Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
15
Time Required
20 - 40 minutes
Sections
7
- Stylus
- 1 step
- Rear Case
- 2 steps
- Battery
- 1 step
- MicroSD Card
- 2 steps
- SIM Card
- 2 steps
- Midframe
- 5 steps
- Speaker Enclosure
- 2 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
Speaker Enclosure
- 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 15
- Remove the speaker enclosure from the display assembly.
Remove the speaker enclosure from the display assembly.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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