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How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x

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  1. How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Rear Panel: étape 1, image 1 de 3 How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Rear Panel: étape 1, image 2 de 3 How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Rear Panel: étape 1, image 3 de 3
    • Place an opening pick in the opening of the SIM card tray slot and twist it sideways to release the first plastic clip that holds the rear panel in its place.

    • Slide the opening pick around the top edge of the phone to release the plastic clips that secure the rear panel.

    A guitar pick is a good substitution for the plastic opening tool.

    Sam Sippe - Réponse

    Here’s a photo of the location of the 18 tabs that hold the back cover in place

    Steve - Réponse

    Twisting sideways didn’t do it for me, but sliding along the edge did. However, at first I didn’t realize that the pick was between the motherboard and midframe, rather than between midframe and back cover like it was supposed to. This led to breaking off a spring-loaded connector on the motherboard, connecting to an antenna (I guess) in the back cover. So far I haven’t noticed any reception issues, but I can’t say for sure.

    In essence: be careful to get the pick towards the back cover, and not “straight in” under the midframe.

    Hampus - Réponse

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    • Continue to slide the opening pick around all sides of the phone to release all clips that secure the rear panel.

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    • Tilt the opening pick to lift the rear panel a little bit.

    • There are two more plastic clips next to the fingerprint sensor. Release them by gently pulling the rear panel.

    • Remove the rear panel.

  4. How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Midframe: étape 4, image 1 de 1
    • Remove the ten 3.6 mm Phillips screws that secure the midframe.

    Some models use a Y1 screw head.

    Kyle Wright - Réponse

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    • Insert an opening pick into the SIM card tray slot and twist the opening pick sideways to release the plastic clips.

    The photo seems to show that the person is opening from the top, which is the opposite of your advice. So, just want to be clear.

    Robert Konigsberg - Réponse

    yes, open from bottom first... the pic above shows the finished product after reaching top of phone. I found it best to actually start close to the right of the usbC connector. Pushing inbetween the 2 tabs and up will release the shell.. then work clockwise.

    Chris Mayberry - Réponse

    Chris, your advice to start to the right of the usbC connector was excellent, thank you!

    Robert Konigsberg - Réponse

    I found that my middle panel was already broken at the narrowest part just to the left of the 2-D scan code on the battery, perhaps from some ham-fisted previous repair. This seems of little consequence, there do not seem to be any electrical connections running through this part.

    Wiley Sanders - Réponse

    After a long amount of prying, I discoved that, if used gently, a jimmy can really help get the plastic off

    Timothy Owens - Réponse

    I could not remove the cover with the opening tool but had success with the opening picks (the triangle parts). Just slide them under the cover and gently bend and twist the pick to release the cover from the locks. By the way: it’s perfectly normal for the bottom cover part to come loose from the top cover part. It’s designed that way (they interlock).

    Marco Miltenburg - Réponse

    Here’s a photo of the location of the 20 tabs that hold the middle assembly in place, and the pry angle needed.

    Steve - Réponse

    This is the scariest part but it is the same process of taking a bike tire off the rim: lift up one part of the cover then put a wedge under the lifted section to hold it up then continue around the frame lifting it up and holding it up with the blue picks. You’ll find that after you life the bottom you can wriggle free the rest by hand.

    The 10 screws came out quickly using the IFIXIT.com magnetic screwdriver.

    mcguinness.david - Réponse

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    • Continue sliding the opening pick around the upper part of the midframe to release the plastic clips.

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    • Use the plastic pick to pry open the plastic clips on the long edge of the midframe and on the bottom edge.

    • Make sure the clips on the long edge are released. The midframe is prone to break here if they are not disconnected properly.

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    • Make sure all the clips are free.

    • Carefully remove the midframe.

  9. How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Motherboard: étape 9, image 1 de 3 How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Motherboard: étape 9, image 2 de 3 How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x, Motherboard: étape 9, image 3 de 3
    • Proceed with the following steps if you need to transfer the front-facing and rear-facing cameras to the new motherboard.

    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up the rear-facing camera connector from the motherboard.

    • Carefully remove the rear facing camera.

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    • Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up the front-facing camera connector from the motherboard.

    • Carefully remove the front-facing camera.

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    • ESD or Electro-Static Discharge can damage sensitive circuitry so do not touch anything on circuit board, such as connectors and resistors, with your bare hands!

    • This process may not work if you attempted to turn on /charge your device after it was exposed to water.

    • Hardware damage is always a possibility, so this process is only to give your device the best chance of survival.

    • After completing the preliminary teardown task you will need to carefully remove metal covers on front and back of the motherboard with your knife.

    • They simply unclip and clip back in.

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    • Clean entire board with your Alcohol, making sure all water has been cleaned and all corrosion is gone after alcohol dries.

    • Alcohol MUST be 90% or higher

    • Continue cleaning any water within device as well as all connectors.

  13. How to Repair Water Damaged Nexus 5x: étape 13, image 1 de 1
    • Do not exeed temp greater than 150F to avoid damage to hardware

    • Take the screen portion only and place it in your oven/toaster oven that can stay at a constant 140-150F for 2hrs. This will evaporate any water behind the screen that you cannot reach with your alcohol.

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    • Re-assemble and power on!

    I didn't do the alchohol sections, I just stripped the phone, as above, stood all parts on a radiator overnight, and this morning re-assembled. All currently working except fingerprint reader. :-)

    unseenu - Réponse

Conclusion

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

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Where is the microphone located at? Mine was water damaged and it works fine except for the microphone is very low. Thanks in advance for your help

John Zenobia - Réponse

If you look at the bottom of your Nexus 5x you will see a pin hole that allows the microphone to receive your voice. The microphone component will be right above that small hole. Unfortunately, I believe that the microphone component itself is soldered to the motherboard. You may be able to clean it more with alcohol and try again after it dries. Buying a new microphone and soldering on the new one would require a special soldering iron and almost expert skill. If you could purchase one with a broken screen for a reasonable price you could replace your whole motherboard with ease

Allen Finley -

My nexus 5x was water damaged about 3 months ago.If follow this process ,is it possible to recover it?

Talha Babor - Réponse

Did you tried it? I want to give it a go, if it’s still possible, but its broken about half a year.

Balázs Bulcsú -

My phone is not working it was fine till morning phone automatically switched off tried 1000 times its not working.

Amritpal Singh - Réponse

Does nexus 5x start without battery? My nexus 5x won't start and then I openned it and removed the battery. I thought maybe it starts without battery so I can tell the battery was dead.

Yun Luo - Réponse

My 5x fell briefly into a pool. Put it immediately into rice and left it for a day. Then plugged it in and it took a charge. Then a few hours later, I turned it on. Worked completely fine. About 6 hours after I got it up and running, it suddenly went black. If I plug it in, it gives the charging indicator. If I try to turn it on, it vibes once, the Google screen comes on, and then it goes back to the charge indicator on the screen. What can I do next?

lauren.a.schleicher - Réponse

My nexus 5x doesn’t charge, I think the problem is made by the rain when some days ago I had that kind of accident.

So, from that moment my phone stop to charge, it works properly except the USB connector. So, now it doesn’t charge and it’s not recognised by the PC whenever I connect to that.

Marco Faccin - Réponse

same, i even replaced the battery still doesn’t work. I had experience with the internals before it got water damaged (i had done a battery replacement) so as soon as it got water damaged i powered it down, opened it up, (then proceed to look forever to look for my screwdriver) , found it and took it completely apart, let it sit for a while, put it back powered it on, it had 20% battery (i couldn’t replace the battery then, i needed a phone immediately then), and then i realized it wouldn’t charge. I then replaced the battery and still doesn’t work.

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