iFixit - Answers With Device "Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus"

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Why cant I have access to my Gmail account and I cant update my samsun

Tue, 10 Mar 2026 22:28:39 -0700

I cant login into my Gmail,i cant update the phone.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: My phone stucks on Samsung logo?

Tue, 03 Feb 2026 05:15:45 -0700

My Samsung S10+ is stuck on the. Samsung logo, no options to do factory reset too

⟐ Answered February 03, 2026 at 5:15 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: It's stuck in download mode after I tried to flash the stock rom

Fri, 16 Jan 2026 19:11:48 -0700

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Why after changing screen finger print isnot working

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 08:21:33 -0700

Why after changing screen finger print isnot working

⟐ Answered January 12, 2026 at 8:21 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Finger print not work

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 23:28:19 -0700

Finger print

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Salvageable from water damage?

Sat, 04 Oct 2025 08:09:07 -0700

Whelp, my son decided to wade into the deep end of the pool on Labor Day, so I had to jump in to save him and didn't empty my pockets. I was in the water for maybe 10-15sec. Even though I have the 1TB version, good thing I saved all media and files to my 1TB SD card or else I'm assuming I'd have lost EVERYTHING. So, SIM card and MicroSD still works in my replacement S10+, no damage to them. All the content on the SD card is just fine, no issues at all. I didn't use the phone for several days afterwards, didn't charge it. It had shut itself off after a couple minutes after I got out of the pool. I took out SIM tray and laid it in front of my Dewalt cordless fan for a few days. I get no response now when I plug it into the wall charger, no response when I plug into my laptop (....strangely, my laptop running Win10 makes the "device connected" beeping sound when I plug the phone in but Explorer doesn't see the phone). I have unplugged the battery cable. It's just a dead phone now. Is ANYTHING from this salvageable? The upper right on phone internals look smoked. I don't know what those are.

Is there a way for me to diagnose the issue? I'm no electrician or small parts engineer. Is there a trusted company that can inspect/diagnose/repair? Would hate to just lose the entire value here. Everything worked perfectly with zero damage before the pool. Shouldn't the ROM still be good? Or the LCD screen? Is there parts value?

⟐ Answer edited October 04, 2025 at 8:09 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: What is this silver film/ sticker on the inside of rear glass?

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:34:40 -0700

I posted a picture. I'm wanting to know what the silver sticker/film is called that is on the inside of the rear glass on my galaxy S10+. What is it for? What does it do? Is it important? Do I need to transfer it over to the new rear glass when replacing? Thank you in advance!

⟐ Answered September 20, 2025 at 12:34 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: From whee I can buy the back panel for galaxy s10 plus?

Sat, 20 Sep 2025 12:32:21 -0700

i want to buy the back panel for galaxy s10 plus cuz i broke mine .

and onther q . if i replace it . is the water resistant will go away ?

⟐ Commented September 20, 2025 at 12:32 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Device is constantly overheating and touch is flickering sometimes

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 03:53:25 -0700

My device is constantly overheating and shutting down and by constantly I mean like 10 times a day

And lately it even stops charging

And my touch is flickering sometimes without even touching it

What might be the reason?

Is there any solution ?

⟐ Commented September 14, 2025 at 3:53 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: How to refurbish screen

Thu, 31 Jul 2025 12:50:03 -0700

So I dropped my phone and my screen was working but it had really bad crack, it did not have any dead pixels but after a day the screen went full black, my question is can i just replace polarizer and should then the phone work or is it damaged and i need to buy a new lcd now? How to check that?

⟐ Commented July 31, 2025 at 12:50 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Galaxy S10 won't turn on after battery change (it's not a bad battery)

Thu, 24 Jul 2025 23:14:34 -0700

Hi! I just did a battery replacement following the guide here, on iFixit, on my wife's Samsung Galaxy S10+ and everything was going on just fine, all the pieces where coming off as they were supposed to. In the end, I swapped the battery, but the new one in place and tested it to see if it would power up. It didn't, but I didn't think much of it, as the battery could be dead. I closed everything up and tried again. No joy. I powered on the phone and it did startup, then it stopped and showed the water damage warning. I used Isopropyl alcohol to loosen the adhesive and I had to use quite a lot. I didn't have a needle, so I had to improvise with the pick and slowly dripping it against the pick into the battery holder. There was some spillage, though, but I did dried it up with a cloth before connecting the battery. Anyway, I thought: well, it's alcohol. It was late, I just wanted to get to bed and, you know... it will dry up during the night and in the morning and it will be ok. I unplugged the phone and just left it there.

Morning came and I went to check on the phone. Now it won't even power on or show the water damage warning. I did a full tear down, checked the connections, checked for corrosion, everything I could possible think of and I can't find a reason why the phone seems dead (other than somehow the alcohol shortened a circuit in the board). I also used a blow dryer on the parts and that for sure got all the alcohol out. I also checked on the humidity sensor on the sim card and it wasn't tripped.

Does anyone know if there's any part that's essential to be connected, like an anti tampering sensor on the case, that prevents the phone from being turned on without a connection?

If someone has any ideas on how to further troubleshoot this, I'm all ears. I'm not an amateur on these types of repairs, so feel free to go as technical as you want. I saw a post by @oldturkey03, on another thread, with a flowchart of the troubleshooting process and I'm very much interested in following it, but I haven't seen the markings of the parts he's referring to, so I'd appreciate if someone has more information on how to find these parts or a more extensive guide.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this!

PS: I have, of course, tried to power on the phone with the old battery, which was still usable and had around 20% charge, and closed up the phone before plugging it in unsuccessfully

⟐ Commented July 24, 2025 at 23:14 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Fingerprint sensor not functioning.

Mon, 24 Mar 2025 10:10:52 -0700

Is there any way to repair a non functioning fingerprint sensor without a full screen replacement?

⟐ Answered March 24, 2025 at 10:10 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Why is the bottom thrid half of my screen flickering white

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 12:31:38 -0700

the thrid bottom half of my phone flickers white and sometimes green and everytime I turn off my phone it won't turn back on unless I press the power button multiple times.

⟐ Commented March 22, 2025 at 12:31 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Moisture in both cameras after battery replacement with iFixIt

Sun, 20 Oct 2024 16:09:34 -0700

After replacing the battery I left it turned off (as in completely off) and left it to charge 100% for a few hours as per the calibration procedure and went outside.
When I came home I had missed a video call so I went to go and call him back but immediately cameras both sides are blurry and, upon checking, there is moisture in both cameras. As of this post it's about 20+ ish C-inside, 8C outside but it's never even left my home since replacement so not sure where the moisture started coming from

⟐ Commented October 20, 2024 at 16:09 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Motherboard swap and NAND chip replacement

Wed, 02 Oct 2024 07:02:16 -0700

Hello,

I was told that I have a dead power IC, so I ordered a replacement motherboard online for my S10+ G975U.

My goal is to not lose any data. Is it possible to swap the NAND storage with the one that has my data on it?

Also, was it an overkill to order the whole motherboard (they didn't tell me which IC is dead in particular)?

⟐ Answered October 02, 2024 at 7:02 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Lost a Screw repairing; where to buy new one?

Tue, 24 Sep 2024 23:49:31 -0700

I lost one of the 3.8mm screws while repairing my headphone jack today. Is there a good substitute it as a replacement that won't cause internal damage to the phone if it was installed?

⟐ Commented September 24, 2024 at 23:49 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Samsung Galaxy S10+ Replacment buttons

Tue, 06 Aug 2024 03:01:57 -0700

hi there, buttons (or button caps) on my Samsung galaxy S10+ Silver (International version) are starting to break (only one side would break, then the button would be half out, its still works, but its very annoying to use, because you are always afraid you will loose it) and fall out, first the bixby button broke which I never replaced because it was anoying button that got accidently pressed to much anyway

but now, volume button also decided to break

So I decided to treat my phone with new buttons

Now the question

I am based in Europe (in Slovenia) and was wondering how much I am supposed to pay for this buttons so I don't get ripped off

in china you can buy buttons very cheap like: https://www.aliexpress.com/item/10050053...

but I am afraid the quality will be bad

then on amazon the shipping costs more then the button:

https://www.amazon.com/Button-Replacemen...

https://www.amazon.com/GinTai-Button-Rep...

So I am not sure how much should this buttons costs?

Also if there is any good store in Europe for parts like this

Thanks for Anwsering and Best Regards

⟐ Answer edited August 06, 2024 at 3:01 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Why is my replacement battery draining so fast?

Mon, 15 Jul 2024 21:38:35 -0700

Installed the replacement battery in my Galaxy S10+ about a week ago, following instructions. I fully charged it to 100% (plus 2 hrs) and let it die, then charged it again. Seemed to work well the first few days. But since then, it drains very fast. AccuBattery app tells me it drains about 20%/hr with screen on and ~10%/hr with screen off. I don't believe I use any heavy -draining apps; keep the screen fairly dim, don't watch many videos, etc. Any help is appreciated. Thank you.

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: Why is my mobile data not working?

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 12:00:49 -0700

Even if I have a valid data pack and full network coverage, I am not able to use my data. I've tried changing its antenna from a local shop however, the problem is still the same.

⟐ Commented July 12, 2024 at 12:00 MST

Samsung Galaxy S10 Plus: How to get back msg on screen while charging my samsung s10 plus

Thu, 20 Jun 2024 06:42:38 -0700

While charging my phone sometimes showing on screen not connected with charher pic..and down showing don't show the massage again ..mistakely i press that option now when i charge my phone that's msg not came and mobile is charging but its not showing fast charge ..so how i get back that msg when i charge my mobile?

⟐ Commented June 20, 2024 at 6:42 MST