Introduction
This guide will take you through the process of installing a new front panel on your Motorola Droid 2.
What you need
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Slide the battery cover toward the bottom edge of the phone.
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Remove the battery cover from the rear of the phone.
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Lift the battery out of the Droid 2 from the edge closest to the bottom of the phone.
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Remove the battery from the Droid 2.
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Using the tip of a spudger, peel up one corner of the silver ribbon below the battery compartment.
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Peel the ribbon off the phone.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry downwards to release the plastic tab holding the rear case to the motherboard screw.
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Gently insert a spudger between the rear case and front case at the top of the phone, near the audio jack.
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Carefully pry the top edge of the rear case up from the rest of the phone.
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With the spudger still inserted between the rear case and front case, slide the spudger along the right edge of the device, moving toward the bottom, prying as you go.
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Continue prying along the bottom edge of the device from right to left, freeing it from the front panel.
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Continue prying the rear case from the front case along the left side, moving from bottom to top.
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Lift the rear case up out of the phone.
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Use a spudger to pry the antenna cable connectors from their respective sockets on the motherboard and the speaker/antenna board.
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De-route the antenna cable by pulling it out of the metal clips along the side of the front case.
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Peel the black rubber sheet covering the side button and display ribbon connectors on the motherboard.
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Disconnect the power button/volume button connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.
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Disconnect the display ribbon connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the small black plastic piece stuck to the battery connector.
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Disconnect the keypad connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the motherboard.
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Remove the motherboard from the Droid 2.
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Disconnect the camera button/vibrator connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the speaker board with a spudger.
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Lift up the edge of the black plastic rim that includes the speaker board from the side closest to the keypad.
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Continue lifting the side of the rim until it is almost vertical, and wiggle it free from the back of the LCD assembly.
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Insert a spudger between the back and front case of the display assembly, and peel the two ribbon cables off the two adhesive pads along the back case of the display assembly.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to lift the board that contains the ambient light sensor and display data cable connector out of the screen housing.
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Remove the front panel ribbon cable from the ZIF connector on the board that is attached to the display ribbon.
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