Alright, so today I’m going to show you how to take apart the Evo 3D and replace the
screen on it.
The screen does have a crack.
So basically, you know, take off the back, take out the battery.
Make sure the phone…you know, obviously it would be off.
I’ll put all of the tools and stuff and also the replacement parts that you’ll need
for this project in the video description below, so make sure to check that out.
There are 6 screws around the outside.
There are 4 of them in the corners that are kind of like the star shaped screws, and those
come with the screw driver kit that I’ll put in the video description.
And then the two that I’m taking out right now are just your normal Philips head.
And I’m placing the screws in a way on the mat that will let me, you know, put them back
in the phone fairly easily.
I’m taking my little pry tool, you can use a plastic or metal one, and just kind of go
between the back frame and the screen.
Just kind of like wiggle it loose and the back section will pop off just like that.
There are 2 screws on the motherboard, just your regular Phillips head; they are small
silver screws.
Just put those over there.
And then there are 4 ribbon cables around the outside and you can see me taking my pry
tool and lifting up the little white section.
It’s like a little latch that lifts up.
And once you’ve lifted up all 4, you can take your pry tool and just kind of, you know,
pull along the edge of the ribbon cable (there’s a little lip right there you can press against)
and it will pull the actual cable out from the connector.
So once you’ve gotten those 4 cables out, then we’ll be able to move onto the next
step.
You also have 2 options here with the vibrator.
You can either unplug it, which is what I’m doing, or you can, you know, wiggle the vibrate
motor out of the back frame.
Since my replacement screen is coming with it’s own little vibrator, I am unplugging
it, and it just feeds through that little hole right there.
Then once you take the motherboard, bend it back over and lift up the little heat tape
on here.
There are 2 more ribbon cables that you have to unlatch and then slide out.
Then they pull out really easily.
And there’s the bottom circuit board that also has one ribbon cable in it.
So I unlatch that and remove the tape that’s holding the ribbon cable to the latch.
You can see me take that off right here.
Then once that tape is off then it slides out like any normal ribbon cables.
And then you have your 2 circuit boards attached by the antenna wire there.
And then the broken screen is out, and this is the new screen.
It’s the LCG-digitizer combination.
I’m not replacing just the glass, I’m replacing the whole screen.
Pop the ribbon cable back into place for the reassembly.
Latch it.
And you can put that tape back down on if you want.
The tape does stick pretty well.
Anyway there’s this black protective piece of plastic that you have to bend over in order
to get the ribbon cables into place.
This just helps so that the ribbon cables don’t get cut on the board at all, you know,
when you’re working on the phone or when it’s in your pocket.
Then you can use the little lips on the sides of each of the ribbon cable to press it all
the way in.
Then make sure to latch it back down again.
And then make sure there’s nothing underneath the motherboard as you put it…set it back
into place.
Feeding the vibrator wire through to plug back in again.
And then it’s just reattaching all the ribbon cables the same way that you’ve been doing
it before with that bottom part of the circuit board.
Press into place and latch it.
Once again I’ll put all the links for the tools and the screens in the video description
below, so just click down there.
I do all of my stuff through Amazon.
It’s the most reliable and usually the cheapest.
Getting everything positioned just right is pretty difficult.
If you have a pair of tweezers that would help out as well.
Taking the two screws to the motherboard and putting those back into place.
And then make sure this antenna wire on the side…there’s a little groove for it right
above the camera button and then it just fits right down inside that corner right there.
You’ll hear the back housing snap into place all the way around.
And then don’t forget to put the screws in.
I’m just going to turn on the phone just to show you that it all works.
Anyway, if you have any questions make sure to leave them in the comments.
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I’m usually taking apart expensive electronics on a weekly or daily basis.
Anyway, thanks for watching.