LG Escape (p870) Rear 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

Use a plastic spudger or safe-open pry tool to release the camera's flex cable from its connector

Remove the camera from the housing and set it aside