Motorola Moto X Force Teardown

ID: 56448

Description: Wanna know how to disassemble Motorola Moto X...

Steps:

1. Remove it or it will be a barrier to remove motherboard.

2. Use heat gun to heat up back cover firstly.
3. Insert metal opening tool to open a gap and cut adhesives around.
4. Take care when sliding tool under the back cover, there are delicate antenna and other components that could be damaged by your glue slicing tool

5. Use tweezers to cut adhesives underneath.

6. Twist off 17 screws by T3 Torx screwdriver.
7. Take away rubber bracket securing NFC antenna and release NFC antenna connector.

8. Take away rubber bracket securing MIC flex and release microphone flex cable connector.

9. After middle frame's separating from the rest of parts, side buttons are loose and easy to remove.

10. Release MIC connector.
11. There are adhesives existed underneath.

12. Use tweezers to pry this part up.

13. The vibrator is only fastened by the plastic bracket.

14. There are a little bit adhesives around, but you can peel this part easily.

15. Pry this part up.

16. Peel off the tape.
17. Twist off 2 screws.
18. Take care not to apply any lateral force to the motherboard to metal bracket electrical connector when removing the motherboard bracket. If abused, the tiny spring could break off at a later date and causing short circuits within the phone. The connector is to the right of the side button connector and above the copper film screened component.

19. Release this two connectors carefully.

20. The LCD assembly has two connectors, here is touchscreen connector.

21. This one is display connector.

22. Release signal cable connector.
23. Pry the motherboard assembly up.

24. Moto X Force packs a 21-megapixel primary camera on the rear.

25. Use tweezers to release the connector.

26. With this sensor flex, you can wave your hand on the top of the screen to wake up the screen.

27. Non-removable Li-Ion 3760 mAh battery.

28. A 5-megapixel front shooter for selfies.

29. Be careful to pry this part up, because it tends to fall apart easily.

30. Use tweezers to cut adhesives underneath.

31. Here is LCD screen with LCD supporting frame. They are attached tightly, so we haven't separate them.

32. Done.