Samsung Galaxy Tab A 10.1 Headphone Jack Replacement

Have the front of the device facing you.

Begin near one of the curved edges of the device (see photo two for visual example).

Place a plastic opening tool between the front and back panels.

Once the plastic opening tool is fully inserted, wedge it around the device’s edges to separate the panels.

Lift the back panel off of the device.

Remove the adhesive film and flip up the retaining flap on the ZIF battery connector.

Slide the orange battery ribbon cable out of the ZIF connector.

Remove the adhesive film, lift the retaining tab and withdraw the white speaker ribbon.

Lift the retaining tab and withdraw the black LCD ribbon.

Using a Phillips #000 screwdriver, remove the ten 4 mm screws around the battery.

Slide a plastic opening tool under the bottom of the battery close to the speakers and lift up.

Flip up the two ZIF connectors on the motherboard using the plastic opening tool.

Slide the orange ribbon cables out of the ZIF connectors.

Remove the front-facing camera.

Disconnect the headphone jack from the motherboard.

Use a Phillips # 000 to remove six 4mm screws.

Lodge the plastic opening tool under and lift the motherboard out of the tablet.

Remove the metal bracket that was underneath the charging port and set aside.

Use Phillips # 000 to remove two of the 4 mm .3 cm screws around the headphone jack.

Lift the metal piece that is covering the headphone jack from one of the sides.

Lift out the headphone jack.