Motorola Moto G8 Plus XT2019 Disassembly Teardown Repair Video

[@GreeblerShroomibulb]

This video out of the many I have seen is one of the most concise and helpful things out of all of them thank you. Also mannn those hands be hairy as hell, not a bad thing but they are

[@PBKreviews]

You're welcome, and yep lol

[@justingallagher7268]

Thank you for the concise video. It was really helpful in replacing a damaged screen

[@PBKreviews]

You're welcome

[@richardeblack]

Thank you, nice clear video for what I want (replacing usb port). Although I don't need to remove the main board, if I did, do I need to replace the paste and pads please? Thank you.

[@PBKreviews]

You're welcome. You can always scrape off the thermal paste that is there and re apply it to make sure it has a good spread but if the thermal paste is old, best to replace it just in case. I would go with a low conductive thermal paste since I wouldn't want to risk a short if the thermal paste spreads and touches parts its not suppose to.

[@richardeblack]

@@PBKreviewsThank you so much for taking the time to answer. I have decided to subscribe as your video is one of the clearest I've seen. Thank you.

[@PBKreviews]

@@richardeblack You're welcome and thanks for the support.

[@bakatoroi]

Hi, thank you for this video. I stupidly inserted the SIM card opener needle into the upper microphone. Am I right in thinking I didn't destroy it? I bumped into something but seeing this video it seems to be the heatspreader since the mic looks to be really thin.

[@PBKreviews]

Hi, you should be fine, the mic is a gold square metal piece, doesn't easily break

[@bakatoroi]

@@PBKreviews Awesome! Thank you

[@PBKreviews]

@@bakatoroi you're welcome

[@TMxl-w5t]

Really appreciated. Thanks

[@PBKreviews]

You're welcome

[@savvy888]

I know that this phone is splash-proof but not officially water-resistant. Based on your tear-down how water resistant do you think the phone is? Do you think the construction would allow the phone to survive a short drop in water? Thanks so much

[@PBKreviews]

I wouldn't risk it, but the phone has a rubber gasket around the charger port and sim tray, but no gaskets around the connectors inside etc. I would say it probably would survive a quick dunk but not if it stays submerged. Also depends how deep of a level of water its being dunked into.

[@savvy888]

PBKreviews thanks man really appreciate the info 🙏🏽

[@PBKreviews]

@@savvy888 you're welcome

[@xen0_887]

Do you know how to replace the camera lens the 4 sensors below the action cam ?

[@PBKreviews]

Not sure what you mean

[@xen0_887]

@@PBKreviews the camera lens how to replace it back camera

[@PBKreviews]

@@xen0_887 Its just held on with adhesive, you can heat it up with a hair dryer and pry the glass lens cover off

[@heffo1992]

Thanks for the video, do you know is it easy to replace the lens cover?

[@PBKreviews]

Yea its held on with adhesive, so you should be able to heat up the glass portion of the lens cover and pry it off without having to take apart the phone. Replacements should come with adhesive on them so you would be able to just re apply the replacement.

[@singichris]

Thanks mate, today I totalled my phone underneath a 20 tonne machine at work. Only bought it last week 😬. I any advice on changing the screen. I know the adhesive between the glass and screen is a nightmare.

[@PBKreviews]

Use a hair dryer to heat up the screen to loosen up the adhesive, if its already broken should be easy to pry off in the sense that you don't care about damaging the screen since its already broken. You can also order a LCD and frame combo so you dont need to pry off the screen, just disassemble the phone and put your parts onto the new frame and screen and re-assemble it. Here is a link for one on ebay www.ebay.com/itm/LCD-Display-Touch-Screen-Frame-For-Motorola-Moto-G8-Plus-XT2019-XT2019-1-2-Tools/233622407156?hash=item3664fb07f4:g:VYoAAOSwFdRe6YtX

[@singichris]

@@PBKreviews thanks mate, I'm going to give it a go. I think the speakers might also be totalled as my alarm went off this morning and didn't sound happy. Any advice on changing the speakers?

[@PBKreviews]

@@singichris Don't think there are any replacements for that yet, but its possible this one for the moto g8 play might work, even if the housing section is not the same, the speaker with flex cable itself should be the same www.ebay.com/itm/OEM-MOTOROLA-MOTO-G8-PLAY-XT2015-2-REPLACEMENT-LOUD-SPEAKER-LOUDSPEAKER/164288931161?hash=item2640622559:g:xzwAAOSwrpRfDLMc

[@singichris]

@@PBKreviews thank you very much for taking the time to help me out, I really do appreciate it. Well I bought a screen and digitaliser without the frame as that was all I could find in the UK market. I'm going to change that and see the extent of the damage. It fell out my pocket on a 20 tonne dumper and went straight under the wheel being crushed by stones on top of the tarmac. The screen is still displaying colour but that's about it. Heard a few sounds coming from it so might be ok. Also one thing I'd like to ask is (after watching your video through again); do you think I would be able to get that strip cable from the screen through the frame without taking the battery out?

[@PBKreviews]

@@singichris Hopefully the board inside is not damaged. Also I don't think it would be possible to run the cable through without removing the battery

[@szonejek0]

Do I need to disassemble the entire phone just to change out the PCB board or can I just skip all the steps and go straight to the charging board?

[@PBKreviews]

You can skip whatever steps that aren't needed and just go to what you need replacing. :)

[@-TriP-]

Hi can you tell me where the primary antenna is? I've not been getting a signal since a USB port repair and I keep getting conflicting information that it's either those cables running by the battery or embedded into the NFC antenna

[@PBKreviews]

There are usually more than one antenna for signal but if you replaced the sub board on the bottom which has the usb port, you need to make sure to get the correct model one since model numbers vary for different regions where the phone is sold, and the antenna contacts on that sub board which touch parts of the frame etc are different for different regions. So if you used a different model/region sub board its possible the reason for your issue or if you used a cheap aftermarket one which is not working well. For example this phone in this link, there is a -2 after the model number. You need to make sure the part you're buying has the correct region code which might be -1 -3 or -4 etc. rounded.com/motorola-moto-g8-plus-xt2019-2-sub-pba-board-flash-5p68c15643.html?sl=en

[@KAVmanch]

Thanks for great work. Which type of RAM are used? LPDDR3 or LPDDR4?

[@Ludonn]

Thank you! Good video is the only one I found, my question is is the frame is aluminum as mentioned gsm arena? or it's plastic, greetings from México!

[@PBKreviews]

Hi, you're welcome. The midframe itself is aluminum, but it does have some plastic on top and bottom as well as along the boarder where its painted.

[@mikereeves7550]

Hi there, great video, it really helped me on changing a damaged screen on my G8 Plus, The battery was very difficult to get out though....On putting it back together, I noticed a couple of small rubber square ish cases which I don't know where they came from, and ideas? Plus the 2 small wire which come from the charging board and go to the main board with little gold connectors on the end, one of them has pulled off (don't know what they do) do you know where I could get one or 2 from? Not sure I'll be able to put the little connector back on the wire, cheers

[@PBKreviews]

Hi, not sure what the black pieces you're referring to are, maybe if you can upload some pics online and link them I can look. As for the wires, usually the wire cables (Coaxial cables) are used for wifi and or cell signal/antennas. I've seen them used for other things like buttons and so forth on different phone's but for this phone it's most likely an antenna or wifi cable. You can test out your phone and see which is not working or working poorly. Not sure where to find those exact cables for that phone but you can try to see if you can find ones from a previous gen phone like the moto g7 and see if it would be the same length and work. Don't think they have the replacements for the g8 yet.

[@PBKreviews]

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[@mikereeves7550]

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[@PBKreviews]

@@mikereeves7550 Larger one is a rubber gasket that goes around the front facing camera, and the other is the gasket for the tof sensor you can see in this link circled in red where it goes. ibb.co/MGwbLqs

[@mikereeves7550]

@@PBKreviews Great, I can now see exactly where they go, thanks for all your help.. All I've got to do now is to replace the little wires with the gold connectors, Sim cards are not recognised, so no mobile data (they come off so easily, ridiculous) People are selling them for other Motorola phones, G6 etc,on eBay but no G8, I'm guessing they are all the same for whatever phone, apart from the length?

[@Snoweuph]

What is the Specific part of the headphone jack, im planing to replace it, when I will open up the phone to replace the USB-C port too

[@davidliu4314]

What you call vapor chambers are likely just plain copper sheets used to conduct heat. There are certainly phones that contain vapor chambers, but not at this price point. Samsung S7 and onwards contain actual vapor chambers.

[@tontaucher650]

Can you please do a tutorial for replacing the screen?

[@PBKreviews]

The screen is held down with adhesive. Once you disassemble the phone and pry off the battery (which is also held down with adhesive, just heat it up slightly and gently pry it off using a membership card or something you can get under the battery with, just no metal tools) you just need to apply heat to the screen to loosen the adhesive underneath and pry it off and apply new adhesive to the frame, run your new screen cable through the midframe and reattach your screen and re assemble the phone.

[@tontaucher650]

@@PBKreviews Thank you!

[@PBKreviews]

@@tontaucher650 you're welcome

[@lucadimolfetta6654]

I don't understand if it is necessary to remove the whole motherboard if I want only to change the battery.

[@PBKreviews]

Hi, no, you just need to disconnect the battery cable from the motherboard and you can pry the battery off. (you can apply heat from the screen side to loosen up the adhesive under the battery a bit, or you can use 99% isopropyl alcohol to get some around the sides of the battery and let it sit for a minute so it eats away at the adhesive underneath and makes it easier to pry the battery off).

[@lucadimolfetta6654]

@@PBKreviews thank you so much!

[@PBKreviews]

@@lucadimolfetta6654 You're welcome

[@ankushmohod4444]

Is it's long-lasting durability phone with multitasking skills ???? Please say me???

[@PBKreviews]

Seems to be a durable and lasting phone

[@frank95guillermo]

hi i have a question, my moto g8 tends to get a little hot around the port area when unplugged and when i use it, to be more precise it's at the bottom of the screen when it tends to get hot, i wanted to know if it is normal and what could it mean?

[@PBKreviews]

Is it on the front side of the phone or back of the phone? If front it could be the screen heating up but if it's getting too hot then might be something up not sure exactly. If its the back of the phone might be some minor water damage causing it.

[@seutecnicoagora2465]

Thank you so much

[@PBKreviews]

your welcome!

[@richardtepas4832]

are there repair parts availbele ? i damaged my video camera + lens, cannot find repair parts

[@NuclearFisshin]

Literally the only thing i wanted to see was how the screen could be replaced. That is 9 out of 10 times what people need to know.

[@pimpinal004]

Cool

[@PBKreviews]

Thanks!

[@devilgaming05532]

Please make a tear down video of moto one macro

[@thesilentsapo]

Thanks alot

[@PBKreviews]

your welcome

[@ugochukwusaviour6206]

How much is the phone

[@DolphVite]

How can i replace the power button?

[@PBKreviews]

yea but the power button flex is routed through the midframe so you would need to disassemble the phone as shown in the video as well as pry off the screen from the frame to gain access to removing the power button itself and the flex cable for it. That means there is a chance you can damage the screen.

[@gildardomunozvelez9274]

Lastima. Q la tradición se a tan rápida por los demás está muy bien todo

[@Дмитрийнескажу-ъ4е]

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[@guess8543]

I dropped my moto g8 plus today, the screen is cracked, but not too badly, but a bigger problem is basically the digitizer which is basically fucked, the as screen is all red and pink and black and it's not responsive to touches, and also another unknown problem is the sound is muffled and has a weird echo effect?

[@PBKreviews]

Its possible the speaker got damaged or some of the glass punctured it if its broken badly enough. Or sometimes metal shavings get attached to the speaker since its magnetic and cause weird noises.

[@gschaaf713]

looks like all the boards are conformal coated

[@HENMAR5778]

Y la batería?

[@PBKreviews]

not sure what you mean

[@miguelagel-Sn2]

Hola hablo Español

[@PBKreviews]

Hi, no hablo Español