Replacing Samsung Galaxy Note II Headphone Jack/Earpiece Speaker Assembly

Step 1 Stylus



• Grasp the end 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 left of the rear-facing camera, near the power button.
Step 3
• Lift the rear case by the corner nearest the divot and remove it from the phone.
Step 4 MicroSD Card
• If you have an SD card inserted, 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.
• Remove the microSD card.
• For reassembly, push the microSD card into the slot until it clicks in place.
Step 5 Battery
• Insert a plastic opening tool, or your finger, into the notch of the battery compartment and lift the battery upward.
Step 6
• Remove the battery from the midframe.
Step 7 Midframe
• Remove the eleven 4.0 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.
Step 8
• Insert your plastic opening tool between the midframe and front panel assembly on the side of the phone.
• Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.
Step 9
• Continue to run the plastic opening tool down the seam.
Step 10
• Carefully pry around the corner with a plastic opening tool.
Step 11
• Pry along the top of the phone with a plastic opening tool.
Step 12
• Push the plastic opening tool down to free the corner of the midframe from the display assembly.
Step 13
• Free the clips along the power button side of the phone.
• Lastly, free the two clips along the top and bottom edge of battery compartment.
Step 14
• Lift the display assembly out of the midframe.
Step 15 Motherboard Assembly
• Use a spudger to disconnect the vibrator/power button assembly cable connector.
• Disconnect the antenna cable connector.
• Disconnect the display cable connector.
Step 16
• Disconnect the front-facing camera cable connector.
• Disconnect the headphone jack cable connector.
• Disconnect the digitizer cable connector.
Step 17
• Use the spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the motherboard.
• Disconnect the soft button cable connector.
• Disconnect the USB board cable connector.
Step 18
• Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the motherboard to the display assembly.
Step 19
• Gently remove the motherboard.
• Hold the motherboard by its edges to prevent ESD damage. Be careful not to snag it on any cables as you extract it from the display assembly.
Step 20 Headphone Jack/Earpiece Speaker Assembly
• Remove the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw securing the headphone jack assembly to the display assembly.
Step 21
• Grasp the headphone jack portion of the assembly and lift it out of its groove in the display assembly.
Step 22
• Gently pull the headphone jack straight up without twisting the cable to remove the earpiece speaker portion from its recess.
• Twisting or pulling unevenly could damage the cable. Be very careful as you extract the assembly.

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