Asus Mobile Phone
Asus FonePad 7 Disassembly
In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the Asus FonePad 7 to remove the back cover, battery, camera, microphone, screen, speaker, and motherboard.
In my case, the model is Asus FonePad 7 FE7010CG.
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Open the dust cover
Pry up the back cover with guitar picks.
When the back cover is removed, you can get access to the internal components, including the battery, speaker, and motherboard.
The Wi-Fi antenna is hidden on the back cover.
The main chips of the motherboard are covered by metal shields.
Disconnect the battery connector from the motherboard.
Pry up and remove the battery.
The Asus FonePad 7 comes with a 3910mAh Li-Polymer battery.
Before removing the motherboard, we need to disconnect all cables.
Disconnect the RF cable.
Disconnect the LCD cable.
Disconnect the vibrator cable and remove the vibrator.
Close-up of the vibrator.
Disconnect the button cable.
Disconnect the speaker cable.
Remove the two screws securing the speaker and remove the speaker.
Close-up of the speaker module.
Uncover shield stickers. You can find the touch cable.
Disconnect the touch cable.
Remove the microphone.
Microphone
Remove the five screws securing the motherboard.
Remove the rear camera.
Rear camera
Remove the front camera.
Front camera
Motherboard
The back of the motherboard
RF antenna and LCD cable
The RF antenna is attached to the screen.
Now we need to start removing the LCD screen.
Heat with a hair dryer. This makes it easier to disassemble.
The phone uses an AUO B07ATN02.0 screen.
Rollcage
Remove the metal shields from the motherboard.
TI B5072CI Power Management IC
Elpida 1GB Memory
Realtek ALC5648 audio decoder chip
Himax HX8528-D48 touch chip
Intel PMB5745 baseband processor
SKY77615-11 RF power amplifier
SIM slot and TF slot
TI 1211A1 USB transmission chip
SKhynix memory
Broadcom BCM2076 GPS chip
Broadcom BCM43362 Wi-Fi chip
Asus FonePad 7 internal parts
