Manual 09 - Front Panel Assembly

Before disassembling the Samsung Galaxy Note 2, thoroughly wash and dry your hands.

Remove the battery cover, battery and stylus pen. Place into ZONE I.

Remove SIM card, and SD card. Place in COMPARTMENT A.

Remove eleven 4.0 mm Phillips screws. Place into SLOT 1.

Make sure the tip of the Blue Pry Tool is facing the bottom of the phone before inserting it between mid-frame and front panel, as in Picture 1. (picture of blue pry tool facing bottom of the phone right next to insertion point).

Picture 1: Starting in the bottom right corner, use the Blue Pry Tool to separate the mid-frame from the front panel. Work your way around the phone until you free the mid-frame from the font panel.

Pictures 1 & 2: Use the Blue Pry Tool to free the clips on the bottom and top of the battery holding area.

Once all clips connecting the mid-frame to the front assembly are freed, use your fingers to gently lift the mid-frame away from the phone.

Place mid-frame into ZONE II.

Use the Blue Pry Tool to disconnect the seven ribbon cable connectors on the logic board.

Disconnect the WiFi antenna connector.

Disconnect the cellular antenna connector.

Remove one 2.9 mm Phillips screw and place into SLOT 2.

Use your index finger to gently ease the camera out of its position while lifting the logic board.

Use your fingers to brush away any ribbon cables while you remove the logic board. Place into ZONE III.

Remove one 2.9 mm Phillips screw and place into SLOT 3.

Use the fingers to remove the metal plate covering the front-facing camera/sensor assembly. Place into SLOT 3.

Use your fingers to remove the front-facing camera/sensor assembly and place into COMPARTMENT B.

Remove one 2.9 mm Phillips screw and place into SLOT 4.

Use the Blue Pry Tool to lift the headphone jack from its position.

Use your fingers to continue to remove the headphone jack/earpiece speaker from right to left freeing the earpiece speaker from its adhesive. Place into COMPARTMENT C.

Use the iSesamo to separate the power button ribbon cable from the front assembly.

Continue peeling the ribbon cable away with your fingers to release it from the side of the front assembly.

Use the Curved Tip Tweezers in the closed position to pry up on vibrator from its position.

Once the vibrator is up, grab it with your index finger and thumb, and gently pull the remaining ribbon cable from the phone. Place in COMPARTMENT D.

De-route the WiFi antenna cable.

Remove one 2.4 mm Phillips screw and place into SLOT 5.

Use your fingers to remove the WiFi antenna and place into COMPARTMENT E.

Use the #00 Phillips Screwdriver to unscrew the one 2.0 mm screw, it will likely not come out. It will go into COMPARTMENT F with the loudspeaker.

Use your fingers to remove the loudspeaker assembly and place into COMPARTMENT F.

De-route the cellular antenna cable.

Use your fingers to gently lift the charging port board from the phone. Place 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.

Replace the charging port board from COMPARTMENT G.

Route the cellular antenna cable along the right side of the front assembly.

Replace the loudspeaker assembly from COMPARTMENT F.

Use the #00 Phillips Screwdriver to screw the 2.0 mm screw, from COMPARTMENT F, into the front assembly.

Replace the WiFi antenna from COMPARTMENT E.

Replace one 2.4 mm Phillips screw from SLOT 5.

Route the WiFi antenna cable along the left side of the front assembly.

Grab the vibrator from COMPARTMENT D.

Place the power button ribbon cable down into position first.

Use your finger to secure the ribbon cable to the phone and work your way back toward the vibrator.

Place the vibrator into position.

Replace the headphone jack/earpiece speaker from COMPARTMENT C.

Replace one 2.9 mm Phillips screw from SLOT 4.

Replace the front-facing camera/sensor assembly from COMPARTMENT B.

Use the fingers to replace the metal plate on top of the front-facing camera/sensor assembly from SLOT 3.

Replace one 2.0 mm Phillips screw from SLOT 3.

Replace the logic board from ZONE III. Ensure none of the ribbon cable connectors get stuck under the logic board.

Reconnect the WiFi antenna connector.

Reconnect the cellular antenna connector.

Replace one 2.9 mm Phillips screw from SLOT 2.

Reconnect the seven ribbon cable connectors to the logic board.

Replace mid-frame from ZONE II.

Replace eleven 4.0 mm Phillips screws from SLOT 1.

Replace the SIM card and SD card from COMPARTMENT A.

Replace the battery cover, battery and stylus pen from ZONE I.