Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

36

Time Required

                          40 minutes - 2 hours

Sections

8

  • Stylus
  • 1 step
  • Rear Case
  • 2 steps
  • MicroSD Card
  • 1 step
  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Midframe
  • 8 steps
  • Motherboard Assembly
  • 5 steps
  • Headphone Jack/Earpiece Speaker Assembly
  • 3 steps
  • Display Assembly
  • 14 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

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

Grasp the end 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 left of the rear-facing camera, near the power button.

Pry with a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, in the divot to the left of the rear-facing camera, near the power button.

Step 3

  • Lift the rear case by the corner nearest the divot and remove it from the phone.

Lift the rear case by the corner nearest the divot and remove it from the phone.

Step 4

              MicroSD Card
  • If you have an SD card inserted, 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.
  • Remove the microSD card.
  • For reassembly, push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks in place.

If you have an SD card inserted, 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.

Remove the microSD card.

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

Step 5

              Battery
  • Insert a plastic opening tool, or your finger, into the notch of the battery compartment and lift the battery upward.

Insert a plastic opening tool, or your finger, into the notch of the battery compartment and lift the battery upward.

Step 6

  • Remove the battery from the midframe.

Remove the battery from the midframe.

Step 7

              Midframe
  • Remove the eleven 4.0 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.

Remove the eleven 4.0 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.

Step 8

  • Insert your plastic opening tool between the midframe and front panel assembly on the side of the phone.
  • Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Insert your plastic opening tool between the midframe and front panel assembly on the side of the phone.

Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Step 9

  • Continue to run the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Continue to run the plastic opening tool down the seam.

Step 10

  • Carefully pry around the corner with a plastic opening tool.

Carefully pry around the corner with a plastic opening tool.

Step 11

  • Pry along the top of the phone with a plastic opening tool.

Pry along the top of the phone with a plastic opening tool.

Step 12

  • Push the plastic opening tool down to free the corner of the midframe from the display assembly.

Push the plastic opening tool down to free the corner of the midframe from the display assembly.

Step 13

  • Free the clips along the power button side of the phone.
  • Lastly, free the two clips along the top and bottom edge of battery compartment.

Free the clips along the power button side of the phone.

Lastly, free the two clips along the top and bottom edge of battery compartment.

Step 14

  • Lift the display assembly out of the midframe.

Lift the display assembly out of the midframe.

Step 15

              Motherboard Assembly
  • Use a spudger to disconnect the vibrator/power button assembly cable connector.
  • Disconnect the antenna cable connector.
  • Disconnect the display cable connector.

Use a spudger to disconnect the vibrator/power button assembly cable connector.

Disconnect the antenna cable connector.

Disconnect the display cable connector.

Step 16

  • Disconnect the front-facing camera cable connector.
  • Disconnect the headphone jack cable connector.
  • Disconnect the digitizer cable connector.

Disconnect the front-facing camera cable connector.

Disconnect the headphone jack cable connector.

Disconnect the digitizer cable connector.

Step 17

  • Use the spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the motherboard.
  • Disconnect the soft button cable connector.
  • Disconnect the USB board cable connector.

Use the spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the motherboard.

Disconnect the soft button cable connector.

Disconnect the USB board cable connector.

Step 18

  • Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the motherboard to the display assembly.

Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the motherboard to the display assembly.

Step 19

  • Gently remove the motherboard.
  • Hold the motherboard by its edges to prevent ESD damage. Be careful not to snag it on any cables as you extract it from the display assembly.

Gently remove the motherboard.

Hold the motherboard by its edges to prevent ESD damage. Be careful not to snag it on any cables as you extract it from the display assembly.

Step 20

              Headphone Jack/Earpiece Speaker Assembly
  • Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the headphone jack assembly to the display assembly.

Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the headphone jack assembly to the display assembly.

Step 21

  • Grasp the headphone jack portion of the assembly and lift it out of its groove in the display assembly.

Grasp the headphone jack portion of the assembly and lift it out of its groove in the display assembly.

Step 22

  • Gently pull the headphone jack straight up without twisting the cable to remove the earpiece speaker portion from its recess.
  • Twisting or pulling unevenly could damage the cable. Be very careful as you extract the assembly.

Gently pull the headphone jack straight up without twisting the cable to remove the earpiece speaker portion from its recess.

Twisting or pulling unevenly could damage the cable. Be very careful as you extract the assembly.

Step 23

              Display Assembly
  • Remove the 3mm Phillips #00 screw from the front-facing camera bracket.

Remove the 3mm Phillips #00 screw from the front-facing camera bracket.

Step 24

  • Remove the front-facing camera bracket.

Remove the front-facing camera bracket.

Step 25

  • Remove the front-facing camera.

Remove the front-facing camera.

Step 26

  • Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the antenna board to the display assembly.

Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the antenna board to the display assembly.

Step 27

  • Insert the tip of a spudger under the antenna board to free it from the adhesive holding it to the display assembly.

Insert the tip of a spudger under the antenna board to free it from the adhesive holding it to the display assembly.

Step 28

  • Gently de-route the antenna cable from its channel in the display assembly.

Gently de-route the antenna cable from its channel in the display assembly.

Step 29

  • Remove the antenna cable from the display assembly.
  • When reassembling your device, install the USB board and attach the antenna connector before routing it into the channel. This will ensure the proper placement of the antenna cable connectors.

Remove the antenna cable from the display assembly.

When reassembling your device, install the USB board and attach the antenna connector before routing it into the channel. This will ensure the proper placement of the antenna cable connectors.

Step 30

  • Insert the tip of a spudger under the vibrator to free it from the adhesive holding it to the display assembly.
  • Do not attempt to remove the vibrator entirely as it is still attached to the vibrator/power button assembly.

Insert the tip of a spudger under the vibrator to free it from the adhesive holding it to the display assembly.

Do not attempt to remove the vibrator entirely as it is still attached to the vibrator/power button assembly.

Step 31

  • Use tweezers to detach the power button from the adhesive securing it to the display assembly.
  • Remove the vibrator/power button assembly from the display assembly.

Use tweezers to detach the power button from the adhesive securing it to the display assembly.

Remove the vibrator/power button assembly from the display assembly.

Step 32

  • Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 from the speaker enclosure.

Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 from the speaker enclosure.

Step 33

  • Remove the speaker enclosure.

Remove the speaker enclosure.

Step 34

  • Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the USB board.

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

Step 35

  • 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.
  • Remove the USB board from the display assembly.

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.

Remove the USB board from the display assembly.

Step 36

  • Gently deroute the antenna cable from its notch in the display assembly.
  • Remove the antenna cable.

Gently deroute the antenna cable from its notch in the display assembly.

Remove the antenna cable.

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

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gcb - Dec 13, 2013

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This guide is awful. Not even the US phone model. mine and most on youtube does not have the antennae on both side, only a antena on one of the sides of the phone.

Also this does not cover how to remove most things that you HAVE to remove when you buy the digitizer+lcd from here… not to mention that it stops in the middle…

there is a video on youtube from https://www.youtube.com/user/LE55ONS that shows how to dismantle the note2 in much more detail than this… and he goes all the way and show how to remove every piece needed.

Lego - Nov 11, 2014

thx for the video!

note i was repairing looked slightly different. no antenna on the left and powerbutton/vibrator where differnet parts, midframe is hold by 2 additional tabs inside battery compartment. video was a good addition to this guid, and helped alot ;)

anonymous 4780 - Jan 27, 2015

Thank you for the link to the videos, it helped particularly for the vibrator and power button.

Roger - Aug 1, 2016

This is the Sprint model, SPH-L900. It’s not his fault that your phone is different.

chad - Jan 1, 2014

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This guide showed me how to take mine apart in ten minutes every step was included in this guide…dont know what phone you have^^^^but this is a great guide