Introduction
This car contains the charging port, headphone jack, and rear speaker.
The easiest way to replace any of the components on this board is to simply replace the entire board. Otherwise, you would have to desolder the faulty component and solder in a new one.
This replacement can be done without removing the battery, but due to the nature of the parts being replaced, it is highly recommended that the battery is removed before attempting this replacement.
What you need
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Turn the device on it side with the buttons away from you.
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Using the SIM Card Eject Tool, insert the narrow end into the ejection hole.
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Press firmly into the hole until the SIM card tray pops out far enough to grab with your fingers.
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Pull the tray out with your fingers .
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Remove the SIM card.
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Remove the one T2 screw from the side of the phone near where the SIM card tray was.
This step is not at all necessary. Just skip it, it will make no difference.
It is smaller than T2, none of my 3 ifixit kits would fit it.
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Insert a plastic opening tool into the space where the SIM card tray used to be.
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Gently pry the back away form the phone frame until you hear and audible click of the back separating.
To be clear, the silver “rim” does not separate from the black portion of the frame that extends around the back and sides and covers both logic boards; this is all one single piece.
Be extra careful of the area near he power button, where the trim is thin and delicate and may break easily (especially if you’re trying to separate the silver from the black ;)
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Rotate the back over to the side, being careful not to damage the fingerprint sensor ribbon cable.
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Use a plastic opening tool to separate the fingerprint sensor from the back of the phone.
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Set the phone back aside.
if you leave the finger print scanner you can remove the screws and snap the back plate back on then once the second plastic frame is removed you can then disconnect the other end of the cable
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Turn the phone back over, with the screen down.
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Lift the trim piece off of the phone and set aside.
There is metal mesh tape covering the area in the center, just above the battery, to the right of the fingerprint sensor cable connector. Remove this tape to expose a clip that holds the frame in place.
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Using a plastic opening tool, separate the fingerprint ribbon connector from the motherboard.
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Use a spudger to pry up the the antenna connector on the top right of the charging port card.
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Use a plastic opening tool, spudger, or opening pick to separate the bottom edge of the card away from the phone.
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Lift the bottom edge of the card high enough that you can grab it with your fingers, and simply remove it from the phone.
Corners may have adhesive. Force may be required to pry the board up. Don’t be scared.
Is the microphone located on the board?
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Thanks! $7 part on ebay & this guide saved me from having to buy a new phone!!!
At the start of this procedure it stated to remove the battery. I never saw the battery being removed, or the power cable from the battery being disconnected from the board to isolate the power from the phone. Is this step necessary to replacing the charging port card. I know that the battery can be a bear removing it from the phone.
