Alright I got my hands on one of the new Nexus 5’s.
This one’s made by LG.
I’m going to take it apart and see what’s inside.
First of all you need to take off the back of the phone.
And generally speaking the back’s not supposed to come off so you have to be a little persuasive
about it.
I separated the back with my fingernail and kind of used a pry tool to unlatch the little
clasps that go around the back of the phone.
You just kind of trace the pry tool up and around and down the other side, little by
little, working each clasp individually.
And then as you move…I start at the top of the phone and move my way down.
There’s some glue that holds the bottom of the phone to the back case.
You can kind of see it as I pry away there.
I’m just working it gently, trying not to bend the back too much, working my pry tool
up in there.
And it is finally off.
You can see the back of the phone.
And here are 6 screws around the top of the phone we’re going to take apart, you can
see in my little diagram there.
Now the black plastic is going to come off the top of the phone and this exposes the
motherboard to us.
So you can see the camera, all the different wire cables.
And then there are 4 screws down at the bottom as well.
So I’m going to take those out and then the bottom bracket will pop up and off, away
from the phone.
Just using my little pry tool to get it away.
The charging port on this phone is removable and replaceable which is really nice.
This is the speaker for the phone by the way.
It comes off with the black back on it.
So the charging port is connected up here on the main board so I’m going to unlatch
that.
It’s kind of nice to see a different carrier besides Samsung making charging ports replaceable.
This is a little wire cable along the outside as well.
Be super careful when you’re lifting this up.
I kind of lifted it up around the base of the head of the wire cable, so it wouldn’t
bend or break the head of it.
There’s another ribbon cable latch right there…kind of like a Lego; just unsnapped
it.
To replace the battery you just lift up at the bottom and then there’s another little
ribbon cable that attaches to the motherboard.
Super simple.
I’ll place any parts that I find, either on Amazon or ETrade Supply, down in the video
description below.
Replacement parts, so if you ever need to buy a new battery or new charging port you
can find them down there.
There’s another wire cable on the other side attached to the motherboard and this
disconnects the charging port from the main board itself.
So now I’m going to pry it away.
And like I was saying, usually Samsung is the only one who makes their charging ports
replaceable.
So it’s nice to see the other companies like LG branching out into that.
Cuz the first thing that usually breaks on the phone is the charging port.
And Samsung’s charging ports are all around 10 or 15 bucks.
So it makes it super repairable especially for the end user.
Now it is up and away from the phone and if you’re just replacing your charging port
that’s all you got to do.
Grab your new one, place it in, latch it down and you’re good to go.
Right here there’s another ribbon cable up along the top of the phone.
I’m going to unlatch that.
And then there’s another one here right by the camera.
There’s not that many ribbon cables on this phone.
That completely detaches the motherboard away from the phone itself.
So I’m going to wiggle that up and off around the camera.
The ribbon cable got caught on the main board there.
Then we are free.
So that’s the main board.
And here is the ear piece.
Also very replaceable.
Just pop it up and out.
So if your speaker goes out it’s super easy to replace if you have another one.
It’s kind of like a little Lego piece.
If you play with Legos, you can operate on a phone.
Put that back into place.
Also the headphone jack is very replaceable; it pops up and out away from the phone.
You can see all the little connectors right there that touch the jack of your ear phones
when you plug them in.
And then they will all feed up to the main board as well.
Camera also pops up and out, so if you need to replace your camera, super simple.
Once again if you need any replacement parts that I haven’t listed, just send me an email
or just leave a comment in the comments below and I will get that to you.
This is the screen right here.
So if you need to replace the screen it comes apart as a whole unit.
This video I’m not showing you how to take apart the glass of the screen mostly because
the success rate of that is super low.
So I would highly recommend just replacing the whole screen as a unit; the glass and
the LED.
Putting the phone back together.
Got the motherboard slipped down over the ribbon cables, making sure that the ribbon
cables are on the topside of the motherboard and not pinched down underneath.
Latching both on just like a little Lego I was talking about before.
Grabbing the charging port, laying that down into place in the same spot it was before.
There are little guidelines along the plastic of the phone as well that guide and make sure
the ribbon cables are in the same spot that they came out of.
So it’s pretty simple.
You’re not going to misplace something.
Especially like these little wire cables have grooves that they sit down inside.
So they sit exactly like it was when it was manufactured.
I only have one chance at this…these little wire cables, they do bend really easily, the
heads of them.
So you want to make sure that it is directly on top of the port that it plugs into before
you apply too much pressure.
Cuz if you do break one, then you’re just out of luck and you got to buy another cable.
So be super careful.
Line it up, press it down.
Put the battery back in there; clip it into place as well.
Latch the charging port ribbon cable into place and the bottom bracket which also includes
the loud speaker.
Get the screws back into place, all 4 of those ones.
Here’s the diagram again.
Same thing with the top.
You’re going to want to get all of the 6 screws back into place as well.
Once again if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments.
I usually respond pretty quickly.
Overall I’m pretty satisfied with the phone.
It’s very well built in my mind compared to the Samsungs.
I think it’s very similar to how Samsung has done their phones with the Galaxy S series;
the 3, the 4, and the Notes.
There will be a series of satisfying clicks as you shut the back around the outside of
the phone.
And once again if you need any replacement parts let me know.
I will link what I have down in the video description below.
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