Introdução
Follow this guide to remove and replace the OnePlus 3’s volume and power button assembly. The assembly includes the buttons as well as the flex cable that connects them. The procedure requires major disassembly, removing both the battery and the motherboard to access the assembly.
If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
For your safety, discharge your battery below 25% before disassembling your phone. This reduces the risk of a dangerous thermal event if the battery is accidentally damaged during the repair.
O que você precisa
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Insert a SIM eject tool, bit, or straightened paperclip into the hole located between the SIM card slot and the power button.
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Press firmly to eject the SIM card tray.
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Display panel seam: This seam is part of the display assembly. Do not pry at this seam, or you will separate and damage the display panel.
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Frame seam: This is where the plastic frame meets the back cover. It is recessed into the back cover. Only pry at this seam.
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There are fourteen clips that hold the frame against the rear case. Be aware of their location as you pry the back cover off in the following steps.
This picture is a bit misleading, the frame seam is actually sunk into the metal frame, and is not visible at first.
With an older phone, it’s more likely to separate the display panel itself than to separate the displaypanel from the frame. If the top of the screen comes off first, before the part with the touch sensor, then you’re separating the wrong thing (ie displaypanel).
Mind that the displaypanel itself seems as if it has two seams (the panel itself and the board).
Thanks for the helpful tip! I re-worded the step slightly to hopefully clarify where the frame seam is.
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Place a suction cup near the bottom edge of the display.
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Pull on the suction cup with strong steady force.
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Press the edge of an opening tool straight into the frame seam near the suction cup until the edge wedges between the plastic frame and the back cover's lip.
To get maximum leverage and make this step possible with my weaker suction cup, I held down the phone with a plastic pick/tool pressed down onto the metal back. As the suction cup pulled up the plastic frame, the plastic pick holding down the metal back naturally was pushed further and further into the gap between the frame and back.
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Continue sliding the opening tool along the long edge, releasing the clips along the way.
I couldn’t get the last clip easily, so I also went around the other side, and then the last two clips left and right went out togther much more easily.
Yep, thanks for your note. It was far more easy to go round the other side.
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With the bottom and left edge of the phone freed, gently wiggle the frame to release the top and right edge clips.
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Lift the screen up and remove it.
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Align the top edge of the frame to the back cover and ensure that the top clips slip into place.
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Squeeze along the long edges of the phone to snap the remaining clips into place.
I’m having trouble putting on the back cover, anyone else had this issue?
Hello.
From this Step on I directly jumped to Step 13. Removing the 7 Screws. NOT removing the Mainboard. It is easy possible to remove the camera just like this if you loosen the Camera-cable and pull carefull on it. Because the 7 Screws are removed there is enough space to remove the old camera and bring the new camera in. I tried It various times to verify this.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the battery connector from its socket, located above the top right corner of the battery pack.
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Bend the connector away from the socket to prevent accidental contact.
Why not removing the camera without removing the mainboard?
Warum wird die rückseitige Kamera nicht ausgebaut, ohne das Mainboard auszubauen?
Hello Ingo,
The rear camera is trapped under the motherboard. You must at least loosen the motherboard to remove the camera.
Die Kamera befindet sich unter dem Motherboard. Sie müssen mindestens das Motherboard lösen, um die Kamera zu entfernen.
During reassembly this part was tricky for me: the new battery couldn’t clip into place the way the old one did, resulting in a loose connection and “battery does not match “ message when trying to power the phone up. The new battery probably had a slightly different connector that than the old one. I even ordered another battery but the same thing happened. I finally managed to connect it by applying much more pressure on the press connector than needed for the other ones. it did not make any clip sound though.
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Remove the 3 mm Phillips screw securing the cable bracket.
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Remove the cable bracket.
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the interconnect flex cable from the daughterboard, which is located below the battery.
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Remove the interconnect flex cable.
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Carefully bend the still-attached daughterboard flex cable away from the battery.
Upon reassembly place the cable back correctly. Apparently, it is often overlooked, see: Replaced Battery, Now My Phone is Overheating and Won't Boot
Thanks for the tip! I’ll adjust the step add this info.
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Brace the phone frame against the table.
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Using a strong, steady force, pull the clear pull tab upwards until the battery loosens from its recess.
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Swing the battery completely out of its recess and pull off of any remaining adhesive.
I found (once I had bent the old battery removing it) that there is a film around the battery which would come away much more easily. I suggest this step is updated:
Peel back the four black sticky tabs which say “Position 1” (one at each corner of the battery) and the peel back the black sticky film connected to the tabs. Now pull the clear pull tab upwards and the battery should come away.
This! I did it by unpealing the “Position 1” tabs, and then pulled the battery much more easily. Thanks for the hint! Interestingly, it still came out with the black film intact and on the battery. I then put this black film and the pull tab on the new battery, which didn’t have either. I applied some double-sided tape between the black film and the phone to glue the whole thing in place.
I agreee , just peel the “position1” tabs. Plus my spare battery didn’t come with these tabs so I had to reuse the old ones anyway.
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Slide the point of a spudger underneath the antenna interconnect cable located at the bottom left corner of the motherboard.
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Pry up and disconnect the antenna interconnect cable.
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The motherboard is still held in place near the top by clips.
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Slide the flat end of a spudger underneath the top left corner of the motherboard.
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Twist the spudger and pry up to release the motherboard from its recess.
I find it easier to pry from the opposite side, where the antenna cable connector are as it required less force to release the motherboard.
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Remove the motherboard.
When removing the motherboard, the front camera module's connector on the backside of the board tried to be retained by its recess in the frame. I had to peel the tape off the back of the front camera, then remove the motherboard, and finally prise the connector away from the frame before reinstalling it on the motherboard.
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Ferramenta utilizada nesse passo:Electrical Tape in 6 Assorted Colors$7.99
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Use the point of a spudger to pry up and remove the black tape covering the volume buttons on the right edge of the phone.
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Repeat the process with the black tape covering the power button on the left edge of the phone.
I'd personally recommend you always buy a replacement power & volume button flex cable when doing this repair. They're usually only a few pounds/dollars/euro to add to your order when already buying a replacement screen and battery. The reason I say this is the cable is super fragile and easily fails near the buttons where it bends sharply round the side of the frame. I just finished this screen repair to discover that my power button only works when the cable is straightened, and doesn't work when the button is in place on the side... looks like I'm back to waiting for the postman to bring me another part :)
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Ferramenta utilizada nesse passo:Tesa 61395 Tape$5.99
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Use the point of a spudger to pry and loosen the power button from the left edge of the frame.
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To reinstall the power button, cut a small piece of adhesive from the pre-cut adhesive card or a roll of Tesa tape, and use it to stick the button back onto the frame.
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Squeeze the tweezer tips together and insert the point underneath the rectangular contact pad near the top left edge of the frame.
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Pry upwards to loosen the contact pad from the frame.
Sometimes this rectangular contact pad is glued with very strong glue to the pad! Consider getting a replacement part here because you may destroy this component.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our OnePlus 3 Answers community for troubleshooting help.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
Repair didn’t go as planned? Check out our OnePlus 3 Answers community for troubleshooting help.
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