LG Escape (p870) Front Camera Replacement

Turn the device over and pull the back plastic cover off by inserting your fingernail into the opening at the bottom of the phone and gently pulling.

With your finger and from the bottom edge, lift the battery out of the phone and set it aside.

You now have access to:

Your SD card

Your SIM card

Your device's serial numbers

Remove the 4 Phillips 00 screws securing the speaker assembly to the phone housing.

Carefully insert a small flathead screwdriver between the speaker assembly and the rear housing

Pry the speaker assembly out of the phone and set it aside

Remove the remaining 6 screws securing the plastic frame to the back housing

Insert a black plastic spudger or a small flathead screwdriver between the back silver bezel and the black area and begin prying the bezel away from the rest of the phone

Continue working your way around the phone, prying carefully with your prying tool

When you work the frame free, set it aside

Wifi and cell service antennas

LCD connector

Back camera connector

Front camera connector

Touch screen/ digitizer connector

Charger port connector

Headphone jack connector

With a spudger or safe open pry tool, carefully detach the LCD flex connector

Release the two antennae from their connectors

Release the back camera's flex from its connector

Release the charging port flex from its connector

Release the front camera's flex from its connector

Release the touch screen/digitizer's flex cable from its connector

Release the headphone jack's flex cable from its connector

With a pair of tweezers, VERY carefully pull the volume button flex out of the rear housing

Repeat the process with the power button flex cable

Lift the motherboard away from the housing, taking extra care not to snag any of the antennae or flex cables

Set the motherboard aside

Insert a small flathead screwdriver or black plastic spudger between the front silver bezel and the black plastic mid-frame

Gently pry on the bezel to release the clips adhering the screen to the mid-frame

Work your way around the phone, still using the small flathead or spudger, until the screen is fully separated

Remove the screen, taking care not to tear the flex cable that is still threaded through the housing.

Insert a small flathead screwdriver or a black plastic spudger between the top of the ear speaker and the housing

Carefully pry the ear speaker out of the phone and set it aside

Using a spudger or a small flathead screwdriver, pry the front camera out of its socket, but to not remove it from the phone

Turn the phone over and peel the adhesive portion of the camera's flex cable off of the phone

Remove the camera and set it aside