Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

10

Time Required

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Sections

3

  • Middle frame with Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Logic Board
  • 2 steps
  • Touch Screen Glass / LCD Display
  • 5 steps

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Introduction

How to disassemble, take apart the device and change / replace broken touch screen glass digitizer, LCD

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Step 1

              Battery Cover               
  • Remove the back cover and any installed SIM and memory cards.
  • There are 8x black screws Torx T4. Remove them.

Remove the back cover and any installed SIM and memory cards.

There are 8x black screws Torx T4. Remove them.

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Step 2

  • Remove the small black rubber at the lower left corner.
  • Under it is the battery flex cable, disconnect it.

Remove the small black rubber at the lower left corner.

Under it is the battery flex cable, disconnect it.

Step 3

  • Use a plastic tool to separate the middle frame.
  • The battery is glued to the middle frame with an adhesive tape.
  • Loudspeaker

Use a plastic tool to separate the middle frame.

The battery is glued to the middle frame with an adhesive tape.

Loudspeaker

Step 4

              Logic Board               
  • Disconnect the touch screen flex cable.
  • Under it is the LCD flex cable. Disconnect it also.

Disconnect the touch screen flex cable.

Under it is the LCD flex cable. Disconnect it also.

Step 5

  • Remove the logic board.
  • Be careful for the flex cables.

Remove the logic board.

Be careful for the flex cables.

Step 6

              Touch Screen Glass / LCD Display               
  • Cover the glass with a scotch tape.
  • Warm the glass for about minute.
  • With a cutter lift a little the glase to make a room for the plastic tool.

Cover the glass with a scotch tape.

Warm the glass for about minute.

With a cutter lift a little the glase to make a room for the plastic tool.

Step 7

  • Carefully put the plastic tool between the glass and the LCD.
  • The tool must be thin, you can use also a plastic card.
  • Periodically warm the glass.
  • Remove the display frame.

Carefully put the plastic tool between the glass and the LCD.

The tool must be thin, you can use also a plastic card.

Periodically warm the glass.

Remove the display frame.

Step 8

  • Use only plastic tools and don’t force the LCD.

Use only plastic tools and don’t force the LCD.

Step 9

  • Install adhesive tape.
  • It’s easier if you order your touch screen together with adhesive sticker.
  • Start with the reassembling.

Install adhesive tape.

It’s easier if you order your touch screen together with adhesive sticker.

Start with the reassembling.

Step 10

  • That’s all.

That’s all.

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

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Andrea DePa - Jul 6, 2016

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Grazie! È stato davvero utilissimo. :)

marco bigoni - Oct 14, 2016

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Doesn’t the original glass and digitalizer come out with its biadesive?

MartynJ - Oct 17, 2016

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First Timer here:

I’ve followed this and replaced the cracked screen (the clear bit).

But it still looks cracked; could it be that I have a cracked LCD thingy as well? (is that the black bit?).

If so what’s the part number for that?

Clems - Jan 3, 2017

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Why don’t you just buy the screen which has the lcd and digitiser already assembled? That will save you a lot of hassle for only a few £’s more :)