the Samsung Galaxy s4 is one of the top
10 most popular Android phones today
which means a lot of my peeps are
rocking this bad boy
which means I'm getting a lot of calls
about fixing broken screens well instead
of me fixing everyone's phone how about
I show you how to fix it yourself wait
till you see how easy this repair is hey
it's Gwendolyn with iFixit and today I'm
going to be walking you through
replacing the display assembly in your
Galaxy s4 this is just an overview so as
always be sure to check out our
step-by-step guides when you do your
repair for this repair you're going to
need a Philips double zero screwdriver a
plastic opening tool tweezers and a
spudger I have all the tools I need in
my pro tect tool kit and I also have my
magnetic mat here it's not required for
this repair but it definitely comes in
handy when you're trying to keep track
of all those small screws like the ones
that are in this bone now that I have
everything I need
let's get started brace yourself for a
smooth repair this first step is so
simple you may not even need a tool at
the top side of the rear case of the
phone you'll see a small gap you can
place your opening tool there or a
fingernail and work your way left and it
should pop right off and before you set
your phone down just go ahead and take
the battery out you shouldn't need any
tools for this either but if you're
having trouble grabbing a hold of it you
can use one of the plastic opening tools
to lift it out a little so next we need
to get the micro SD and the SIM card out
to do that we just need to push them in
just a little bit further into you hear
or feel the click and then it should
just slide right out okay now we need to
remove the nine screws that are securing
the plastic mid frame
sometimes the screws don't want to come
out even when they're all the way
unscrewed so you can try to grab that
with your fingernails or pick up your
tweezers and try to get them out the s4
mid-frame is actually connected to the
display assembly by some small clips so
we're going to use our opening tool to
separate those parts start on the same
side is the volume button and work your
way down the side just sliding the
opening tool between the mid frame and
the display assembly be careful though
there are several points along the
bezels that could crack if you bend it
too much with the mid frame taken care
of we have a few cables to disconnect
before we move on to removing the
motherboard now that we have the
motherboard off we can remove the last
few parts that are attached to the
display assembly first up we'll tackle
the headphone jack there's a single
double 0 screw securing it and once you
remove that you can use your tweezers to
lift it off and while you have your
tweezers handy go ahead and remove your
front-facing camera in your earpiece
speaker assembly
next is the vibrator using the tip of
our spudger we're going to release it
from its adhesive it's not going to come
out all the way since it's still
attached by a cable so just loosen it
and then use your spudger to pry up the
cable the next step is going to be using
the tip of our spudger between the USB
port and the USB port bracket to pry one
side of the bracket off the post then
you can use the tweezers or your fingers
to take the bracket off the last few
steps are super simple we're just going
to use the flat end of our spudger to
disconnect the soft button cable and the
antenna connector cable from the USB
board next we need to remove the USB
board it's only held on by a little
light adhesive so you can use the flat
end of your sputter to remove that and
finally you can see our little antenna
cable running alongside of the phone
just gently peel that out and your
display assembly is free and now you're
ready for your new display assembly you
can find all the parts and tools you
need for this and many more repairs at
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