I'm Taylor Dixon! I was born in the good ol' nineties. I spend my time climbing, cycling, tinkering, and binging internet content. I also love dogs, even though I'm allergic to them.
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Technical Writing is my game.
With much excitement, I joined the iFixit team in the 2018th year of our world.
Why writing? Why technical? I've long been deeply immersed in the technology scene. The first smartphones started to emerge when I was in middle school, and I've been fascinated with them all along the way. I've owned more gadgets than I can count, and I've dismantled more than I own. I found tech writing during my junior year of college when I fell out of love with computer science, but still wanted a career close to technology. It was then that I realized that I was better suited for explaining technology than I was for creating it.
How did I make it from Utah to California? Well, I put all my stuff in the car and I drove for 12 hours! It was a big life change, but when you get a chance to be a part of the dream team, you don't turn it down. ;)
That’s a good point, Jackson! I added a warning to the step.
Dang! Metal is a scary choice, but I’m glad it worked out for the most part. That’s good to know. You could try re-heating the adhesive around the part of the screen that isn’t staying in place, and then putting the phone under a stack of books for an hour or so! That might get it to seal up completely.
Donald, do you mean the earpiece speaker grill? We do mention that in the Google Pixel Display Replacement guide.
If a new display is still malfunctioning and you’re sure the display cable is properly seated, I’d say something probably short circuited during the repair. It’s hard be certain what happened, but a short circuits tend to happen when cables are unplugged while the phone is powered on. At this point a new motherboard will most likely take care of the issue. (Google Pixel G-2PW4100 Motherboard) I’m sorry things didn’t go well for you both, and I hope you can get everything working soon!
Henry, that is a bummer! Vince is right, there’s probably something going on with your daughterboard. Make sure the long interconnect cable (the one you remove in step 18) is properly connected, and if all else fails, the replacement part he linked (sorry, ours is out of stock :( ) should do the trick!
Removing the adhesive while it is warm is a great idea!
Re: removing the glass from the OLED, as long as you aren’t inserting your opening pick deeper than Step 2 recommends, you should be safe from separating the glass and the display panel unless you are using a ton of heat, in which case you might be frying the display anyway!
Hey Vishvan! A lot of electronics are packaged with conductive foam, so there’s a good chance you might have some around the house if you are the kind of person who keeps boxes from electronics you have purchased in the past. You can test any foam you find with a capacitive touchscreen (like the one on your Nintendo Switch)—if the foam registers as a touch on the screen, it is conductive.
It’s nice if you can recycle some from old packaging, because it can be tricky to find online in small quantities. It generally comes in (relatively) big blocks or sheets and you only need a tiny piece.
If you cant find any around the house, eBay is a good place to start looking!
https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_from=R4...
Dang it, that’s a bummer. Even if the screen shows no damage, it’s possible that your opening pick went in just a little too far and messed up the display. That said, it’s also possible you could have a different problem! It sounds like you were really careful with the screen, so it could be that your display cable connector just didn’t fully snap into place, or it may have gotten some gunk on it that is interfering with the connection. Hopefully the new display works.
Without the display you can hold the power button + volume down to restart the phone, but I’m not sure there is a way to shut it down. You can always just disconnect the battery, if the phone is still semi-open!
This is a great teardown, Greg! Thanks for sharing!
Hey Jason! You can remove those stickers entirely, or just peel them back enough to remove the foot and then cut away the peeled part of the sticker.
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