Fairphone 5 Screen Replacement

Unplug all cables and power down your phone.

Insert your fingernail, or a pry tool like a spudger, under the notch at the bottom right of the back cover.

Pry up the back cover to release the bottom right corner clips.

Grip the bottom right corner of the back cover with one hand and brace the phone frame with the other.

Lift the back cover away from the phone to release the clips around its perimeter.

Remove the back cover.

Use your fingernail, or a pry tool like a spudger, to lift the battery by its tab along the bottom edge.

Remove the battery.

Use a Phillips driver to remove the eight 3.9 mm‑long screws securing the screen.

While supporting the screen, lift the phone with the screen facing downward.

Pull the phone frame upward to separate it from the screen.

Flip the screen and frame over and lay them down with the screen resting over the top left portion of the frame, exposing the display cable.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the screen press connector.

Remove the screen.