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Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 6th Gen Home Button Repair
Home Button Repair guide for the Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 6th Gen
Before you begin
Tools
- Plastic opening picks
- Spudger
- Precision Phillips #00 screwdriver
- Tweezers
- Heat gun or iOpener
- Suction cup
Parts / materials
- Replacement touch panel digitizer screen
- Pre-cut adhesive strips
- Isopropyl alcohol (99%)
Safety
- Wear eye protection when heating or handling cracked screen glass.
- Disconnect the battery before unplugging or attaching internal circuit cables.
- Keep heat tools moving constantly to avoid thermal damage to internal display layers.
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
Eject the microSD card
1 minOpen the plastic side port cover and pull out any installed microSD card.
- 3
Insert opening pick
2 minInsert a plastic opening pick into the thin gap between the rear case and the outer bezel.
- 4
Release perimeter clips
3 minSlide the pick around all four edges to pop open the plastic retaining clips.
- 5
Remove back cover
1 minLift the rear cover straight up and off the inner housing.
- 6
Disconnect battery cable
2 minPry the battery connector plug straight up off the motherboard using a plastic spudger.
- 7
Unscrew motherboard shield
2 minRemove the four Phillips #00 screws securing the metal motherboard cover bracket.
- 8
Remove motherboard shield
1 minLift the metal protective shield off the motherboard using tweezers.
- 9
Unlock digitizer ZIF connector
1 minUse the tip of a spudger to carefully flip up the small black locking lever on the touch digitizer connector.
- 10
Disconnect digitizer flex cable
1 minSlide the digitizer flex cable straight out of the ZIF socket using fine tweezers.
- 11
Heat glass perimeter
3 minApply heat evenly around the outer front display edges for two minutes using a heat gun or iOpener.
- 12
Slice perimeter adhesive
4 minInsert a plastic opening pick under the front glass corner and slide it along the edges to break adhesive seals.
- 13
Separate front glass screen
2 minLift the front panel off the chassis while threading the flex cable through the midframe slot.
- 14
Clean frame perimeter
3 minWipe away remaining adhesive and glass shards from the frame using a cotton swab moistened with 99% isopropyl alcohol.
- 15
Apply adhesive strips
3 minPlace custom pre-cut adhesive tape along the top, bottom, and side recess areas of the midframe.
- 16
Position new front digitizer
2 minThread the new panel's flex cable through the slot and press the digitizer panel into place on the adhesive.
- 17
Secure digitizer flex cable
1 minInsert the flex cable flat into the motherboard socket and push down the locking ZIF flap.
- 18
Reconnect battery power
1 minPress the battery connector block directly down into its motherboard socket.
- 19
Snap rear cover closed
2 minAlign the back panel with the front chassis and press firmly around edges until all clips snap tightly.
After your Amazon Kindle Fire HD 8 6th Gen home button repair
Power the Kindle Fire HD 8 6th 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 HD 8 6th 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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