Category: Mobiles and Smartphones Repair and Servcie
Contents of this article
- How to remove the case
- How to remove the battery
- How to replace the Mother board
HTC Thunderbolt
Insert the plastic opening tool into the top
of the Thunderbolt near the power button. Gently pry up on the rear panel
around the edges until it is loose.
Lift and remove the rear panel.
Using the plastic opening tool, lift up the
battery from the bottom near the kickstand. Remove the battery from the inner
frame.
Use your finger to push the MicroSD card in
towards the top of the phone, allowing it to be released from the casing.
Use tweezers to grab onto the MicroSD card
and carefully remove it from the casing. Remove the six Phillips screws from
the perimeter of the rear frame. By removing the screw with the
"void" sticker on it, your Thunderbolt will no longer be covered under
warranty.
Insert the plastic opening tool into the
bottom of the phone underneath the soft keys. Gently pry up on the plastic
cover by sliding the plastic opening tool across the bottom of the phone.
Remove the plastic cover. The plastic cover will have adhesive on it making it
difficult to remove.
Remove the two Phillips screws where the
plastic cover was.
Insert the plastic opening tool in between
the screen and the frame on the side of the phone. Slowly slide the the plastic
opening tool along the side of the phone until the screen begins to separate
from the frame. Do the same for the opposite side of the phone.
Carefully separate the screen and phone from
the rear frame, starting from the bottom. Gently pull down on the phone and
screen to fully separate it from the rear frame.
Using the tip of an plastic opening tool flip
up the tab holding the capacitive button ribbon cable. Be careful opening these
tabs as they are very easy to break. Use a pair of tweezers to pull the
capacitive button cable out of its socket.
Lifting from the side where the ribbon was
disconnected, flip over the motherboard. Remove the black tape covering the
tabs connecting the motherboard and LCD.
Using the plastic opening tool pop up the two
tabs connecting the LCD and motherboard.
Once
the tabs have been popped up, slowly pull the two pieces away from each other.
If there is resistance pulling apart the phone then a ribbon or tab has not
been disconnected properly/completely.
The motherboard should now be completely disconnected
