Xiaomi Redmi Note 8T IPS LCD Screen & Digitizer Replacement

Switch off your phone before starting.

• Apply a heated iOpener to the back of the phone, holding it in place for at least two minutes to loosen the adhesive beneath the back cover.

Secure a suction handle to the bottom of the rear glass as close to the edge as possible.

If the phone's rear glass is cracked, apply strong tape or superglue the suction handle in place and allow it to cure before proceeding.

• Lift the rear glass with the suction handle to create a small gap between the glass and the frame.
• Insert an opening pick into the gap.
• If necessary, apply more heat following iOpener instructions to avoid overheating.
• Slide the opening pick to the bottom right corner.

Insert a second opening pick and slide it to the bottom left corner.

Leave the opening picks in place to prevent adhesive resealing.

Do not remove the suction handle yet, as you will use it later as a rear glass stand.

Insert a third opening pick at the bottom left corner.

• Slide the tip of the opening pick along the side of the phone from the bottom left corner, cutting the adhesive.
• Leave the opening pick in place at the top left corner to prevent resealing.

Reheat the iOpener if adhesive becomes hard to cut.

• Insert a fourth opening pick under the top left corner of the rear glass.
• Slide the opening pick along the top edge to cut the adhesive.
• Leave it in place at the top right corner, preventing resealing.

Avoid inserting the opening pick deeper than 5 mm to prevent damaging the fingerprint connector.

• Insert a fifth opening pick at the top right corner of the phone.
• Slide the opening pick along the right side to cut the remaining adhesive.

• Do not remove the rear glass completely yet, as the fingerprint cable is still connected to the motherboard.

Position the rear glass on the right side of the phone and use the suction handle as a temporary support.

Power down the device completely before proceeding.

• Disconnect the fingerprint flex cable using a spudger.
• Remove the rear glass.
• Power on and test all functions during reassembly, then shut down.

Remove eleven Phillips #00 screws, each 3.9 mm in length.

Insert the opening pick under the motherboard cover's bottom edge.

• Pry up the motherboard cover using the opening pick.

Disconnect and remove the motherboard cover, taking care to avoid damaging the black protective foil that protects the battery.

• Release the screws holding the motherboard cover in place.
• Gently lift the cover and disconnect the foil from the battery.

Use a spudger to pry up and release the battery flex cable.

Use a spudger to carefully pry up and disconnect the display flex cable.

Remove the seven Phillips #00 screws, each 3.9 mm in length.

Insert an opening pick under the top edge of the daughterboard cover.

• Pry up the daughterboard cover using the opening pick.

Remove the daughterboard cover.

Apply a iOpener to the screen and heat it up.

• Hold the iOpener on the screen for at least two minutes.
• The adhesive will loosen under the heat, allowing for removal.

Apply a suction handle to the phone's bottom edge when it's warm.

• If the screen is cracked, try lifting with strong tape or superglue the suction handle in place and let it cure.
• Lift the screen using the suction handle to create a small gap between the cover and frame.

Insert an iFlex between the midframe and screen to widen the gap. Leave it in place to prevent resealing.

Slide the opening pick from the gap created earlier to the bottom right corner, starting to cut the adhesive.

• You can remove the iFlex after this step.

• Insert another opening pick into the screen and move it to the bottom left corner.
• Allow the opening picks to remain in place to prevent re-adhesion.

Insert a third opening pick under the bottom left corner of the phone.

• Slide the opening pick up to the top left corner to cut the adhesive.
• Leave it there to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

If cutting becomes too difficult, reheat and reapply the iOpener.

Insert a fourth opening pick at the top left corner.

When nearing the front facing camera, only work with the tip of the opening pick to avoid damaging or smearing the camera.

• Slide the opening pick along the top edge of the phone to cut the adhesive.
• Leave the pick in the top right corner of the screen to prevent the adhesive from resealing.

Insert the fifth opening pick into the right edge of the phone.

• Slide it along the right edge to cut the remaining adhesive.

Do not remove the display completely yet, as the display cable may still be attached.

• The display cable is threaded through the frame and possibly adhered to the midframe's inner side.

• Pass the display flex cable through the opening in the midframe.
• Proceed to remove the display.