HTC Droid DNA Teardown Tutorial

HTC Droid DNA features a 5.0-inch Super LCD3 display with 1080 x 1920 pixels, an 8MP primary camera and a quad-core processor, etc. If you want to replace the cracked screen on the Droid DNA yourself, it will be a little bit complicated. Because we found there are many adhesives inside this device when we disassemble it. You can learn how to repair your HTC Droid DNA as our teardown tutorial, and know the steps that you have to be careful. HTC Droid DNA Teardown Tutorial Tools: Small Phillips Screwdriver T5 Torx Screwdriver Tweezers Case Opening Tool Step 1 Power off the HTC Droid DNA first, take out the SIM card tray and make sure the USB cover is open. Power off the HTC Droid DNA first, take out the SIM card tray open the HTC Droid DNA USB cover Step 2 Insert the case opening tool between the front housing and rear housing by starting from the corner to remove the rear housing. Insert the case opening tool between the HTC Droid DNA front housing and rear housing by starting from the corner remove the HTC Droid DNA rear housing Step 3 Gently peel off the paper covering on the motherboard with the help of tweezers. Gently peel off the paper covering on the HTC Droid DNA motherboard with the help of tweezers Step 4 Use T5 Torx Screwdriver to take out the two screws at the bottom. Use T5 Torx Screwdriver to take out the two screws at the bottom Step 5 Use Small Phillips Screwdriver to undo the three screws on the motherboard. Use Small Phillips Screwdriver to undo the three screws on the motherboard Step 6 Use tweezers to pick out the metal shield in the bottom right, and peel off the two yellow tapes. Use tweezers to pick out the metal shield in the bottom right, and peel off the two yellow tapes Step 7 Disconnect the two wires by using the tweezers on the top. Disconnect the two wires by using the tweezers on the top Step 8 Use Phillips Screwdriver to release the six screws on the motherboard. Use Phillips Screwdriver to release the six screws on the motherboard. Step 9 Use opening tool to gently disconnect the connectors on the motherboard. Handle the fragile flex cable carefully Use opening tool to gently disconnect the connectors on the motherboard. Step 10 Use tweezers to peel off the yellow tape and disconnect the small connectors. Then take out the last two screws at the top of the motherboard. Use tweezers to peel off the yellow tape and disconnect the small connectors. Then take out the last two screws at the top of the motherboard Step 11 Now you can slowly pull up the motherboard by using tweezers, make sure it doesn’t cut any flex cable or any wire. Then pull it out. slowly pull up the motherboard Step 12 Use case opening tool to take out the charging port assembly by gently wedging in. take out the charging port assembly Step 13 Use case opening tool to release the battery by slowly wedging it in between the battery and the front housing around. There is a piece of adhesive around the battery. So slowly pull put the battery to try to hold the adhesive in place and not rip it, which can be used again. gently remove the HTC Droid DNA battery Step 14 Use tweezers to release the two wires, and use Phillips Screwdriver to remove the two screws on the top. remove the two wires and two screws on the top Step 15 Use case opening tool to loosen motherboard flex cable because the power button, the front facing camera and some other small parts are stuck by the adhesive. Once the bottom is loose, use tweezers to gently pull out the front facing camera. Use case opening tool to loosen motherboard flex cable   Step 16 Use tweezers to remove the adhesive between the front housing and power button, loose other adhesive between the front housing and the board. remove the adhesive between the front housing and power button, loose other adhesive between the front housing and the board Step 17 Loosen the camera in the middle, once you loosen as much as you can, you can slowly fold up the board and work a little a bit on the part that is still stuck. Then you can remove the PCB board. loosen the camera in the middle. Once you loosen as much as you can, you can slowly fold up the board remove the PCB board Step 18 Remove the anti-static yellow tapes that cover the connectors, then remove the front facing camera and rear facing camera.  remove the front facing camera and rear facing camera HTC Droid teardown partsThese are the whole processes about how to disassemble the HTC Droid DNA. You can watch our HTC Droid DNA teardown video and assembly video for detailed information. Subscribe our YouTube Channel for more updates of cellphone repair guides.
  1. BY Alex
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    Hello, I used your guide to take down my DNA in order to switch out a cracked screen. It was fairly straight forward however when I started my phone back up my SIM card would not read, also the charging light does not come on and the camera wont load. Ive quadruple checked all the connections. Can you think of anything im overlooking? thanks,

    • BY Brian
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      It sounds like one of the flex cables may have crimped. There are many videos that show this whole process being done with pry tools, but I strongly recommend the care that was displayed in the article above using tweezers.

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