Introduction
Here we are with a broken, water damaged/bricked Samsung Galaxy S.
I've taken it apart before, so why not now.
Lets go!
What you need
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The phone itself!
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Notice the bad lighting, dirty phone etc. just proves how hi-tec i am.
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The battery!
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It shows 1500mAh, decent.
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also the manufacturing date is shown.
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I added a piece of sticky tack, to cover up the IMEI code, again showing how hi-tec i am!
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This is the point of no return when it comes to warranty.
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But that's okay, i'm using this phone for spares anyways.
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Sticky tack
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Screws, 7 to be exact!
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Here comes the first tricky part. it's easiest to start right under the volume button, and work your way from there.
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And it's off!
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Lets see the innards of this thing.
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The back camera.
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And the front facing camera
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The speaker, actually quite large.
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Water detector on the plastic cover, as you can see, this is a water damaged phone. normally you would see a purple pattern.
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Contacts, probably for antennas.
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Now for the motherboard!
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Detach all (4) of these to get the motherboard out.
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Done! (do not try to remove yet)
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Now detach the power button, its held down by a little bit of glue, not a big deal.
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Lift it carefully, making sure no connectors are stuck on. Especially the one marked red.
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Front/back
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Flash memory.
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CPU running at 1Ghz, but can be overclocked.
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Volume buttons.
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Ill add more specific specs when i get around to it.
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Now for the metal Shielding on the back! again, more specs coming (hopefully) soon.
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Now for the component that holds the headphone jack, earpiece and both proximity and light sensor.
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This thing quite literally just pulls off. you can remove it without any special tools!
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Now for the bottom portion, including the Mic, vibrating engine and the antenna board.
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We seem to be connected together!
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see that? the AMOLED display is actually transparent!
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Can't go farther than this without a heat gun that I don't have. I tried removing the bezel, but with no luck.
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That's about it! Thank you for reading, and please give me feedback!
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This is my first teardown, and pictures were taken with a functional Galaxy s phone.
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8 Guide Comments
I would like to replace just the front lens of the phone , cuz the old one got cracked, can you do a tutorial on that , do I have to teardown the hole phone to replace the front panel without the digitizer.
Samsung galaxy s1 i900
You have come a long way from this tear down to the ones done now!
What is the part number of the Bluetooth Chip here?Manufacturer?
