Opening a Sony Ericsson K500i casing
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From: Lobster on 28 Sep 2005 03:25 My K500i is a bit sick; full of dust and building debris AFAICS, and the little joystick thingy in the middle has stopped working in one direction. I therefore want to take off the front of the phone in order to give it a damned good clean-out, but can't see how to do this. The back pops off OK, but not sure about the front - I don't want to force something that's not supposed to move, and end up trashing the phone totally. Anyone done this? Thanks David
From: Twisted on 28 Sep 2005 04:04 "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1127892352.642768.264510(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > My K500i is a bit sick; full of dust and building debris AFAICS, and > the little joystick thingy in the middle has stopped working in one > direction. I therefore want to take off the front of the phone in > order to give it a damned good clean-out, but can't see how to do this. > > The back pops off OK, but not sure about the front - I don't want to > force something that's not supposed to move, and end up trashing the > phone totally. Anyone done this? > > Thanks > David > www.uselessinfo.org.uk might have something
From: Lobster on 28 Sep 2005 05:29 Twisted wrote: > "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1127892352.642768.264510(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > >>My K500i is a bit sick; full of dust and building debris AFAICS, and >>the little joystick thingy in the middle has stopped working in one >>direction. I therefore want to take off the front of the phone in >>order to give it a damned good clean-out, but can't see how to do this. >> >>The back pops off OK, but not sure about the front - I don't want to >>force something that's not supposed to move, and end up trashing the >>phone totally. Anyone done this? > www.uselessinfo.org.uk might have something Thanks, but sadly not: but IMHO the photos of other phones being dismantled confirm I'm right to worry about ballsing it up! David
From: Alan Gauton on 28 Sep 2005 05:53 In article <Pnt_e.52$0f3.8(a)newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, davidlobsterpot601 @hotmail.com says... > Twisted wrote: > > "Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message > > news:1127892352.642768.264510(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... > > > >>My K500i is a bit sick; full of dust and building debris AFAICS, and > >>the little joystick thingy in the middle has stopped working in one > >>direction. I therefore want to take off the front of the phone in > >>order to give it a damned good clean-out, but can't see how to do this. > >> > >>The back pops off OK, but not sure about the front - I don't want to > >>force something that's not supposed to move, and end up trashing the > >>phone totally. Anyone done this? > > Thanks, but sadly not: but IMHO the photos of other phones being > dismantled confirm I'm right to worry about ballsing it up! There's a movie for the J300 on changing the cover on the SE site - I wouldn't have thought the K500 would be much different. It's at http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001 &template=ps1_1_2_1_1&zone=ps&lm=ps1_1&pid=10247&fid=14297&esi=true -- AG Remove removes from address to remove anti-spam measures. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Alan Gauton E-Mail agauton @ postmaster.co.uk Never for me the lowered banner, never the last endeavour! (Damon Hill - 16th June 1999)
From: Lobster on 28 Sep 2005 09:36
Alan Gauton wrote: > In article <Pnt_e.52$0f3.8(a)newsfe1-win.ntli.net>, davidlobsterpot601 > @hotmail.com says... > >>Twisted wrote: >> >>>"Lobster" <davidlobsterpot601(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message >>>news:1127892352.642768.264510(a)o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com... >>> >>> >>>>My K500i is a bit sick; full of dust and building debris AFAICS, and >>>>the little joystick thingy in the middle has stopped working in one >>>>direction. I therefore want to take off the front of the phone in >>>>order to give it a damned good clean-out, but can't see how to do this. >>>> >>>>The back pops off OK, but not sure about the front - I don't want to >>>>force something that's not supposed to move, and end up trashing the >>>>phone totally. Anyone done this? >> >>Thanks, but sadly not: but IMHO the photos of other phones being >>dismantled confirm I'm right to worry about ballsing it up! > > > There's a movie for the J300 on changing the cover on the SE site - I > wouldn't have thought the K500 would be much different. It's at > http://www.sonyericsson.com/spg.jsp?cc=global&lc=en&ver=4001 > &template=ps1_1_2_1_1&zone=ps&lm=ps1_1&pid=10247&fid=14297&esi=true Thanks to you too - it does look similar, but AFAICS the K500i doesn't have a user-removable cover like the J300; ie it will need more than the matchstick shown in the movie to remove it! David |