Difficulty
Difficult
Steps
9
Time Required
1 - 2 hours
Sections
3
- Back Cover
- 6 steps
- Battery Disconnection
- 1 step
- Charging Board
- 2 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Back Cover
- It is possible to remove the back cover with an iOpener as seen in this guide but it’s a lengthy and difficult procedure. We recommend a heat gun or something similar. The adhesive in the Nexus 6P is extremely sticky and especially the glass and plastic cover on the backside break or bend most of the time whilst doing this repair.
- Use a SIM card eject tool, to pop out and remove the SIM card tray.
- Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the small plastic cover at the bottom of the phone.
It is possible to remove the back cover with an iOpener as seen in this guide but it’s a lengthy and difficult procedure. We recommend a heat gun or something similar. The adhesive in the Nexus 6P is extremely sticky and especially the glass and plastic cover on the backside break or bend most of the time whilst doing this repair.
Use a SIM card eject tool, to pop out and remove the SIM card tray.
Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the small plastic cover at the bottom of the phone.
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Step 2
- The knife is really sharp. Take care, not to cut yourself or your phone.
- Insert a knife between the phone and the plastic cover. Pry up the plastic cover until you can insert an opening pick.
- Slide the opening pick underneath the plastic cover to cut the adhesive.
The knife is really sharp. Take care, not to cut yourself or your phone.
Insert a knife between the phone and the plastic cover. Pry up the plastic cover until you can insert an opening pick.
Slide the opening pick underneath the plastic cover to cut the adhesive.
Step 3
- Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the glass cover at the top of the phone.
- Insert a knife between the phone and the glass cover. Pry up the glass cover until you can insert an opening pick.
Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the glass cover at the top of the phone.
Insert a knife between the phone and the glass cover. Pry up the glass cover until you can insert an opening pick.
Step 4
- Glass may break. Wear protective glasses and protective gloves.
- Slide the opening pick underneath the glass cover and use it to cut the adhesive underneath.
- Pry off the glass cover.
Glass may break. Wear protective glasses and protective gloves.
Slide the opening pick underneath the glass cover and use it to cut the adhesive underneath.
Pry off the glass cover.
Step 5
- Remove the six Phillips #00 screws.
- Use tweezers to remove any stickers covering the screw to allow better seating for the driver.
Remove the six Phillips #00 screws.
Use tweezers to remove any stickers covering the screw to allow better seating for the driver.
Step 6
- Insert a razor knife between the metal back cover and the front glass to create a gap. Insert an opening pick into the gap and slide it to the top right corner.
- The knife is really sharp, be careful, not to cut yourself or your phone.
- Insert a second opening pick and slide it to the top left corner.
- Slide the opening picks along the edges to seperate the plastic clips, holding back cover and midframe together.
- Remove the rear cover.
Insert a razor knife between the metal back cover and the front glass to create a gap. Insert an opening pick into the gap and slide it to the top right corner.
The knife is really sharp, be careful, not to cut yourself or your phone.
Insert a second opening pick and slide it to the top left corner.
Slide the opening picks along the edges to seperate the plastic clips, holding back cover and midframe together.
Remove the rear cover.
Step 7
Battery Disconnection
- Remove the Philipps #000 screw.
- Use tweezers to remove the metal plate.
- Use the flat end of a spudger, to disconnect the battery flex cable.
Remove the Philipps #000 screw.
Use tweezers to remove the metal plate.
Use the flat end of a spudger, to disconnect the battery flex cable.
Step 8
Charging Board
- Disconnect the main flex cable with a spudger.
- Use tweezers to unplug the antenna cable.
- Remove the Phillips #000 screw.
Disconnect the main flex cable with a spudger.
Use tweezers to unplug the antenna cable.
Remove the Phillips #000 screw.
Step 9
- Pry out the charging board with a spudger.
- Remove the charging board.
Pry out the charging board with a spudger.
Remove the charging board.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. When reassembling your phone apply new adhesive where it is necessary.
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SAC-01 - Jun 3, 2019
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Thanks for this guide. I’m happy that it wasn’t as difficult as I imagined. I replaced the battery and the chargingboard. I destroyed only my iopener in the microwave oven. Then switched to a hairdryer for the heat. The phone works fine even with fast charging :-)
m_m_wajih - Jul 23, 2019
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Hello geniuses, I will be very grateful if anyone could help me out on this, I have a nexus 6p I am having a unique issue, in which when I am connecting my charger it’s showing a charging sign but the charging percentage isn’t increasing a bit, I have changed chargers, batteries and even the charging port, but the issue is still there and when I am going on the battery section through settings it’s showing “charger connected, can’t charge right now”.
Please help me out.
