Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

16

Time Required

                          20 minutes - 1 hour

Sections

6

  • Rear Case
  • 2 steps
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • SIM Card
  • 1 step
  • Midframe
  • 6 steps
  • Motherboard Assembly
  • 4 steps
  • Headphone Jack
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              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.

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Step 2

  • 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 3

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

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

Remove the battery from your phone.

Step 4

              SIM Card
  • Use a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, to press the SIM 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 SIM card.
  • During reassembly, push the SIM card into the slot until it clicks in place.

Use a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, to press the SIM 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 SIM card.

During reassembly, push the SIM card into the slot until it clicks in place.

Step 5

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

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

Step 6

  • The midframe is secured to the display assembly by several plastic clips behind the chrome bezel of the midframe. The next few steps will guide you through separating the clips to free the midframe.
  • Starting on the volume button side of the phone, insert your plastic opening tool between the chrome bezel around the display glass and the larger chrome border piece. Look for the seam between the two.
  • Slide the opening tool along the seam, separating the plastic clips as you go.
  • Be very gentle whilst prying, and pry only enough to separate the plastic clips—there are several thin points in the midframe bezel that may crack if you bend them too much.

The midframe is secured to the display assembly by several plastic clips behind the chrome bezel of the midframe. The next few steps will guide you through separating the clips to free the midframe.

Starting on the volume button side of the phone, insert your plastic opening tool between the chrome bezel around the display glass and the larger chrome border piece. Look for the seam between the two.

Slide the opening tool along the seam, separating the plastic clips as you go.

Be very gentle whilst prying, and pry only enough to separate the plastic clips—there are several thin points in the midframe bezel that may crack if you bend them too much.

Step 7

  • Continue prying around the corner of the phone.
  • Slide your opening tool along the seam between the midframe and display along the bottom of the device, releasing more of the plastic clips.

Continue prying around the corner of the phone.

Slide your opening tool along the seam between the midframe and display along the bottom of the device, releasing more of the plastic clips.

Step 8

  • Again, pry around the corner, to the power button side.
  • Slide the opening tool along the seam.

Again, pry around the corner, to the power button side.

Slide the opening tool along the seam.

Step 9

  • Continue sliding the opening tool around the top of the phone, releasing the last of the clips and freeing the midframe from the display assembly.
  • At this point, you may want to run your plastic opening tool along the entire perimeter of the device again, to make sure you’ve released all of the plastic clips.

Continue sliding the opening tool around the top of the phone, releasing the last of the clips and freeing the midframe from the display assembly.

At this point, you may want to run your plastic opening tool along the entire perimeter of the device again, to make sure you’ve released all of the plastic clips.

Step 10

  • Remove the midframe from the display assembly.

Remove the midframe from the display assembly.

Step 11

              Motherboard Assembly
  • Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the USB board connector.
  • Disconnect the front-facing camera cable connector.
  • Disconnect the earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.

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

Disconnect the front-facing camera cable connector.

Disconnect the earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.

Step 12

  • Disconnect the headphone jack assembly cable connector.
  • Disconnect the display/digitizer cable connector.
  • Disconnect the antenna cable connector.

Disconnect the headphone jack assembly cable connector.

Disconnect the display/digitizer cable connector.

Disconnect the antenna cable connector.

Step 13

  • Remove the single 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screw from the motherboard assembly.

Remove the single 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screw from the motherboard assembly.

Step 14

  • 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 15

              Headphone Jack
  • Remove the single 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the headphone jack assembly to the display assembly.

Remove the single 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the headphone jack assembly to the display assembly.

Step 16

  • Remove the headphone jack assembly.

Remove the headphone jack assembly.

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

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Guy Paranavitana - Apr 12, 2014

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I accidentally inserted an electric pin instead of the auxiliary jack into the head phone jack assembly. There was a loud screeching sound and ever since then the head phones do not work. However, I can play music through the phone speaker and also with Bluetooth. I cannot listen to music with my ear buds or head phones or with auxiliary speakers. I have replaced the jack assembly with a new one and yet it is the same. What more can I do to rectify this?

Jace Blackburn - May 23, 2015

Did you ever get help on this? Having the same problem.

reone - May 18, 2016

Me too have same problem….did u got it fixed or not?…if yes how u did it…?

Zadboy Tanaka - Dec 18, 2016

I too am having this issue. I assume we have fried the amp for external audio with wtv current we happened to let touch our aux ports. Sounds like I bigger issue to fix. Just still wondering if I can.

Albert Einstein - May 31, 2017

Where do you even get the part?