Motorola Moto G 5G (2022) Screen Replacement

Insert a SIM card eject tool or a straightened paperclip into the hole adjacent to the SIM card tray.

Press firmly to eject the tray.

Remove the SIM card tray from the phone.

Take note of the following seams along the edge of the phone:

Screen seam: This seam separates the display panel from the frame. Don't pry at this seam.

Bezel seam: This is where the plastic back cover meets the rest of the phone. It's held in place by plastic clips. This is where you should pry.

Insert an opening tool in the bezel seam halfway between the bottom-right corner of the phone and the power button.

Insert an opening pick in the gap you just created.

Slide your opening pick toward the bottom-right corner of the back cover and release the clips.

Continue sliding your opening pick towards the bottom left corner to unclip the bottom edge of the back cover.

Slide your opening pick toward the top left corner to unclip the left side of the back cover.

Slide your pick around the top left corner and along the top edge to release the clips.

Slide your pick around the top right corner to release the last clips securing the back cover.

With SIM card slot facing you, swing the back cover open and away from you like you're opening a book.

Rest the cover parallel to the frame.

Use tweezers or your fingers to unhook the power button's rubber arm from its recess and remove it.

You're now left with the back cover.

Use a PH00 screwdriver to remove the two 3.9 mm-long screws securing the power button cable bracket.

Use your fingers or a pair of blunt nose tweezers to grab and remove the bracket from the power button cable.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the power button's press connector.

Grab and remove the power button.

Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the eight 3.9 mm-long screws securing the motherboard cover.

Insert an opening pick between the bottom-left corner of the cover and the motherboard.

Pry up to release the cover's small clips securing it to the frame.

Grab and remove the motherboard cover from the phone.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry and disconnect the battery's press connector.

Peel the tape from the display connector.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry and disconnect the screen's press connector.

Fold the graphite heat film away from the battery to expose the lower section of the motherboard.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to pry and disconnect the board cable's press connector.

Use the pointed end of your spudger to pry and disconnect the head of the black antenna cable.

Free the cable from the clip below the head of the connector.

Repeat the previous step for the white antenna cable.

Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the 2.9 mm-long screw from the bottom-right corner of the motherboard.

Insert the pointed end of a spudger between the lower left of the motherboard and the frame.

Lift upward on this bottom edge to free the motherboard from the frame.

Grab the motherboard from the bottom edge and lift it from its recess.

Use your Phillips screwdriver to remove the eight 4 mm-long screws from the loudspeaker plate.

Insert the pointed end of a spudger under bottom right corner of the loudspeaker plate.

Pry upward on the plate until it frees from its recess.

Grab and lift the loudspeaker plate from the frame.

Use the pointed end of your spudger to pry and disconnect the head of the white antenna cable.

Pry and disconnect the head of the black antenna cable.

Free the cable from its grounding clip in the top-right of the daughterboard.

Use the pointed end of your spudger to pry and disconnect the board cable's press connector.

Grab the daughterboard by its left edge to remove it from the frame.

Use the pointed end of a spudger, or a pair of tweezers, to peel the vibration motor's cable from the frame.

If the cable feels stuck, use a heated iOpener, hair dryer, or heat gun to soften the adhesive.

Remove the vibration motor from the frame.

Insert the point of a spudger into the small gap on the lower right side of the earpiece speaker's recess.

Pry up on the speaker and remove it.

Grab and remove the white antenna cable from its slot in the frame.

Grab and remove the black antenna cable from the frame.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the left edge of the screen for two minutes.

Apply the isopropyl alcohol into the gaps between the sides of the battery and the frame.

Apply a suction cup to the battery, as close to the center of the right edge as possible.

Insert an opening pick between the right edge of the battery and the frame.

Pull on the suction cup and pry the battery upward.

Remove the battery from the frame.

Peel and remove the foam strip from the bottom of the battery.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to the board cable for two minutes.

Peel and remove the board cable from the frame.

Place the sticky side of the adhesive on the frame and remove the blue liner.

The frame has very small notches to assist positioning the board ribbon cable.

Peel the side button flex cable from the adhesive backing.

Place the long end of the side button cable onto the left edge of the frame.

Use the alignment pegs to position the cable.

Press along the cable to adhere it to the frame.

Fold the short end of the side button cable over the edge of the frame.

Use the alignment pegs to place the cable on the frame.

Press along the cable to adhere it to the frame.