Karbonn Smart A5s - Front camera

Guides with all the steps for you to change the Karbonn Smart A5s front camera yourself.

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Tutorial: Step by step

Step 1 housing

We will start as always opening the case. There are telephones that do not seem made to be repaired and in this it is noticeable from the first step!

To open the housing we will use an opening tool, moving it around the contour and making lever movements if necessary.

Step 2 Battery

We will proceed to remove the battery. Using an opening tool we will leverage to remove it.

Step 3 Remove screws

Once we have the case and battery out, we proceed to locate and remove the screws.

As we can see in the photographs, one of the screws is hidden behind a sticker.

Step 4 Intermediate housing

Now we can remove the intermediate casing. As always we will use an opening tool, to avoid unnecessary damage, moving it around the edge of the frame.

Step 5 Flex plate cables

Once inside we can start to disconnect things. We disconnect the flex from the touch screen and take off the volume and power buttons.

It may seem that we are ready to remove the motherboard but NO! nothing more ...

Step 6 Touch screen

We remove the adhesive that is stuck to the metal chassis that covers the flex of the lower plate.

We also disengage the microphone from the frame and we can remove the touch screen. (Do not confuse with display).

Step 7 Take off lower plate

Now we are face to face with the plate (and its components) but we are going to need the heavy weaponry!

We will start by detaching the lower plate from the chassis. We apply heat with the air gun to soften the glue and we take off the metal sheet where the lower plate is stuck.

Step 8 Despegar display LCD

Let's take off the display of the chassis. We will apply heat on the side edges, on the metal part, to soften the glue strips. After we can lift the display quite easily but we can not get it out!

This is where it starts to get complicated. We can begin to observe that the flex cable of the display crosses through the middle of the chassis and is also welded, which makes us think that this mobile was designed so that it can not be easily repaired.

If it's your phone, be very careful, we will not have so much!

Step 9 Desoldar display

First we will have to remove the adhesive thermal tape (kapton). To desoldar a flex like this is not recommended this method but in case of not having another thing, it can be done with patience and time.

We will clean all the possible tin with the maya of desoldering and then applying heat pin to pin and pulling with a clamp, we will take off the flex.

Step 10 Front camera

After protecting the components with high heat transfer tape (Kapton), we have to desolder the camera.

Video Tutorial summary

In this video you can watch a quick summary of the tutorial, but we recommend to follow the complete tutorial, with its explanations and detailed images.
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