Introduction

By following this guide you should be able to fix issues with an unresponsive or cracked screen.

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    • Using your hands, carefully remove the back panel by popping the open slit, near the headphone jack, outwards.

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    • Using your fingernail or nylon spudger, remove the battery by lifting upward in the recess of the bottom right corner.

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    • Remove the (6) 4mm screws using a Phillips #00 screwdriver.

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    • Using the black spudger, carefully unhinge and pry the secondary rear panel , which houses the camera lens and speaker.

    • The metal trim of the headphone jack may come loose during this process.

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    • Using the spudger, gently pry upward on the motherboard by the right side.

    • Motherboard is connected to shield plate with ribbon cable.

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    • Using a spudger, carefully unhinge the gray shield plate by lifting upwards on the right side.

    • The shield plate will not be fully removed, it is attached to the front panel with a ribbon cable.

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    • Using the spudger lift up the LCD screen and replace with the new screen.

Conclusion

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

Ricardo Zuloaga

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