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Before you begin
Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 on a clean flat and soft surface, such as a rubber mat or a piece of soft cloth and get the required opening tools
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Step 1
This is what the blackberry 8330 looks like from a birds eye view looking at the front of the device.
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Step 2
Press the button on the back on the bottom to release the battery cover.
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Step 3
Remove the batttery by applying a little pressure downward towards the bottom and pull it out from the top to release the battery.
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Step 4
At the top of the 8330 there are 2 torque (4)screws that need to be removed.
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Step 5
Remove the torque screw as well on the other side. |
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Step 6
There is a plastic clip that needs to be removed in order to disassemble the blackberry. Use the Green opening tool to create space between the casing and the clip and with a downward motion remove it from the main casing. |
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Step 7
The clip can be removed from the phone.
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Step 8
Once the Clip and the 2 torque screws are removed you can loosen up the side plastic pieces towards the top so that you can remove the faceplate.
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Step 9
This can be done using the green tool to create some space between the frontplate and the plastic side pieces towards the top of the phone.
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Step 10
Once you are in the green tool between the frontplate and the plastic side pieces you can then slide it along to release the latches that holding the blackberry together.
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Step 11
Once you have worked your way around with the green tool you can then remove the frontplate from the phone.
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Step 13
There are 4 torque screws that hold the keyboard and screen casing in place. Remove all 4 of them. Or in this case if you are doing the screen tecnically you only need to remove 2 of them.
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Step 12
Once the screws are removed you can then take off the metal piece around the screen. There is a little latch on the top that holds it into place at the top so make sure you release that first so that it comes off easily.
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Step 15
You can now see the ribbon cable that holds the LCD into place. This can be removed using the green opening tool by lifting the flap.
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Step 16
Once the flap is removed then using the green tool again to create space between the logic board and the LCD. The LCD and Logic board are connected by glue so be sure to remove it so the screen releases properly.
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Step 17
Once all the glue is removed the LCD can be removed. The new LCD can now be put back in.
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Step 18
This is the logicboard with the LCD removed.
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