Introduction
Although it’s only April, somehow we’ve already torn down two foldable phones this year! Now we’ve got our hands on the third, Huawei’s Mate Xs. And unlike those other foldables, the Mate Xs wears its fragile plastic OLED screen on the outside, even when folded.
The Mate Xs isn’t sold in the US, and can’t utilize any of Google’s mobile services without a little hacking. Instead, Huawei built their own suite of services, including an App Gallery and Mobile Cloud service. No Play Store here! Let’s tear it down and see what else Huawei has done to make this $2,700 foldable tick.
Video Overview
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Final Thoughts
- Many components are modular and can be replaced independently.
- The fragile folding display is replaceable, if you're determined.
- Battery replacements are straightforward, but unnecessarily difficult thanks to the herculean adhesive.
- Every repair starts (and ends) with stubborn, glued-on outer covers.
- The charging port is soldered directly to the main board.
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3 Guide Comments
Hi, I have a Huawei Mate Xs that I purchased online 3 months ago, however, I accidentally dropped it in the water and now it’s dead. Any chance you can send it to you to repair it for me? My email address is gordchew@gmail.com
Gordon Chew - Reply Share
Hi! Have have a 2 year old Mate Xs and I took it to the Huawei Service Center and they said the mainboard needs to be replaced. Is it possible to replace just the on/off button in the mainboard? Also, is there a way to access the hard drive data even if the mainboard is not working well? Please let me know. My email is charlievelasco@gmail.com. Thank you very much!
Carlos “Charlie” Velasco - Reply Share
Hello, I have a small favor to ask you. I have a huawei mate xs and one of the small capacitors felled off from the board and is being running me crazy because I can't get my phone to start without this important part. Thus, I was wondering if you could tell me the value in Farads of this capacitor so I can get my phone to work? I would most greatly appreciate it! email:eds.current@yahoo.com
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