To remove the back simply slide the back upwards and lift it off gently. 00 screw holding the battery clip in place. Remove this screw located to the bottom left of the battery. The metal clip on the battery is what clips the battery to the logic board. You'll need to pop this clip up with your plastic pry tool.
Simply stick the end of your pry tool underneath the clip and gently pull upwards until it unfastens from the logic board. DO NOT USE THE PLASTIC PULL TAB, there is a lot of adhesive and the tab will break or you will damage the battery. Instead run your pry tool along the right side of the battery and break the adhesive that way.
Once the battery is free from the adhesive, you can pull the battery out of the phone. There are no other connectors holding it in. Remove the grounding clip, it is to the left of where you disconnected the battery. You will seen another screw that is holding in the grounding clip over the antenna, remove this screw.
Gently lift the grounding clip out of the device. There is a shield held on with two screws covering the dock connector cable. Remove the two screws holding it in place. Next, use your pry tool to pry up the actual dock connector cable. Unclip the antenna from the logic board, Underneath where you removed the grounding clip, you'll see a tiny circular cable.
You'll need to unclip it from the logic board. Take the edge of your pry tool or spudger and gently pry up the circular head to detach it from the logic board. You'll notice the cable is wound around some metal brackets. Just gently guide it out of the brackets with your pry tool and finger. It's attached to the speaker assembly.
Remove the top logic board shield, There are 5 screws holding the logic board shield in place. Remove the 5 screws holding it in place plus screw number 6 off to the right. Just be sure to remember which holes they came out of as the screws are different sizes.
Next you'll need to remove the shield. There is a tiny clip built into the shield holding it in place. Grab the shield by the top where the top screw came out and gently lift up and push down. The bottom notch will come out and you should be able to gently lift the shield out of the device. Remove wifi antenna grounding clip, The number 6 screw we removed previously has a clip underneath it.
Gently use your pry tool to remove it. Disconnect 7 cables from the logic board, Pop up all the cables by gently lifting them with your pry tool or spudger.. Next gently lift the camera out of the device. You'll notice there is a tiny tab that is seated underneath the LCD and digitizer cables to the right.
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