Introduction
Use this guide to remove and replace the display in your Nexus 6P smartphone.
To protect your eyes from glass shreds and get a better grip to open the phone you might want to apply some tape onto the screen.
When reassembling apply new adhesive where it is necessary.
What you need
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Use a SIM card eject tool, to pop out and remove the SIM card tray.
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Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the small plastic cover at the bottom of the phone.
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Insert a knife between the phone and the plastic cover. Pry up the plastic cover until you can insert an opening pick.
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Slide the opening pick underneath the plastic cover to cut the adhesive.
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Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive underneath the glass cover at the top of the phone.
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Insert a knife between the phone and the glass cover. Pry up the glass cover until you can insert an opening pick.
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Slide the opening pick underneath the glass cover and use it to cut the adhesive underneath.
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Pry off the glass cover.
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Remove the six Phillips #00 screws.
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Use tweezers to remove any stickers covering the screw to allow better seating for the driver.
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Insert a razor knife between the metal back cover and the front glass to create a gap. Insert an opening pick into the gap and slide it to the top right corner.
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Insert a second opening pick and slide it to the top left corner.
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Slide the opening picks along the edges to seperate the plastic clips, holding back cover and midframe together.
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Remove the rear cover.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the interconnect cable from the daughterboard.
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Use an iOpener to loosen the adhesive under the battery.
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Tool used on this step:Plastic Cards$2.99
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Insert the flat end of a spudger as deep as the notch and carefully slide along the edge to cut the adhesive…
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Use a plastic card to cut the remaining adhesive on the left side underneath the battery.
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Remove the two Philipps #000 screws.
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Remove the metal plate.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the display flex cable.
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Work an iFlex opening tool between the display and the midframe to create a gap.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap and carefully slide it to the top right corner.
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Insert a second opening pick and move it to the top left corner.
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Slide the opening pick from the top left corner down the left side of the smartphone to the bottom left corner.
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Slide the opening pick from the top right around the corner and down along the side to the lower right.
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Move it around the corner and towards the charging port to separate the rest of the adhesive.
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When all the adhesive is cut, separate the display from the midframe at the top of the phone.
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Thread the display flex cable through the gap in the midframe.
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Remove the display.
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