In this guide, we are going to show you how to remove and replace the motherboard on Huawei P10 smartphone. These removal instructions have been made into 6 easy to follow steps. In order to remove the motherboard, you need to remove the back cover, rear camera, front camera. Disconnect the battery connector and LCD cable from the motherboard.
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The full teardown of the Huawei P10 can be found here.
Repair Tools Needed:
0.8 pentalobe screwdriver
Suction cup
Pick
Spudger
Tweezers
SIM Card Eject Tool
1. Removing the SIM card tray and two Pentalobe screws
First of all, switch off your phone and remove the SIM card tray.
Remove the two Pentalobe screws located at the bottom next to the device’s USB Type-C port.
2. Removing the back cover
Use a suction cup to separate the display unit from the back cover.
Lift up the display a little bit with a suction cup and insert a pick.
Slide the pick along the display edge on both sides.
Don’t remove the back cover completely yet. The power button and volume button cable is still connected to the motherboard.
3. Disconnect the power button and volume button cable
Disconnect the power button and volume button cable using a spudger.
Once the cable disconnected, you can remove the back cover completely.
4. Disconnect the battery connector
Remove one screw securing the metal sheet.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Disconnect the main FPC from the motherboard with a spudger
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard with a spudger.
5. Removing the rear camera
Remove one screw that securing the metal sheet.
Remove the metal sheet with tweezers.
Peel off the conducting fabric.
Disconnect the rear camera connector from the motherboard.
Now you can remove the rear camera.
6. Removing the motherboard
Remove three screws securing the motherboard.
Remove one screw securing the LCD cable.
Remove the metal sheet that securing the LCD cable.
Disconnect the LCD cable from the motherboard with your fingernail or spudger.
Release the clip securing the motherboard to the chassis.
Lift up and remove the motherboard.
You can find the full Huawei P10 Teardown here. Other parts replacement tutorial, please visit the P10 repair guide category.