Difficulty

Easy

Steps

6

Time Required

                          30 minutes            

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  • Charging Board
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Step 1

              Charging Dock / Charging Board               
  • The spare part: Daughter board with Charging port, Microphone, Main flex cable connector, display connector, 3G, 4G antennas

The spare part: Daughter board with Charging port, Microphone, Main flex cable connector, display connector, 3G, 4G antennas

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Step 2

              Remove the Back Cover               
  • Turn off the device by pressing and holding the small button on the right side. After a few seconds, press the Power Off button and wait until the device has completely shut off
  • To soften the adhesive, use a heat gun or heating pad to warm up the device.
  • Use a Spudger (Or playing card) , Suction Cup, and Isopropyl alcohol to separate the back cover.

Turn off the device by pressing and holding the small button on the right side. After a few seconds, press the Power Off button and wait until the device has completely shut off

To soften the adhesive, use a heat gun or heating pad to warm up the device.

Use a Spudger (Or playing card) , Suction Cup, and Isopropyl alcohol to separate the back cover.

Step 3

              Remove the  Sim Card Tray/Fingerprint Sensor               
  • Be very careful when removing the ribbons in this step! Damaging the ribbons may cause parts of your phone to stop working
  • Remove the SIM tray.
  • Remove the plastic cover that covers the Fingerprint flex connector.
  • Disconnect the Fingerprint Sensor.

Be very careful when removing the ribbons in this step! Damaging the ribbons may cause parts of your phone to stop working

Remove the SIM tray.

Remove the plastic cover that covers the Fingerprint flex connector.

Disconnect the Fingerprint Sensor.

Step 4

  • Remove the 13 screws
  • Remove the back cover

Remove the 13 screws

Remove the back cover

Step 5

  • Disconnect the Main flex cable, Display flex cable and the Coaxial antenna cable.
  • Remove the black screw securing the charging board.

Disconnect the Main flex cable, Display flex cable and the Coaxial antenna cable.

Remove the black screw securing the charging board.

Step 6

  • Use Plastic tool to separate the charging board from the frame.
  • Warm the charging board slightly to make it easier to disassemble.
  • Now, install the new board and test the device.

Use Plastic tool to separate the charging board from the frame.

Warm the charging board slightly to make it easier to disassemble.

Now, install the new board and test the device.

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

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