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Amazon Kindle Fire 7 5th Gen Home Button Repair
Home Button Repair guide for the Amazon Kindle Fire 7 5th Gen
Before you begin
Tools
- Plastic prying tools
- Guitar picks for prying
- Suction cups
- Heat gun or hair dryer
- Spudger
- Tweezers
- Anti-static wrist strap
Parts / materials
- Replacement touch screen digitizer assembly
- 2mm double-sided adhesive tape
- 90%+ Isopropyl alcohol
- Lint-free microfiber cloth
Safety
- Power down the device completely before beginning disassembly.
- Disconnect the battery immediately after opening the case to avoid electrical shorts.
- Wear safety glasses to protect eyes from potential glass fragments when prying the screen.
- Do not puncture or crush the lithium-ion battery during internal work.
Overview
Step-by-step
- 1
Power off the tablet
1 minPress and hold the power button, then tap Power Off on the screen to shut down the device completely.
- 2
Remove the MicroSD card
1 minOpen the side slot cover and eject any installed MicroSD card from the slot.
- 3
Heat the rear cover edges
2 minApply mild heat along the perimeter of the back cover for 2 minutes to soften internal clips and adhesive.
- 4
Insert an opening pick
2 minPry a plastic opening pick into the seam between the plastic rear case and the front bezel.
- 5
Unclip the back cover
3 minSlide the pick along all four sides to disengage the plastic retention clips.
- 6
Remove the rear case
1 minLift the rear cover straight off the frame assembly and set it aside.
- 7
Disconnect the battery cable
2 minUse a nylon spudger to carefully lift the battery connector straight up from the motherboard.
- 8
Unfold the digitizer ZIF lock bar
2 minFlip up the small black retaining latch on the digitizer ribbon cable ZIF connector.
- 9
Disconnect the digitizer flex cable
1 minGently pull the touch digitizer ribbon cable straight out of its socket.
- 10
Warm the front screen edges
3 minUse a heat gun or hair dryer on low setting to warm the outer borders of the glass screen.
- 11
Attach a suction cup
1 minPress a suction cup onto the lower portion of the front glass near the soft button area.
- 12
Slice through screen adhesive
4 minPull up gently on the suction cup and insert guitar picks to slice the adhesive around the display perimeter.
- 13
Remove the broken digitizer
2 minLift the glass panel away from the chassis while feeding the ribbon cable through the frame slot.
- 14
Clean old frame adhesive
3 minScrape off residual adhesive from the plastic chassis frame using isopropyl alcohol and a microfiber cloth.
- 15
Apply fresh double-sided adhesive
3 minLay narrow strips of double-sided tape along the outer rim of the tablet frame.
- 16
Install the new digitizer screen
3 minThread the ribbon cable through the slot, align the new glass assembly, and press it firmly into place.
- 17
Lock the digitizer flex cable
2 minInsert the ribbon cable into the ZIF connector and press down the lock bar to secure it.
- 18
Reconnect the battery cable
1 minPress the battery connector firmly down onto the socket on the motherboard.
- 19
Snap the rear case back on
2 minAlign the back cover with the tablet frame and press along the edges until all clips snap tightly shut.
After your Amazon Kindle Fire 7 5th Gen home button repair
Power the Kindle Fire 7 5th Gen back on and test the home button 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 Amazon Kindle Fire 7 5th Gen job before assuming the part is defective. Keep leftover adhesive and screws labeled in case you need a second pass.
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