the first thing I noticed about the
Samsung Galaxy s3 is the big beautiful
screen I mean for someone is used to the
iPhone as I am this thing is huge
unfortunately for me that means more
surface area to break now I've repaired
enough iPhones to know that the front
panel assembly repair takes a lot of
man-hours glue random screws that take
special drivers well believe it or not
not all phones are equal in this
department so strap in because today
we're going to do our first Android
repair video I'm going to show you how
to replace the front panel assembly in
the samsung galaxy s3
hey it's going to learn with iFixit and
i'll be walking you through this repair
today but this is just an overview so be
sure to check out our step by step guide
as we go for this repair you're going to
need a phillips double zero screwdriver
a plastic opening tool tweezers and a
spudger i've already got all the
necessary tools i need in my pro tect
tool kit it always comes in handy I'm
also going to be using my magnetic mat
it is super helpful in keeping all your
screws organized during repairs like
these so let's jump right in
brace yourself for a smooth repair this
first step is so simple you might not
even need to use a tool if you do use a
tool use the plastic opening tool place
your opening tool or your fingernail
there and work your way left you'll have
to twist the tool a little bit to
release the clips but once the clips are
released you can lift the rear case from
the phone now we can get the battery out
this can also be done without any tools
or you can use the plastic opening tool
if you feel like it's not seeing enough
action for this repair either way just
take the battery out next we need to get
the SIM card and the micro SD out to do
this you just need to push them in a
little further until you hear a click or
feel a click and it should just come
right out a little further so you can
pick it up with your fingernails
removing the plastic mid-frame is next
it's held in place with only 10 Phillips
screws
easy enough now we just need to pull
that off and get started on the
headphone jack and speaker assembly
first we need to disconnect the rear
facing camera before we remove the whole
piece once you've done that the assembly
should just come up easily I suggest
using an opening tool on the right side
to pry it up before you lift it out of
the phone we have a few cables to
disconnect before we move on to the
motherboard
okay so first let's start with the
front-facing camera connector we're
going to use our plastic opening tool to
just gently pry the cable from the
motherboard and now we're going to do
the same for the digitizer cable the
display data cable and the Wi-Fi antenna
the motherboard is secured on the front
panel with one Phillips screw we're
going to remove that and then carefully
pull the motherboard from the phone now
we just have to get the front facing
camera bracket out which is also held in
place with only one screw
we will unscrew that and get the bracket
out with our tweezers if you're
replacing this with a brand new front
panel assembly be aware you may need to
transfer some parts including the
vibrator antenna front camera earpiece
sensor microphone gasket and a few
buttons to start you're going to peel
the antenna cable from the channel but
make sure not to disconnect the cable
from the board at the top now you can
run your spudger under the ribbon cable
to continue peeling it from the front
panel assembly
now we can move on to buttons to start
we're going to use our plastic opening
tool to remove the volume button from
the panel assembly we still have the
ribbon cable to remove so you need to do
some more loosening on the edge of the
device with your plastic opening tool
now you can just pull it out with your
fingers use a spudger to carefully peel
the antenna board off the front panel
assembly and just pull it right out
with that board out we just need to
remove the power button and the vibrator
and to do that we're just going to push
them out with our spudger now you're
ready for your new front panel assembly
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