Nexus 7 2nd Generation Rear Facing Camera Replacement

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Description: If your Nexus 7 2nd Generation rear facing...

Power down your device.
Use your plastic opening tool to wedge between the seams around the sides of the device. Pry open each side, one at a time. For some a finger nail may be best. The case comes up quite high to the glass.
Do not pry near the USB port at the base of the device as you may crack the rear panel.

Work fingers around the seam between device and back cover. Use your plastic opening tool and fingers to separate each side until device and back cover are completely apart.
Be careful around the corners. The body of the device can be fragile.

Insert the plastic opening tool under the side edge of the battery connector, and gently pry upward to disconnect it.

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail to flip up the clear protective flap on the ribbon cable ZIF socket.
Using the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail, flip up the thin portion of the connector (the white part, opposite of the side where the cable inserts) to release the cable from its socket.
DO NOT PRY the socket on the side where the cable inserts, or you may break the entire socket off the motherboard.
Slide the cable out of the ZIF socket.
For more info on how to disconnect ZIF connectors, check out the Recognizing & Disconnecting Cable Connectors guide.

Peel protective foil cover back top of mother board to expose orange ribbon connection.
The ribbon connections should now be fully visible, with the plastic tabs exposed.

Using the tweezers, peel back the silver protective foil on top of the orange ribbon connector.
Using the plastic opening tool, pry upward under the orange ribbon connector. It will pop right out of place.

Now that the two main ribbons are disconnected, fold and hold them back with your fingers, or place the tweezers or a light object on the ribbons to keep them in place.

Use the #0 Phillips Screwdriver to remove the four silver 3 mm Philips #0 screws from around the battery housing.

Remove the battery from your device by applying pressure at the base of the battery and lifting it out.

Use the tweezers to peel the seal sticker off of the center screw that is closest to the battery.
Make sure to store the seal in a place where it will not get dirty and will retain its stickiness.

Using the tweezers, or carefully with your fingers, disconnect the speaker from its motherboard connection by pulling directly sideways.
Do not pull upwards. Doing so may warp or damage the connector.

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail to carefully flip up the retaining flap on the ribbon cable ZIF socket.
For more info on how to disconnect ZIF connectors, check out the Recognizing & Disconnecting Cable Connectors guide.

Using the #0 Philips head screwdriver, remove the three black 2 mm screws holding the inner edge of the motherboard in place.
Using the #0 Philips head screwdriver, remove the five silver 3 mm screws holding the outer edge of the motherboard in place.

Carefully lift the motherboard up from its edge and remove it from the tablet casing.
While the camera is connected directly to the motherboard from the bottom and might lift out of the tablet with the motherboard, it also might not. In this case, as shown, you'll need to use the tweezers to pry the camera out of its spot.
Removing the motherboard will reveal the top speaker that was being held down. If you are planning on replacing the top speaker, you may now simply pick it up out of the device.

Flip the motherboard over.
Using your black nylon spudger, pop up the locking bar of the camera's ZIF connector.
Remove the rear facing camera from the motherboard.

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