Manual 10 - LCD & Digitizer (Reuse mid-frame)

Power down device.

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

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.

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.

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.

Use the spudger to disconnect the battery.

Lift the loudspeaker & antenna housing away from the phone.

Place in ZONE II.

Pictures 1 & 2: Use the blue pry tool to disconnect two antenna cables.

Picture 3: Move the antenna cables to the side.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

Place daughter board in ZONE III.

The underside of the battery is covered in adhesive:

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

Lift the battery away and place in ZONE IV.

Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the front-facing camera.

Finish removing it with your fingers.

Place in COMPARTMENT B.

Disconnect the rear camera cable.

Disconnect the sensor cable.

Picture 1: Pinch the logic board with one hand while lifting the top-left edge with a blue pry tool.

Picture 2: Use both hands to lift the logic board slightly.

Picture 3: Move the logic board away from the top of the phone and over the battery holding area.

Place the logic board in ZONE V.

With the tweezers in the closed position, wedge under the vibrator and lift up.

Make sure the adhesive strip remains aligned on the mid-frame.

Place the vibrator in COMPARTMENT C.

With the tweezers in the closed position, wedge under the sensor and lift slightly.

Remove the sensor with your fingers.

Place in COMPARTMENT C.

Pinch the rear camera cable and lift slowly. Wedge your pointer finger under the camera as you peel up the contacts.

Place the rear camera in COMPARTMENT D.

Use the pointed tip of the spudger to wedge under the earpiece speaker cable.

Pinch the cable and slowly peel the earpiece speaker from its socket.

Place the earpiece speaker in COMPARTMENT D.

Picture 1: You can order the G2 display with the mid-frame (as pictured).

Here we show you how to reuse the mid-frame:

Picture 2: Heat the lower-right corner of the display assembly with 100° Celsius heat for about a minute.

Picture 3: Wedge a guitar pick between the mid-frame and LCD.

Pictures 1 & 2: Reheat the lower edge for an additional 30 seconds. Insert a second guitar pick.

Picture 3: Heat the left side of the display, insert a third guitar pick and roll it up the left side until you reach the upper-left corner.

Pictures 1 & 2: Heat the right side of the display. Insert a guitar pick in the upper-right corner and roll it down the right side.

Picture 3: Work the guitar pick back up to the corner and start prying the display away from the mid-frame.

Take care not to torque the mid-frame as you remove the display.

Use your fingers to continue separating the display from the mid-frame.

Note how the display cables feed through at the top and bottom. This way you'll better understand how to feed them back through using the replacement display.

Place the mid-frame in ZONE V.

Retrieve the mid-frame from ZONE V, the mid-frame adhesive and scissors:

Picture 1: Cut the adhesive in half to make it easier to seat on the mid-frame.

Picture 2: Peel the backing off the bottom half of the adhesive and lay it along the bottom half of the mid-frame. Use curved-tip tweezers to push the adhesive into place.

Picture 3: Peel up the top pink and blue layers of adhesive backing to expose the adhesive along the edges of the mid-frame.

Repeat the process to lay the adhesive along the top half of the mid-frame.

Picture 1: Peel the screen protector from the back of the LCD.

Picture 2: Feed the top cable through the mid-frame

Picture 3: Feed the bottom set of cables through the mid-frame.

Push the top edge firmly into place. Repeat along the bottom.

Turn the display assembly over and apply pressure all along the perimeter.

Replace the earpiece speaker from COMPARTMENT D:

Place the speaker in its socket. Then place the cable over the tab on the mid-frame (red square in Picture 3) and push it into place.

Seat the rear camera from COMPARTMENT D:

Place the contacts first, then continue seating the camera.

Place in COMPARTMENT C:

Place the sensor in its socket.

Replace the vibrator from COMPARTMENT C:

Line it up and push it firmly into place.

Replace the logic board from ZONE V:

Make sure no cables get trapped as you move the logic board into place.

Make sure the logic board is properly aligned as you gently push it into place.

Seat sensor cable.

Seat rear camera cable.

Replace front-facing camera from COMPARTMENT B:

Place it in the socket and connect the cable.

Replace the battery from ZONE IV.

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.

Seat the top of the daughter board on the main logic board.

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

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.

Pictures 1 & 2: Seat two more display cables.

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

Replace loudspeaker & antenna housing from ZONE II:

Snap it into place at the bottom of the phone.

Connect the battery to the logic board.

Replace rear housing from ZONE II:

Snap it into place at the top of the phone.

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 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.

Replace the SIM Card and Tray from COMPARTMENT A.

Power up and test the device.