Difficulty
Difficult
Steps
12
Time Required
30 - 40 minutes
Sections
6
- Battery
- 2 steps
- Midframe
- 3 steps
- Headphone Jack/Speaker Assembly
- 1 step
- Earpiece Speaker
- 2 steps
- Motherboard
- 3 steps
- Micro USB Port
- 1 step
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Battery
- Remove the back cover of phone by lifting up on the back cover tab with the blue plastic opening tool.
- Go around the edge of the back cover to completely remove it.
Remove the back cover of phone by lifting up on the back cover tab with the blue plastic opening tool.
Go around the edge of the back cover to completely remove it.
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Step 2
Remove the battery.
- Remove the old battery by lifting up on the thumb tab.
- Periodically clean the brass terminals on the battery and the phone. Place a minute amount of ISO on a Q-tip and gingerly clean the connections.
Remove the old battery by lifting up on the thumb tab.
Periodically clean the brass terminals on the battery and the phone. Place a minute amount of ISO on a Q-tip and gingerly clean the connections.
Step 3
Midframe
- Remove the nine 4mm screws screws from the midframe with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
Remove the nine 4mm screws screws from the midframe with a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
Step 4
- Wedge the blue plastic opening tool in between the front and side panel.
- Move the blue plastic opening tool around the edges between the front and side panel.
Wedge the blue plastic opening tool in between the front and side panel.
Move the blue plastic opening tool around the edges between the front and side panel.
Step 5
- Make sure that you detach the mid-frame from the inside too.
Make sure that you detach the mid-frame from the inside too.
Step 6
Headphone Jack/Speaker Assembly
- Unhook the ribbon cable clip with the plastic opening tool and remove the audio jack.
Unhook the ribbon cable clip with the plastic opening tool and remove the audio jack.
Step 7
Earpiece Speaker
- Use the plastic opening tool to unhook the ribbon cable clip.
Use the plastic opening tool to unhook the ribbon cable clip.
Step 8
- Gently pull on the connector with the tweezers until the speaker comes off.
Gently pull on the connector with the tweezers until the speaker comes off.
Step 9
Motherboard
- Unhook the other ribbon cable clip to the screen with the blue plastic opening tool.
Unhook the other ribbon cable clip to the screen with the blue plastic opening tool.
Step 10
- Unhook the ribbon cable clip to the front camera.
- Lift the motherboard up and out of the device.
Unhook the ribbon cable clip to the front camera.
Lift the motherboard up and out of the device.
Step 11
- Remove the motherboard and unhook the ribbon cable clip to the back camera.
Remove the motherboard and unhook the ribbon cable clip to the back camera.
Step 12
Micro USB Port
- Using a soldering iron to solder off the charging port.
- Be careful soldering iron gets extremely hot.
Using a soldering iron to solder off the charging port.
Be careful soldering iron gets extremely hot.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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