Introduzione
This repair guide was authored by the iFixit staff and hasn’t been endorsed by Google. Learn more about our repair guides here.
Use this guide to remove or replace the rear camera assembly in your Google Pixel 6.
For your safety, discharge the battery below 25% before disassembling your phone. This reduces the risk of a dangerous thermal event if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair. If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
Caution: The Pixel 6 contains class 1 lasers. Disassembly could result in exposure to invisible infrared laser emissions.
Retaining water resistance after the repair will depend on how well you reapply the adhesive, but your device will lose its IP (Ingress Protection) rating.
You’ll need replacement adhesive to reattach components when reassembling the device.
Cosa ti serve
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Pull the blue handle backwards to unlock the Anti-Clamp's arms.
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Slide the arms over either the left or right edge of your phone.
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Position the suction cups near the bottom edge of the phone—one on the front, and one on the back.
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Squeeze the cups together to apply suction.
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Heat an iOpener and thread it through the arms of the Anti-Clamp.
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Fold the iOpener so it lays on the bottom edge of the phone.
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Wait one minute to give the adhesive a chance to release and present an opening gap.
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Insert an opening pick under the screen frame when the Anti-Clamp creates a large enough gap.
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Skip the next two steps.
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Apply a heated iOpener to the screen to loosen the adhesive underneath. Apply the iOpener for at least three minutes.
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Once the screen is warm to the touch, apply a suction handle to the bottom edge of the screen.
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Lift the screen, including its safety frame, with the suction handle to create a small gap between the screen and the phone assembly.
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Insert an opening pick into the gap between the screen frame and the phone assembly.
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Slide the opening pick to the bottom right corner of the screen to slice its adhesive.
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Leave the opening pick in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Insert a second opening pick at the bottom edge and slide it to the bottom left corner of the screen to slice the adhesive.
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Leave the opening pick in place to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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The screen of the Google Pixel 6 is not only held in place by adhesive but also small plastic clips. If your opening pick gets blocked during the screen removal procedure, it means you inserted your pick too deep underneath the screen. Only insert the tip of the opening pick (3-4 mm) when slicing the display adhesive.
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Insert a third opening pick underneath the bottom left corner of the screen.
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Slide the opening pick along the left edge of the screen to slice the adhesive.
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Leave the opening pick in the top left corner to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
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Carefully open the right side of the screen to the left side of the phone assembly like you would open a book.
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Use a pair of tweezers to carefully unhinge and remove the metal bracket sitting on top of the display cable connector.
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Use a spudger to disconnect the display flex cable by prying the connector straight up from its socket.
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Remove the screen.
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If you replaced the screen, check the front-facing camera hole on the screen and remove any remaining protective liners in it.
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This is a good point to test your phone before sealing it up. Temporarily connect your screen, power on your phone, and make sure it works as expected. Before continuing with reassembly, power off your phone and disconnect the screen.
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Follow this guide if you're using custom-cut adhesives for your device.
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Follow this guide if you're using a pre-cut adhesive card.
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If you're installing a new screen, follow this guide to calibrate the fingerprint sensor.
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Apply a heated iOpener or a heat gun to the rear glass to loosen the adhesive underneath the graphite films on top of the battery. Apply the iOpener for at least two minutes.
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Use a pair of blunt nose tweezers or a clean fingernail to carefully peel the black graphite film off the top edge of the battery and the motherboard shield.
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Remove the graphite film.
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Use a Torx T3 screwdriver to remove the screws securing the motherboard cover:
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Eight 4.8 mm-long screws
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One 2.4 mm-long screw
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Use a spudger to disconnect the battery cable by prying the connector straight up from its socket.
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Use a Torx T3 screwdriver to remove the two 4.8 mm-long screws securing the camera assembly.
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Use a spudger to disconnect the two camera cables by prying their connectors straight up from their sockets.
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Use your fingers or a pair of tweezers to carefully lift the rear camera assembly out of its recess and remove it.
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If possible, turn on your device and test your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. During reassembly apply new adhesive where necessary after cleaning the relevant areas with isopropyl alcohol (>90%).
To run a diagnostics test with the built-in Pixel Diagnostic tool, click here.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
If possible, turn on your device and test your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. During reassembly apply new adhesive where necessary after cleaning the relevant areas with isopropyl alcohol (>90%).
To run a diagnostics test with the built-in Pixel Diagnostic tool, click here.
Take your e-waste to an R2 or e-Stewards certified recycler.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.
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3 Commenti
Perfect guide, and incredibly simple fix, especially with all the pre-cut adhesive replacements from the full kit.
Hello. After replacing the camera, it did not turn on and the camera application crashed with an error. The old camera also no longer worked. I bought another camera and the symptom recurred. In the workshop, the connector on the motherboard was checked (healthy), they could not help with anything else. Perhaps you can suggest something. p.s. re-flashing was done many times, did not help
Just great !!! My wife broke her rear back camera glass and scratched one of the lenses. The quote from the repair store was 200EUR+. I ordered the full kit with the tools and I can only say its 10/10. From the instructions to the tools provided everything worked great. Camera worked like a charm. Replacement took like 40 minutes. The only problem I had was cleaning the old adhesive from the phone which took another hour. Overal I will always check if there is a repair kit from ifixit in the future if I need to repair something on my own.
