Introduction
Tools
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            Remove the cover by lifting the notch towards the bottom of the phone. Use your fingernail to lift it up. 
 
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            Remove these nine screws with a small phillips screwdriver. They are all the same size. 
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            There is a small screw hidden under the warranty sticker. You may either remove or poke through it . 
 
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            Use the pry tool to gently separate the panel from the frame, starting from the bottom left corner and continue along the edge of the phone. 
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            *WARNING* by doing this, you will void the manufacturers warranty. 
 
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            Continue using the pry tool around the back panel of the phone to separate both pieces. 
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            Once you have gone around the entire frame, use both hands to pull it apart. 
 
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            Remove these three screws using 00 Philips screwdriver. Note the smaller screw circled in orange. 
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            Then gently pry up on the metal antenna connector at the end of the grey wire. Move the wire out of the way. 
 
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            Next you must disconnect these three cables. 
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            Use your pry tool to lift up on the brown tab to release the ribbon cable. 
 
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            For the last ribbon cable, use a spudger to gently pry up on the board under the right sim card slot. 
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            Next, take your pry tool to lift up on the brown tab holding down the ribbon cable. 
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            The cable is now free to be pulled back out of its' slot. 
 
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            Now that the motherboard is free to be pried up, be sure that no cables are in the way or can be snagged when removing the motherboard. 
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            Just lift up and away. 
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            Follow the instructions in reverse to put the phone back together. 
 
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            We used the iOpener tool, heated it up, and placed it on top of the phone for a few seconds to loosen up the glue. 
 
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            Once the screen has been heated and the glue is tacky, put a plastic opening tool between the glass screen and the frame. Start lifting the glass away around the whole frame. 
 
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            When finished separating the glass from the frame with the pry tool, grab both the frame and glass with both hands and separate both pieces. CAUTION, there is a ribbon cable that needs to be removed from the back of the phone before full separation. 
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            As you can see, the LCD still needs a bit more work to come apart. 
 
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            Take a spudger and gently push the cable through the cutout on the frame to separate the glass. 
 
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.