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Power down device.
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Use the notch above the power button to remove the battery cover. Place in ZONE V.
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Remove the SIM card and SD card. Place both in Sandbox COMPARTMENT A.
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Picture 1: Remove eight 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws. Place in SLOT 1.
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Note the Samsung warranty sticker (large circle) in the upper-left corner. Remove it - there's a screw underneath.
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Picture 2: Note the orientation of the phone: insert guitar pick just right of the charging port between the mid-frame and front panel.
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The mid-frame is thin and weaker under the charging port.
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Picture 3: Carefully work your way around the corner to release clips holding the mid-frame.
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Picture 1: Move up the side of the mid-frame. Remove the guitar pick before you reach the power button.
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Picture 2: Gently tug on the mid-frame with one hand to create space, then reinsert the guitar pick in the corner above the power button with the opposite hand.
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Picture 3: Release the clips along the top edge of the mid-frame.
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Disconnect the cellular antenna:
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Use blue pry tool to disconnect top.
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Unthread antenna.
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Picture 1: Remove 2.4 mm #00 Phillips screw from shield (covering front-facing camera and infrared sensor). Place in SLOT 2.
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Picture 2: Avoid contact with the infrared sensor as you remove the shield covering the front camera & speaker:
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Picture 3: Wedge one prong of the curved-tip tweezers under the shield as shown.
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Disconnect infrared sensor / earpiece speaker assembly with blue pry tool.
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Wedge the flat end of the spudger under the infrared sensor and pry up slightly.
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Disconnect the headphone jack.
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Use the pointed tip of the spudger to lift the headphone jack free.
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Place headphone jack in COMPARTMENT C.
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Picture 1: Remove one 2.4 mm #00 Phillips screw. Place in SLOT 2.
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Picture 2: Disconnect display cable.
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Picture 3: Disconnect volume rocker cable.
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There is a small amount of adhesive under the battery contact (red square in Picture 1):
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Picture 1: Wedge flat end of the spudger under the corner of the logic board. Slowly twist the spudger to free the adhesive under the battery contact.
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Picture 2: Use both hands to gently guide the logic board away from the front panel.
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Place logic board in ZONE IV.
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Use a blue pry tool to disconnect the rear camera on the underside of the logic board.
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Place rear camera in COMPARTMENT D.
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From COMPARTMENT D:
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Seat rear camera on underside of logic board.
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From ZONE IV seat the logic board:
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Make sure the display cable and volume cable aren't trapped underneath.
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Seat headphone jack from COMPARTMENT C, then:
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Connect headphone jack cable.
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From COMPARTMENT C seat earpiece speaker / infrared sensor assembly:
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Seat earpiece speaker first.
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Then seat infrared sensor and connect the cable to the logic board.
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Replace front-facing camera from COMPARTMENT C:
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Seat camera.
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Connect camera cable.
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Seat charging port from ZONE III:
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Connect charging port cable to main logic board.
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Connect soft keys cable to charging port daughter board.
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From ZONE V, seat the mid-frame on the phone:
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Line up the mid-frame, then:
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Snap the bottom edge in place first, pushing down on either side of the charging port.
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Replace loudspeaker assembly from ZONE I:
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Line it up then snap it into place.
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Almost done!
Finish Line