Samsung Galaxy S4 Rear Facing Camera Replacement

Use a plastic opening tool, or your finger nail, to pry at the small divot located to the left of the rear-facing camera, near the power button.

Grasp the rear case at its lower left corner and lift it off the phone.

• Press the microSD card deeper with a spudger or fingernail until you hear a click.
• Release the card for it to pop out of its slot.
• Remove the microSD card.

For reassembly, ensure proper alignment before pushing the card into place.

Insert plastic opening tool or finger into battery compartment notch.

• Lift battery upward with the inserted tool or finger.
• Remove the battery from your phone.

• Press the SIM card slightly deeper into its slot using a plastic opening tool or your fingernail until you hear a click.
• Release the SIM card and let it pop out of its slot.
• Remove the SIM card.
• During reassembly, push the SIM card into the slot until it clicks in place.

Remove nine 4.0 mm Phillips #00 screws securing the midframe to the display assembly.

Avoid excessive force, which may cause damage to the midframe's thin points.

• On the volume button side, insert a plastic opening tool between the display glass and the larger chrome border piece, targeting the seam between them.
• Slide the tool along the seam, carefully separating the plastic clips as you go.

Continue to pry around the corner of the phone.

• Slide the opening tool along the seam between the midframe and display on the bottom edge, releasing additional plastic clips.

Continue prying around the corner towards the power button side.

• Guide the opening tool along the seam of the device.

Continue sliding the opening tool around the top of the phone.

• Release any remaining plastic clips holding the midframe to the display assembly.
• Verify all clips are released by running the opening tool along the entire perimeter of the device.

Remove the midframe from the display assembly.

Use the flat end of a spudger to disconnect the USB board connector.

• Remove the front-facing camera cable connector.
• Disconnect the earpiece speaker assembly cable connector.

Remove the headphone jack assembly cable by disconnecting its connector.

• Next, remove the display/digitizer cable by disconnecting its connector.
• Finally, disconnect the antenna cable from its connector.

Remove the 2.4 mm Phillips #00 screw from the motherboard assembly.

Remove the motherboard carefully.

• Motherboard should be held by its edges to avoid ESD damage.
• Be cautious not to snag it on any cables during extraction from the display assembly.

Disconnect the rear-facing camera connector using the flat end of a spudger.

• Use tweezers or your fingers to gently slide the rear-facing camera out of its notch on the motherboard.