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Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite Microphone Repair
Microphone Repair guide for the Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite
Before you begin
Tools
- Heat gun or hair dryer
- Suction cup tool
- Plastic prying tools
- Phillips #000 screwdriver
- Tweezers
- Spudger tool
- SIM eject tool
Parts / materials
- Replacement daughterboard with microphone
- Back cover double-sided adhesive strips
- Isopropyl alcohol (99%)
Safety
- Power off the device completely before beginning disassembly.
- Wear eye protection when handling glass surfaces that may crack.
- Do not bend or puncture the battery during plastic pick insertion.
Overview
Step-by-step
- 1
Eject S-Pen and SIM Tray
1 minInsert a SIM eject tool into the tray hole on the side and pull out the tray, then press and release the S-Pen to remove it.
- 2
Heat the Back Cover Edges
2 minApply heat evenly around the outer edges of the rear glass for approximately two minutes using a heat gun set to low.
- 3
Attach Suction Cup
1 minPress a suction cup firmly near the bottom edge of the back panel and gently pull upward to create a thin gap.
- 4
Insert Plastic Opening Pick
1 minInsert a thin plastic pick into the gap between the glass back panel and the plastic frame.
- 5
Slice Rear Adhesive
3 minSlide the pick along the perimeter of the phone to cut through the adhesive holding the back cover.
- 6
Remove Rear Glass Cover
2 minLift the rear cover away from the phone body and remove any leftover adhesive strips from the frame.
- 7
Unscrew Loudspeaker Shield
2 minRemove the Phillips #000 screws securing the lower plastic loudspeaker bracket.
- 8
Pry Up Loudspeaker Assembly
1 minInsert the flat end of a spudger under the edge of the loudspeaker bracket and lift it out of the chassis.
- 9
Disconnect Display Flex Cable
1 minUse a spudger to pry straight up on the press connector for the display flex cable on the lower board.
- 10
Disconnect Main Interconnect Cable
1 minPry up the main ribbon cable connector from the daughterboard using a plastic spudger tool.
- 11
Disconnect Antenna Coaxial Cables
2 minUse fine tweezers to carefully pry up the black and blue antenna cable heads straight off their daughterboard sockets.
- 12
Unscrew Daughterboard Retaining Screw
1 minRemove the single Phillips #000 screw securing the microphone daughterboard to the palm rest frame.
- 13
Remove Microphone Daughterboard
2 minGently pry up and remove the daughterboard housing the primary microphone from the bottom of the device.
- 14
Install Replacement Daughterboard
3 minAlign the new daughterboard into the lower housing, secure it with the screw, and reattach all flex cables and antennae.
After your Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite microphone repair
Power the Galaxy Note 10 Lite back on and test the microphone repair function before you put every screw away. Check touch/display response, charging, cameras, buttons, and wireless as relevant to this repair. If something fails after closing the device, reopen carefully and reseat the connectors for this Samsung Galaxy Note 10 Lite job before assuming the part is defective. Keep leftover adhesive and screws labeled in case you need a second pass.
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