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Before you begin
Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your Verizon Droid on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools.
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Turn your Verizon Droid on its back.
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Step 2
Remove the battery door and the battery.
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Step 3
It is easier to remove the battery when you use a small flathead to lift it out.
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Step 4
There is a screw below the battery cover near teh micro SD cards slot that needs to be removed. |
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Step 5
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Step 6
There is a screw in the center below the battery cover that needs to be removed.
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Step 10
There is another screw right next to the camera that needs to be removed.
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Step 13
Use the green tool to remove the plastic cover right above the camera. |
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Step 12
This is what it looks like once you remove the plastic piece on the top of the Droid.
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Step 15
Below the plastic piece there is a torx screw that needs to removed.
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Step 16
There are torx screws on both sides.
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Step 17
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Step 18
On the bottom of the droid there is a metal piece that needs to be removed.
The best way to do this is to use a razor blade. |
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Step 19
Ease the blade below the metal piece and carefully remove the glue that is holding it in.
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Step 20
Once the gold metal piece is removed there are torx screws below it that need to be removed.
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Step 21
There is a second one on the other side.
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Step 22
There is a 3rd torx screw right at the edge below the motorola.
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Step 23
You can now use the green tool to gently remove the back casing from the front casing.
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Step 24
Wedge the green tool between the front and the back casing and work your way around the the device releasing the latches holding it together.
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Step 25
Once you have worked your way along all edges with teh green tool is should come apart with ease.
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Step 26
Once the back casing is free lift it up and remove it from the front casing.
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Step 27
This is what teh droid looks like with the back casing removed.
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Step 28
Here is another picture showing the back casing removed.
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Step 29
The antenna on the bottom can be removed. Here it is lifted from the top casing.
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Step 30
The antenna cable can also be removed.
Make sure when you are doing this to be careful not to damage the connectors. |
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Step 31
There is a torx srew that needs to be removed right next to where the battery connects to the Droid Motherboard.
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Step 32
On the other side there is another screw near the camera that needs to be removed.
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Step 33
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Step 34
Once thos 2 screws are removed the Droid Logicboard can be removed from teh front casing.
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Step 35
Be sure not to completely remove the Droid A855 Logicboard until you release the ribbong cable on the underside of the Logicboard. This cable connects the camera.
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Step 36
The camera can now be completely be removed.
Here is a picture the camera removed from the Logicboard. |
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Step 37
There is another cable that needs to be disconnected from the Droid Mainboard before it is removed.
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Step 38
Use the green tool and be careful not to break the ribbon cable.
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Step 39
Use the green tool until it is completely disconnected.
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Step 40
This is what the front casign of the Droid looks like withouth the Logicboard.
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Step 41
Here is a picture of the droid Logicboard completely removed from the device.
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