Samsung Galaxy Note 5 Teardown

In this guide, I will explain how to disassemble the Samsung Galaxy Note 5 to remove the back cover, battery, camera, middle frame, and motherboard.

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First, remove the SIM card tray and S-Pen stylus. The Galaxy Note 5 supports two Nano-SIM cards.

Close-up of the SIM card tray

The new S-Pen stylus has a different design from the Note 4 stylus. To make it easier for users to pull out the stylus, the new S-Pen stylus has a push switch on the top of the stylus that automatically pops out when pressed.

Heat the back cover, pry it up, and then remove it. The back cover is made of fourth-generation Corning Gorilla Glass.

The back cover was secured with adhesive, and its thickness was about 0.49mm.

Remove the twenty screws securing the middle frame, then insert a pick under the middle frame and slide it to separate the middle frame from the phone.

Remove the NFC antenna/wireless charging coil module, speaker, power and volume buttons, and key FPC from the middle frame.

The middle frame uses a 7000 series high-strength aluminum alloy.

Close-up of the speaker module

Use tweezers to pry up the motherboard and remove it.

Remove the earpiece, light distance sensor module, vibrator, and battery.

The Galaxy Note 5 uses a 3000mAh lithium-ion battery. The part number is EB-BN920ABE, manufactured by Dongguan ATL, and the battery cells are also from ATL.

The Note 5 features a Samsung 5.7-inch 2K (2560 x 1440) super AMOLED screen with a Corning Gorilla protection glass and a screen thickness of about 1.65mm. The screen model is AMS567JA01. The soft board integrated an FT6AH STMicroelectronics touch chip, which is also used in the Galaxy S6 Edge +.

The home button module and the fingerprint sensor are produced by Synaptics. It supports fingerprint unlocking and fingerprint payment.

The deputy board integrated a capacitive touch button, microphone, headphone jack, and USB port.

The Galaxy Note 5 features a 16MP rear camera and a 5MP front camera. The rear camera supports OIS, F/1.9 large aperture, and 4K video capture.

There is a layer of thermal grease on the processor.

1. Samsung Exynos 7420 processor + Samsung 4GB RAM
2. Samsung KLUBG4G1BD 32 ROM
3. Qualcomm PMD9635 power management chip
4. Skyworks SKY78042 RF power amplifier
5. Avago AFEM-9020 RF power amplifier
6. Bosch BMP280 barometer
7. Samsung C2S35P image processor
8. Maxim MAX77833 auxiliary power management chip
9. IDT P9220S wireless charging management chip

1. Wacon W9014 stylus controller
2. Broadcom BCM4358 Wi-Fi, BT, GPS chip
3. Samsung S2MPBS15 power management chip
4. Wolfson WM1840 audio decoder
5. Qualcomm WTR3925 RF transceiver
6. Avago AFEM-9010 RF power amplifier

Samsung Galaxy Note 5 internal parts