Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

24

Time Required

                          35 minutes

Sections

4

  • Back Panel
  • 3 steps
  • Frame
  • 8 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 11 steps
  • Headphone Jack
  • 2 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Panel
  • Place a heated iOpener on the back panel of the phone to melt the adhesive inside.
  • The iOpener or your desired heat source can be very hot and can heat up the phone, so make sure you do not burn yourself.
  • Follow this guide for directions on using the iOpener.

Place a heated iOpener on the back panel of the phone to melt the adhesive inside.

The iOpener or your desired heat source can be very hot and can heat up the phone, so make sure you do not burn yourself.

Follow this guide for directions on using the iOpener.

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Step 2

  • Slide a thin plastic card under the back panel and around the perimeter of the phone to remove the adhesive.

Slide a thin plastic card under the back panel and around the perimeter of the phone to remove the adhesive.

Step 3

  • Take hold of the back panel with your fingers and remove.

Take hold of the back panel with your fingers and remove.

Step 4

              Frame
  • Orient the phone horizontally with the front screen facing down and the camera on the bottom left corner.

Orient the phone horizontally with the front screen facing down and the camera on the bottom left corner.

Step 5

  • Remove nine 3.9mm Phillips #000 screws.
  • Make sure to turn carefully in the counter-clockwise direction or you may wear out the thread and shape of the screws. You will not be able to remove the screws once they are damaged!
  • When unscrewing, remember “Left Loosey, Righty Tighty!”

Remove nine 3.9mm Phillips #000 screws.

Make sure to turn carefully in the counter-clockwise direction or you may wear out the thread and shape of the screws. You will not be able to remove the screws once they are damaged!

When unscrewing, remember “Left Loosey, Righty Tighty!”

Step 6

  • Place the spudger under the top left corner frame piece and lift to loosen.

Place the spudger under the top left corner frame piece and lift to loosen.

Step 7

  • Grab hold of the top left frame piece with your fingers and gently wiggle and lift to remove.

Grab hold of the top left frame piece with your fingers and gently wiggle and lift to remove.

Step 8

  • Place the spudger under the bottom left frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Place the spudger under the bottom left frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Step 9

  • Grab hold of bottom left frame piece with your fingers and lift gently.
  • When dislodging the left frame piece, carefully wiggle the piece while lifting it vertically to prevent any damage to the wedges on the frame. This applies for all of the other frame pieces you will remove after this step!

Grab hold of bottom left frame piece with your fingers and lift gently.

When dislodging the left frame piece, carefully wiggle the piece while lifting it vertically to prevent any damage to the wedges on the frame. This applies for all of the other frame pieces you will remove after this step!

Step 10

  • Place the spudger under the top right frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Place the spudger under the top right frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Step 11

  • Grab hold of the top right frame piece with your fingers and lift.

Grab hold of the top right frame piece with your fingers and lift.

Step 12

              Motherboard
  • Insert your nail under the top left connector and push to disconnect it.

Insert your nail under the top left connector and push to disconnect it.

Step 13

  • Grab hold of the metal part of the connector with your fingers and lift.

Grab hold of the metal part of the connector with your fingers and lift.

Step 14

  • Insert your nail under the metal part of the bottom left connector.

Insert your nail under the metal part of the bottom left connector.

Step 15

  • Push the bottom left connector with your finger to disconnect it.

Push the bottom left connector with your finger to disconnect it.

Step 16

  • Insert your nail under the center topmost connector and push to loosen it.

Insert your nail under the center topmost connector and push to loosen it.

Step 17

  • Grab hold of the top connector with your fingers and lift to disconnect it.

Grab hold of the top connector with your fingers and lift to disconnect it.

Step 18

  • Insert your nail under the metal tab of the connector above the battery and push to loosen it.

Insert your nail under the metal tab of the connector above the battery and push to loosen it.

Step 19

  • Pull the metal tab of the connector towards you with your fingers to disconnect the pins.

Pull the metal tab of the connector towards you with your fingers to disconnect the pins.

Step 20

  • Insert spudger in the gap above the battery and lift to loosen the motherboard.
  • Use the spudger to slide under the edges of the motherboard if the motherboard does not seem to loosen after the above step.

Insert spudger in the gap above the battery and lift to loosen the motherboard.

Use the spudger to slide under the edges of the motherboard if the motherboard does not seem to loosen after the above step.

Step 21

  • Insert the spudger in the gap between the motherboard and the left side of the battery to further lift out the motherboard.

Insert the spudger in the gap between the motherboard and the left side of the battery to further lift out the motherboard.

Step 22

  • Grab hold of the motherboard with your fingers and lift it out of the phone gently.

Grab hold of the motherboard with your fingers and lift it out of the phone gently.

Step 23

              Headphone Jack
  • Insert the spudger in the gap to the bottom of the headphone jack.

Insert the spudger in the gap to the bottom of the headphone jack.

Step 24

  • Gently extract the headphone jack by pulling the orange tab with your fingers.

Gently extract the headphone jack by pulling the orange tab with your fingers.

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

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