Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

18

Time Required

                          15 - 20 minutes

Sections

5

  • Battery
  • 3 steps
  • Outer Case
  • 2 steps
  • Bluetooth
  • 4 steps
  • Speakers
  • 2 steps
  • Motherboard
  • 7 steps

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Introduction

What you need

Step 1

              Battery
  • Place Gamepad face down and remove the two 4.7 mm screws with a Phillips size #00 screwdriver.

Place Gamepad face down and remove the two 4.7 mm screws with a Phillips size #00 screwdriver.

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Step 2

  • Lift and remove the battery plate.

Lift and remove the battery plate.

Step 3

  • With your finger, press down and pull back on the battery connector plug.
  • Remove the battery from the battery case.

With your finger, press down and pull back on the battery connector plug.

Remove the battery from the battery case.

Step 4

              Outer Case
  • Remove 10 9mm screws with Tri-Wing size Y1 screwdriver around the outer case.
  • Lift up on the back of case.
  • Lift gently because the rumble motor in the back of the case is still connected by a cable to the motherboard.

Remove 10 9mm screws with Tri-Wing size Y1 screwdriver around the outer case.

Lift up on the back of case.

Lift gently because the rumble motor in the back of the case is still connected by a cable to the motherboard.

Step 5

  • Unplug outer case rumble motor connector from the motherboard with your fingers.

Unplug outer case rumble motor connector from the motherboard with your fingers.

Step 6

              Bluetooth
  • Open the top and bottom clasp that connects the white flex cable to the motherboard with the tweezer.
  • Remove the white flex cable with the tweezers.

Open the top and bottom clasp that connects the white flex cable to the motherboard with the tweezer.

Remove the white flex cable with the tweezers.

Step 7

  • With your fingers, lift and remove bluetooth board.
  • Remove the board carefully as there are still two wires attached.

With your fingers, lift and remove bluetooth board.

Remove the board carefully as there are still two wires attached.

Step 8

  • Disconnect the black and white wires off of the back of the bluetooth module.

Disconnect the black and white wires off of the back of the bluetooth module.

Step 9

  • Lift and remove the bluetooth module.

Lift and remove the bluetooth module.

Step 10

              Speakers
  • With your fingers, unplug the left speaker cable from the motherboard.

With your fingers, unplug the left speaker cable from the motherboard.

Step 11

  • Remove the right speaker cable that’s connected to the motherboard with the tweezers.

Remove the right speaker cable that’s connected to the motherboard with the tweezers.

Step 12

              Motherboard
  • Disconnect the analog connector with tweezers.

Disconnect the analog connector with tweezers.

Step 13

  • Remove the blue connector using tweezers.

Remove the blue connector using tweezers.

Step 14

  • Carefully lift the black clasp. It is prone to breaking if only lifted from one point. Remove the brown ribbon by using the tweezers.
  • Unclasp and release the small digitizer ribbon cable to the left of the brown ribbon. Be careful, the clasp breaks easily.

Carefully lift the black clasp. It is prone to breaking if only lifted from one point. Remove the brown ribbon by using the tweezers.

Unclasp and release the small digitizer ribbon cable to the left of the brown ribbon. Be careful, the clasp breaks easily.

Step 15

  • Remove the small orange ribbon with the tweezers.

Remove the small orange ribbon with the tweezers.

Step 16

  • Remove these two connectors to the motherboard with your fingers.

Remove these two connectors to the motherboard with your fingers.

Step 17

  • Remove the NFC communicator.
  • When removing the NFC communicator, be careful with the small connector on the back side.
  • Remove the small connector plug-in on the back.

Remove the NFC communicator.

When removing the NFC communicator, be careful with the small connector on the back side.

Remove the small connector plug-in on the back.

Step 18

  • Remove the remaining three 5.1 mm screws using the Phillips size #0 screwdriver.
  • Lift and remove the mother board.

Remove the remaining three 5.1 mm screws using the Phillips size #0 screwdriver.

Lift and remove the mother board.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Roxanne - Oct 4, 2016

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i need help with the tiny clasp for the touch glass ribbon. the tiny grey clasp snapped off and now the ribbon will not stay in, so i can’t use the touch screen, if there a way to secure that tiny ribbon to the contact?