Difficulty

Very difficult

Steps

9

Time Required

                          40 - 50 minutes

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  • Touch Screen Glass Digitizer & LCD Display
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Introduction

How to change broken, not working Digitizer or Display.

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Step 1

              Touch Screen Glass Digitizer & LCD Display
  • Warm the Battery cover before disassemble it.

Warm the Battery cover before disassemble it.

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Step 2

  • ‘Carefully’ warm the battery too

‘Carefully’ warm the battery too

Step 3

  • Unscrew 4x screws and disconnect 3x flex cables in case to free the mother board.

Unscrew 4x screws and disconnect 3x flex cables in case to free the mother board.

Step 4

  • This are: main Camera, front Camera and antenna wire Flex cable.
  • Now we can remove the Motherboard.

This are: main Camera, front Camera and antenna wire Flex cable.

Now we can remove the Motherboard.

Step 5

  • The Headphone connector and the Ringer / Cover / Signal Antenna module.

The Headphone connector and the Ringer / Cover / Signal Antenna module.

Step 6

  • Disconnect the LCD light flex cable by lifting up the black plastic and removing the flex cable from the right side and we are ready to go.

Disconnect the LCD light flex cable by lifting up the black plastic and removing the flex cable from the right side and we are ready to go.

Step 7

  • Warm the Touch screen before you start to disassemble it.

Warm the Touch screen before you start to disassemble it.

Step 8

  • Let’s assemble the new spare part.

Let’s assemble the new spare part.

Step 9

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Fredrik - Jun 4, 2014

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Same procedure with Sony Xperia Z2?

Jeroen - Jul 14, 2014

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How do you warm it? With what and what temperature ?

Peter Tembo - Aug 4, 2014

with a hairdryer for like 3 min on high

ZFix - Jul 15, 2014

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With hair dryer.

chrgro - Jul 16, 2014

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Same procedure with Sony Xperia Z1? Where do i get the screen parts?