iFixit - Answers With Device "Google Pixel 5"

Google Pixel 5: Where is the teardown?

Sun, 21 Apr 2024 11:29:40 -0700

Where is the teardown and repairability score for this phone? It's been out for 5 months and all there is is a x-ray. The pixel 4a, 4a 5g, every iPhone model, every Samsung model, Xbox, ps5, random Chinese manufacturer phones, OnePlus Nord, watches, speakers, headphones, even lame phone game controller s all get teardowns. But googles main phone for the year? Nothing.

Pixel 1-4 all got one. But the 5? ignored.

Disappointing by iFixit standards. Not a single repair guide or even parts.

But yeah let's tear down a robot pillow with a tail.

⟐ Answer edited April 21, 2024 at 11:29 MST

Google Pixel 5: Need replacement power button

Thu, 13 Jul 2023 01:04:10 -0700

I have looked all over and can not find anyone selling a replacement power button for the Pixel 5. Any suggestions? Will a button for another model fit?

⟐ Answered July 13, 2023 at 1:04 MST

Google Pixel 5: White bar after screen removal is it fixable

Fri, 29 Aug 2025 17:13:06 -0700

After replacing the battery, when I got everything together I found a giant white column in the middle of my screen. I have checked the connectors and all of the pins look fine is there anything else I could try.

⟐ Commented August 29, 2025 at 17:13 MST

Google Pixel 5: My Pixel 5 charging port is damaged. Can I just replace the port?

Tue, 19 Sep 2023 21:54:11 -0700

My Pixel 5 charging port is damaged. Can I just replace the port or do I need to replace the entire motherboard?

⟐ Commented September 19, 2023 at 21:54 MST

Google Pixel 5: Front Facing Camera not working after replacing screen

Sat, 08 Jul 2023 18:36:13 -0700

I bought a Pixel 5replacement screen from iFixit and the replacement seemed to go very smoothly but now the front facing camera only shows black. There is nothing mentioned about the front camera in the repair guide. Did I miss something?

⟐ Commented July 08, 2023 at 18:36 MST

Google Pixel 5: Small metal piece fell out!

Tue, 18 Jun 2024 13:06:44 -0700

When I took my screen off to replace the battery and unscrewed the metal plate a small metal piece that has small hooks on each end and is a sandwich with some kind of plastic inside of it fell out. I don't know where it goes. My ear speaker no longer works. Also, my ear proximity sensor no longer works. Any help would be appreciated. The photos show two views of the same piece. One shows that something is sandwiched between the metal.

⟐ Commented June 18, 2024 at 13:06 MST

Google Pixel 5: Phone won't boot up after battery replacement

Wed, 17 Jan 2024 23:24:32 -0700

I recently bought the Google Pixel 5 OEM battery replacement and tool kit from ifixit. I followed all the steps and successfully installed the new battery. I was about to seal up the screen when something told me to check to see if it even works first. Holding the power button does nothing. I thought ok maybe I need to fully charge it overnight...still nothing. The only thing I can get to work is holding the volume down/power button together. This opens up some sort of fast boot menu so I know the screen and battery are actually connected. Nothing happens when I go through the options (recovery mode, rescue mode, restart bootloader, etc.)

How can I get my phone to boot up so I can use it???

EDIT: I connected my old battery and the phone boots up as normal. So I know there is nothing actually wrong with my phone other than needing a new battery. Reconnected new battery and still can't get the phone to turn on.

⟐ Commented January 17, 2024 at 23:24 MST

Google Pixel 5: Snapped off a piece of motherboard, now the speaker isnt working

Mon, 05 Jun 2023 07:20:02 -0700

So this is a humongous yikes on my part.

I was repairing a pixel 5 and a slight corner of the motherboard snapped off. I know, I'm a silly goose. It's a small corner but nonetheless the bottom speaker has stopped working (the top speaker still works). The contact pads that connect the speaker to the motherboard are in an entirely different place than the piece that snapped off.

Attached are some pics of the motherboard, the case and the "incident". It snapped off and ive attached it with some superglue as some sort of a hail mary, but this didnt work. Does anybody have any idea on how to fix it without resorting to microsoldering by an expert? The green boxes represent the speaker contact points on both the motherboard and the speaker unit, the red boxes represent the single contact point on the snapped off piece that connects to a contact point in the case (maybe a microphone)

Thank you so much in advance

⟐ Answered June 05, 2023 at 7:20 MST

Google Pixel 5: Earpiece Contact Pins Broken on PCB - No Sound For Phone Calls Only

Mon, 09 Feb 2026 03:51:34 -0700

Hello, I was replacing the battery in my Pixel 5 and one of the earpiece contact pins broke off and there is no sound on phone calls only but the other pin is still on there. Wondering if there is a way to repair the pin, or if there is some fix to where i make sound come out of the same way as music etc does, or if replacing the PCB is the only fix?

I have attached a photo of the pins from the repair guide and the one that got knocked out of place was the one on the left FWIW.

Thank You!

⟐ Answered February 09, 2026 at 3:51 MST

Google Pixel 5: How to fix Pixel 5’s fingerprint scanner

Tue, 10 Dec 2024 11:37:48 -0700

My Google Pixel 5 no longer works properly, and the fingerprint scanner isn’t working well. Yes, I will repair the phone completely, but how do I fix the fingerprint scanner?

⟐ Commented December 10, 2024 at 11:37 MST

Google Pixel 5: Pixel 5 keeps restarting, how can I repair/diagnose it?

Mon, 09 Dec 2024 16:57:25 -0700

A few months ago my phone kept restarting every 2-20 seconds for an hour straight. After it stopped I suspected it was a heat issue as it was a really hot day. But today it's been doing the same thing for about 80 minutes (and still does it) and the exterior temperature is pretty cold (20C inside, 10C outside). I noticed that right before it started restarting, the power menu kept popping up a few times, so for that reason alone I suspect it could be something about the power button being broken or something. But to my layman's eyes it seems to click fine and doesn't look loose or pressed, so I don't know.
If I hold the power button down nothing seems to change - it keeps restarting. And if I hold the power and volume down button down it enters the boot menu for a few seconds and then just restarts again.

I've dropped it on wood and linoleum (without a cover) a few times in its lifetime so perhaps it has some interior damage but there's only a few scratches on the outside and no cracks or anything like that - but nothing recently.

Any help is appreciated

EDIT: Now it's completely drained of battery from restarting so much and now it's just flashing the battery icon every few seconds as if I'm manually trying to turn it on and off all the time, so I suspect it's definitely something related to the power button

⟐ Commented December 09, 2024 at 16:57 MST

Google Pixel 5: What screen is this? for what pixel model?

Sat, 17 Jun 2023 12:38:06 -0700

I got a screen left over. I have no idea for what model it is.

Get nothing when searching for the numbers, any ideas?

62H00181-02M A 477C

Thanks in advance

⟐ Answered June 17, 2023 at 12:38 MST

Google Pixel 5: Back cover is becoming unglued

Thu, 15 Jun 2023 04:06:11 -0700

The back cover of my phone is separating at the bottom right. TBH, I've had the phone a while and I'm outside a lot, including in extreme heat and cold. Is there a way to reglue the back panel? It is getting worse every day.

⟐ Answered June 15, 2023 at 4:06 MST

Google Pixel 5: My NFC seems dead, have I to change the entire motherboard?

Fri, 13 Mar 2026 05:45:28 -0700

My phone doesn't charge using induction, I can't read NFC tags so I can't use pay functionalities neither. Do I have to buy a complete motherboard or is NFC board detached from main board ?
- I'm sure NFC option is ON in
- I hard reset the phone before posting

⟐ Answered March 13, 2026 at 5:45 MST

Google Pixel 5: Sorry for a bit off-topic, need a good repair shop recommend. (Gdansk)

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 15:36:41 -0700

Hi, I bought a battery replacement kit from ifixit, and this is already my second kit because the first one got ruined in a workshop. Could you please recommend a good repair shop or a reliable technician in Gdańsk or nearby who can do the battery replacement properly? Thanks.

⟐ Answered February 18, 2026 at 15:36 MST

Google Pixel 5: Proximity sensor not working after performing battery replacement.

Mon, 16 Dec 2024 00:42:10 -0700

Hello, so I've just performed a battery replacement using the ifixit battery replacement kit and tutorial, and while that works all well and good, I've noticed the proximity sensor has stopped working. It now seems to be permanently detecting that something is in front of it even though nothing is, which results in lift to wake not working and the screen going black during phone calls.

I've definitely narrowed it down to being a hardware issue as it still happens during safe mode, though nothing happens when applying pressure to the sensor or around it.

I'm not sure if I should re-open the phone, since I don't have an extra set of adhesive to re-close it, and I don't even know what I'd do once it was open. So does anyone have any suggestions?

⟐ Commented December 16, 2024 at 0:42 MST

Google Pixel 5: Can I replace the rear camera glass without opening the whole phone?

Wed, 17 Apr 2024 05:49:40 -0700

The glass (or clear plastic or whatever) that goes over the rear camera lenses of my Pixel 5 has cracked, and it's affecting the photos I take.

I bought what looks like the correct replacement part on eBay, and I have an iOpener kit. Should I try to pick off the old, cracked glass, perhaps after heating the edges? Or do I need to take the whole rear cover off to replace it?

How do I make the replacement ‘glass’ stick?

⟐ Commented April 17, 2024 at 5:49 MST

Google Pixel 5: Microphone is broken on phone - no one can hear me.

Fri, 29 Mar 2024 16:43:36 -0700

For the past year or so, I've only been able to to take calls on speakerphone and/or with headphones (with dongle, as there is no jack). I'd like to at least try to repair this mic before recycling it and making a new phone purchase.

I took the phone into a repair shop and they quoted me at $350 for the repair, because it required 'full disassembly, and is likely to break the screen which will require replacement'.

Has anyone here tried to repair the microphone on a pixel 5? What was your experience? Is there a guide you find to be reliable?

⟐ Answer edited March 29, 2024 at 16:43 MST

Google Pixel 5: Screen is black on google pixel 5

Fri, 23 Feb 2024 19:40:16 -0700

I replaced the battery on my Google Pixel 5 and it's screen stays black when i try to boot it. When I push the power button, it vibrates, but nothing else happens. Any idea as to why it's not turning on? I did everything according to the instructions I was given by a Ifixit.com. Except I messed up the pull strips on the batter and may have punctured the black lining underneath it but it wasn't too bad. When i was prying it open i preyed a bit to much to the top so i remove the plastic bit on the bottom of the screen. I ended up adding adhesive to stick it together but it didnt make a crunch sound when i pushed down the screen.

⟐ Edited by author February 23, 2024 at 19:40 MST

Google Pixel 5: Pixel 5 screen not staying flat, replacement adhesive not saying

Thu, 23 Nov 2023 22:51:45 -0700

Hi.

I've been trying to replace my Pixel 5 screen. I've already gone through two of the iFixit adhesives for the phone.

The first time, I thought maybe I didn't clean the phone well enough and also didn't align the adhesive properly. I took much more care a second time, ensuring that everything is carefully aligned and to press the adhesive down all around. However, I'm having the exact same issue. I'm not sure if I am doing something wrong, or if there's some insight I'm missing.

As you can see, the screen bows upwards.

⟐ Commented November 23, 2023 at 22:51 MST