LG V30 Display (screen only) Replacement

The back of the phone has adhesive around all edges, as well as additional adhesive shown in yellow.

Start by heating the bottom of the phone and carefully using a metal spudger or a suction cup to lift the glass panel up enough to insert an opening pick.

Heat up each edge and move picks towards the top of the phone, leaving one pick inserted in each corner.

Gently but firmly remove the back glass.

Remove 10 Philips screws.

To remove the plastic frame, insert the tip of a spudger into the access point indicated in red and disengage the clips.

Continue to disengage the clips by moving the spudger up the left side of the phone, around the top, and down the right side.

Once the top half of the frame is freed, remove the part by wiggling it up and out from underneath this tab.

Disconnect the battery. While holding the motherboard down, pry up on the battery connector.

Remove the bottom plastic frame part by inserting the flat end of a spudger under the top edge and disengaging the remaining clips.

While holding the motherboard down, disconnect 5 ribbon cable connectors from the motherboard.

Insert the pointed end of a spudger here and carefully lift the left edge of the motherboard from the frame.

Continue to lift the top half of the motherboard out of the frame, moving ribbon cable connectors as necessary.

There is additional adhesive holding the bottom portion of the motherboard in place.

Remove the battery by inserting a plastic card or opening picks under the bottom edge.

The adhesive runs around the edges of the battery.

Lift the front-facing camera out of the frame.

Insert an opening pick underneath the ear speaker between the screen and the frame of the phone.

Use an opening pick to seperate the adhesive securing the display cable to the frame.

Heat the top part of the phone and use a metal spudger to gentlly lift the display enough to insert an opening pick.

Heat each side of the phone and use an opening pick to seperate the display from the frame.

Be sure to transfer the earpiece speaker grille to the new display if necessary.