Nexus One Upper Motherboard Replacement

Step 1 Rear Cover



• Using two fingers, push up on the rear cover.
Step 2

• The rear cover slides up and off.
Step 3 Battery
• Using the plastic opening tools, pry the left bottom corner of the battery up.
Step 4
• Pull the battery up and out.
Step 5 Battery Housing
• Remove the two Torx T5 screws.
• Remove the one Philips #00 screw.
Step 6
• Using the plastic opening tool, pry up the battery housing upwards.
• Push pry tool down, undoing the plastic tab.
Step 7
• Pry the upper left tab open on the battery housing.
Step 8
• Pry the top tab of the battery housing.
Step 9
• Pry the right side tab of the battery housing.
Step 10
• Pull up on the battery housing.
• Slide the battery housing out to remove it.
Step 11 Lower Cover
• Using the plastic opening tool, push the blade into the space between the case and lower cover.
• Turn the opening tool slightly, the lower cover will detach on that side.
• Repeat on other side of the seam.
• The lower cover will slide off.
Step 12 Antenna Housing
• Remove the one T5 Torx screw
• Remove the one #00 Philips screw
• Lift up the end of the antenna housing and slide it outwards.
Step 13 Secondary Microphone
• Using the spudger, pry upwards on the second microphone connector.
Step 14
• Pull up on the ribbon cable, the tape will detach from the main board ribbon.
Step 15 Antenna Cable
• Pry the antenna cable up.
Step 16
• Carefully pull up on the microphone board to release the tape from the phone.
Step 17 Motherboards
• Insert the spudger under the connector.
• Push the spudger up and twist to release the connector.
• Repeat for the next connector.
Step 18
• Push on the USB port to expose the black connector.
• Use the spudger to pry the connector upwards.
Step 19
• Place the spugder under the antenna connector.
• Pry connector up vertically.
Step 20
• Insert the spudger into tab above the camera.
• Slide upwards until the board detaches from the case.
Step 21
• Press the pointed tip of the spudger into the space below the button assembly.
• Wiggle the spudger tip towards the outside of the button.
• The button assembly is under some tension and may fly off.
Step 22
• Push the pointed tip of the spudger into the base of the side button board.
• Lift up, the board will disconnect from the case.
Step 23
• Push on the lower motherboard until it slides under the case support.
• The motherboard assembly comes out as a single piece.
• Save the small black rubber rectangular sound guide under the motherboard, to replace over the microphone.
Step 24 Upper Motherboard
• Using the spudger, lift the blue colored connector.
• Use the supdger to lift the black connetor up as well.
• Detach the upper motherboard from the lower motherboard.

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