Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

13

Time Required

                          1 hour

Sections

5

  • Battery
  • 4 steps
  • MicroSD Card Reader
  • 2 steps
  • Rear Camera
  • 1 step
  • Front Camera
  • 1 step
  • Motherboard
  • 5 steps

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Step 1

              Battery
  • Start at the microSD slot.
  • Use the opening pick to slide underneath the back cover of the tablet.
  • Slide the opening pick around the tablet until the back cover is off.

Start at the microSD slot.

Use the opening pick to slide underneath the back cover of the tablet.

Slide the opening pick around the tablet until the back cover is off.

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Step 2

  • Remove the 8 screws with a Phillips #000 screwdriver [bit].
  • There is a screw under the blue “s” sticker.
  • Remove tape holding plate down.
  • Use precision tweezers or your fingers to remove plate.

Remove the 8 screws with a Phillips #000 screwdriver [bit].

There is a screw under the blue “s” sticker.

Remove tape holding plate down.

Use precision tweezers or your fingers to remove plate.

Step 3

  • Remove yellow tape.
  • Use a spudger or plastic opening tool to remove the battery’s ribbon cable from the motherboard.

Remove yellow tape.

Use a spudger or plastic opening tool to remove the battery’s ribbon cable from the motherboard.

Step 4

  • Gently pull on the two stretch release adhesive strips. Do not pull up, pull away from battery.
  • Once the tabs are off, lift the battery up from the frame.
  • Do not bend or puncture the battery.

Gently pull on the two stretch release adhesive strips. Do not pull up, pull away from battery.

Once the tabs are off, lift the battery up from the frame.

Do not bend or puncture the battery.

Step 5

              MicroSD Card Reader
  • There is a yellow tape holding the microSD card reader connector. Use tweezers to hold down the tape.
  • Gently lift the tab on the microSD card reader’s ZIF connector, and gently pull the ribbon cable free.

There is a yellow tape holding the microSD card reader connector. Use tweezers to hold down the tape.

Gently lift the tab on the microSD card reader’s ZIF connector, and gently pull the ribbon cable free.

Step 6

  • Lift the microSD card reader with tweezers or your fingers.

Lift the microSD card reader with tweezers or your fingers.

Step 7

              Rear Camera
  • Use a spudger to lift the rear camera press-fit connector up and free.
  • Use tweezers to lift the rear camera out of the frame.

Use a spudger to lift the rear camera press-fit connector up and free.

Use tweezers to lift the rear camera out of the frame.

Step 8

              Front Camera
  • Using tweezers, lift the yellow tape hiding the front camera.
  • Disconnect the front camera’s connector from the motherboard using tweezers.

Using tweezers, lift the yellow tape hiding the front camera.

Disconnect the front camera’s connector from the motherboard using tweezers.

Step 9

              Motherboard
  • Use tweezers to pull screen digitizer cable from the motherboard.

Use tweezers to pull screen digitizer cable from the motherboard.

Step 10

  • Desolder the two top speaker wires from the motherboard.
  • Be careful as the soldering iron is hot! Improper handling can result in severe burns.

Desolder the two top speaker wires from the motherboard.

Be careful as the soldering iron is hot! Improper handling can result in severe burns.

Step 11

  • Desolder the black and red speaker wires from the motherboard.

Desolder the black and red speaker wires from the motherboard.

Step 12

  • Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the two screws that secure the speaker to the motherboard.

Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the two screws that secure the speaker to the motherboard.

Step 13

  • Lift motherboard from the tablet.
  • Using your hand, you can separate the top speaker from the motherboard.

Lift motherboard from the tablet.

Using your hand, you can separate the top speaker from the motherboard.

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

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