Einleitung

Die Crème de la Crème der aktuellen Android Saison ist da — Googles eigenes Phablet, das Nexus 6P. Zum allerersten Mal kommt das Google Flagschiff vom chinesischen Hersteller Huawei. Da wir bis zu diesem Zeitpunkt noch nie ein Hauwei Smartphone für einen Teardown vor uns liegen hatten, sind wir gespannt, was im Inneren steckt! Wird das Nexus 6P was seine Reparierbarkeit angeht oben auf schwimmen? — oder gnadenlos untergehen?

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    • Nachdem wir das Auspacken hinter uns gebracht haben, kommen wir zum Hauptevent! Diese Angaben macht Google über sein neuestes Flagschiff:

    • Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1, 2.0 GHz octa-core 64-bit Prozessor mit Adreno 430 GPU

    • 12,3 MP/4K Hauptkamera mit laserunterstützem Autofokus und elektronischem Bildstabilisation, 8 MP Frontkamera

    • 5,7” WQHD 2560 × 1440 (518 ppi) AMOLED Display

    • 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM mit 32 GB, 64 GB, oder 128 GB internem Speicher

    • USB Type-C Anschluss

    • Nexus Imprint Fingerabdrucksensor und Android Sensor Hub

    • Android 6.0 Marshmallow

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    • Eine weitere Premiere für ein Nexus Gerät ist das eloxierte Gehäuse aus einem, auch in der Luft- und Raumfahrt verwendetem Aluminium.

    • Wir sind uns relativ sicher, dass das 6P nicht dazu konzipiert wurde, um es als Rampe für unser Fingerboard zu verwenden.

    • Die angehobene Kameraebene scheint Huaweis Strategie zu sein, um eine 4K Kamera in dem neuen Smartphone unterzubringen. Vielleicht sind sie aber auch nur genauso süchtig nach Bergen wie wir.

    • Beim genaueren Hinsehen entdecken wir, dass die Enden der Glasabdeckung der Kamera in einer eleganten Wölbung auslaufen. Schick!

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    • Im Vergleich zu seinem kleineren Zwilling, dem Nexus 5X (oben) glänzt das 6P mit seinem Wide Quad HD AMOLED Display.

    • Nur zum Spaß vergleichen wir das 6P auch mit seinem Vorfahren dem Nexus 6. Bonuspunkte gibt es für diejenigen, die trotz der ähnlichen Form erraten können, welches Gerät welches ist!

    • Mit 7,3 mm Stärke ist das 6P schlanker als das Nexus 6 mit 10,06 mm. Auch beim Gewicht konnten 6 Gramm eingespart werden, was uns auf 178g bringt. (Zum Vergleich — das iPhone 6s bringt 192g auf die Waage.)

    • Für diejenigen, die sich gefragt haben — ja das Nexus 6P kann auch als externer Akku genutz werden. Sollte sich der Akkustand deines 5X dem Ende zuneigen, greife einfach zu deinem 6P und einer Nabelschnur einem USB-C Kabel und weiter gehts!

    • Bisher konnten wir noch keine Berichte einholen, was geschieht, wenn man zwei 6Ps mit einem Akkustand von 50% koppelt. Wir nehmen an, dass sich beiden Geräte auf 100% vollladen. Unbegrenzte Energie — Fall abgeschlossen!

    Why stop there? Come up with a USB-C splitter cable, connect the two 6Ps, and then you have perpetual power that's actually useful!

    David Hodson -

    if only it were that simple. When I was a kid I had this idea that you could run a generator that's solar powered, have a lightbulb that puts out enough power to run the solar panel AND the generator... and run other items of said generator.

    this was of course before I understood the nature of electricity and effectiveness and lost power etc etc.

    liftedplane -

    Can someone identify the chips belonging to the Android Sensor Hub? On the 5X ist was a pressure sensor, geomagnetic sensor, a combined gyro/accelerometer and an STM32.

    I have no idea why they label the chips the way they do. If a sensor is called 'BMP280', why not label it with that? Why do they use some random other letters and numbers?

    Anyway, would be cool if someone could help! Thanks!

    Sebastian Plamauer -

    /edit: found the same STM32F411CE as on the 5X. Top right from the processor.

    Pressure sensor is on the top right of the PCB, but no idea which model. Has a different number on it that the one on the 5X.

    Sebastian Plamauer -

    Did you figure out what specs the acceleramotor/gyroscope have in the Nexus 6p?

    Andrew Prys -

    Why is the touch screen controller not covered, can someone udpate?

    CapTouch -

    Shouldn't the Avago 77814-1 in step 15 be listed as a Skyworks SKY77814-11? The Skyworks logo is clearly visible on the chip.

    Brian Sammond -

    Yes. Thanks for the correction! It reads correctly now.

    Jeff Suovanen -

    The metal part on the mainboard beside the CPU and Flash chip seems to be the SIM card bay. Looks like it can hold 2 SIM cards!?

    bernhard -

    There was another [leaked?] video of an earlier prototype advertising this capability. Please try this iFixit?

    Tom Dugovic -

    That definitely is the SIM reader on the motherboard, and it does look wide enough for two SIMS! However, the SIM tray in our device only has a single slot. Perhaps different carriers or markets will see the 6P able to support multiple SIMs, but not ours.

    Andrew Optimus Goldheart -

    No QFE1100 envelope tracker? Surprising as most highend phones have included it for the last ~2 years

    Guy -

    It's there! Marked "E1100", step 14, bottom left.

    dfskjfksa -

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    • Wie auch beim Nexus 6 gibt es keine sichtbaren Schrauben an der Rückabdeckung. Im Gegensatz dazu handelt es sich beim 6P um ein Unibody Gerät, was bedeutet es gibt keine praktische Rückseite zum Ablösen.

    • Die glatte Hülle des 6Ps wird nur durch eine kleine, verdächtig aussehende Plastikabdeckung an der Unterkante der Rückseite unterbrochen. Wir starten damit einen heißen iOpener darauf zu platzieren, um zu sehen, was sich darunter befindet.

    • Mit genug Hitze lässt sich die Abdeckung leicht heraushebeln und ablösen. Darunter kommen vier Schrauben zum Vorschein.

    • Eine der Schrauben ist mit einem Originalitätssiegel versehen. Sollte dies dein erste Besuch auf iFixit sein, kannst du einen Blick auf unser Reparatur Manifest werfen, um zu sehen was wir von solchen Dingen halten.

    Don't forget to remove the SIM card tray, like I did!

    Almost broke my screen trying to pull it apart with the tray in.

    jmiller944 -

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    • An die Schrauben unter der Plastickabdeckung zu gelangen stellte sich nicht als all zu schwer heraus. Nun deutet allerdings alles darauf hin, dass sich auch einige unter der Auswölbung der Kamera verstecken...

    • Die Abdeckung um die es nun geht, besteht aus fest sitzendem, leicht zerbrechlichem Glas. Dies zu Entfernen wird alles andere als Spaß machen.

    • Wir waren von der leichten Prozedur des Öffnens des 5X und von der geringen verwendeten Klebstoffmenge angenehm überrascht. Wir hatten die Hoffnung dieser Trend würde sich bei anderen Mitgliedern der Nexus Familie fortführen — leider sieht es so aus, als wäre Blut doch nicht dicker als Klebstoff.

    • Die extrem enge Fassung macht unser Plastikwerkzeug machtlos — wir greifen zu einer gebogenen Klinge, einer Sicherheitsbrille und beten.

    • Nach mehreren frustrierenden Minuten sind wir in der Lage, den iSclack einzusetzen und lassen das Telefon aus seiner Verschalung herausspringen.

    One supposes that if it's that easy to break the glass camera cover, replacement camera covers will become available.

    Jason Walton -

    My camera glass cover cracked after a literal 6" drop. Yikes. I hope replacements are available.

    Stuart Anderson -

    Are those additional sensors to the right of the lazer auto focus? If so, what happens when these are covered by a case?

    Torstein Early -

    Don't forget to seal properly the camera glass, because mine got dust in about 2 month. Now I need to clean the camera sensor from dust. Seems like doable, but I need to open this %#*@ thing again and crack the metalic camera case open, don't loose camera balls that should be inside, don't scratch the sensor while cleaning it and assemble it all in revese again.

    Volodia Kotylo -

    Missing a step on the bottom of the phone there another flip, under there are 2 more screw

    coolau -

    I was using a heat gun on the glass, it did not take much heat to warm it up. Don't put too much heat or you will start to melt the plastic LED cover for flash. I recommend using a sharp hobby knife (i.e. The X-Acto) to fit into the same side in the picture here. Hope this helps anyone.

    Ian Ramrattan -

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    • Das Klebstoffabenteuer liegt hinter uns, und wir befreien das 6P entgültig von seiner Hülle.

    • Im Gegensatz zu anderen Telefonen, die wir in letzter Zeit gesehen haben, gibt es hier keine getrennte Displayeinheit oder eine leicht zu entfernende Rückabdeckung. Stattdessen enthüllt sich das Innenleben des 6P als gigantische Mega-Einheit, welche nur die NFC Antenne in der Verschalung zurücklässt.

    • Das ist kein gutes Zeichen was die Reparierbarkeit des 6P angeht — um genau zu sein, erinnert es uns an die schreckliche Erfahrung, welche wir mit dem HTC One M7 gemacht haben.

    • Immerhin scheint das Einzige, das zwischen uns und dem Akku liegt, ein Verbindungskabel zum Daughterboard zu sein.

    Can you please let me know how long this battery can last if I use Nexus stock charger?

    Huawei support team said they don't have any service to replace battery after warranty? :(

    Pritam Chanda -

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    • Der Akku ist ein Monstrum — und stark verklebt. Immerhin mussten wir nicht tief graben, um zu ihm zu gelangen.

    • Diese übergroße, 3,82 V, 13,18 Wh Lithiumzelle kommt mit einer Kapazität von 3450 mAh daher.

    • Für diejenigen unter euch, die Protokoll führen — diese Powerzelle wird mit 230 mAh mehr eingestuft, als die, die wir im ursprünglichen Nexus 6 vorgefunden haben, und mit 700 mAh mehr als der Akku im iPhone 6s Plus.

    Careful! There is a ribbon cable right under the battery (it the screen cable), don't pry on the cable or get under it.

    Ian Ramrattan -

    I second Ian’s caution. I barely nicked the little rounded tab near the bottom of the cable and it rendered the touchscreen worthless. Had to buy a new (used) one.

    Brent Hillyer -

    I accidentally bended the battery just a tiny bit and it broke one of the cells, the battery exploded. BE CAREFUL

    sercasti -

    I accidentally bended the battery just a tiny bit and it short circuited and exploded, BE CAREFUL NOT TO BEND THE BATTERY

    sercasti -

    Class listen to Ian. I shredded the ribbon cable under the battery while prying out the battery. Yuck.

    Mike Russell -

    Same as Mike, just tore mine in half using a credit card behind the battery. Why the !&&* do they use such large amounts of tape!!! now i have to buy a new phone, as the ribbon is attached to the screen perminently! Not bothering with this phone anymore. 16 months of great, the 1 month of crap battery life. Not worth the shoddy assembly to be honest.

    Troy Starkey -

    Why isn’t the ribbon cable mentioned in this step in the removal? Tearing it is (obviously) easy trying to fight adhesive and it results in your repair jumping up 160$ in price. Next thing you know you’re 200 bucks into a phone that isn’t known for its longevity to begin with…

    I tore the ribbon with an iFixIt plastic card after failing to see the mentions in the comments (which aren’t visible by default). Rest in peace Nexus 6p

    Lulzmango -

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    • Als nächstes ziehen wir eines der kleinsten Daughterboards, das wir je gesehen haben, heraus. Es ist nur wenig mehr als ein einfaches USB-C Board.

    • Nach der qualvollen Öffnungsprozedur ist es schön einen Vorteil beim Reparieren des 6P im Vergleich zum 5X vorzufinden: ein USB Anschluss, welcher auf einem kleinen billigen Daughterboard angebracht ist, anstelle an das Motherboard gelötet zu sein.

    • Auf der Vorderseite des Daughterboards befinden sich einige Steuerungselemente sowie Federkontakte für die LTE Antenne...

    • ...auf der Rückseite finden wir eines der drei geräuschreduzierenden Mikrofone und einige weitere Kontakte für den Vibrationsmotor sowie den Lautsprecher.

    Where is the main microphone? Can it be the white circle feature on the speakerbox?

    Tor -

    Or is the noice cancelling microphone at the back of the daughterboard also the main microphone?

    Tor -

    Does anyone know which part contains a noise cancelling microphone? My 6p is out of warranty and has the muffled microphone issue. Wondering if replacing the daughterboard / speakerbox would make any difference, or if the culprit microphone is located on the motherboard itself.

    Dan Lake -

    Did you ever replace the Daughterboard in order to fix that microphone issue?

    Ronald Urena -

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    • Wir fahren mit unseren Ermittlungen im unteren Teil des Smartphones fort und stoßen auf etwas, dass ein Lautsprecher zu sein scheint.

    • Nach vorne gerichtete Lautsprecher scheinen eine Art Markenzeichen für Google zu werden und wurden von uns bereits letztes Jahr im Nexus 9 sowie im Nexus 6 gefunden.

    • Googles Begründung hierfür scheint denkbar einfach zu sein: Nutzer bevorzugen ihnen entgegen gerichtete Lautsprecher.

    • Natürlich sagt dies nichts darüber aus, wie der Lautsprecher tatsächlich klingt. Um etwas darüber herauszufinden, müssen wir abwarten, bis wir unser 6P wieder zusammengebaut haben.

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    • Als nächstes befreien wir die Kopfhörerbuchse, welche von einer kleinen Gummihülle umschlossen ist. Hmmm.

    • Auf der Suche nach Lebenszeichen Wasserfestigkeit gibt diese kleine Hülle leider noch keinen Aufschluss darüber, ob sich Google womöglich schon auf die nächste Sintflut vorbereitet.

    • Auf unserem weiteren Weg bringen wir die nach vorne gerichtete (Selfie) Kamera zum Vorschein. Diese 8MP, ƒ/2.4 Kamera verfügt über 3 MP mehr als sein Gegenstück — dem 5X, verwendet jedoch mit 1.4 die selbe Mikrometer Pixelgröße.

    • Wir schießen ein paar Bilder von unseren neu gewonnen, aber nicht sonderlich nennenswerten Freunden und machen uns auf Richtung Herzstück .

    Is the connector capable of using a TRRS cable? For say, a lapel mic?

    Dennis Norton -

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    • Die meisten unwichtigen Teile sind aus dem Weg geräumt, was uns erlaubt, uns auf das Motherboard zu fokussieren — kein Klebstoff und mit einem Klacks Kaugummi Thermalpaste versehen, genau so wie wir es gern haben.

    • Obwohl uns die Frontkamera keine größeren Schwierigkeiten bereitet hat, scheint es, als wäre die Hauptkamera merkwürdigerweise angelötet.

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    • ....oder auch nicht!

    • Um die Hauptkamera zu erreichen, ist es notwendig das Motherboard zu entfernen. Es stellt sich allerdings heraus, dass nur die Klammer der Kamera an die Platine gelötet worden ist. Die Kamera selbst lässt sich ganz einfach ausstecken und entfernen.

    • In dieser 12,3 MP Kamera steckt der selbe Sony IMX377 Sensor und ƒ/2.0 Linse wie im 5X. Dank der Power des 810 Snapdragon Prozessors kann das 6P jedoch Vorteile aus einem EIS (elektronische Bildstabilisation) Algorithmus ziehen und Zeitlupenvideos mit bis zu 240 fps filmen.

    that motherboard has dual sim slots.

    Tory Berra -

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    • Mit dem Spudger in der Hand richten wir unsere Aufmerksamkeit auf den quadratischen Nexus Imprint Sensor.

    • Moment. Quadratisch? War dieses Teil nicht rund, als wir es zum ersten Mal gesehen haben?

    • Es stellt sich heraus, dass sich dieser Imprint Sensor stark von dem im 5X verbauten unterscheidet. Das kreisförmige Erscheinungsbild des Sensors hat nur ein rundes Loche in der Rückabdeckung des 6Ps zu verantworten.

    • Womöglich plant Huawei, diesen Fingerabdrucksensor noch in weiteren Geräten zu verbauen. Praktisch.

    who manufactures the Nexus Imprint sensor? I have read that Fingerprint Card does, as well as one of the new nexus sensors (5x/6p) is the same as the OnePlus Two sensor. Any info on this would be appreciated. Thank you.

    Douglas Kryder -

    Hey, I was wondering about the fingerprint reader, is it possible to switch it (get a new one with a different color), or is it like iPhones where it will stop working if you replace it?

    ecrvnr -

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    • Wir riechen Chips! Nachdem das Motherboard nun freigelegt und die EMI Abdeckung entfernt ist, wird es Zeit einen genaueren Blick auf das Silizium zu werfen:

    • Micron MT53B384M64D4NK-062 3 GB LPDDR4 RAM, gelagert über Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 v2.1, 2.0 GHz octa-core 64-bit CPU

    • Samsung KLMBG4GEND-B031 32 GB eMMC 5.0 NAND Flash

    • Qualcomm PMI8994 Power Management IC (in vielen Android Smartphones aus dem Jahr 2015 verbaut, das Nexus 5X eingeschlossen)

    • Qualcomm SMB1351 Quick Charge IC (ähnlich dem im 5X verbauten SMB1358)

    • Qualcomm QFE1100 Envelope Tracking IC

    • ST Microelectronics STM32F411CE 32-bit 100 MHz ARM Cortex-M4 RISC microcontroller

    • Maxim intergrierter MAX98925 Audioverstärker

    Funny, the "Avago ACPM-7251" has a Skyworks logo!

    jon -

    Same thing happened in Step 15 with the amplifier, but they corrected it. I verified that the Skyworks logo is on the ACPM-7251 as well. Hopefully, this will get fixed soon, just as the other one was.

    Brian Sammond -

    It's been removed altogether. I guess that's one way to fix it. lol

    jon -

    2x maxim chips are max98925 boosted class dg speaker amplifiers, not max989

    dfskjfksa -

    Seems like the NXP TFA chips aren't being used now that Maxim has comparable smart speaker amplifiers

    djlobb01 -

    On this step, on the left upper corner, it's like there are 2 SIMs slots, or a SIM slot + SD card slot. Are both connected ? If so, why the SIM tray is only for 1 SIM card ?

    Sylvain DEGUT -

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    • Die Rückseite des Motherboards ist mit noch mehr Kontrollelementen beladen:

    • Broadcom BCM4358 5G WiFi 802.11ac Client

    • Qualcomm PM8994 Power Management IC (wie im Nexus 5X und im HTC One M9)

    • NXP PN548 NFC Controller

    • Qualcomm WCD9330 Audio Codec

    • Qualcomm WTR3925 RF Empfänger

    • RF Microdevices RF1891 Antennen Switch Modul

    • Skyworks 77814-11 Leistungsverstärker für LTE

    Can you shed any light on the several small chips labeled "SKY1"?

    jon -

    Anyone notice those bypass capacitors with two extra connections on the sides? I ogle electronics regularly and it's the first time I've seen them. There are unpopulated pads for them too. A little Googling suggests they're Murata EMIFIL devices or equivalent. Nifty!

    APA -

    No NXP TFA9890A Audio Amplifier this time? So Nexus 6P uses what chip to boost the speaker so loud? The speaker module is by which company?

    Google -

    I have noticed on this teardown as well as your LG 4 you do not identify the IMU. It would be great in the future you start doing this since it will be important to those who are looking for the best mobile VR smartphone.

    Thanks

    Michael Balzer -

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    • Die Reparierbarkeit des Nexus 6P liegt bei 2 von 10 Punkten (10 ist die beste Repapierbarkeit)

    • Ein stabiles Gehäuse sorgt für eine längere Lebensdauer.

    • Hat man die mühselige Öffnungsprozedur hinter sich gebracht, ist der Akku sofort zugänglich.

    • Es ist sehr schwierig — wenn auch nicht unmöglich — das Gerät zu öffnen, ohne die Kameraabdeckung zu beschädigen. Aufgrund des Unibody Designs ist jede Komponente extrem schwer zu ersetzen.

    • Das Display lässt sich nur austauschen, wenn man sich durch das ganze Telefon gräbt. Dies führt dazu, dass sich eine der gängigsten Reparaturen nur schwer bewerkstelligen lässt.

    • Die Abdeckungen auf der Rückseite und der Akku werden von sehr starkem Klebstoff an ihrem Platz gehalten.

    Hi the top horn can be changed

    Leonardo Flores -

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For step 7, don't know if anyone has noticed the typo... You say the nexus 6p has 700mAh more battery than the iphone 6s... 6s has ~1750mAh and the 6p has 3450 mAh... That's almost double the battery size (1700 mAh difference). Just a stickler for an order of magnitude :D Thanks for the great teardown, sad to see the 6p isn't easily repaired...

ErictheMaker -

We're actually comparing the battery in the Nexus 6P to the battery in the 6s Plus, not the 6s. The 6s Plus has a 2750 mAh battery :)

Andrew Optimus Goldheart -

At least the battery is not "smaller than promised" like iPhone

John Stead -

The battery is Li-Po and not Li-ion tech which is more safer and lasts longer. I'd rather have the iPhone battery still. Lasts just as long in my experience.

Jake -

Li-Po means Li-polymer.Li-Po is included in Li-ion, which means lithium batteries.iPhone's batteries are the same Li-Po batteries,they're just written Li-ion.

Atom Zhang -

Nah, lithium ion is a different ype from lithium ion; even bother googling that?

Cookie Dough -

Just being a stickler but an order of magnitude is a factor of 10

Charles Curley -

Is there any information regarding the headphone jack audio amplifier chip?

Ignatius Damai -

I actually came over to see if I could replace the screen if it broke (My Note 2 needed a repair in just five days of purchasing it). Apparently Google sucks at inheritance of qualities in its nexus devices

MSF Jarvis -

Andrew, thanks for setting me straight! I wish I had reread and seen that it was for the 6s plus. I appreciate you taking the time to respond though :)

Slime, you're right, and order of magnitude is 10 times larger... I was at a loss for what to call a difference from 3 digits to 4. Any ideas? I guess I could have said more than double instead...

ErictheMaker -

On removing the camera glass, I found the best place to get a purchase with a razor blade was on the curved portion. And I had to get it HOT. I was using a heat gun (didn't think a table would work with the curved glass) and it didn't come off for me until I had heated several times and got the temperature to the point of being hot enough that you could only touch the glass very quickly (< 1 second). How you could possibly remove that without scuffing the frame at all though is beyond me. The metal frame is incredible sensitive to showing wear from a metal tool.

Also, the bottom plastic one starts bending pretty quickly from the heat. I'd use a slight about of heat but mostly rely on an opening tool to tear the adhesive.

Javan Pohl -

Definitely agree, had to use more heat than I thought I should have used, crank that heat gun up people. I ended up cracking the glass on the back, but of course I started on the opposite side of the camera. Luckily all the cracks are covered by my case.

Tips learned:

Use lots and lots of heat

Work on the camera glass from the side opposite the lenses

You WILL scuff metal opening this thing

michaelwitek -

What are the sensors that we can see inside the camera hump once that glass came off as some cases actually cover most of this area?

Monty M -

Actually scratch that - now that I look closer at the close up photo I see they are just a couple of holes, one with some foam under it and one looking down on the back of the headphone jack component.

Monty M -

What would it take to put the back and camera glass back on? I dropped mine 12 hrs after getting it and now my volume key is bent so I can only lower the volume.

William Astarita -

Anyone knows the logo on the orange part of the fingerprint sensor?

Body Double -

Does anyone know where to find a original nexus 6p back housing, or how mutch does it cost?

zoltanmariusadrian -

Where is the laser autofocus assembly on the last picture? It is not shown

4GVTEC -

Hi every one my name is shabeer i have a issue in my nexus 6p and it has network ic problem can any one let me know the network ic model in nexus 6p it will be a great help thank you.

mohomedshabeer -

Can you please confirm , if FM chip is inside the Nexus 6p. If FM chip and receiver is enabled then we all can hear the FM Radio for free and save a lot on the data usage . Thanks

Sriram -

no there is no fm chip in the nexus 6p

Mark Warburton -

Question: so ive apparently suffered from the "jeans too tight bent my volume rocker" problem, and i am in the early learning stages of the repair ability preparation process. I dont mind having to tackle this repair myself (as opposed to RMA'ing the device, as many have done) since I have planned on swapping out the gold housing with a different color since i first purchased the device. Its not because the gold is my LEAST favorite color of the 4-- in fact, its actually the ONLY color option that i don't like. I purchased the gold one because i was able to get a 32 gb version for just over $300 brand new at a crazy random sale/opportunity, and so I knew iFixit wouldn't let me down when it came to showing me how to get that desired colorway while still saving one or two benjamins in the process.

Then, sadly, I hopped on here and learned the bitter truth about the 6p's teardown: it frickin sucks.

Christopher -

so now that story time is over, back to my question: I've decided that since im tearing down anyways, i might as well frankenstein some parts, and so I'm going to either do a White body with black sim card tray, black finger print sensor, power button, volume rocker, etc. I'll probaboly even do the little back bottom battery cover piece in black as well. Theres also a slightly low to to medium chance that I may opt out of the white body and go with the same design, but with a silver housing instead. My question is: ive found every part that i need seperately, but the volume rocker and power button piece seems to only be the ribbon. Does anyone know if the oems selling the housing are including the actual buttons with the main housing, and selling the ribbon seperately? Or do I need to find the black ones to ensure my little colorway variant comes together as i want it to?

Christopher -

Anyone with any advice would be greatly appreciated. p.s. iFixit-- rock on! thank you once again for going where no man has gone (generally, at the time of the original video) and delivering unto us the gift of disassembly.

Christopher -

What is the part number of the Bluetooth Chip here?Manufacturer?

Raul Piper -

The Broadcom BCM4358 used for Wi-Fi is also capable of Bluetooth, according to the device specs. Click on the link above in the article.

Erik Tomlinson -

I am trying to find the internal hard drive and attempt to pull my pictures off it. My phone went through the treadmill and wont turn on. Any advice?

Chris Belief -

You could unsolder the eMMC chips and use a socket reader to pull the data off of them. However, itsecuritything.com stated that google forced full disk encryption out of the box on Nexus 6P. So I'm not sure you can read the data anyway.

Ryan -

Any thoughts where I could find help identifying some of the small electronics on the main board? I lost two small components when swapping out the screen. Now the screen works, but it does not recognize the sim. The two components are circled in red in the lower right corner of this picture.

https://postimg.org/image/b4wqltgox/

It's a long shot, but if I could get replacements maybe I could manage to solder them back on.

Burton Alesse -

Burton, the SMDs you have circled are capacitors. By the size of them they are bypass caps for a DC line. I would try a 1uF cap or 10uF cap and see if that fixes your issue. It's hard to tell from the picture but the size looks like a 0201. You'll have to measure the pad spacing to be sure.

Hope that helps,

Daniel

Daniel Longstreet -

Thanks for the tutorial, it's very helpful. Can you please tell me how may I change the sim card holder?

Md. Beruni -

Do i have to remove all the electronic stuff off the back including the battery and speaker? why can't i just remove the glass once i remove it all from the frame???

benjamin weese -

Where is the Bosch BMM150 geomagnetic sensor?

Thushara Wedagedara -

Hi. what about reassembly? Do we need to re-glue the glue we cut?

benjamin lorenzo -

The glue still sticks fairly well when you just press it together,

Tara Zieminek -

What about re-assembly? Do we need to re-glue the fierce glue we cut? Do you have that glue?

benjamin lorenzo -

Did you ever find an answer to you adhesive question? I too am about to replaces the battery in my 6p, and all the tear-downs I seen just stick the battery, glass lens cover, and plastic bottom piece right back on. Is the adhesive strong enough to reuse?

Doug Cook -

You don’t need glue - you can just press it back together and it sticks.

Tara Zieminek -

I don’t get an LTE or 3G antenna bars any longer after taking it and getting my battery replaced. What part would I need to get replaced and can I order that?

Ed Tetreault -

I need to have the part replaced that handles comm. My phone doesn’t have the LTE or 3G cell antenna bars. Bluetooth & WiFi still work though. No cell service at all. New SIM too, just doesn’t work any longer.

Ed Tetreault -

There doesn’t seem to be a text guide on here on how to change the battery in the Nexus 6P, so I made a video. It’s at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C9K0A79s... - hope it’s useful to somebody! :)

Paul Freeman-Powell -

Just a warning about removing the battery. Angle the card toward the battery and away from the body/screen. I didn’t and tore the LCD flexible flat cable that is underneath. Even more unfortunately, it seems to be attached to the LCD and not separately replaceable.

David Clarey -

What is the flex connector that's on the display frame? Pictured on Step 16 to the far right. Wide, black with two 45 degree bends?

Javier Solis -

Hi Javier,

the flex cable you’re talking about is the display flex cable, which runs through a gap in the mid frame right above where the daughter board is placed.

Dominik Schnabelrauch -

Where is the Android Sensor Hub mentioned in the beginning. I have problems with all the sensors in my 6p and would like to replace this sensor hub if possible.

William Bille Meyling -

Does anyone know the chip part number or pinout of the two 4-pin chips on the bottom right of the motherboard as seen in the Step 14 picture? My deduction is that these chips control the power on / off and volume. My issue is that I am repairing the screen and ordered a replacement that includes screen+frame. In that assembly, the orange ribbon cable as seen on the left side of the bottom case view in the Step 16 is not included. So when the phone is all put together, it will not power one as there is nothing to make contact with these chips. The replacement screens do not seem to have this needed piece. I am thinking I can solder some wires to those pins an short them as needed to make the power / volume functions. My goal is to just get the phone powered with the new screen enough to get the data off the phone, so rigging the wires this way may work. I just need to know the pinout on those chips.

Carl Klatsky -

Hello geniuses, I will be very grateful if anyone could help me out on this, I have a nexus 6p I am having a unique issue, in which when I am connecting my charger it's showing a charging sign but the charging percentage isn't increasing a bit, I have changed chargers, batteries and even the charging port, but the issue is still there and when I am going on the battery section through settings it's showing "charger connected, can't charge right now".

Please help me out.

m_m_wajih -

Wow man, thank you for the teardown! Appreciate the detailed step by step….keep up the great work.

vapor33 -