Motorola Moto E6 Plus Daughterboard Replacement

Written By: Robert Boyd

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Motorola Moto E6 Plus Daughterboard Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

Time Required

20 - 50 minutes

Introduction

Follow this guide to remove or replace the daughterboard in a Motorola Moto E6 Plus. The daughterboard assembly includes both the charging port and the vibration motor which is soldered on.

Before you begin, download the Rescue and Smart Assistant app to backup your device and diagnose whether your problem is software or hardware related.

Tools

Step 1

Use an opening tool or your fingernail to pry the back cover away from the frame using the notch at the bottom right corner.

Step 2

Use an opening tool or your fingernail to release the clips on the right edge by sliding up and around the top right corner.

Step 3

Continue to slide the opening tool or your fingernail across the top edge to release the clips securing the back cover to the frame.

Step 4

Continue to slide the opening tool or your fingernail down the left edge to release the clips.

Step 6

Use a spudger or your fingernail to pry the battery up using the notch near the bottom right corner.
Take care not to puncture or bend the battery with your tool—a punctured or bent battery may leak dangerous chemicals or cause a thermal event.
Remove the battery.

This is the best and most easily explained step by step procedure I have ever come across, usually author assumes that one does not need some of the steps, believe me “the more details the better “ this guy certainly knows how to explain things. Well done, excellent.

Ken Mills -

Step 7

Use a Torx T3 driver to remove the three 3.6 mm-long screws securing the loudspeaker to the frame.
Use a Phillips screwdriver to remove the four 3.1 mm-long screws.

Step 8

Use a spudger to pry up the loudspeaker from the frame.
If you are having trouble releasing the clips securing the loudspeaker to the frame, use a spudger to pry around the loudspeaker to loosen it.

Step 9

Remove the loudspeaker.

Step 10

Use a pair of tweezers or your fingers to remove the charging port insulator.
The charging port insulator may have come off with the loudspeaker.

Not necessary on my phone.

Peter Merchant -

Step 11

Use the pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the coaxial cable by lifting straight up as close to the connector as possible.

Step 12

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the motherboard flex cable by lifting straight up on the press connector.

Step 13

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the screen for 30 seconds.
A hair dryer, heat gun, or hot plate may also be used, but be careful not to overheat the phone—the display and internal battery are both susceptible to heat damage.
Apply a few drops of high concentration (over 90%) isopropyl alcohol underneath the vibration motor to loosen the adhesive securing it to the frame.
Tilt your phone to allow the isopropyl alcohol to flow underneath the vibration motor.

Step 14

Use an opening pick to peel the vibration motor off the frame.

Step 15

Use an opening pick to peel the daughterboard assembly off the frame starting from the left edge.
Insert an opening pick under the bottom right edge to cut the remaining adhesive.