How To Tear Down/Disassemble Galaxy Note 5 For Screen Replacement

Samsung released its 2015 flagships the Galaxy S6 Edge+ and Galaxy Note 5 in August, which is a month earlier than previous years. As the successor to Note 4, the Note 5 still features a 5.7-inch Quad HD Super AMOLED display protected by Corning Gorilla 4. The Note 5 sports latest Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop) and Exynos 7420 chipset. As for the battery life, the Note 5 battery is 3000 mAh, which is 220 mAh lower than the Note 4. What was inside physical structures? Let’s see how TechMD tear down the Note 5.

Tools Needed:

1. Hair Drier/Heat Gun

2. Case Opening Tool

3. Prying Tools

4. Screwdriver

1. Power off the Galaxy Note 5 and remove the S Pen.

2. Remove the Galaxy Note 5 battery door.

▪  Run the hair drier or heat gun around the edges of Note 5 on the back to soften the adhesive.

▪  Gently pry up to release the battery cover. Be patient on this step as the battery cover is glued by strong adhesive.

3. Release the Galaxy Note 5 rear housing.

▪  Undo the 20 screws in the rear housing.

▪  Remove the SIM card tray.

▪  Pry up the wireless charging chip. Be careful not to damage the fragile flex ribbon.

▪  Insert the case opening tool into the gap between rear housing and LCD assembly to release the rear housing.

4. Release the Galaxy Note 5 motherboard.

▪  Pry up the LCD and digitizer flex connectors, battery flex connector and proximity sensor flex connector.

▪  Pry up the charging port flex connector, RF signal cable connectors and a connector underneath as shown in the below picture to release the motherboard.

The video author did not tear down further, however, as you can see, the Galaxy Note 5 looks similar to the S6 Edge from inside, let’s take the S6 Edge’s teardown process as an example to finish the “full disassembly”.

5. Remove the battery.

▪  Heat up the battery on the screen face side for about 30 seconds.

▪  Pry up the battery gently.

6. Remove the small components.

▪  Remove the front facing camera and rear facing camera that already assembled on the motherboard.

▪  Remove the vibrating motor and ear speaker in the front housing.

7. Release the Note 5 charging port assembly.

▪  Undo the screw locking and pry up to remove the Note 5 charging port assembly.

Check this video for the Galaxy Note 5 disassembly from TechMD: