Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

31

Time Required

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Sections

8

  • Stylus
  • 1 step
  • Rear Case
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • MicroSD Card
  • 2 steps
  • SIM Card
  • 2 steps
  • Midframe
  • 5 steps
  • Motherboard Assembly
  • 5 steps
  • Display Assembly
  • 13 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Stylus
  • Grasp the cap of the stylus and remove it from its slot in the midframe.

Grasp the cap of the stylus and remove it from its slot in the midframe.

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Step 2

              Rear Case
  • Pry with a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, in the divot to the right of the rear-facing camera, near the volume rocker.

Pry with a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, in the divot to the right of the rear-facing camera, near the volume rocker.

Step 3

  • Lift and remove the rear case from the phone.

Lift and remove the rear case from the phone.

Step 4

              Battery
  • Insert your finger in the notch of the battery compartment.
  • Press the battery toward the rear facing camera while pulling outward.

Insert your finger in the notch of the battery compartment.

Press the battery toward the rear facing camera while pulling outward.

Step 5

              MicroSD Card
  • Use the flat end of a spudger, or your fingernail, to press the microSD card slightly deeper into its slot until you hear a click.
  • After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its slot.
  • For reassembly, push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks in place.

Use the flat end of a spudger, or your fingernail, to press the microSD card slightly deeper into its slot until you hear a click.

After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its slot.

For reassembly, push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks in place.

Step 6

  • Remove the microSD card from its slot in the midframe.

Remove the microSD card from its slot in the midframe.

Step 7

              SIM Card
  • Use a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, to push the SIM card out of its compartment.

Use a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, to push the SIM card out of its compartment.

Step 8

  • Slide the SIM card out the rest of the way with your thumb and remove it from the device.

Slide the SIM card out the rest of the way with your thumb and remove it from the device.

Step 9

              Midframe
  • Remove the nine 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.

Remove the nine 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.

Step 10

  • Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the power button between the midframe and the front panel assembly and pry.

Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the power button between the midframe and the front panel assembly and pry.

Step 11

  • Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Step 12

  • Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the headphone jack between the midframe and the display assembly.
  • Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone.
  • Continue to run the plastic opening tool around the perimeter of the phone until the midframe is separated.

Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the headphone jack between the midframe and the display assembly.

Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone.

Continue to run the plastic opening tool around the perimeter of the phone until the midframe is separated.

Step 13

  • Remove the midframe from the display assembly.

Remove the midframe from the display assembly.

Step 14

              Motherboard Assembly
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to carefully disconnect the display cable connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to carefully disconnect the display cable connector.

Step 15

  • Use a spudger to disconnect the front-facing camera assembly cable connector.
  • Disconnect the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.
  • Disconnect the digitizer cable connector.

Use a spudger to disconnect the front-facing camera assembly cable connector.

Disconnect the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.

Disconnect the digitizer cable connector.

Step 16

  • Disconnect the soft button cable connector with the flat end of a spudger.
  • Use a spudger to disconnect the USB board cable connector.
  • Disconnect the antenna cable connector.

Disconnect the soft button cable connector with the flat end of a spudger.

Use a spudger to disconnect the USB board cable connector.

Disconnect the antenna cable connector.

Step 17

  • Remove the two 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard to the display assembly.

Remove the two 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard to the display assembly.

Step 18

  • Remove the motherboard assembly from the display assembly.

Remove the motherboard assembly from the display assembly.

Step 19

              Display Assembly
  • Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the upper display assembly bracket.

Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the upper display assembly bracket.

Step 20

  • Use a pair of tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the upper display assembly bracket.

Use a pair of tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the upper display assembly bracket.

Step 21

  • Using tweezers, or your fingers, remove the front-facing camera assembly.

Using tweezers, or your fingers, remove the front-facing camera assembly.

Step 22

  • Use the tip of a spudger to pry the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly out of its recess in the display assembly.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly out of its recess in the display assembly.

Step 23

  • Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly.

Step 24

  • Remove the three 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the speaker enclosure to the front panel assembly.

Remove the three 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the speaker enclosure to the front panel assembly.

Step 25

  • Lift the speaker enclosure from the display assembly.

Lift the speaker enclosure from the display assembly.

Step 26

  • Use the tip of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the USB board.
  • Remove the antenna cable.

Use the tip of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the USB board.

Remove the antenna cable.

Step 27

  • Push the flat end of a spudger under the USB board to separate it from the display assembly.
  • Insert the spudger at a shallow angle to avoid bending or damaging the USB board.

Push the flat end of a spudger under the USB board to separate it from the display assembly.

Insert the spudger at a shallow angle to avoid bending or damaging the USB board.

Step 28

  • Remove the USB board.

Remove the USB board.

Step 29

  • Insert the tip of a spudger under the vibrator connector cable near the contacts then slide toward the vibrator itself.

Insert the tip of a spudger under the vibrator connector cable near the contacts then slide toward the vibrator itself.

Step 30

  • Insert the flat end of a spudger under the vibrator connector cable, and pry it up from the adhesive.

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the vibrator connector cable, and pry it up from the adhesive.

Step 31

  • Remove the vibrator from the display assembly.

Remove the vibrator from the display assembly.

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

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Fabrice - Jan 19, 2014

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étape 31 ensuite ??

omarkhurshid - Jan 14, 2015

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Fantastic !!

Abhishek Kumbhar - Jan 30, 2016

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i have a galaxy not and its display is badly broken,at the top of the phone(front side),the display is broken so badly that i am able to a little circuit i.e. a brown color wire which is connected to the display.

so my ques. is that can the phone work after repairing or it has gone?

Georg Fischer - May 28, 2016

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Hello Abhishek Kumbhar, if the motherboard is not damaged it’s all fine. All other parts are replaceable

murali maroju - Oct 16, 2017

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excellent photos

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