Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

                          20 minutes            

Sections

4

  • Back Cover
  • 1 step
  • Midframe
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 3 steps
  • Top Speaker
  • 1 step

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Introduction

If the top speaker’s audio of your device has decreased or does not work at all, you may need to replace it with a new one.

If you would like more information about symptoms, please refer to this page: troubleshooting page.

This replacement guide contains a few steps that require delicate handling, such as flipping a small locking mechanism that secures the cable of a component.

Before you take anything apart, make sure to power off your device and ground yourself.

For any electronic waste, please refer to the EPA website for proper device disposal.

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover               
  • Hold the device with the screen facing away from you and the back of the device facing you.
  • Locate the groove at the bottom corner of the device.
  • Begin prying the back cover of the device off from the groove and working your way around the outside edges of the device.

Hold the device with the screen facing away from you and the back of the device facing you.

Locate the groove at the bottom corner of the device.

Begin prying the back cover of the device off from the groove and working your way around the outside edges of the device.

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Step 2

              Midframe               
  • Remove thirteen 3mm Phillips #00 screws from the midframe.
  • Remove the single 5mm Phillips #0 screw below the camera.

Remove thirteen 3mm Phillips #00 screws from the midframe.

Remove the single 5mm Phillips #0 screw below the camera.

Step 3

  • Using an opening pick, begin prying one of the top corners to remove the midframe from the device.
  • Be careful not to damage the cables inside the device when you pry the midframe off.

Using an opening pick, begin prying one of the top corners to remove the midframe from the device.

Be careful not to damage the cables inside the device when you pry the midframe off.

Step 4

              Motherboard               
  • Using tweezers, flip the brown tab securing the ribbon cable.
  • Make sure to only lift the flap and not the connector socket due to its susceptibility to break off.
  • Grab the ribbon cable with the tweezers and pull it from its socket on the motherboard.

Using tweezers, flip the brown tab securing the ribbon cable.

Make sure to only lift the flap and not the connector socket due to its susceptibility to break off.

Grab the ribbon cable with the tweezers and pull it from its socket on the motherboard.

Step 5

  • Remove the two 3mm Phillips #00 screws from the motherboard.

Remove the two 3mm Phillips #00 screws from the motherboard.

Step 6

  • Grab the motherboard from the right edges.
  • Flip the motherboard to the left side of the device.
  • Be careful not to tear the cables attached to the motherboard as you flip the motherboard.
  • Desolder the red and blue wires to remove the motherboard from the device.

Grab the motherboard from the right edges.

Flip the motherboard to the left side of the device.

Be careful not to tear the cables attached to the motherboard as you flip the motherboard.

Desolder the red and blue wires to remove the motherboard from the device.

Step 7

              Top Speaker               
  • Using tweezers, grasp the speaker at the top of the phone and gently pull it out of the device.

Using tweezers, grasp the speaker at the top of the phone and gently pull it out of the device.

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

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