Elephone A1 - Handset

Guide with all the steps necessary for you to change the Elephone A1 components yourself.

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Tutorial: Step by step

Step 1 Remove back cover

We will start by removing the back cover. To do this, we will leverage with an opening tool to release the notches that hold them. Then with an opening tool or directly with your hands, the battery will be disengaged.

Step 2 Intermediate housing

Remove the eight Phillips screws (PH # 0) that hold the intermediate housing and then, with an opening tool, we will pry it loose.

Step 3 Disconnect components

In this step, we take off the flex of side push buttons of the chassis. We also remove the front camera and disconnect the flex from the display, the digitizer and the interconnection.

Step 4 Handset

Remove the Phillips screw (PH # 0) that holds the motherboard and take off the vibrator to remove it. We also disconnected the antenna cable that we had forgotten.

After removing the base plate, we can take off the headset of the chassis.

Video Tutorial summary

In this video you can watch a quick summary of the tutorial, but we recommend to follow the complete tutorial, with its explanations and detailed images.
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