How To Open The Samsung Galaxy Watch4 Repair Guide

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5

Time Required

                          5 - 10 minutes            

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Step 1

              Power down your Galaxy Watch4               

• Before starting repairs, take your watch off the charger and power it down.
• Remove the watch band.

Before starting repairs, take your watch off the charger and power it down.

Remove the watch band.

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Step 2

              Unscrew the back cover               

• Use a Tri-point Y000 screwdriver to remove the four 4.0 mm-long screws.

Use a Tri-point Y000 screwdriver to remove the four 4.0 mm-long screws.

Step 3

              Wedge open the back cover               

• Insert an opening tool into the seam between the back cover and the metal housing.
• Twist the opening tool to create a gap.
• Don’t try to remove the back cover all the way yet. The sensor flex cable is still connected to the motherboard.

Insert an opening tool into the seam between the back cover and the metal housing.

Twist the opening tool to create a gap.

Don’t try to remove the back cover all the way yet. The sensor flex cable is still connected to the motherboard.

Step 4

              Disconnect the sensor flex cable               

• Lay the watch face down.
• Carefully swing open the back cover by folding the back cover to the opposite site of the created gap.
• Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the sensor flex cable from the motherboard.

Lay the watch face down.

Carefully swing open the back cover by folding the back cover to the opposite site of the created gap.

Use the flat end of a spudger to pry up and disconnect the sensor flex cable from the motherboard.

Step 5

              Remove the back cover               

• Remove the back cover.
• Make sure the rubber gasket is undamaged. If damaged, replace it with a new one during reassembly to maintain proper water resistance.

Remove the back cover.

Make sure the rubber gasket is undamaged. If damaged, replace it with a new one during reassembly to maintain proper water resistance.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

Repair didn’t go as planned? Try some basic troubleshooting, or ask our Answers community for help.

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Champy Ton - Oct 31, 2022

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the glass broke on the back of my watch 4 and i have managed to get all the shards and seal out without damaging anything, but I am having trouble finding remplacement glass for the sensor in canada