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Motorola Moto E4 Screen Assembly Replacement

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    • Power off your phone before beginning disassembly.

    • Insert a fingernail, or spudger, into the notch on the bottom right corner to start separating the phone unit from the back cover.

    • Move to the bottom left corner to pry the phone out of the back cover.

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    • Lift the phone out of the back cover.

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    • Use a fingernail or spudger to pry at the notch at the bottom end of the battery.

    • Lever the battery out of its recess and remove it.

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    • Remove the six 3.3 mm long Phillips #00 screws.

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    • Insert an opening pick between the loudspeaker and the frame to pry it up by twisting the opening pick.

    • Remove the loudspeaker unit.

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    • Remove the seven 3.3 mm Phillips #00 screws.

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    • Insert an opening pick between the cover and the motherboard at the bottom right corner.

    • Slide the opening pick upwards to open the plastic clips.

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    • Insert an opening pick between the cover and the motherboard at the bottom left corner.

    • Slide the opening pick upwards to open the plastic clips.

    • Pry up the motherboard cover by twisting the opening pick.

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    • Remove the motherboard cover.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to peel off the yellow tape of the ZIF connector located on the left of the motherboard.

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    • Use the edge of a spudger to open the black flap of the ZIF connector.

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    • Slide the volume button flex cable out of the ZIF connector to disconnect it.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to pry up and disconnect the antenna cable located on the left of the motherboard.

    • Fold the antenna cable out of the way.

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    • Use the edge of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the display flex cable located on the bottom left of the motherboard.

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    • Remove the two 2.9 mm long Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard.

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    • Don't try to remove the motherboard all the way yet. The interconnect flex cable is still connected to its rear side.

    • Use a spudger to carefully lift the motherboard from the top and fold it towards the battery compartment.

    • Be careful not to damage any components underneath the motherboard.

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    • Use the edge of a spudger to disconnect the interconnect cable from the motherboard.

    • Remove the motherboard.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to pry up and disconnect the antenna cable.

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    • Use the edge of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect flex cable.

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    • Use the edge of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the fingerprint sensor flex cable.

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    • Remove the 2.9 mm long Phillips #00 screw securing the daughterboard.

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    • Pry under the bottom end of the charging board and lift it upwards.

    • Remove the charging board.

  23. Motorola Moto E4 Screen Assembly Replacement, Earpiece Speaker: crwdns2935265:023crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:01crwdne2935265:0
    • Apply a heated iOpener for about one minute to the upper part of the display to loosen the adhesive beneath the earpiece speaker.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to lift the earpiece speaker out of its recess and remove it.

    • When reassembling, be sure to properly orient the earpiece speaker such that the gold contacts are pointing away from the top edge.

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    • Apply a heated iOpener to the left edge of the phone for about 30 seconds to loosen the adhesive beneath power and volume button unit.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to gently peel the power and volume button unit off the left edge of the phone.

    • Remove the power and volume button unit.

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    • Apply the iOpener for about two minutes on the black adhesive tape that covers the antenna and the interconnect cable.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to gently peel the adhesive tape off the antenna and interconnect cable and fold it out of the way.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to thread the antenna cable out of its routing.

    • Remove the antenna cable.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to gently peel the product sticker off the interconnect cable.

    • In case you can't remove the sticker or it starts to rip apart you can re-apply an iOpener to loosen the adhesive.

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    • Use a pair of tweezers to grab and carefully peel up the interconnect flex cable.

    • Remove the interconnect flex cable.

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    • Check your replacement part for any other components that might need to be transferred before reassembly.

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If possible, turn on your phone and test your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing the phone.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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