Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

4

Time Required

                          45 minutes - 1 hour

Sections

1

  • Front Glass/Digitizer
  • 4 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Front Glass/Digitizer
  • Show here is a Sony xperia go with broken glass digitizer.

Show here is a Sony xperia go with broken glass digitizer.

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Step 2

  • Remove backcover, and remove all screws.
  • 1 Torx screw
  • 7 star screws (don’t know their name)
  • Note some of the screws have rubber spacers, use caution to avoid breaking them. (See second Picture in this step)
  • Remove sim card tray. (See third picture)

Remove backcover, and remove all screws.

1 Torx screw

7 star screws (don’t know their name)

Note some of the screws have rubber spacers, use caution to avoid breaking them. (See second Picture in this step)

Remove sim card tray. (See third picture)

Step 3

  • Now the front can be seperated from the back.
  • CAUTION! there are some doublesided tape blocks situated on top of the connectors to the digitizer.
  • Use spudger to seperate these carefully from eachother.
  • Now you can open the phone sideways. Once opened, please disconnect the battery, marked on third Picture with a yellow circle.
  • Now you can disconnect digitizer cable and screen cable, marked with red circles on third picture.
  • Now you will be able to remove the front from the back of the phone.

Now the front can be seperated from the back.

CAUTION! there are some doublesided tape blocks situated on top of the connectors to the digitizer.

Use spudger to seperate these carefully from eachother.

Now you can open the phone sideways. Once opened, please disconnect the battery, marked on third Picture with a yellow circle.

Now you can disconnect digitizer cable and screen cable, marked with red circles on third picture.

Now you will be able to remove the front from the back of the phone.

Step 4

  • Using a heat gun, heat around the edges and seperate the glass from the front cover. Work from bottom up.
  • Note the digitizer cable runs through a small hole behind the lcd, in the top of the phone.
  • When the glass is seperated, carefully lift the lcd a bit, to get the digitizer cable through the hole.
  • To protect the lcd from residue and fingerprints, cover it with masking tape, until you are ready to seal the glass to the cover.
  • When you have prepared new adhesive tape and the digitizer cable has been pulled through the hole to the backside of the phone.
  • Remove the masking tape from the lcd, and using some canned air, blow away dust and close the glass cover.
  • Finally reverse the disassembly and enjoy.

Using a heat gun, heat around the edges and seperate the glass from the front cover. Work from bottom up.

Note the digitizer cable runs through a small hole behind the lcd, in the top of the phone.

When the glass is seperated, carefully lift the lcd a bit, to get the digitizer cable through the hole.

To protect the lcd from residue and fingerprints, cover it with masking tape, until you are ready to seal the glass to the cover.

When you have prepared new adhesive tape and the digitizer cable has been pulled through the hole to the backside of the phone.

Remove the masking tape from the lcd, and using some canned air, blow away dust and close the glass cover.

Finally reverse the disassembly and enjoy.

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

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anep tg - Aug 17, 2013

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can u make guide for installing loudspeaker please

Juliano - Aug 26, 2013

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Nice guide but, I only want to change front cover and back cover, because it´s damaged . If Open my xperia go, I will lost water proof and dust proof?

lassedollerup - Nov 27, 2013

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Hello sorry for my late reply.

I haven’t had the chance to replace the loudspeaker, but earpiece is a square block, that you can pry out and replace, after you have seperated the front from the back.

Dissasembly will most likely break waterproof. Haven’t tested.

alex jesty - Jan 3, 2014

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Nice guide and easy to follow. Thank you.