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Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal

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  1. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the bottom: passo 1, immagine 1 di 1
    • Remove the battery and the SD-Card.

    • Remove the three marked screws from the bottom of the camera.

  2. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Finding the screws: passo 2, immagine 1 di 2 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Finding the screws: passo 2, immagine 2 di 2
    • Remove four pieces of leatherette from the front and the back of the camera. Lift the edge of the leatherette and pull. The material itself is quite sturdy and the glue will still be good if you re-apply the pieces after you are finished.

  3. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the back 1: passo 3, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the back 1: passo 3, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the back 1: passo 3, immagine 3 di 3
    • Remove two screws from the left side of the camera

    • Remove three screws from the right side of the camera

    • Remove the screw between the Q and the DISP/BACK button.

  4. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the back 2: passo 4, immagine 1 di 1
    • Remove the screw hiding below the rubber-pad.

  5. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the front: passo 5, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the front: passo 5, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Screws on the front: passo 5, immagine 3 di 3
    • Remove two screws from the left side of the camera.

    • Remove two screws from the right side of the camera

    • Remove nine screws from the front of the camera.

  6. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the bottom cover: passo 6, immagine 1 di 1
    • You can now remove the plastic base cover.

    • Below you will see two more screws. Please remove them as well.

  7. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the back cover: passo 7, immagine 1 di 2 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the back cover: passo 7, immagine 2 di 2
    • Now the two metal covers will get loose. Start by removing the back-cover containing the LCD.

    • Open the connector holding the FPC (the orange wiggly thing) and remove it.

    • You open the connector by lifting the little clip on the opposite side of the oranged FPC (second picture). Then you can pull out the orange FPC.

  8. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Insides 1: passo 8, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Insides 1: passo 8, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Insides 1: passo 8, immagine 3 di 3
    • Remove two screws (red).

    • Disconnect the FPC on the left side (green rectancle). You have to open the lever.

    • Remove the copper foil from the upper part, but do not remove it completely (pink rectangle).

    • The small round part on the bottom is the beeper. Free the connecting wire from the white duct tape. The beeper itself is glued in his place and can easily be removed by pulling.

    • On the left side is one FPC left. This connector can not be opened, the FPC must be removed by pulling (blue-ish rectangle)

  9. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Inner parts: passo 9, immagine 1 di 2 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Inner parts: passo 9, immagine 2 di 2
    • Finally! You can move the steel part away and by opening the last remaining FPC connector on the main PCB you can remove this steel thing completely.

  10. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Cameras ready, prepare the flash.: passo 10, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Cameras ready, prepare the flash.: passo 10, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Cameras ready, prepare the flash.: passo 10, immagine 3 di 3
    • Cameras ready, prepare the flash. You will now access the flash capacitor. This can be dangerous. If you are not sure, do not continue.

    • The capacitor for the flash can hold dangerously high voltages. I measured 260V across the terminals 2hrs after disconnecting the battery. Either monitor the voltag with you multimeter until it is safe or discharge the capacitor using an resistor of adequate wattage. Do not short circuit the terminals of the capacitor.

    • Remove the screw below the white plastic.

    • Remove the lower FPC as well. This connector does not have a lever. Remove the cable by pulling.

    • You can now remove the little PCB from the housing.

  11. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the top cover: passo 11, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the top cover: passo 11, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Remove the top cover: passo 11, immagine 3 di 3
    • Ok, only two steps, then the top-cover can be removed.

    • First, remove the marked FPC from its connector. This leads to any button or wheel on the silver top part.

    • The remove the tiny screw beneath the viewfinder on the front with an TORX T1.

    • Then you can remove the silver top cover by pulling.

    • The big capacitor will still be attached.

  12. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Disconnecting the main PCB: passo 12, immagine 1 di 2 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Disconnecting the main PCB: passo 12, immagine 2 di 2
    • Separate the right PCB by disconnecting the remaining three FPCs.

    • This part (PCB and containing plastic) can now be removed as well.

  13. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Separate the lens from the body: passo 13, immagine 1 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Separate the lens from the body: passo 13, immagine 2 di 3 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Separate the lens from the body: passo 13, immagine 3 di 3
    • The lens is screwed with four big screws to the body.

    • Two screws on the bottom are easily accessible

    • One screw on the top left is also easy to reach.

    • The fourth screw is a bit hidden under two FPCs. You don't have to remove these FPCs to remove this screw.

  14. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, Removing the sand.: passo 14, immagine 1 di 1
    • Do you still remember why I opened the camera in the first place? Because I could not turn the lens any more due to sand.

    • I found some sand lodged between the big and the little gear shown on the picture. I turned the lens so that the opening pointed down and carefully turned the lens back and forth. A very small amount of sand fell out but it was enough to get things going again.

  15. Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, HELP: passo 15, immagine 1 di 2 Fujifilm X20 Disassembly and sand removal, HELP: passo 15, immagine 2 di 2
    • Two pictures showing a) the parts and b) the screws and their position.

Conclusione

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. Please pay attention to the following steps:

-On the PCB with the big capacitor you have to push the FPC in. There is no lever on the socket.

- On all other sockets, open the lever first, slide in the FPC and close the socket.

- Be careful with the thick wires going to the flash, They may keep keep the flash from opening. Try this out before closing the camera.

- Don't forget so secure the beeper and his wire.

- Also remember to glue on the copper foil.

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Excellent guide my friend

It is useful to work with the previous model Fuji X10

amigo_alegria_clown - Replica

Hi Christian, thank you very much for this detailed guide.

Question: I had the same problem, sand or similar which for a while blocked my lens. I tried to open and close more times in a few days and after a while apparently the problem was solved… but now I have “dust” inside the lens (and/or on the sensor). To clean lens and sensor do I need to follow all the guide? Because I’m not expert and the part of the flash scares me a little. Moreover my camera is still working and perhaps my niece would like to use it even if the result has a bit of sand-and-dust in two or three points.

A request: I would never send my camera to Fujifilm after they told me that they wouldn’t tell me the cost of the fix, and that for sure it would be at least 200€. Do you think that I could find any other option?

Again, thank you for your job.

Mauro Piccotti - Replica

Hi Mauro, if it fits your wallet and if I were you I would give the camera to your niece and buy myself a new one. There are so many awesome cameras out there.

Regarding the flash, if you take the battery out and leave the camera alone for two days there should not be any voltage left. To be sure you could hook up a multimeter like I have shown in Step 10, right picture, and measure. As soon as you hook up the multimeter the voltage will slowly drop to zero volts.

The CCD Sensor is mounted together with the lens, you can see this unit on the very last picture on the bottom right corner of the green mat. Four screws hold a PCB, to which the sensor is mounted IIRC. I didn’t open this, there was no need to do this and I did not want to deal with an misaligned sensor afterwards. So to say, yes, you have to open the whole thing to get to the sensor.

Christian - Replica

Hi Christian, thank you for answering. I’ve already bought a new camera (a Sony A6000), but I don’t like to keep a not perfect camera, so probably I’ll give it to my niece to teach her how to take pictures. If she doesn’t like the present I’ll try to fix it, at least I know that I don’t risk an explosion of a capacitor :)

Thank you again.

Mauro Piccotti -

Hi. Great guide. I have a x10 and is not turning on. Do you know if is a easy access to the lens switcher, or any idea about what can be the cause? It is there a way to press a combination of buttons and reset the camera? Best regards.

Mihai Radu - Replica

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