Samsung Galaxy
Note II: How to replace the USB
board
Grasp
the end of the stylus and remove it from its slot in the midframe.
Pry
with a plastic opening tool, or your fingernail, in the divot to the left of
the rear-facing camera, near the power button.
Lift
the rear case by the corner nearest the divot and remove it from the phone.
If
you have an SD card inserted, use the flat end of a spudger, or your
fingernail, to press the microSD card slightly deeper into its slot until you
hear a click. After the click, release the card and it will pop out of its
slot. Remove the microSD card. For reassembly, push the microSD card into the
slot until it clicks in place.
Insert
a plastic opening tool, or your finger, into the notch of the battery
compartment and lift the battery upward.
Remove
the battery from the midframe.
Remove
the eleven 4.0 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display
assembly.
Insert
your plastic opening tool between the midframe and front panel assembly on the
side of the phone. Slide the plastic opening tool down the seam.
Continue
to run the plastic opening tool down the seam.
Carefully
pry around the corner with a plastic opening tool.
Pry
along the top of the phone with a plastic opening tool.
Push
the plastic opening tool down to free the corner of the midframe from the display
assembly.
Free
the clips along the power button side of the phone. Lastly, free the two clips
along the top and bottom edge of battery compartment.
Lift
the display assembly out of the midframe.
Remove
the 3 mm Phillips #00 screw from the speaker enclosure.
Remove
the speaker enclosure.
Using
the flat end of a spudger, disconnect the USB board cable connector. Use the
tip of a spudger to disconnect the antenna cable connector from the USB board.
Push
the flat end of a spudger under the USB board to separate it from the display
assembly.
Insert
the spudger at a shallow angle to avoid bending or damaging the USB board.
Remove
the USB board from the display assembly.
