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Moderate
Steps
4
Time Required
5 minutes
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- Back Cover
- 4 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Back Cover
- Make sure the phone is powered off and placed with the back cover facing towards you on a stable surface.
Make sure the phone is powered off and placed with the back cover facing towards you on a stable surface.
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Step 2
- Pop open the SIM card tray by inserting a SIM card removal tool into a small hole on the upper-left side of the phone.
- Carefully remove the SIM card from its tray.
Pop open the SIM card tray by inserting a SIM card removal tool into a small hole on the upper-left side of the phone.
Carefully remove the SIM card from its tray.
Step 3
- Loosen the binding glue within the phone using a hairdryer or an iOpener.
- If you choose to use a hairdryer, hold the dryer at least eight inches from the phone and apply heat for two minutes in a circular motion around the edges of the phone.
Loosen the binding glue within the phone using a hairdryer or an iOpener.
If you choose to use a hairdryer, hold the dryer at least eight inches from the phone and apply heat for two minutes in a circular motion around the edges of the phone.
Step 4
- Insert a Jimmy under one of the heated corners of the phone to lift it slightly.
- Insert a plastic card underneath the slightly lifted lip on the back cover and gently glide the card under the lifted phone casing.
- There will be a small amount of tension, but this is normal as the card is removing the adhesive within the phone.
- Remove the back cover from the phone.
- Use high concentration (>90%) isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth to remove all adhesive residue from the back cover and the frame.
Insert a Jimmy under one of the heated corners of the phone to lift it slightly.
Insert a plastic card underneath the slightly lifted lip on the back cover and gently glide the card under the lifted phone casing.
There will be a small amount of tension, but this is normal as the card is removing the adhesive within the phone.
Remove the back cover from the phone.
Use high concentration (>90%) isopropyl alcohol and a lint-free cloth to remove all adhesive residue from the back cover and the frame.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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karlkristians - Sep 15, 2021
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I wonder if this is the same for OnePlus 6 (6000/6003)?