Introduction
The actual screen cannot be detached from the front cover, so if its the cover that is broken, an entire new module will be needed. This will basically be a complete tear down of the phone, as most pieces will be removed to reach the screen.
What you need
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Carefully pull the rear cover from the back of the phone.
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Place a finger beneath the small lip on the left side of the battery.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Set the phone down on its screen.
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Using tweezers, unplug the small vibrator connector from its socket on the motherboard.
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Disconnect the small speaker cable from its socket on the motherboard.
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Remove the earpiece speaker from the phone.
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Disconnect the flash cable from its socket in the bottom of the motherboard.
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Carefully pull the cable from its groove in the frame, working your way back to the camera.
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This step could take several minutes of heating.
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Use a heat gun or hair dryer to soften the adhesive between the screen and the chassis
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insert the spudger into the top closer to the back of the phone and slide along to fully disengage the adhesive. Do this for both sides.
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Caution. The digitizer is firmly glued to LCD glass screen. Look closely to make sure you separate the digitizer from LCD panel and not part of LCD panel
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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*I've used several guides and they're all wonderful. Good work! In this guide, the last section is incomplete. The last two steps are unclear and I think even misleading. There should be a few more steps in there.
*Steph 28 is to remove the LCD Screen and Digitizer from the Chassis, I think. The LCD and Digitizer should be treated as one at this point because they are connected by glue (says the guide) but it fails to mention that they're also connected by a cable.
*Once separated from the chassis, the LCD Screen and Digitizer must be separated--and this is really the part that lacks instruction here. I can see there are three basic components in the picutre. They appear to be the digitizer (clear plastic), the LCD (covered in metal, and something in between (clear plastic? lens?). Where do I separate these things? Do I need to separate them? How should I stick them together again? The images in this section offer no help, while the words confuse slightly. While the words say "be careful not to separate the components of the LCD panel, the pictures indicate that this may have happened...oops, and there's no indication of what to look for. What are all the components in the pictures of step 29-30? Please add a some more instruction to this final section so we know how to get just the digitizer off and replaced.
*Thanks!!
Thanks. I broke 2 things doing my teardown. The first was the connection between the "under the sticker" stiff sheet and the volume rocker. This is barely mentioned as a side note in the instructions but is very easily broken - it should have a special mention in the notes. I also broke the connector between the mainboard and the screen because the small ribbon didn't come out of it's socket. It was tough to get a tool under it and although I flipped up the black "switch" it didn't pull free and it tore when I pulled the mainboard up. This was catastrophic - you can't do without the screen. This one was my fault becaise I the instructions covered it but I failed to pull it free before pulling up the mainboard. I have a good mainboard in the phone now but the phone is worthless.
