anyone disassemble an ativ s? took the battery out,took out the 7 silver screws at the back. how does the big piece of plastic that was held down by the screws and that surrounds the battery,sim/sd slots,camera come out? I tried with force and it just wont budge. don't want to break the phone,but the plastic was starting to bend and become white. tried guitar picks all around and pulling up but no dice. is there a step before this?
o2neouzr said:
anyone disassemble an ativ s? took the battery out,took out the 7 silver screws at the back. how does the big piece of plastic that was held down by the screws and that surrounds the battery,sim/sd slots,camera come out? I tried with force and it just wont budge. don't want to break the phone,but the plastic was starting to bend and become white. tried guitar picks all around and pulling up but no dice. is there a step before this?
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I also interested in this. I drop my phone and scratch the bottom part. But I bought a new housing from eBay.
Its been a month and I still haven't replaced it.
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An yone know where I can buy a replacement part in the uk?
What happened to it ? Same as mine I guess ? It kind of "imploded" ?
1. No, it simply got too hot and dropped off!
2. Have you sourced a replacement?
1. Mine has a small hole in it. Don't know how.
2. Sorry, no. I'm thinking about dripping a drop of glue inthere...
Careful with the glue, I managed to put some inside the phone and had to send it to repair. Now the rubber thing is loose again but this time I will put the glue to the rubber part and then put it to the phone
I had a nice drop of glue on it. But as soon as I tried to use it, it fell off. There was still a small piece of rubber on the stick. I pelt it off and there came this little hole. I think the hole is all the way through, so I can't use any glue anymore.
Now I'm thinking of buying some 2-face sticky tape and fabricate a little piece of rubber or plastic on it. Should work okay...
Anyone know how to get the front bezel off this thing?
It's begging for a paint job.
Thx!
and perhaps a generous application of rubber cement. I had ONE creek point when i bought it - annoying but livable enough (plus the fact all the bad hours of xmas I was working I never had time to return it in the 30 day period to best buy). now almost 2 months latter theres three...
theres a teardown thread or two on here somewhere but the search button seems to be failing (or my browser....)
- Will.
It must pop off, but I don't want to be the guy to try it...
In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.
waremaster said:
In the tear down I remember seeing roughly 10 small philips screws holding it from the inside to the metal sub structure. To tighten it you need to remove the back of the device then you will see the screws running around the perimeter. I also remember the screen is held to the bezel with a form of double faced tape.
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Its funny because the guy at Best Buy was trying to pull the back off of the one I returned... No idea why he was trying to yank the back off of it...
I guess if he had succeeded I would have seen the screws..
Funny enough the display model NookColor at my local best buy was practically falling off. When I first looked at the device I nearly did not buy one because of that but then getting one in my hands at B&N changed my mind.
The front bezel is a "tape and cover" paint job. The screen is glued to the frame pretty solid. I had mine apart to fiddle around and to get the back off for a mold. Most of the screws are Torx #5 or #6. Tape it off good and you should be ok as far as the front bezel. The rear and metal frame you can easily get to by proper disassembly.
Here's the zdnet guide,
http://www.zdnet.com/photos/nookcolor-teardown/487636?seq=21
Here's what I did.
You'll need a torx 5. After you unscrews the 2 screws by the sd slot, use your nail along the chamfer corner to lift the back siding up. Then use a credit card to lift the back up and run along the edge to unhinged the back.
techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.
I would like to see a silicon back cover case that has a kickstand..
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techboydino, are you going to make a new front bezel? might be a small after market for such things. I'd pick up a more solid one if the price was right.
actually metal front and back pieces would rock...
- Will.
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I was really considering metal but the fact that most would have to really take special care to actually seperate the bezel from the screen really kind of set me off that. making a case for this is rediculously hard. (compared to my attempts at other devices. if you ever seperated a screen for a cell phone from the glass then you know what I mean. I am trying to replace the back with aluminum and wanted to do a carbon fiber front. so far everything is too thick or just plain looks bad.
Ever heard of masking tape?
3M BLUE painters tape FTW
Glad to find this post!!!
This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!
i took the kickstand off a picture frame...white glued it and had one. Then took it off to fit my new cover...replacement kickstand not put on yet..
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This maybe a little off the subject but does any know where I can purchase a replacement faceplate frame cover.
I accidentally drop my nook color and now it has a nasty crack...
Thank you all in advance!
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Your best bet is probably to pick up a smoked one off EBay or one with a cracked screen and a good bezel.
Actually post up WTB (want to buy) dead Nook Color in the XDA market and link to it in this thread. I seem to recall a couple readers here who have more than "gently used" Nooks....
I broke off the USB port cover and the little bobble off the flap is still stuck inside the handset. I've tried digging with a pin but can't get it out.
What's the best thing to do?
Remove the rear cover?
"If it's broke, use a hammer. If that fails, you're not using a big enough hammer."
Sorry i had too
also try needle nose tweezers
but if you play on replacing them yourself, i think you would have to open the back aither way
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I broke off the USB port cover and the little bobble off the flap is still stuck inside the handset. I've tried digging with a pin but can't get it out.
What's the best thing to do?
Remove the rear cover?
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As murphyslaw just said use very slim tweezers, or something to hook the rubber feet and pull it out, there are videos on youtube for this.
Kirkymole said:
I broke off the USB port cover and the little bobble off the flap is still stuck inside the handset. I've tried digging with a pin but can't get it out.
What's the best thing to do?
Remove the rear cover?
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Don't remove the rear cover. All spare parts of Xperia Z1 are glued together tightly. It is very hard to separate them.
There is no guarantee that you can keep the waterproof as before.
Install a new one directly if the bit dose not interfere.
If you must need to dig it out, needle or pin and patience is what you need.
LotoTutu said:
Don't remove the rear cover. All spare parts of Xperia Z1 are glued together tightly. It is very hard to separate them.
There is no guarantee that you can keep the waterproof as before.
Install a new one directly if the bit dose not interfere.
If you must need to dig it out, needle or pin and patience is what you need.
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I got no problems with the waterproofing side, we have more waterproof products than Sony could ever get their hands on at work lol
I need help finding a peice. I ordered a screen replacement and it did not come with the plastic screw mount. I attached a picture of the part I need.
I need this peice because the old one has old adhesive strips stuck to it and I can't remove them.
http://www.etradesupply.com/motorola/android-models/motorola-nexus-6.html?p=2
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I need help finding a peice. I ordered a screen replacement and it did not come with the plastic screw mount. I attached a picture of the part I need.
I need this peice because the old one has old adhesive strips stuck to it and I can't remove them.
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You can remove the adhesive. Rub it with your finger, and it will start to roll up and come off. And yes, it is a slow, labor intensive process, but it does work.
Anybody know how to replace this piece? I don't know how to separate the plastic from the glass.
Hi guys,
has anyone of you tried changing the front glass without digitizer and display?
In disassembly videos I can only see people changing the whole thing.
Also, do you think I can manage to repair the front glas as well as the USB port with just an iron instead of a hot air blower (and the usual tools made of plastic)?
Thanks in advance!
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Hi guys,
has anyone of you tried changing the front glass without digitizer and display?
In disassembly videos I can only see people changing the whole thing.
Also, do you think I can manage to repair the front glas as well as the USB port with just an iron instead of a hot air blower (and the usual tools made of plastic)?
Thanks in advance!
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I haven't done the front glass on mine yet, but my understanding is that in general you're really better off replacing front glass as an entire unit with digitizer and display. An iron on pretty low through a cloth/towel might well work. It's not just glue that melts, it's a thin strip of rubber gasket material with adhesive (okay, maybe it's thick glue, but it looked pre-formed to me) holding the glass back cover on.
Heating probably helps a bit with softening the stuff, but after the first time you peel it up you won't really need to do that again. I'd recommend picking a corner (say, bottom left as you're looking at the back) and just plan on prying from there every time, so you only have one spot where the plastic gets marred.
Don't spend too much time heating, worry more about having a suction cup tool that you can lift with while you try to work a guitar pick or hobby knife or something in under the corner. Have at least two ready, so you can wedge one in, and work your way around without it just dropping back down on you. You'll probably tear the material a bit but that's okay, just spread it back out evenly around the edge on the glass before you put the cover back on. Also, you definitely should be using a case to make sure it doesn't just fall off in your pocket once you've opened it up a couple times.
USB cable replacement isn't awful, just time consuming. The biggest gotcha is to keep all three of the little gold clips on the plastic "mid frame" ring (that's the first thing you remove that requires screws after getting the back glass up) from fallling and getting lost.
You can PM me if you have any questions about this, I've replaced my USB cable/port assembly a couple times (first replacement was defective). And I'm about to attempt replacing the screen as a whole unit with glass & digitizer on my wife's Z2 Plus, so I'll let you know how that goes.