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If your LG Chocolate 3 keyboard is broken or malfunctioning, this guide will assist you in replacing the keypad. A keypad can be damaged from frequent use and become unresponsive. To access the keyboard, you will remove the battery, the rear case, the side buttons, and the motherboard. This is a complex repair with many small parts, and the process will take about an hour to complete. If you wish to reassemble the phone after the keypad replacement, follow the steps in reverse order.
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Place the phone face down.
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Press your finger down on the indentation and slide the back plate off.
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Using your index finger lift and remove the battery from the phone.
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Use the pointed end of the spudger to pull out the plastic inserts that are located on the left and right-hand corners.
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Using a Phillips #00 screwdriver, remove the six 3mm long screws found along the edges of the phone.
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Pull the rear case up using the spudger.
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Use tweezers to pull the clear end of the red and blue speaker cables away from motherboard.
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Carefully remove the rear case from the phone.
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Use tweezers to remove the music button found on the side of the phone.
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Use tweezers to remove the volume control buttons on the opposite side of the phone.
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Use the flat end of the spudger to lift the orange display data cable.
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Carefully insert the plastic opening tool between the motherboard and the back of the phone.
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Use your thumb and index finger to carefully lift and separate the motherboard from the back of the phone.
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Lift the orange data cable up so that it is elevated.
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Gently use a finger to lift the keypad out.
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Insert the spudger in between the keypad and the phone.
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Lift the keypad to seperate it from the phone.
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Remove the damaged keypad.
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Insert the replacement keypad.
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Reassemble the phone after the broken keypad is replaced.
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To reassemble this device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble this device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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