How To Repair Antenna In Motorola Droid Maxx

Introduction

The main wireless antenna and headphone jack are both located in the large plastic housing located at the top of the Droid RAZR.

Insert a plastic opening tool between the back cover and rear case at the lower left edge of the back cover.

Insert a plastic opening tool between the dorsum cover and rear example at the lower left edge of the back cover.
Pry the back encompass upwardly with the plastic opening tool to free the plastic clips.
Proceed prying forth the left border of the back comprehend towards the meridian of the telephone.

Work the plastic opening tool across the top of the back case to free the plastic clips.

Piece of work the plastic opening tool across the top of the back case to free the plastic clips.
The top edge of the dorsum instance is very thin. Pry carefully to avoid keen or snapping it.
Go along prying down the correct side of the back cover to gratis the remaining clips.

Pull the back cover abroad from the telephone to remove it.
The dorsum cover is attached to the battery with a generous amount of adhesive, so you may take to utilize quite a bit of forcefulness to separate the ii pieces.
The battery must remain in the telephone and not come off with the back cover or you lot will break the power lead.
Since the back cover is made of Kevlar, it tin handle a fair amount of twisting and tugging without breaking.

Utilise the tip of a spudger to lift up the blood-red silicone embrace over the battery terminal screws and remove information technology.

Remove the two three.3 mm T5 Torx battery terminal screws.
Grab the blue bombardment removal tab and lift the battery out to remove it.
There is quite a flake of adhesive securing the battery to the motherboard. Piece of work slowly to avert deforming the battery.
Your phone will have a number of metal EMI shields on the motherboard, rather than the bare ICs seen hither.

Use a heat gun or hair dryer to soften the adhesive underneath the photographic camera comprehend.
The following steps were performed without the use of a heat gun. Notice that the camera cover cracks very hands if y'all do not heat the adhesive that holds information technology in identify.
Gently pry up the bottom edge of the camera encompass with a plastic opening tool.
Carefully slide the plastic opening tool across the bottom border to gratuitous information technology from the agglutinative.
Continue to employ the oestrus gun as needed to soften the adhesive as y'all remove the camera cover.

Insert the plastic opening tool underneath the superlative border of the camera embrace.
Gently pry the camera cover upward as y'all slide the plastic opening tool across the top edge to free it from the adhesive.
Remove the camera cover.

Insert a plastic opening tool between the rear instance and the motherboard assembly.
Work your way downwards the side of the phone and gently pry the rear instance up.
Split up the rear instance from the motherboard assembly.

Remove the 3 2.5 mm T3 Torx screws securing the metallic chassis to the motherboard.
Remove the metallic chassis from the motherboard associates.

Use the flat end of a spudger to remove the 2 ruby-red silicone microphone covers at the top and bottom of the motherboard.

There is a small metallic shield that covers the brandish assembly cable connectors on the motherboard. This shield is held in identify by a few small clips that attach to the surrounding EMI shields.
Employ the tip of a spudger to gently curve the clips out of shape and remove the shield.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry the 3 brandish cable connectors off their sockets on the motherboard.

There are a number of small black plastic clips on the display assembly that concord the motherboard in place.
Release the securing clips with a plastic opening tool.

Use a oestrus gun or pilus dryer to soften the agglutinative strip effectually the perimeter of the motherboard.
Pry the edges of the motherboard upward from the brandish assembly with a plastic opening tool.
Remove the motherboard assembly.

Lift upwards the anti-static record roofing the camera and earpiece ZIF connectors with the tip of a spudger.
Peel back the tape and remove it.
Unless you lot accept spare ESD-safe tape lying around, you may consider keeping this piece somewhere rubber to be reused at reassembly.

Utilise a plastic opening tool or your fingernail to elevator upward the tab on the rear-facing camera ribbon cable ZIF connector.
Brand sure you're prying on the tab and not the connector itself.
Push button the rear-facing camera through its pigsty in the gray antenna and remove it.

Use a plastic opening tool or your fingernail to elevator upwardly the tab on the front-facing camera ribbon cable ZIF connector.
Make sure you're prying on the tab and not the connector itself.
Lift the front-facing camera out of the antenna with the plastic opening tool and remove it.

Insert a plastic opening tool between the antenna and motherboard near the micro USB and micro HDMI ports and pry the antenna free.
Remove the antenna from the motherboard.

Determination

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