LG Chocolate Touch VX-8575 Side Buttons Replacement

Using your thumb, apply pressure to the back cover while sliding it down and off.

Lift and remove the back cover.

Locate the battery. It is the large black rectangle with the LG logo, a model number, and battery information.

Using your thumb or thumbnail, insert a thumb into the crescent indent just below the battery and apply pressure to the battery, pushing up and away from the phone. It will come out easily.

Leave the phone screen down on a table and locate the six 3.5mm Phillips screws around the edges of the back of the phone. There are four in each corner and two half way up on the sides.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew all six 3.5mm Phillips screws.

Use a plastic opener tool to gently pry off the back case by sliding it in between the back case and the main body of the phone and loosening it around the edges.

With the phone still face down, locate the speaker button on the right-hand side of the phone and the camera button on the left-hand side of the phone.

To remove each button, simply slide it away from the phone, out of its groove.

Leave the phone face down and locate the two 3.5mm Phillips screws near the bottom corners of the phone. They are indicated by red circles in the first picture provided in this step.

Use a Phillips #00 screwdriver to unscrew these two 3.5mm Phillips screws.

You will see three wires attached to the logic board. Locate the two on the right edge, as well as the one on the bottom edge. They will all have flat rectangular tops.

Carefully unclip all three of these wires with your fingernail as pictured.

Now flip the phone over so that the screen is face-up.

Use a plastic opener tool to get in between the front screen and main body of the phone and loosen it around the edges.

Once you have loosened the edges, gently pry the front screen away from the phone.

With the phone still facing upwards, identify and remove the three buttons at the bottom end that say "Send", "Clear", and "End." They should come off easily.

With the phone still face-up, locate the lock/unlock and music buttons on the right-hand side of the phone and the volume button on the left-hand side.

To remove each button, simply slide it away from the phone, out of its groove.