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Prerequisite only! Use this guide to remove the midframe in your Samsung Galaxy A40.
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Insert a SIM card eject tool, a SIM eject bit or a straightened paper clip into the hole on the SIM tray located on the left side of the phone.
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Press your SIM card eject tool firmly into the hole in order to eject the SIM card tray.
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Remove the SIM card tray.
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Apply a heated iOpener to the back cover to loosen the adhesive underneath. Apply the iOpener for at least two minutes.
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Secure a suction handle to the right edge of the back cover, as close to the edge as possible.
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Lift the back cover with the suction handle to create a small gap between the back cover and the frame.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap.
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Slide the opening pick to the bottom right corner and leave it in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Insert a second opening pick at the bottom right corner.
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Slide the opening pick along the right edge of your phone to cut the adhesive beneath the back cover.
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Leave the opening pick in the top right corner.
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Insert a third opening pick at the top right corner of your phone.
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Slide the opening pick along the top edge of your phone to cut the adhesive.
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Leave the opening pick in the top left corner to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Insert a fourth opening pick at the top left corner of your phone.
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Slide the opening pick along the left edge of your phone to cut the adhesive.
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Leave the opening pick in the bottom left corner.
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Insert a fifth opening pick to cut the remaining adhesive at the bottom edge of your phone.
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Fold the back cover upwards and remove it.
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Remove the thirteen 3.4 mm-long Phillips #00 screws.
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Insert an opening pick between the left edge of the phone assembly and the midframe.
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Slide the opening pick along the left edge of the phone to release the plastic clips holding the midframe in place.
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Slide the opening pick around the bottom right corner and release the plastic clips at the bottom edge of the phone assembly.
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Slide the opening pick along the right edge of the phone assembly to release the remaining plastic clips holding the midframe in place.
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Remove the midframe.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
