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prereq for display guides
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Heat the back cover of your Xperia Z3 to loosen the adhesive underneath.
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Lift up the back cover with a suction handle and put an opening pick in the gap.
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Move the pick carefully around the edges to loosen the adhesive on every side of the phone.
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When the edges of the cover are free from adhesive, tilt it to allow access to the battery tabs.
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Use tweezers to pull the two black adhesive strips out of the phone but don't pull just yet.
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Gently pull out both of the adhesive tabs out of the phone, parallel to the rear cover.
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After pulling out the adhesive tabs, you can lift the back cover and remove it.
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Unplug the battery flex connector.
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Use a tweezer to gently pull off the adhesive strip on the bottom part of the battery.
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Use a spudger on the left side of the frame to lever out the battery.
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Remove the battery.
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Unscrew the two Phillips #00 screws.
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Unplug the antenna cable with a tweezer.
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Use a Spudger to unplug the main flex connector and the flex connector of the vibration motor.
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Remove the cover on top of the loudspeaker assembly.
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Use a spudger to pull out the vibration motor and remove its rubber gasket with a tweezer.
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Use a tweezer to remove the adhesive strip of the loudspeaker assembly.
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Pull up the metal clamp at the upper end of the loudspeaker assembly by using a tweezer and remove it.
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Lift up the main flex cable covering the loudspeaker assembly with a Spudger
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Lift up the whole loudspeaker assembly with a spudger and remove it.
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Use a spudger to lift up the end of the main flex.
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Remove the bronze foil covering the connector of the main flex with a tweezer.
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Lift up the metal plate which is placed beneath the loudspeaker assembly and remove it.
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Unplug the main flex cable.
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Use a tweezer to remove the yellow adhesive foil covering the display flex cable.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
