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Introduction |
Follow this guide to remove and replace a broken or cracked screen on the Pixel 3. '''This procedure is for replacement screens that are not pre-mounted onto a frame.''' Due to the Pixel’s design, this requires removing the motherboard in order to access to the screen connectors. | | ***This repair guide was authored by the iFixit staff and hasn’t been endorsed by Google. Learn more about our repair guides [[Info:content-quality|here|new_window=true]].*** | | '''Follow this guide to remove and replace a broken or cracked screen on the Pixel 3. ***This procedure is for replacement screens that are not pre-mounted onto a frame.*** Due to the Pixel’s design, this requires removing the motherboard in order to access to the screen connectors.
***This procedure will destructively remove the Pixel 3’s screen.'''*** OLEDs cease to work when exposed to oxygen or moisture, and are thus sealed in an airtight encapsulation (this is also why OLED panels turn black underneath a screen crack). It is very difficult to replace the front glass alone— the Pixel’s OLED layers are laminated to the glass. |
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