Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown Tearing down a water damaged Alcatel One Touch Fierce from Metro PCS.
Written By: Jonathan Ruiz
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
INTRODUCTION Tearing down a water damaged Alcatel One Touch Fierce from Metro PCS.
TOOLS: Phillips #000 Screwdriver (1) iSesamo Opening Tool (1)
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 1 — Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Phillips #000 is highly recommended. As you can see i'm too broke for the iFixIt equivalent.
The iSesamo is also always handy.
Step 2
This is the Metro PCS variant of the phone in a nice metallic silver color.
The front of this particular device is water damaged and finger print damaged.
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Step 3
With the back plastic removed.
"DO NOT REMOVE"
Challenge accepted
Step 4
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The second cover is removed. We now have a better look at the components.
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Step 5
The battery. Doesn't last very long.
Step 6
The 5MP camera located on the back of the phone.
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Step 7
The daughter board contains the Micro USB port
Step 8
The main PCB
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Step 9
The VGA camera located on the front of the phone.
Step 10
The remains of the front panel
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Step 11
Trying to remove the front panel assembly.
It seemed to have quite a bit of adhesive.
Luckily i have a good amount of picks available.
Oh no, i think i hear cracking...
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Step 12 — Shoot..
Crap! i totally saw this coming.
To avoid this use a heat gun to loosen the glue...not too much heat though.
Step 13
I now have a functional phone without an LCD screen.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. © iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown This document was last generated on 2017-06-21 06:49:44 PM.
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown Tearing down a water damaged Alcatel One Touch Fierce from Metro PCS.
Written By: Jonathan Ruiz
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
Page 1 of 10
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
INTRODUCTION Tearing down a water damaged Alcatel One Touch Fierce from Metro PCS.
TOOLS: Phillips #000 Screwdriver (1) iSesamo Opening Tool (1)
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
Page 2 of 10
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 1 — Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Phillips #000 is highly recommended. As you can see i'm too broke for the iFixIt equivalent.
The iSesamo is also always handy.
Step 2
This is the Metro PCS variant of the phone in a nice metallic silver color.
The front of this particular device is water damaged and finger print damaged.
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
Page 3 of 10
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 3
With the back plastic removed.
"DO NOT REMOVE"
Challenge accepted
Step 4
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The second cover is removed. We now have a better look at the components.
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 5
The battery. Doesn't last very long.
Step 6
The 5MP camera located on the back of the phone.
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 7
The daughter board contains the Micro USB port
Step 8
The main PCB
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 9
The VGA camera located on the front of the phone.
Step 10
The remains of the front panel
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 11
Trying to remove the front panel assembly.
It seemed to have quite a bit of adhesive.
Luckily i have a good amount of picks available.
Oh no, i think i hear cracking...
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
Page 8 of 10
Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown
Step 12 — Shoot..
Crap! i totally saw this coming.
To avoid this use a heat gun to loosen the glue...not too much heat though.
Step 13
I now have a functional phone without an LCD screen.
To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order. © iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
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Alcatel One Touch Fierce Teardown This document was last generated on 2017-06-21 06:49:44 PM.
© iFixit — CC BY-NC-SA
www.iFixit.com
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