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Keyboard removal - no broken glass!

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Keyboard removal - no broken glass!, The final (bottom) side: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:01crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Keyboard removal - no broken glass!, The final (bottom) side: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:02crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0 Keyboard removal - no broken glass!, The final (bottom) side: crwdns2935265:00crwdnd2935265:03crwdnd2935265:03crwdne2935265:0
The final (bottom) side
  • Free the top, left, and right sides first, and the haptic motors, before working on the bottom.

  • This is where the thin Wifi antennas are adhered to the glass and screwed down onto the bottom case. In my first attempt, I didn't know this was a hazard, so I sliced right through the adhesive... and the antennas, too.

  • The second time I decided to not slice here at all. Instead, I broke the adhesive in the "clear" part of the bottom, put a bookmark in there so it didn't re-adhere, and applied lots of heat and alcohol here.

  • My model is the YB1-X91F (Windows, Wifi only). I think the LTE versions might have antennas across the whole bottom, so keep in mind your hardware might be different.

  • When all that's left adhered is the left half of the bottom, I started swiveling (in-plane yaw) the whole glass, gently, back and forth. With patience, and heat and alcohol, I was able to gradually reach each of the 6 screws holding the antenna bracket in place.

  • Here's a preview of what the left (wifi) antenna bracket looks like after removal, and where the scres are located.

  • After removing the 6 screws one-by one (P00 or P000), the glass was free! Check for any residual adhesive, and don't just lift straight up! You need to remove the ZIF cable, see next step.

  • Even without using the cutting/slicing/prying tools along the antennas, I broke 1 of 3 of the traces in this step. Needs a better method for next time.

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