Canon Powershot G16 Lcd Replacement Repair Guide

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Time Required

                          20 - 35 minutes

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Battery
2 steps
Button Circuit Board
11 steps
LCD
3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery

Open the battery flap on the bottom of the camera by applying pressure and pushing in the direction of the arrow.
Remove your finger and allow the flap to pop open.

Open the battery flap on the bottom of the camera by applying pressure and pushing in the direction of the arrow.

Remove your finger and allow the flap to pop open.

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Step 2

Push the brown lever so that it pivots counterclockwise.
Grip and remove the battery.

Push the brown lever so that it pivots counterclockwise.

Grip and remove the battery.

Step 3

              Button Circuit Board

Remove the ring around the lens by simultaneously pressing the black button located at the bottom right of the ring and rotating the ring counterclockwise.

Remove the ring around the lens by simultaneously pressing the black button located at the bottom right of the ring and rotating the ring counterclockwise.

Step 4

Remove the four 3.3 mm screws on the bottom of the camera using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the four 3.3 mm screws on the bottom of the camera using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 5

Remove the 3.3 mm screw on the right side of the viewfinder using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the 3.3 mm screw on the right side of the viewfinder using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 6

Remove the two 3.3 mm screws near the speaker using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the two 3.3 mm screws near the speaker using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 7

Open the port cover by lifting up the tab with your finger and remove the 3.3 mm screw underneath the cover using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Remove the other 3.3 mm screw below the ports using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Open the port cover by lifting up the tab with your finger and remove the 3.3 mm screw underneath the cover using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the other 3.3 mm screw below the ports using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 8

Using your fingers, carefully pull the the back cover off by grabbing the bottom left of the back cover and pulling outwards.

Using your fingers, carefully pull the the back cover off by grabbing the bottom left of the back cover and pulling outwards.

Step 9

Using your fingers, carefully pry the front cover off starting at the bottom right.

Using your fingers, carefully pry the front cover off starting at the bottom right.

Step 10

Remove the 3.8 mm screw at the bottom right of the port cover housing using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Lift away the port cover housing.

Remove the 3.8 mm screw at the bottom right of the port cover housing using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Lift away the port cover housing.

Step 11

Reorient the camera so that you are looking at the back.
Make sure to pull the connector straight down as pulling up may cause harm to the connector.
Unplug the button circuit board from the motherboard by unlocking the ZIF connector (gently lift the brown lock that keeps the cable in place).
Pull the connector downwards with the tweezers.

Reorient the camera so that you are looking at the back.

Make sure to pull the connector straight down as pulling up may cause harm to the connector.

Unplug the button circuit board from the motherboard by unlocking the ZIF connector (gently lift the brown lock that keeps the cable in place).

Pull the connector downwards with the tweezers.

Step 12

Remove the 3.0 mm screw on the top of the button memory board using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
Remove the 2.8 mm screw on the bottom of the button memory board using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the 3.0 mm screw on the top of the button memory board using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Remove the 2.8 mm screw on the bottom of the button memory board using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

Step 13

Lift the button circuit board away from the camera.

Lift the button circuit board away from the camera.

Step 14

LCD

Do not pull the connector upwards as doing so may harm the connector housing.
Unlock the ZIF connector for the large connector ribbon by lifting up on the brown flap with the plastic opening tool.
Gently pull the connector straight out of the housing with your fingers.

Do not pull the connector upwards as doing so may harm the connector housing.

Unlock the ZIF connector for the large connector ribbon by lifting up on the brown flap with the plastic opening tool.

Gently pull the connector straight out of the housing with your fingers.

Step 15

Unplug the small connector ribbon by pulling the cable outwards from the camera using a spudger or your fingers.

Unplug the small connector ribbon by pulling the cable outwards from the camera using a spudger or your fingers.

Step 16

Be careful of the copper plate that may fall out once you lift the LCD screen away.
Gently lift the LCD away from the camera housing.

Be careful of the copper plate that may fall out once you lift the LCD screen away.

Gently lift the LCD away from the camera housing.

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

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Martin Salamon - Nov 20, 2016

Step 11 needs to be updated
Add Tweezers to the “tools needed” part at the beginning

Otherwise nice instruction

Christian Ristow - Jan 26, 2017

Nice set of instructions, although I had a real problem at step 11, and I recommend it be updated.

The instructions for step 14 should be copied-and-pasted into step 11.

Looking at the instructions for step 11, it was not at all clear that the brown lock-flap needed to be lifted first, and that the connector would then come out quite easily. Applying tweezers to the connector without first knowing about the brown lock-flap could easily lead to damaging the ribbon cable, as almost happened in my case.

So, for anyone reading this (in case the instruction set is not updated by the author), use the instructions for step 14 when you are at step 11. The connector will come out easily after the brown lock-flap is lifted, and the “connector” is NOT the grey plastic part that you see; it is in fact simply the end of the ribbon cable.

Thank You to the author. This instruction set saved me a bunch of money.

Ανεφέλετη Προβιά - Aug 31, 2017

Also about step 11: Twezers may harm the cable. After opening the brown lock you can just carefully let the cable get out on step 13 while lifting the button circuit board away from the camera. On the reverse order,after replacement, twezers are needed to push the cable gently in.

Jon Mayers - Jan 6, 2018

emmbee - Jul 1, 2018

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