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Acer Iconia Tab A501 Display Replacement

Introduction

A display shows you what is happening on your device. Without a working display, a device isn’t much use. This guide will show you how to replace the display on your Acer Iconia Tab A501.

What you need

  1. Acer Iconia Tab A501 Display Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 1 of 3 Acer Iconia Tab A501 Display Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 2 of 3 Acer Iconia Tab A501 Display Replacement, Back Cover: step 1, image 3 of 3

    • Turn off your device before opening it.

    • Use a plastic opening tool to carefully separate the back cover, starting at the volume buttons.

    • Continue separating the back cover along the short side closest to the camera and around the device.

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    • When separated enough, a little more than halfway around the device, the back cover will be easy to take off.

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    • Remove all tape from the device.

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    Tool used on this step:
    Tweezers
    $3.99
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    • In the next step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.

    • Use the angled tweezers to disconnect the motherboard-battery cable from the white connector in the middle of the side opposite the docking port.

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    • Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the four 4.0 mm Philips head screws connecting the battery to the motherboard.

    • Take out the battery.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to flip up the locking mechanism on the motherboard connected to the folded, white ribbon cable.

    • Remove the folded, white cable.

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    • Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the three 3.0 mm Philips head screws holding the docking port in place.

    • Remove the docking port.

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    • In this step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.

    • Use the angled tweezers to disconnect the cable with red, white and green wires from the beige connector slightly in from the docking port.

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    • Unscrew the 3.0 mm Phillips head screw on each speaker using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

    • Unscrew the 4.0 mm Phillips head screw on each speaker using a Phillips #1 screwdriver.

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    • Remove the speakers.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to flip up the locking mechanism on the motherboard connected to the straight, white ribbon cable.

    • Remove the straight, white ribbon cable.

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    • Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the two 4.0 mm Philips screws attaching the metal plate, USB board, and device.

    • Remove the metal plate.

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    Tool used on this step:
    Halberd Spudger
    $2.99
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    • Use care in the next step.

    • Use the wide, flat end of the standard Spudger to disconnect the display connector from the large, metal port next to the battery space.

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    • Use the flat end of the standard Spudger to disconnect the two small, rotatable connectors attached to the wireless adapter.

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    • Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the two 3.0 mm Philips head screws holding the adapter down.

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    • Carefully slide the adapter out to remove it.

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    • Use the wide end of the standard Spudger to take off the rotatable connector to the 3g antenna below the rear-facing camera.

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    • In the next step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.

    • Use the angled tweezers to disconnect the cable with red wires from the beige connector opposite the docking port.

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    • The charging port may be taped from underneath and need a bit of force to take out.

    • Use the angled tweezers to remove the charging port.

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    • In this step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.

    • Use the tweezers to remove the white touchscreen connector with multi-colored wires from the black port just below the power buttons on the motherboard.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to flip up the locking mechanism for the wide, white port for the thin, orange-brown touchscreen cable just above the charging port.

    • Remove the touchscreen board.

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    • In this step, be careful not to squeeze too hard or scratch the motherboard.

    • Use the angled tweezers to disconnect two microphone connectors, which are above the orange-brown touchscreen connector and next to the battery space.

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    • Use the plastic opening tool to flip up the locking mechanism to the white front camera port just above the rear-facing camera.

    • Disconnect the camera cable from the motherboard.

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    • Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the four 4.0 mm Phillips head screws holding the motherboard in place.

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    • Remove the motherboard.

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    • Remove the two microphones in the middle of the side opposite the docking port.

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    • Use the Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the 3.0 mm Phillips head screw holding the thin metal plate to the device near the Micro-HDMI port.

    • Use the Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the 4.0 mm Phillips head screw near the orange-brown touchscreen cable.

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    • Move all wires off of the thin, metal plate.

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    • Remove the metal plate.

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    • The antennae in the next step are attached with adhesive.

    • Remove the three antennae along the shorter sides of the device.

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    • Carefully insert the Jimmy between the display and the glass to break the glue seal.

    • Move the Jimmy all the way around the device.

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    • Continue moving the Jimmy around the device until the glue no longer holds the display in place.

    • Remove the display.

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Conclusion

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

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