Introduction
Use this guide to remove the motherboard in your Xiaomi Redmi 2 for repair or replacement.
Tools Required [wrench-icon]
- Spudger (1)
- Tweezers (1)
- Phillips #000 Screwdriver (1)
Step 1: Remove the Back Panel
The image shows hands holding a Xiaomi Redmi 2 phone. A dark plastic tool, likely a spudger, is being inserted between the back panel and the phone's frame to begin prying it open.
Use the flat end of the spudger to remove the back panel from the mid-frame and front body.
Step 2: Remove the Battery
The image shows the back of the Xiaomi Redmi 2 with the back panel removed, revealing the orange battery. A finger is shown inserting into a curved opening of the mid-frame to lift the battery.
Insert your finger into the curved opening of the mid-frame.
Lift the battery and remove.
Step 3: Remove SIM/Memory Cards and Screws
The image displays the back of the Xiaomi Redmi 2 after the battery has been removed. The SIM and memory card tray is visible. Twelve small screws securing the mid-frame to the front body are circled in red. A Phillips #000 screwdriver is shown being used to remove one of these screws.
Remove the SIM and/or memory cards if present.
Remove twelve 3.4 mm Phillips #000 screws securing the mid-frame to the front body.
Step 4: Separate the Mid-Frame and Front Body
The image shows a spudger being slid between the mid-frame and the front body of the Xiaomi Redmi 2. The tool is gradually prying the two parts apart along the perimeter of the phone.
Slide the spudger between the mid-frame and front body, gradually prying the two bodies apart as you slide the spudger around the perimeter of the phone.
Step 5: Remove Motherboard Retaining Screw
The image shows the internal components of the Xiaomi Redmi 2 with the mid-frame partially removed. A Phillips #000 screwdriver is shown removing a single screw that holds the motherboard in place.
Remove the 3.4 mm Phillips #000 screw that holds the motherboard to the front body.
Keep this screw separate from the initial twelve.
Step 6: Disconnect LCD Ribbon Connector
The image shows a close-up of the internal components of the Xiaomi Redmi 2. Tweezers are being used to carefully lift and pry back a brown clip located on top of the LCD ribbon connector.
Using one prong of the tweezers, pry back the brown clip located on top of the LCD ribbon connector.
Step 7: Disconnect Another Ribbon Clip
The image shows tweezers being used to carefully pry a ribbon clip away from the motherboard of the Xiaomi Redmi 2.
Using one prong of the tweezers, pry the ribbon clip away from the motherboard.
Step 8: Lift and Hinge the Motherboard
The image shows hands carefully lifting and hinging the motherboard away from the main body of the Xiaomi Redmi 2, exposing more internal connections.
Lift and hinge the motherboard with your fingers.
Step 9: Disconnect Proximity Sensor Ribbon Connector
The image shows tweezers being used to lift and pry back a metal clip positioned over the front proximity sensor ribbon connector on the Xiaomi Redmi 2 motherboard assembly.
Using one prong of the tweezers, lift and pry back the metal clip positioned over the front proximity sensor ribbon connector.
Step 10: Disconnect Antenna Connector
The image shows tweezers being used to carefully pull the antenna connector away from its socket on the Xiaomi Redmi 2 motherboard.
Using the tweezers, pull the antenna connector from the motherboard.
Step 11: Remove the Motherboard
The image shows the removed Xiaomi Redmi 2 motherboard placed next to the phone's front cover assembly, which still contains some components.
Lift the motherboard out of the front cover and set aside.
Reassembly
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
This document was last generated on 2017-06-20 01:39:11 AM.
