Manual 08 - Front Panel Assembly

Before disassembling the Samsung Galaxy S3, thoroughly wash and dry your hands.

Picture 1: Remove battery cover and battery. Place into ZONE I.

Picture 2: Remove SIM card, and SD card. Place in COMPARTMENT A.

Picture 3: Remove ten 4.0 mm Phillips screws. Place in SLOT 1.

Use your fingers to pull the mid-frame away from the phone. Place into ZONE II.

Picture 1: Use the Black Spudger to release the headphone jack/speaker assembly cable.

Picture 2: Place the flat tip of the Black Spudger in the bottom right corner of the headphone jack/speaker assembly and gently pry up to release it from the phone.

Picture 3: Place headphone jack/speaker assembly into ZONE III.

Picture 1: Use the Blue Pry Tool to release the front-facing camera cable.

Picture 2: Use the Blue Pry Tool to release the earpiece speaker/volume button cable connector.

Picture 3: Use the Blue Pry Tool to release the display assembly cable connecter.

Picture 1: Use the Blue Pry Tool and disconnect the wifi antenna connector.

Picture 2: Move the cable to the side with your finger.

Picture 1: Remove one 3.0 mm and place into SLOT 2.

Picture 2 & 3: Lift logic board out of the phone and place into ZONE IV.

Brush away cable connectors from the logic board, as you remove it, to avoid ripping them.

Picture 1: Remove one 2.0 mm Phillips screw and place into SLOT 3.

Picture 2: Remove the top microphone casing bracket and place into SLOT 3.

Use your fingers to grasp the front-facing camera and lift from left to right to peel up the ribbon cable that is attached. Place it in COMPARTMENT B.

Picture 1: Wedge the Curved Tip Tweezers in the closed position under the vibrator. Pry up to free the vibrator from the adhesive holding it to the front panel assembly.

Picture 2 & 3: Once the vibrator is up, grab it with your index finger and thumb, and gently pull the ribbon cable contacts from the phone. Place in COMPARTMENT C.

Picture 1: Use the iSesamo to separate the adhesive securing the wifi antenna board from the phone. Do not lift up on the board until it is free of the phone.

Picture 2: De-route the wifi antenna cable.

Place the wifi antenna into COMPARTMENT D.

Remove the earpiece speaker/volume button assembly:

Pick up the earpiece speaker with your thumb and index finger and gently pull the ribbon cable up from left to right.

Grab the ribbon cable near the connector on the left side and gently lift it from the phone, going left to right.

Stop when you reach the volume button contacts.

Insert the iSesamo between the volume button contacts and the plastic tab they are adhered to. Work the tool from top to bottom to release the adhesive.

Use Curved Tip Tweezers to remove the volume button contacts.

Place earpiece speaker/volume button assembly into COMPARTMENT E.

Use the Curved Tip Tweezers to remove the volume button by pushing it out of the frame. Place volume button into COMPARTMENT F.

Use the Curved Tip Tweezers to remove the power button by pushing it out of the frame. Place power button into COMPARTMENT G.

Apply heat to the IMEI sticker for approximately 20 seconds to loosen the adhesive.

Remove IMEI sticker and move to replacement part.

Place the IMEI sticker on the new display assembly and smooth out with your fingers.

Reattach the power button from COMPARTMENT G by pushing it in with your fingers. Note the overbite at the bottom of the power button - this is the correct orientation.

Picture 1: Pick up earpiece speaker/volume assembly from COMPARTMENT E.

Use Curved Tip Tweezers to reattach the volume button contacts to the plastic tab.

Working from right to left, secure the ribbon cable to the phone.

Use your fingers to position the earpiece speaker into its spot.

Reattach the volume button from COMPARTMENT F by pushing it in with your fingers. Note the overbite at the top of the volume button - this is the correct orientation.

Replace wifi antenna from COMPARTMENT D and route the cable along the right side of the phone.

Replace vibrator from COMPARTMENT C.

Picture 1 & 2: Replace the front-facing camera from COMPARTMENT B.

Picture 3: Replace the top microphone casing bracket from SLOT 3.

Replace one 2.0 mm Phillips screw from SLOT 3.

Picture 1 & 2: Place the logic board onto the phone from ZONE IV.

Picture 3: Replace one 3.0 mm screw from SLOT 2.

Picture 1: Reattach display assembly cable connector.

Picture 2: Reattach earpiece speaker/volume button cable connector.

Picture 3: Reattach front-facing camera cable connector.

Use your index finger to reattach the wifi antenna cable.

Picture 1: Replace headphone jack/speaker assembly from ZONE III.

Picture 2: Use your finger to reattach the headphone jack/speaker assembly cable.

Picture 1 & 2: Replace the mid-frame on the phone from ZONE II.

Picture 2: Replace ten 4.0 mm Phillips screws from SLOT 1.

Replace SIM card and SD card from COMPARTMENT A.

Replace battery cover and battery from ZONE I.