Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

12

Time Required

                          25 - 45 minutes

Sections

3

  • Display Assembly
  • 6 steps
  • Logic board
  • 4 steps
  • Battery
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery cover
  • Remove the battery cover by grabbing the notch under the bottom speakers and lifting.

Remove the battery cover by grabbing the notch under the bottom speakers and lifting.

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Step 2

              Remove SIM and Media Card
  • Remove the SIM card and the Media SD card by pushing on them.

Remove the SIM card and the Media SD card by pushing on them.

Step 3

              Unscrewing the LCD panel
  • Locate and unscrew all 10 T5 screws around the back cover

Locate and unscrew all 10 T5 screws around the back cover

Step 4

              Separate the LCD from the Frame
  • Use Plastic opening tools to separate the LCD from the Main body
  • Do NOT remove the screen yet, it is attached with a very fragile ribbon to the main board.
  • Start on the same side of the Audio Jack

Use Plastic opening tools to separate the LCD from the Main body

Do NOT remove the screen yet, it is attached with a very fragile ribbon to the main board.

Start on the same side of the Audio Jack

Step 5

              Remove the LCD
  • Use a plastic tool to carefully switch up the LCD ribbon holder
  • Detach the LCD from the main board
  • When installing the new LCD, make sure the ribbon is inserted to the white line.

Use a plastic tool to carefully switch up the LCD ribbon holder

Detach the LCD from the main board

When installing the new LCD, make sure the ribbon is inserted to the white line.

Step 6

              LCD Panel removal
  • You can now detach the LCD Panel from the main frame.

You can now detach the LCD Panel from the main frame.

Step 7

              Untie the System board
  • With a plastic tool, untie the system board by detaching the ribbons attached to it
  • The battery ribbon is on the bottom right
  • Be gentle when detaching these Ribbons as they are very easy to tear and damage.

With a plastic tool, untie the system board by detaching the ribbons attached to it

The battery ribbon is on the bottom right

Be gentle when detaching these Ribbons as they are very easy to tear and damage.

Step 8

              Untie the System board Part 2
  • Be gentle as any other system board ribbons, they are very easy to damage

Be gentle as any other system board ribbons, they are very easy to damage

Step 9

              Untie the system board Part 3
  • Power Button /Audio Jack
  • Flash
  • Rear Facing Camera

Power Button /Audio Jack

Flash

Rear Facing Camera

Step 10

              System board removal
  • Once all Ribbons untied, gently wiggle the system board out of the frame
  • Do not pull hard as there might be a ribbon on the way

Once all Ribbons untied, gently wiggle the system board out of the frame

Do not pull hard as there might be a ribbon on the way

Step 11

              Remove the Rear Camera
  • Use a pair of pliers to remove the rear facing camera

Use a pair of pliers to remove the rear facing camera

Step 12

              Remove the Battery

If this is the original battery, it might be hold down by VERY strong adhesive on the top, middle and bottom part. Be careful not to damage the battery

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

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wfines - Jun 2, 2016

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Good guide, but one caveat - when removing the battery, the adhesive is pretty much directly attached to the NFC “plate” (a flexible square membrane with a pair of contacts on the bottom left side of the battery). If you try to extract the battery, you will have difficulty not destroying this membrane. Do not use a wedge - you must slowly remove the battery, preferably using a heat gun to loosen the glue.

Or get a battery already glued into a back plate.

Hans - Jun 2, 2016

Thank you for the detail. I will add a notice about that on the last step.

Yass Tra - Jan 22, 2018

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How to change the USB port

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mwlacey - May 2, 2018

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OMG! The procedure looks horrible !!