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Repair and disassembly information for Samsung's Galaxy S22+ smartphone. Model number: SM-S906x

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Can't succeed at the last step of screen replacement

I successively followed the steps in these guides:

Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus Screen and Battery Assembly Replacement

Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus Screen Replacement

It was no issue until the last step of screen removal. At this step, instead of removing the screen, only the screen cover seems to have detached, and I'm left with an aluminum-looking foil, probably a part of the screen itself.

I thought it was probably just a matter of degluing the screen itself, but after a few tries I noticed there seems to be more afoot there, and that's probably why there's no screen replacement guide for the s22+.

I did buy a screen replacement kit including the screen part from ifixit, so I would be at a loss if I needed to buy a part again, this time a screen and battery assembly, so I'm looking for help here, from anyone who knows whether there's a next step I can take that doesn't involve taking out my debit card.

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Samsung Galaxy S21 Plus Screen Replacement

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus Screen and Battery Assembly Image

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Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus Screen and Battery Assembly Replacement

Difficulty:

Moderate

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1 - 2 hours
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Which screen kit did you buy, the screen or the screen+battery kit? The two kits require completely different approaches to replacement so we can't really tell you what might be going on without knowing which direction you're going with it. I'm guessing you got the screen only kit since there's a guide available for the screen+battery kit, is that right?

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The screen kit, yes

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I procrastinated a lot after that, the solution ended up:: buying isopropyl alcohol and "force" it out. It's the result of the screen assembly splitting; what's left needs to be removed. For anyone with the same problem, the only place you can push from the back to push it out also has another film that you don't want to tear off, so after heating and putting a lot of alcohol, only push it enough to get the side far enough to be able to use your picks, then the rest should only be done from the front to avoid damage.

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Ah, okay, it took quite a bit of searching, but I finally located a TikTok video showing the replacement process for the screen only repair rather than the screen+frame like virtually every other guide I found was describing.

Samsung S22+ Screen and Backglass Replacement Tutorial - TikTok

The basics of it are that you remove the back glass in order to access the connectors inside. Take off the rear shield with screws, then you can unplug the battery and disconnect the screen.

Next, you remove the screen from the frame, clean all the old adhesive off and glue the new screen in place. Of course, you'll want to temporarily plug it in and test it before gluing it down; just set it in place, flip the phone over and reconnect the screen and battery and power it on to verify the display and touch screen are working. Assuming it's all good, disconnect the battery and screen again and go ahead with gluing the screen down. Reassemble the inside components and reglue the rear cover and you're set.

You should be able to use the existing screen+frame guide up through Step 20 to get you to the point where you remove the screen.

Samsung Galaxy S22 Plus Screen and Battery Assembly Replacement - iFixit Repair Guide

Can we see a picture of what's left on the front of the phone at this point? It sounds as though you've gone one layer too shallow in taking the display out so it may simply be a matter of getting under the remaining part of the screen and repeating the removal process.

Update (11/11/25)

I took a screenshot from the TikTok video showing you what you should see when you get the old screen off.

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Hopefully that'll help you figure out if my theory is what happened.

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Thank you a lot! I'll try my luck tomorrow.

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