Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

7

Time Required

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Sections

3

  • Battery
  • 2 steps
  • Housing
  • 2 steps
  • Keyboard
  • 3 steps

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Step 1

              Battery               
  • Remove the back cover by applying pressure and sliding upward.
  • Lift the back cover up and away from the phone.

Remove the back cover by applying pressure and sliding upward.

Lift the back cover up and away from the phone.

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Step 2

  • Remove the battery by lifting upward from the slot located on the right hand side.

Remove the battery by lifting upward from the slot located on the right hand side.

Step 3

              Housing               
  • Using a T5 screwdriver, remove the four screws in corners as shown.
  • Lift the top portion of the rear case.
  • There is a ribbon attached on the back of this part that requires caution to remove.

Using a T5 screwdriver, remove the four screws in corners as shown.

Lift the top portion of the rear case.

There is a ribbon attached on the back of this part that requires caution to remove.

Step 4

  • Using a plastic opening tool, detach the plastic casing from keyboard. This may require some force.
  • Using a spudger or other thin tool, carefully pry up ZIF connectors as shown. This will allow the black ribbons to detach from the keyboard.
  • Slide the two parts away from each other so that the black ribbons slide through the slots and you will now have housing into two parts.

Using a plastic opening tool, detach the plastic casing from keyboard. This may require some force.

Using a spudger or other thin tool, carefully pry up ZIF connectors as shown. This will allow the black ribbons to detach from the keyboard.

Slide the two parts away from each other so that the black ribbons slide through the slots and you will now have housing into two parts.

Step 5

              Keyboard               
  • Peel off the yellow ribbon shown slowly.
  • Unscrew the fours screws shown in red squares (two in each square) using a 00 screwdriver.
  • After the screws are out, you will be able to easily take off the small metal pieces circled in red. Please do so.

Peel off the yellow ribbon shown slowly.

Unscrew the fours screws shown in red squares (two in each square) using a 00 screwdriver.

After the screws are out, you will be able to easily take off the small metal pieces circled in red. Please do so.

Step 6

  • Slowly pull dual black strip off using force.
  • Behind the dual black strip is very sticky piece of grey tape. Use tweezers (preferably ones with ridges) to peel off the tape. Be careful not to rip it.

Slowly pull dual black strip off using force.

Behind the dual black strip is very sticky piece of grey tape. Use tweezers (preferably ones with ridges) to peel off the tape. Be careful not to rip it.

Step 7

  • Lift ZIF connectors up.
  • Carefully lift keyboard frame away from display screen.
  • You now have the keyboard detached.

Lift ZIF connectors up.

Carefully lift keyboard frame away from display screen.

You now have the keyboard detached.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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