if you're like me you probably take a
lot of pictures on your phone when your
rear facing camera calls it quits you
miss out on a lot of photo ops unless
you want to take that awesome sunset pic
with your selfie cam if you're ready to
fix it you've come to the right place
because today I'm gonna show you how to
replace the rear facing camera in your
moto X hi I'm Gwendolyn with iFixit and
for this repair you're going to need a
sim eject tool an eye opener plastic
opening tools a spudger a t3 Torx
screwdriver and tweezers I have most of
the tools I need in my pro tect tool kit
and of course I have my magnetic mat
here I never do a repair without it
remember this is just an overview so be
sure to check out and follow along with
the step by step guide appropriate to
your repair on ifixit.com before you
jump in let's get started first things
first let's take out the SIM card to do
that you just need to insert a sim eject
tool or a paperclip into the hole on the
left side of the phone now we can work
on getting the back cover off first
we're going to release the clips around
the edges with our opening tool and then
hit it with some heat from our eye
opener to loosen the adhesive pack enter
your opening tool between the front and
rear covers right above where you just
took out the SIM card work your opening
tool around the phone counterclockwise
from this point
when you get to the other side of the
phone you want to be careful around the
buttons the plastic is a little Center
in this area similarly you want to be
careful at the bottom of the phone go
from one corner to the USB port and then
pick up on the other side of the USB
port and go to the opposite corner when
all the clips have been released
you can heat up your eye opener and
place it on the back cover for 90
seconds when you feel the adhesive is
sufficiently heated you can attempt to
pull the back cover from the phone
starting with the SIM card slot but be
careful not to take the cover completely
off as it's still attached
and to detach that cable you just need
the help of your spudger to flip the
retaining flap on the flash cables if
connector and then using your fingers
just slide the cable out and set your
back panel aside now we get a chance to
use our screwdriver put that thing to
work by removing the 43 Torx screws
holding the lower antenna assembly in
place and then use your spudger to lift
the assembly out of your phone with that
out of the way we can focus on the
battery to do that we're going to use
our spudger to disconnect the battery
cable the NFC antenna cable connector
and the button assembly connector don't
let go of your spudger just yet
flip the flat edge under the
interconnect cable to free it from the
adhesive holding it to the battery and
while you're there you can use the flat
edge again to peel the adhesive tabs
from the battery
now you can use the tab to pull the
battery from the phone if you might get
a little resistance as it's secured to
the motherboard with mild adhesive peel
slowly and be careful not to bend or
puncture the battery with the battery
out we can turn our attention to the
motherboard assembly starting with the
headphone jack and speaker assembly
start by removing the 5 t3 Torx screws
holding the headphone jack and speaker
assembly in place then insert your
spudger into the panhandle of the
assembly pry up and lift it from the top
now you have access to the microphone
assembly first use the tip of your
spudger to free the clip from the
earpiece speaker then flip your spudger
around and use the flat edge to
disconnect the microphone cable
connector and lift it from the bottom
the front-facing camera is next and
super easy to take out of the phone just
disconnect the cable with the flat end
of your spudger and lift it from the
phone with your tweezers next we need to
remove the 2 t3 Torx screws from the SIM
card slot bracket and remove it from the
phone time for the motherboard let's
start by inserting the flat end of your
spudger under the motherboard above the
button assembly cable if the buttons pop
out when you're on this step that's fine
just don't lose them lift and rotate
your motherboard from left to right but
be careful not to lift straight up
we still need to disconnect the display
cable connector lay the motherboard down
to allow access to the cable and use the
flat end of your spudger to flip the
retaining tab on the zip connector
carefully pull the display cable out of
its connector and remove the motherboard
from the display assembly
one last step to get your camera out and
it's really simple just use your spudger
to flip the retaining clip on the zip
connector and then pull the camera from
the motherboard for reassembly we
recommend you follow the step by step
guide on I fix it comm in Reverse or you
can watch the Moto X reassembly video on
our channel you can find all the parts
and tools you need for this and many
more repairs at ifixit.com and let us
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