Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

5

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  • USB Charging Port
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Remove back cover               
  • Remove the back cover with the opening tool to reveal the battery

Remove the back cover with the opening tool to reveal the battery

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Step 2

              Remove battery               
  • Now remove the battery and keep it somewhere safe for now

Now remove the battery and keep it somewhere safe for now

Step 3

              Unscrew motherboard from plastic protection               
  • Unscrew the nine screws shown with the Philips #0 screwdriver
  • Be sure not to lose any screws

Unscrew the nine screws shown with the Philips #0 screwdriver

Be sure not to lose any screws

Step 4

              Detaching the motherboard               
  • You must detach and replace the entire motherboard the replace the charging port
  • Slowly lift the motherboard up to pull it off the orange strip
  • Pull slowly, you do not want to break this strip

You must detach and replace the entire motherboard the replace the charging port

Slowly lift the motherboard up to pull it off the orange strip

Pull slowly, you do not want to break this strip

Step 5

              Inserting in new motherboard               
  • Due to the connector being sawdered on you must replace the whole mother boar so, insert your new motherboard
  • Make sure you line it up correctly with the orange strip

Due to the connector being sawdered on you must replace the whole mother boar so, insert your new motherboard

Make sure you line it up correctly with the orange strip

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

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Jeffrey Harp - Jul 2, 2017

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sawdered = soldered…Other than that it is pretty straight forward…thank you…

Kim Lindstrom - May 17, 2018

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Typo, Step 4:

the = to

(could have been ‘to’ or ‘then’, but last step dictates it means ‘to replace the port’’

Thanks for the excellent and simple guides!

Philip Moskal - Aug 17, 2018

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why dont you just replace the charging port??? any good tech should have that skill in the bank 100%