Today I’m going to show you how to take apart the Galaxy Note 3 from Samsung. So pop
out the S Pen. I’m going to link all the tools and parts that I know of in the video
description below. Amazon is usually where I get all my stuff from. Here is a diagram
of the screws you need to release. Those are just little tiny Phillips head screw driver.
So get all those screws out. Take the battery out and then grab right here and kind of lift
up with your fingernail and it will help you slid the pry tool between the plastic and
the screen itself. And that will release the back plastic from the phone. There are a few
little latches along the top as well, but once you get it started it’s pretty easy
to just slide your tool around and pop off the rest of the back. One cool thing that
Samsung has done actually is they’ve taken the microphone and put it on the back of the
phone. So there are two little connectors right there that go onto the charging port
and that’s where the microphone gets its power and it’s connection to the phone from.
So I’m going to show you how to take off the charging port right now. It’s just a
little latch up at the top; it’s kind of like a little Lego piece that snaps on. And
then I’m sliding my pry tool underneath the charging port to release it. It’s kind
of just stuck on with sticky tape and a little bit of glue. And that is the charging port,
the micro USB 3.0 that Samsung has started putting on their devices. The Note is the
first one to have this kind of charging port. Once you get your new one you can put it back
on. These are usually, you know once the part becomes available, they’re pretty cheap.
So just check the video description below for that. Anyway, so if that’s all you’re
doing, you’re done. If you want to keep on going and replace the screen of the phone,
this is a little wire cable that just latches on. Just make sure to clip it back into place
when you’re done. If you want to replace the screen of your device there’s a little
bit more you have to do. There are 6 little ribbon cables. There are those three, this
is four, and five and six are right there. You just have to flip these up and out just
like little Lego pieces they clip up and out. There’s another one right here. And another
one right here by the headphone jack. Just be really careful with this cuz if you rip
any of these cables you’re out of luck. Then there’s one more down here by the S
pin. So once you get those all up and off, the motherboard comes free. And the motherboard
is attached to the camera as well so if you want to replace the 13 megapixel camera, just
take the same little ribbon connector, pop it up and out, and your camera is off. So
if you ever get any weird purple dots or anything that’s messing with your camera, just buy
the replacement and pop it into place. Now this is the screen of the phone. This is what
you have to replace if you crack your screen. You’ve got the digitizer on the front and
the LCD, the super amoled screen, underneath. You cannot separate the two, so if you break
your screen, that’s the part you have to replace. Anyway, I will link those in the
video description below. And to put your phone back together just take the motherboard, press
it into place. Make sure the camera goes in the little square slot that it came from.
Then just press the little ribbon cables back into place just like Legos. Then you’ll
hear a little click each time you get it in the right spot. Get the charging port cable
back into place; connect it to the motherboard again. And then the back will also clip into
place. Just start at the top and clip around the edges all the way around. And then there
are all those screws again so here’s the diagram of where those go. They’re all the
same size so you don’t need to worry about, you know, which one goes where. It’s pretty
straight forward. Anyway, get the battery back in there. Turn it on, make sure you get
your SIM card back in there as well and your CD card. Make sure you take those out before
you start taking apart the phone. Anyway, thanks for watching. I put up videos on a
fairly regular basis. I get access to a lot of cool phones, and take them apart as soon
as I get the chance. Anyway, don’t forget to subscribe, don’t forget to “like”
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