Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          10 - 15 minutes

Sections

2

  • BLU Advance 4.0 Rear Case Disassembly
  • 3 steps
  • Screen
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Removing the back cover
  • With the back camera on the top side and facing you, find a notch on the bottom right side of the phone.
  • Unclip the cover by raising it up from the notch and sliding a flat rigid tool along the edge.

With the back camera on the top side and facing you, find a notch on the bottom right side of the phone.

Unclip the cover by raising it up from the notch and sliding a flat rigid tool along the edge.

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Step 2

              Revealing the motherboard
  • Remove the battery.
  • Remove 3 screws from each side with a Phillips 00 screwdriver.
  • Unclip the screen by sliding a flat rigid tool between the black and the blue side-band.
  • Pop off the blue side-band to be exposed to the motherboard.

Remove the battery.

Remove 3 screws from each side with a Phillips 00 screwdriver.

Unclip the screen by sliding a flat rigid tool between the black and the blue side-band.

Pop off the blue side-band to be exposed to the motherboard.

Step 3

              Separating motherboard from screen
  • Remove 2 black plastic buttons from each side, exposing metallic padding.
  • Gently pry the metallic padding off the motherboard with a flat rigid tool.
  • Carefully separate the clip-on tabs while lifting the motherboard away from the screen.
  • Forcefully separating the motherboard from the screen can further damage your device.

Remove 2 black plastic buttons from each side, exposing metallic padding.

Gently pry the metallic padding off the motherboard with a flat rigid tool.

Carefully separate the clip-on tabs while lifting the motherboard away from the screen.

Forcefully separating the motherboard from the screen can further damage your device.

Step 4

              Screen
  • The screen connector is located near the back camera and charger port.
  • Remove the attached screen by gently tugging the cord that connects it to main frame.
  • Pull gently to avoid damaging the connected cable.

The screen connector is located near the back camera and charger port.

Remove the attached screen by gently tugging the cord that connects it to main frame.

Pull gently to avoid damaging the connected cable.

Step 5

  • After screen removal, you should be left with the old screen and a plug-in tab .
  • Leave the motherboard and inner screen in one piece.
  • If the inner screen is cracked, replacing the outer screen is useless.

After screen removal, you should be left with the old screen and a plug-in tab .

Leave the motherboard and inner screen in one piece.

If the inner screen is cracked, replacing the outer screen is useless.

Step 6

              Placing in new screen
  • Work backwards by carefully sliding in the new screen’s plug-in tab into the screen connector.
  • The phone will not have sensitivity if the plug-in tab is damaged.

Work backwards by carefully sliding in the new screen’s plug-in tab into the screen connector.

The phone will not have sensitivity if the plug-in tab is damaged.

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

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