Sony Xperia XZs - Side keys

Guide with all the necessary steps so that you can change the components of the Sony Xperia XZs (G8231) yourself.

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Tutorial: Step by step

Step 1 Take off screen

We will start by removing the screen, for this we will warm it to about 60ºC during a minute approximately.

With the hot screen, we will introduce a tine or another flat opening tool and move it around the contour to remove the adhesive.

Step 2 Remove screen

To remove the screen, we will disconnect it from the bottom.

Step 3 Remove armor

Remove the ten Phillips screws (PH # 00) that hold the shield, disconnect the battery and remove it.

Step 4

Uncap the housing that covers the auxiliary plate and then disconnect the coaxial cable. Now, we will raise it to disconnect the interconnection flex.

Step 5 Remove components

We disconnect the flex from the charging connector and disengage it. We take off the loudspeaker module and we will have to first remove the side antenna with coaxial cables as we will see in the next step.

Step 6 Remove speaker module

Unlatch the side antenna and we can remove the speaker module.

Step 7 Remove side buttons and vibrator

We disconnect the flex from the base plate, we take it off the chassis and we disengage it.

Step 8 Side keys

To finish, we will press the keys from the outside to the inside to disengage them.

Video Tutorial summary

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