HTC EVO Design 4G Charging Port Replacement

Tools: Phillips #000 Screwdriver, T4 Torx Screwdriver, Safety Pry Tool (Guitar pick), Tweezers

Use fingers on either end of the button edges of the phone to pull back cover off. It should slide off.

When open, pull on “Open” tab and it should rotate towards you

Grab the bottom edge of the battery and pull it toward you

On the side of the top casing on the phone there should be a slot. Use your safety pry tool (guitar pick) pry around the perimeter of the casing to remove it

Info*: The adhesive tape that you may find will not be necessary for replacement later

Remove the two Phillips screws to release the casing above the port

Remove the top and bottom pairs of Torx screws.

Remove the middle pair of two Phillips screws.

To remove the remaining cover, lift the side port, which was previously uncovered, then lift the outer shell from the bottom of the phone and slide it forward

Remove the two revealed screws on the outside (Torx = red, Phillips = orange), and then remove the two phillips on the bottom of the phone

Remove the rear housing by prying around the edge with your Safety Pry Tool

Unplug the wire connecting the vibrator to the board with your tweezers

Unfold motherboard from the screen (open carefully like a book)

Disconnect the two aluminum flex cables

The flex cables should be the only binding and after being removed should leave you with the separate screen

Use solder sucker to remove solder from the back of charging port

Use solder sucker to remove solder from the front of charging port

There are 2 soldering locations from the top view and 4 locations from the bottom view