Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

5

Time Required

                          20 - 30 minutes

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  • Back Cover
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Introduction

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Step 1

              Turn off the watch
  • Turn off the Galaxy Watch Active2 by pushing and holding the bottom button for approximately 3 seconds. You should feel a short vibration.
  • When the “Power off” symbol appears, tap the center of the screen to make it shut down. You should feel a longer vibration for confirmation.

Turn off the Galaxy Watch Active2 by pushing and holding the bottom button for approximately 3 seconds. You should feel a short vibration.

When the “Power off” symbol appears, tap the center of the screen to make it shut down. You should feel a longer vibration for confirmation.

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Step 2

              Remove the rear screws
  • Use a Tri-point Y00 screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm-long screws on the back of the watch.

Use a Tri-point Y00 screwdriver to remove the four 4 mm-long screws on the back of the watch.

Step 3

              Separate the back cover from the housing
  • Use an opening pick and place it between the plastic back cover and the metal housing near the buttons.
  • Push the opening pick into the gap to separate the back cover from the housing.
  • Don’t remove the back cover all the way yet. There is a cable connecting it to the motherboard.

Use an opening pick and place it between the plastic back cover and the metal housing near the buttons.

Push the opening pick into the gap to separate the back cover from the housing.

Don’t remove the back cover all the way yet. There is a cable connecting it to the motherboard.

Step 4

              Disconnect the sensor array
  • Carefully lift the back cover to access the sensor array connector.
  • Use a spudger to disconnect the sensor array from the motherboard.

Carefully lift the back cover to access the sensor array connector.

Use a spudger to disconnect the sensor array from the motherboard.

Step 5

              Remove the back cover
  • Remove the back cover.

Remove the back cover.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.

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Dave Hains - Jul 17, 2022

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What kind of glue would you use if the plastic of the back cover fell off?

Arbuzov Paul - Oct 11, 2022

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Hello. Where can i get the back cover with adhesive as a replacement or just the adhesvie? I noticed it is a weird rubbery glue and i cannot source this anywhere.