Samsung Galaxy S5 Motherboard Assembly Replacement

Written By: Sam Goldheart

Comments: 4

Samsung Galaxy S5 Motherboard Assembly Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

No estimate

Introduction

Prereq to remove the motherboard from the interior midframe.

Tools

Spudger

Step 1

Carefully wedge the tip of a spudger underneath the antenna cable connector.
Delicately lift the spudger directly upwards to disconnect the antenna connector off its socket on the motherboard.
Some models have two antenna cables (blue and grey/white). Remove both of the cables.

Please let someone know about the screw under the camera and flash/heartbeat monitor, holding the motherboard to the midframe. I do not see a step for this before trying to remove the motherboard.

Jay Bird - 17/09/14

Same and all so in the s5 I disassembled there was 2 antenna cables the a blue one and a white one.

daniel willenbrok - 27/11/14

I also had 2 cables - a blue and a white one.

Paul Askin - 01/03/18

I second that: At least with the G900-V, there are two antenna cables, a blue one and a white one, .WARNING: Although each cable is of a unique length, you MUST remember or note which cable is connected to which socket, otherwise reassembly will be impossible.

OmniWeb Technical Education - 22/04/18

Step 2

Remove the single 3.0 mm Phillips #000 screw securing the motherboard to the midframe.

Step 3

Pull, but do not remove, the camera end of the motherboard up from the midframe to allow access to the connectors on the rear.
Do not attempt to fully remove the motherboard as it is still attached to the interior midframe by the Micro-USB port daughterboard connector.