Samsung Galaxy A11 Display Assembly Replacement

Written By: Chloe Bulloch
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Samsung Galaxy A11 Display Assembly Replacement

Difficulty

Difficult

Steps

18

Time Required

1 hour

Introduction

By following this guide, you will be able to safely remove or replace the display assembly of your Samsung Galaxy A11.

A smartphone touchscreen allows the user to interact with what is presented on the display of the device.

For your safety, please allow the battery to be charged to 25% or less, and power off your device. Follow these instructions to tell if your battery is swollen, to remove and recycle it, to prevent future swollen batteries.

If you are replacing your phone's screen, and are therefore disposing of your old screen, follow these instructions.

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    • Place the SIM eject tool in the hole of the sim tray.

    • Push until part of the SIM tray is pushed out.

    • Pull out the rest of the SIM tray.

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    • Gently pry open the area of the back cover near the SIM tray using an iFixit opening pick.

    • Gently move the pick along the gap and pry open the clips holding it together.

    • If possible, use multiple picks to prevent the back cover from closing.

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    • Using a hair dryer on low heat, heat the fingerprint sensor in increments of 30 seconds to loosen the surrounding adhesive.

    • Gently push the fingerprint sensor until it detaches from the back cover.

    • If needed, remove the button by prying it from the bottom of the device.

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    • Remove the three 3 mm screws from the shield using a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

    • Remove the shield from the phone.

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    • Using tweezers, a spudger, or your fingers, disconnect the battery press connector from the phone.

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    • If needed, use a hairdryer on low heat to soften the adhesive under the battery.

    • Use an iFixit pry tool to dig under the battery edge.

    • If needed, use multiple pry tools to hold the battery in place.

    • Continue to cut the adhesive under the battery until you are able to pry the battery away from the phone.

    • Remove the battery from the phone.

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    • Gently use tweezers to peel up the copper strip on the top right of the phone.

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    • Remove the three black 3 mm screws from the speaker cover using a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

    • Remove the cover from the phone.

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    • Using tweezers, carefully remove the earpiece speaker at the top of the phone.

    • When using metal tools, it is important to be gentle in order to not damage the device.

    • If needed, you can use a hair dryer to apply heat to the speaker and loosen the adhesive.

    • If needed, you may orient the tweezers to your liking, gripping the earpiece horizontally or vertically, while removing it.

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    • Using a spudger, detach the ribbon cable connected to the fingerprint sensor.

    • Remove the fingerprint sensor from the device.

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    • Remove the five 3 mm silver and black screws from the top of the device using a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

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    • Using a spudger, disconnect the two ribbon cables attached to the battery slot from the motherboard.

    • Disconnect the two longer ribbon cables near the bottom right corner of the motherboard.

    • Lift these cables up slightly to reveal a gap.

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    • Using a spudger, gently pry the motherboard up using the corner revealed in the previous step.

    • If needed, use a metal spudger as a sturdier alternative.

    • If using a metal spudger, it is important to be gentle in order to not damage any components of the device.

    • Remove the motherboard from the device.

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    • Remove the eight silver and black 3 mm screws from the speaker cover using a Phillips #000 screwdriver.

    • Remove the speaker cover from the device.

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    • Using a spudger, disconnect the antenna heads from the daughterboard.

    • Disconnect the ribbon cable from the daughterboard.

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    • Using tweezers, gently pry the daughterboard from the device.

    • When using metal tools, it is important to be gentle in order to not damage the device.

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    • Using tweezers, remove the vibrator motor from the device.

    • If needed, you can apply heat to loosen the adhesive from the motor.

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    • The display assembly is separated from all other components and can be replaced.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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