Motorola Droid X LCD and Digitizer Replacement

Introducción

If you are experiencing having a problem with your LCD or digitizer, follow this installation guide. This is a challenging tutorial, that requires a complete deconstruction of the Droid X. Proceed with caution.

Qué necesitas

Paso 1 Battery

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Locate the power button at the top of the phone. Depress power button for 2 seconds until a menu appears.

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Paso 2

Once the menu appears, select the "power off" option. Wait until the phone is completely off.

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Paso 3

Place thumb on the back cover, and push down towards the bottom of the device. Once the cover releases, pull it away from the phone and set it aside.

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Paso 4

Find the yellow pull tab located in the upper left corner. Pull the tab until the battery dislodges. Grab the battery by the raised edge, and remove it from the case.

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Paso 5

The battery has been successfully removed.

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Paso 6 Motorola Droid X Rear Housing

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Remove the micro SD card from its connector.

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Paso 7

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Locate the seam between the back case and the end cover on the top edge of the phone.
Use the plastic opening tool to detach the two clips by wedging the tool into the right side of the seam and moving right to left. Once the cover comes off set it aside

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Paso 8

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Repeat step 2 on the bottom cover.

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Paso 9

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Use a T5 Torx screwdriver to remove the screws in each corner of the phone.
The screws are very small so make sure not to lose them.

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Paso 10

Flip the phone over and locate the screw on the middle of the left side. Unscrew it using the T5 Torx screwdriver and set it aside.

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Paso 11

Identify the screw located in the bottom right corner of the battery case. Remove the screw with a T5 (or in some cases T6) torx screwdriver and set it aside.

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Paso 12

Locate the seam along the right edge of the phone. Use the prying tool to disconnect the two clips along the edge.

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Paso 13

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Locate the two clips on the inside of the case and use the spudger tool to detach them from the case. To detach each clip, use the sharp end to press the small, black plastic in the center of the clip.

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Paso 14

After the clips are detached, remove the back case and set it aside.

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Paso 15 Motherboard

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Remove the screws along both sides of the motherboard using a T3 Torx screwdriver. On some phones this may require a #1 Phillips Screw Driver.

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Paso 16

Carefully remove the white connecting wire from the motherboard using tweezers.
Use caution, this wire is delicate.

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Paso 17

Scrape away the electrical tape that covers the LCD and digitizer cable using the spudger tool or a fingernail.

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Paso 18

Use the spudger tool to pop the Digitizer cable off of the motherboard.

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Paso 19

Carefully flip the small white connector up and away from the motherboard.

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Paso 20

Gently pull the flat gold cable out from the connector.

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Paso 21

Carefully lift the motherboard and camera module up. Do not remove it from the phone!

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Paso 22

Using the spudger tool, pop the black cable connector off of the motherboard.

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Paso 23

It is to safe remove the motherboard from the phone.

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Paso 24 LCD and Digitizer

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Using tweezers, peel back the black safety information sticker.

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Paso 25

Using tweezers, peel the orange and black cable away from the device, stopping before reaching the electrical tape at the near the edge of the screen.

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