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in this video we're going to analyze the build quality from inside the LG g5 I will show you how all the components replace like the charging port in the screen when I picked up the LG g5 for the first time I just assumed it was plastic by the pure feel and weight of the phone it felt like plastic it was not until later when I checked LG's advertising and they said it was metal so let's see what's going on pop out the battery holster there's two screws that you can see visibly from inside the phone and then the rest of this is very similar to HTC m9 if you've ever taken apart that phone it's going to be almost the exact same the screen is held in by pure friction and force to the inside of this frame luckily I have quite a few pry tools to help me out along with the process when I pry between the frame of the screen and the frame of the phone I'm making sure not to put any pressure on the glass or the LCD because that's how it will break now if you are replacing your own screen it doesn't matter as much but you still don't want to damage anything inside the phone so be careful when you're prying the screen now now that we've lifted away the screen from the metal body we can check to see what this thing is really made of so I'm taking my razor blade and shaving away the back and it's pure plastic up to this point there is no metal until you get very deep inside the phone and now you can see a glint of silver this is aluminum down there inside the body so when you're touching the phone you're touching plastic a thick layer of plastic here on the underside of the phone the inside is metal but you can see along the edges down at the bottom that is plastic as well I'm not sure what the thought process here was because it definitely doesn't feel premium and I don't feel like it should be advertised as a pure metal phone here's a spring-loaded sensor to tell the batteries in place also the sensors for the fingerprint scanner the headphone jack the vibrator and the power button those all rest against contacts on the motherboard there are six screws they need to take out on the backside Phillips head then we're going to move the screen ribbon cable and snaps like a little Lego the front-facing camera is eight megapixel and snap that ribbon cable as well as the rear camera both of those just unsnap like Legos the other rear camera the 16 megapixel also Ensign app from the motherboard here you can see the OIS the image stabilization inside of the eight megapixel rear camera and this is the 16 megapixel camera with the wide-angle lens you can see the GoPro effect it has there on the glass now this is the screen LG usually sells their screens with the frame intact which makes it really easy and their screens are relatively cheap LG is one of the most cost-effective phones to repair so when you're going to buy the replacement part which I will link in the video description you want to get the one with the frame attached to it it makes the whole repair process a lot easier you don't need heat or extra glue or anything weird like that putting the cameras back into place snapping them back onto the motherboard you'll feel it connect just like a little Lego right onto the board putting the eight megapixel front camera back into place there are six screws around that backside snapping the eight megapixel rear camera in place and the screen ribbon cable onto the mainboard I'm going to line up the top and press that in and then be very careful when you're placing your new screen down into the phone because you can crack it during this process I'm going to set it in gently and then I'm going to use my pry tool put a little pressure against the frame of the screen and the frame of the phone to set that down into the little groove where it belongs once both sides are flush you can put the SIM card tray and SD card tray back in and put those two screws in down at the bottom now if your charging port is fine just put the thing back together again you're good to go I'm going to show you how to replace the charging port though there's two screws down here at the bottom with the batteries unsnap from that bottom part and it's kind of the same concept as the rest of the phone you pull away the metal shell housing from the bottom once that's off there's one more screw remove the top plastic housing and then the charging port can just slip out away from the plastic that it's in and this is the part that plugs into the wall and then that little white part of the top plugs into the phone itself pretty straightforward putting it all back together again one last screw put in the housing back into place get those two screws in at the bottom and then clip the battery back into place and then you can press it into the phone this phone definitely does not feel premium whether it's a metal housing covered in plastic or not it definitely does not feel like metal especially with that thick of a plastic coating if you have any questions 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