Huawei P20 Lite Screen + Frame Replacement

Step 1 Removing the Back Glass



• Heat up the Back glass generously.
• BEWARE!! The back glass will be extremely hot, so be careful.
• Remove the sim tray.
Step 2 Lifting the Back glass.



• With some alcohol and a suction cup pry the back glass from the frame gently.
• When you see a small gap, insert a spatula or pick to loosen up the adhesive.
• Slide the pick around the device to loosen the back glass.
• BE CAREFUL OF THE FINGERPRINT SENSOR FLEX!. The flex connects at the top right corner of the device so do not enter the pick in too deep.
Step 3 Disconnect Fingerprint sensor
• Flip the Back Glass to the right and then unscrew the two Phillips screws holding the plate in place.
• Disconnect the Sub board flex along with the sensor flex, coaxial cable and battery flex.
Step 4 Main board disassembly
• Remove all the screws visible keeping the plates in place.
• Carefully unplug the camera connectors along with the screen connector.
• The cameras are loose and don't have any adhesive making them stick.
Step 5 Lifting the Main Board
• The main board does have some thermal paste making it hard and sticky to remove.
• Heat up the front of the screen until it quite hot.
• Gently pry and snap the main board out of the frame.
Step 6 Ear speaker and side keys
• Remember to remove the ear speaker and side keys if they are not included with your new frame.
• Gently remove the adhesive between the side key and the frame and lift up.
Step 7 Removing the sub board
• Remove all the screws.
• The loud speaker unit does have some adhesive underneath it. Give it a good amount of heat to loosen up.
• Gently unclip and lift the unit out from the frame.
• Watch out for the flex cables running from underneath it!.
Step 8 Removing the Sub Board Step 2
• Disconnect the sub board flex and the coaxial cable.
• Lift the sub board up and pull it towards you.
Step 9 Removing the battery
• Apply a lot of heat from the front
• Use alcohol to loosen up the adhesive.
• Gently pry from underneath and slide until the battery is loose.
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO BEND OR PUNCTURE THE BATTERY AS IT COULD LEAD TO AN EXPLOSION OR SMOKE EMITTING FROM THE BATTERY.
Step 10 Preperation
• Apply new adhesive to the back glass.
• If you are re-using the old frame make sure all the old adhesive is removed. Otherwise the back glass will not sit flush .
Step 11 Reassembly
• Follow all the disassembly steps to reassemble the device.
• the last step would be to connect the fingerprint sensor and placing the plate covering the connectors back along with the two screws.
Step 12 Done
• Power on the handset and test.

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