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This teardown is not a repair guide. To repair your Sony Xperia Z3 Dual, use our service manual.

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    • Remove two SIM card trays.

    • Heat the back cover to soften the adhesive sticker.

    • Place the suction cup and to open a gap from top side.

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    • Insert the guitar pick into the opening gap.

    • Slide the guitar pick to cut the adhesive sticker. Attention: when deal with the left side, the guitar pick would better go as the direction of the mark.

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    • Release battery connector.

    • Free the fastening sticker.

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    • Pry up and remove the battery.

    • 3100mAh battery.

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    • Twist off screws.

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    • Remove three pieces of securing bracket.

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    • Release all the connectors.

    • Remove sim tray before removing motherboard.

    • Remove the motherboard carefully.

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    • That's Sony Xperia Z3 Dual motherboard.

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    • Remove front camera and rear camera.

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    • Remove that blocker beside the earpiece speaker at first.

    • And then you can pry up the earpiece speaker and remove it.

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    • Remove transparent securing cover beside of earphone jack.

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    • Pry to turn the flex cover on the earphone jack. But it's a part of the earphone jack assembly.

    • Cut the adhesive sticker between the earphone jack and midframe and remove the assembly.

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    • That's antenna signal flex.

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    • Twist off screws.

    • Release connectors.

    • Remove vibrator securing bracket.

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    • Remove loudspeaker assembly securing bracket. And there is no any adhesive.

    • Pry up and remove the loudspeaker assembly. No adhesive, too.

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    • Done.

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Can you put it back together?

zarixevolve - Reply

I dropped mine so I just want to take the battery out is it possibly to take it and then put it back in

zarixevolve - Reply

hi.after changing my xperia z3 dual lcd 3 times.i hade a fluctuating and very week 3g and 4g signal.plz tell me where is the antenna located.i know that there is a flex and a board and antenna cover.what should i change.thanx

zein hamza - Reply

That's not a complete teardown. I would like to see the onboard chips and info's.

emmacorsa17 - Reply

Where can i buy the Sony Xperia Z3 plus Dual motherboard ?

I really need it.

Kwar Kwar - Reply

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