
There are thousands of people who break their phones in a crowded street, at their workplace or simply in their homes. Accidents can happen anywhere. Fortunately, repairing your phone without waiting for it to be sent to service centre and waiting for it to come back, has become much easier with self-help tutorials. So do not get disheartened if your Samsung S5 screen gets cracked. It is easy to fix and requires only a handful of inexpensive tools. Go through this tutorial and you will see it for yourself. Let us see how to do this in the convenience of your home.
Tools you will require:
Small Phillips driver (PH00 or PH000 will do), Heat gun, Pry tool
Procedure:
- Remove the battery and all the screws of the back panel.
- The home button pop connector has a plastic cover on it. Remove this cover and unplug it.
- Using your heat gun, heat the front side of the phone just enough to be able to separate the cracked display. You will need to detach it from the flex cable. There is a key cable which you have to move away from the lens. If you remove it completely, you will have to replace it. So be extremely careful in this step. Note: Do not try to use anything other than a heat gun to heat up your phone. Some sources will simply not provide enough it and some may overheat your phone and you will then have to replace much more than just a damaged screen.)
- Remove any dirt in the open case now. Also remove the leftovers of the adhesives.
- Put the newly purchased screen in place of the new one. You are require to put in the adhesives
- Reassemble the phone by reversing these steps. Be careful not to break any small parts, lose them or misplace them.
Did you ever think that a DIY tutorial to replace your Samsung S5 screen could be this easy? Well now you know it is. If you do not think you can go ahead with this process, you always have the option to approach our Samsung phone repair service. Also remember to buy a strong case for your phone so that you can reduce the chance of breaking your screen again.