Introduction
Use this guide to replace your Nokia 6’s motherboard.
If the battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions. Be very careful when heating the phone when removing the screen. As the battery is in the center of the phone, avoid heating the center, focusing only on the edges to heat up the adhesive.
What you need
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Insert the SIM card ejection tool into the hole on the left side of the phone.
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Remove the SIM card and microSD card.
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Lay overlapping strips of clear packing tape over the Nokia 6's display until the whole screen is covered.
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To soften the adhesive, use a heat gun and heat one edge of the phone for five minutes.
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To use the heat gun, plug it into an outlet.
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Take a Jimmy and slide it under the glass after the adhesive has been softened.
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Place a pick under the glass after lifting with the pry tool so that the screen won't re-adhere to the frame again.
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Use a Phillips #000 screwdriver to remove the 1 mm x 1.4 mm screw holding down the metal bracket over the screen ribbon connector.
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Use a spudger to disconnect the screen ribbon connector and free the display assembly.
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Carefully remove the screen from the device.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to remove the 1.2 mm x 2.2 mm screw in the upper hand corner of the phone.
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Use tweezers to remove the bracket.
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Detach the cable with the black nylon spudger.
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Detach the home button and remove it from the device.
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Remove 18 screws.
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There is one 1 mm x 1.4 mm screw that needs to be removed by a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
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One of the screws is 1.2 mm x 4.2 mm and will be removed by a Phillips #00.
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The remaining 16 screws can be removed by the Phillips #00 screwdriver and are 1.2 mm x 2.2 mm.
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Decouple the midframe with the spudger and remove the midframe from the device.
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Tool used on this step:Tweezers$4.99
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Remove the bracket with tweezers.
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Detach the two cables with the spudger.
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Detach the cable with a pair of tweezers.
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Remove six screws.
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Two of these screws are 1.0 mm x 1.4 mm and need to be removed by a Phillips #000 screwdriver.
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The remaining four screws are 1.2 mm x 2.2 mm and are removed by a Phillips #00 screwdriver.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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