Disassembly: USB-C Port Board

Unplug all cables from your phone and completely power it down.

Apply a suction cup to the back cover, as close to the center of the bottom edge as possible.

While securing the phone with one hand, pull up on the suction cup with strong, steady force to create a gap between the back cover and the frame.

Insert an opening pick into the gap.

Remove the suction handle from the back cover.

Slide the opening pick around the bottom left corner and up the left edge of the back cover to separate the adhesive.

Continue sliding the pick around the top left corner and across the top edge of the back cover.

Slide your pick down the right edge and around the bottom right corner to separate the remaining adhesive.

Lift the bottom edge of the back cover and swing it over the top edge of the phone.

Prop up the back cover with your suction handle or a clean, sturdy object—making sure that the cable isn't strained.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the top bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the top bracket towards the top of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the top bracket.

Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom edge of the back cover cable press connector.

Pry up and disconnect the back cover cable.

Lift the back cover off the frame and remove it.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the base battery bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the base battery bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the base battery bracket.

Insert the tip of your spudger under the bottom left corner of the base battery press connector, near the gold marker.

Pry up and disconnect the base battery.

Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the USB-C port board cable press connector.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the vibrator bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the vibrator bracket off the frame and remove it.

Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the metal neck of the black antenna cable's connector head on the USB‑C board.

Lift straight up to disconnect the cable.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 2.6 mm‑long screws securing the inner front camera bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the inner front camera bracket up and toward the left edge of the phone to release its clips.

Remove the inner front camera bracket.

Use a spudger to pry up and disconnect the inner front camera press connector.

Use the point of a spudger to pry up the inner front camera and separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Remove the inner front camera.

Slide the flat end of a spudger under the ultra wideband antenna to separate the adhesive foam securing it to the frame.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to lift the antenna off the frame to separate any remaining adhesive.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the two 3.0 mm‑long screws securing the ultra wideband bracket.

While holding the ultra wideband antenna out of the way, pull the bracket toward the bottom of the phone to release its clips.

Remove the ultra wideband bracket.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the interconnect cable bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the bracket toward the right edge of the phone to release its clip.

Remove the bottom interconnect cable bracket.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 3.0 mm‑long screw securing the inner display cable bracket.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to pull the inner display cable bracket towards the left edge of the phone to release it from its clip.

Remove the inner display cable bracket.

Insert the point of a spudger under the bottom left corner of the inner display press connector, next to the gold marker on the logic board.

Pry up and disconnect the inner display cable.

Repeat the previous step to disconnect the top and bottom interconnect cable press connectors, making sure to only pry next to the gold markers.

Peel the graphite sheet off the bottom speaker to separate the adhesive securing it.

Continue peeling the graphite sheet off the logic board to separate the remaining adhesive.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel off the yellow tape on the side button cable ZIF connector.

Use the point of a spudger, or your fingernail, to lift the locking tab on the side button cable ZIF connector.

Use angled tweezers to pull the side button cable straight out of its slot.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the 5G mmWave antenna from the frame and separate it from the thermal pad.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the three screws securing the logic board:

One 2.2 mm‑long screw

Two 2.6 mm‑long screws

Insert the flat end of a spudger under the top left corner of the logic board, next to the inner front camera cutout.

Pry up the logic board enough so you can grip the top edge with your fingers.

Lift the top of the logic board out of the frame and remove it.

Lay down the logic board upside down on a clean surface.

Use the flat end of a spudger to scrape away large pieces of old thermal paste from the frame.

Apply a few drops of highly-concentrated isopropyl alcohol (over 90%) to any remaining thermal paste residue.

Wipe away the residue using a coffee filter or lint-free cloth.

Repeat the thermal paste cleaning procedure for the bottom of the logic board.

Use tweezers, or your fingers, to peel the section of conductive fabric connecting the loudspeaker to the frame.

Slide one arm of a pair of angled tweezers under the contact pad connected to the loudspeaker.

Lift the contact pad to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the 2.6 mm‑long screw securing the loudspeaker.

Use the tip of a spudger to pry up the left edge of the loudspeaker to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use your fingers to lift the top edge of the loudspeaker and pull it out of its recess in the frame.

Remove the loudspeaker.

Slide the tip of an opening pick under the USB-C port board cable to separate the adhesive securing it to the frame.

Use a Torx Plus 3IP driver to remove the three 2.6 mm‑long screws securing the USB-C port board.

Use a spudger to pry up the top right corner of the USB-C port board to unclip it from the frame.

Pull the USB-C port board out of its recess in the frame and remove it.