Motorola Droid 2 Motherboard Replacement

Slide the battery cover toward the bottom edge of the phone.

Remove the battery cover from the rear of the phone.

Lift the battery out of the Droid 2 from the edge closest to the bottom of the phone.

Remove the battery from the Droid 2.

Using the tip of a spudger, peel up one corner of the silver ribbon below the battery compartment.

Peel the ribbon off the phone.

Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry the plastic camera cover up off the phone.

Use the tip of a spudger to remove the camera bezel stuck to the rear case.

Remove the seven 5.5 mm T5 Torx screws securing the rear case to the inner case.

Insert the flat end of a spudger and pry downwards to release the plastic tab holding the rear case to the motherboard screw.

Gently insert a spudger between the rear case and front case at the top of the phone, near the audio jack.

Carefully pry the top edge of the rear case up from the rest of the phone.

With the spudger still inserted between the rear case and front case, slide the spudger along the right edge of the device, moving toward the bottom, prying as you go.

Continue prying along the bottom edge of the device from right to left, freeing it from the front panel.

Continue prying the rear case from the front case along the left side, moving from bottom to top.

Lift the rear case up out of the phone.

Carefully lift the speaker/antenna assembly up and out of the phone.

Use a spudger to pry the antenna cable connectors from their respective sockets on the motherboard and the speaker/antenna board.

De-route the antenna cable by pulling it out of the metal clips along the side of the front case.

Peel the black rubber sheet covering the side button and display ribbon connectors on the motherboard.

Disconnect the power button/volume button connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.

Disconnect the display ribbon connector from its socket on the motherboard using the flat end of a spudger.

Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the small black plastic piece stuck to the battery connector.

Remove three 3.8 mm T5 Torx screws securing the motherboard to the front case.

Disconnect the keypad connector by prying it straight up off its socket on the motherboard.

Remove the motherboard from the Droid 2.