Introduction
This guide will allow you to remove the inside screen in order to replace it.
What you need
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Remove the back cover by pulling it down, and then take out the battery.
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Using a T6 Torx screwdriver, remove the 4 screws.
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Keep the phone open with the back cover facing you.
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Use the plastic opening tool and run it between the case and the body of the device to loosen the keyboard
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Use the opening tool to remove the 2 ribbon wires (boxed in the photo) from the logic board.
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Remove the black sim card reader and green vibrator before continuing to ensure they do not fall out.
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Close the phone, flip it over, grab the remaining gray covering of the phone and pull it straight up to remove it.
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Once the cover is removed take off the black piece underneath.
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Use ipod opening tool to pry up the edge of the remaining silver hinge cover.
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Once it is loose you can pull it off the rest of the way.
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To remove the plastic cover on the screen, run the ipod opening tool along the sides between the cover and the body of the phone (like you did for the keyboard)and gently pry upward until it is loose.
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Like the keyboard there is one clamp on each side.
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Grab the cover at the bottom of the screen (near the hinge) and pull outward while leaving the top (near the speaker) connected.
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Once the bottom is pulled out far enough the top will be able to disconnect as well.
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Remove the tape on the bottom of the screen so that the screen will be able to come out.
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There is a finger notch on the top of the screen, gently pull out halfway.
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