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Unplug any cables from your phone.
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Hold the power and either volume buttons and slide to power off your phone.
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If your screen or back glass is badly cracked, lay overlapping strips of packing tape over the glass to protect yourself and make disassembly easier.
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Use a P2 pentalobe driver to remove the two 7.7 mm-long screws on either side of the charging port.
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Measure 3 mm from the tip and mark the opening pick with a permanent marker.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the bottom edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
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Apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the back glass.
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While supporting the frame with one hand, pull up on the handle with a strong, steady force to create a gap between the back glass and the frame.
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Insert the tip of an opening pick into the gap.
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A delicate cable connecting the back glass to the phone, right next to the volume down button. Don't insert your pick here to avoid slicing the cable.
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Multiple spring contacts around the perimeter of the phone.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the right edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
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Slide your pick around the bottom right corner and to the volume down button to separate the adhesive and release the metal clip.
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Leave this pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the left edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
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Insert a second opening pick at the bottom edge.
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Slide the second pick around the bottom left corner and along the left edge of the screen to separate the adhesive and release the metal clips.
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Leave this pick inserted at the top left corner to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Use a hair dryer or heat gun to heat the top edge of the back glass until it's hot to the touch.
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Slide your second opening pick around the top left corner and along the top edge to separate the adhesive and release the metal clips.
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Continue sliding your pick around the top right corner until you reach the Action button.
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Leave this pick inserted to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Swing open the back glass to the right of the phone to separate the remaining adhesive.
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Support the back glass with a clean, sturdy object.
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Remove the opening picks before continuing.
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Use a tri-point Y000 driver to remove the two 1 mm‑long screws securing the middle connector cover.
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Insert the point of a spudger in either cutout on the middle connector cover.
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Slide the cover towards the left edge of the phone and release its hook from its slot on the logic board.
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Remove the cover.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery press connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the wireless charging coil press connector.
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Lift the back glass off the frame and remove it.
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Use a screwdriver to remove the four screws securing the top bracket:
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One 3.5 mm-long Phillips screw
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Two 1.4 mm-long Phillips screw
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One 1.0 mm-long tri-point Y000 screw
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the top bracket.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the two front camera press connectors.
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Insert the point of a spudger between the top edge of the front camera and the frame.
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Lift the front camera out of the frame and remove it.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the 5G mmWave antenna press connector.
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Use angled tweezers to grip the black pull tab at the bottom right corner of the 5G mmWave antenna.
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Press the antenna down with your free hand and use your tweezers to pull the stretch‑release adhesive strip out slowly and steadily at a low angle. Give it plenty of time to stretch and un-stick from under the antenna.
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If the adhesive strip breaks off, try to retrieve it with your tweezers and continue pulling.
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If you can't retrieve the strip, follow the next two steps for an alternate method. Otherwise, skip the next two steps.
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Apply a few drops of isopropyl alcohol (>90%) to the bottom edge of the 5G mmWave antenna.
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Lift the bottom edge of the phone to let the isopropyl alcohol flow under the antenna.
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Wait one minute for the adhesive to loosen.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger under the top left edge of the 5G mmWave antenna, near the front camera cutout.
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Pry up the antenna to separate the adhesive.
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Lift the 5G mmWave antenna off the earpiece speaker and remove it.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the earpiece speaker press connector.
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Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the six screws securing the earpiece speaker:
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Three 2.0 mm‑long screws
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Three 1.4 mm‑long screws
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Insert the flat end of a spudger under the top edge of the earpiece speaker, near the front camera cutout.
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Pry up the earpiece speaker to separate it from its square cutout in the top edge of the frame.
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Remove the earpiece speaker.
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