Introduction
This guide will give you a quick look inside the Samsung GT-E2120 (a.k.a E2120). It shows how the phone comes apart and will give you a quick look inside. This teardown should not be used as a dissasembaly guide.
What you need
-
-
Before you begin it's always good to ground yourself to eliminate the risk for shock.
-
-
-
Using your thumb, press down on the back of the device in a downward motion to open the back cover.
-
Remove the battery along with the sim card and Micro-SD card.
-
-
-
-
For this step a matal spudger is used to release the clips along the bottom, top, and sides of the phone.
-
These clips can be found at the points marked in red.
-
-
-
When the bottom of the phone is reached it is a bit harder to pull the bottom clips off.
-
This can be made a tad easier by using the pointed end of the spudger to get in and under the case.
-
Once the case is lifted up slightly, you can get enough purchase under the clip and lift it off.
-
-
-
This images shows the two halves separated.
-
The camera located in the blue square is a VGA 640X480 resolution color camera.
-
-
-
The microphone is carefully lifted from its bracket, and the motherboard is carefully removed.
-
