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Moderate

Steps

6

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Sections

3

  • Rear Case
  • 1 step
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Rear Facing Camera
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Case               
  • Insert your fingernail or a plastic tool into the opening near the headphone jack on top of the phone.
  • Gently pry apart the rear case from the midframe and remove.

Insert your fingernail or a plastic tool into the opening near the headphone jack on top of the phone.

Gently pry apart the rear case from the midframe and remove.

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Step 2

              Battery               
  • Insert your fingernail, or a plastic tool, into the crevice on the lower left side of the back side.
  • Gently pry the battery from the back of the phone.

Insert your fingernail, or a plastic tool, into the crevice on the lower left side of the back side.

Gently pry the battery from the back of the phone.

Step 3

              Remove screws               
  • With the Phillips head screwdriver, remove all seven 4.0mm screws, highlighted in red, from the rear case.
  • Insert your finger or an opening tool underneath the midframe and gently pry apart from the phone.

With the Phillips head screwdriver, remove all seven 4.0mm screws, highlighted in red, from the rear case.

Insert your finger or an opening tool underneath the midframe and gently pry apart from the phone.

Step 4

              Bottom Panel               
  • Insert an opening tool underneath the bottom panel near the bottom left side of the back of the phone.
  • Gently pry the part of the motherboard that is pointed out in the picture to the left from underneath the part of the phone that it is latched under.
  • Lift the bottom panel off the back of the phone.

Insert an opening tool underneath the bottom panel near the bottom left side of the back of the phone.

Gently pry the part of the motherboard that is pointed out in the picture to the left from underneath the part of the phone that it is latched under.

Lift the bottom panel off the back of the phone.

Step 5

              Top Panel               
  • Use tweezers to grasp the vibrator firmly and pull it away from the top panel with enough force to break the glue bond.
  • Insert an opening tool underneath the top panel near the top left side of the back of the phone.
  • Gently lift the panel from the back of the phone.

Use tweezers to grasp the vibrator firmly and pull it away from the top panel with enough force to break the glue bond.

Insert an opening tool underneath the top panel near the top left side of the back of the phone.

Gently lift the panel from the back of the phone.

Step 6

              Rear Camera               
  • The rear facing camera is located near the top center on the underside of the motherboard.
  • To remove the camera, flip the orange clip circled in red and pull the camera from the motherboard.

The rear facing camera is located near the top center on the underside of the motherboard.

To remove the camera, flip the orange clip circled in red and pull the camera from the motherboard.

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

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