Motorola Edge 30

Disassembling the phone

The back cover of the phone is made of plastic and can be delaminated very easily if warmed up too much.

  • Warm up the phone with a hair dryer

  • Use a suction cup on the bottom of the back cover to create a gap in the adhesive

  • Cut the adhesive with a thin plastic spudger

  • Move the spudger clockwise aroung the back cover

  • Pull the battery cover towards the bottom, the camera decoration should stay on the phone.

  • Use a shim to gently detach the camera decoration

  • Remove the 10 motherboard plastic cover screws

  • You should see the motherboard

Soldering UART

The UART test points are available to the right of the main back camera. UART