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Clean the DUST out from under the Screen! UPDATED W/ PICS

For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
*******UPDATE*******
Alright folks - I took the time out of my day to open my Nexus One and clean off the dust underneath the screen. I took pictures. Here is my assessment after completing this daunting task.
PROS
-NO MORE DUST!!!!!!
-NOOOOOOOOOOOOO MORE DUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSST!!!!
CONS
-Takes a lot of time (2.5 hours)
-There is now a smear on the bottom of the screen now - it can only be seen in direct sunlight
-Putting it back together is an ASS-PAIN. Such a pain in fact, by the time I was finished there were still 2 screws left, and 3 weird rubbery pieces that I left out.
The phone is back together and in excellent working shape
All in all, only do this if you have the amount of dust under your screen like I did. I am happy with the results but I think I want a BRAND NEW PHONE. Oh well.. Enjoy the pics.
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jagjr86 said:
For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
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Good luck, can't wait to hear what you find. Can you take pictures pre-doing this all? Specifically of the dust build up?

Ok, most important thing to do. Make sure you are in a clean room! Maybe even a Clean Room. Otherwise you will end up putting more dust in than you take out. Cheapest way is to run a hot shower and let the place fog up and then settle to get the dust out of the air. But probably not a good thing to open your phone while it is still fully fogged up as you'll get condensation inside it

wesbalmer said:
Good luck, can't wait to hear what you find. Can you take pictures pre-doing this all? Specifically of the dust build up?
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Yes, of course I'll take pictures of the dust BEFORE I disassemble the device. And then I'll take the AFTER pictures when it's reassembled.

Clarkster said:
Ok, most important thing to do. Make sure you are in a clean room! Maybe even a Clean Room. Otherwise you will end up putting more dust in than you take out. Cheapest way is to run a hot shower and let the place fog up and then settle to get the dust out of the air. But probably not a good thing to open your phone while it is still fully fogged up as you'll get condensation inside it
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Awesome tip! Thanks.

yeah i cant stress enough to make sure you do this in a claean environment. i tried doing this with my nokia e71, and i never could get the screen lcd clean no matter what i tried! as i put it back together, little particles would just gravitate to it no matter what. i would wipe and try to quickly put it together, more dust. tried again, more dust. over and over.
here at work we have cleanrooms at a extremely high rating. if only i could use them to disassemble my smartphone.

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Eager to see what sort of luck you have

good luck, also would like to see pictures and hear you findings and the tough parts to tear down.

how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent

k20a1 said:
how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent
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if you get a nexus just press down on the bottom by the capacitive buttons. If the screen creaks or feels like it gives just follow what Uansari1 did and heat it with a hair dryer for a few seconds from like 5in. away and the press firmly around the screen. It will help to reseal.

oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?

it was for the launch nexus', im sure (hopefully) they have it all sorted out by now.

jagjr86 said:
For those who are/have/and still experiencing specs of dust underneath the touchscreen....
... I will endeavor on a journey using iFixIt.com's Nexus One Teardown Guide. There will be no need to document me taking apart the device, however, I will be taking pictures of the dust, the location of the leak, me cleaning the device, and an attempt to seal the leak. I bought the essential tools from ifixit.com: Phillips #00 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, iPod Opening Tools. This came out to a total of $12.85. I then used a $5.00 coupon code (11221FIXIT) bringing me down to $7.85. There is no sales tax unless you live in CA. Shipping was $3.17.
Long story short - I was tired of looking at the dust, tired of the HTC folks say "sorry, you voided your warranty" and "sorry, we only send you a refurbished device, not your own or a new one". So, I spent the $11 and I'm going to fix it on my own. WISH ME LUCK.
Here is the link to the teardown:
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus-One-Teardown/1654/1
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Weird. I have called HTC. I am on my second exchange from them with the same issue. Dust under the screen. I have yet to be asked if my bootloader is unlocked and they have not said anything about my warrenty being void. I am getting my second replacement phone tomorrow from HTC. I called them last night about 6PM PST.

k20a1 said:
oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?
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i dont think it was a common problem at all. but then i have seen threads with many people havng this issue. so far my nexus has not had this issue at all and its over 3 months old. so i dont know. but i DO know that if you look in the iphone forums, dust under the screen threads are all over there too. even windows mobile forums have the same threads. so it seems like its a problem with most touch screen phones.

futango said:
Weird. I have called HTC. I am on my second exchange from them with the same issue. Dust under the screen. I have yet to be asked if my bootloader is unlocked and they have not said anything about my warrenty being void. I am getting my second replacement phone tomorrow from HTC. I called them last night about 6PM PST.
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They put a $500+ hold on your credit card. They won't tell you that you will lose that money if you've unlocked your bootloader. My guess is, they're hoping you've voided your warranty, sent in an unlocked phone, and now they keep the money. I also asked them how much it would cost to repair it... They estimated $179. BULL****.. I KNOW.

jagjr86 said:
They put a $500+ hold on your credit card. They won't tell you that you will lose that money if you've unlocked your bootloader. My guess is, they're hoping you've voided your warranty, sent in an unlocked phone, and now they keep the money. I also asked them how much it would cost to repair it... They estimated $179. BULL****.. I KNOW.
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Nah. Theres alredy a big thread about this. They do put a $530 hold on your CC. But the hold is gone once they receive the phone. If they WANT to charge you the its usually a $28 repair fee or you have a choice of sending back the replacement phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=613115&highlight=dust

Re: Clean the DUST out from under the Screen!
oaky thanks ill keep that in mind
so its a pretty common problem then?
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I have my nexus for 3 months and there no dust under the screen. I have also a hero for 9 months and no dust there also. I saw the threads to maybe people work in dusty places or they have a loot of dust in their pockets
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If it's any consolation, I've had my replacement N1 since the 3rd week it was out... as someone said, as soon as I got it, I heated it up and pressed firmly all around the screen to make sure it was tightly sealed. It's still dust free today.

uansari1 said:
If it's any consolation, I've had my replacement N1 since the 3rd week it was out... as someone said, as soon as I got it, I heated it up and pressed firmly all around the screen to make sure it was tightly sealed. It's still dust free today.
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I will have to do this when I get my replacement N1 from HTC. I didnt do it with the first replacement and now theres just after 4 weeks of use.

k20a1 said:
how big of an issue is this on the nexus ones?
im planning on getting one and i dont want to get one if these problems are frequent
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I have been selling a couple a week at the cell phone store I work for, and haven't seen this on a single one of those. I would say all in all, I have sold about 20 Nexus One now.
Personally, I think the issue goes back to these shipping out during January during the coldest period of the winter, even having freezing temps all the way into Texas... I suspect that that phones got cold enough that through contraction and added brittleness of the adhesive in a cold state, the seal broke.

Screen...

Well my Screen already went the way that some of us in the forum has went.
This really sucks, I have a workaround to make it work sometimes I just press a little hard in the bottom of the part that doesn't work, turn off the screen and then the phone works like new again but that is something that I don't like to do because it could damage the phone.
Here is a picture of the damaged part:
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Do you guys recommend me to buy this digitizer? : http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251084340056
I REPEAT IS THE DIGITIZER NOT THE LCD, THE LCD IS WORKING EXCELENT, ALSO THE PHONE ( TEGRA ELITE )​
Thanks for all and God bless you!

Is it the screen visually blanking out in that area or is it not touch sensitive in that area? If it is visually not displaying in that area of the screen you need to replace the LCD. If it is not touch sensitive then you would need to replace the digitizer. If your replacing the digitizer, I'd spend the extra $10 and buy a new one. The one that you linked to is used and looks like there is a scratch or a crack at the bottom. That's my two cents.

Snaaky said:
Is it the screen visually blanking out in that area or is it not touch sensitive in that area? If it is visually not displaying in that area of the screen you need to replace the LCD. If it is not touch sensitive then you would need to replace the digitizer. If your replacing the digitizer, I'd spend the extra $10 and buy a new one. The one that you linked to is used and looks like there is a scratch or a crack at the bottom. That's my two cents.
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Lol I did not post the right one, I will change the link right now; is the ditigizer, I made everything to make it work and really it works but then it stop working after some time, I think this is related to the crappy digitizer and also the heat they recieve makes them unsusable after some time....

I had a similar problem (except my strip was horizontal), and I tried the PDS fix, new ROMs, and a pile of other calibration tools, and arrived at the conclusion that a warranty repair was needed. It sucks, but there are a bunch of folks on these boards with this exact problem. I think the digitizers were cheaply made.
As an aside, I got no static from Moto for having an unlocked bootloader (though I did flash the sbf before sending it in). Good luck to you.

tobnddl said:
I had a similar problem (except my strip was horizontal), and I tried the PDS fix, new ROMs, and a pile of other calibration tools, and arrived at the conclusion that a warranty repair was needed. It sucks, but there are a bunch of folks on these boards with this exact problem. I think the digitizers were cheaply made.
As an aside, I got no static from Moto for having an unlocked bootloader (though I did flash the sbf before sending it in). Good luck to you.
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Yes but I don't have warranty so my only option is to buy the digitizer.

Got the same thing with mine... . Warranty only run out 2 weeks ago.. And wifi and headphone jack all stopped working in the last week
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I dropped my phone and cracked the screen.
I have that exact same digitizer from that seller with frame on its way to me, I bought one that was just the glass and had to be adhered to the existing frame, and the brand new OEM digitizer had dead zones. Hopefully this one will be a bit better.
I will let you know how it works!

I have bought two from these guys and could not be happier.
It's the easiest way to do the repair for sure. Just be prepared for a hard time with the ribbon cable if you have medium or above sized fingers.
It became much easier when I grabbed a pair of these...
There's something about the ribbon cable for the volume buttons being very fragile. I didn't have any trouble, just be aware, and if you have to mess with it be careful.
Oh, they ship it fast too!

JdgM3NT4L said:
I have bought two from these guys and could not be happier.
It's the easiest way to do the repair for sure. Just be prepared for a hard time with the ribbon cable if you have medium or above sized fingers.
It became much easier when I grabbed a pair of these...
There's something about the ribbon cable for the volume buttons being very fragile. I didn't have any trouble, just be aware, and if you have to mess with it be careful.
Oh, they ship it fast too!
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Wait, two?, so the same happened with two screen already to you? also did you have any problems with touch after you replaced for the new one? Thanks and sorry for all the questions. lol
tomh235 said:
I dropped my phone and cracked the screen.
I have that exact same digitizer from that seller with frame on its way to me, I bought one that was just the glass and had to be adhered to the existing frame, and the brand new OEM digitizer had dead zones. Hopefully this one will be a bit better.
I will let you know how it works!
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Okay thanks please let me know =) I will buy it next week (Monday)

i got caught in the same trouble! exactly the same place
it is temporarily solved when i flashed it with the 4.5.9.141 service pack(im still in the official rom and bootloader locked!)
So i think the problem should be attributed to the drivers!

gooyyaoyao said:
i got caught in the same trouble! exactly the same place
it is temporarily solved when i flashed it with the 4.5.9.141 service pack(im still in the official rom and bootloader locked!)
So i think the problem should be attributed to the drivers!
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I don't think is the same problem as yours =P.
I just punched my digitizer the other day and everyting started working again (LOL ) But after a fews minutes it stopped working again. So I don't think an official ROM with LOCKED bootloader will solve my problem. =D
Anyways I'm buying a new digitizer tomorrow from this link: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=251084340056
Also one more question guys...
Do I need anything else? Because I have some links on Amazon about "2mm Tape" and other about "Digitizer atrix Touch Screen adhesive" OR Does this one no need the tape because it already comes with the Frames and with the Adhesive?; Can someone confirm please.
Thanks for all and God bless you.

Did you look at the screen replacement guide thread? Everything you need to know is there.

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Also one more question guys...
Do I need anything else? Because I have some links on Amazon about "2mm Tape" and other about "Digitizer atrix Touch Screen adhesive" OR Does this one no need the tape because it already comes with the Frames and with the Adhesive?; Can someone confirm please.
Thanks for all and God bless you.
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There shouldn't be any need for adhesive as the only adhesive needed is to stick the glass to the frame and its already attached. My last tracking update was in Atlanta on the 13th, so hopefully it is in the UK by now and clearing customs! I'm looking foreward to getting my phone back working!

tomh235 said:
There shouldn't be any need for adhesive as the only adhesive needed is to stick the glass to the frame and its already attached. My last tracking update was in Atlanta on the 13th, so hopefully it is in the UK by now and clearing customs! I'm looking foreward to getting my phone back working!
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So then I don't need anything than just replace it =D that's pretty nice, I just bought it this morning, I can't wait to see my phone working again, I want to test CM7 Offcial for Atrix but I just can't...
Thanks for all and God bless you.

I got a solution and its free. Depends if you wanna risk it. Gonna post solution later
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stevendeb25 said:
I got a solution and its free. Depends if you wanna risk it. Gonna post solution later
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Let's risk! lol, anyways my new one is coming, so let's risk .
Temporary Solution here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1719653

Screen came this morning and fitted no problem, was much easier to fit than the standard ones you get which require a hairdryer and glue. It looks perfect and works perfect!
After over a month I am so happy to have my phone working again!
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The Digitizer just arrived and I replaced it with no problem, I don't know why people say that the ribbons are a problem, they didn't (I don't have bigger hands!). Also in order to put the new one I had to break the old digitizer inside, not outside so it can be used again if my new digitizer brokes (What I don't want never that to happen).
Thanks for all your help and God bless you all.

HTC ONE Dis-assembly , by me (16 year old)

Hello guys .
I had my htc one for 3 months now , and today i dropped it having a dent on the edge which prevented me from using the volume buttons ; So i finally i made my mind to tear it apart . Took me several hours (have an exam on monday so was not giving full attention on the phone)
It was easy to take apart .
used a hair dryer to heat up the phone and removed the bottom speaker cover and it was pretty easy and using a blade moved up on both sides for several times , but nothing was separating , so i did the same thing on the top and using a guitar pick inserting the guitar pic on the top pushed back the white poly-carbonate and then after some efforts the back housing finally separated . Everything is working i did damage the poly-carbonate. But i did not have a new housing to change with , will post a video and pics once i have it . I dont have the money to buy one today . Will borrow from parents and order one on monday

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Taking it apart was never the problem, the problem was taking it apart without damaging the phone, mostly by prying it open and damaging the finish.
John.

Try putting it back together now.
Disassembling stuff is mostly straightforward, however assembling it back can be a PITA..

If you are able to take apart the phone without damaging anything except for the back, then you are absolutely awesome.
That's all we need to be able to do. The replacement back is only 25 dollars. If it is easy to remove the back and put on a new one, then this will come in handy for people who scratched or dented their backs or cracked their camera lenses. Also, once OEM parts for the red and blue are available, we'll be able to change the colors of our phones to our liking.
Again, awesome.

If you look at the op`s photo in post 2, the right hand side of the back case looks like something has been chewing at it.
John.

Tinderbox (UK) said:
If you look at the op`s photo in post 2, the right hand side of the back case looks like something has been chewing at it.
John.
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To me, it looks like glue.

The whole thing is like it! Absolutely fooked!
Looks like my dog ate it.

Actually I AM postong all this via the same phone put it back together .. . Just the right side looks ugly hidden it under a case .
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So it was your dog that chewed the back cover, bad dog, bad dog
John.
backfromthestorm said:
The whole thing is like it! Absolutely fooked!
Looks like my dog ate it.
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I only need a new back housing .
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Taylor_Swift said:
Why is your age in the title? What is the point.
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HTC One Repairability Score: One out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)
Very, very difficult (possibly impossible?) to open the device without damaging the rear case. This makes every component extremely difficult to replace.
The battery is buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, hindering its replacement.
The display assembly cannot be replaced without removing the rear case—this will make the most common repair, a damaged screen, nearly impossible.
Copper shielding on many components is difficult to remove and replace.
Solid external construction improves durability....
See for them it's difficult -.- . Just wanted to say it's not
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aditya. said:
HTC One Repairability Score: One out of 10 (10 is easiest to repair)
Very, very difficult (possibly impossible?) to open the device without damaging the rear case. This makes every component extremely difficult to replace.
The battery is buried beneath the motherboard and adhered to the midframe, hindering its replacement.
The display assembly cannot be replaced without removing the rear case—this will make the most common repair, a damaged screen, nearly impossible.
Copper shielding on many components is difficult to remove and replace.
Solid external construction improves durability....
See for them it's difficult -.- . Just wanted to say it's not
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knowlege is power, power is will! nothing imposible...

Taylor_Swift said:
Why is your age in the title? What is the point.
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Just to let you know this isn't costing him a thing and if you dont have parents to buy you new toys you probably shouldn't try this.

aditya. said:
Hello guys .
I had my htc one for 3 months now , and today i dropped it having a dent on the edge which prevented me from using the volume buttons ; So i finally i made my mind to tear it apart . Took me several hours (have an exam on monday so was not giving full attention on the phone)
It was easy to take apart .
used a hair dryer to heat up the phone and removed the bottom speaker cover and it was pretty easy and using a blade moved up on both sides for several times , but nothing was separating , so i did the same thing on the top and using a guitar pick inserting the guitar pic on the top pushed back the white poly-carbonate and then after some efforts the back housing finally separated . Everything is working i did damage the poly-carbonate. But i did not have a new housing to change with , will post a video and pics once i have it . I dont have the money to buy one today . Will borrow from parents and order one on monday
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Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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japjit100 said:
Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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No just a new housing is needed . 39$ if I want to change full housing. This is not broken. Its working perfectly
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Can we have pictures of the current state?

japjit100 said:
Service center started to repair htc one but you destroy your one
You waste your one now your parents take you new phone then you after 1 or 2 month broke another phone
Why you edit your age in title
You broke your one I can also brake my one very easily
Use less thread
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Its information for which some people may find useful............so why is it useless?
You may also wish trying to learn how to spell as well. At least the 16 year old OP gets that correct.

The Galaxy S6 back cover IS REMOVABLE (Its in the Manual)

Though probably not as easy as the S5, it still is technically removable and you can change the battery if you follow the directions, its in the Galaxy S6 manual on page 138
Here is the manual: http://downloadcenter.samsung.com/c...M-G920F_UM_EU_Lollipop_Eng_Rev.1.0_150302.pdf
DISCLAIMER: Attempting this on your own is doing so at your own risk, and I am not responsible for any damage to your phone
HERE IS A VIDEO OF HOW IT WORKS: http://youtu.be/gYDXuK_Hy3I

Not exactly an on-the-go process, though.

I wonder what's actually holding the glass cover on. It just says remove it. It can't just be laying on there. Maybe some type of adhesive that has to be heated. Either way, it seems that it will be easy to replace the battery.

beaverslayer said:
I wonder what's actually holding the glass cover on. It just says remove it. It can't just be laying on there. Maybe some type of adhesive that has to be heated. Either way, it seems that it will be easy to replace the battery.
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Yeah I read it was some adhesive. I hear you just need to heat the phone to melt the adhesive (apparently there is a video someone doing it with a blowdryer [Not with a Galaxy S6 but with another phone]), the pull the cover off and go on from there...doesn't seem that hard to do

smooth4lyfe said:
Yeah I read it was some adhesive. I hear you just need to heat the phone to melt the adhesive (apparently there is a video someone doing it with a blowdryer [Not with a Galaxy S6 but with another phone]), the pull the cover off and go on from there...doesn't seem that hard to do
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Ya and voids the warranty, though! Not a problem after the first year though.
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Not exactly an on-the-go process, though.
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"Non removable type"
Is this implying there is a type with a removable battery?

crazy talk said:
"Non removable type"
Is this implying there is a type with a removable battery?
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http://www.phonearena.com/news/Alleged-Galaxy-S6-battery-pack-snapped-confirming-2600-mAh-capacity_id66182
The battery is like this..... it is a non-removable type for you on street or newbies but if you do it carefully in home then it is actually removable.

smooth4lyfe said:
Yeah I read it was some adhesive. I hear you just need to heat the phone to melt the adhesive (apparently there is a video someone doing it with a blowdryer [Not with a Galaxy S6 but with another phone]), the pull the cover off and go on from there...doesn't seem that hard to do
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Work in phone repairs.
Many phones require adhesive heating to get to the internals.
All the Sony's Z's, for example.

Thank god I can replace the battery relatively easily on the s6. I just saw a video of how to replace the battery on the HTC m8 and lol.
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Work in phone repairs.
Many phones require adhesive heating to get to the internals.
All the Sony's Z's, for example.
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So you would be able to do this easily...is it a special kind of adhesive? How easy is the process?

Im sure it works similar to this...cant be too hard!!
http://youtu.be/gYDXuK_Hy3I

It's removable in the same way that the iPhone 6 battery is removable....

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So you would be able to do this easily...is it a special kind of adhesive? How easy is the process?
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Yep any phone repair place worth their salt will have a precise setup already in place for this, I obviously haven't seen the new Galaxies but its about a 45 minute process on the Zs and they're considered by our team to be a real pain relatively speaking.

Two thoughts come to mind. First, I do battery-pull reboots of my S5 all the time (it black screen locks up due to a hardware issue) and I think most of us that flash ROMs have done the same a few times over the years. For instance, how would you get out of download mode if you don't flash anything? I hope that's addressed somewhere.
Second, I hope it comes with everything it needs for wireless charging out of the box. The S5 supports it but needs a coil inserted inside the back cover. I hope that all goes down easily because I've switched to completely wireless charging these days.

bigray327 said:
Two thoughts come to mind. First, I do battery-pull reboots of my S5 all the time (it black screen locks up due to a hardware issue) and I think most of us that flash ROMs have done the same a few times over the years. For instance, how would you get out of download mode if you don't flash anything? I hope that's addressed somewhere.
Second, I hope it comes with everything it needs for wireless charging out of the box. The S5 supports it but needs a coil inserted inside the back cover. I hope that all goes down easily because I've switched to completely wireless charging these days.
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Ive used the one plus one, the LG G2, and the HTC one m7 all without removable backs. You just hold the power button. no matter where are you in the system partition, (recovery, system or download mode or fastboot mode) holding the power button will yield a reboot or a power off state. and to reply to this thread, its not an easy thing the average joe can do but i myself fix friends phones and have a heatgun so heating up the back glass to soften the adhesive and chnage the battery after the first or second year doesnt look like it'll be a problem. the problem i do have however is if the phone rejects the new battery. my LG G2 rejected the newer battery and that thing would die at 50% and not charge all the way. even after calibration. but back its original battery and everything worked fine again

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Two thoughts come to mind. First, I do battery-pull reboots of my S5 all the time (it black screen locks up due to a hardware issue) and I think most of us that flash ROMs have done the same a few times over the years. For instance, how would you get out of download mode if you don't flash anything? I hope that's addressed somewhere.
Second, I hope it comes with everything it needs for wireless charging out of the box. The S5 supports it but needs a coil inserted inside the back cover. I hope that all goes down easily because I've switched to completely wireless charging these days.
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(1) For phones with non-removable batteries, there are certain buttons held together to perform hard reset, which is pretty much the same as a battery pull. I think for Samsung devices is Vol Down + Home Button
(2) The S6 is capable of wireless charging out the box, but its confirmed it will not come with a wireless charger in the box. The wireless charger is sold separately for $59.99

I feel famous
- https://bgr.com/2015/03/07/galaxy-s6-removable-battery/
- https://www.yahoo.com/tech/s/actually-remove-galaxy-s6-battery-just-takes-145938651.html

Judging from these leaked housings:
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The back will be adhered using some sort of adhesive, which is considerably difficult to remove by a user with little/no phone repair experience. As noted by the manual, those instructions "are only for your service provider or an authorised repair agent." By this logic, every smartphone (even the HTC One's sandwiched design) has a removable battery, just of varying process complexity.
Nationalmaverick said:
Work in phone repairs.
Many phones require adhesive heating to get to the internals.
All the Sony's Z's, for example.
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If we're comparing Samsungs with Sonys, the S6 is more similar to the Z1 than it is to the Z3, because it also involves unscrewing a cover that covers the logic board. But in fact, the S6 is actually very similar to the S5 in that the back housing covering the internals also makes up the side bezel of the phone, albeit being disassembled screen-first, and it is not made of metal/glass. Otherwise, both the S5 and S6 have a mid-frame chassis on which the logic board is mounted on, covered by the back housing then the battery cover.
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Im sure it works similar to this...cant be too hard!!
http://youtu.be/gYDXuK_Hy3I
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The Z3 in that video has been prepared in advance. Take a look at this video, and skip to 2:55:
The Z2 and Z3 both have that stretchy white adhesive holding the back down in the middle. If you expect the Z3's back cover to come off that easily, you're gonna have a bad time.

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The Z3 in that video has been prepared in advance. Take a look at this video, and skip to 2:55:
The Z2 and Z3 both have that stretchy white adhesive holding the back down in the middle. If you expect the Z3's back cover to come off that easily, you're gonna have a bad time.
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Out of curiousity, is it a special adhesive that cannot be purchased in stores? Say a laymen person was to remove it on his own by watching a YouTube video. How would he be able to put the cover back on tightly?

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Out of curiousity, is it a special adhesive that cannot be purchased in stores? Say a laymen person was to remove it on his own by watching a YouTube video. How would he be able to put the cover back on tightly?
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There are two ways of re-applying that adhesive:
1. Use a roll of black 3M tape, and cut it by hand and sticking it around the perimeter of the glass
2. Buy pre-cut double-sided tape that is made specifically for your application (recommended)
Pictured below is a typical roll of 3M tape, underneath a typical pre-cut tape:
The former may be able to be purchased in a hardware store, but the latter may not.

Cracked my Pixel XL Screen

Lol today I dropped my phone literally only about a foot onto a screw that was pointing up and shattered the screen pretty bad.
Anyhow I did a claim with Verizon's insurance and it's on backorder so I said f that and bought a screen from DIYMobileRepair so I can just fix it myself...but after I ordered it I realized it's not a OEM replacement screen..man I hope the screen looks just as good as the OEM the specs are the same..anyone bought screens from there before and the quality is still the same as OEM? I'll have the replacement screen Monday so I can fix it myself
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Did you break the digitizer? I dropped mine and shattered the corner everything still works though. I'm with Verizon so I don't want to use my insurance. I'm afraid I'll get my/different phone back with a locked bootloader. I think I'll eventually shell out the cash and take your route.

DR3W5K1 said:
Did you break the digitizer? I dropped mine and shattered the corner everything still works though. I'm with Verizon so I don't want to use my insurance. I'm afraid I'll get my/different phone back with a locked bootloader. I think I'll eventually shell out the cash and take your route.
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No digitizer is good..it barely fell..it just fell on a screw facing up just right when I was at work

I love how you started your OP with "lol".

I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.

Nitemare3219 said:
I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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You're probably right

Nitemare3219 said:
I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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You haven't replaced many screens then, have you?

Nitemare3219 said:
I don't possibly see how it could NOT be an OEM replacement screen. Who else in the world could possibly make the exact same display? It's not like you're swapping out a light bulb here... I wouldn't worry.
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Thats what I was thinking too.
mrjaydee82 said:
Lol today I dropped my phone literally only about a foot onto a screw that was pointing up and shattered the screen pretty bad.
Anyhow I did a claim with Verizon's insurance and it's on backorder so I said f that and bought a screen from DIYMobileRepair so I can just fix it myself...but after I ordered it I realized it's not a OEM replacement screen..man I hope the screen looks just as good as the OEM the specs are the same..anyone bought screens from there before and the quality is still the same as OEM? I'll have the replacement screen Monday so I can fix it myself
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OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.

Scott said:
Thats what I was thinking too.
OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.
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Since there is basically no new XL's easisily available, my guess is they are replacing with returned phones or repaired phones. I doubt they update the firmware. I think once stock levels rise and time goes by, all replacement until will likely have 7.1.1

Scott said:
Thats what I was thinking too.
OMG, I was just about to post how I had to order a replacement phone yesterday.
I got so lucky!!! My phone started to have issues withe the microphone. Not bad but just slightly annoying. I called VZW and they shipped it out overnight. Got the new one today and... It had 7.1 on and not 7.1.1. Unlocked as quickly as I could run!
Weird how both our phones went down at the same time.
I was thinking about your issue. There are only so many companies that can make that type of screen so odds are you will get a decent one.
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I did do an insurance claim but I'm not willing to wait months because of the back order...but ended up canceling the claim and ordered a new screen to fix it myself...didn't want to chance not being able to unlock boot loader as well. getting the screen to fix myself is 60 bucks cheaper than that assurian insurance bs through Verizon. Plus to replace the screen is easy as hell...took apart my screen today to see how difficult it would be lol
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Mike02z said:
Since there is basically no new XL's easisily available, my guess is they are replacing with returned phones or repaired phones. I doubt they update the firmware. I think once stock levels rise and time goes by, all replacement until will likely have 7.1.1
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Yep, thats what I think as well. But for now, I am supper happy :highfive:

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Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover

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That almost made my cry
jordy787 said:
Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover
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Wow, that's awesome! Too bad they didn't use HTC's "Opps" policy.

Scott said:
That almost made my cry
Wow, that's awesome! Too bad they didn't use HTC's "Opps" policy.
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Haha yeah...tomorrow I'll have it fixed up

jordy787 said:
Google teamed up with Ubreakifixit..They will fix it for 150. If you have them do more then one repair , one repair price will be half off. I'm going to have them replace my screen and back cover
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They told me when they replace parts, it will still have the one year warranty from google.

Fixing my screen was a success

chapelfreak said:
They told me when they replace parts, it will still have the one year warranty from google.
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That is true ! I've asked if I would still have warranty if I had them do a whole conversion from black to white and Ubreakifixit said nope. I contacted google and they said that is fine , if there is no physical/water damage then I still will have the 1 year warranty. So I'm going to have them change my pixel to white since mine is cracked on front and back. Then have google swap my Verizon model for a Google play model.:fingers-crossed:
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Fixing my screen was a success
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Congrats !:fingers-crossed:
It's easier replacing the whole LCD assembly since you don't have to worry about cracking the old lcd under the old glass. Oh and don't forget to buy tempered glass protector now haha.

I have to replace the LCD on my Pixel. Can anyone tell me what kind of adhesive I need? Is 3m double sided scotch tape good enough, or do I need some other one?

jrod0554 said:
I have to replace the LCD on my Pixel. Can anyone tell me what kind of adhesive I need? Is 3m double sided scotch tape good enough, or do I need some other one?
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That'll work. Most of the screen replacements come with some sort of adhesive