Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
12
Time Required
15 minutes
Sections
4
- Battery
- 5 steps
- Speaker
- 3 steps
- Motherboard
- 3 steps
- Charging port
- 1 step
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Pry the seam between the screen and the case and slide it on all four sides with a large plastic opening tool until the plastic case comes off.
Pry the seam between the screen and the case and slide it on all four sides with a large plastic opening tool until the plastic case comes off.
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Step 2
- Lift the device off of the case and flip over the device so that it sits screen side down.
Lift the device off of the case and flip over the device so that it sits screen side down.
Step 3
- The device is now free from the plastic case.
The device is now free from the plastic case.
Step 4
- Wedge a plastic card beneath the battery unit and wiggle the card side to side and up and down gently until the glue sealing the battery to the device is broken.
Wedge a plastic card beneath the battery unit and wiggle the card side to side and up and down gently until the glue sealing the battery to the device is broken.
Step 5
- Peel back any yellow tape not directly attached to the battery.
- Using a soldering iron, desolder the two wires that connect the battery to the motherboard.
Peel back any yellow tape not directly attached to the battery.
Using a soldering iron, desolder the two wires that connect the battery to the motherboard.
Step 6
Speaker
- Remove the two 5mm screws attached to the top right and bottom left corners of the speaker
Remove the two 5mm screws attached to the top right and bottom left corners of the speaker
Step 7
- Solder off the wires connecting the speaker to the device
Solder off the wires connecting the speaker to the device
Step 8
- Pull the speaker out of the casing to release it.
Pull the speaker out of the casing to release it.
Step 9
Motherboard
- Using the ph#00 screwdriver, remove the four 5mm screws connecting the motherboard to the casing.
Using the ph#00 screwdriver, remove the four 5mm screws connecting the motherboard to the casing.
Step 10
- Using a spudger or a fingernail, detach the two ribbons from the motherboard by pushing the plastic tab away from the Zero Insertion Force connectors.
- As the name implies, no force is needed to plug in or remove the cable.
- Be sure you are prying the plastic tabs connected tab and not the connector itself.
Using a spudger or a fingernail, detach the two ribbons from the motherboard by pushing the plastic tab away from the Zero Insertion Force connectors.
As the name implies, no force is needed to plug in or remove the cable.
Be sure you are prying the plastic tabs connected tab and not the connector itself.
Step 11
- Now carefully remove the motherboard.
Now carefully remove the motherboard.
Step 12
Charging port
- Desolder each side of the USB port where it is attached to the motherboard.
- The USB port will now be loosened from the motherboard.
- Using tweezers, pull the USB port straight out from the motherboard without wiggling it up, down, or side to side.
- The USB port is now replaceable.
Desolder each side of the USB port where it is attached to the motherboard.
The USB port will now be loosened from the motherboard.
Using tweezers, pull the USB port straight out from the motherboard without wiggling it up, down, or side to side.
The USB port is now replaceable.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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