Introduction
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Use this guide to replace the loudspeaker in your Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold.
What you need
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Unplug all cables from your phone and completely power it down.
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Apply a suction cup to the back cover, as close to the center of the bottom edge as possible.
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While securing the phone with one hand, pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap between the back cover and the frame.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap.
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Remove the suction handle from the back cover.
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Slide the opening pick around the bottom left corner and up the left edge of the back cover to separate the adhesive.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the top bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the top bracket towards the top of the phone to release it from its clip.
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Remove the top bracket.
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Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom edge of the back cover cable press connector.
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Pry up and disconnect the back cover cable.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the base battery bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the base battery bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release it from its clip.
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Remove the base battery bracket.
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Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom left corner of the base battery press connector, near the gold marker.
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Pry up and disconnect the base battery.
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the USB-C port board cable press connector.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the vibrator bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the vibrator bracket off the frame and remove it.
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Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the metal neck of the black antenna cable's connector head on the USB‑C board.
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Lift straight up to disconnect the cable.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 2.6 mm‑long screws securing the inner front camera bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the inner front camera bracket up and toward the left edge of the phone to release its clips.
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Remove the inner front camera bracket.
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Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the inner front camera press connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up the inner front camera and separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.
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Remove the inner front camera.
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Slide the flat end of a spudger under the ultra wideband antenna to separate the adhesive foam securing it to the frame.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the antenna off the frame to separate any remaining adhesive.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the ultra wideband bracket.
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While holding the ultra wideband antenna out of the way, pull the bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release its clips.
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Remove the ultra wideband bracket.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the interconnect cable bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the bracket toward the right edge of the phone to release its clip.
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Remove the bottom interconnect cable bracket.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the inner display cable bracket.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the inner display cable bracket towards the left edge of the phone to release it from its clip.
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Remove the inner display cable bracket.
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Insert the point of a spudger under the bottom left corner of the inner display press connector, next to the gold marker on the logic board.
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Pry up and disconnect the inner display cable.
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Peel the graphite sheet off the bottom speaker to separate the adhesive securing it.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel off the yellow tape on the side button cable ZIF connector.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the 5G mmWave antenna from the frame and separate it from the thermal pad.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the three screws securing the logic board:
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One 2.2 mm‑long screw
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Two 2.6 mm‑long screws
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Insert the flat end of a spudger under the top left corner of the logic board, next to the inner front camera cutout.
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Pry up the logic board enough so you can grip the top edge with your fingers.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to scrape away large pieces of old thermal paste from the frame.
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Apply a few drops of highly-concentrated isopropyl alcohol (over 90%) to any remaining thermal paste residue.
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Wipe away the residue using a coffee filter or lint-free cloth.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel the section of conductive fabric connecting the loudspeaker to the frame.
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Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the contact pad connected to the loudspeaker.
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Lift the contact pad to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.
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Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 2.6 mm‑long screw securing the loudspeaker.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the left edge of the loudspeaker to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.
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Congratulations on completing disassembly! The remaining steps will show you how to reassemble your device.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the bottom and top conductive fabrics or the loudspeaker cable adhesive if they're not intact.
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Align the bottom loudspeaker conductive fabric on the underside of the loudspeaker.
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Peel the clear liner off the loudspeaker cable adhesive.
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Align the adhesive over the loudspeaker cable and lay it down, making sure not to cover the hole in the cable.
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Align the hole in the loudspeaker cable over its peg on the frame.
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Press down the cable with the tip of a spudger, or your finger, to adhere it to the frame.
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Peel off the clear liner on the top loudspeaker conductive fabric.
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Peel off the small colored liner covering the rounded corner of the fabric.
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Apply small beads of thermal paste (five total) to the motherboard in the same locations as the old thermal paste.
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Place the logic board back into its cutout in the frame, making sure no cables get trapped underneath it.
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Use angled tweezers to push the side button cable back into its slot.
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Peel the clear liner off your replacement graphite sheet to expose the adhesive on the upper half.
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Align the upper half of the graphite sheet over the logic board and lay it down.
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Reconnect the inner display cable and the top and bottom interconnect cable press connectors.
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Reinsert the inner display cable bracket clip under its slot in the logic board and align the screw holes.
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Reinsert the bottom interconnect bracket clip under its slot in the frame and align the screw hole.
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While holding the ultra wideband antenna out of the way, reinsert the ultra wideband bracket clip under its slot in the frame and align the screw holes.
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Remove the old adhesive and foam on the ultra wideband bracket and under the antenna.
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Replace the corresponding adhesive and foam to the bracket and the frame.
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Press the ultra wideband antenna to the frame and re‑adhere it.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the old adhesive foam from the inner front camera cutout.
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Use isopropyl alcohol (>90% or greater) and a coffee filter or lint‑free cloth to remove any adhesive residue.
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Peel the replacement inner front camera adhesive foam off its clear liner to expose the adhesive underneath.
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Align the adhesive foam over the cutout in the frame so that the pull tab is facing the bottom of the phone.
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Place the adhesive in the cutout.
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While holding the inner front camera above its cutout, reconnect its press connector.
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Lay the inner front camera in its cutout and press down to secure it to the adhesive.
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Reinsert the inner front camera bracket clip under its slot in the logic board and align the screw holes.
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Use tweezers to hold the antenna cable's connector in place over its socket and gently press down with your finger or a spudger until the connector snaps into place.
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Place the vibrator bracket on the logic board and align its screw holes.
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Reconnect the USB-C port board cable press connector.
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Reinsert the base battery bracket clip under its slot in the logic board and align its screw holes.
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Use a spudger, or your fingers, to remove the old back cover adhesive.
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Use isopropyl alcohol (>90%) and a coffee filter or a microfiber cloth to remove any adhesive residue.
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Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the three rear camera liners from the inside of your new back cover.
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Before removing any liners, check if the adhesive matches the frame.
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Peel away the top half of the new adhesive strip from its clear liner and keep it folded before continuing.
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Align the top half of the adhesive over the frame, using the corners as reference points.
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Place the adhesive on the frame.
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While holding the back cover or propping it up, reconnect the back cover cable.
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Reinsert the top bracket clip under its slot in the logic board and align its screw hole.
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Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the segmented tab on the top right corner of the secondary liner.
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Align the top edge of the back cover with the frame and press down to adhere it.
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Congratulations on completing your repair!
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Answers Community for help.
Congratulations on completing your repair!
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Google Pixel 9 Pro Fold Answers Community for help.
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