Samsung Galaxy S6: DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE
Insert a paper clip or SIM eject
tool into the hole in the SIM card slot on the power button side of the phone.
Press to eject the SIM card tray.
Don't press too hard or you may damage the SIM card tray.
Press to eject the SIM card tray.
Don't press too hard or you may damage the SIM card tray.
Remove the SIM card tray from the
phone.
Slightly warm-up the front panel
with blower
Attach a heavy-duty suction cup
to the lower half of the rear glass panel.
Secure the suction cup by raising the hinged handle and flipping the latch to clamp both handles in place.
Secure the suction cup by raising the hinged handle and flipping the latch to clamp both handles in place.
The following steps involve using
an opening pick to separate the rear panel from the midframe. If the adhesive
is too strong, reapply heat with the iOpener.
Using the suction cup, apply
pressure to the middle section of the panel while pulling up the lower edge by
pivoting your wrist.
Once you've opened a large enough
gap, insert an opening pick between the rear glass and the midframe.
Slide the opening pick around the
bottom left corner of the rear glass panel.
Slide the pick down the power
button side of the phone.
Slide the opening pick along the
top of the phone.
Slide the opening pick down along
the volume buttons side of the phone.
Pull up on the rear glass panel
while holding down the midframe to separate the components.
If you encounter too much resistance
from the adhesive, slide the opening pick under the glass a few more times.
Insert an opening pick between
the rear panel and the midframe.
Slide the pick along the top of
the phone to loosen the remaining adhesive. Twist the pick to separate the two
pieces.
At this point, the rear glass
panel should be fully separated from the body of the phone, although the
adhesive strip may be attached to both sides.
Pull the rear panel up and away
to completely separate it.
Remove the thirteen 3.5mm
Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the phone.
Firmly grasp the edge of the
midframe assembly.
Lift up on the midframe assembly
while pushing down on the battery to separate the midframe assembly from the
rest of the phone.
Lift the midframe assembly up to
separate it from the rest of the phone.
Use the flat end of the spudger
to disconnect the battery connector from its socket on the motherboard.
Insert a plastic opening pick
between the case and the battery.
Be careful to keep the pick as flat
as possible to avoid bending the battery, which may damage it and cause it to
release dangerous chemicals.
Push the pick further in to separate the battery from the phone. If the battery is too strongly adhered for the opening pick, place a warm iOpener over the battery to loosen the adhesive.
Do not pry against the motherboard or you may damage the phone.
Push the pick further in to separate the battery from the phone. If the battery is too strongly adhered for the opening pick, place a warm iOpener over the battery to loosen the adhesive.
Do not pry against the motherboard or you may damage the phone.
Remove the battery from the
phone.
Use the pointed edge of a spudger
to disconnect the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antenna cable connectors from their
sockets on the motherboard.
Use the flat end of the spudger
to disconnect the home button connector.
Use the flat end of a spudger to
disconnect the display assembly cable from the motherboard.
Disconnect the earpiece speaker
assembly cable connector from the motherboard.
Lift the camera-side end of the
motherboard to separate it from the display frame. Do not fully remove the
motherboard yet it is still attached to the daughterboard via a ribbon cable on
the underside of the motherboard.
Disconnect the daughterboard
ribbon cable connector from its socket on the underside of the motherboard.
Display Assembly
Slightly warm up the display
panel with a hot air gun.
Insert the opening pick at an
upward angle.
When done correctly, you will see a gap between the display frame and the displayassembly.
When done incorrectly, the pick will be visible through the LCD. If this happens simplyremove the pick and start again.
When done correctly, you will see a gap between the display frame and the displayassembly.
When done incorrectly, the pick will be visible through the LCD. If this happens simplyremove the pick and start again.
Flip the phone over so it's
facedown.
Insert an opening pick on the
right side of the phone between the display assembly andplastic display frame
Slide the pick downwards to
separate the display frame from the display assembly.
Leave the first opening pick next
to the headphone jack.
Insert a second opening pick
between the frame and display assembly on the display cableside of the phone.
Slide the second pick towards the
daughterboard.
Insert another pick between the
display frame and digitizer from the top side of the phone.
Slide the pick along the top of
the phone towards the vibrator.
Pull the pick out slightly to
avoid the earpiece speaker grille.
Slide the opening pick around the
top right corner of the phone.
Use just the tip of the pick for
this step, as the touchscreen controller IC is below thedisplay frame in the
top right corner.
Grasp the opening pick next to
the headphone jack and slide it to the bottom right corner ofthe display frame.
Twist the opening pick to
separate the plastic frame from the display assembly.
Continue to lift the plastic
frame from the right side, using the display connector as ahinge.
Once you've lifted the frame past
90 degrees, thread the digitizer cable through its hole inthe display frame and
separate the frame from the display assembly
