I will explain how to disassemble a Meizu M5 Note to remove the back cover, battery, front camera, rear camera, bottom board, speaker, and motherboard.
Before start take apart the phone, we need to remove the SIM card tray first.
Remove two screws beside the Micro USB port.
Pry up the back cover a bit and insert a guitar pick. Slide the pick along the edge until the cover is removed.
Meizu M5 Note uses the 6061 air aluminum body through the CNC machining to cut out the antenna overflow band, and Note3 is used in the traditional three-stage design.
The upper part of the motherboard has a lot of antenna contacts.
Remove all screws securing the plastic cover.
Remove the cover.
With the plastic cover removed, you can disconnect the LCD cable, battery connector, and side button cable.
Remove two screws securing the motherboard. You can remove the motherboard.
Remove all screws securing the speaker module and take it out.
The bottom board integrated a Micro-USB port, a 3.5mm headphone jack, and a microphone.
The Micro-USB port is wrapped with a rubber ring that fills the gap between the loudspeaker modules to prevent loosening caused by frequent plugging.
The MBack key integrates fingerprint recognition, touchback, and Home key functions.
Remove the motherboard and bottom board (including the loudspeaker module). We can see the speaker and vibrating motor.
The Meizu M5 Note comes with a 4000mAh battery (rated capacity of 3920mAh) to improve the phone’s battery performance. It also supports fast charging.
Meizu M5 Note uses a black PCB board design. The plate thickness is moderate. The metal shield is not removable. Maintenance is difficult.
The Helio P10 processor is covered with a layer of graphite.
Handset and vibrating motor
Here are Meizu M5 Note’s front-facing camera and rear-facing camera.
The rear-facing camera comes from Q Technology, 13MP, PDAF, F/2.2.
The front-facing camera has an F/2.0 aperture and supports face AE.
