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In this guide you will be removing the back panel and motherboard to access and remove the inside keyboard.
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Place the phone face down on the table.
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Pull down the tab below the battery with your fingernail or an opening tool.
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Lift the battery out.
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Locate the five rubber covers on the back panel of the phone.
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Use a metal probe to remove each rubber cover and expose the screws underneath.
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Locate the six 2.5-millimeter Phillips #00 screws on the back panel.
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Remove all six screws with a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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Locate the seam around the edge of the phone.
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Insert a plastic opening tool into the seam and gently pry to release the tabs.
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Work around the phone until all tabs are released.
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Remove the back panel.
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Locate the silver strip - closest to the bottom hinge of the phone - connected to the logic board.
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Wedge the plastic opening tool in between the silver strip and the logic board.
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Apply upward pressure with the plastic opening tool to separate the silver strip from the logic board.
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Wedge the plastic opening tool in between the logic board and the phone.
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Carefully pry these two pieces apart by going around the perimeter of the phone to separate the logic board from the phone.
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Locate the back of the inside keyboard.
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Take out the inside keyboard. By using your fingernails to pull one of the corners up, you can snap this piece out of its encasement.
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Replace the keyboard by snapping the new keyboard into place, and begin to follow the steps in reverse to reassemble the device.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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