Sony Xperia Xz Premium Motherboard Replacement Repair Guide

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Moderate

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Time Required

                          20 minutes

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Back Panel
3 steps
Frame
8 steps
Motherboard
11 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Panel

Place a heated iOpener on the back panel of the phone to melt the adhesive inside.
The iOpener or your desired heat source can be very hot and can heat up the phone, so make sure you do not burn yourself.
Follow this guide for directions on using the iOpener.

Place a heated iOpener on the back panel of the phone to melt the adhesive inside.

The iOpener or your desired heat source can be very hot and can heat up the phone, so make sure you do not burn yourself.

Follow this guide for directions on using the iOpener.

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Step 2

Slide a thin plastic card under the back panel and around the perimeter of the phone to remove the adhesive.

Slide a thin plastic card under the back panel and around the perimeter of the phone to remove the adhesive.

Step 3

Take hold of the back panel with your fingers and remove.

Take hold of the back panel with your fingers and remove.

Step 4

              Frame

Orient the phone horizontally with the front screen facing down and the camera on the bottom left corner.

Orient the phone horizontally with the front screen facing down and the camera on the bottom left corner.

Step 5

Remove nine 3.9mm Phillips #000 screws.
Make sure to turn carefully in the counter-clockwise direction or you may wear out the thread and shape of the screws. You will not be able to remove the screws once they are damaged!
When unscrewing, remember “Left Loosey, Righty Tighty!”

Remove nine 3.9mm Phillips #000 screws.

Make sure to turn carefully in the counter-clockwise direction or you may wear out the thread and shape of the screws. You will not be able to remove the screws once they are damaged!

When unscrewing, remember “Left Loosey, Righty Tighty!”

Step 6

Place the spudger under the top left corner frame piece and lift to loosen.

Place the spudger under the top left corner frame piece and lift to loosen.

Step 7

Grab hold of the top left frame piece with your fingers and gently wiggle and lift to remove.

Grab hold of the top left frame piece with your fingers and gently wiggle and lift to remove.

Step 8

Place the spudger under the bottom left frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Place the spudger under the bottom left frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Step 9

Grab hold of bottom left frame piece with your fingers and lift gently.
When dislodging the left frame piece, carefully wiggle the piece while lifting it vertically to prevent any damage to the wedges on the frame. This applies for all of the other frame pieces you will remove after this step!

Grab hold of bottom left frame piece with your fingers and lift gently.

When dislodging the left frame piece, carefully wiggle the piece while lifting it vertically to prevent any damage to the wedges on the frame. This applies for all of the other frame pieces you will remove after this step!

Step 10

Place the spudger under the top right frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Place the spudger under the top right frame piece and lift to loosen it.

Step 11

Grab hold of the top right frame piece with your fingers and lift.

Grab hold of the top right frame piece with your fingers and lift.

Step 12

              Motherboard

Insert your nail under the top left connector and push to disconnect it.

Insert your nail under the top left connector and push to disconnect it.

Step 13

Grab hold of the metal part of the connector with your fingers and lift.

Grab hold of the metal part of the connector with your fingers and lift.

Step 14

Insert your nail under the metal part of the bottom left connector.

Insert your nail under the metal part of the bottom left connector.

Step 15

Push the bottom left connector with your finger to disconnect it.

Push the bottom left connector with your finger to disconnect it.

Step 16

Insert your nail under the center topmost connector and push to loosen it.

Insert your nail under the center topmost connector and push to loosen it.

Step 17

Grab hold of the top connector with your fingers and lift to disconnect it.

Grab hold of the top connector with your fingers and lift to disconnect it.

Step 18

Insert your nail under the metal tab of the connector above the battery and push to loosen it.

Insert your nail under the metal tab of the connector above the battery and push to loosen it.

Step 19

Pull the metal tab of the connector towards you with your fingers to disconnect the pins.

Pull the metal tab of the connector towards you with your fingers to disconnect the pins.

Step 20

Insert spudger in the gap above the battery and lift to loosen the motherboard.
Use the spudger to slide under the edges of the motherboard if the motherboard does not seem to loosen after the above step.

Insert spudger in the gap above the battery and lift to loosen the motherboard.

Use the spudger to slide under the edges of the motherboard if the motherboard does not seem to loosen after the above step.

Step 21

Insert the spudger in the gap between the motherboard and the left side of the battery to further lift out the motherboard.

Insert the spudger in the gap between the motherboard and the left side of the battery to further lift out the motherboard.

Step 22

Grab hold of the motherboard with your fingers and lift it out of the phone gently.

Grab hold of the motherboard with your fingers and lift it out of the phone gently.

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

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Jonathan Storm - Aug 28, 2018

Where do you buy a motherboard for the xz premium? thank you

dukeduane - Apr 30, 2019

where can you buy a motherboard for the xz premium G8142?

Kristoffer Grundström - Nov 13, 2020

If you know the name of the motherboard you can check on:

newegg.com

aliexpress.com

https://www.sony.com/electronics/support…

amazon.com

alibaba.com

Tom M - Apr 8, 2020

Anyone know if you can replace the microphone on the XZ premium? I think it is attatched to the motherboard. Is it soldered on?

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