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Use this guide to replace a broken or defective screen on your Fairphone 4.
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Insert your thumbnail, or a prying tool like a spudger, into the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.
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Pry the back cover up to start separating its plastic clips.
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Using your thumbnail or an opening pick, slide along the right side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.
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Slide along the bottom of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.
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Slide along the left side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.
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Lift the back cover to release the rest of the plastic clips and remove it.
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Use a fingernail or a prying tool at the marked notch to lever the battery out of its recess.
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Lift the battery out of its recess and remove it.
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Remove the battery.
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Remove the eight 4.8 mm-long Phillips screws.
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Flip the phone over so the screen faces up
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Insert an opening pick between the screen and the frame.
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Slide the opening pick along the edge to the top right corner.
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Continue to slide the opening pick along the top of the phone.
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Slide the opening pick along the left side to the bottom left corner.
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Grab the screen and lift it straight up just enough to clear its pegs from the frame.
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Rotate the display carefully clock-wise and flip it over to get access to the connector.
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Place the display on the device with the screen facing downwards.
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Use an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the display connection cable.
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Remove the screen.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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20-40 Minutes? ... more like 10 ... and I wasn't even pushing it
Thanks for your comment! The time estimate was set a little too high, you're right. I've adjusted it!
Vielen Dank für die präzise Anleitung. Auf alle heiklen Punkte wurde hingewiesen. Habe es locker geschafft und war danach ganz stolz!
I can confirm that you need a #0 screwdriver, not a #00, as has been changed in the latest unchecked version.
Hi Jonathan, thanks for you comment! While a #0 screwdriver will work, we recommend a #00 as Fairphone themselves do, see their website: "The only tool you will need is a Phillips #00 screwdriver to access all spare parts of the Fairphone 4."
