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  1. Power down device. Remove SIM Card and Tray.  Place both in COMPARTMENT A.
    • Power down device.

    • Remove SIM Card and Tray. Place both in COMPARTMENT A.

  2. Insert a guitar pick at the bottom of the SIM tray opening to begin removing the battery cover. Continue peeling the battery cover away with your fingers. Place the battery cover in ZONE I.
    • Insert a guitar pick at the bottom of the SIM tray opening to begin removing the battery cover.

    • Continue peeling the battery cover away with your fingers.

    • Place the battery cover in ZONE I.

  3. Remove eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver).  Place in SLOT 1. Remove one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black).  Place in SLOT 2.
    • Remove eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver). Place in SLOT 1.

    • Remove one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black). Place in SLOT 2.

  4. Wedge the flat end of the spudger under the right edge of the rear housing.  Slowly twist the spudger while lifting the housing with your fingers. Place rear housing in ZONE II.
    • Wedge the flat end of the spudger under the right edge of the rear housing. Slowly twist the spudger while lifting the housing with your fingers.

    • Place rear housing in ZONE II.

  5. Use the spudger to disconnect the battery.
    • Use the spudger to disconnect the battery.

  6. Lift the loudspeaker & antenna housing away from the phone. Place in ZONE II.
    • Lift the loudspeaker & antenna housing away from the phone.

    • Place in ZONE II.

  7. Replace loudspeaker & antenna housing from ZONE II: Snap it into place at the bottom of the phone.
    • Replace loudspeaker & antenna housing from ZONE II:

    • Snap it into place at the bottom of the phone.

  8. Connect the battery to the logic board.
    • Connect the battery to the logic board.

  9. Replace rear housing from ZONE II: Snap it into place at the top of the phone.
    • Replace rear housing from ZONE II:

    • Snap it into place at the top of the phone.

  10. Replace one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black) from SLOT 2. Replace eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver) from SLOT 1.
    • Replace one 2.5 mm #00 Phillips screw (black) from SLOT 2.

    • Replace eleven 3.8 mm #00 Phillips screws (silver) from SLOT 1.

  11. Replace the battery cover from ZONE I: Snap the top and bottom into place.  Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place. Snap the top and bottom into place.  Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place.
    • Replace the battery cover from ZONE I:

    • Snap the top and bottom into place. Check around the perimeter to ensure all edges are snapped into place.

  12. Replace the SIM Card and Tray from COMPARTMENT A. Power up and test the device.
    • Replace the SIM Card and Tray from COMPARTMENT A.

    • Power up and test the device.

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