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Difficulty

Easy

Steps

12

Time Required

                          10 - 20 minutes

Sections

3

  • Back Cover
  • 4 steps
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Screen
  • 7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Pry the back cover up
  • Be sure to power off your phone before you begin.
  • Insert your thumbnail, or a prying tool like a spudger, into the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.
  • Pry the back cover up to start separating its plastic clips.

Be sure to power off your phone before you begin.

Insert your thumbnail, or a prying tool like a spudger, into the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.

Pry the back cover up to start separating its plastic clips.

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Step 2

  • Using your thumbnail or an opening pick, slide along the right side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

Using your thumbnail or an opening pick, slide along the right side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

Step 3

  • Slide along the bottom of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

Slide along the bottom of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

Step 4

  • Slide along the left side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.
  • Lift the back cover to release the rest of the plastic clips and remove it.
  • To reinstall the back cover press it firmly into place until you hear a snap from the plastic clips.

Slide along the left side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

Lift the back cover to release the rest of the plastic clips and remove it.

To reinstall the back cover press it firmly into place until you hear a snap from the plastic clips.

Step 5

              Lever up the Battery
  • Use a fingernail or a prying tool at the marked notch to lever the battery out of its recess.
  • Lift the battery out of its recess and remove it.
  • Remove the battery.

Use a fingernail or a prying tool at the marked notch to lever the battery out of its recess.

Lift the battery out of its recess and remove it.

Remove the battery.

Step 6

              Unscrew the display
  • Remove the eight 4.8mm-long Phillips screws.

Remove the eight 4.8mm-long Phillips screws.

Step 7

              Create a gap
  • Flip the phone over so the screen faces up
  • Insert an opening pick between the screen and the frame.

Flip the phone over so the screen faces up

Insert an opening pick between the screen and the frame.

Step 8

              Slide along the edge
  • Slide the opening pick along the edge to the top right corner.

Slide the opening pick along the edge to the top right corner.

Step 9

  • Continue to slide the opening pick along the top of the phone.

Continue to slide the opening pick along the top of the phone.

Step 10

  • Slide the opening pick along the left side to the bottom left corner.

Slide the opening pick along the left side to the bottom left corner.

Step 11

              Flip the screen over
  • Do not remove the screen yet. It is still connected to the phone with a connection cable.
  • Grab the screen and lift it straight up just enough to clear its pegs from the frame.
  • Rotate the display carefully clock-wise and flip it over to get access to the connector.
  • Place the display on the device with the screen facing downwards.

Do not remove the screen yet. It is still connected to the phone with a connection cable.

Grab the screen and lift it straight up just enough to clear its pegs from the frame.

Rotate the display carefully clock-wise and flip it over to get access to the connector.

Place the display on the device with the screen facing downwards.

Step 12

              Disconnect the cable
  • Use an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the display connection cable.
  • Remove the screen.

Use an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the display connection cable.

Remove the screen.

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

Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.

Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.

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Patrick Küster - Oct 11, 2022

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20-40 Minutes? … more like 10 … and I wasn’t even pushing it

Manuel Haeussermann - Oct 14, 2022