Arthur Shi

Hi Kevin,

First, I’m sorry to hear of your troubles! I’m glad you came up with a system to get the adhesive on. Very ingenious!

I looked into this issue and found that the adhesive you got is correct. Unlike the screen adhesive, which should be applied to the frame first, the back cover adhesive should be applied to the back cover first. Unfortunately, we don’t have any explicit guides for the back cover adhesive. However, I will edit the device guides to clarify that point.

Thanks for bringing this observation up!

Hi Doug,

I’ve written up a short guide for the battery adhesive. You can find it here. It’s now added into the last step. Hope that helps!

Hi! You have somehow stumbled upon a prerequisite guide that is improperly labeled. This guide is supposed to be used in part with a larger guide.

You can find the complete guide here. Sorry about the confusion!

Hi Sam!

That’s an interesting question. As far as I can tell, I don’t see a sensor. I also ran a magnet across the entire 3a and 3a XL surface…and couldn’t trigger anything :)

Sorry, we currently do not sell this part.

kshama karen ham vartamaan mein is bhaag ko nahin bechate hain.

There are language options in the settings menu. Ours came with Chinese on by default. You can try to use Google image translate to navigate through your settings, or try the following:

Press the top-left soft key once (brings up the menu)

Press the left arrow d-pad once (switches to settings). Press the top-left soft key once (selects settings)

Press the right arrow d-pad twice so you’re on page 3/6 (phone settings). Press the top-left soft key once (selects phone settings)

Press the top-left soft key again (selects language option). Press the down arrow d-pad once to select English. Press the top-left soft key to select it.

Hi Sebastian,

Yes, the Touch ID is paired with the motherboard. In order to keep Touch ID functionality, you have to use the fingerprint sensor that comes with the replacement.

Hi Conrad,

This guide is written for screen replacements, which come with the screen back panel as well as additional components pre-installed. What you are looking for is a display panel only guide, which requires transferring many additional components. We will probably write a panel-only guide in the near future.

Hi Squishy,

We’re honored that you choose iFixit as the site for device information! This teardown is on the briefer side of things; we mostly tried to accentuate the things that made the Pixel 3a stand out amongst its predecessors.

With that said, I’ve updated the teardown with a headphone jack shot and a link to the squeeze sensors (which have not changed since the prior Pixels). Also, stay tuned for device wallpapers!

You can order a battery from iFixit here. We actually sell OEM Motorola parts, and this would be an OEM battery. If it doesn’t work out, we have great customer service! Plus, I would be interested to hear if the OEM battery is for some reason non-compatible.