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HTC One X Battery Replacement

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    • Switch the phone off.

    • Remove the SIM tray.

    • The back cover is stuck to the phone with adhesive tape.

    • It's helpful to use heat to loosen the adhesive, making removal much easier.

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    • Start opening from the bottom side.

    • For separating the back cover, use only plastic tools.

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    • Remove the display assembly from the body of the phone.

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    • Remove the seven Philips #0 screws at the top of the panel:

    • Two 2.05 mm screws

    • Three 2.44 mm screws

    • Two 3.35 mm screws

    • Once the screws are removed, gently remove the plastic cover using a plastic opening tool to detach the edges from the front panel.

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    • Disconnect one by one:

    • the Touchscreen flex cable

    • the Volume buttons & Mic flex cable

    • the Dock connector flex cable

    • Carefully insert a plastic tool under the battery to pry it up from the adhesive. Avoid bending the battery.

    • Be careful, there are flex cables under the battery. At the last picture in this step you can see the cables and the place were is adhesive tape.

    • Now you can separate the Dock flex cable.

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    • A piece of copper tape covers the battery and an EMI shield on the motherboard.

    • Carefully pry the EMI shield up at the top of the phone and toward the battery.

    • Carefully peel the copper tape off of the battery and save it to transfer to the new battery.

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    • Lift the motherboard slightly to disconnect two flex cables:

    • the LCD Display flex cable

    • the Navigation buttons flex cable

    • Disconnect the Power On button flex cable at the upper side of the phone

    • Now the mainboard and the battery are free.

    • Disconnect the battery and you are ready to install the new one.

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