Difficoltà
Moderato
Passi
26
Tempo Necessario
1 - 2 ore
- SIM Card 2 passi
- Opening Procedure 12 passi
- Midframe 2 passi
- Battery Connector 1 passo
- Motherboard 7 passi
- Loudspeaker 2 passi
In Lavorazione
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Introduzione
Use this guide to replace the primary loudspeaker in your Pixel 2 XL.
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Insert a SIM card eject tool or a paperclip into the small hole in the SIM card tray, located on the left edge of the phone, opposite of the power and volume buttons.
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Press firmly to eject the tray.
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Apply a suction cup as close to the SIM slot edge of the phone as you can while avoiding the curved edge.
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Pull up on the suction cup with firm, constant pressure and insert an opening pick between the front panel and rear case.
Whatever happened to “Do not heat your phone. If needed, you can use a dropper or syringe to inject isopropyl alcohol (90+%) around the edges of the back cover to weaken the adhesive.”?
It is in concern with swollen batteries.
I spent an hour trying to get the glass screen apart from the body. I tried the hairdryer etc but made no progress. However, when I used a sucker to gently pull on the glass it was easy.
I used a heat gun, and the metal spatula in the iFixit kit. I broke the screen. Then, continuing with a blue plastic triangle, the screen continued to break. It seems to be quite brittle.
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Do not insert the pick more than 0.25 inches (6 mm) into the bottom edge of the phone. If the pick contacts the folded portion of the OLED panel, it can damage the display.
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Do not cut along the left edge; there are delicate display cables that can be damaged.
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Only make very shallow cuts in the upper left corner; prying deeply can damage the front-facing camera.
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Use the corner of an opening tool to pry up the digitizer cable connector cover.
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Remove the connector cover.
Lol mine shot off and Ricocheted off the ceiling! Then landed on my shoulder haha
It literally popped me right in the middle of the forehead. My wife is still making fun of me.
Mine flew off while I was laughing you guys, never too be seen again: (
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Use the point of a spudger to lift the digitizer cable connector up and out of its socket on the motherboard.
This small connector gave me fits getting it located correctly, is there a trick to getting it aligned since it’s difficult to see around edge of the connector?
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Use the flat edge of a spudger to lift the display cable connector up from its socket.
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Remove the display.
BE EXTRA CAREFUL HERE, and during reassembly! There are 2 itty bitty parts directly under this ribbon cable connector that, if damaged, will render your loudspeaker unusable. The only sure way to fix it if you break it is to replace the motherboard. There are some reports of people being able to solder the spots and shorting it to make it work, and that worked for me for a time, but they’re really tiny (about 0.5 mm) and if you don’t get a secure solder, or if you bleed over, it will also mess up your top speaker.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the battery connector.
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Use the point of a spudger to disconnect the front-facing camera connector.
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Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the right Active Edge sensor connector.
Also disconnect the antenna cable just to the right of the right Active Edge sensor connector
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Make sure all the cables and connectors are clear of the board, and use the flat edge of a spudger to gently lift the bottom of the motherboard.
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Holding the wide part of the motherboard near the SIM card slot, carefully slide the board toward the bottom of the phone while lifting it out of the phone.
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Remove the motherboard.
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Try to keep the phone flat with the battery facing up after you remove the motherboard, as the front-facing camera can fall out of the phone case very easily.
Agreed. No mention of the antenna cable.
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Slide the point of a spudger under the lower left side of the loudspeaker and slowly pry the speaker assembly up from the phone.
This step was very difficult, I believe I just snapped the loudspeaker to the left of silver oval piece
I was just able to remove the loud speaker using the directions provided. The piece sprung out of the phone. The bottom of the piece is flat with pieces of metal and it appears to be slightly bent from my prying. We will see if it still works.
I ended up using my metal silver spudger. It goes in farther without prying on the fragile plastic. I’m replacing the charging circuit anyway, so not too worried about minor damage
This is a difficult step. Pictures indicating other safe pry points would be helpful.
Most stubborn component to remove.
I was able to remove this without great stress on the part by inserting my right thumbnail (thumbprint facing the battery / top of the phone) in between the loudspeaker and the phone body above the silver oval, while at the same time using my left index fingernail to gently lift the long left side protrusion of the loudspeaker. Note that the plastic opening picks were too thick for this. Took twenty minutes or more to figure this out, but about two minutes or less to do it. The fundamental problem seems to be that this part is friction-fit into place, and you won’t get it out all in one motion without risk of breaking it, you have to work at it alternately from every angle. I also added a few drops of everclear (95% ethanol, isopropyl was hard to come by because of COVID), which may or may not have mattered (I have no control for this experiment). I believe there was no damage to the part.
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Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our Answers community for troubleshooting help.
Compare your new replacement part to the original part—you may need to transfer remaining components or remove adhesive backings from the new part before installing.
To reassemble your device, follow the above steps in reverse order.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our Answers community for troubleshooting help.
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Does this method work with the earpiece one as well?
We don’t have official instructions out for the earpiece speaker, but it’s only accessible underneath the glass panel and antenna assembly on the back of the phone so removing it is a bit different. After removing the motherboard you would have to lift this flex cable from the back of the phone, just enough to separate it from the adhesive holding it down. Then you can carefully pry up the glass panel, and remove antenna assembly and the earpiece speaker underneath. You’ll probably need an iOpener, suction cup, and opening picks to remove the panel and everything underneath—they’re all glued down pretty solidly.
