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This repair guide was authored by the iFixit staff and hasn’t been endorsed by Google. Learn more about our repair guides here.
Follow this guide to replace a broken, cracked, or unresponsive screen on your Google Pixel 8a.
To calibrate the display’s fingerprint reader, follow this guide. Genuine Google replacement screens come with the fingerprint reader already attached. If your replacement screen doesn’t have a pre-installed fingerprint reader, you’ll need to transfer the original fingerprint reader to your new screen and recalibrate it to retain functionality.
You'll need replacement screen adhesives in order to complete this repair.
Note: Any repair can compromise the water resistance of your phone. Retaining water resistance after the repair will depend on how well you reapply the adhesive.
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Unplug all cables from your phone.
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Completely power off your phone.
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Apply overlapping strips of packing tape to the cracked glass until the whole screen is covered—this will allow the suction cup to stick to the screen.
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Consider wearing safety glasses to protect your eyes from any glass shaken free during the repair.
If the glass is broken, the suction cup will not adhere.
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Use a hair dryer, heat gun, or hot plate to heat the top edge of the screen until it's almost too hot to touch.
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Apply a suction handle to the center of the top edge of the screen.
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Insert the tip of a Jimmy into the left side of the earpiece speaker cutout.
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Pull up on the suction handle with a strong, steady force.
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Firmly press the Jimmy into the cutout and lower it until the tip slides under the glass.
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Insert the tip of an opening pick under the screen and remove the Jimmy.
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Slide your pick back and forth across the top edge of the screen to separate the adhesive.
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Continue sliding your pick around the perimeter of the phone to separate the remaining adhesive.
Könnt ihr am Plektrum abschnitte für die Millimeter direkt draufdrucken?
Hier wurde einen Schritt vergessen. Es gibt noch Klebstoff unten mittig unter der Bildschirm. Diese muss auch vorsichtig abgemacht werden. Mein Bildschirm hat sich delaminiert beim Abbau.
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Swing the right edge of the screen open (like turning the page of a book) and lay it over the left edge of the frame.
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Move the flap of graphite film away from the screen connector.
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Use the tip of one arm of your angled tweezers to pry up the top edge of the display cable bracket from the center of the logic board.
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Remove the bracket.
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Insert the tip of a spudger or a clean fingernail under the top edge of the display cable press connector and pry straight up to disconnect it.
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Use tweezers or your fingers to pull the screen cable out from under its lip on the edge of the frame.
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Remove the screen.
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When handling your screen, grip it by its edges.
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When placing the screen on your work area, make sure nothing is touching the bottom of the screen. Consider placing it on a soft, lint-free cloth.
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Make sure the front sensor gasket (located just below the front camera) is properly aligned and fully over the sensor.
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If it's not, reposition it over the front sensor with the smaller cutout toward the top.
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Use tweezers and a spudger to scrape up and remove any remaining pieces of adhesive below the battery cutout.
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If any screen adhesive bits remain on the perimeter of the frame, use a spudger and tweezers to scrape up and remove them.
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If you're reusing your original screen, use a spudger and tweezers to scrape up and remove the old adhesive from the perimeter of the screen.
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Use a pipette or syringe to apply a few drops of highly-concentrated isopropyl alcohol (over 90%) to the perimeter of the frame and the area below the battery cutout.
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Wipe the residue away using a lint-free or microfiber cloth.
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Peel the rectangular display enclosure adhesive from its large liner.
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Apply the adhesive to the frame in the same location as the old adhesive, just below the battery cutout.
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Use your fingers to press down and secure the adhesive to the frame—don't remove the top liner yet.
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Before removing any liners from the screen adhesive, hold it over the frame to make sure it's oriented correctly. Use the camera cutout on the top edge to line it up correctly.
It's probably just me, but the large blue sheet looks very similar to other blue protective sheets covering the adhesive. I think it should be stated earlier that it is only the black edge which is the adhesive.
Or remove these steps into a link and make the newer screens with adhesive the main instruction
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Peel down the top half of the larger liner (closest to the camera cutout) to expose the adhesive—don't remove the whole liner yet.
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Lay the exposed top edge of the adhesive onto the frame, using the lip to help align it.
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Once the top edge is properly aligned, gently press down to secure it in place.
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Slowly lay the rest of the adhesive onto the frame, peeling away the large liner as you go.
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Use the flat end of your spudger to press along the perimeter of the adhesive and secure it to the frame.
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Grab the pull tab in the center of the left edge and slowly peel and remove the liner.
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Apply a suction handle to the left side of the replacement screen, with the handle facing left.
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Prop up your screen on the left side of the frame.
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Connect the screen cable by aligning it over the socket and pressing on one side until it clicks into place before fully pressing it down.
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Now is a good time to test your phone before sealing it up. Power it on and check that it works. Power it back down before you continue reassembly.
My screen shows the google animation bootup in very tinted yellow and dim/dark. Then the time appears for less than a second and the screen goes completely black. Did I get a defective part?
Hi, I hope somebody will be able to give some help. My screen wouldnt turn on after insterting my new screen connector, can anyone give me some advice on where i went wrong?
It really should be stressed here to be extremely careful!
There is almost no feedback through your fingers or tools whether the cable is in the correct position before pressing down.
100% this was the hardest/nerve-wracking part of the job
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Hook the bottom edge of the bracket into its slot on the logic board and press down firmly on the top to snap the bracket back into place.
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Remove any liners from the front camera housing on the top edge of the screen.
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Peel and remove the blue liner from the square adhesive on the frame, just below the battery cutout.
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Use the pull tabs on the left edge to peel and remove the remaining perimeter adhesive liner.
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Hold the screen just above the frame by the suction handle.
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Use a spudger to fold the flap of graphite film back over the screen cable.
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Press the screen into place.
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Remove the suction handle.
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Firmly press around the perimeter of the screen to secure it to the frame.
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To calibrate the display’s fingerprint reader, use Google’s Pixel Update and Software Repair tool.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
To run a diagnostics test with the built-in Pixel Diagnostic tool, click here.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
To calibrate the display’s fingerprint reader, use Google’s Pixel Update and Software Repair tool.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
To run a diagnostics test with the built-in Pixel Diagnostic tool, click here.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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so where is the replacement screens??
You can purchase a new screen from iFixit here.
Great step by step guide, it took a little time but was well worth it with my busted screen!
I think my screen was defective. It shows the boot up animation extremely yellowed out and dim/dark. Then it shows my lockscreen with the time for less than a second and goes complete black. I can still make my phone vibrate with the buttons, and do a reset to get the boot up animation again. It's just so frustrating because I really needed this to work and did so much of the hard work to get to the final steps, to find out... that the replacement screen is defective!!!!
Hi John. I'm sorry to hear you're having issues with the replacement screen—that's very frustrating after taking the time to do the repair. My first thought is that the screen connector may not be fully seated (this connector in particular can be quite tricky to reconnect). If that's not the case, you can contact our customer support (support@ifixit.com) about a defective screen.
I've contacted support and they have yet to get back to me. I will be initiating a return. I don't think I would have attempted this repair again, taking the screen off was far far more difficult than it's worth. I'd take it to a repair shop.
John -
Excellent support and great company. I had a problem with the fingerprint sensor, which after starting it up indicated that it was faulty. I requested a replacement and everything went great. Thanks!
You should add the part to recalibrate the fingerprint (pixelrepair.withgoogle.com/udfps) in your tutorial.
Thank you so much! As a first time screen repairer, it wasn't clear to me how deep I should insert the jimmy in the earpiece cutout. The screen assembly is much thinner than I imagined. Also, the screen was badly cracked so removal was overall messy. In the end I figured it out and after that it was all smooth sailing, but some additional clarifying notes in that section might be useful :)
That's exactly what happened to me. I was super frustrated with their manual. to be honest, i'm not sure I'd choose this option again.
Did this as my first screen repair. Thanks heaps Spencer.
The only feedback I would suggest for this manual is how to handle massively cracked edges. Non cracked edges separated easily, but the blue pick looses its way when it gets to the cracked edges - I had a few - and for my first screen repair I was stuck.
I did end up applying some heat, and using the tweezers to carefully pry the screen away from the phone by grabbing the backing of the screen where it was stable. This worked. Most of the glass complied with the tweezers/heat method. The left over glass stuck to the frame was easy to remove with the spudger. Please let me know if there was a better way to do this.
The pixel 8a I have cost me $679 on special from JB-HifI. A local repairer quote me $700 - $800 to fix the screen - but I had to commit to a $99 diagnostic fee first.
Much much cheaper to fix it myself.
Thanks again!
Attempting this repair with the full ifixit kit has been a disaster. First off, the guide is not fit for purpose - if you have any cracks that run to the edge of the screen it is impossible to proceed past them with undoing the glue rim. Trying to just shatters the glass further. Also the suction cup is useless, does not adhere at all, even when using the tape as described. Now I have a completely broken phone screen that I cannot even use to recover the data (I should have backed up, but seemed like an easy enough repair for someone who has already had experience with these) and then I have an unused new screen i have no use for as I cannot repair this phone anymore. Urgh... 1/10 !!
A few days after the repair I wanted to put on a protective glass. I applied more then usual pressure on the screen and now my screen has a white stripe top to bottom and it does not react properly to my touch. Any idea as to what happened or how to fix it? Helpp!
Vielen Dank - Der Displaytausch hat perfekt funktioniert.
Die Werkzeuge im Set sind super und nichts fehlt. Selbst als Neuling hat in knapp zwei Stunden alles funktioniert.
ABER VORSICHT: Das Google update und repair tool hat einen schwerwiegenden Fehler. Die Software arbeitet nicht mit der aktuellsten Androidversion zusammen. Das wäre nicht so schlimm, wenn man im Fast-Modus nicht in einer Boot-Schleife landen würde!
Nach einer verzweifelten Stunde mit dutzenden Fehlversuchen habe ich aufgegeben. Das war mein Glück. Nach einer halben Stunde Inaktivität beendet sich der Fastmodus selber.....
Great tutorial. The worst part is removing the damaged old screen. Patience and persistent even heating is a must. Thanks for this guide.
Mein Bildschirm ist schwarz - das Smartphone reagiert jedoch. Wie kann ich es ausschalten wenn ich kein Bild nicht sehe?
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