Introduction
The most common problem to replace your motherboard would be if your battery charging port is damaged. This guide will assist you step-by-step on how to take apart and replace it.
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Begin by having the side with volume and power button face up towards you.
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Insert a plastic opening tool between the display and the back cover.
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Once you have one plastic opening tool in, you can insert another one. While holding one in place, slide the other along the gap to release the tabs.
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Take off yellow tapes that are surrounding the motherboard.
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Use the plastic opening tools to disconnect the three ribbon cables: battery, screen, and volume/power buttons.
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Using the Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove the four 5 mm screws located in the picture by rotating the screw counter-clockwise.
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Use the soldering tool to unsolder the two bigger metals from the wires of the battery.
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Use the same soldering tool to unsolder the four smaller metals from the wires of the speakers.
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Use the same soldering tool to unsolder the ground wire.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
