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Remove the cover by lifting the notch towards the bottom of the phone. Use your fingernail to lift it up.
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Remove these nine screws with a small phillips screwdriver. They are all the same size.
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There is a small screw hidden under the warranty sticker. You may either remove or poke through it .
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Use the pry tool to gently separate the panel from the frame, starting from the bottom left corner and continue along the edge of the phone.
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*WARNING* by doing this, you will void the manufacturers warranty.
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Continue using the pry tool around the back panel of the phone to separate both pieces.
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Once you have gone around the entire frame, use both hands to pull it apart.
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Use the pry tool to disconnect the camera from the device.
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Gently lift the camera up and use the tweezers to remove it from the phone.
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Reinstall the camera. Then follow the guide in reverse to put the phone back together.
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Remove these three screws using 00 Philips screwdriver. Note the smaller screw circled in orange.
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Then gently pry up on the metal antenna connector at the end of the grey wire. Move the wire out of the way.
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Next you must disconnect these three cables.
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Use your pry tool to lift up on the brown tab to release the ribbon cable.
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For the last ribbon cable, use a spudger to gently pry up on the board under the right sim card slot.
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Next, take your pry tool to lift up on the brown tab holding down the ribbon cable.
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The cable is now free to be pulled back out of its' slot.
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Using a spudger, peel up on the mesh tape then use your tweezers to peel the rest of it up.
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Now that the motherboard is free to be pried up, be sure that no cables are in the way or can be snagged when removing the motherboard.
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Just lift up and away.
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Follow the instructions in reverse to put the phone back together.
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Using your tweezers, peel back the yellow film to free the cable from the screen.
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We used the iOpener tool, heated it up, and placed it on top of the phone for a few seconds to loosen up the glue.
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Once the screen has been heated and the glue is tacky, put a plastic opening tool between the glass screen and the frame. Start lifting the glass away around the whole frame.
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When finished separating the glass from the frame with the pry tool, grab both the frame and glass with both hands and separate both pieces. CAUTION, there is a ribbon cable that needs to be removed from the back of the phone before full separation.
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As you can see, the LCD still needs a bit more work to come apart.
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Take a spudger and gently push the cable through the cutout on the frame to separate the glass.
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Congratulations! Your device is now ready for a new glass panel!
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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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