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  1. Power down device. Remove SD card.  Place in COMPARTMENT A. In the next few steps, you'll be removing the battery cover by freeing the clips marked in Picture 3.
    • Power down device.

    • Remove SD card. Place in COMPARTMENT A.

    • In the next few steps, you'll be removing the battery cover by freeing the clips marked in Picture 3.

  2. Insert the blue pry tool face down, above the left edge of the charging port, between the battery cover and front panel. Sweep carefully to the right.
    • Insert the blue pry tool face down, above the left edge of the charging port, between the battery cover and front panel.

    • Sweep carefully to the right.

  3. Picture 1: Insert wide blue pry tool below the bottom half of the volume rocker. Picture 2: Sweep between the volume rocker and infrared sensor cover.  Twist counter-clockwise to pop up.  Grab the battery cover with your thumb to hold it open. Don't sweep past the infrared sensor (red square in Picture 2).
    • Picture 1: Insert wide blue pry tool below the bottom half of the volume rocker.

    • Picture 2: Sweep between the volume rocker and infrared sensor cover. Twist counter-clockwise to pop up. Grab the battery cover with your thumb to hold it open.

    • Don't sweep past the infrared sensor (red square in Picture 2).

    • Picture 3: Reinsert the wide blue pry tool half an inch past the infrared sensor and continue working your way down towards the corner. Continue peeling up with your thumb in the opposite hand.

  4. Picture 1: Insert   between the volume rocker and power button.  Gently twist to pry up. Picture 2: Insert near the corner as shown and gently twist to pry up.
    • Picture 1: Insert between the volume rocker and power button. Gently twist to pry up.

    • Picture 2: Insert near the corner as shown and gently twist to pry up.

  5. Picture 1: Insert near the corner as shown and gently twist to pry up. Picture 2: Sweep along the bottom with the blue pry tool while peeling up with your fingers.
    • Picture 1: Insert near the corner as shown and gently twist to pry up.

    • Picture 2: Sweep along the bottom with the blue pry tool while peeling up with your fingers.

  6. Picture 1: Pull up the battery cover until you feel tension near the SD card slot and/or volume rocker: Picture 2: Sweep blue pry tool under SD slot to free the clips. Picture 3: Guide the volume rocker and power buttons up with your fingers.
    • Picture 1: Pull up the battery cover until you feel tension near the SD card slot and/or volume rocker:

    • Picture 2: Sweep blue pry tool under SD slot to free the clips.

    • Picture 3: Guide the volume rocker and power buttons up with your fingers.

  7. Picture 1: The cover may get stuck in the upper-right corner. Picture 2: Bring the cover back down until it's nearly flat.  Work your way around the corner with the blue pry tool to finish separating the battery cover from the front panel. Picture 3: Place battery cover in ZONE V.
    • Picture 1: The cover may get stuck in the upper-right corner.

    • Picture 2: Bring the cover back down until it's nearly flat. Work your way around the corner with the blue pry tool to finish separating the battery cover from the front panel.

    • Picture 3: Place battery cover in ZONE V.

  8. Remove six 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws holding down the battery.  Place in SLOT 1.
    • Remove six 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws holding down the battery. Place in SLOT 1.

  9. Picture 1: Lift the battery.  Hold it at a 45° angle. Pictures 1 & 2: Use the flat end of the spudger to wedge under the battery connector.  With your thumb on top, lift straight up to disconnect the battery. Place battery in ZONE V.
    • Picture 1: Lift the battery. Hold it at a 45° angle.

    • Pictures 1 & 2: Use the flat end of the spudger to wedge under the battery connector. With your thumb on top, lift straight up to disconnect the battery.

    • Place battery in ZONE V.

  10. Pictures 1 & 2: Disconnect power / volume / infrared sensor cable. Picture 3: Lift cable into upright position. Picture 3: Lift cable into upright position.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Disconnect power / volume / infrared sensor cable.

    • Picture 3: Lift cable into upright position.

  11. Pictures 1 & 2: Separate the cable from the mid-plate with the spudger while peeling it away with your fingers. Picture 3: Place cable in COMPARTMENT C. Picture 3: Place cable in COMPARTMENT C.
    • Pictures 1 & 2: Separate the cable from the mid-plate with the spudger while peeling it away with your fingers.

    • Picture 3: Place cable in COMPARTMENT C.

  12. Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the left and right speakers. Remove four 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws.  Place in SLOT 1. Place speakers in ZONE I.
    • Use the blue pry tool to disconnect the left and right speakers.

    • Remove four 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws. Place in SLOT 1.

    • Place speakers in ZONE I.

  13. Disconnect (top to bottom):
    • Disconnect (top to bottom):

    • Front-facing camera

    • Headphone jack & Microphone assembly

    • Rear Camera

    • Contact pad

    • LCD

    • Digitizer

  14. Picture 1: Front-facing camera close-up. Picture 2: Headphone jack/mic assembly close-up. Picture 3: All cables up.
    • Picture 1: Front-facing camera close-up.

    • Picture 2: Headphone jack/mic assembly close-up.

    • Picture 3: All cables up.

  15. Picture 1: Remove six 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws.  Place in SLOT 1. Picture 2: Be aware that the charging port is situated under a ledge as you remove it (red square in Picture 1 & 2). Picture 3: Lift top of logic board first as you guide it up and over the top edge of the front panel.
    • Picture 1: Remove six 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws. Place in SLOT 1.

    • Picture 2: Be aware that the charging port is situated under a ledge as you remove it (red square in Picture 1 & 2).

    • Picture 3: Lift top of logic board first as you guide it up and over the top edge of the front panel.

    • Make space for the logic board on the anti-static foam, away from the battery.

  16. Picture 1: Remove two 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws.  Place in SLOT 1. Picture 2: Lift corner bracket with spudger and fingers.  Place in ZONE I. Picture 3: Lift opposite corner bracket and place in ZONE II.
    • Picture 1: Remove two 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws. Place in SLOT 1.

    • Picture 2: Lift corner bracket with spudger and fingers. Place in ZONE I.

    • Picture 3: Lift opposite corner bracket and place in ZONE II.

  17. Lift front-facing camera slightly, then peel away from its socket. Place in COMPARTMENT D.
    • Lift front-facing camera slightly, then peel away from its socket.

    • Place in COMPARTMENT D.

  18. From COMPARTMENT D, seat front-facing camera. From COMPARTMENT D, seat front-facing camera.
    • From COMPARTMENT D, seat front-facing camera.

  19. Seat yellow bracket from ZONE II. Seat yellow bracket from ZONE II.
    • Seat yellow bracket from ZONE II.

  20. Seat yellow bracket from ZONE I. Replace two 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1. Replace two 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1.
    • Seat yellow bracket from ZONE I.

    • Replace two 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1.

  21. Replace logic board: Seat charging port first, under the tiny ledge in (red square Picture 2). Make sure no cables get trapped below the logic board.
    • Replace logic board:

    • Seat charging port first, under the tiny ledge in (red square Picture 2).

    • Make sure no cables get trapped below the logic board.

  22. Replace six 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1. Connect the six cables.
    • Replace six 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1.

    • Connect the six cables.

  23. Seat the left and right speakers. Replace four 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1. Replace four 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1.
    • Seat the left and right speakers.

    • Replace four 3.4 mm #00 Phillips screws from SLOT 1.

  24. Connect both speakers.
    • Connect both speakers.

  25. From COMPARTMENT C, replace power / volume / Infrared cable. Adhere the cable to the black wall of the front panel. Make sure the cable is properly aligned against the wall and that the tiny mounting tabs are all poking through the holes in the cable (seven in all).
    • From COMPARTMENT C, replace power / volume / Infrared cable.

    • Adhere the cable to the black wall of the front panel.

    • Make sure the cable is properly aligned against the wall and that the tiny mounting tabs are all poking through the holes in the cable (seven in all).

  26. Seat the battery. Connect the battery by pushing straight down on the entirety of the connector. Replace six 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws from SLOT 1.
    • Seat the battery.

    • Connect the battery by pushing straight down on the entirety of the connector.

    • Replace six 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws from SLOT 1.

  27. Picture 1: Seat this corner first. Picture 2: Continue seating top edge. Picture 3: Make sure the power button and volume rocker seat properly and you push the sides into place.
    • Picture 1: Seat this corner first.

    • Picture 2: Continue seating top edge.

    • Picture 3: Make sure the power button and volume rocker seat properly and you push the sides into place.

  28. Picture 1: Close the bottom edge Picture 2: Continue pushing all clips into place. Picture 3: Check each edge to make sure the clips are pushed down.  Double-check near the charging port.
    • Picture 1: Close the bottom edge

    • Picture 2: Continue pushing all clips into place.

    • Picture 3: Check each edge to make sure the clips are pushed down. Double-check near the charging port.

  29. Replace SD card from COMPARTMENT A. Power up the device and test the replacement part or parts.
    • Replace SD card from COMPARTMENT A.

    • Power up the device and test the replacement part or parts.

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