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Nexus 6P Teardown

Written By: Witrigs (and 3 other contributors)

Published: December 16, 2015

Comments: 12
Favorites: 32
Views: 19.5k

Nexus 6P Teardown

Written By: Witrigs (and 3 other contributors)

Published: December 16, 2015

Comments: 12
Favorites: 32
Views: 19.5k

Teardown

Introduction

For the official Nexus 6P teardown, click here.

What you need

Video Overview

This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Nexus 6P, use our service manual.

Step 1 Nexus 6P Teardown

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Remove SIM card tray.

Step 2

Heat up back glass panel.
Use hobby knife to open a gap and cut the fierce sticker underneath rear glass panel.
The back glass panel is easily shattered and the adhesive underneath is fierce. So be careful to pry this part.
Remove back glass panel carefully.

Step 3

Heat up bottom plastic panel.
Use hobby knife to open a gap and insert guitar picks to cut adhesive underneath.

Step 4

Twist off 6 Phillips screws together.
Insert guitar picks and plastic opening tool to separate front assembly from back cover.
Attention: These two parts fit tightly.It is very difficult to separate them. You can also try using heavy-duty suction cup to disassemble them.

Step 5

Unscrew one Phillips screw.
Remove metal bracket securing flex contactors.
Release 3 flex contactors and remove it .
This flex is used to connect motherboard and daughterboard.

Step 6

Release battery contactor.
The battery is fiercely glued in.
Use plastic card to cut strong adhesive underneath, then pry up and remove battery.

Step 7

Here we can see the strong sticker underneath 3450 mAh battery.

Step 8

Disconnect signal cable contactor and twist off one Phillips screw.
Remove daughterboard.

Step 9

Cut adhesive underneath vibration motor, then remove vibrator.

Step 10

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Twist off one Phillips screw and remove loudspeaker.

Step 11

Twist off 2 Phillips screws.
Remove metal bracket securing front camera contactor and audio jack contactor,

Step 12

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Remove front camera.

Step 13

Remove audio jack.

Step 14

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Twist off 3 Phillips screws.
Take away metal bracket securing LCD flex contactor.
Release LCD flex connector.

Step 15

Remove signal cable.

Step 16

Pry up and remove motherboard.

Step 17

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Remove fingerprint scanner.

Step 18

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Remove rear camera.

Step 19

Here is the motherboard.

Step 20

Remove earpiece.

Step 21

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The sticker underneath LCD with digitizer is a little bit strong, so use heat gun to soften it for a few minutes.
With the help of suction cup, plastic opening tool and guitar picks, remove LCD assembly carefully.