Samsung Galaxy S II Teardown

Teardown

Teardown

Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.

User-Contributed Guide

User-Contributed Guide

An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff.

This is an unofficial teardown to iFixit of the great Samsung Galaxy S II, enjoy! ;)

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — Samsung Galaxy S II Teardown  ¶ 

  • The 4.3-inch super Amoled Plus display is simply gorgeous!

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  • Look at how slim the phone is! Only 8.49mm thin!

  • Back cover is flexible but don't worry it will not break. It also has a nice texture to it.

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  • Look at how compact everything is inside!

  • Remove the seven visible screws.

  • Then unclip the back panel starting on the left next to the audio jack. Go slowly.

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  • Removing the back panel gives you an impressive and sophisticated view of the internals.

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  • Removing the motherboard is as simple as it looks !

  • Unclip the 5 ribbon connectors and the antenna cable.

  • Then remove the 2 small black screws.

  • Don't forget to unglue the volume flex and power flex, they are attached to the motherboard. Otherwise the motherboard won't come out easily like it should.

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  • The board with removed EMI shields.

  • The front.

  • ..and the back.

  • The front panel without the logic board.

  • The front facing camera part, the cinch-vibrator-1.mic part and the usb connection-2.mic-antenna board.

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  • The camera connector is at the upper left corner in the second picture.

  • The power and volume buttons are soldered to the logic board.

  • View the picture in HQ if you want to be impressed!

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  • This EMI shield is nearly a heat sink.

  • Should be useful with a 1.2GHz dual core under it!

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  • The (tiny) 8MP camera.

  • It's smaller than an iPhone 4 camera.

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  • The front-facing camera and the light sensor are a single part.

  • The front-facing camera is 2MP, which is better than the iPhone 4's VGA camera.

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  • The vibrator, first mic (did you know there are two?), cinch plug and the earspeaker.

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  • The USB-connection and 2 x mic board.

  • It's stuck with glue to the front panel.

  • The (only) antenna cable and a metal shield holding the light sensor in place.

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  • This is it.

  • It still works after reassembly!

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