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Rear Panel 2 steps

Battery 1 step

SIM Card 1 step

Rear Inner Frame 6 steps

SIM Card Board 3 steps

Motherboard 4 steps

Speaker 1 step

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Nexus S

The Nexus S is a smartphone co-developed by Google

and Samsung was the first smartphone to use the

Android 2.3 "Gingerbread"operating system.

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Nexus S Speaker Replacement

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An awesome member of our community made this guide. It is not managed by iFixit staff.

Replace the speaker in your Nexus S.

Author: Walter Galan Difficulty: Moderate

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This guide will help you replace the speaker in your Nexus S.

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EditStep 1 Rear Panel

EditStep 2

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Gently insert a plastic opening tool between the

rear panel and the inner rear frame near the rear-

facing camera.

Use your plastic opening tool to pry up the rear

case around the perimeter of the Nexus S.

Remove the rear panel from the Nexus S.
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EditStep 3 Battery

Using the edge of a plastic opening tool, lift the

battery from the end closest to the headphone

jack.

Remove the battery from the Nexus S.
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EditStep 4 SIM Card

EditStep 5 Rear Inner Frame

Use your thumb to slide the SIM card downwards

from the SIM card slot.

Remove the SIM card.

Remove the six Phillips screws securing the rear

inner frame to the inner case.
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EditStep 6

Insert the flat edge of a plastic opening tool in

between the rear inner frame and the top left

corner of the Nexus S.

Pry the opening tool upwards to pop the top right

corner from the clips securing it to the inner

assembly.


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EditStep 7

Insert the plastic opening tool to the right of the

power button.

Slide the plastic opening tool downwards along the

perimeter of the Nexus S to release the clips on

the right side.


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EditStep 8

EditStep 9

In the same manner as previously described,

release the bottom clips located near the bottom

of the Nexus S.

Insert and pry the plastic opening tool to release

the final clip securing the rear inner frame to the

inner assembly.


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Step 10

EditStep 11 SIM Card Board

Lift and remove the rear inner frame from the

Nexus S.

Use the flat edge of a plastic opening tool to pry

the SIM Board connector off its socket on the


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EditStep 12

motherboard.

Wedge the edge of a plastic opening tool

underneath the SIM Card board and motherboard.

Pry the clips located near the right bottom edge of

the SIM Card board up off the motherboard.

Repeat the process all along the bottom perimeter

of the SIM Card board until all clips have been

disengaged.


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EditStep 13

Lift and remove the SIM Card board out of the

Nexus S.


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EditStep 14 Motherboard

EditStep 15

Disconnect the following cables from their

respective sockets on the motherboard:

Headphone jack cable

Digitizer cable connector

Camera/SIM board connector

Insert the flat edge of a plastic opening tool

underneath the headphone jack connector and pry

upwards.


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EditStep 16

Make sure to pry on the connector and not the

socket itself. Prying the socket may cause severe

damage.

Repeat the procedure for the digitizer and rear

camera/SIM board connectors.

Remove the three Phillips screws securing the

motherboard to the front display assembly.

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EditStep 17

EditStep 18 Speaker

Wedge the plastic opening tool near the bottom

right corner of the motherboard and pry upwards

to dislodge it from its recess.

Lift and remove the motherboard.

Speaker remains.

Be careful, the earpiece part is united with the

speaker, you could cut the flex.

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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

For more information, check out the Nexus S device page.I did it! Success!

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Where can I buy the speaker?

Fergal Daly,July 30, 2012

Hi, I bought a replacement for my speaker(it's dead) but, the replacement did not come with an earpiece. Can I take the earpiecefrom my old one and attach it to the new one. I have some soldering experience.

makenova, August 7, 2012

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