Any info on the GPS antenna?

was the phone and/or display functional when you tried to re-assemble it? If I missed anything in that regard, I was hoping for clarification.

Just saw your site....nice. Informative and takes away a little of the fear of the unknown while trying to save yourself a bundle on repairs.

Nice to see the inside as I eager to see the internal design. Thanks.

very nice job it is good to open new product and see how it is .

Gyroscope and accelerometer?

Fantastic job.

Pure. Pixel(XL).!!%@.

Camera Manufacturer Please ?

Another fine teardown. I appreciate all the detail and photographs. Thank you.

I don't know if there is enough resolution for me to check the other components on the board in your large images. If not, could you check to see what IMU package they are using?

One thing that sets the Gear VR apart is running its IMU at 1000 Hz and being externally shielded from the internal RF, heat and magnetic fields of the phone itself. It would be interesting how they counteracted these effect in their design as well providing the same accuracy and sampling rate.

Thanks

Mike

All Things 3D

Have you thought of talking with Google about some small changes that would improve the repair-abilty?

Seems to me as though some of this would actually be cheap, and high repair scores would seem like a big marketing win (as well as happier customers).

Apple don't care, but Google just might - another way to differentiate themselves.

job well done!

Why would they make the screen so brittle? And what is the point of the midframe, if it's so flimsy does it really do anything?

The thermal engineering looks pretty bad when compared to Samsung's recent products or a lot of other devices.... I wonder whether it throttles.

Hello Guys really appreciate what you are doing, very neat and educational ... after discovering ifixit i never buy electronics without seeing the interiors first, you make it look like art. the phone looks pretty good from outside, but on the inside I find it more RF oriented than heat dissipation, i find that pretty HTC-esh and was actually surprised because i thought the aluminium and glass blend was more functional than that.

I find also your score of 6 is pretty generous for a phone that might -or might not- require a screen replacement if you want to replace the battery (in six steps)

The one thing that frustrated me most about this phone was the lack of a microSD slot... but interestingly it looks like the mainboard may have room allocated for one of the dual microsd+nanosim readers...

Ifixit, can you guys provide a to scale sidebyside of the sim card/sd readers on the Pixel XL and the GS7?

Yet another too-small, badly designed, and badly built piece of junk. Sorry.

Google Pixel 台灣(中華民國)hTC製造 就是讚!!!

tpec01 Taiwan (Republic of China) hTC manufacturing is like

Anyone could tell me which sensor is the geomagnetic sensor here? I'd like to know if the geomagnetic sensor is the same as in the 5X (I think in the 5X it was the BMM150)

Thanks!

It is not suitable for Chinese used in China.

Do you know where I can find a replacement glass for the back side that goes over the camera? Mine came into contact with cement and cracked the glass over the camera and now all indoor photos have a lens flare from the crack. Also, can you show us how to remove this glass too? Awesome tutorial!!

Your video says the reliability score is 6 but it says 7 at the end of the article.

Any chance you could show how to separate rear glass from the metal?

I happen to have cracked mine, AND have a spare broken Pixel whose rear glass is not broken. I want to try to swap. Heating it and pulling did not help. Would you mind seeing how it is attached please?

Isn't there a proximity sensor in there somewhere?

+1 for the rear glass separation please? it'd be great to see how it comes off! Thanks!

wright9999, @dmitrygr , Iliyan Hristov, check out our standard Pixel blog post, we remove the glass panel there. It's quite sturdy, and with heat and thin prying tools you can remove it without damaging the antennas, it also helps to push lightly from the inside of the phone.

Alright - I managed to do it. Photos: https://goo.gl/photos/CTb2qVUBUpWWEh5Z6

Materials: hot air rework station (220 deg C), goo gone, vodka, 2 metal spudgers, utility knife, paper towels, 3M VHB tape, tweezers, needle

Process: heat all around the glass. Suction cups will do you no good (too much glue), use thin needle near plastic antenna insert on the right side (with phone face down) to raise right side of glass. insert spudger. with spudger and hot air station work around the glass from right to left via bottom. Then carefully raise it while heating on top. Do not spudger near top to avoid hurting camera. Carefully use tweezers to remove glue pieces from glass and phone. Use goo gone to clear off remaining glue. Use vodka to clear off goo gone, and clean camera lens from debris and dust. Carefully cut out as many VHB shapes as needed to cover all flat areas on the phone. Adhere them to the phone but keep the protective film on them on top.

(2/2) Once done, remove protective film from the tape pieces, carefully place glass on top of them. Squeeze.

Enjoy. :)

DO NOT scratch too hard against the back of the glass while you clean it. The whiteness of the white glass and the blackness of the black glass are just some sort of a coating on it, somewhat like paint. While peeling it off the phone and while cleaning it, you can scratch it and make transparent holes in said paint that look weird (see my photos - I did this a little on accident)

Can those chips be bought separately by an individual?

Sadly, not that I know of currently. I did ask internally about it. But this did happen, at least: https://www.ubreakifix.com/google-repair... :)

I purchased a Google Pixel XL at Verizon but cancel service due to lack of reception. I have not paid the entire balance on the phone yet so the warranty is no longer valid. That being said, the vibration motor has stopped working. I now need to fix this. Does anyone know where I can locate the part to replace? I've called several places but don't have that part in stock. Your feedback would be appreciated.

Seeing as how so many people with the pixel (myself included) has problems with a dying microphone (still uncertain if this is a software or hardware issue) any insights into how easily replaceable and fixed that component is?

Wow! This unrepairable mess of glue, glued-down battery, screen that comes apart if you disassemble the phone and booby-trapped boards you have to remove very carefully is considered a 7? We live in though times.

7/10 and you can't take the digi off without breaking it? lol ok fanboys

Sure you can, just takes time and an HTC spudger!

Hi! How do we reassemble the screen on the phone? We need some special glue? Thanks

Can the screen be pulled off the digitizer as my screen is cracked but phone works

Thx

Steve

my bottom microphone on the regular pixel broke after i took the phone apart waiting for the screen to come in, does anyone know where that microphone is, not the camera mic, that one still works, but the other one

where can i buy wifi chip “3207RA G707A (looks like Wi-Fi)” ?

Can anyone tell me, what is the black thing beside the mic on daughterboard??

Where's the GPS chip?

Where is the cell radio or antenna located?

Hi guys! I have replaced my battery following this guide, but it won’t charge now. It is now totally empty, and if I put it on the charger, only the red light flashes. I tried putting back the original battery, it’s the same issue.

Also, if I not connect the battery at all and just put it on the charger, the red light flashing the same way.

I have measured the battery connector with multimeter and there is current in it (also there is still some current in the battery).

The phone eat out the initial charge of the new battery so the issue now is only with charging.

I have also replaced the charging board (bottom module with the USB-C connector in it) with a refurbished one but the issue still persist.

Is it than a motherboard issue?