Today we’re going to be taking apart and fixing the Honor 5X from Huawei. I’ll show
you how to replace the screen, the charging port, and all the different components inside.
You will need a size T3 bit for this. I will link all the parts down in the video description,
as well as the tools that you’ll need. There are two screws at the bottom. These are the
only two screws that you’ll need the T3 bit for. Remove the SIM card trays from the
side of the device. And then once those screws and trays are out you’ll be able to take
a pry tool and pry between the back metal frame and the screen. Make sure you do evenly
all along the outside. You’ll see all the clasps here in a second. Here’s the back
panel of the phone. You can see a little bit of foam around the back panel for the battery
and for the fingerprint scanner. It is a metal and plastic mix. Another nice thing about
Huawei is they put little arrows on all their metal components so you know what direction
is up when you’re repairing it. There’s one screw at the side for the battery port
and the screen port. They’re just like little Lego connections where you can just unsnap
them from the motherboard. There are two screws holding down the metal bracket for the extension
ribbon cable that goes down to the charging port. Unscrew that and remove it. Make sure
that you keep all your screws organized. There are 6 screws down here for the plastic bracket;
remove those and lift that up. This is also the loud speaker for the phone. There are
the two contact points that just rest on top of the charging port so it’ll get its signal.
There’s one wire cable also attached to the charging port. And then the bottom of
the extension ribbon cable. Now that that’s snapped off, we can set that off to the side.
The charging port itself is glued down to the frame of the phone; lift that off. On
the back side of the charging port you can see the microphone that’s also there. Now
for the battery, it is interesting, there is one pull tab that will remove the adhesive
from one quarter of the battery, but there’s still permanent adhesive on all the other
three corners. So it’s interesting that they would have the pull tab there in the
first place. Lift that off. Make sure when you’re prying it out, do not damage that
screen cable right there, I’ve unsnapped it from the motherboard, especially if you
need to reuse your screen or if you’re just doing this repair to replace the battery.
There are five screws on the top of the motherboard. And then the power button and volume buttons
are plugged in here to the side. You just lift up the back of the little clasp and then
you can slide out the connector for the volume and power buttons. There’s one plastic bracket
up at the top of the phone; set that off to the side keeping your screws organized. And
then the top of the wire cable unclips and the motherboard can slide out of the frame.
It also has a funky little hat just like the Nexus 6P. And then the front facing camera
can unclasp from the motherboard just like a little Lego. Same thing with the rear facing
camera; just unsnap that. The top camera, the front facing camera is a 5 megapixel.
And then the rear camera is a 13 megapixel. I’m just going to snap those back into the
motherboard; placing them over the connection and pressing them gently in place. You’ll
feel them click down just like a Lego. Now here is the screen of the phone. It has the
plastic back, then the LCD, and then the glass on top. So this is the part that you’ll
buy when you crack your screen or your LCD. You’ll just have to transfer over the vibrator
and the ear piece to your new screen and then put them back into place. Luckily for the
Honor 4X right now, the screens are only about 30 dollars so hopefully these prices are the
same for the 5X when they become available. I will link those down in the video description
as soon as they become available. I’m going to go ahead and put the motherboard back into
place, snapping down the screen ribbon cable and the wire cable onto the bottom of the
motherboard right there. And then plugging in the power and volume buttons. Make sure
you do this or else the power button will not function. This is the only communication
it has with the motherboard. Lock it down into place with the plastic bit. Then there
are those five screws. Get those back into the motherboard as well. Then down here at
the bottom of the phone we’re going to set the charging port into place. And then I’m
going to connect the bottom portion of the extension ribbon cable and then set the battery
down underneath the fingerprint scanner. And then I can set the extension ribbon cable
on top. You can see here that I forgot to plug in my wire cable. Make sure you do that
on your phone. Before you set the back plastic bit down in. There are 6 screws down there
along the bottom. And then the top of the extension ribbon cable needs to be plugged
into the motherboard as well as the battery. Get those two screws and bracket in place.
And then the one screw and then this bracket over the battery connection. Then I’m going
to turn on the phone to make sure everything’s functioning before I put the back cover on.
Everything looks good. Now my back cover’s a little bit bent from a bend test video I
did a second ago. I will link that here as well. So I’m going to bend that back into
place. Since metal’s bent it never goes back perfect, but I think I got it pretty
close. I’m going to put the screen and phone back into the metal housing and then clasp
it down around the outside. Everything looks like it’s working. If you have any questions
leave them down in the comments. Make sure to “like” if this video helped you. And
all the behind the scene stuff is on my Instagram and Twitter. Thanks for watching. Hope to
see you around.