Fairphone 5 Main Camera Replacement

Unplug all cables and power down your phone.

Insert your fingernail, or a pry tool like a spudger, under the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.

Pry up the back cover to release the bottom right corner clips.

Grip the bottom right corner of the back cover with one hand and brace the phone frame with the other.

Lift the back cover away from the phone to release the clips around its perimeter.

Remove the back cover.

Use your fingernail, or a pry tool like a spudger, to lift the battery by its tab along the bottom edge.

Remove the battery.

Use a Phillips driver to remove the 3.9 mm-long screw securing the top unit connector cover at the bottom left corner.

Insert your fingernail, or a pry tool like a spudger, under the notch at the left edge of the connector cover.

Pry up the cover to separate it from the top unit.

While holding the cover out of the way, use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the top unit press connector.

Use a Phillips driver to remove the six 4.9 mm‑long screws securing the top unit.

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the screw hole along the bottom edge of the top unit.

Pry up to release the clips securing the top unit to the phone frame.

Insert the tip of a spudger under the right edge of the main camera press connector.

Pry up to disconnect the main camera.

Use a spudger, or your fingers, to lift the main camera out of its slot in the frame.

Remove the main camera.