How to Open Samsung Galaxy Tab S Back Cover
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This wikiHow teaches you how to remove the back of a Samsung Galaxy phone's housing. This task is part of an advanced repair technique and can damage or even permanently disable your phone. Removing the back cover of your Samsung Galaxy phone will void your warranty. If your phone is still protected under warranty and in need of repairs, you should call Samsung's Customer Service or take it to the officially licensed retailer where you purchased the phone so it can be repaired by professional technicians.
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Remove your phone's case if necessary. If you have an external case on your Samsung Galaxy, you'll need to remove it before proceeding.
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Turn off your Samsung Galaxy. To do so, you'll hold down the Lock button, tap Power off in the pop-up menu, and tap POWER OFF when prompted to confirm your choice.
- You run the risk of short-circuiting your phone or shocking yourself if you take the back cover off while the phone is on.
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Remove any SIM and SD cards. This is not required, but is recommended to ensure the heat applied to the phone does not damage your SIM and microSD cards, if present.
- Use a SIM card eject tool and push it into the corresponding sized hole on the left side on top of the phone. This will eject the card tray with the phone's SIM and microSD card slots.
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Place your phone face-down on a soft surface. This is to avoid scratching the screen while you remove the back cover.
- For example, consider placing a towel or a place mat on a table.
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Apply heat to the back of the Samsung Galaxy. You'll need to do this for about two minutes. The best way to do this is by using a hair drier or a heat gun, though you must avoid heating one specific spot for more than a second at a time. This loosens the adhesive glue that binds the back of the Samsung Galaxy's housing to the phone's internal frame.[1]
- To avoid damaging your phone, keep the heat gun aimed at the phone's back cover and quickly move it up and down in a zig-zag fashion.
- Alternatively, you can use a microwavable heating pad made specifically for this task.
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Insert a spudger into housing junction seam. There should be a crack where the front and the back parts of the Galaxy's housing meet; this is where you'll insert a spudger, a flathead screwdriver, a credit card, or a similarly flat object.
- Your goal here is to leverage the back of the housing away from the front, but not to pry it off altogether yet.
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Run a thin, flat tool up the left or right side of the phone. For example, you might use a guitar pick or a credit card. As you do so, the back of the phone should come away from the front of the housing a bit.
- Make sure the item you use here isn't metal, as a metal object may scratch or otherwise damage the phone.
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Run your prying tool up the opposite side of the phone. This will result in the bottom of the back of the phone's housing, as well as both the left and right sides, being disconnected from the front of the phone's housing.
- You may apply more heat as needed.
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Pry the back of the phone up, then pull it away. The last of the adhesive should give way when you do this, since only the adhesive at the top of the phone will be holding the back of the phone in place.
- You can apply more heat and/or slide your prying tool along the top of the phone to make this process easier.
- Set the back of your phone aside in a warm, dry place so that you don't damage the phone's internals when you put it back on.
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Remove your phone's case if necessary. If you have an external case on your Samsung Galaxy, you'll need to remove it before proceeding.
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Turn off your Samsung Galaxy. To do so, you'll hold down the Lock button, tap Power off in the pop-up menu, and tap POWER OFF (or, in some cases, OK) when prompted to confirm your choice.
- You run the risk of short-circuiting your phone or shocking yourself if you take the back cover off while the phone is on.
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Place your phone face-down on a soft surface. This is to avoid scratching the screen while you remove the back cover.
- For example, you might place a towel on a table.
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Locate the back cover removal slot. Depending on your phone model, this slot's location will vary slightly:
- S4 and S5 - Top-left corner of the back cover.
- S2 and S3 - Top of the back cover.
- S - Bottom of the back cover.
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Insert a fingernail into the slot. You can also use a small flathead screwdriver, a guitar pick, or a similarly slim object as long as you do so gently.
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Pry gently the back of the case toward you. It should come away from the phone's body.
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Pull the back of the case off of the phone. Once you have a firm grasp on the case, you'll pull it away from the phone's body, thereby exposing the battery and SIM card.
- Be sure to store the back of the case in a warm, dry space so that you don't damage the phone's internals when you put it back on the phone.
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What's inside a Galaxy Tab 3?
When you take off the back cover, you will immediately see the battery, several ribbon cables, the camera, and the logic board.
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How can I open my Samsung S8?
Wing Hong Chan
Community Answer
You're not supposed to. But if you really need to, first use a hair dryer to melt the adhesive that sticks the back glass in place, then use a suction cup and pry tool to carefully lift the glass off.
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How do I put a SIM card in a Galaxy J5?
Once you remove the back cover, you can insert it in the slot located above the battery.
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How do I change the charging port on my Samsung S7?
You would have to have this done by a phone service/repair shop.
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How do I remove the back to my Galaxy A3?
You will use the same steps as Galaxy S to S5. Just follow the steps and then you can easily remove the back without stress. Remember though, doing this will void your warranty!
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How do I track my Samsung Galaxy using someone else's phone?
Michael Ingram
Community Answer
Make sure your phone is signed into your Google account, If you don't have one, you can make one for free. Make sure Google has all the permissions it requests and you can control your phone from anywhere, view pictures and more. Most importantly, you can lock your phone.
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What do I do if my Samsung Galaxy has a bright yellow circle with a red exclamation mark when it turns on and it turns itself off?
First of all, the symbol that shows the yellow circle with the exclamation mark inside means that the phone can't detect the battery, detects a busted battery or has a short circuit. Check to see if the battery is properly mounted. Use a different battery if needed. If this does not fix it, have a technician take a look at it.
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You can remove the back from a Samsung Galaxy tablet by removing the safety guards from the screws on the back, then using a screwdriver to unscrew the screws securing the back to the tablet.
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Improperly removing the back of the housing from your phone can result in permanent damage or loss of warranty. Be extremely gentle when removing the back of the housing.
Things You'll Need
- Heating pad or heat gun
- Spudger (a hard flat pry tool)
- Plastic opening tool (such as a credit card or a guitar pick)
- Paperclip or SIM card eject tool
- Container to hold the screws
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1. Turn the Galaxy off.
2. Remove the SIM and SD cards.
3. Apply heat to the back with a hair drier.
4. Insert a flathead screwdriver or credit card into the seam and lift the back.
5. Slide the card or spudger down both sides.
6. Pull the back off.
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