Introduction
This guide will take you through the delicate process of removing the rear panel of the Motorola Droid.
What you need
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Slide the battery cover downwards while applying pressure to the center of the battery cover with your thumb.
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Lift and remove the battery cover out from the phone.
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Use a spudger to lift and remove the black plastic screw cover at the top of the phone near the camera.
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Using the tip of a spudger, peel up one corner of the gold ribbon beneath the battery compartment.
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Peel the ribbon up off the phone.
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Carefully peel the device information label that covers the motherboard EMI shields.
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Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry the plastic camera cover up off the phone.
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Remove the seven 5.5 mm T5 Torx screws securing the rear case to the inner case.
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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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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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