Difficulty
Moderate
Steps
12
Time Required
20 - 45 minutes
Sections
2
- How to Open the Huawei Watch GT 2 (42 mm)
- 4 steps
- Motherboard
- 8 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Remove the watch band
- Before starting the repairs, take your watch off the charger and power it down.
- Remove the watch band.
Before starting the repairs, take your watch off the charger and power it down.
Remove the watch band.
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Step 2
Unfasten the screws
- Use a T2 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 3.6 mm screws securing the back cover assembly.
Use a T2 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 3.6 mm screws securing the back cover assembly.
Step 3
Pry up the back cover assembly
- Insert an opening tool in the seam on the top edge between the back cover assembly and the watch case.
- Use the opening tool to pry up the back cover assembly of your Huawei Watch GT 2 (42 mm).
- Don’t fully remove the back cover assembly just yet. It’s still connected to the motherboard.
Insert an opening tool in the seam on the top edge between the back cover assembly and the watch case.
Use the opening tool to pry up the back cover assembly of your Huawei Watch GT 2 (42 mm).
Don’t fully remove the back cover assembly just yet. It’s still connected to the motherboard.
Step 4
Lift the back cover assembly
- Carefully swing the back cover assembly open to an upward position.
Carefully swing the back cover assembly open to an upward position.
Step 5
Unhinge the metal shield
- The metal shield is held in place by a clip.
- Insert an opening pick in the gap between the metal shield and the shield bracket on the motherboard.
- Push the opening pick slightly downwards to unhinge the metal shield.
The metal shield is held in place by a clip.
Insert an opening pick in the gap between the metal shield and the shield bracket on the motherboard.
Push the opening pick slightly downwards to unhinge the metal shield.
Step 6
Remove the metal shield
- Remove the metal shield.
Remove the metal shield.
Step 7
Disconnect the back cover assembly
- Use a spudger to disconnect the back cover assembly.
Use a spudger to disconnect the back cover assembly.
Step 8
Separate the back cover assembly
- Separate the back cover assembly from the watch case.
Separate the back cover assembly from the watch case.
Step 9
- Insert an opening pick in the gap between the metal shield and the shield bracket on the motherboard.
- Push the opening pick slightly downwards to unhinge the metal shield.
- Remove the metal shield.
Step 10
- Use the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the display flex cable from the motherboard.
Use the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the display flex cable from the motherboard.
Step 11
- Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 2.3 mm screws securing the motherboard.
Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the four 2.3 mm screws securing the motherboard.
Step 12
- Use an opening pick to pry up the motherboard.
- Remove the motherboard.
Use an opening pick to pry up the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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