The Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge Plus together with Samsung Galaxy Note 5 came out meet consumers in this August.
Yesterday, we saw the Galaxy Note 5 was torn down and found that it looks much alike the Galaxy S6 from inside design. As we all know, the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus is 0.6-inch bigger than the 5.1-inch Galaxy S6 which was available in the market 5 months ago. Any other differences from inside structure? Let’s watch howHow2Tech disassembled the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus.
Tools Needed:
▪ Case Opening Tools/Poker Cards
▪ Hair Drier/Heat Gun
▪ Spudger
1. Power off the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus and remove the SIM card tray.
2. Remove the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus battery cover.
▪ Heat up to soften the adhesive around the back cover.
▪ Pull up a gap to insert the prying tool and a poker card.
▪ Run the poker card and case opening tool around the edges to separate the back cover.
3. Release the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus rear housing.
▪ Undo the 18 screws in the rear housing.
▪ Pull up the rear housing from LCD assembly with frame.
4. Release the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus motherboard.
▪ Pry up the screen flex connector, battery flex connector, ear speaker flex connector and proximity sensor flex connector.
▪ Pry up the motherboard and turn it upside down to release the connector behind.
▪ Pry up the connectors on the motherboard to release the front facing and rear facing camera if necessary.
5. Release the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus battery.
▪ Pry up around the edges of battery as there're two main adhesive sticker underneath.
▪ Insert the Spudger to pry up the adhesive.
▪ Remove the battery by hands.
Be extreme patient and gentle on this removing the battery process.
6. Release the small parts assembled in the Galaxy S6 Edge Plus front housing.
▪ Pry up to release the proximity sensor module.
▪ Pry up to release the ear speaker.
▪ Pry up to release the vibrating motor.
7. Galaxy S6 Edge Plus charging port assembly.
As stated by the video, the charging port flex ribbon assembly cannot be removed until the front glass is torn down as it’s assembled with the navigator flex in between the glass and LCD.
Check this video from How2Tech about how to disassemble Galaxy S6 Edge Plus with detail explanations.
