HTC One E8 Disassembly

In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the HTC One E8 to remove and replace the back cover, battery, rear camera, front camera, microphone, speaker, and motherboard.

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First of all, remove the SIM card and SD card slot.

Starting from the speaker cover, these two plastic covers are fixed with glue. You need to heat it up with a heat gun.

Once the cover is removed, you can find the hidden screws. There are two screws under the top speaker cover, and there are four screws under the bottom speaker cover; remove these six screws.

Pry up the back cover with a pry bar.

There are four FPC-style antennas on the back cover. There are two layers of foil.
We first tried to tear off the first layer.
Remove the screw securing the plastic shield cover.
Remove the plastic shield cover.

Each connector is covered with a layer of foil. Tear off the foil and open the connector; you can remove the screws fixing the circuit board.

Remove all screws securing the motherboard.

Disconnect all cables.

HTC One E8 circuit board, copper foil, and plastic shield

The cameras and vibrator are connected to the motherboard via a flexible cable, the speaker module, headset, and USB connector module are fixed by glue, USB connector is fixed by a plastic cover; remove two screws securing the plastic cover.

Remove two screws and disconnect two volume button cables. You can remove the little board.

On the other side of the circuit board, remove the sensor, volume buttons cable, and soft cable.

Pry up and remove the battery.

Remove the speaker.

Motherboard

It uses a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 (MSM8974AC) processor.

For more guides, check out the HTC One E8 device page.

Via ewisetech.com