the motherboard, you might need to push the cable down first, and then pull it up.
Pull up the cable that connects the motherboard and the charging port.
It’s on the side that’s closer to the motherboard, you might need to push the cable down first, and then pull it up.
Step 20
- Pry up the frontal speaker with a plastic opening tool.
Pry up the frontal speaker with a plastic opening tool.
Step 21
- Peel the black tape up with a plastic opening tool and or your fingers.
Peel the black tape up with a plastic opening tool and or your fingers.
Step 22
- Peel the flexible black cable using a plastic opening tool and or your fingers.
Peel the flexible black cable using a plastic opening tool and or your fingers.
Step 23
- Peel up the small tape that’s connected to the screen with a plastic opening tool.
Peel up the small tape that’s connected to the screen with a plastic opening tool.
Step 24
- Place an iOpener on the edges to soften the screen adhesive.
Place an iOpener on the edges to soften the screen adhesive.
Step 25
- Insert the Jimmy knife through the edge.
- Place a plastic card so that the adhesive doesn’t stick back again.
- Go around the edges of the device with the Jimmy knife until all the adhesive has been removed.
Insert the Jimmy knife through the edge.
Place a plastic card so that the adhesive doesn’t stick back again.
Go around the edges of the device with the Jimmy knife until all the adhesive has been removed.
Step 26
- Pull up on the LCD screen with your hands and remove it.
Pull up on the LCD screen with your hands and remove it.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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jrhooker - Aug 19, 2018
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The phone I just tried to fix had two digitizer connectors just like the one in this procedure, but all the replacement parts I can find on ebay and aliexpress etc. which claim to be for XT1601 - XT1609 have just a single connector. Any thoughts about why that would be?
Marko Käppler - Oct 3, 2018
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The smaller one is from the power and Volume buttons and needs tobe transfered to the new display if you bought one with Frame (which makes it much easier)
Joshua Rieth - Nov 17, 2018
I had to figure out that out myself. Yes, you will need to transfer the connector from the old frame to the new frame. I should also add, the frame I got had no buttons, so I had to get them from the old phone.
pauldmallett - Aug 1, 2021
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Good guide though I could not see the purpose of removing items 20, 21 & 22
