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  1. Power down device. Remove SIM Card and Tray.  Place both in COMPARTMENT A.
    • Power down device.

    • Remove SIM Card and Tray. Place both in COMPARTMENT A.

  2. Insert a guitar pick at the bottom of the SIM tray opening to begin removing the battery cover. Continue peeling the battery cover away with your fingers. Place the battery cover in ZONE I.
    • Insert a guitar pick at the bottom of the SIM tray opening to begin removing the battery cover.

    • Continue peeling the battery cover away with your fingers.

    • Place the battery cover in ZONE I.

  3. Remove eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver).  Place in SLOT 1. Remove one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black).  Place in SLOT 2.
    • Remove eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver). Place in SLOT 1.

    • Remove one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black). Place in SLOT 2.

  4. Wedge the flat end of the spudger under the right edge of the rear housing.  Slowly twist the spudger while lifting the housing with your fingers. Place rear housing in ZONE II.
    • Wedge the flat end of the spudger under the right edge of the rear housing. Slowly twist the spudger while lifting the housing with your fingers.

    • Place rear housing in ZONE II.

  5. Use the spudger to disconnect the battery.
    • Use the spudger to disconnect the battery.

  6. Lift the loudspeaker & antenna housing away from the phone. Place in ZONE II.
    • Lift the loudspeaker & antenna housing away from the phone.

    • Place in ZONE II.

  7. Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to disconnect two antenna cables. Picture 3: Move the antenna cables to the side. Picture 3: Move the antenna cables to the side.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to disconnect two antenna cables.

    • Picture 3: Move the antenna cables to the side.

  8. Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to disconnect two display cable connectors. Picture 3: Use the pointed end of the spudger to lift the display cable up and out of the way. Picture 3: Use the pointed end of the spudger to lift the display cable up and out of the way.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to disconnect two display cable connectors.

    • Picture 3: Use the pointed end of the spudger to lift the display cable up and out of the way.

  9. Lift the short board on the left side of the daughter board up and away from the mid-frame. Lift the short board on the left side of the daughter board up and away from the mid-frame.
    • Lift the short board on the left side of the daughter board up and away from the mid-frame.

  10. Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the three cables pictured.
    • Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the three cables pictured.

  11. Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to gently lift the top half of the daughter board up from the mid-frame. Picture 3: Continue lifting just the top half of the daughter board up. Don't try to remove the bottom half of the daughter board just yet.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to gently lift the top half of the daughter board up from the mid-frame.

    • Picture 3: Continue lifting just the top half of the daughter board up.

    • Don't try to remove the bottom half of the daughter board just yet.

  12. Picture 1: Pinch the daughter board near the bottom of the battery and continue lifting it away from the mid-frame. Picture 2: It may get stuck when you reach the microphone socket.  Use the pointed tip of the spudger to lift the microphone. Picture 3: Make sure the tiny black microphone cover stays positioned over the microphone.
    • Picture 1: Pinch the daughter board near the bottom of the battery and continue lifting it away from the mid-frame.

    • Picture 2: It may get stuck when you reach the microphone socket. Use the pointed tip of the spudger to lift the microphone.

    • Picture 3: Make sure the tiny black microphone cover stays positioned over the microphone.

  13. Place daughter board in ZONE III.
    • Place daughter board in ZONE III.

  14. The underside of the battery is covered in adhesive: Use the flat end of the spudger to work your way through the adhesive. Use the flat end of the spudger to work your way through the adhesive.
    • The underside of the battery is covered in adhesive:

    • Use the flat end of the spudger to work your way through the adhesive.

  15. Lift the battery away and place in ZONE IV. Lift the battery away and place in ZONE IV.
    • Lift the battery away and place in ZONE IV.

  16. Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the front-facing camera. Finish removing it with your fingers. Place in COMPARTMENT B.
    • Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the front-facing camera.

    • Finish removing it with your fingers.

    • Place in COMPARTMENT B.

  17. Replace front-facing camera from COMPARTMENT B: Place it in the socket and connect the cable. Place it in the socket and connect the cable.
    • Replace front-facing camera from COMPARTMENT B:

    • Place it in the socket and connect the cable.

  18. Replace the battery from ZONE IV. Replace the battery from ZONE IV. Replace the battery from ZONE IV.
    • Replace the battery from ZONE IV.

  19. Replace daughter board from ZONE III: Push the microphone into its socket first. Make sure the display cables don't get trapped under the daughter board as you push the bottom into place.
    • Replace daughter board from ZONE III:

    • Push the microphone into its socket first.

    • Make sure the display cables don't get trapped under the daughter board as you push the bottom into place.

  20. Seat the top of the daughter board on the main logic board. Seat the three cables (red squares) shown in Picture 2.
    • Seat the top of the daughter board on the main logic board.

    • Seat the three cables (red squares) shown in Picture 2.

  21. Pictures 1 & 2: Seat the short board on the left side of the daughter board.  Make sure the tiny black tab protrudes through as you use the tip of the spudger to push it into place. Picture 3: Push the display cable down onto the daughter board. Picture 3: Push the display cable down onto the daughter board.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Seat the short board on the left side of the daughter board. Make sure the tiny black tab protrudes through as you use the tip of the spudger to push it into place.

    • Picture 3: Push the display cable down onto the daughter board.

  22. Pictures 1 & 2: Seat two more display cables. Picture 3: Connect the two antenna cables highlighted in the red squares. Picture 3: Connect the two antenna cables highlighted in the red squares.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Seat two more display cables.

    • Picture 3: Connect the two antenna cables highlighted in the red squares.

  23. Replace loudspeaker & antenna housing from ZONE II: Snap it into place at the bottom of the phone.
    • Replace loudspeaker & antenna housing from ZONE II:

    • Snap it into place at the bottom of the phone.

  24. Connect the battery to the logic board.
    • Connect the battery to the logic board.

  25. Replace rear housing from ZONE II: Snap it into place at the top of the phone.
    • Replace rear housing from ZONE II:

    • Snap it into place at the top of the phone.

  26. Replace one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black) from SLOT 2. Replace eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver) from SLOT 1.
    • Replace one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black) from SLOT 2.

    • Replace eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver) from SLOT 1.

  27. Replace the battery cover from ZONE I: Snap the top and bottom into place.  Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place. Snap the top and bottom into place.  Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place.
    • Replace the battery cover from ZONE I:

    • Snap the top and bottom into place. Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place.

  28. Replace the SIM Card and Tray from COMPARTMENT A. Power up and test the device.
    • Replace the SIM Card and Tray from COMPARTMENT A.

    • Power up and test the device.

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James Linder

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