Sony Xperia Z3 Disassembly

In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the Sony Xperia Z3 to remove the back cover, battery, camera, headphone jack, screen, soft board, and motherboard. Refer to this guide. You can repair your Xperia Z3.

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Sony Xperia Z3 with Qualcomm Snapdragon (MSM8974AC) 2.5GHz quad-core processor, 5.2 inch 1920×1080 pixel display, battery capacity of 3100 mAh, 20.7 million pixels rear camera, 3GB RAM, 16GB ROM, maximum support 128GB extended memory.

In the first step, we will open the back cover, according to the disassembling experience of the Xperia Z1 and Z2, slightly heating up the back cover edge. Use the plastic pry bar to pry up the back cover.

After removing the back cover, you can see the internal structure of the Sony Xperia Z3.

On the back cover edge, there is a layer of black waterproof foam rubber.

Disconnect the battery power cable from the motherboard and remove the battery. Xperia Z3’s battery capacity is 3100mAh. It is lower than Z2’s 3200mAh, and there is a small amount of glue on the back of the battery.

Remove the screw and remove the plastic block. There is a plastic block on the right side.

The plastic block is used to secure the motherboard.

After removing these two plastic blocks, the motherboard can be removed.

Remove the screws.
Remove the antenna module. There are also two small boards and a speaker integrated inside the antenna module.

3.5mm headphone jack module

Remove the 3.5mm headphone jack module.

The side button key cable uses two plastic strips of reinforcement.

Touchscreen, the display cable using a metal plate fixed.

Sony Xperia Z3 uses heat pipe cooling.

Sony Xperia Z3’s soft board has a side button, a vibrator, a microphone, and a three-axis electronic compass.

For more guides, check out the Sony Xperia Z3 device page.