Wileyfox Swift Disassembly

Geschrieben von: ZzLy
  • Kommentare: 6
Wileyfox Swift Disassembly

Schwierigkeitsgrad

Moderate

Schritte

13

Zeitaufwand

30 Minuten

Einleitung

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    • Start off by shutting down the device and removing the back case .

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    • Now remove the battery and any sim/SD card(s).

    • The battery is 2500mAh.

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    • Undo these nine screws.

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    • Pry between the silver plastic layer and the screen. Go all around the device until it's seperated.

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    • Undo these two ribbons

    • And undo these two screws.

    • Lift up the vibrator motor after which you can lift up the motherboard and remove the antenna cable on the underside

    • The motherboard packs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 Quad core running at 1.2 Ghz, an Adreno 306 GPU, 2GB ram, and 16GB flash memory.

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    • At this point you can also remove the two cameras.

    • The back facing camera is 13MP and can shoot 1080p 60fps video, while the front camera is only 5MP.

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    • Remove this black plastic shroud containing the bottom speaker.

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    • Undo this ribbon cable

    • And this screw

    • You can now remove the antenna cable on the right and lift up the dock board

    • It has a micro-USB connector.

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    • Peel off the sticker and the ribbon cable leading to the dock.

    • If your replacement screen comes with the frame attached, then you can stop here and start working backwards, attaching the old parts to the new frame and screen.

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    • Undo this ribbon cable, in preperation for the next step

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    • Heat up the screen with a heat gun or iOpener so it's just too hot to touch. Pry between the screen and the plastic layer around it. Go all around the device until the screen is completely seperated.

    • Keep your tool under the white layer (the LCD) as shown in the picture. Otherwise you can damage it.

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    • Lift up the gray plastic and make sure to guide the ribbons through their holes.

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    • Teardown complete!

    • Your replacement screen will look like this.

Abschluss

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Tinte & Feder

ZzLy

Mitglied seit: 19/03/18

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6 Kommentare

Had a completely smashed up screen (Humpty Dumpty had a great fall). Thanks to your crystal clear instructions, I was able to remove the motherboard and install it on a spare phone of the same make & model and recover all my data. I was all done by step 5 - total cost: £0.00. Made my day.

Tools required: standard PC toolkit. For those who need to buy the tools, you can get a very decent kit for £5-£15 on Amazon.

Thanks a ton Zzly - very helpful & concise guide!

LC Square -

I want to try and replace the micro usb port on my swift, because it is faulty and does not connect reliably anymore. Can the author of this give any tips for how to get the correct replacement port? I’m experienced doing this kind of soldering, but I’m not sure how to identify the exact model of port I need to get.

Lucas Treffenstädt -

You don't need to do any soldering, you can just replace the dock board as shown in step 8. If you can find the replacement part, which I can't.

ZzLy -

I need to replace the power button - just not sure how far I will need to go - Step 4?

(Sorry, I know the answer is “do it and find out! “)

Thank you for your guide!

Jon W -

3.5mm Headset port: This looks like it might be soldered into the system board - is this correct?

If it is, does anybody know where a component replacement could be found (beyond Googling)?

Xander Squier -

Using these instructions I could convert two faulty wileyfoxes into one that is functional. Many thanks!

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