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Installing Motorola Droid Camera Assembly

A guide to replace your Droid's broken or malfunctioning camera.

Author: Matt Newsom
Difficulty: Difficult

A guide to replace your Droid's broken or malfunctioning camera.

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Battery 2 steps
Rear Case 9 steps
Speaker 1 step
Motherboard 6 steps
Camera Assembly 1 step

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Edit Step 1 — Battery ¶

Slide the battery cover downwards while applying pressure to the center of the battery cover with your thumb.
Lift and remove the battery cover out from the phone.

Edit Step 2 ¶

Grasp the upper left corner of the battery and lift it out of its housing.

Edit Step 3 — Rear Case ¶

Use a spudger to lift and remove the black plastic screw cover at the top of the phone near the camera.
The cover is attached by adhesive, so some force may be required.

Edit Step 4 ¶

Using the tip of a spudger, peel up one corner of the gold ribbon beneath the battery compartment.
Peel the ribbon up off the phone.

Edit Step 5 ¶

Carefully peel the device information label that covers the motherboard EMI shields.
This label contains important information specific to the phone. Remove it with care and keep it in a safe place.

Edit Step 6 ¶

Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry the plastic camera cover up off the phone.
The thin plastic cover is attached to the phone with an adhesive. Work slowly and carefully.

Edit Step 7 ¶

Remove the seven 5.5 mm T5 Torx screws securing the rear case to the inner case.

Edit Step 8 ¶

Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry downwards to release the plastic tab holding the rear case to the motherboard screw.

Edit Step 9 ¶

Gently insert a spudger between the rear case and front case at the top of the phone, near the audio jack.
Carefully pry the top edge of the rear case up from the rest of the phone.

Edit Step 10 ¶

With the spudger still inserted between the rear case and front case, slide the spudger along the right edge of the device, moving toward the bottom, prying as you go.
Continue prying along the bottom edge of the device from right to left, freeing it from the front panel.

Edit Step 11 ¶

Continue prying the rear case from the front case along the left side, moving from bottom to top.
Lift the rear case up out of the phone.

Edit Step 12 — Speaker ¶

Carefully lift and remove the speaker assembly up out of the phone.

Edit Step 13 — Motherboard ¶

Use a spudger to pry the antenna cable connectors from their respective sockets on the motherboard and the speaker/antenna board.
De-route the antenna cable by pulling it out of the metal clips along the side of the front case.

Edit Step 14 ¶

Peel the black tape covering the side button and display ribbon connectors on the motherboard.

Edit Step 15 ¶

Disconnect the power button/volume button connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.

Edit Step 16 ¶

Disconnect the display ribbon connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.

Edit Step 17 ¶

Remove three 3.8 mm T5 Torx screws securing the motherboard to the front case.
Don't attempt to remove the motherboard yet, it is still attached by the keypad ribbon connector.

Edit Step 18 ¶

Carefully lift the motherboard from the front case and lay it next to the Droid, minding the keypad connector that is still attached.
Disconnect the keypad connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard from the phone.

Edit Step 19 — Camera Assembly ¶

Orient the motherboard so that the camera lens is face down.
Disconnect the camera connector from its socket by prying it straight up with a spudger.
Remove the camera assembly.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For more information, check out the Motorola Droid device page.

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