Sony Xperia Tablet S

Step 1 Removal of charging cable and camera cover



• The device must be pried open to access the interior. It is possible to remove the camera cover with a lever. Note that the camera cover is fixed with 7 clips to the backside and where it reaches the front side of the device 3 small patches of double-sided adhesives glue the cover to the rest.
• The cover for the charging cable can be removed manually using your fingers.
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Step 2 Removal of back cover

• Destroying the structural integrity of 15 clips that hold the back cover should be enough to remove it.
• 8 screws must be removed that attach the inner back cover to the rest of the device. The screws should be clearly visible (2 next to the speaker's covers, 6 right in the middle, 2 in the other two corners) and can be unscrewed using a screw driver.
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Step 3 Removal of battery.
• Once the inner back cover has been removed, the removal of the battery should be in reach.
• Detach the sticker above the temperature sensor (green box in the graphic). Unscrew 4 screws near the edges of the battery. Unplug 2 connectors, of the ribbon cables that are located above the battery and one that connects the battery to the mainboard.
• Remove the battery from the device.
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Step 4 Removal of SD-Card-Reader
• The SD-Card-Reader is located in one of the corners of the device's mainboard (see graphic).
• First remove the adhesive tape from the connector to the speakers. Then unplug 2 connectors. Unscrew 2 screws that fix the SD-Card-Reader to the mainboard.
• Extract the SD-Card-Reader from the device.
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Step 5 Removal of front camera
• The front camera is located in the center of where the camera cover used to be. Remove it by unplugging its connector to the mainboard.
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Step 6 Removal of Mainboard
• In order to remove the mainboard from the device unscrew 3 screws and disconnect 2 of the connectors that are still holding down the mainboard.
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Step 7 Removal of Speakers
• The speakers are glued to the device using double-sided adhesives and should be easy to lever off with an appropriate tool.
• Note: one or both of the cables may also be attached to the device with one-sided adhesives. Remove of necessary.
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Step 8 Separation of display unit and frame
• Frame and display unit are glued to each other like peanut butter and jelly. Pure force is required to disattach them. Use a lever. Difficult.
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Step 9 Removal of display unit and glass
• In order to remove the display unit and the glass cover, again, force is needed. And a strong lever. Both components will likely take heavy damage from this.
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