In this guide, we are going to show you how to remove and replace the crushed screen on the Huawei P10 smartphone.
In order to remove the display, you need to remove the back cover, rear camera, front camera, USB board, loudspeaker, and headphone jack from the motherboard.
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The full teardown of the Huawei P10 can be found here.
Repair Tools Needed:
0.8 pentalobe screwdriver
Phillips #000 Screwdriver
Suction cup
Pick
Spudger
Tweezers
SIM Card Eject Tool
1. Removing the SIM card tray and two Pentalobe screws
First of all, switch off your phone and remove the SIM card tray.
Remove the two Pentalobe screws located at the bottom next to the device’s USB Type-C port.
2. Removing the back cover
Use a suction cup to separate the display unit from the back cover.
Lift up the display a little bit with a suction cup and insert a pick.
Slide the pick along the display edge on both sides.
Don’t remove the back cover completely yet. The power button and volume button cable are still connected to the motherboard.
3. Disconnect the power button and volume button cable
Disconnect the power button and volume button cable using a spudger.
Once the cable is disconnected, you can remove the back cover completely.
4. Disconnect the battery connector
Remove one screw securing the metal sheet.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the main FPC from the motherboard with a spudger.
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard with a spudger.
5. Disconnect the display cable
Remove the Phillips #000 screw securing the metal sheet to the middle frame.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the display cable from the motherboard.
6. Removing the battery
Uncover the ends of the adhesive pull tabs to get a good grip on them.
Pull the film slowly and continuously to release the battery.
There is only one cable running directly underneath the battery.
Insert a card under the battery to separate the battery.
On the other side of the battery, there is a double-sided adhesive fixed battery.
Lift up the battery and remove it.
7. Removing two cameras
Remove four screws on the motherboard.
Disconnect the antenna from the motherboard.
Peel off the conducting fabric.
Unplug the camera connector from the motherboard. Now you can remove the front camera.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Peel off the conducting fabric.
Lift up the rear camera and remove it.
8. Removing the motherboard
Remove the motherboard with your fingers.
There is a clip securing the motherboard in place, and you need to release the clip first.
9. Removing the earpiece speaker
Lift up the earpiece speaker with tweezers. The earpiece speaker is secured to the phone body by glues.
10. Removing the USB Type-C board
Remove four Phillips #000 screws at the bottom.
Disconnect the cable from the board.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the headphone jack cable and antenna cable.
Remove the antenna cable from the phone body.
Lift up the USB Type-C board and remove it.
11. Removing the loudspeaker
The loudspeaker is secured by glue, so it’s a little difficult to remove the loudspeaker.
Lift up the loudspeaker from its port with your fingernail or blade.
12. Removing the headphone jack
The loudspeaker is securing by glues, just use tweezers insert it into the headphone jack and wiggle the tweezers, you can remove the headphone jack.
13. Removing the vibrating motor
The vibrating motor is secured with glue, and you should pry it up with a blade or tweezers.
To replace your crushed display, I suggest you buy a display assembly with the frame.
You can find the full Huawei P10 Teardown here. For other parts replacement tutorials, please visit the P10 repair guide category.
