Samsung Galaxy Note Headphone Jack/Earpiece Speaker Assembly Replacement

Grasp the stylus cap and remove it from the midframe slot.

Use a plastic opening tool or your fingertip to pry in the small indentation next to the volume rocker.

Remove the rear case from the phone by lifting it off.

Insert your finger into the battery compartment's notch.

• Press the battery toward the rear-facing camera.
• Pull the battery outward while pressing it toward the camera.

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingernail to press the microSD card slightly deeper.

You will hear a click when it is seated correctly.

• Release the card and it will pop out of its slot.
• For reassembly, repeat this process until the card clicks into place.

Remove the microSD card from its slot in the midframe.

Push the SIM card out of its compartment using a plastic opening tool or your fingertip.

Use your thumb to push the SIM card out completely.

• Remove the SIM card from the device.

Remove the nine 3.4 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe.

• To the display assembly, one at a time, using your fingers or a screwdriver.

Locate the area to the left of the power button and insert a plastic opening tool into the gap between the midframe and the front panel assembly.

• Pry gently in this direction.

Insert the plastic opening tool into the seam and slide it downwards.

Insert the plastic opening tool between the midframe and display assembly, left of the headphone jack.

• Slide the opening tool along the top edge of the phone.
• Run the plastic opening tool around the perimeter until the midframe is separated.

Disconnect all connectors and cables attached to the midframe.

• Pry open the midframe clips using a plastic spudger.
• Gently lift up the midframe from the display assembly.

Disengage the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly cable using the flat end of a spudger.

Remove the 2 x 3mm Phillips #00 screws securing the upper display assembly bracket.

Remove the upper display assembly bracket using a pair of tweezers or your fingers.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly connector.

Insert the pointed end of a spudger into the headphone jack's recess and carefully pry it loose.

Remove the headphone jack/earpiece speaker assembly from the display assembly using tweezers or your fingers.