HTC Desire 610 Vibration Motor Replacement

Introduction

Has your HTC Desire 610 stopped vibrating? Follow these steps to replace the faulty vibration motor. You will learn how to take off the back, unscrew the circuit cover, unplug the vibration harness, and put in a new motor.

What you need

Step 1 Black Plastic Circuit Cover

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Using a plastic opening tool, take off the back cover of the phone.

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Step 2

Remove the four black 4mm torx screws using the Torx T5 bit.

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Step 3

Remove the four silver 5mm torx head screws using the Torx T5 screwdriver.

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Step 4

Remove the two 2.5mm phillips head screws using the Phillips 000 screwdriver.

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Step 5

Remove the black plastic circuit cover using a plastic opening tool.

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Step 6 Vibration Motor

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Tool used on this step:

Tweezers

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Pull the wire harness from the circuit board that is connected to the vibration motor using a pair of precision tweezers.
Be careful! Damaging this port could prevent a new vibration motor from functioning.

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Step 7

Pry the vibration motor from it's housing using precision tweezers.
The vibration motor is held in place with adhesive, so you may need to pry a little harder to remove it.

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