Replacing Samsung Galaxy Note Front Facing Camera Assembly

Step 1 Stylus



• Grasp the cap of the stylus and remove it from its slot in the midframe.
Step 2 Rear Case



• Pry with a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, in the divot to the right of the rear-facing camera, near the volume rocker.
Step 3
• Lift and remove the rear case from the phone.
Step 4 Battery
• Insert your finger in the notch of the battery compartment.
• Press the battery toward the rear facing camera while pulling outward.
Step 5 MicroSD Card
• Use the flat end of a spudger, or your fingernail, to press the microSD card slightly deeper into its slot until you hear a click.
• After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its slot.
• For reassembly, push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks in place.
Step 6
• Remove the microSD card from its slot in the midframe.
Step 7 SIM Card
• Use a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, to push the SIM card out of its compartment.
Step 8
• Slide the SIM card out the rest of the way with your thumb and remove it from the device.
Step 9 Midframe
• Remove the nine 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.
Step 10
• Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the power button between the midframe and the front panel assembly and pry.
Step 11
• Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.
Step 12
• Insert your plastic opening tool to the left of the headphone jack between the midframe and the display assembly.
• Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone.
• Continue to run the plastic opening tool around the perimeter of the phone until the midframe is separated.
Step 13
• Remove the midframe from the display assembly.
Step 14 Upper Display Assembly Bracket
• Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.
Step 15
• Remove the two 3 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the upper display assembly bracket.
Step 16
• Use a pair of tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the upper display assembly bracket.
Step 17 Front Facing Camera Assembly
• Using tweezers, or your fingers, remove the front-facing camera assembly.

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