Fairphone 4 Screen Replacement

ID: 152942

Description: Use this guide to replace a broken or defective...

Steps:

1. Be sure to power off your phone before you begin.
2. Insert your thumbnail, or a prying tool like a spudger, into the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.
3. Pry the back cover up to start separating its plastic clips.

4. Using your thumbnail or an opening pick, slide along the right side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

5. Slide along the bottom of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.

6. Slide along the left side of the phone to loosen the plastic clips.
7. Lift the back cover to release the rest of the plastic clips and remove it.
8. To reinstall the back cover press it firmly into place until you hear a snap from the plastic clips.

9. Use a fingernail or a prying tool at the marked notch to lever the battery out of its recess.
10. Lift the battery out of its recess and remove it.
11. Remove the battery.

12. Remove the eight 4.8 mm-long Phillips screws.

13. Flip the phone over so the screen faces up
14. Insert an opening pick between the screen and the frame.

15. Slide the opening pick along the edge to the top right corner.

16. Continue to slide the opening pick along the top of the phone.

17. Slide the opening pick along the left side to the bottom left corner.

18. Do not remove the screen yet. It's still connected to the phone with a connection cable.
19. Grab the screen and lift it straight up just enough to clear its pegs from the frame.
20. Rotate the display carefully clock-wise and flip it over to get access to the connector.
21. Place the display on the device with the screen facing downwards.

22. Use an opening pick to pry up and disconnect the display connection cable.
23. Remove the screen.
24. Compare your new replacement screen to the original part—you may need to remove a front camera dust cover before you install it.