Aranet 4 Display Replacement

Written By: spoofer
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Aranet 4 Display Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

3

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

Replacing the display on the Aranet 4 Home

The aranet 4 uses a 1.54 inch (3.9 centimeters) E-ink display, when dropped the glass on the back of the screen can break causing the display to be stuck on whatever was last shown.

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    • Remove the battery door and the batteries.

    • Unscrew the two T6 screws.

    • Turn your device over so that the screen faces you and remove the cover.

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    • Pull back the screen.

    • Carefully release the display ribbon cable by, depending on your board revision either lifting the brown cover on the flip-up connector or sliding out the stuffer actuator connector. (Refer to the images for clarification.)

    • Remove the old screen.

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    • Insert the new screen's cable into the connector (black side up).

    • Carefully place the front cover back and reassemble the device.

Conclusion

It is not necessary to remove the the board from the bottom-case, if you do wish to do this be carefull not to break the battery terminals!

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

Author

spoofer

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6 comments

Great info and instruction. But….. amazone does not ship to The Netherlands.

Cees Doets -

Hi Cees,
You can look for products sold on amazon in different countries using the ASIN number.
Here's a link for the Netherlands: https://www.amazon.nl/dp/B071HW4Z6N

Good luck with your repair!

spoofer -

Thanks a lot! Great info.

Cees Doets -

Yes yes yes. Both my Aranet’s work again.

Cees Doets -

Thanks for the guide! I successfully repaired my Aranet4 by following it. A couple of notes:

- I was able to get a better price than Amazon for the replacement display at https://www.waveshare.com/product/displa....

- The connector for the flexible printed circuit board on my model didn't flip up, but instead slides forward. I found documentation for the connector (or something very very similar to it) here: https://www.te.com/content/dam/te-com/do... (search for "Stuffer Actuator (Plunger Style)")

Jon Manning -

Thanks for the information, I have updated the guide to include the stuffer actuator connector!
As for the display, I have added the black and white version off the display you provided to the Item table. (waveshare.com/1.54inch-e-paper.htm)

spoofer -