Samsung Galaxy S One Plastic Midframe Replacement Tutorial: DIY Guide

Duration: 45 minutes
Steps: 13 Steps

Follow this hip guide to swap out the plastic midframe. Get ready to bring your device back to life with some flair!

Step 1

– Wedge a plastic opening tool or your fingernail into the crevice at the top of the phone, right where the rear case meets the body.

– With a gentle twist of the tool, pop open the clips that keep the top of the rear case snugly fit.

Step 2

– Glide your plastic opening tool to the left along the top edge and give it another twist to crank up the space between the rear case and the phone.

Step 3

– Keep grooving with the plastic opening tool around the top left corner’s edge, playfully lifting it along the rear case.

Step 4

– Gently wiggle your pry tool along the top right edge and shimmy it down the right side of the rear case. Keep going, you’re doing great!

Step 5

– Hoist the rear case off the phone and wave it goodbye!

Step 6

– No fancy tools needed for this step—just use your finger to get things started.

– Pop a plastic opening tool into the tiny notch right above the battery.

– Give the battery a little nudge and pry it out of its hidey-hole.

Step 7

– Yoohoo! Time to liberate that battery from its compartment!

Step 8

– Nudge the SIM card a tad deeper into its slot using your fingernail until you hear a satisfying click.

– Once you hear that click, let go of the card and watch it spring out of its slot like a toaster’s toast!

– For putting it back together, just push the SIM card into the slot until you hear that reassuring click again.

Step 9

– Give that SIM card a gentle nudge with your thumb to slide it out just enough to get a good grip on it.

– Now grab that little escape artist of a SIM card and smoothly pull it out of the phone.

Step 10

– Give that microSD card a gentle nudge deeper into its cozy slot with your fingernail until you hear a satisfying click.

– Once you’ve heard that click, let go and watch the card spring out like a jack-in-the-box!

– When putting it back together, just press the microSD card back in until it clicks, like snapping a Lego piece into place.

Step 11

– Give that microSD card a gentle nudge with your thumb to slide it out of its cozy slot.

– Lift the microSD card out of the phone and wave it goodbye!

Step 12

– Unscrew the ten 4.0 mm Phillips screws that are keeping the midframe attached to the front panel assembly.

Step 13

– Get a grip on the left side of the plastic midframe using your thumb and forefinger, and gently lift it off the phone like you’re opening a treasure chest!

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