Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

18

Time Required

                          10 minutes

Sections

6

  • External Casing
  • 3 steps
  • Camera
  • 2 steps
  • Speaker
  • 3 steps
  • Volume Button
  • 3 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 5 steps

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Step 1

              Opening Device
  • Insert spudger into the USB Micro slot and pry the case apart.
  • Be careful not to go too deep and bend the prong inside the Micro USB port.

Insert spudger into the USB Micro slot and pry the case apart.

Be careful not to go too deep and bend the prong inside the Micro USB port.

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Step 2

              Pry Device Apart
  • Slide the wide plastic opening tool across the seem, separating it if you can’t pry the device open using just the spudger.
  • Gently separate the case so none of the cords inside are disconnected

Slide the wide plastic opening tool across the seem, separating it if you can’t pry the device open using just the spudger.

Gently separate the case so none of the cords inside are disconnected

Step 3

              Separated Device
  • After prying the device apart, it should look like this.

After prying the device apart, it should look like this.

Step 4

              Pry Camera
  • Use the slim plastic opening tool to pry the camera from its initial position.

Use the slim plastic opening tool to pry the camera from its initial position.

Step 5

              Disconnect Ribbon
  • Use the precision tweezers to gently disconnect the camera ribbon that is connected to the motherboard.

Use the precision tweezers to gently disconnect the camera ribbon that is connected to the motherboard.

Step 6

              Pry Speaker
  • Use the slim plastic opening tool to remove the speaker from its position on the case.

Use the slim plastic opening tool to remove the speaker from its position on the case.

Step 7

              Locate Wires
  • Locate the red and black wires that connect the speaker to the motherboard.

Locate the red and black wires that connect the speaker to the motherboard.

Step 8

              Solder Wires
  • Un-solder the red and black speaker wires that are connected to the motherboard

Un-solder the red and black speaker wires that are connected to the motherboard

Step 9

              Volume Button
  • Remove the plastic volume button.

Remove the plastic volume button.

Step 10

              Unscrew Module
  • Remove the two screws that hold the volume button assembly in place.

Remove the two screws that hold the volume button assembly in place.

Step 11

              Solder Module Wires
  • Un-solder the yellow, red, and black wires that connect the volume module to the motherboard.

Un-solder the yellow, red, and black wires that connect the volume module to the motherboard.

Step 12

              Removing battery
  • Use the wide plastic opening tool to slowly pry each side of the battery up.
  • Be careful not to bend the battery too much.

Use the wide plastic opening tool to slowly pry each side of the battery up.

Be careful not to bend the battery too much.

Step 13

              Remove battery completely
  • Use the Soldering Iron to disconnect the each cable.

Use the Soldering Iron to disconnect the each cable.

Step 14

              Remove Tape
  • Remove black tape covering any of the ribbons that have it.

Remove black tape covering any of the ribbons that have it.

Step 15

              Remove Ribbons
  • Pull the ribbons out from the plugs.

Pull the ribbons out from the plugs.

Step 16

              Remove Camera/Hidden Screw
  • After removing the camera, remove the hidden screw.

After removing the camera, remove the hidden screw.

Step 17

              Remove Screws
  • Remove screws located on the opposite side of the battery.

Remove screws located on the opposite side of the battery.

Step 18

              Lift
  • Carefully lift up the motherboard. Your accessory parts such as battery, speaker, volume button assembly, and camera wires will be disconnected, not connected, like in this picture.

Carefully lift up the motherboard. Your accessory parts such as battery, speaker, volume button assembly, and camera wires will be disconnected, not connected, like in this picture.

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

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