Jan "Jenkings" Škoda - blog

Yes, my OCD won again and I had to take the phone apart to make it perfect.



This phone is not designed to be easily repairable. The back cover is not glued on; it is clipped on very tightly and is difficult to remove. However, after a few attempts, I finally managed to get in. The battery is held in place by flexes and is glued to the body. I had to gently remove it and disconnect all the fragile flex cable connectors, as well as taking away the charging board at the bottom of the phone.

This board was also glued very firmly in place and was made of an extremely thin PCB, so this was the most tricky part. The challenge was to take it off the phone without breaking it. I was really afraid of breaking it. However, I managed it in the end.

Then it was just a case of desoldering the old one and finding a similar connector in my spares (yes, there are around forty or fifty types of micro USB ports depending on how they are mounted to the PCB), and I finally found one that fits my PCB hole and data pins. The only issue was that the large ground pins that hold the connector in place did not fit, so I had to adjust the connector slightly to secure it in place and ensure it was mechanically strong. Now everything works and the phone charges without any problems!