Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

6

Time Required

                          15 - 35 minutes

Sections

2

  • Back Cover
  • 3 steps
  • Rear Camera
  • 3 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Heat the cover glue
  • Heat up along the edges of the cover to soften the glue.
  • Ideal temperature is around 120 - 150 °C for 60 seconds.

Heat up along the edges of the cover to soften the glue.

Ideal temperature is around 120 - 150 °C for 60 seconds.

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Step 2

  • Place a suction cup on the back cover and pull to open a gap.
  • Insert a guitar pick into the gap and slide it around the corner of the back cover to cut the adhesive sticker.

Place a suction cup on the back cover and pull to open a gap.

Insert a guitar pick into the gap and slide it around the corner of the back cover to cut the adhesive sticker.

Step 3

  • Finally, remove the back cover.
  • Be careful, the back cover is fragile and can break.
  • It can be a good idea to wear protective glasses. If the glass shatters, it could enter your eye.

Finally, remove the back cover.

Be careful, the back cover is fragile and can break.

It can be a good idea to wear protective glasses. If the glass shatters, it could enter your eye.

Step 4

              Rear Camera
  • Disconnect the NFC antenna.
  • Unscrew the screws holding the black midframe in place.
  • Remove midframe.

Disconnect the NFC antenna.

Unscrew the screws holding the black midframe in place.

Remove midframe.

Step 5

  • Disconnect the battery flex connector.
  • Remove rear camera bracket.

Disconnect the battery flex connector.

Remove rear camera bracket.

Step 6

  • components on the mainboard are fragile, be careful in the next step.
  • disconnect the flat top cable with a spudger
  • Remove rear camera

components on the mainboard are fragile, be careful in the next step.

disconnect the flat top cable with a spudger

Remove rear camera

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

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Atiyeh - Oct 14, 2016

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Hi i just replaced myxperia z3 compact camera using your Step by step guide. ( Great job on this by the way!) but unfortunately my rear camera is still showing a black screen. What else could be causing this, either hardware or software related?

gary mckie - Apr 13, 2017

Same - however Sony seem to be aware of the issue and are not honoring warranty on the device despite being less than 2 years old which is why I am trying this.. Rather annoying. An otherwise usable phone is resigned to the parts box due to an issue with the rear facing camera.

Giacomo Ciani - Jan 25, 2017

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Do I need additional adhesive to reassemble the phone, or the old one will work just fine?

You’ll need a new adhesive pad.