T Mobile Google G1 disassembly

T Mobile Google G1 disassembly

Tools required: Torx 5 screwdriver, Torx 6 screwdriver, Philips size 00 screwdriver, plastic tool such as a guitar plectrum or credit card.

Remove your back cover, battery, sim and memory card. Now remove the four torx 5 screws, circled in red, and the torx 6 screw, circled in blue.

Run something like a credit card around the join of the battery compartment to release it.

Your phone should look like below. Remove the two screws circled at the top of the phone and lever off the connectors at the opposite end of the two wires, also circled in red.

Your phone should now look like below. The large connector, circled at the bottom of the phone, needs to be detached. This attaches like a plug and socket. Just lever it up to unplug. The other circled connector attaches in a different way. Remove the orange sticky tape, flick the black latch up and then slide the orange ribbon away from the phone. Now push the green circuit board at the bottom of the phone in the direction of the arrow. You should feel it click and release.

Lift the green circuit board up and after removing the sticky silver foil (this can be thrown away) you have access two more ribbon connectors. Each attaches like a plug and socket. Just lever them away from the circuit board to unplug.

Another ribbon needs to be disconnected. Peel the orange sticky tape away, flick the black latch up and then slide the orange ribbon away from the phone. The circuit board will now be free.

Your phone should now look like below. Remove the four small screws, circled in white and the two longer screws, circled in red. Now push your small screwdriver into the two gaps circled in blue. Be firm. This will release the phone control part (trackball, on/off button etc) on the other side of the phone.

Pry the user control part off and you phone will look like below. Now lift the screen away from the rest of the phone.

You phone should now look like below. On the reverse side of the screen (pictured below, left) there are four screws. Two small screws, circled in white, a larger screw circled in blue and another large screw opposite (move the arm of the slider across to access this screw).

Pry the phone apart, as shown below.

Your phone should now look like below.

Lift the metal part from right to left. It will still be connected by three ribbons on the underside of this part.

You now have access three more ribbon connectors. The two at the bottom attach like a plug and socket. Just lever them away from the phone to unplug. To detach the orange ribbon, remove the orange sticky tape, flick the black latch up and then slide the ribbon out.

Your phone should now look like below. Peel away the silver foil indicated by the arrow. This is not needed so don't worry about damaging it but be careful because the ribbons it is stuck to can tear. Also remove the speaker, circled in blue.

With the foil removed your phone should look like below. Another ribbon connector needs to be released (circled). To remove, flick the black latch up and then slide the orange ribbon out. Now use your credit card to lever the screen out. Start at the top then slide the screen out in the direction indicated by the arrows.

You should now have the LCD screen removed. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.