How to Remove Samsung Galaxy Back Cover

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This wikiHow teaches you how to remove the back cover of your Samsung Galaxy phone. This is part of an advanced repair technique and can damage or even disable your phone permanently. If the back cover of the Samsung Galaxy is removed, the phone will no longer be covered under warranty . If your phone is still under warranty and needs to be repaired, call Samsung customer service or take the device to the official dealer where you purchased the product for technicians. Professional inspection.

Table of Contents

With Samsung Galaxy S6 and S7

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Remove the phone case/case (if applicable). If you use a Samsung Galaxy case of any kind, it will need to be removed before continuing.

Power off the phone. To proceed, hold down the screen lock button and tap the Power off option that pops up in the menu, then select POWER OFF when the prompt appears to confirm.

There is a risk of short circuit or electric shock if you remove the back cover while the phone is open.

Remove the SIM and memory card. While not required, it is recommended to ensure that the heat blowing into the phone does not damage the SIM and memory cards.

Insert the SIM removal tool or SIM stick into the correspondingly sized hole on the top left side of the phone. The SIM and memory card tray will pop out.

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Place the phone on a soft surface with the screen facing down. This will prevent the screen from being scratched while you remove the phone’s back cover.

For example, you can spread a towel or rug on the table.

Blow hot air on the back of Samsung Galaxy for about 2 minutes. The best way to do this is to use a hair dryer or hot blower, but you need to avoid blowing in one place for more than a second, but have to move the nozzle constantly. The heat will melt the adhesive between the back cover and the inner phone case frame. ^{[1] X Research Source}

To avoid damaging the phone, you need to direct the heat to the back cover and quickly move the vent up and down in a zig zag pattern.
Or you can use a dedicated heat pack specifically for this purpose.

Insert the component pry rod into the gap at the joint between the front and back housings of the Samsung Galaxy. You can use a component pry, flat-head screwdriver, ATM cards of any kind, or any similar flatware.

Our goal is to pry the back cover up from the top, not pull it out completely.

Insert a thin, flat tool into the top left or right side of the phone. For example, you can use a guitar pick or an ATM card. When you do, the back cover of the phone will separate from the front frame a bit.

You need to make sure that the pry tool is not metal because this material can cause scratches or even damage the phone.

Insert the pry tool into the reverse side of the phone. This will separate the bottom of the back cover, as well as the left and right edges, from the front frame of the phone.

You can increase the heat if needed.

Pry the back cover up and take it out. The rest is not a problem because the glue on the top is where the back cover is fixed.

You can add more heat or slide the pry tool along the top edge of the phone to make the process easier.
Keep the back cover in a dry and warm place to ensure that the internal components will not be damaged when you attach the back cover to the phone.

With Samsung Galaxy S to S5

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Remove the phone case/case (if applicable). If you use a Samsung Galaxy case of any kind, it will need to be removed before continuing.

Power off the phone. To proceed, hold down the screen lock button and tap the Power off option that pops up in the menu, then select POWER OFF (or OK ) when the prompt appears to confirm.

There is a risk of short circuit or electric shock if you remove the back cover while the phone is open.

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Place the phone on a soft surface with the screen facing down. This way, the phone screen will not be scratched while you remove the back cover.

You can spread a towel on the table.

Find the back cover release slot. Depending on the phone model, the location of this slot will vary slightly:

For S4 and S5 series – Located in the upper left corner of the back cover.
With S2 and S3 series – Located on the upper edge of the back cover.
With S series – Located on the bottom edge of the back cover.

Insert the nail into the slot. You can also use a flat-head screwdriver, guitar pick, or similar thin tool, but remember to do it gently.

Gently pry the back cover towards you. The back cover will separate from the phone frame.

Remove the back cover from the phone. After holding the chassis firmly, remove the back cover from the phone, you will now see the battery and SIM card inside.

Note: keep the back cover in a dry and warm place to ensure that the internal components are not damaged when you reattach the back cover to the phone.

Advice

You can remove the Samsung Galaxy tablet back cover by removing the safety pin from the screw on the back of the device, and then using a screwdriver to secure the back cover of the tablet.

Warning

If you remove the back cover improperly, the phone may be voided of warranty or permanently damaged. You need to be extremely careful when removing the back cover of your phone.

Things you need

Hot pack or hot blower
Components pry rod (hard and flat tool for pry)
Flat plastic pry tools (such as ATM cards or guitar picks)
Paperclip or SIM removal tool
Screw box

Steps

With Samsung Galaxy S6 and S7

With Samsung Galaxy S to S5

Advice

Warning

Things you need

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