Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

24

Time Required

                          45 minutes

Sections

4

  • Display Assembly
  • 6 steps
  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • Rear Camera
  • 8 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 6 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Display Assembly
  • Remove the plastic speaker grills by using the metal spudger to pry underneath the strips.
  • Peel off the plastic speaker grill to reveal the screws.
  • Heating up the plastic grills make them easier to remove.
  • Peeling off the plastic speaker grill will ruin the adhesive used to keep it in place. A new adhesive must be used to put the grill back on the device.

Remove the plastic speaker grills by using the metal spudger to pry underneath the strips.

Peel off the plastic speaker grill to reveal the screws.

Heating up the plastic grills make them easier to remove.

Peeling off the plastic speaker grill will ruin the adhesive used to keep it in place. A new adhesive must be used to put the grill back on the device.

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Step 2

  • Pry the top plastic grill off with the metal spudger and reveal the screws.

Pry the top plastic grill off with the metal spudger and reveal the screws.

Step 3

  • Remove five (two bottom, three top) 2.5 mm screws with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.
  • Remove five (four bottom, one top) 5.5 mm screws with the Torx Head T5 screwdriver.

Remove five (two bottom, three top) 2.5 mm screws with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Remove five (four bottom, one top) 5.5 mm screws with the Torx Head T5 screwdriver.

Step 4

  • Remove the display assembly by using the Jimmy to separate the assembly from the phone’s frame.
  • Lift the display assembly away from the other half of the phone.

Remove the display assembly by using the Jimmy to separate the assembly from the phone’s frame.

Lift the display assembly away from the other half of the phone.

Step 5

  • Remove one 2.5 mm screw holding down the metal bracket connector using the Phillips #000 screwdriver.
  • Peel back the metallic shielding over the connector using tweezers.
  • Remove the metal bracket connector.

Remove one 2.5 mm screw holding down the metal bracket connector using the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Peel back the metallic shielding over the connector using tweezers.

Remove the metal bracket connector.

Step 6

  • Grab hold of the the screen ribbon with the tweezers and remove it from the rest of the phone to free the assembly display.

Grab hold of the the screen ribbon with the tweezers and remove it from the rest of the phone to free the assembly display.

Step 7

              Battery
  • Grab hold of the connector on the right side of the phone (just above the battery) using the tweezers.
  • Remove the connector.

Grab hold of the connector on the right side of the phone (just above the battery) using the tweezers.

Remove the connector.

Step 8

  • Remove the 2.5 mm screw holding down the bracket with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
  • Grab the bracket with the tweezers and remove it.

Remove the 2.5 mm screw holding down the bracket with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Grab the bracket with the tweezers and remove it.

Step 9

  • Peel off and pull out the elastic tabs at the bottom of the battery.

Peel off and pull out the elastic tabs at the bottom of the battery.

Step 10

  • Carefully use the Jimmy to wedge the battery out of the phone.

Carefully use the Jimmy to wedge the battery out of the phone.

Step 11

              Rear Camera
  • Remove the one 2.5 mm screw with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Remove the one 2.5 mm screw with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Step 12

  • Remove the protective peel covering the rear cameras using your hands.

Remove the protective peel covering the rear cameras using your hands.

Step 13

  • Use the tweezers to remove the white tab connector.

Use the tweezers to remove the white tab connector.

Step 14

  • Grab and remove the metal tab with the tweezers.

Grab and remove the metal tab with the tweezers.

Step 15

  • Grab the connectors with the tweezers and gently lift the connectors loose.

Grab the connectors with the tweezers and gently lift the connectors loose.

Step 16

Step 17

  • Remove the one 2.5 mm screw underneath the connectors with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Remove the one 2.5 mm screw underneath the connectors with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Step 18

  • Grab the loose connectors with a tweezer and gently remove the rear camera unit from the phone.

Grab the loose connectors with a tweezer and gently remove the rear camera unit from the phone.

Step 19

              Motherboard
  • Grab and remove the blue connector with the tweezers.

Grab and remove the blue connector with the tweezers.

Step 20

  • Remove the five 1 mm screws holding down the gold antenna line brackets to the motherboard using the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Remove the five 1 mm screws holding down the gold antenna line brackets to the motherboard using the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Step 21

  • Remove the 2.5 mm screw next to the front-facing camera with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Remove the 2.5 mm screw next to the front-facing camera with the Phillips #000 screwdriver.

Step 22

  • Remove the four gold antenna line brackets with the tweezers.

Remove the four gold antenna line brackets with the tweezers.

Step 23

  • Using the tweezers remove the SIM card tray from the body of the phone.

Using the tweezers remove the SIM card tray from the body of the phone.

Step 24

  • Carefully lift up the motherboard away from the device.

Carefully lift up the motherboard away from the device.

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

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