Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Headphone Jack Replacement

Written By: Isabella Li
  • Comments: 20
Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Headphone Jack Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

10

Time Required

2 minutes

Introduction

If the audio is not playing, even after following the troubleshooting instructions, then you may need to replace the headphone jack using this guide.

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    • Have the front of the device facing you.

    • Begin near one of the curved edges of the device (see photo two for visual example).

    • Place a plastic opening tool between the front and back panels.

    • If a plastic opening tool doesn’t work, using a metal spudger may work, but it may damage the plastic on the device.

    • Remember to remove the micro SD card (if present) before you begin.

    AWESOME!! I was trying to open it from the “NOT OK” place and you saved me to broken the screen… thanks!!

    David Leiva -

    No problem, enjoy.

    Roger L. Ortiz -

    Felt it was easier for me to do it from the middles out.

    Tanin Garcia -

    Well then you are messing up the digitizer part, which sucks to replace on your own because it will never be stable again, ghost touches with fake digitizer with fake 3m double sided tape that doesn’t stick..

    Roger L. Ortiz -

    Important: the display is sourrounded with a plastic frame. You need to get beween this frame an the backcover (not directly at glass edge as I tried it first and almost broke the glass). Get a closeup picture of it to clarify.

    Oliver Dawid -

    wer lesen kann, ist klar im Vorteil - ich hab die SD-Karte drin gelassen. Hat aber funktioniert…

    Thomas Wolter -

    Don’t use a very small flathead screwdriver as a spudger. Just shattered the screen :(

    nikvoss -

    Yes, shattered the screen. To the garbage, it goes. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing. This a repair better suited for a professional repair! Thanks for helping me make the decision to get another one!

    vancega -

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    • Once the plastic opening tool is fully inserted, wedge it around the device’s edges to separate the panels.

    • Lift the back panel off of the device.

    • The back panel will make a clicking noise while being lifted off of the device.

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    • Remove the adhesive film and flip up the retaining flap on the ZIF battery connector.

    • Slide the orange battery ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.

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    • Remove the adhesive film, lift the retaining tab and withdraw the white speaker ribbon.

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    • Lift the retaining tab and withdraw the black LCD ribbon.

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    • Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove the ten 4 mm screws around the battery.

    • Slide a plastic opening tool under the bottom of the battery close to the speakers and lift up.

    • The large rectangular white and black piece is the entire battery. Be careful not to puncture it.

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    • Flip up the two ZIF connectors on the motherboard using the plastic opening tool.

    • Slide the orange ribbon cables out of the ZIF connectors.

    • Remove the front-facing camera.

    This step omits the disconnection of the battery from the motherboard , which is shown disconnected in this picture but was connected in the previous step

    Christopher Ford -

    Thanks for bringing this to our attention. We added the relevant battery disconnection steps—hope this helps!

    Kristen Gismondi -

    If the model you are working on is the T585 you will need to carefully pry up the blue antennae cable and disconnect the sim card slot from the motherboard.

    Brendon Gould -

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    • Disconnect the headphone jack from the motherboard.

    • Use a Phillips # 000 to remove six 4mm screws.

    die ganze Platine musste ich gar nicht ausbauen. Ich konnte die Kopfhörerbuchse vorsichtig mit einem kleinen flachen Schrubendreher lösen.

    Thomas Wolter -

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    • Lodge the plastic opening tool under and lift the motherboard out of the tablet.

    • Be careful not to snag any connectors.

    • Remove the metal bracket that was underneath the charging port and set aside.

    Replacing the broken screen, I stupidly unhooked the LCD with a metal screwdriver. It makes the sound of coming on but no picture. Is that the motherboard?

    MARGARET -

    I replaced screen once before and had no problem except using a screwdriver this time.

    MARGARET -

    I have tab a charging and show on screen but not starting at all motherboard water damage I clean all there any way make it start by motherboard with out power button

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    • Use Phillips # 000 to remove two of the 4 mm .3 cm screws around the headphone jack.

    • Lift the metal piece that is covering the headphone jack from one of the sides.

    • Lift out the headphone jack.

Conclusion

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

Author

Isabella Li

Member since: 02/10/17

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5 comments

where can i buy a new piece of headphone jack for my tab A?

Sven Leysen -

I just used this guide to change the headphone jack on a Galaxy Tab A 10.1 SM-T580.

After taking the back off (Step 2) the headphone jack is fully accessible (Step 10).

I didn’t need to remove anything else, so Steps 3-9 inclusive were not required for me.

Matt Griffiths -

Very helpful instructions.

I likewise found the headphone jack to be fully accessible (SM-P585Y). The metal cover sticks a bit, but it’s only held down by the two screws. The headphone jack itself rests on top of a slightly adhesive pad.

Benny Lawrence -

Galaxy Tab A6 2016 - SM-T580

Die Kopfhörerbuchse habe ich bei Ebay (lt. Angebot neu) für unter 5€ gekauft. Anstelle des Plastikwerzeugs habe ich ein normales dünnnes Schmiermesser genommen. Mein Tablet is ja auch schon was älter. Von daher war es mir egal, was passiert, wenn ich nicht das Plastikwerkzeug benutze.

Gehäuse geöffnet, die beiden Schrauben an der Buchse rausgeschraubt und dann vorsichtig mit einem flachen Schraubendreher gelöst. War offensichtlich mit einer Art doppelseitigem Klebeband fixiert.

Buchse getauscht, zusammengebaut, getestet - funktioniert!!!!

Vielen Dank für die tolle Anleitung, die einem Mut macht, es selbst zu probieren.

Thomas Wolter -