Introduction
How to remove & replace the phone's digitizer or front buttons
What you need
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Orient the phone with the screen facing down.
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Using your thumb, slide the back panel away from the camera to expose the battery.
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Remove the six 3.5 mm screws using a Phillips #000 screwdriver. Make sure to unscrew in a counterclockwise direction.
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Remove the two base screws along the edge of the silver piece, where you just removed the black end piece.
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The screws are 2.7mm in length.
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The bottom black end cap will snap out.
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Remove the 3 screws holding down the flex cable.
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The screws are 2.0 mm in length.
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The screw that goes through the circle port on the flex cable is longer at 2.3mm long.
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The keyboard slider frame will come off and the flex cable exposed, but not free.
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Remove the single screw.
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This screw is 2.25 mm in length.
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Lift the black tab at the end of the ribbon.
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Gently pull the speaker and ribbon free.
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Lift the remaining two tabs and free their respective ribbon cables.
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Gently pry the screen away from the housing.
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If replacing the front buttons, remove the assembly at the bottom of the front panel
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The digitizer is now free to be pulled out from the front housing.
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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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