Google Pixel 5a Screen Replacement
Introduction
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Use this guide to remove or replace the screen on your Google Pixel 5a.
For your safety, discharge the battery below 25% before disassembling your phone. This reduces the risk of a fire if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair. If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
What you need
Fix Kit
This kit contains all the parts and tools needed to complete this guide.
Parts
Tools
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Take note of the two seams on the edge of the phone:
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Screen seam: This seam separates the screen from the rest of the phone. Do not pry at this seam.
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Bezel seam: This is where the plastic bezel designed to protect the screen meets the frame. It's held in place by plastic clips. This is where you should pry.
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Apply a heated iOpener to the right edge of the display for one minute to soften the adhesive.
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Place a suction cup as close to the right edge of the screen as possible.
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Lift the suction cup with a strong steady force until a small gap forms between the bezel and midframe.
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Insert the tip of an opening pick into the bezel seam about 4-5 cm from the bottom of the phone.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Use a pair of tweezers to remove the screen connector bracket.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the screen flex cable.
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When handling your screen, grip it by its edges.
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When placing the screen on your work area, make sure nothing is touching the bottom of the screen. Consider placing it on a soft, lint-free cloth.
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Remove the screen from the phone.
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If you replaced the screen, check the screen's front-facing camera hole and remove any protective liners covering it.
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If you are using a custom-cut adhesive, follow this guide to correctly apply new screen adhesive.
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If you are using Tesa tape to reattach the screen, follow this guide.
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During the boot-up process after reassembly, the screen will go through a calibration sequence. Do not touch the screen during this process, as it could result in improper touch calibration and create touch issues.
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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 Google Pixel 5a Answers community for help.
Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before you install it.
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 Google Pixel 5a Answers community for help.
Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before you install it.
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44 Comments
Thank you, this was useful for removing the screen from my device without damaging it further! With the invisible fasteners, a guide like this is invaluable for knowing where the latches are and how to get to them.
As a guide for replacing a screen, there are a few other things worth mentioning:
• Is it necessary to remove the old gasket ("adhesive film")?
• How do you apply the new display adhesive, the one that comes on a blue card? Do you need to do that before re-attaching the new screen cable? Why are there cut-outs in the blue card that mostly match the positions of contacts on my device, but not entirely? Do I remove it before closing the device?
• In addition to a couple pieces of tape, the replacement screen also comes with a small piece of film protecting the camera area. Do pull it out by the small red tab before re-assembly.
• Any other tips for reattaching that press-fit board-to-board connector? Should I really expect it to click into place? It took me many tries to get that aligned and secured!
1. Depends on what you mean by "Necessary," but it is recommended
2. In Step 15, there is a guide linked for custom-cut adhesive; follow that one.
Yes, before you reconnect cable.
I don't know what the cutouts are for, but you will remove the blue card anyway after applying the adhesive to the frame. The important part to line up is the adhesive to the frame; the blue card doesn't matter beyond that.
And yes, you will remove it before closing the device.
3. Didn't see that. I hope my device's camera works. I'll check that now.
4. Reconnecting this was the most tedious part for me. I used the gold colored corners on the board to line up the connector(you can see these in the picture for step 15. Also, I used my finger and not the spudger for pressing down when reattaching (and I don't have small hands); this helps you feel the slight click when it's in place.
Also, you can use the suction cup as a sort of kickstand so you have enough ribbon cable to work with (because there's not a lot of it.)
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Literally went step by step by this guide and repaired my own Google pixel 5A phone. If you purchase the entire repair kit for the Google Pixel 5A you have essential every tool you'll need. I will recommend ordering screens for this phone here from this website.
Good guide but agree with keturn that it would be great to have more tips and reminders for replacing the screen.
I mostly figured it out, heres how I did it:
- I removed the old adhesive, and tried to scrape and clear it all.
- next I attached the new adhesive before connecting the screen cable since I figured it would be hard when its attached. I did try to make sure to press all along the adhesive with tweezers to set it. I left the next set of backing on to minimize the time the adhesive is exposed (avoid dust or me touching it)
- then I attached the connector. This was a little difficult, but also not very experienced with this.
- then I removed the adhesive backing and closed it up right after. I used rubber bands (3 across and 1 down the middle) to clamp the screen and put some books on it as much as I could over the next day.
