Nexus 6P Teardown

Written By: Witrigs
Published: 16/12/15
  • Comments: 12

Nexus 6P Teardown

Published: 16/12/15

Teardown

Introduction

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    • Remove SIM card tray.

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    • Heat up back glass panel.

    • Use hobby knife to open a gap and cut the fierce sticker underneath rear glass panel.

    • The back glass panel is easily shattered and the adhesive underneath is fierce. So be careful to pry this part.

    • Remove back glass panel carefully.

    A hair dryer works well for this part.

    Tara Zieminek -

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    • Heat up bottom plastic panel.

    • Use hobby knife to open a gap and insert guitar picks to cut adhesive underneath.

    A hair dryer works well for this part.

    Tara Zieminek -

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    • Twist off 6 Phillips screws together.

    • Insert guitar picks and plastic opening tool to separate front assembly from back cover.

    • Attention: These two parts fit tightly.It is very difficult to separate them. You can also try using heavy-duty suction cup to disassemble them.

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    • Unscrew one Phillips screw.

    • Remove metal bracket securing flex contactors.

    • Release 3 flex contactors and remove it .

    • This flex is used to connect motherboard and daughterboard.

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    • Release battery contactor.

    • The battery is fiercely glued in.

    • Use plastic card to cut strong adhesive underneath, then pry up and remove battery.

    Be careful - there are cables underneath the battery that you can easily damage.

    Tara Zieminek -

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    • Here we can see the strong sticker underneath 3450 mAh battery.

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    • Disconnect signal cable contactor and twist off one Phillips screw.

    • Remove daughterboard.

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    • Cut adhesive underneath vibration motor, then remove vibrator.

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    • Twist off one Phillips screw and remove loudspeaker.

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    • Twist off 2 Phillips screws.

    • Remove metal bracket securing front camera contactor and audio jack contactor,

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    • Remove front camera.

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    • Remove audio jack.

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    • Twist off 3 Phillips screws.

    • Take away metal bracket securing LCD flex contactor.

    • Release LCD flex connector.

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    • Remove signal cable.

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    • Pry up and remove motherboard.

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    • Remove fingerprint scanner.

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    • Remove rear camera.

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    • Here is the motherboard.

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    • Remove earpiece.

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    • The sticker underneath LCD with digitizer is a little bit strong, so use heat gun to soften it for a few minutes.

    • With the help of suction cup, plastic opening tool and guitar picks, remove LCD assembly carefully.

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    • Done.

Author

Witrigs

Member since: 24/11/15

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9 comments

good jod !buddy

Kaye -

Does the Nexus 6P have two antennas? I've noticed there's a two sim card slots?

sam34866 -

Its single sim slot sorry

Noorulla Shariff -

Ya its haveing to sim slot but there is only 1 antina

Noorulla Shariff -

There is a thin lining of plastic around the screen. Does removing it deteriorate the structural integrity of the screen or is it simply cosmetic?

Sorry if this is the wrong place to ask.

Eric Jensen -

Yes, much like the iPhones. If the plastic becomes lose, the screen will be loose, as it acts as a spacer,

Adam99 -

The first time I replaced a Nexus 6P battery, everything worked fine.

The second time, the “Signal Cable” in step 15 was damaged and now the screen appears to be damaged (it still vibrates in response to touch events but is not displaying anything). Is it possible to replace this without replacing the screen?

Tara Zieminek -

After replacing the digitizer and the battery, my proximity sensor stopped working. Can you show with a diagram where this part is? I am assuming that it’s the black plastic piece attached to the motherboard on step 19 right next to the camera. Why would it stop functioning? Could it be that something has gotten in its way?

Marcel Ferreira -

What if you just want to replace the broken glass??

justine mendoza -