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Replace your broken LCD to bring new life to your dying Droid.
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Slide the battery cover downwards while applying pressure to the center of the battery cover with your thumb.
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Lift and remove the battery cover out from the phone.
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Grasp the upper left corner of the battery and lift it out of its housing.
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Use a spudger to lift and remove the black plastic screw cover at the top of the phone near the camera.
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Using the tip of a spudger, peel up one corner of the gold ribbon beneath the battery compartment.
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Peel the ribbon up off the phone.
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Carefully peel the device information label that covers the motherboard EMI shields.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry the plastic camera cover up off the phone.
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Remove the seven 5.5 mm T5 Torx screws securing the rear case to the inner case.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry downwards to release the plastic tab holding the rear case to the motherboard screw.
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Gently insert a spudger between the rear case and front case at the top of the phone, near the audio jack.
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Carefully pry the top edge of the rear case up from the rest of the phone.
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With the spudger still inserted between the rear case and front case, slide the spudger along the right edge of the device, moving toward the bottom, prying as you go.
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Continue prying along the bottom edge of the device from right to left, freeing it from the front panel.
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Continue prying the rear case from the front case along the left side, moving from bottom to top.
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Lift the rear case up out of the phone.
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Carefully lift and remove the speaker assembly up out of the phone.
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Use a spudger to pry the antenna cable connectors from their respective sockets on the motherboard and the speaker/antenna board.
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De-route the antenna cable by pulling it out of the metal clips along the side of the front case.
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Peel the black tape covering the side button and display ribbon connectors on the motherboard.
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Disconnect the power button/volume button connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.
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Disconnect the display ribbon connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.
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Remove three 3.8 mm T5 Torx screws securing the motherboard to the front case.
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Disconnect the keypad connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the motherboard.
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Remove the motherboard from the phone.
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Disconnect the camera button/vibrator connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the speaker board with a spudger.
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Lift up the edge of the black plastic rim that includes the speaker board from the side closest to the keypad.
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Continue lifting the side of the rim until it is almost vertical, and wiggle it free from the back of the LCD assembly.
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Remove the EMI shield by releasing the clips shown with the tip of a spudger.
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Remove the five 2.5 mm Phillips screws.
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It's either a 2.5 MM Phillips or a T4 Torx. Motorola changed it on later models of the A956.
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Remove the single 2.5 mm Phillips screw.
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Remove the four 2.5 mm Phillips screws.
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Peel the display ribbon up from the keypad's metal backing.
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Insert a spudger between the back and front case of the display assembly, and peel the two ribbon cables off the two adhesive pads along the back case of the display assembly.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the board that contains the ambient light sensor and display data cable connector out of the screen housing.
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Use the tip of a spudger to lift the speaker out of the screen housing.
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Peel off the black tape to reveal the front panel connector.
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Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the retaining flap on the front panel ribbon cable ZIF socket.
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Disconnect the front panel ribbon cable.
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Flip the phone over and remove the front panel.
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While feeding the display ribbon cable through the slot in the metal keypad backing, slowly continue to slide the phone open past its normal allowed point.
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Continue feeding the display ribbon cable through and sliding the phone until the LCD assembly is separated from the keypad.
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Lift the back cover off the display assembly, feeding the ribbon cable through the slit as you go.
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Peel away the black tape to reveal the display data cable connector.
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Use an iPod opening tool or fingernail to flip up the black lever on the ZIF connector.
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Pull the orange display data cable from the ZIF connector.
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Peel the display ribbon cable from the back of the LCD. The ribbon cable is attached with adhesive, so work slowly to avoid damaging it.
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Remove the display ribbon from the back of the LCD.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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