Introduction
Use this guide to replace the Micro-USB port daughterboard.
What you need
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Insert a fingernail or plastic opening tool into the divot to the left of the rear-facing camera.
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Gently pry and twist the flexible rear cover off the back of the phone.
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Insert a fingernail or plastic opening tool into the recess in the bottom right corner of the battery and lift upward.
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Remove the battery away from the phone.
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Using a fingertip, pull the microSD card straight down out of its slot.
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Remove the microSD card from the phone.
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Use the sharp tip of a spudger to pry the home button cable connector straight up off its socket.
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Place a heated iOpener on the left side of the phone for at least 90 seconds.
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Reheat the iOpener and place it on the right half of the phone.
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Carefully slide the pick around the corner, stopping before the speaker grille at the top of the phone.
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Slide the opening pick across the top of the phone, being very careful not to insert the pick too deeply.
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Slide the opening pick down along the left half of the phone stopping at the lower left corner.
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Slide the opening pick all the way to the bottom left corner of the phone, making sure it is securely placed.
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Slide the very end of the opening pick across the bottom edge of the display to separate the last of the remaining adhesive.
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Insert an opening pick under the soft button icons on the display and pry the button cables down off the inside of the front panel.
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Use the sharp tip of a spudger to lift the front panel assembly cable connector straight up off its socket on the motherboard.
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Safely remove the front panel assembly from phone.
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Remove the ten 3.4 mm Phillips #000 screws from the display side of the midframe.
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Two 4.4 mm Phillips #000 screws near the USB port on the battery side of the phone
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One 4.4 mm Phillips #000 screw
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Gently run a plastic opening tool down along the left inner side of the interior frame to separate the three white plastic clips.
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Gently pull the long sides of the silver bezel out away from the phone to separate the two halves of the midframe.
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Continue on to the right side of the silver bezel, pulling away from the interior section of the midframe to separate the two halves.
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Carefully wedge the tip of a spudger underneath the antenna cable connector.
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Delicately lift the spudger directly upwards to disconnect the antenna connector off its socket on the motherboard.
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Pull, but do not remove, the camera end of the motherboard up from the midframe to allow access to the connectors on the rear.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the daughterboard connector straight up off its socket on the motherboard.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to carefully peel the soft button cables up off the interior midframe.
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Remove the single 2.5 mm Phillips #000 screw securing the Micro-USB port daughterboard to the midframe.
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Gently slide the flat end of a spudger in between the daughterboard cable and the interior midframe to begin to separate the adhesive holding it down.
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Rotate the midframe/motherboard assembly and reinsert the spudger between the daughterboard and interior midframe.
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Twist the spudger to separate the last of the adhesive between the daughterboard and interior midframe.
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Remove the daughterboard from the interior midframe.
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