LG G6 Charge Port Replacement

Place the iOpener in the center of the microwave.

Heat the iOpener for thirty seconds.

Throughout the repair procedure, as the iOpener cools, reheat it in the microwave for an additional thirty seconds at a time.

Remove the iOpener from the microwave, holding it by one of the two flat ends to avoid the hot center.

Fill a pot or pan with enough water to fully submerge an iOpener.

Heat the water to a boil. Turn off the heat.

Place an iOpener into the hot water for 2-3 minutes. Make sure the iOpener is fully submerged in the water.

Use tongs to extract the heated iOpener from the hot water.

Thoroughly dry the iOpener with a towel.

Your iOpener is ready for use! If you need to reheat the iOpener, heat the water to a boil, turn off the heat, and place the iOpener in the water for 2-3 minutes.

Apply a heated iOpener to a long edge of the phone for about 2 minutes.

In the following steps you will be cutting through the adhesive on the rear glass panel.

Take note of the following areas:

In addition to cutting around the edge, there is extra adhesive here that should be cut.

Avoid sticking the spudger blade in too far here, to avoid damaging the rear button ribbon cable and chip.

Once the back panel is warm to the touch, apply a suction cup as close to the heated edge of the phone as you can.

Lift on the suction cup, and insert a halberd spudger or opening pick under the rear glass.

Once you have the tool firmly inserted into the glass, reheat and reapply the iOpener to soften the adhesive.

Slide the blade of a Halberd spudger along the side of the phone, separating the adhesive.

Repeat the previous heating and cutting procedure for the remaining three sides of the phone.

Leave an opening pick on each side as you continue to the next to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Use the opening picks to slice through any remaining adhesive and open the phone.

Remove the glass from the phone.

Slide the blade of a halberd spudger into the opening on the edge of the rear button bracket.

Continue sliding the spudger blade around the bracket to cut all the adhesive holding the bracket to the rear case.

Remove the bracket.

Slide an opening pick between the rear button membrane and the rear case.

Slide the pick around the edge of the membrane to separate it from the rear case.

Use the blade of a halberd spudger to pry the rear button chip off of the rear case.

Use an opening pick to pry the contact pad off of the rear case.

Remove the rear button assembly.

Separate the rear glass from the phone,

Remove eleven Philips #00 screws.

Use a spudger to remove the charging coil from the top left corner,

Remove loudspeaker assembly.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the battery connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the LCD/Digitizer flex cable.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the charge port flex cable.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the front camera.

Insert a SIM card opening tool into the small hole on the left side of the phone and remove the SIM card tray.

Lift the motherboard out of the phone.

Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the adhesive securing the USB-C charge port to the frame.