Today we’re going to take apart the 2014 version of the Moto G with the camera on the
right side.
The original version of the Moto G has the camera on the left side.
To start off we’re going to take off the back plate.
I just start down by the charging port and use a pry tool or your fingernails and just
take off the back plate, sliding your fingernails around the backside.
It’s just a piece of plastic; you don’t need to worry too much about it.
It pops off pretty easily.
There are a ton of screws along the backside as well.
Take those off.
I believe it’s a T5 Torx head that you need to remove them.
The tools will be in the video description below.
You can see a bunch of copper pads on the underside of this as you take it off.
Those are for the antennas as well as the ear piece speakers.
Take off the ear piece connection as well as the front facing camera.
And this piece of tape covers the LCD connector.
Lift up the black little flap and that will allow you to remove the LCD ribbon cable from
the motherboard.
Lift off the SD card and SIM card ribbon cable.
It’s kind of like a little Lego connection that holds it to the motherboard.
Then you can take your pry tool and slide it underneath the ribbon cable and make sure
not to bend it or kink it too much or else you might damage it.
I will try to link all the replacement parts in the video description below.
It looks to me like this vibrator motor is attached to the ribbon cable so to grab that
out make sure you lift it from the bottom and grab it with the tweezers.
You can see there’s a little bit of glue attached to it as well.
So if you do end up having to replace that make sure you connect it securely the same
way that it looks right now.
Then I take the copper sticker from the back of the battery and lift it up.
This will allow us access to the battery so we can swap that out.
Try not to rip this.
If you do end up ripping it you can kind of just piece it back together making sure copper
touches copper.
To unconnect the battery, lift up on the little connector, similar to a Lego, and pop that
out.
And then remember as you’re prying up the battery it’s held on by tape underneath.
Remember that you are prying against the LCD screen so try not to put too much pressure
underneath it or else you’ll end up cracking your LCD if it’s not already broken.
Slip my pry tool up towards the top and make sure not to bend the battery or puncture it
at all or else it will start smoking and melting and will probably damage something important.
There’s the battery.
I will link replacement parts in the video description below.
There are three screws the same size as the T5 Torx.
Get those out and then you can see under this little tape is the camera held in place by
the same little Lego connectors you’ve been removing this whole time from the rest of
the phone.
Pop that off.
You can see it right here.
I believe it’s an 8 mega pixel camera.
Pretty straight forward to reconnect it just pop it into place and press it down with your
hand and then put over that little tape shield when you’re done with it as well.
If you’re going to replace a charging port, the only way to do it is with a solder gun
and specialized tools so good luck with that.
And then the ear piece and the front camera just lift out from the frame of the device
as well.
Here is the front speaker.
The bottom speaker is the exact same, just lift up from the bottom and it’s held in
place with some clear tape.
Pretty straight forward.
I’m going to put that in back inside the frame.
Now here’s the screen itself.
This is the screen and the frame combination combined.
This is the part that you’d want to buy.
If you do end up buying just the screen without the frame, it is a little bit harder to replace
it.
You have to heat up the screen and the frame and then separate the two.
And then use sticky tape to place the new screen down inside of the frame.
The parts that I’ve seen listed (this) are sold with the frame itself for only about
10 dollars more so I think it’s way worth your time to just go with the frame/screen
combination instead of just trying to go with the screen itself.
It’s very worth your time.
Anyway, set the motherboard down in place after putting the camera and ear piece back
into the frame.
One little trick I learned is if you take your screw driver and hold it up against the
speaker, it’s actually a little magnet and it will magnetize your screwdriver so you
don’t have to lose your little screws as you’re putting it back in.
Get the three of those screws around the motherboard back into place and grab the battery, clip
it down on the motherboard and set the battery into place after that making sure that it
lines up with the little slots on the frame.
That way you don’t have any issues when you’re trying to put that back plastic plate
back on your device.
Lock down the ribbon cable connectors for the front ear piece and the front camera.
And then you can take your little copper shield and set that back over the motherboard and
battery.
This kind of just shields your SD card and SIM card from interference with the device
itself as well as provides a little grounding plate.
I put the vibrator motor in first.
And then clip the top next t to that little SD card reader.
And then I set the rest of the plate down after that.
To get the LCD ribbon cable I just grab with my little tweezers and line it up with the
slot and then lock it down into place as I’m holding it to make sure that’s secure.
And then take the little tape and put it in over the top of that as well.
The little back plastic plate will help hold that down into place.
Grab your little buttons; they have a little black tab on top that rest against the motherboard.
These probably fell out at the beginning of the repair so make sure you keep track of
those.
If your camera lens ever breaks, that little silver part just pops off.
I will try to link replacement parts in the video description below, and you can just
re-adhere it with the adhesive that comes with the new lens.
Put all those little screws back into place, pop that back cover back on and you are set.
If you have any questions make sure to leave them down in the comments below.
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A lot of people have suggestions, maybe things I forgot that will help you out.
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