So I got antsy and decided to go home on my lunch break to try this out. Good news! I was able to successfully and most importantly EASILY remove the speaker. So here we go:
There are 4 screws keeping this thing together. They are all hidden at the very ends of the black rubber material. GENTLY lift up the edges so you can access the screws. I say gently because I was not gentle at all and had a couple kind of stretch out on me. Not a huge deal since I'm never looking at the bottom, but if you want this to be pristine, be gentle.
Now, the screws will all have some type of plastic material over them that is clear. My guess is this is some type of glue or something to keep the rubber in place or maybe to keep the screws from moving. I had no issue just sticking my screwdriver through it and unscrewing. Do not bother trying to scrape around and remove the clear plastic, it's a waste of time and you'll probably be more harm than good. The screws just need to be lose, you DO NOT need them to be removed all the way. The plastic actually is nice because it lets you unscrew but it keeps the screw in place for when you put it back together. Be gentle with the screws, the plastic piece on the inside that the screw goes into is garbage and I broke a couple of them. Like I said earlier, I was not careful and gentle at all throughout this process so with a little care yours will turn out much better.
After you have loosened all the screws, it will easily detach. This is what it will look like:
So now you have it all disassembled, just pull off the speaker which is the circular shaped one. Do NOT disconnect the other one, that is the charging port.
So now that you have yanked out the speaker, you have to put it back together. The only semi-tricky part is getting the charging port put back in to the right spot. You have to make sure it fits perfectly into the little slot on the top piece. I was able to get it just right after a couple tries. If you have issues, I don't see any reason why using a little bit of tape or glue on the plastic casing to hold it in right would hurt.
After you have it in, close the cover and tighten the screws and then pull back the black sticky rubber over them. As you can see with mine, the rubber ends aren't perfect but that's because I was trying to get this done in 10 minutes over my lunch break. You can do a much better job with a little bit of patience. But here it is, back together and working fine and no annoying chime noises!!!
I'll be ordering a few more of these. Can't beat them for $9. Hope you find this helpful! And no, these pictures were not taken with the Galaxy S6. They were taken with it's great grandfather, the Galaxy S3.
There are 4 screws keeping this thing together. They are all hidden at the very ends of the black rubber material. GENTLY lift up the edges so you can access the screws. I say gently because I was not gentle at all and had a couple kind of stretch out on me. Not a huge deal since I'm never looking at the bottom, but if you want this to be pristine, be gentle.
Now, the screws will all have some type of plastic material over them that is clear. My guess is this is some type of glue or something to keep the rubber in place or maybe to keep the screws from moving. I had no issue just sticking my screwdriver through it and unscrewing. Do not bother trying to scrape around and remove the clear plastic, it's a waste of time and you'll probably be more harm than good. The screws just need to be lose, you DO NOT need them to be removed all the way. The plastic actually is nice because it lets you unscrew but it keeps the screw in place for when you put it back together. Be gentle with the screws, the plastic piece on the inside that the screw goes into is garbage and I broke a couple of them. Like I said earlier, I was not careful and gentle at all throughout this process so with a little care yours will turn out much better.
After you have loosened all the screws, it will easily detach. This is what it will look like:
So now you have it all disassembled, just pull off the speaker which is the circular shaped one. Do NOT disconnect the other one, that is the charging port.
So now that you have yanked out the speaker, you have to put it back together. The only semi-tricky part is getting the charging port put back in to the right spot. You have to make sure it fits perfectly into the little slot on the top piece. I was able to get it just right after a couple tries. If you have issues, I don't see any reason why using a little bit of tape or glue on the plastic casing to hold it in right would hurt.
After you have it in, close the cover and tighten the screws and then pull back the black sticky rubber over them. As you can see with mine, the rubber ends aren't perfect but that's because I was trying to get this done in 10 minutes over my lunch break. You can do a much better job with a little bit of patience. But here it is, back together and working fine and no annoying chime noises!!!
I'll be ordering a few more of these. Can't beat them for $9. Hope you find this helpful! And no, these pictures were not taken with the Galaxy S6. They were taken with it's great grandfather, the Galaxy S3.
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