How To Replace The Adhesive For Your Motorola Phone Repair Guide

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How to Replace the Adhesive for Your Motorola Phone
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Introduction

If your back cover comes off in one piece, follow this guide.

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Step 1

              Remove the old adhesive

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingers to scrape and remove the old adhesive from the phone body.
Pay attention to areas around the cameras and outer edge of the phone. Any remaining chunks will prevent your part from aligning properly.

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingers to scrape and remove the old adhesive from the phone body.

Pay attention to areas around the cameras and outer edge of the phone. Any remaining chunks will prevent your part from aligning properly.

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Step 2

              Remove the adhesive backing

Peel and remove the white adhesive backing from the camera bezel’s new adhesive pad.

Peel and remove the white adhesive backing from the camera bezel’s new adhesive pad.

Step 3

              Align the adhesive pad

In this step, you’ll use the camera module bumps to help align the adhesive to the camera bezel.
Lay the adhesive pad over the cameras, with the sticky side facing upward.

In this step, you’ll use the camera module bumps to help align the adhesive to the camera bezel.

Lay the adhesive pad over the cameras, with the sticky side facing upward.

Step 4

              Apply the adhesive

Lay the camera bezel over the cameras and press it onto the adhesive pad.
Lift the camera bezel and adhesive pad from the phone.

Lay the camera bezel over the cameras and press it onto the adhesive pad.

Lift the camera bezel and adhesive pad from the phone.

Step 5

              Remove the protective film

Peel and remove the blue protective film from the camera bezel.

Peel and remove the blue protective film from the camera bezel.

Step 6

              Install the camera bezel

Place the bezel over the cameras.
Press firmly to adhere the bezel to the phone body.

Place the bezel over the cameras.

Press firmly to adhere the bezel to the phone body.

Step 7

              Clean the back cover

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingers to remove the old adhesive from the back cover.
Any remaining adhesive will prevent the cover from seating properly.
If you’re having trouble removing the adhesive, apply a heated iOpener to soften the adhesive.
Applying isopropyl alcohol turns the adhesive into a messy residue and is not recommended for this step.

Use the flat end of a spudger or your fingers to remove the old adhesive from the back cover.

Any remaining adhesive will prevent the cover from seating properly.

If you’re having trouble removing the adhesive, apply a heated iOpener to soften the adhesive.

Applying isopropyl alcohol turns the adhesive into a messy residue and is not recommended for this step.

Step 8

              Remove the adhesive backing

Peel and remove the white adhesive backing from the back cover’s new adhesive pad.

Peel and remove the white adhesive backing from the back cover’s new adhesive pad.

Step 9

              Apply the adhesive

Line up the new adhesive on the phone and lay it onto the frame.
Be very careful aligning the adhesive. It’s very sticky, and only properly adheres the first time.
Press down firmly on the adhesive along the perimeter of the midframe to secure it.

Line up the new adhesive on the phone and lay it onto the frame.

Be very careful aligning the adhesive. It’s very sticky, and only properly adheres the first time.

Press down firmly on the adhesive along the perimeter of the midframe to secure it.

Step 10

              Remove the protective film

Grab and peel the blue protective film, beginning with the cutout.
Remove the protective film.
Be sure that the adhesive pad doesn’t stick to the film as you pull.

Grab and peel the blue protective film, beginning with the cutout.

Remove the protective film.

Be sure that the adhesive pad doesn’t stick to the film as you pull.

Step 11

              Install the back cover

Align the back cover over the phone.
Press down firmly along the perimeter of the cover and around the camera bezel to secure it with the new adhesive.

Align the back cover over the phone.

Press down firmly along the perimeter of the cover and around the camera bezel to secure it with the new adhesive.

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