Difficulty

Very difficult

Steps

14

Time Required

                          25 - 35 minutes

Sections

4

  • Rear Cover
  • 1 step
  • Battery
  • 1 step
  • Logic Board
  • 4 steps
  • LCD Display, Touchscreen / Glass / Digitizer
  • 8 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Rear Cover
  • Warm the Back Cover. You can use a hairdryer.
  • Be careful, the Cover is plastic.
  • Use a small suction cup and plastic tools for separating the Rear panel.
  • Before installing the new cover, you must clean the phone from the old adhesive tape and install a new one if your spare part has come without double sided adhesive tape.

Warm the Back Cover. You can use a hairdryer.

Be careful, the Cover is plastic.

Use a small suction cup and plastic tools for separating the Rear panel.

Before installing the new cover, you must clean the phone from the old adhesive tape and install a new one if your spare part has come without double sided adhesive tape.

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Step 2

              Battery
  • Disconnect the Battery Cable.
  • The battery is stuck to the phone fame. Use the white tape to remove it.
  • Li-Polymer Battery, 2230 mAh
  • Part number: LIS1551ERPC
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Disconnect the Battery Cable.

The battery is stuck to the phone fame. Use the white tape to remove it.

Li-Polymer Battery, 2230 mAh

Part number: LIS1551ERPC

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Step 3

              Logic Board
  • Remove the SIM and the memory cards.
  • Remove x4 T5 Torx Corner screws & x2 T5 Torx Screws on the Board

Remove the SIM and the memory cards.

Remove x4 T5 Torx Corner screws & x2 T5 Torx Screws on the Board

Step 4

  • Disconnect one by one:
  • Touchscreen flex cable
  • Proximity sensor flex cable
  • Power on, Volume buttons cable
  • SIM & Micro SD flex cable
  • Coaxial antenna cable

Disconnect one by one:

Touchscreen flex cable

Proximity sensor flex cable

Power on, Volume buttons cable

SIM & Micro SD flex cable

Coaxial antenna cable

Step 5

  • Disconnect the LCD Display flex cable. The connector is on the other side of the board, under the Power/Volume buttons flex cable connector.
  • Put one plastic spudger between the Logic board and the Main frame.

Disconnect the LCD Display flex cable. The connector is on the other side of the board, under the Power/Volume buttons flex cable connector.

Put one plastic spudger between the Logic board and the Main frame.

Step 6

  • Step one: move aside less the left side of the board - down.
  • Step two: the left side of the Logic board must go out of the main frame.
  • For this manipulation use only plastic tools.
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Step one: move aside less the left side of the board - down.

Step two: the left side of the Logic board must go out of the main frame.

For this manipulation use only plastic tools.

Step 7

              LCD Display, Touchscreen / Glass / Digitizer
  • Let’s first test the new spare parts.

Let’s first test the new spare parts.

Step 8

  • Use a scotch tape for the broken glass.
  • Unstuck the LCD Display flex cable from the Main frame.
  • Now preheat the glass before removing. This will soften the adhesive and will make separating more easy.
  • You can use a hairdryer.

Use a scotch tape for the broken glass.

Unstuck the LCD Display flex cable from the Main frame.

Now preheat the glass before removing. This will soften the adhesive and will make separating more easy.

You can use a hairdryer.

Step 9

  • With a cutter, make a room for a plastic tool, then continue with separating the Touchscreen & LCD Display from the frame.

With a cutter, make a room for a plastic tool, then continue with separating the Touchscreen & LCD Display from the frame.

Step 10

  • This is the Display Assembly.
  • The LCD Display and the Touchscreen are not firmly bonded, while some other other models.

This is the Display Assembly.

The LCD Display and the Touchscreen are not firmly bonded, while some other other models.

Step 11

  • If your Touchscreen or LCD Display is OK, separate them carefully.
  • In our situation, both of them are broken.

If your Touchscreen or LCD Display is OK, separate them carefully.

In our situation, both of them are broken.

Step 12

  • Clean the frame from the remains of tape.
  • Install the LCD Display and the flex cable on its correct place.

Clean the frame from the remains of tape.

Install the LCD Display and the flex cable on its correct place.

Step 13

  • We could not find adhesive sticker for this model, so We used universal adhesive tape 3M - 3 mm.
  • Don’t forget to remove protectors from the LCD Display and from the inner side of the Touchscreen.

We could not find adhesive sticker for this model, so We used universal adhesive tape 3M - 3 mm.

Don’t forget to remove protectors from the LCD Display and from the inner side of the Touchscreen.

Step 14

  • When finishing the assembly of the inner parts, use same technic to install the Back cover.

When finishing the assembly of the inner parts, use same technic to install the Back cover.

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

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Fabian - Jan 29, 2015

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I successfuly repaired my Phone. The only Problem i had was that i proke the LCD as i was trying to Open the Phone. So take care when you open the phone an be very carefull!

Thank you Ifixit for this guide!

WILSON3000 - Aug 26, 2015

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Followed Guide & completed without any errors. Also Step 2 “remove x4 screws” There’s also x2 Screws on the board that needs removing.

Also The touch screen isn’t exactly glued to the screen so does come of pretty easy but be very careful when using spudger to remove the glass as you could easily prod the touch screen. Apart from that thanks for the Guide it went well.

spooksfacebook - Aug 31, 2015

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Hi there. Thanks for the leaflet with the links that I got with my purchase. Things went really well, except for one thing. Not sure if you can help, but it would be great if you can.

Everything is connected and assembled, although not bonded yet. The problem I have is the touch screen buttons at the bottom of the screen (return/back, home, task navigation) are completely unresponsive. Is there anything you could advice to help please.

It might be worth knowing that with the phone in landscape (rather than portrait) the buttons seem to work, maybe suggesting that there is something at the bottom of the screen that’s not quite right.

Thank you in advance of any response.

shehroz - Jun 16, 2018

bro you change whole part touch digitizer + lcd ???

Nicohoho - Sep 26, 2015

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Good luck!