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Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown

Introduction

Basic disassembly of the Jolla C (mostly the same as the Intex Aqua Fish)

What you need

  1. Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Phone & Back Cover: step 1, image 1 of 2 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Phone & Back Cover: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the back cover, starting at the bottom right corner with your nail or a prying tool

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  2. Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Battery, Sims & SD: step 2, image 1 of 2 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Battery, Sims & SD: step 2, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the battery

    • Remove all sim-cards

    • Remove the microSD-card

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  4. Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Middle Cover: step 3, image 1 of 3 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Middle Cover: step 3, image 2 of 3 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Middle Cover: step 3, image 3 of 3

    • Remove all 14 cross-head screws

    • Use a prying tool to separate the middle cover from the phone, working from the bottom slowly up to the top

    • Watch out for the power and volume buttons, which probably fall out of the device.

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  5. Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Top Circuit Board: step 4, image 1 of 3 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Top Circuit Board: step 4, image 2 of 3 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Top Circuit Board: step 4, image 3 of 3

    • Remove all cross-head screws

    • Remove the antenna wire from the circuit board

    • Pry loose the power & volume button part at the side (it is stuck to the phone with sticky tape) and pull it out

    • Pull out the connector for the bottom cuircuit board

    • Pull out the screen connector

    • Pry loose the connector for the proximity sensor etc

    • Now you can remove the top circuit board

    • Remove the main and front camera connectors

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  6. Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Bottom Cuircuit Board: step 5, image 1 of 2 Jolla C or Intex Aqua Fish Teardown, Bottom Cuircuit Board: step 5, image 2 of 2

    • Remove the antenna cable

    • Remove the speaker and vibration motor from the phone

    • Both items are stuck to the phone and the cables are very fragile. I broke one of the connections when removing the speaker for a second time, as seen in the second picture. It is possible to solder it back on

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Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Jos Wagenmakers

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