Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 Teardown

In this guide, I’ll explain how to disassemble the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 to remove the back cover, speaker, camera, battery, and motherboard.

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Last week, Xiaomi released the new Redmi Note 2, the new phone with a MediaTek MTK X10 processor and 2GB RAM. The price is only RMB799.

Redmi Note 2’s back cover is made of polycarbonate material.

First, remove the back cover with your fingernails. Under the cover, you can access the Li-polymer battery.

Remove the battery. Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 comes with a 3060mah Li-polymer battery.

Remove all screws securing the middle frame.

Once the middle frame is removed, you can access the internal components, including the camera, speaker, and motherboard.

Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 comes with an FT5340 independent touch chip.

All the chips were covered by metal shields. To access the chip, we must remove all the metal shields.

The little board integrated a micro-USB port, a microphone, and a virtual key backlight module.

MTK MT6169V RF chip
Skyworks 77916-11 RF chip
MTK MT6795 processor

MTK MT6331P power management chip
MTK MT6332P power management chip

Skyworks 77643-11 RF chip

Rear camera and front camera

For more guides, check out the Xiaomi Redmi Note 2 device page.