Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

11

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

2

  • SIM Tray
  • 1 step
  • Pocophone F1 Back Cover Removal
  • 10 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove the SIM tray
  • Before you begin, switch off your phone.
  • Insert a SIM eject tool or a paperclip into the small hole on the SIM card tray on the left edge of the phone.
  • Press firmly to eject the tray.
  • Remove the SIM card tray.
  • When reinserting the cards, make sure to properly orient them in the tray.

Before you begin, switch off your phone.

Insert a SIM eject tool or a paperclip into the small hole on the SIM card tray on the left edge of the phone.

Press firmly to eject the tray.

Remove the SIM card tray.

When reinserting the cards, make sure to properly orient them in the tray.

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Step 2

              Unfasten the back cover screws
  • Remove the two 2.7 mm-long Torx T3 screws from the bottom edge of your phone.

Remove the two 2.7 mm-long Torx T3 screws from the bottom edge of your phone.

Step 3

              Insert an opening tool
  • Insert an opening tool between the screen and the back cover at the bottom edge of the screen.
  • Slide the opening tool to the bottom right corner to release the plastic clips holding the back cover in place.

Insert an opening tool between the screen and the back cover at the bottom edge of the screen.

Slide the opening tool to the bottom right corner to release the plastic clips holding the back cover in place.

Step 4

              Release the clips
  • Slide the opening tool around the bottom right corner.
  • Slide the opening tool along the right edge of the Pocophone F1 to release the plastic clips.

Slide the opening tool around the bottom right corner.

Slide the opening tool along the right edge of the Pocophone F1 to release the plastic clips.

Step 5

  • Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone to release the plastic clips holding the back cover in place.

Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone to release the plastic clips holding the back cover in place.

Step 6

  • Slide the opening tool along the left edge of the phone to release the remaining plastic clips.
  • Try not to remove the back cover all the way yet, the flex cable of the fingerprint sensor is still connected to the motherboard.

Slide the opening tool along the left edge of the phone to release the remaining plastic clips.

Try not to remove the back cover all the way yet, the flex cable of the fingerprint sensor is still connected to the motherboard.

Step 7

  • Carefully fold the phone assembly to the left side of the back cover like you’d open a book page.
  • Avoid tensioning the fingerprint flex cable during this procedure.

Carefully fold the phone assembly to the left side of the back cover like you’d open a book page.

Avoid tensioning the fingerprint flex cable during this procedure.

Step 8

              Unfasten screws
  • Remove the ten 3.2 mm-long Phillips screws.

Remove the ten 3.2 mm-long Phillips screws.

Step 9

  • Slide an opening pick under the bottom left corner of the motherboard cover.
  • Slide the opening pick around the corner and along the left edge of the motherboard cover to release the plastic clips holding it in place.
  • Use the opening pick to pry up the motherboard cover.

Slide an opening pick under the bottom left corner of the motherboard cover.

Slide the opening pick around the corner and along the left edge of the motherboard cover to release the plastic clips holding it in place.

Use the opening pick to pry up the motherboard cover.

Step 10

              Remove the motherboard cover
  • Remove the motherboard cover.

Remove the motherboard cover.

Step 11

              Remove the back cover
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the fingerprint flex connector.
  • Remove the back cover.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the fingerprint flex connector.

Remove the back cover.

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

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

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