Saturday, June 4, 2016
Samsung Galaxy S4 – Disassembling procedure – How to remove the display – How to remove the battery – Mobiles and Smartphoes repair and service
Category: Mobiles and SmartPhones Repair and Service
Contents of this article
- How to remove the battery
- How to remove the LCD screen
- How to remove the connectors
Samsung Galaxy S4
DISASSEMBLING PROCEDURE
How to remove Battery
Near the headphone jack, on the side of the Galaxy S4, insert a plastic opening tool in the notch located in the back cover. Work your way around the entire S4 smartphone gently freeing the clips that secure the back cover in place.
Next, use the plastic opening tool or nylon spudger to pry up and remove the battery from the Galaxy S4.
Next, use the plastic opening tool or nylon spudger to pry up and remove the battery from the Galaxy S4.
How to remove Loud Speaker
The SIM card and the microSD card should now be easily accessible, remove both of them from the S4.
Now, locate and remove the nine Phillips screws (#00) that secure the plastic rear housing and loud speaker to the S4 display assembly and front housing.
Now, locate and remove the nine Phillips screws (#00) that secure the plastic rear housing and loud speaker to the S4 display assembly and front housing.
Clips secure the loud speaker into the Samsung smartphone, use the fine tip curved tweezers to pry the loud speaker up and out of the Galaxy S4.
The rear housing can be removed utilizing the plastic opening tool. Begin separation toward the bottom of the S4 and carefully work your way around the entire smartphone releasing the clips that hold the rear housing in place.
Locate and remove the Phillips screw (#00) that secures the motherboard into the Samsung smartphone. (marked with an orange circle)
Locate and disconnect the coaxial cable from its socket. (marked with white circle) The dock connector assembly has a metal bracket securing it to plastic posts on each side of the dock port. Utilize the fine tip curved tweezers to pry up on the bracket and release it from the plastic posts. (marked with black circles)
Next, locate the six wafer connections and use the fine tip curved tweezers to release them from their sockets. (marked with white rectangles)
Locate and disconnect the coaxial cable from its socket. (marked with white circle) The dock connector assembly has a metal bracket securing it to plastic posts on each side of the dock port. Utilize the fine tip curved tweezers to pry up on the bracket and release it from the plastic posts. (marked with black circles)
Next, locate the six wafer connections and use the fine tip curved tweezers to release them from their sockets. (marked with white rectangles)
With the single Phillips screw removed and all connec tions released from the motherboard, you should now be able to carefully remove the motherboard from the Galaxy S4.
How to remove Rear-Facing Camera
Use your nylon spudger to pry up and remove the rear-facing camera from the S4.
How to remove Dock Connector Assembly
The dock connector assembly is now secured to the S4 by a small amount of adhesive. With the flat side of the nylon spudger pry up and remove the dock connector assembly from the Galaxy S4.
How to remove Headphone Jack Assembly
Locate and remove the two Phillips screws (#00) that secure the components located toward the top of the S4. (marked with orange circles) Next, use the fine tip curved tweezers to lift the headphone jack assembly from the Samsung smartphone.
How to remove Front-Facing Camera
Utilize the fine tip curved tweezers to remove the metal clip securing both the front-facing camera and the earpiece speaker assembly.
You can now use the fine tip curved tweezers to pry up
and remove the front-facing camera from the S4.
and remove the front-facing camera from the S4.
How to remove Display Assembly (LCD & Touch Screen)
The S4 SGH-i337 Display Assembly (LCD & Touch Screen) is fused together and cannot be separated. The display assembly is secured to the frame/front housing of the smartphone with a good amount of adhesive; it will require heat, and patience, to separate.
This procedure is recommended only on smartphones with a display assembly that is ALREADY DAMAGED. Use a heat gun or blow drier to heat the adhesive securing the display assembly to the smartphone’s frame/front-housing.
This procedure is recommended only on smartphones with a display assembly that is ALREADY DAMAGED. Use a heat gun or blow drier to heat the adhesive securing the display assembly to the smartphone’s frame/front-housing.
To separate the Samsung display assembly from the rame/front housing, utilize one of the screwdrivers or he plastic opening tool and through the front-facing camera hole, while securely gripping the sides of the S4’s frame/front housing, carefully push the damaged display assembly away from the S4’s frame/front housing.
You can now use the nylon spudger or plastic opening tool to continue working around the Galaxy S4 display assembly slowly separating it from the frame/front housing. Be mindful of the home button assembly toward the bottom of the Samsung smartphone.
With the S4 display assembly seperated from the frame/front housing, you can utilize the flat end of the spudger to remove the home button assembly.
With the S4 display assembly seperated from the frame/front housing, you can utilize the flat end of the spudger to remove the home button assembly.
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