How To Repair Galaxy S7 Edge Display Screen

Introduction

Follow this guide to replace the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge's brandish assembly.

This guide instructs you to replace but the display while leaving the original frame and battery in place.

The curved border and stiff adhesive make the initial opening procedure very challenging. Be patient, repeat multiple heat and pull cycles, and the agglutinative will eventually loosen.

Note: Some replacement screens for this phone come pre-installed in a new frame (a.m.a. chassis), which requires you to transplant all of your phone's internals and install a new bombardment. Brand sure you have the correct office earlier starting this guide.

If the frame is damaged or bent, it'southward important to replace it, or else the new screen may not mount correctly and can suffer damage from uneven pressure level.

The process of separating the display from the frame ordinarily destroys the brandish, so don't follow this guide unless you lot intend to supplant the display.

If your screen is badly shattered, wear centre protection, and employ a screen-protector, or tape, to the display to help contain glass shards.

Insert a SIM card opening tool, SIM eject bit, or a paperclip into the small hole on the top edge of the phone.

Insert a SIM card opening tool, SIM squirt bit, or a paperclip into the small hole on the top edge of the phone.
There are two holes on the top edge. The right hole is within a long rectangular cutout.
Press in the opening tool to eject the tray.
Remove the SIM/SD carte du jour combo tray from the phone.

Opening your phone will compromise its waterproof seals. Have replacement adhesive ready before you proceed, or take care to avoid liquid exposure if you reassemble your phone without replacing the adhesive.

Opening your phone volition compromise its waterproof seals. Have replacement adhesive set up before you proceed, or take care to avert liquid exposure if you reassemble your phone without replacing the adhesive.
Heat an iOpener and utilize it to a long edge of the phone for near two minutes.
You may demand to reheat and reapply the iOpener several times to become the phone warm plenty. Follow the iOpener instructions to avert overheating.
A hair dryer, heat gun, or hot plate may also be used, but be careful not to overheat the phone—the OLED brandish and internal battery are both susceptible to heat damage.

One time the back panel is warm to the touch, utilize a suction cup as shut to the heated edge of the phone as y'all can while avoiding the curved edge.
The suction cup will not adhere well on the curved portion of the glass.
If the phone's back cover is cracked, the suction cup may non stick. Try lifting information technology with strong record, or superglue the suction loving cup in place and permit it to cure so you can proceed.
Lift on the suction cup and insert an opening pick nether the rear glass.
Due to the curved glass, you will be pushing upwardly, rather than inserting parallel to the plane of the phone.
If you take trouble, apply more estrus to further soften the agglutinative, and try once again. The agglutinative cools very fast, and so you lot may demand to heat it repeatedly.

One time you have the pick firmly inserted into the glass, reheat and reapply the iOpener to soften the adhesive.

Slide the opening option upward along the side of the phone, separating the adhesive.
Go slowly so that the tip doesn't slip out of the seam. If sliding becomes hard, reheat and reapply the iOpener.
Go out the choice in identify and catch a second pick every bit you proceed to the next step. Leaving the pick inserted tin aid preclude the glue you lot just separated from re-adhering.

Repeat the previous heating and cutting procedure for the remaining three sides of the phone.
Leave an opening pick on each side as you keep to the next to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Lift the glass and remove it from the phone.

To install a new back cover:
Utilize tweezers to peel away whatsoever remaining adhesive from the phone's chassis. And so clean the adhesion areas with high concentration isopropyl alcohol (at to the lowest degree 90%) and a lint-costless fabric to prep the surface for the new adhesive.
Skin the adhesive backing off of the new rear glass, advisedly line upward one edge of the drinking glass confronting the phone chassis, and firmly press the glass onto the phone.
If you're reinstalling the old back cover, or using a dorsum encompass without adhesive pre-installed, follow this guide.
Be sure to turn on your phone and examination your repair before installing new adhesive and resealing the telephone.
If desired, you may reinstall the dorsum cover without replacing the adhesive. Remove whatever big chunks of adhesive that might forestall the back embrace from sitting down affluent. Later installation, rut the back encompass and employ force per unit area to secure it. It won't be waterproof, but the glue is commonly more than strong plenty to hold.

Remove the twelve 3.5 mm Phillips screws.

Use the small notch on the lower left of the upper antenna to pry it out of the phone.
Remove the upper antenna.

Lift and remove the wireless charging coil from the phone.

Elevator and remove the loudspeaker from the phone.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the battery connector.

Apply the flat terminate of a spudger to disconnect the display cable.

Use the pointed terminate of a spudger to disconnect the power push cable.

Employ the pointed cease of a spudger to disconnect the red and white antenna cables.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the home push connector.

Use the pointed stop of a spudger to disconnect the front-facing sensory array cables.

Use a pointed end of a spudger to disconnect the volume button cablevision.

Do not lift the motherboard out all the fashion; it is still connected to the girl board by a cable.
Use the flat terminate of a spudger to gently pry the motherboard upwards.
Grip the edges of the motherboard and hinge it upwards slowly, using the spudger to push cables out of its path.

Use the flat end of the spudger to disconnect the daughterboard ribbon cable from the underside of the motherboard.
Remove the motherboard.

Heat an iOpener and apply it to acme edge of the brandish.
You may need to reheat and reapply the iOpener several times to get the phone warm enough. Follow the iOpener instructions to avert overheating.
A hair dryer, heat gun, or hot plate may likewise be used, but be conscientious not to overheat the phone—the OLED display and internal battery are both susceptible to heat damage.
While you lot are waiting for the adhesive to soften, read the side by side footstep to get an idea of where to pry.

The display associates edges are secured past strips of very potent foam adhesive.
Strong double-sided tape covers the entire copper surface.
In the following steps, extra caution is required in sure areas to avoid impairment to the phone:
The capacitive buttons are adhered to the display and are very easy to tear. They must be reused for the repair.
While the OLED console and display cable will be replaced with the new display, the capacitive buttons must be reused, so take farthermost care not to harm them.
If you lot do break either of the capacitive buttons or ribbon cables, you can supervene upon the daughterboard associates, which includes new capacitive buttons.

Once the edge is warm, apply a suction cup every bit shut to the tiptop edge as possible without overlapping the speaker grill.
If your display is badly cracked, lay downward a layer of tape on the brandish and try lifting the display with potent tape.
Lift on the suction loving cup to create a small-scale gap underneath the top edge of the display.
This may crave a pregnant corporeality of force, but you merely need to open up a very slight gap with the suction cup to insert your tool.
Insert an opening choice into the gap. Take intendance not to insert it more than 0.25 inches in.
Due to the strong agglutinative, this may require several attempts. Follow the iOpener heating instructions and echo the rut-suction-lift procedure until y'all can become a pick in place.

With the opening option in identify, apply a heated iOpener to the pinnacle edge once again in lodge to soften the agglutinative.

Slide the opening pick along the top edge of the brandish taking care non to button deeper than 0.25 inches.
Inserting the pick too far may damage the front end-facing photographic camera or earpiece speaker.
Leave the selection on the height border the forestall the adhesive from resealing.

Repeat the previous heating and cutting procedure for the long edges of the phone. Exercise not cut the lesser border all the same.
There are large areas of adhesive holding the display to the frame. Piece of work slowly and methodically to piece through as much of the adhesive as possible.
Leave an opening pick on each edge every bit you continue to the next to prevent the adhesive from resealing.
The display cable is located only above the midpoint on the right side, and may interfere with your option if you lot pry too deeply.

Insert an opening pick in the bottom right corner.
Push the pick in slowly. Effort to leverage the pick'due south cutting border upward so that it slides against the dorsum of the display.
This allows the pick to slice between the display and the capacitive push button without dissentious the button cablevision.
Once the selection has cut through the agglutinative in the right corner, leave it in place to foreclose the adhesive from resealing.

Insert an opening pick in the lesser left corner.
Button the pick in slowly. Endeavour to leverage the selection's cutting border upward and so that it slides against the back of the brandish.
Once the pick has cut through the adhesive in the left corner, leave it in identify to forbid the agglutinative from resealing.

Use the opening picks to slice through adhesive around the dwelling push button and any other remaining adhesive.
Open the telephone slightly, starting at the edge opposite the display cablevision.
Practise non remove the brandish assembly. There is a brandish cable threaded through the midframe that is connected to the display.

Lift the brandish assembly away from the midframe, carefully threading the brandish cablevision through the hole in the midframe.
Remove the display associates.

Follow this link for a detailed display adhesive application guide.
Before installing a new display, it's very of import to remove all traces of the erstwhile adhesive from the frame, while taking special intendance to remove any small glass fragments.
After removing all traces of glue and glass from the frame, clean the adhesion areas with 90% (or higher) isopropyl alcohol and a lint-gratis cloth or coffee filter. Swipe in i direction only, not back and along.
This helps remove any remaining agglutinative residue and preps the surface for the new display.
If the frame is bent, or if any glue or glass remnants are left behind, the new display volition not mount correctly and may be damaged.
The best way to secure the new screen is with a sheet of custom-cutting double-sided tape. Apply the tape to the back of the screen, then advisedly feed the brandish cable through the frame. Align the screen and press it into place.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in opposite order.

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