Samsung Galaxy Note Edge vibration motor repair guide

The vibration motor isn’t working.

In this repair guide, we show you how to replace your Samsung Galaxy Note Edge’s defective vibration motor on your own. You need this repair if your phone doesn’t vibrate or only barely vibrates.

Required tools

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Menda ESD Spudger

Menda ESD Spudger

You need a flat plastic prying tool to disconnect the various plugs and connectors.
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Tweezers

Tweezers

We recommend using tweezers to remove screws and various small parts from your device.
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Pick Set

Pick Set

You need a flat but stable tool such as a pick to pry out parts that are glued in place.
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Phillips PH00 screwdriver

Phillips PH00 screwdriver

You need the right screwdriver for removing PH00 screws.
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Required replacement part

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Vibration Motor

Samsung Galaxy Note Edge Vibration Motor

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Steps

16 Steps

Removing the stylus

Step 1

Removing the back cover

Step 2

Removing the battery

Step 3

Removing the SIM and microSD cards

Step 4

Removing the chassis

Step 5

Disconnecting all the connections to the logic board

Step 6

Removing the logic board

Step 7

Removing the vibrator motor

Step 8

Installing the vibrator motor

Step 9

Installing the logic board

Step 10

Making all the connections to the logic board

Step 11

Installing the chassis

Step 12

Inserting the SIM and microSD cards

Step 13

Installing the battery

Step 14

Attaching the back cover

Step 15

Putting in the stylus

Step 16

Getting started with the repair of your Galaxy Note Edge

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16 steps

Removing the stylus
Use your finger to pull the stylus out of your Galaxy Note Edge.
Removing the back cover
Disconnect the back cover from the back of your device. There’s a little indentation at the top of your Galaxy Note Edge that you can stick your fingernail in. The back cover is hooked onto the device at several points so you have to use your finger in more than one place and then pull carefully.

Remove the back cover.
Removing the battery
Using your finger, lift the battery a little bit out of the enclosure.

Use your thumb and finger to take the battery out of the enclosure.
Removing the SIM and microSD cards
Use your finger to remove the SIM card from the SIM card slot.

Remove the microSD card from the microSD card slot.
Removing the chassis
Unscrew the fifteen screws holding the chassis in place and remove them.
15 x 4.0 mm Phillips screw

The chassis is hooked onto the display frame. Disconnect it by inserting the pick between the chassis and the display frame and undoing the hooks. Start at the recess for the battery.

Move the pick around the entire device and completely disconnect the frame from the chassis.

Lift the chassis and remove it.
Disconnecting all the connections to the logic board
Disconnect all the connections to the logic board in the order shown below:
Touchscreen
LCD
Home button/fingerprint sensor
Wi-Fi antenna cable
Bluetooth antenna cable

Use the pointed tip of the spudger to disconnect the plug contacts. Carefully insert the spudger below the connector and use a little force to pry it off the logic board.
Removing the logic board
The bottom of the logic board is connected to the sub-board by a connector (blue arrow). Before you remove the logic board, you have to disconnect this connection. Put the flat end of the spudger between the logic board and the enclosure, and disconnect the connection. Make sure that the spudger is on the sub-board’s flexible flat cable. Don’t press too hard because that could damage the flexible flat cable.

Take the logic board out of the enclosure with your finger. Tilt it upward a little so you can lift it at the thin end.
Removing the vibrator motor
The vibration motor is glued to the display frame so you have to carefully detach it using the steel spatula. Gently insert the spatula between the vibrator motor and the enclosure.

Remove the motor from the display frame.

Installing the vibrator motor
Put the vibrator motor in the original position in the display frame. Make sure the motor’s contacts are in the right position. There’s an eyelet next to the two gold contacts that you have to pull over a plastic pin. Press the motor and its contacts onto the enclosure a little so the glue will stick.
Installing the logic board
When you install the logic board, note that you have to connect the sub-board and logic board to each other. The connector (blue arrow) for the sub-board is on the bottom of the logic board.

Slightly tilt the logic board and put it at the upper end of the display frame. Then fold it down and don’t forget that you have to hear the sub-board’s connector gently click into place.
Making all the connections to the logic board
Connect all the connectors to the logic board in the order shown below:
Bluetooth antenna cable
Wi-Fi antenna cable
Home button/fingerprint sensor
LCD
Touchscreen

Position each connector over its corresponding part on the logic board and connect the two parts by pressing gently on the connector.
Installing the chassis
Put the chassis back in its original position on the display frame. Using your fingers, press the entire surface of the chassis onto the frame so the chassis clicks into place on the enclosure.

Use the fifteen screws to attach the chassis to the display frame.
15 x 4.0 mm Phillips screw
Inserting the SIM and microSD cards
Put the microSD card in the microSD slot and make sure it’s aligned right.

Using your finger, carefully push the SIM card into the SIM card slot and make sure it’s aligned right.
Installing the battery
Put the battery back in the enclosure. Make sure the battery’s four gold contacts are touching the four gold springs in your device.

Put the battery back in so it’s flush with the enclosure.
Attaching the back cover
Put the back cover on the back of your Galaxy Note Edge. Make sure the back cover is in the right position.

Press the entire surface of the back cover onto your whole smartphone so all the back cover’s clips click into place in your device.
Putting in the stylus
Put the stylus back in your device by pushing it into the opening at the bottom of the enclosure until it clicks into place.