Samsung Galaxy S5
DISPLAY REPLACEMENT PROCEDURE
Insert a fingernail or
plastic opening tool into the divot to the left of the rear-facing camera.
Gently pry and twist the flexible rear cover off the back of the phone.
Insert a fingernail or
plastic opening tool into the recess in the bottom right corner of the battery
and lift upward. Remove the battery away from the phone.
Using a fingertip, pull
the microSD card straight down out of its slot. Remove the microSD card from
the phone.
Repeat the above
procedure to remove the SIM card.
Use a plastic opening
tool to pry up the plastic mid-frame connector panel. Remove the connector panel
with a pair of tweezers. There should be enough adhesive to re-adhere the panel
upon reassembly, otherwise use a small amount of double-stick tape.
Use the sharp tip of a
spudger to pry the home button cable connector straight up off its socket.
In the following steps
you will be using an opening pick to separate the adhesive securing the front
panel glass. Only pry where directed. If you experience resistance, stop
sliding the opening pick and reapply heat. Insert the edge of an opening pick
underneath the bottom right side of the front glass.
Slide the opening pick
up along the right side of the display
Carefully slide the pick
around the corner, stopping before the speaker grille at the top of the phone.
The adhesive securing
the top of the phone is only a narrow strip above the earpiece speaker. Slide
the pick along the top of the speaker to avoid damaging internal components.
Slide the opening pick across the top of the phone, being very careful not to
insert the pick too deeply.
Carefully slide the pick
around the upper left corner. If you encounter any resistance from cooling
adhesive, reapply a heated iOpener to the left side of the phone.
Slide the opening pick
down along the left half of the phone stopping at the lower left corner.
Slide the opening pick
all the way to the bottom left corner of the phone, making sure it is securely
placed. In the following step you will be placing an iOpener over the home
button end of the phone, you won't want your opening pick to slip out.
The bottom end of the
phone contains the soft button and home button ribbon cables. If you insert the
opening pick too far into the phone you risk cutting these cables. Slide the
very end of the opening pick across the bottom edge of the display to separate
the last of the remaining adhesive.
Twist the opening pick
to detach the glass from the phone. If the front panel does not detach easily,
it may require additional adhesive cutting.
If the front panel is
not easily freed, the adhesive on the soft button cable may need to be
separated. These cables are thin and easily damaged, therefore be certain you
are only peeling them off the display assembly and not lacerating them. Insert
an opening pick under the soft button icons on the display and pry the button
cables down off the inside of the front panel.
Slightly lift, but do
not remove, the home button end of display assembly. Do not remove the front
panel entirely. It is still attached by a connector. If you are reusing the
home button flex cable, be careful not to sever the cable from the home button.
Adhesive can cause the cable to rip apart from the home button. While the home
button will still work, the fingerprint scanner will not.
Use the sharp tip of a
spudger to lift the front panel assembly cable connector straight up off its
socket on the motherboard. Safely remove the front panel assembly
from phone
Remove the ten 3.4 mm
Phillips #000 screws from the display side of the midframe.
Flip the phone over and
remove the following screws from the battery side of the midframe: Two 4.4 mm Phillips
#000 screws near the USB port on the battery side of the phone
One 4.4 mm Phillips #000 screw
One 4.4 mm Phillips #000 screw
Gently run a plastic
opening tool down along the left inner side of the interior frame to separate
the three white plastic clips.
The mid-frame is composed
of two halves that encase the motherboard. Gently pull the long sides of the
silver bezel out away from the phone to separate the two halves of the mid-frame. It may be helpful to gently push in from the inside of the battery
compartment, but be careful not to flex the interior half of the mid-frame, as
the motherboard is mounted to it.
Continue on to the right
side of the silver bezel, pulling away from the interior section of the
midframe to separate the two halves.
Use a plastic opening
tool to pry any remaining corners out of the silver bezel.
Carefully remove the
interior midframe/motherboard assembly from the white inner midframe.
Carefully wedge the tip
of a spudger underneath the antenna cable connector. Delicately lift the
spudger directly upwards to disconnect the antenna connector off its socket on
the motherboard.
Remove the single 3.0 mm
Phillips #000 screw securing the motherboard to the midframe.
Pull, but do not remove,
the camera end of the motherboard up from the midframe to allow access to the
connectors on the rear. Do not attempt to fully remove the motherboard as it is
still attached to the interior midframe by the Micro-USB port daughterboard
connector.
Use the flat end of a
spudger to pry the daughter-board connector straight up off its socket on the
motherboard.
Micro-USB Port
Daughterboard
The soft button ribbon
cables are attached to the Micro-USB port daughterboard and must be detached
from the interior midframe.
Use the flat end of a spudger to carefully peel the soft button cables up off the interior midframe.
Use the flat end of a spudger to carefully peel the soft button cables up off the interior midframe.
Flip the
midframe/motherboard assembly back over.
Remove the single 2.5 mm
Phillips #000 screw securing the Micro-USB port daughter-board to the mid-frame.
Gently slide the flat
end of a spudger in between the daughterboard cable and the interior midframe
to begin to separate the adhesive holding it down.
Rotate the
midframe/motherboard assembly and reinsert the spudger between the
daughterboard and interior midframe.
Twist the spudger to
separate the last of the adhesive between the daughterboard and interior
midframe.
Remove the daughter-board from the interior mid-frame.
Remove the daughter-board from the interior mid-frame.
