Motorola Atrix 4G Screen Take Apart Repair Guide

repairsuniverse

Senior Member
Aug 11, 2010
624
778
0
This guide is in a step by step format and can easily be followed for a quick and safe repair for Motorola Atrix 4G. This guide will go through the steps of disassembling and replacing the touch screen digitizer as well as the LCD screen.

This guide will help you to install the following Motorola Atrix part(s):
  • Motorola Atrix Glass Touch Screen Digitizer
  • Motorola Atrix LCD Screen

Tools Required:
  • Adhesive Strips
  • T5 Torx Screwdriver
  • Hot Air Gun / Hair Dryer (optional)

Motorola Atrix 4G take apart guide:
  • The first step to disassembling the phone is to remove the back battery cover and battery as well as the sim card and memory card. You can now remove the seven torx T5 screws located behind the battery cover. With the screws removed you can now use a safe open pry tool to release the clips and flip the back housing over to the side, careful of the antenna cable still attached.


Figure 1​
  • Use a safe open pry tool to pop the antenna cable from the motherboard and remove the back housing. Pry the motherboard up using a safe open pry tool and release the 3 flex cables underneath. Two will be pop connectors and the third is a jaw/alligator connector. Once reassessed you can now safely remove the motherboard.


Figure 2​
  • Warm the front of the touch screen and LCD screen using a heat gun or hair dryer. Use a pry tool to slowly pry between the touch screen and rest of the phone, careful as it is still attached with a flex cable. Flip the phone over and release the pop connector and top cover.
  • Ease up the flex ribbon cable and also the earpiece speaker. You can also remove the black plastic and the black plastic bar.


Figure 3​
  • You can now feed the touch screen flex cable through the housing and replace the digitizer.

Simply replace the damaged parts with the new ones and reverse the order to put your phone back together again.
 

JdgM3NT4L

Senior Member
Dec 30, 2009
507
203
0
73052
Thanks for posting that. I've already replaced mine but this is as good a guide as the video that I watched. It's as easy to do as it reads. I used some locking forceps to install the third ribbon cable into the jaw connector.
Nice of you to post this guide. Not to mention, I think that it's a really classy way to respond to something said elsewhere without actually calling it out. Nice form on all counts. ;)
 

jiggytom

Senior Member
Jun 18, 2007
822
69
0
Just replaced my digitizer...was a pain in the ass but it worked. Still need to get some tape for the screen though...really hard to put on when you can't really move the screen.
 

repairsuniverse

Senior Member
Aug 11, 2010
624
778
0
Sorry to hear you had a bit of trouble. The repair is normally pretty straight forward. Glad you got it working though.

What do you mean when you are referring to "Still needing tape" ?
 

jiggytom

Senior Member
Jun 18, 2007
822
69
0
Sorry to hear you had a bit of trouble. The repair is normally pretty straight forward. Glad you got it working though.

What do you mean when you are referring to "Still needing tape" ?
I didn't use any tape under the screen because I didn't have any good one. I ordered some double sided tape on eBay.

Will have to take it all apart again and restart by putting the tape first, then the digitizer cable through the hole, then the LCD, and finally the digitizer...that's why its a pain.

Sent from my MB860 using XDA
 

nsaia

Senior Member
Jan 7, 2008
152
3
0
What kind of tape is needed, if any? I see a screen replacement in my near future and want to make sure I have everything before I start.

Sent from my MB860 using XDA
 

jiggytom

Senior Member
Jun 18, 2007
822
69
0
I'm having an issue with my proximity sensor. It doesn't seem to respond all the time and its on the "block state"...so when I place a call the phone goes black. If I press on the top of the phone near the sensor, it starts working for a couple minutes, and then goes black again.

Any ideas? Did I block something (don't think so)? Bad connection somewhere?
 
  • Like
Reactions: sdlopez83