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This guide will take a bit of time so make sure your schedule is free before you attack this guide! If you have no soldering experience I suggest looking at Ifixits guide on soldering here.
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Using a plastic opening tool, pry open the back cover from the slit on the bottom right corner of the phone.
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Using a plastic opening tool or finger, pull out the battery.
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Remove the four 4.0mm Phillips #1 screws.
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Starting from a corner, separate the panel from the frame using the plastic opening tool.
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Unscrew the 3.6mm Phillips #0 screw from the motherboard.
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Using a spudger, lift the black ZIF connector at the top left corner of the phone.
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Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.
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When the ribbon cable is removed from the ZIF connector, peel off the power sticky button using a plastic opening tool.
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Separate the screen cover from the motherboard using the plastic opening tool.
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The microphone is at the bottom left corner of the phone.
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Lift the microphone very carefully. Unsolder the two lower wires (one red wire and one black wire).
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Solder the new microphone in the same spot. The black wire will go in the left spot and the red wire in the right spot.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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