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Hi Guys,
Took the liberty of doing a teardown for all of you.
For those following along at home:
Take off the back plate, remove the battery and the SIM card.
Remove all screws (4 on the bottom, 2 in the middle and 2 at the top. Be careful not to strip them!)
Using a guitar pick or case opening tool, remove the bottom plastic piece of the phone. Start at the top edges where the plastic meets the side.
Using the same tool, remove the top plastic piece of the phone. This is incredibly tricky! There are 4 plastic clips on the back and 4 on the front, it is also held in place by adhesive. It wasn't incredibly hard to get off, but insane to get back on (I broke mine trying to get it back on and glued it into place)
Using the clearance given to you by removing the top and bottom pieces, slide the case tool/guitar pick down the side and pop the phone apart. This sometimes requires quite a bit of force and a bigger guitar pick.
Remove the back plate and see this...(image 16 on attachments, I can't post links yet ) Pop off the ribbon cables indicated at the boxes using the tool. Lift the main board assembly out of the phone.
The main board is two levels and held together by thermal adhesive. Slide a guitar pick in between the two levels to carefully break them apart, taking into note that they are connected via a ribbon cable which needs to be removed once they are unglued from one another. This is the top level with the heat shields removed: (image 5 on attachments). The bottom with the heat shields removed reveals the main board. The front of this board is picture 3, the back is picture 7.
Remove the two black screws at the top and use your tool to unclick all the clips on the two sides of the shield. Ensure to remove the antenna cable before lifting it out. When removed, the shield is in picture 9.
Picture 10, screen assembly
Picture 12 is the two top and bottom caps
Picture 6 is the first plastic piece you remove once you take out the screws and the caps.
Conclusions: The Optimus uses 16 GB soldered on HYNIX NAND for storage, and not a SD slot like many of the other manufacturers opted for. I have no idea what the 3rd "dot" is on the light sensors on the front, but unless it is the smallest camera ever created, I sincerely doubt it is a front facing camera. (top left of picture 9).
Thanks for reading and I hope this helps some of you guys do repairs/make a device purchasing decision! Feel free to ask me any questions.
Amazing. And to think I spent the last five hours looking for a teardown (see the button problem thread ). Thank you so much for this. I have one question. Were you able to take off the front keys, specifically, the start key? And does everything work again after putting it together again, if you have done so already?
So the start key is separate and comes out when disassembling. The buttons appear to be part of the screen unit and come out easily. The phone went back together perfectly, the top plastic piece is impossibly hard to reattach and i broke a couple of tabs off. It basically has to bend back into place, very frustrating.
Thanks Andrew. Good one. I was able to use your image to share in one of the post the part that was changed when i had a Bluetooth problem.
Thank you, thank you, thank you. We finally know. I'm not sure why I wanted to know so badly, but I just did. I am pleased to hear that LG opted for the all NAND solution and 16GB. Bravo.
I wonder whether MS has some kind of restriction that if you had no SD slot at all it needed to have a least 16GB?
great stuff
has anyone worked out what the 3rd dot/hole is for yet?
what do you mean by 3rd dot / hole? Which image is that?
hi gurucanto
sorry i couldn't actually locate it in the pics there...probably just me being dense.
but it's on the faceplate where the other sensors are. there's proximity, light and ?
3 holes
It is in picture 9, the top left black piece is the ambient light sensors, and there is a 3rd sensor of some kind there. If it is a front facing camera, it is really, really, really small for a camera sensor.
Can you post the part number of the Hynix NAND? It would be interesting to compare the specs with an SD card.
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Can you post the part number of the Hynix NAND? It would be interesting to compare the specs with an SD card.
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would be nice to know.
sdcard performance looks pathetic.............
Windows Phone 7 Samsung Omnia 7 vs HTC 7 Trophy vs LG Optimus 7: Performance comparison
Don't have the phone anymore guys, sorry! Can't post beyond what is already here.
Has anyone figured out what the third sensor is?
Hi guys, first of all I want to post two links that refer to the schematic of LG optimus 7 e900 and e900h... maybe can be useful (you can understand what sensors do).
Because I'm under 8 posts so I can't directly post links... see the attached file
Now a question
I just broken my digitizer I bought a new one on ebay. The only thing I'm not really sure is: HOW DO I REMOVE THE TOP CAP? I watched all the pictures but I'm so scared of break it!
Thank you guys
ripp3r said:
Hi guys, first of all I want to post two links that refer to the schematic of LG optimus 7 e900 and e900h... maybe can be useful (you can understand what sensors do).
Because I'm under 8 posts so I can't directly post links... see the attached file
Now a question
I just broken my digitizer I bought a new one on ebay. The only thing I'm not really sure is: HOW DO I REMOVE THE TOP CAP? I watched all the pictures but I'm so scared of break it!
Thank you guys
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WOW! :O
Those manuals is amazingly detailed.
Oh, and if by the cap, you are referring to the black plastic that also has the power button, then it is held in place with hinges, and I think the OP also broke it while he was taking it apart, so I am not sure what the safest way would be...perhaps use an iPod opening tool? Definitely want to stay away from metal tools...
I can't post links yet (commmmmoooooon) but if you want go to ebay.it (italy) and type this: VETRO SCHERMO TOCH SCREEN VETRINO LG E900 OPTIMUS 7
So you can see what I bought... as you can see there's not the top cap, but if I'll be gentle with it... I shouldn't break it
Anyway thanks for your reply
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Can you post the part number of the Hynix NAND? It would be interesting to compare the specs with an SD card.
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According to the pics in the service manual that ripp3r posted earlier the part number of the NAND is: H8BES0UU0MCA or H8BESOUUOMCA (zero or O )
But inside of the document when searching for Hynix I found some another part number:
H8BES0UU0MCR-4EM (NAND 4G / DDR SDRAM 4G ( Hynix)) and
H8BES0UU0MCR-4EMNAND/4GSDRAM/4G(2G*2/32bit)1.7VTO1.9V13.0x10.5
x1.2TR137P---HYNIXSEMICONDUCTORINC.
Hope I could help
The Hynix is the RAM...the NAND is Toshiba branded...
okay sorry, I was just searching for Hynix. I figured that there was something about SDRAM but that's no reason to feel offended. (if I got the '....' right)
In the replacement list it says: THGBM2G7D4FBAI916GBYTE0VTO0V12.0x16.0x1.2TR169 PMLCNANDBGA TOSHIBAELECTRONICSKOREACORPORATION
So kapanak is of course right with Toshiba because it says 16GB in the name.
LOL! Hahahaha...
The "..." is just a habit I have developed over the years, it meant nothing. My post was completely devoid of any emotional implications. Just stating a fact. And thanks for finding the part number. Now we just need someone to run that through a database and give us an idea of the specifications.
Hi,
Has anyone found a flip case or a wallet case for this phone (preferably leather)? I found one, but not sure about the quality, since the add says "genuine artificial leather" and none of the pictures are actually of the phone mentioned. The case I found is here:
h**p://www.teknikmagasinet.fi/db.pl?tf=product_link.html&link=&artnr=266090&title=iZound Leather Wallet Executive Huawei Ideos X5&
The site is in Finnish. Has anyone bought one of these?
me and my wife bought this case.
works good can even put credit cards in it.
only compliant i have with is the top piece of the phone holder makes it hard to pull down the notification bar at times. simple mod takes care of that tho.
KiljoyMcCoy said:
me and my wife bought this case.
works good can even put credit cards in it.
only compliant i have with is the top piece of the phone holder makes it hard to pull down the notification bar at times. simple mod takes care of that tho.
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OK, so theres nothing that a little scissoring (not a Mr. Garrison quote) won't care of. Thanks, I think I order it then.
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One more thing, are the buttons and ports available without removing the phone from the case? And is the camera covered or ready to use? Is sound quality hindered in any way? Does approximity sensor/light sensor work properly?
This is going to be basically a review, not a tutorial, of what I experienced after I re housed my R800x in white and the steps I went through to get it done, I have no prior knowledge on the process, I simple "went for it" and had success.
~~ Please Note: Performing this can seriously damage your phone and if done wrong will possibly permanently destroy your device, please read everything and do everything slowly, Please understand you may attempt this at your own risk, you have been warned! ~~
For a good understanding on how to tear your Play apart and not break anything check this video out, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3n5ZfkqhzE
You can find the White Housing I purchased in these 2 links
The outside of the screen (digitizer) as seen in First photo
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Touch-Scree...&otn=2&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=7007674525043897251
The White Housing Top , Middle plate, Control pad plate and Back as seen in the Second and Third photos
(I have seen a cheaper one since I bought mine, but this is the one I bought)
http://www.ebay.com/itm/FULL-Housin...500747?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item27bf9d978b
This link is another R800x thats branded Verizon but I doubt it having the service ribbon sticker (for lack of better words which comes into play later) because they dont show a back view of the Middle plate
http://cnn.cn/shop/sony-ericsson-xperia-play-cdma-black-housing-verizon-branded-p-12588.html
After getting your parts and watching the video you should be where I was at in Photo Four, my phone torn down and the new pieces ready to make this r800x look great.
Photos Five and Six -are close ups reviewing it all.
Photo Seven - is where I started, the touch joy stick pcb ribbon. It was kinda scary thinking if i rip this thing or pull to much that the touch pads wouldnt work anymore, and thanks to ShadowGun I was able to verify they still did. I used the blue tool for prying the phone , to help peal back the ribbon as you see it, you can give it a decent pull with your fingers as you get enough pealed up, try to pull as close to the glued end as possible so you dont risk tearing or something.
Photos Eight and Nine - I had finished moving the touch pad ribbon to the new white control pad plate and started removing the Menu, Start and Select buttons and transferring them to the white plate. Using the blue tool again sorta scrap up the backing to each of the; Menu and Start and Select buttons, it helps to push from the other side on the button a little. You need to try and not to deform the sticker/glue piece that holds the buttons in place or it might Not stick to good on the new plate, a sweat gripping moment that I first thought would just never work but patience does pay off in this step.
Photo Ten - it was all done, that piece at least.
From there I moved onto the the Middle Plate, which required a few steps if you decide you want to swap these out. One in particular that left me clueless for a few days without service, bare with me on this part..
There is a black Antenna sticker on the Bottom half of the Middle plate on your R800X, which has a gold ribbon on its opposite side that finishes a circuit, without this circuit completed your phone will Not have service and dialing *228 will not work your phone will tell you, in a mans voice "The code you have entered is in-correct please check you code and try again" - The first time I heard that I was thinking hmm thats probably not good and Verizon told me "thats not programmed in our system, you should Never get a msg like that or a mans voice" So I had them send me a replacement ( Of course I didnt mention this was all my fault and I re housed it, and thats the real reason I wouldnt go to the store to have it checked out, but that shouldnt matter right )
Upon getting the replacement phone I, for somehow the first time, Noticed the black sticker antenna on the back of the Middle plate. I grabbed my original housing and noticed the sticker antenna on it as well, so I pealed that off and revealed, to me which was previously unseen, this gold ribbon connects a circuit with two terminals on the phones mother board. The gold ribbons two ends slide into a slot on the Middle plate, underneath it to make the connection. I replaced this black sticker onto the new White Middle plate because the back of the L1 and R1 triggers are White and they are Black on the original Vz housing.
Photo Eleven-Shows the back of the New white trigger Middle plate, no black sticker antenna
Photo Twelve-The Middle plate from the Verizon replacement
Photos Antenna 2 and Antenna 3-These are the other 2 antennas also needed for service, be sure to pull those off and place them onto the new middle housing of your new phone.
For the r800i and r800a they have another antenna on the middle plate (I just dont have a photo :crying: I have an r800x) I can tell you at least that if your holding the middle housing and the Antenna 2 is on your right, the r800i/r800a other antenna will be on the left side of the housing.
Photo Thirteen- I wanted the White triggers so I super glued the black sticker antenna back on, worked out pretty good if you ask me, minus my thumb print of course. .
Photo Fourteen- I circled the inside area of the Middle plate where the you can see the opposite side of the gold ribbon that makes the connection with the mother board of the phone in the top half and you can see its not on the New Middle plate in the bottom half of the photo.
If you decide to go ahead and swap the Middle plate, you will need to remove the speakers as well and I cracked my original plate removing the left speaker, they are in there pretty tight, I basically pryed up on them in anyway that I wasn't destroying any part of them. As seen in Photo Fourteen
In Photo Fifteen I was now ready to replace the Top half of the phone and put the new Digitizer on. You wont need any extra glue here, the New White Half of the housing comes with a clear plastic film on it (sorry I had already removed before I took the photo) that was protecting some glue, thats seems to be holding up pretty good a week later and I dont think it will ever come off. Once you have replace you new Digitizer on the new Top half of the White housing, you are ready to reverse the steps seen in the Video linked at the beginning , once you have completed that you will be enjoying your newly housed in luxurious White and Silver Xperia Play as I am in the Final Photos.
I hope this helps, this was the first time I tore a phone apart physically and might have my "names of pieces" wrong but I tried to explain it in a way that makes sense and simple to look at. I do wanna make a video or something because I think anyone looking to do this would benefit more from a better "visual tutorial" but I dont have much time as id like to and this should serve good.
I hope in anyone who decides to go through with this, and enjoys having a white Xperia Play like I have
That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.
I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !
jgregoryj1 said:
That looks awesome!!! Mind taking a couple photos of the screen and with it powered on to see how good this after market screen is? Awesome job and the white looks nice and clean.
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I can definitelty take a few photos, I only replaced the outside of the screen, the actual lcd is the same from when I got the phone, the after market digitizer is just as clear an still allows the screen to keep its nice crisp image, Ill take a few photos later on though and update OP.
sufy1000 said:
I bought my Xperia Play in white so this doesn't apply to me. But you did a great job there ! looks brand new !
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Thank you! I wish Verizon had offered it in white but figures they didn't, I makes it all that much more mine now though.. custom rom , kernel, and now housing I like it so much more.
Thats sweet nice write up. I'll probably do mine later this year or next year after the case and screen gets worn down and scratched up a bit more.
Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks
AloushA said:
Thanks for this,
Would you reccomend cheap cases as I have seen diffrent colours (blue,orange) which I wouldn't mind trying.
Thanks
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Your welcome, Do you mean an actual case for the phone or a new housing?
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Thank you, good sir!
I really appreciate your work here and I'll use this guide as soon as my housing arrives.
I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply
androidtechdaily said:
I will be doing this very same project in a few days. What is the use of the black sticker? If i break it will my Play still work? Please reply
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The black sticker completes a circuit that is needed for service. Idk exactly what circuit it completes but the sticker has a gold pcb type ribbon on it that makes contact with two pins on the motherboard. Without the black sticker in place your phone will boot with no service. I didn't find out until after the fact and if you look in my photo where I glued the sticker back on you can see its a little mangled but glued it down flat and my service is just as good as it always was . Well as good as 3g can be lol .. But to answer your last question as long as you pull the sticker off slowly and don't rip it you should be fine. The gold ribbon on the bottom half just can't be torn in half or the circuit won't complete. But it peeled off without tearing for me, just take your time and you should be good to go.
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Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.
Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks
Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
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I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((
0mega007 said:
Hi, i wish to know what is beneath this 2 black square stickers marked in red circles, and what is their function.
Thanks
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Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?
us there only black / white available?
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Ill reply to everyone this evening!
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shakalek said:
Great job mate!
How would You describe the operation difficulty from 1/10?
Ps. I have experience with w995 full rehousing and some others mobiles.
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I dont think Im best to give you a good 1/10 rating, this is the only re-house Ive done, it wasn't to bad I suppose though. I think if you have some experience with the process then you shouldn't have to much trouble
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Great job, will keep this in mind, white looks so good, version didn't have that option
Sent from my little GIZMO ``\[©_o],,
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I agree, Verizon should've offered the option, but their to busy releasing phones that they dont plan to update...
evo_racer said:
I have the black one Xperia Play but i bought me the White Cover by amazon for 34,99€ (Complete and Original) But i dont think that i can do this without brick my phone ((
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If you want to add me on gtalk I can help you if you decide to go through with it, I dont think you will brick it though
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Is there a screw begind the stikers, holdding the l and r buttons hardware?
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The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
Nhialor said:
us there only black / white available?
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Ive seen orange XPlays but I didnt see any housing's in other colors then white and black, but I only did a search for White specifically though.
216Monster said:
The sticker is covering up the actual buttons on the phones mother board that are L1 and R1 triggers. The L and R triggers are connected with metal rod, wound up with a small spring.
But if this stickers are removed, would the buttons fall off or stop working?
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veeery nice man
i've changed my digitizer 2 times , on first time , i've broke my digitizer and on second time i succeed
Hey guys, I have a Nexus 4 that I bought around end of 2012 and it is now out of warranty. Recently, the battery started dying around 50% after updating to Kit Kat 4.4.2 and now it's bulging and breaking the glass in the back plate. I stopped using it, fearing it would explode. What should I do since I am out of warranty and I bought this phone off Craigslist, so it's not like I can claim hardware replacement anyways. I just ordered a battery replacement kit off Amazon and hopefully this will bring life back to the phone.
I would probably keep that in safe somewhere deep in the Atlantic Ocean until you got your stuff together to replace the battery.. That does not look good at all!
I've opened up my N4 for the first time a few days ago, using iFixit's Essential Toolkit. Also went through the process of removing the battery (to take a good look at the usb-flex but that's irrelevant) and it's actually pretty easy! Just make sure you do heat up your battery first with a heatgun or a hairdryer because that'll loosen the adhesive holding the battery a little. Good luck!
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Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
jin512 said:
Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
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Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
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go to YouTube and search for How to replace battery on nexus 4 .there's a couple of videos that will show you how.
I am just a little afraid of the quality of the replacement battery pack. The seller has a 92% rating and although it says LG OEM, I highly doubt it. Hopefully the battery is reliable and won't explode. Damn Google and LG won't do anything for my poor phone...
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go to YouTube and search for How to replace battery on nexus 4 .there's a couple of videos that will show you how.
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jin512 said:
Do you mind taking a look at what I bought off Amazon? I don't really know if I got the right tools or battery pack for the job. Thanks bro. Sorry I can't post links on here but what I bought are:
Tool Repair Kit Precision Screw Driver Set Torx + Flat Head + Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool for Motorola Verizon Sprint ATT Cingular Razor and More
Internal Battery LG BL-T5 BL T5 2100mAh for LG Google Nexus 4 E960 / Optimus G E970 / Optimus G LS970
Thanks again. I got a new phone but hoping to fix this phone for my dad. It would be his first smartphone.
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Hi,
Are these the products you bought?
www.amazon.com/Repair-Precision-Motorola-Verizon-Cingular/dp/B001KBEO1O
http://www.amazon.com/Internal-Battery-LG-2100mAh-Optimus/dp/B00DRODFNK
If yes, then you should be fine. The repair kit includes a T5 Torx screwdriver which you'll need to remove the 2 screws at the bottom of your device. Also, the 'Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool' (which I guess is the blue/green plastic thing on the right) is pretty useful, but I prefer using a guitar pick to open up the phone.
As for the battery, I'm no expert myself but the reviews are looking pretty good. I'd say it is genuine.
Good luck and maybe this video might help:
What phone did you get by the way?
Hi, thank you for the prompt response. These are the products that I have bought. I hope everything works out. I ended up following the hype and getting an iPhone 5S. Definitely missing stock Android and a larger screen.
Waterdroid said:
Hi,
Are these the products you bought?
www.amazon.com/Repair-Precision-Motorola-Verizon-Cingular/dp/B001KBEO1O
http://www.amazon.com/Internal-Battery-LG-2100mAh-Optimus/dp/B00DRODFNK
If yes, then you should be fine. The repair kit includes a T5 Torx screwdriver which you'll need to remove the 2 screws at the bottom of your device. Also, the 'Safe Plying Prying Pry Tool' (which I guess is the blue/green plastic thing on the right) is pretty useful, but I prefer using a guitar pick to open up the phone.
As for the battery, I'm no expert myself but the reviews are looking pretty good. I'd say it is genuine.
Good luck and maybe this video might help:
What phone did you get by the way?
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jin512 said:
Hi, thank you for the prompt response. These are the products that I have bought. I hope everything works out. I ended up following the hype and getting an iPhone 5S. Definitely missing stock Android and a larger screen.
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No problem. If anything goes wrong, I'd be glad to help you out where I can.
I'm glad you got an iPhone. IMHO iOS lacks way too much customization, but you'll appreciate the endless list of accesoires, cases, apps, etc. for your device. And if you don't, just get rid of that thing and get yourself an Android device again, it's only a phone after all .
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Haha. You speak exactly what is on my mind. iOS has its advantages and disadvantages. The accessories and support from Apple is great and the apps are all very uniformly designed. However, the screen's kind of small and I can't really use widgets. I miss customizing and rooting and installing custom roms. I am looking at the Nexus 5 haha or the Galaxy S5, although I do prefer stock Android experience. Maybe I will make the change back. I don't know. For now, iPhone 5s.
Waterdroid said:
No problem. If anything goes wrong, I'd be glad to help you out where I can.
I'm glad you got an iPhone. IMHO iOS lacks way too much customization, but you'll appreciate the endless list of accesoires, cases, apps, etc. for your device. And if you don't, just get rid of that thing and get yourself an Android device again, it's only a phone after all .
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I disassembled my phone to take a look at my battery and oh my god was I scared. Here are some pictures for you guys to see.
*For others who have a bulging Nexus 4 or have battery dying around 50-60%, you should probably stop using your phone as this might be what is happening to you. Good luck.
Is your phone better now after the battery replacement...? Do let us know..
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My phone is working excellent. I replaced the battery with an OEM LG battery and now battery life on Kit Kat 4.4.2 has never been better.
I just had to replace the battery on my nexus 4 today (the pictures that the OP posted, are an accurate representation of what my battery looked like).... here's the story:
Been 5years since i first got my Nexus 4 and during that time ive used it quite extensively. It's had it USB port replaced as it shorted itself oh so randomly while charging... Now, it's been almost two years that it has been retired after getting myself the OnePlus X. Although i do go to it time to time to install stuff and just play with it, i never noticed anything physically wrong it with, cause there wasn't.
Ill say, a month went by since the last time i had used the phone.... So, today i decided I wanted to install the latest version of LineageOS on it, after the dev went on a little break.
When i picked up the phone, i noticed that the phone felt weird in my hand, but even more so when i laid it down on my desk... it wobbled... i was like wtf?
While then examining the phone, i noticed that there was a slight bulge happening where the area the battery is... so in my head im like hmm... i think the battery might need to be replaced soon.
Anyway, while playing with the phone, it eventually just shut off on me... tried to power it back on... nope... so im like... "needs to be replaced... 'soon'... yea, more like now..."
luckily i had already purchased a new battery at the same time i ordered the new USB port for my phone when the usb shorted.
30min later:
battery was replaced, no more bulge and phone powered back on! and to my surprise, the battery was at 62% charge! not bad for 2yrs unused! hahaha
P.S. my phone isnt cracked like the OP's Nexus 4... that's just holy w-t-f!
Hi Guys,
Need some advice. I received my G5 today and i noticed there is a gap on the removeable battery grip.
Should i be worry about this or should i exchange it?
I was wondering if all unit have the same gap ?
Sorry for my poor English
nl3181 said:
Hi Guys,
Need some advice. I received my G5 today and i noticed there is a gap on the removeable battery grip.
Should i be worry about this or should i exchange it?
I was wondering if all unit have the same gap ?
Sorry for my poor English
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It is a very common problem. You can keep exchanging it until you get a perfect one if it bugs you.
I personally would get a replacement unit if it was purchased new
From the look of your picture, it would seem only the one side has a gap. Are you sure the bottom is all the way in? I would try and remove the battery and re-seat the whole thing giving it a firm push on the left side to make sure it clicks into place. If it still doesn't and has the gap, I would return it.
That gap looks bigger than any other i have ever seen. Hmm is the battery all the way in? Try to push it a little to see if its all the way in. Otherwsie, i suggest to exchange it.
It's normal. If it's like the gap that i have, you only see it if you try to see it. I have on the left corner too. Can't see it when it's in a case.
I had the same issue, I knew this default and asked to change it the day one, I had a new one (perfect) the day after.
So yes, you should change it asap, for a "premium" phone you will regret.
nl3181 said:
Hi Guys,
Need some advice. I received my G5 today and i noticed there is a gap on the removeable battery grip.
Should i be worry about this or should i exchange it?
I was wondering if all unit have the same gap ?
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sometimes if you push it in hard it till correct itself
As stated above make sure its in all the way.. If so exchange it just my 2 cents.
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Have it replaced immediately. That's the only solution.
Yeah, common problem. I opened the box before I left the store to check because I knew it'd annoy the hell out of me. Get a replacement for sure.
It should sit perfectly flush, maybe give it a push and see if it clicks in (the connector on mine was a bit stiff at first)
Otherwise, back to the shop I reckon.
thank's guys for your reply. Already exchanged my phone. The new one is way better.
You should see my G5. Warped bottom from the phone piece, gap on one side of the phone, one side is higher than the other, screen and back are oval shaped, you name it.
Get that returned while you still can, and a warning from someone who has, do, not, drop, this, phone. It started to really mess up the build. Mine has started rattling from the battery being loose inside, a bit of electrical tape fixed it but janky albeit.
qwahchees said:
You should see my G5. Warped bottom from the phone piece, gap on one side of the phone, one side is higher than the other, screen and back are oval shaped, you name it.
Get that returned while you still can, and a warning from someone who has, do, not, drop, this, phone. It started to really mess up the build. Mine has started rattling from the battery being loose inside, a bit of electrical tape fixed it but janky albeit.
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weird fact is that I have 0 quality defects right from the start
Yeah, it's a common problem for it to not line up quite right, but you shouldn't be able to see light through it. Mine lines up pretty well.