Difficulty

Easy

Steps

4

Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

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  • Power and Volume Flex Cable
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Introduction

This guide is for replacing the flex cable instead of the buttons itself, as replacing the buttons is considerably easy I won’t make one!

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover
  • Start by locating the small opener tab at the bottom-left corner of the phone.
  • Remove the entire back cover.
  • Use a plastic opening tool to make it easier to open. Here I’m simply using a cosmetic tweezer as I don’t have one.
  • It did leave a mark a bit but doesn’t matter to me.

Start by locating the small opener tab at the bottom-left corner of the phone.

Remove the entire back cover.

Use a plastic opening tool to make it easier to open. Here I’m simply using a cosmetic tweezer as I don’t have one.

It did leave a mark a bit but doesn’t matter to me.

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Step 2

              Midframe
  • Remove the following screws:
  • 3 shorter Phillips #00 screws
  • 10 longer Phillips #00 screws
  • One of my longer screws is missing, don’t know when I lost it.
  • Gently lift the midframe up.
  • There might be some adhesive beneath these, just keep lifting it up gently.

Remove the following screws:

3 shorter Phillips #00 screws

10 longer Phillips #00 screws

One of my longer screws is missing, don’t know when I lost it.

Gently lift the midframe up.

There might be some adhesive beneath these, just keep lifting it up gently.

Step 3

              Motherboard
  • Identify these:
  • Flex Cable connector
  • Power and Volume Button Flex Cable itself
  • Battery Power connector
  • First disconnect the power line by gently lifting the Battery Power connector up to prevent accidental power-on.
  • Use a spudger to make it easier to lift it up.
  • Gently pull the Flex Cable connector off from its port.
  • Use a pair of tweezers to make it easier to pull it off.

Identify these:

Flex Cable connector

Power and Volume Button Flex Cable itself

Battery Power connector

First disconnect the power line by gently lifting the Battery Power connector up to prevent accidental power-on.

Use a spudger to make it easier to lift it up.

Gently pull the Flex Cable connector off from its port.

Use a pair of tweezers to make it easier to pull it off.

Step 4

              Flex Cable
  • Take the old Flex Cable off.
  • Replace the Flex Cable that you’ve taken off with the new one.
  • The broken one
  • The new one
  • Take the sticker for securing the adhesive off from the new one.
  • Carefully place it.
  • Proceed to the conclusion.

Take the old Flex Cable off.

Replace the Flex Cable that you’ve taken off with the new one.

The broken one

The new one

Take the sticker for securing the adhesive off from the new one.

Carefully place it.

Proceed to the conclusion.

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

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Jeet singh - Jun 19, 2019

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Ahhh! Why Asus mobile phones aren’t long lasting. My device is taking long time while charging and it drains too fast. I’ve also Asus Zenfone max pro m1, and its headphone jack has been stopped to working