Samsung Galaxy S III Front Panel Assembly Replacement

Insert a plastic opening tool or fingernail into the notch in the gap between the rear case and the rest of the phone, located at the top of the device.

Gently twist the opening tool to disconnect the clips securing the top of the rear case.

Slide the plastic opening tool left along the top edge and repeat the twisting motion to widen the gap between the rear case and the phone.

Continue to move the plastic opening tool around the perimeter of the top left corner, gently prying up along the rear case.

Pry along the top right side, and continue prying down the right side of the rear case.

Lift up and remove the rear case from the phone.

Wedge a plastic opening tool into the small notch above the battery.

Pry the battery up out of its recess.

Remove the battery.

Using your fingernail, push the SIM card slightly deeper into its slot, until you hear a click.

After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its slot.

Use your thumb to slide enough of the SIM card out of its slot to grab ahold of it.

Grasp and remove the SIM card away from the phone.

Using your fingernail, push the microSD card slightly deeper into its slot, until you hear a click.

After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its slot.

Use your thumb to slide the microSD card out of the slot.

Remove the microSD card from the phone.

Remove the ten 4.0 mm Phillips screws securing the midframe to the front panel assembly.

Grasp the left side of the plastic midframe with your thumb and forefinger and lift it away from the phone.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry the rear-facing camera connector up from its socket on the motherboard.

Insert a plastic opening tool outboard of the speaker portion of the headphone jack/speaker assembly.

Gently pry the headphone jack/speaker assembly up from the front assembly.

Lift the headphone jack/speaker assembly out of the Galaxy S III.

Use a plastic opening tool to pry the front-facing camera connector from its socket on the motherboard.

Disconnect the digitizer cable by gently prying its connector up from its socket on the motherboard.

Disconnect the display data cable from the motherboard.

Pry the Wi-Fi antenna cable connector up from its socket on the motherboard.

Gently move the cable out of the way of the motherboard.

Remove the single 3.0 mm Phillips screw securing the motherboard to the front panel assembly.

Carefully lift the bottom of the motherboard assembly away from the front panel assembly.

Remove the motherboard assembly from the front panel assembly, minding any cables that may snag on it.

Remove the single 2.0 mm Phillips screw securing the front-facing camera bracket to the front panel.

Use a pair of tweezers to lift the front-facing camera/ambient light sensor/rear microphone assembly out from its socket in the front panel assembly.

Peel the antenna cable up from its channel in the front panel assembly.

Wedge the tip of a spudger underneath the earpiece speaker and pry the earpiece speaker out of its recess in the front panel assembly.

Use the flat edge of a spudger to peel the top portion of the earpiece/volume buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable from the front panel assembly.

Carefully wedge the flat edge of a spudger underneath the ambient light sensor.

Continue peeling the earpiece/volume buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable up off the front panel assembly.

Insert the flat edge of a spudger underneath the earpiece/volume buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable connector.

Gently run the spudger across to continue peeling the the earpiece/volume buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable from the front panel assembly.

Insert a plastic opening tool in between the the buttons ribbon cable and the volume button.

Push the volume out of its recess in the front panel assembly.

Lift and remove the volume button out of the phone.

Wedge the flat edge of a plastic opening tool in between the the earpiece/buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable and run it down to loosen the adhesive securing the ribbon cable.

Grasp and remove the earpiece/buttons/ambient light sensor ribbon cable out of the phone.

Use a metal spudger to carefully peel the antenna board off the front panel assembly.

Lift and remove the antenna board out of the phone.

Push the power button out of its recess in the front panel assembly.

Remove the power button from the front panel assembly.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry the vibrator out of its recess in the front panel assembly.

Use the tip of a spudger to peel the vibrator assembly off the front panel assembly.

Lift and remove the vibrator out of the front panel assembly.

Front panel assembly remains.