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all right today we're going to take apart the LG g2 this particular one is from Sprint but all of the g2 should be pretty much the same from all the carriers take off the back panel stay on the backside of the silver line and just put your non-marking pry tool between the back case and the edge of the phone and it will start up lift up you can see a series of clasps around the back edge that you have to pry loose it is on there pretty good so you don't be afraid to use a little force but that does release the back panel from the phone then you have five screws along the base of the phone and this holds the charging port in place along with their large ribbon cables that LG used to build the rest of their phone this is the speaker that's attached to the black plastic you can see the two little leads right here that power the loudspeaker then along the top of the phone you can see the rest of the screws once those are out go ahead and release the top plastic it is also clipped on there so you have to use your little pry tool and pry it up and off and this exposes the motherboard as well as the super large ribbon cable that all of the replaceable components are connected to I'm going to go ahead and pry that up and you can see it's held down by a little bit of sticky stuff as well and so just pull that up and away from the battery and then there's a little wire cable that you can lift up and away from the bottom board as well there's two of them the black one and the silver one so make sure to release both of them at the same time there's a couple of the ribbon cables that are released along the top three of them and then that releases the other half of the super large ribbon cable component not sure what else to call that LG really went above and beyond with the size of this thing there's also a little micro board along the side the after release it's also attached to the ribbon cable and then that releases the rest of it pull it up along the battery and then there is a little ribbon cable connector at the bottom that's actually attached to the screen and then this one down by the microphone as well and then that releases the whole ribbon cable away from the screen itself just pry underneath is a little bit of glue holding that down as well you can see the microphone popping out of a little holster there and there you got it so most everything that could break on your phone is most likely in this part right here obviously besides the screen and now you can see the headphone jack the microphone the charging port if any of that stuff goes out you have to replace this whole ribbon we also have the power button volume buttons I will put a link in the video description below for this part so if you need to replace it go ahead and click below to find that now I'm just releasing a few more ribbon cable connectors up along the top there were those two before and then this one is the front camera and then the front proximity sensors once these are disconnected the motherboard pulls up and away it has the LED and then you can see the processor is the big black box right there the little wires along the side are also replaceable I'll put links down in the video description below for a place where you can buy all of your components pulling out the proximity sensors right now so if your phone stops turning off the screen when you're on a phone call and it's pressed against your face most likely this thing is the culprit little guy just buy a new one pop it into place clip it onto your motherboard and you'll be safe then you have the front-facing camera as well right here it's taped onto the screen so I'm just going to pull it up a little bit and just show you what it looks like but that pops out the same way the proximity sensors do then you have the rear facing camera right here pretty straightforward it's also taped in there just pull it up and away and if you need to replace that pretty straightforward and now for the battery the battery is glued on very very tightly on the screen it's super important that you do not pry on the screen because if you put any pressure on the screen at all the screen is so thin the chances of you breaking it are pretty high so when you pry out the battery from the little holster try to just go straight in like you see me doing here instead of using leverage just put your pry tool straight in underneath the glue and it will separate that way replacement batteries can be found in the video description below as soon as they become available and this is the screen so if you crack your screen this is the part you need to replace it comes attached with the digitizer and LCD together now I'm just getting the battery put back into place hitting the motherboard sliding it in underneath and around all of the other little ribbon cable connectors making sure there's none caught underneath it getting the proximity sensors in the front-facing camera connected as well as the battery now this is kind of tricky you just take the bottom ribbon cable and make sure that the microphone is slid into its little holster there's a little rubber piece along the end of it also that needs to be on the microphone but if you're replacing it make sure that rubber piece goes with it now I'm sliding the other ribbon cable connector and the other ribbon cable underneath through the top of this little circuit board you can see them pulling up on the top there and I'm just going to fold them down and clip them into place in this last ribbon cable also connected to the bottom circuit board now getting the wire cable clip back into place you only get one shot with this because you really don't want to bend it once it's bent there's no fixing so make sure it's placed directly above the connector and you place your force directly down onto it so it doesn't Bend at any one angle now just getting the wires placed back into place will sort of orbital on the side now it's kind of cool once you get the big ribbon cable connector equipped in place the rest of it kind of snaps in its own little grooves as well to hold the power button into this correct location make sure to clip down all of the other little connectors same with this app the ribbon cable then top bracket also goes into place through down those screws at the bottom bracket and loudspeaker pin down into place as well get the screws back in then you're ready to get the back on you'll hear a series of satisfying clicks as you clip it back into place then you're ready to turn the phone on if you have any questions make sure to leave them down in the comments remember that all of the replacement parts when they become available will also be placed in the video description below and thanks for watching if I helped you in any way please subscribe it does mean a lot to me I put up videos fairly often anything from game console repairs to woodworking videos be great a be around thanks for watching