Motorola Z3 Diagram

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MOTOROLA Z3 DISASSEMBLY GUIDE

This guide will help you replace housing parts and get to the inner

parts of your phone. I am in no way responsible for any damage

occurred to your phone. If you follow my instructions in this guide you

should be ok. But you need a lot of time and patience when

disassembling your phone.

YOU MUST READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY!

!ONLY BUY HOUSINGS FROM CNN.CN, AS THEY ARE OEM!

Use the steps below for specific parts replacing, use the whole guide for full housing replacement. Contents: Steps 1~5,61~63 Facia Replacement. Steps 1~14,19~32,43~49 Screen Replacement. Steps 1~14,16~18,50~52 Aerial /Lower Front Housing Replacement. Steps 1~11,57~60,65~67 Main Keypad Replacement. Steps 62 ~ 64 Lens Replacement.

Tools Needed: Screwdrivers ~ T4 Precision Tweezers Mobile Phone Opening Tool Brand new Glasses Cloth Double Sided Tape

Screw Sizes: Rear Screws ~ T4 x 6 LCD Rear Screws ~ T4 x 2 LCD Internal Screw ~ T4 x2

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL OF

THE TOOLS NEEDED. You can buy these from eBay or any other mobile phone website. Take your time and don’t rush! Move away any drinks or liquid, and have good light.

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1. Turn off your Z3, remove the back cover memory card and your

SIM card.

2. Unscrew all 6 screws using the T4 screwdriver.

3. Once you have done this you will see the housing has lifted

slightly at the top, push the sides in using the mobile phone opening tool, the clips should pop out easily.

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4. Work your way down the edges with the phone opening tool until

you get to the bottom aerial housing. Push the phone opening tool between the small gap you have, push quite hard to release the clip, then work your way around the bottom aerial housing to release all 4 clips in the same way.

5. ow lift off the rear housing, your phone should now look like this.

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. Remove the rubber loudspeaker housing, this simply lifts up.

Now place the opening tool under the corner of the SIM card PCB and lift gently until you hear it unclip.

Now unclip the 2 ribbons, the top camera ribbon and the LCD

ribbon, and carefully lift the buttons from the housing, they don’t completely come out so just leave them hanging over the edge.

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. Your phone should now look like this.

10. Lift the PCB board up from next to the LCD ribbon cable, by

inserting the opening tool between the PCB and the housing. Lift slowly until you can lift it with your fingers. Carefully pull

it toward

you slightly to unhook it from the other side.

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11. Slide the phone open and push the main keypad out from the

opposite side.

12. Turn the phone back over and

housing while holding the top LCD

push up gently on the lower

ousing so it partly unclips.

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3. Now put one finger in the middle holding the silver plate and lift up

the top right hand corner with your nail so it unclips. You have to use a bit of force to do this. Now unclip the other corner. Carefully

14. Slowly lift and unhook the ribbon from the middle housing.

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Your phone should now look like this.

15. Next is to remove the the ca

under the small resistor to the right

mera unit, push the opening tool

of the camera, do this gently

then lift the camera unit out.

Now lift out the orange anten

16. na cover.

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17. Now lift the antenna out by placing the tw

eezers behind the middle

clip and the gently hinge it up.

18. Unclip the 4 lower housing clips by pushing them with the

tweezers to release them from their catches. It will then simply pull out of the lower housing.

9. Get the top LCD housing and unscrew the two T4 screw at the top.

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20. Gently lift the metal sliding plate at the top to create a gap at the top o

f the housing were you just unscrewed the T4 screws.

Now lightly pull on the rear of t

21. he LCD housing so it lifts clear of the bottom. But not fully clear as there is a ribbon that needs unclipping.

2. Turn the housing on its side so you can see the ribbon, place the tweezers in between the gap and lift the corner of the ribbon.

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