Motorola Moto Z2 Play Rear Facing Camera Replacement

Insert a SIM eject tool, bit, or a straightened paperclip into the hole in the SIM tray, located at the top left edge of the phone.

Push firmly to eject the tray.

Pull the tray straight out to remove the tray.

Power off your phone before you complete any replacement steps.

Heat the edges of your Motorola Moto Z2 Play screen for two to three minutes with a heat gun. You adjust the heat gun to 85 degrees centigrade, and be careful not to hold the heat gun on one position for too long; to avoid damaging, or "hotspotting" the LCD. The screen should be very warm, but not painful, to the touch. Reheat as necessary.

Place suction cup in the middle of the screen and press down.

Pry the screen by wedging the plastic opening tool under the screen at the charging port.

Work your way around the screen with the plastic opening tool.

Use a suction cup to lift up screen from left to right.

Identify ribbon connector at the top right of the phone.

Pry the black locking bar up gently with a plastic opening tool.

Remove the ribbon wires by pulling them out of the connector with a tweezer.

Identify the ribbon cable, located at the bottom right of the phone.

Disconnect the ribbon cable, located at the bottom right of the phone, by pulling out and back with tweezers.

Lift the screen from the phone to completely detach.

Remove the orange tape, located at the bottom right of the phone, using tweezers.

Detach the red and black battery wire by lifting up with tweezers.

Peel back the black tape that is located on the battery.

Lift the black tape and slide a card under the battery.

Align the card parallel and under the battery.

Wedge the card further under the battery.

Lift the card up to assist in removing the battery from the adhesive.

Lift to remove the battery from the device completely.

Remove the three silver 2.6 mm T3 Torx screws on the speaker shell at the top of the phone with a screwdriver by turning counterclockwise.

Remove the four black 3.5 mm T3 Torx screws on the speaker shell at the top of the phone with a screwdriver by turning counterclockwise.

Lift up the silver metallic tape using the tweezers.

Lift gently to completely remove speaker housing using tweezers.

Place the housing upside down in order to continue working.

Pry the speaker from the housing with a plastic opening tool.

Remove the seven silver 2.6 mm T3 Torx screws on the black battery cable cover at the bottom of the phone with a screwdriver by turning counterclockwise.

Remove the single black 3.5 mm T3 Torx screw on the black battery cable cover at the bottom of the phone with a screwdriver by turning counterclockwise.

Lift the battery cover with tweezers starting on the right side slightly to dislodge the cover.

Lift the battery cover with tweezers from the left side slightly to dislodge the cover.

Remove the battery cover with tweezers by solidly gripping the left side of the cover and lifting up.

Tilt the front of the black audio jack up with tweezers.

Lift the audio jack out of its housing with tweezers.

Remove the three black 2.6 mm T3 Torx screws on the motherboard panel at the side of the phone with a screwdriver by turning counterclockwise.

Place a plastic opening tool under the edge of the motherboard.

Lift the motherboard from the right edge like a book towards the left.

Identify the connector on the top left of the device.

Detach the connection on the bottom of the motherboard.

Flip over the motherboard so the rear-facing camera and its ribbon can be seen.

Bend the camera back to reveal its ribbon-wire port.

Lift the locking bar on the ZIF connector that is under the rear facing camera with a plastic opening tool.

Pull out the ribbon connector for the rear-facing camera.