Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
11
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Sections
2
- Battery
- 2 steps
- LCD Display
- 9 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Press button on back of phone below camera.
- While button is depressed, remove the back panel of the phone by sliding off (not shown in picture).
Press button on back of phone below camera.
While button is depressed, remove the back panel of the phone by sliding off (not shown in picture).
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Step 2
- Grasp the battery near the bottom with two fingers.
- Lift battery up and out gently.
Grasp the battery near the bottom with two fingers.
Lift battery up and out gently.
Step 3
LCD Display
- Remove the rubber screw cover in the top left corner by prying it up with an iPod opener tool.
Remove the rubber screw cover in the top left corner by prying it up with an iPod opener tool.
Step 4
- Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the six screws on the back of the phone. Three are evenly spaced on each side.
- The upper right screw is 4.5 mm and the others are 6.5 mm.
Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the six screws on the back of the phone. Three are evenly spaced on each side.
The upper right screw is 4.5 mm and the others are 6.5 mm.
Step 5
- Slide the iPod opening tool into the seam on the side of the phone and turn it slightly to unhook the eight clips.
- There are three clips on each side and two at the bottom of the phone.
Slide the iPod opening tool into the seam on the side of the phone and turn it slightly to unhook the eight clips.
There are three clips on each side and two at the bottom of the phone.
Step 6
- Once all eight of the clips have been unhooked, lift the back panel off of the phone.
- Be careful not to remove the front panel. It is still connected to the phone chassis by a ribbon cable in the bottom right corner of the motherboard.
Once all eight of the clips have been unhooked, lift the back panel off of the phone.
Be careful not to remove the front panel. It is still connected to the phone chassis by a ribbon cable in the bottom right corner of the motherboard.
Step 7
- Using an iPod opening tool, undo the ribbon cable clip half way up the right side.
- Carefully remove ribbon cable.
Using an iPod opening tool, undo the ribbon cable clip half way up the right side.
Carefully remove ribbon cable.
Step 8
- Remove the front faceplate by lifting it off of the phone chassis.
Remove the front faceplate by lifting it off of the phone chassis.
Step 9
- Using the iPod opening tool, unlatch the LCD ribbon cable.
Using the iPod opening tool, unlatch the LCD ribbon cable.
Step 10
- Using a 1 mm flat head screwdriver, carefully pry under the lower left and right corners of the LCD screen.
- The LCD is held in place to the chassis with adhesive strips.
- Do not pry excessively hard or you may damage the circuitry on the back of the LCD.
Using a 1 mm flat head screwdriver, carefully pry under the lower left and right corners of the LCD screen.
The LCD is held in place to the chassis with adhesive strips.
Do not pry excessively hard or you may damage the circuitry on the back of the LCD.
Step 11
- Lift the LCD display out from phone chassis.
Lift the LCD display out from phone chassis.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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