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Droid MAXX 2 Screen Assembly Replacement

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This guide show how to replace the screen of the Motorola Droid MAXX 2 smartphone.

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    • Insert a small pointed object into the hole on the sim card tray to eject the tray from the phone.

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    • Pull the sim card tray up out of the phone

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    • Wedge your thumb into the indent located on the bottom left corner of the back cover and pull up to remove the back cover.

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    • Remove the seventeen 3.2mm Torx T4 screws from the mid-frame.

    • These may be T3 screws. If you are having trouble unscrewing these, stop and try a T3 bit.

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    • Pull the mid-frame off of the phone.

    • Keep track of the on/off and volume buttons when you take the phone apart because they are likely to fall out when the halves are separated.

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    • Remove the static tape covering the two connectors.

    • Use a spudger to disconnect the battery cables from the motherboard.

    • If battery has adhesive, use heat gun for one to two minutes to loosen it. Be careful of the points outlined in red when prying it up. Use guitar picks or a spudger to gently lift the battery and separate the adhesive.

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    • Remove the disconnected battery from the phone.

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    • We will be removing these 3 ribbon cables.

    • Using an opening pick, lift the grey tab on the rear camera's ZIF connector. Remove the ribbon cable and the camera.

    • Use tweezers to lift up on the grey latch on the ZIF connector.

    • Remove the ribbon cable from the ZIF connector.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to lift up the black latch on the ZIF connector.

    • Pull the ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.

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    • Using a metal spudger, work your way around the perimeter of the main board and screen.

    • There is a lot of adhesive between the two pieces, so be careful to try to remove the adhesive slowly in order to not break anything.

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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