HTC One S Rear Facing Camera Replacement

Place the iOpener in the center of the microwave.

Heat the iOpener for thirty seconds.

Throughout the repair procedure, as the iOpener cools, reheat it in the microwave for an additional thirty seconds at a time.

Remove the iOpener from the microwave, holding it by one of the two flat ends to avoid the hot center.

Handling it by the tag, place the heated iOpener across the bottom casing.

Gently place an opening pick in the corner of the gap between the bottom casing and rear case.

Slide the opening pick along the side of the casing, prying it away from the adhesive as you go.

Use your fingers to pull the bottom casing off the rest of the phone.

Starting at the groove near the headphone jack, use a plastic opening tool to lift the top casing.

Use your fingers to pull the top casing off of the rest of the phone.

Remove the following screws holding the rear case to the rest of the phone:

Two 3.15 mm Phillips #00 screws

One 4.15 Torx T5 screw

One 4 mm Torx T5 screw

Place your fingers on either side of the phone and gently push up on the rear case.

Pull the rear case away from the rest of the phone with your hands.

Using the pointed end of a spudger, lift the battery cable and release the connector.

Switching to the flat end of the spudger, work your way underneath the battery and peel it away from the adhesive.

Remove the battery from the phone.

Remove the three 3.15mm Phillips #00 screws from the turquoise case.

Using a plastic opening tool, lift the turquoise case from the end near the headphone jack.

Remove the turquoise cover from the phone.

A camera filter is now free to move, so remove it using tweezers.

Use tweezers to lift the yellow polyimide tape that covers the ZIF connectors.

Use the pointed end of a spudger to lift the white tab on the largest ZIF connector opposite the USB connector.

Use the pointed edge of a spudger to work the ZIF cable out of its connector.

Repeat the procedure from steps 19 and 20 to remove the cables from the remaining ZIF connectors.

Using the pointed end of the spudger, pop the antenna cable from its connector on the motherboard.

Remove the 3.15 mm Phillips #00 screw from the motherboard.

Remove the motherboard from the rest of the phone.

Similar to step 18, remove the polyimide tape with tweezers.

Following the procedure from steps 19 & 20, open and disconnect the ZIF cable close to the center of the circuit board.

Use tweezers to lift and remove the rear camera from the logic board.