Guide for repair Your Cracked Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge’s Screen

No doubt that the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge is a beast in 2016’s flagship phones. The curved edges, makes it stands out among other phones. Samsung has opened the restriction for other developers to build more apps to fully make use of the curved display. However, this fantastic design makes the repair work extremely difficult. Let’s find out how to replace the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge’s screen step by step.

Tools Needed:
Heat Gun
Suction Cup
Business Cards/Playing Cards
Small Phillips Screwdriver
Plastic Separation Tool
Thin Metal Spudger
A Pair of Tweezers

Step 1.
Shut down the Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge then remove the SIM card tray.

Step 2.
Heat up the back the S7 edge(until it’s too hot to touch).

Step 3.
Apply the suction cup to the back cover of the S7 edge.

Step 4.
Pry the edge of the S7 edge back cover a little bit to insert the thin metal spudger.

Step 5.
Slide away the metal spudger a little bit then insert some business cards/playing cards to do the rest.

Step 6.
Once the back cover has been released, undo the 12 Phillips screws holding the rear housing.

Step 7.
Use the plastic separation tool to separate the top plastic bracket then remove the wireless charging pad.

Step 8.
Disconnect the battery cable, power cable, display cable and the volume button cable.

Step 9.
Use a pair of tweezers to remove the loud speaker module.

Step 10.
Pop off all the antenna cables and the fingerprint scanner cable.

Step 11.
Disconnect the earphone connector, front facing camera connector and the proximity and light sensor connector.

Step 12.
Lift up the motherboard then disconnect the charging port connector.

Step 13.
Disconnect and remove the rear facing camera.

Step 14.
Heat up to the adhesive underneath the battery, then use the metal spudger to lift it up (slowly and carefully).

Step 15.
Undo 3 screws holding the charging port then take out the headphone jack.


As for the charging port of the Galaxy S7 edge, it has been combined with the navigation board, which you need to separate the screen assembly first. However, for a curved display like S7 edge, separate the display from the front housing is Mission Impossible without damaging the Super AMOLED display. If you want to save more money, you could just buy a replacement display and follow the steps which separate the back cover to replace it.

Step 16.
Put the head phone jack back again.

Step 17.
Reconnect the motherboard with the charging port then put it back into the position (avoid those cables and connectors).

Step 18.
Reconnect the power cable, display cable, earphone connector, proximity and light sensor connector and the volume button cable.

Step 19.
Reconnect the fingerprint scanner connector and all 3 antenna connectors.

Step 20.
Reassemble 3 screws.

Step 21.
Reassemble the loud speaker module.

Step 22.
Reconnect the front facing camera and the battery.

Step 23.
Re-put the wireless charging pad and the top plastic bracket.

Step 24.
Re-assemble all the screws holding the rear housing.

Step 25.
Put some 3M double adhesive around the edges then reassemble the back cover.

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I want to fix my old samsung phone. I think there is something with contacts. I need a service to fix phones or something similar. Can you tell me?

I want to fix my old samsung phone. I think there is something with contacts. I need a service to fix phones or something similar. Can you tell me?