Huawei Mate 8 Display Replacement Repair Guide

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Back Cover
4 steps
Daughterboard interconnect cable
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Battery
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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Back Cover

Switch off your phone and remove the SIM card tray.

Switch off your phone and remove the SIM card tray.

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Step 2

Remove the Torx T2 screws from the bottom of the phone

Remove the Torx T2 screws from the bottom of the phone

Step 3

Use an iSclack or a suction handle in the bottom area of your phone to separate the display unit from the rear panel.

Use an iSclack or a suction handle in the bottom area of your phone to separate the display unit from the rear panel.

Step 4

Use an opening pick to fully separate the clips, releasing the phone.
Do not fully remove the rear case. The fingerprint sensor cable is still connected to the back cover.
Open the phone like a book from the SIM tray side.
Use a spudger, to disconnect the fingerprint sensor cable.

Use an opening pick to fully separate the clips, releasing the phone.

Do not fully remove the rear case. The fingerprint sensor cable is still connected to the back cover.

Open the phone like a book from the SIM tray side.

Use a spudger, to disconnect the fingerprint sensor cable.

Step 5

              Daughterboard interconnect cable

Remove the liquid indicator sticker.
Remove the Phillips #00 screw that holds down the metal shield.
The metal shield is tightly held in place. If you try to remove it without holding it down on one side, it’ll break easily.
Use a spudger to remove the metal shield.

Remove the liquid indicator sticker.

Remove the Phillips #00 screw that holds down the metal shield.

The metal shield is tightly held in place. If you try to remove it without holding it down on one side, it’ll break easily.

Use a spudger to remove the metal shield.

Step 6

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the display, daughterboard interconnect, and battery cables.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the display, daughterboard interconnect, and battery cables.

Step 7

Remove the Phillips #00 screw that holds down the interconnect cable bracket.

Remove the Phillips #00 screw that holds down the interconnect cable bracket.

Step 8

Lift the coaxial connector off of its socket to allow access to the daughterboard interconnect cable bracket.
Remove the bracket.

Lift the coaxial connector off of its socket to allow access to the daughterboard interconnect cable bracket.

Remove the bracket.

Step 9

Use a spudger to disconnect the interconnect cable.
Remove the interconnect cable.

Use a spudger to disconnect the interconnect cable.

Remove the interconnect cable.

Step 10

              Battery

The battery is glued in place with two adhesive strips. One with a pull tab and one without.
Get a good grip on the pull tab near the power button and peel out the adhesive strip by steadily pulling at the tab in a flat angle.
If the adhesive strip rips, grab and twist it around the tweezer tips a couple of times and then continue.

The battery is glued in place with two adhesive strips. One with a pull tab and one without.

Get a good grip on the pull tab near the power button and peel out the adhesive strip by steadily pulling at the tab in a flat angle.

If the adhesive strip rips, grab and twist it around the tweezer tips a couple of times and then continue.

Step 11

Do not bend or puncture the battery, damage to the cell can cause battery fires.
Heat an iOpener and place it on the phone for about a minute to loosen the remaining adhesive.
Carefully insert the flat end of a spudger to separate any remaining adhesive at the top of the battery.

Do not bend or puncture the battery, damage to the cell can cause battery fires.

Heat an iOpener and place it on the phone for about a minute to loosen the remaining adhesive.

Carefully insert the flat end of a spudger to separate any remaining adhesive at the top of the battery.

Step 12

Lift the top end of the battery to pull the battery off of the remaining adhesive strip.
When reassembling your phone, apply stretch release adhesive strips, double sided adhesive tape, or pre-cut adhesive to secure the new battery.
Never reinstall a battery that has been bent or damaged during removal.

Lift the top end of the battery to pull the battery off of the remaining adhesive strip.

When reassembling your phone, apply stretch release adhesive strips, double sided adhesive tape, or pre-cut adhesive to secure the new battery.

Never reinstall a battery that has been bent or damaged during removal.

Step 13

              Display

Remove the four Phillips #00 screws holding the daughterboard and loudspeaker to the phone.

Remove the four Phillips #00 screws holding the daughterboard and loudspeaker to the phone.

Step 14

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the loudspeaker connector cable.
Use the tip of a spudger to lift the daughterboard from the phone.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the loudspeaker connector cable.

Use the tip of a spudger to lift the daughterboard from the phone.

Step 15

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the loudspeaker at the gap on the left side.
Work the spudger under the loudspeaker to seperate it from the adhesive and remove the loudspeaker.
Use tweezers to take the vibration unit out of its housing.

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the loudspeaker at the gap on the left side.

Work the spudger under the loudspeaker to seperate it from the adhesive and remove the loudspeaker.

Use tweezers to take the vibration unit out of its housing.

Step 16

Remove the eight Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard to the phone.

Remove the eight Phillips #00 screws securing the motherboard to the phone.

Step 17

Remove the bracket from the rear camera flex cable.
Use tweezers to disconnect the antenna cable.

Remove the bracket from the rear camera flex cable.

Use tweezers to disconnect the antenna cable.

Step 18

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the volume and power flex cable on the bottom left side of the mainboard.
Work the flat end of a spudger under the top right side of the mainboard to pry it out.
Remove the mainboard.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the volume and power flex cable on the bottom left side of the mainboard.

Work the flat end of a spudger under the top right side of the mainboard to pry it out.

Remove the mainboard.

Step 19

Remove the antenna interconnect cable.
Remove the power and volume switch assembly.

Remove the antenna interconnect cable.

Remove the power and volume switch assembly.

Step 20

Use tweezers to remove the earpiece speaker.
Remove the red rubber gasket.
Remove the ambient light and proximity sensor.

Use tweezers to remove the earpiece speaker.

Remove the red rubber gasket.

Remove the ambient light and proximity sensor.

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

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