Upper Board Removal

Fully power off your phone and unplug any cables.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the bottom edge of the screen for two minutes.

While you're waiting for the adhesive to soften, note the following:

The adhesive is under the dark black border surrounding the screen.

Apply a suction cup to the screen, as close to the center of the bottom edge as possible.

Pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap between the screen and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Slide the opening pick along the bottom edge to separate the adhesive.

Leave the opening pick in the bottom right corner before continuing.

Apply a heated iOpener to the right edge of the screen for two minutes.

Rotate the opening pick around the bottom right corner to separate the adhesive.

Insert a new opening pick in the bottom right corner.

Slide the opening pick toward the top right corner to separate the adhesive.

Leave the opening pick in the top right corner before continuing.

Apply a heated iOpener to the top edge of the screen for two minutes.

Rotate the opening pick around the top right corner to separate its adhesive.

Insert a new opening pick in the top right corner.

Slide the opening pick toward the top left corner to separate its adhesive.

Apply a heated iOpener to the left edge of the screen for two minutes.

Angle your pick so it's as flat as possible to the screen.

Rotate the opening pick around the top left corner to separate the adhesive.

Insert a new opening pick in the top left corner.

Slide the opening pick toward the bottom left corner to separate the adhesive.

Angle your pick so it's as flat as possible to the screen.

Rotate the opening pick around the bottom left corner to separate the adhesive.

There's a small adhesive strip that secures the screen near the top right corner of the phone.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the top right corner of the screen for two minutes.

Insert an opening pick under the right edge of the screen, near the top right corner.

Push the opening pick under the screen as far you can go without losing your grip.

Twist the opening pick back and forth to separate the adhesive.

Swing the left edge of the screen up and over the right edge of the phone.

Let the screen rest next to the phone before continuing.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP screwdriver to remove the five 2.5 mm‑long screws securing the bottom bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to remove the bottom bracket.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the flip battery press connector.

Insert the point of a spudger under the short edge of the screen press connector facing the bottom of the phone.

Pry up to disconnect the screen press connector.

Remove the screen.

If you're reusing your screen, use tweezers to remove big chunks of adhesive from the perimeter of the screen.

Repeat for any adhesive on the frame, including the small adhesive at the top right of the phone.

Use isopropyl alcohol (>90%) and a lint-free cloth to remove any remaining adhesive residue.

Follow this guide to replace your screen adhesive.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP screwdriver to remove the three 2.5 mm‑long screws securing the top bracket.

There's a magnet at the top right corner of phone. As you remove nearby screws, they might stick the magnet.

Pull the top bracket toward the left edge of the phone to separate it from its recess in the frame.

Remove the top bracket.

Insert the flat end of a spudger between the battery and the bottom edge of the top speaker.

Twist the spudger to separate the adhesive securing the bottom speaker.

Remove the top speaker.

Use the flat end of spudger to pry up and disconnect the top interconnect cable press connector.

Pull the upper board toward the bottom of the phone to separate it from its recess in the frame

Remove the upper board.