Installing Touchscreen or Display

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Installing a brand new screen in place of a broken one.

  • Author: Daniel Wiseman
  • Time required: 20 to 30 minutes
  • Difficulty: Moderate

Use this guide when you need to replace your display due to a clumsy mistake.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Back Cover  ¶ 

  • Remove the four Torx T5 screws from the back panel.

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Wedge a spudger in between the front and back panel.

  • Apply leverage downwards to the spudger in order to remove the back panel.

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Add Note Edit Step 3 — Battery  ¶ 

  • Slide the battery out from under the brown wire-tape.

    • Be careful of the wires still connected to the other end of the battery. Do not pull or damage may occur.

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Add Note Edit Step 4  ¶ 

  • Slowly pull the white plug from its receptor. Grasp its sides firmly with a pair of tweezers and gently wiggle from side to side.

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Add Note Edit Step 5 — Motherboard  ¶ 

  • Unscrew the 2 Philips #00 screws on each end of the motherboard.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Pull off the black memory card slot piece with tweezers.

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Add Note Edit Step 7  ¶ 

  • Unscrew the 2 Philips #00 screws on each side of the charging port.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • Disconnect 2 brown wire-tape ends from each end of the motherboard. Gently pull straight out with tweezers.

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Required Tools

Spudger

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Phillips #00 Screwdriver

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T5 Torx Screwdriver

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Tweezers

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