Acer Iconia Tab A501 Touch Screen/Glass Replacement

Step 1 Back Cover




• 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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Step 2

• When separated enough, a little more than halfway around the device, the back cover will be easy to take off.
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Step 3 Display
• Remove all tape from the device.
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Step 4

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Tweezers
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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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Step 5
• 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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Step 6
• 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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Step 7
• 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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Step 8
• 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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Step 9
• 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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Step 10
• Remove the speakers.
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Step 11
• 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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Step 12
• 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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Step 13

Tool used on this step:
Halberd Spudger
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• Use the Halberd Spudger to carefully pop up and take out the ports.
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Step 14
• 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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Step 15
• Use the flat end of the standard Spudger to disconnect the two small, rotatable connectors attached to the wireless adapter.
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Step 16
• Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to remove the two 3.0 mm Philips head screws holding the adapter down.
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Step 17
• Carefully slide the adapter out to remove it.
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Step 18
• 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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Step 19
• 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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Step 20
• 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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Step 21
• 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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Step 22
• 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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Step 23
• 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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Step 24
• 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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Step 25
• Use a Phillips #1 screwdriver to unscrew the four 4.0 mm Phillips head screws holding the motherboard in place.
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Step 26
• Remove the motherboard.
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Step 27
• Remove the two microphones in the middle of the side opposite the docking port.
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Step 28
• 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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Step 29
• Move all wires off of the thin, metal plate.
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Step 30
• Remove the metal plate.
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Step 31
• 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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Step 32
• 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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Step 33
• Continue moving the Jimmy around the device until the glue no longer holds the display in place.
• Remove the display.
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Step 34 Touch Screen/Glass
• Use the Jimmy to carefully remove the front camera from the front cover of the tablet.
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Daksh Malhotra

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