Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 8.4 Battery Replacement

Just two things I’d like to add. In step 2, one can see where the bottom clips to the top with the mainboard, and it’s easier if one pries adjacent to those clips. Secondly, one shouldn’t tighten the screws for the battery too much, I tightened them till they were tight but ended up having to take it apart again and loosen them by around a turn or so. If they are too tight, they will warp the diffuser/reflector/light guide for the LCD panel and there’ll be brighter spots in the LCD screen. The screws originally have thread lock, so I guess if one isn’t confident the screws will stay in place it’s best to re-apply some, though as they are screwing into a plastic frame, the hope is that the plastic provides enough friction for the screw to remain in place.

the first few steps of the tutorial and their accompanying photos are misleading, they make it appear as though you need to pry up the screen from the entire frame of the tablet, all you need to do it put a spudger between the gap in the textured back panel and the frame, and slide it around popping up all of the plastic clips until it comes off, its very similar to an older samsung phone, like a galaxy S5, where you just pop off the back and gain access to the battery compartment. if you followed the steps shown in the photos, you WILL crack your screen and tear its flex cables

keep in mind popping off the back panel alone does carry the risk of snapping off some of the plastic clips holding it to the mid frame, so i would suggest helping it stay on with some TESA tape, even still, that is a MUCH less risky way to replace the battery in this thing than to try to pry the entire screen up and out of the midframe.