Teardowns

Motorola Moto X Force Teardown

Motorola Moto X Force Teardown

Tools

These are some common tools used to work on this device. You might not need every tool for every procedure.

Background and Identification

The Motorola Moto X Force is an Android smartphone manufactured by Motorola and released in October 2015. In the United States, it is called the Droid Turbo 2 and is available only from the Verizon Droid brand. It is one of the last smartphones to carry the Droid branding with Verizon and one of the last Motorola phones to be released under Google’s ownership. After the Moto X Force’s release, Google sold Motorola Mobility to Lenovo. The Motorola Moto X Force includes model numbers XT1580 and XT1581 and is also known as the Motorola Moto X Force Dual SIM with dual-SIM card slots. The Moto X Force is marketed as having the world’s first shatterproof screen.

The Motorola Moto X Force features a 5.4-inch display with a resolution of 1440 by 2560 pixels. It includes Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) capabilities. The phone was available with 3 GB of RAM and either 32 GB or 64 GB of internal storage. The Moto X Force features a 21-megapixel main camera with a dual-LED dual-tone flash and a 5-megapixel selfie or front-facing camera. It contains a 3760 mAh non-removable battery, meaning that the battery’s adhesive is permanent, making repair and replacement difficult, but not necessarily impossible.

Identifying a Motorola phone is as simple as removing the back cover and reading the label underneath the battery. Most Motorola smartphones include the Motorola emblem on their back cases which depicts a stylized letter ‘M’ inside of a circle.

Troubleshooting

If you want to diagnose whether your problem is software or hardware related—including backing up and restoring your device—download the Rescue and Smart Assistant app.

Technical Specifications

Models: XT1580, XT1581

Release date: November 2015

Body:

  • Dimensions and Weight: 149.8 x 78 x 9.2 mm (5.90 x 3.07 x 0.36 in), 169 g (5.96 oz)
  • SIM: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by)

Display:

  • Type: AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
  • Size: 5.4 inches, 81.6 cm2 (~69.8% screen-to-body ratio)
  • Resolution: 1440 x 2560 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~540 ppi density)
  • Protection: Shatterproof

Platform:

  • OS: Android 5.1.1 (Lollipop), upgradable to 7.0 (Nougat)
  • Chipset: Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 (20 nm)
  • CPU: Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57)
  • GPU: Adreno 430

Memory:

  • Card slot: microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) - dual SIM model only
  • Internal: 32GB 3GB RAM, 64GB 3GB RAM
  • eMMC 5.0

Main Camera:

  • Single: 21 MP, f/2.0, 1.4µm, PDAF
  • Features: Dual-LED dual-tone flash, panorama
  • Video: 4K@30fps, 1080p@30fps, HDR

Selfie Camera:

  • Single: 5 MP, f/2.0
  • Features: LED flash

Sound:

  • Loudspeaker: Yes
  • 3.5 mm jack: Yes

Communications:

  • WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
  • Bluetooth: 4.1, A2DP, EDR, LE, aptX
  • GPS: Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
  • NFC: Yes
  • Radio: No
  • USB: MicroUSB 2.0

Features:

  • Sensors: Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery:

  • Li-Ion 3760 mAh, non-removable
  • Charging:
    • Fast charging 15W
    • Qi/PMA wireless charging
  • Stand-by: Up to 500 h (3G)
  • Talk Time: Up to 25 h (3G)

Miscellaneous:

  • Colors: Black Ballistic Nylon
  • SAR: 1.38 W/kg (head)     1.33 W/kg (body)
  • SAR EU: 0.55 W/kg (head)     0.78 W/kg (body)

Additional Information