T-Mobile Smartphone Repair Guide
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Repair Guide Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 18 November 2009 01:16


iPhone 3G
Before you begin

  • Read this website's Legal Guidelines and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your T-Mobile myTouch 3G 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 2


    Turn your myTouch 3G on the front and remove the battery door.

    Step 3

    Remove the battery.

    Step 4

     

    Take note of the Torx screws on all sides that hold the backplate in place.

    Step 5

    Remove the screws as indicated in the pictures: the screw on the left hand side of the back that needs to be removed.

    Step 6

    Remove the Torx screw on the bottom of the mytouch.

    Step 10

    Remove the Torx screw at the top.

    Step 13

    Remove the second Torx screw at the bottom.

    Step 12

    You can now take off the antenna cover on the bottom.

    Step 16

    With all the screws removed you can now pry the backlate  off from the mytouch using the safe opening tool.

    Step 17

    Work your way along the edge wtih the safe opening tool so that every latch holding it together is released so it can be  taken off.

    Step 18

    Remove the plastic backplate from the phone. The logicboard is underneath.

    Step 19

    Remove all phillips screws visible that hold the two logic boards in place as indicated in the image.

    Step 20

    Remove the Phillips screws on the top logic board.

    Step 21

    Remove the Phillips left screws on the top logic board.

    Step 22

    Now the ribbon cable at the top of the phone can be released from the connector. It's best to use the safe open tool for this step, ignore what you see in the image.

    Step 23

    Ease it off with a tool so that you do not tear the ribbon cable.  Work slowly and patiently.

    Step 24

    There is a small ribbon cable in the center of the top logic board near the battery compartment that needs to be removed from the logicboard.

    Step 25

     

    This one is smaller and is on the bottom half of the phone.

    Step 26

    Again remove the cable using a safe open tool, so that you do not tear the cable or short or damage the contacts.

    Step 27

    Now the logicboard can be lifted out of the casing.  Make sure you do this from the side that had the large ribbon cable attached first.  It is from left to right if you are looking at it properly from top to bottom.

    Step 29

    Once lifted from the one side it can then be turned over to remove an antenna connect and another ribbon cable.

    Step 30

    Remove both connections carefully.

    Step 31

    We are not going to lift off the bottom logicboard.

    Step 32

    DO THIS SLOWLY.  There are 2 more ribbon cables underneath that need to disconnect without being torn.

    Step 33

    They should naturally come off.  But do it slowly to make sure.

    Step 34

    Now the second logicboard can be fully removed.

    Step 35

    This is what the mytouch looks like when both logicboards are removed. You can now reassemble your myTouch 3G with the new parts following the steps in reverse order.

     

    If you continue assembly of the front plate you can replace the myTouch 3G Screen as well.

     

     
    Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 21:30
     
    T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 - Trackball Replacement Print E-mail
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    Tuesday, 10 November 2009 18:04


    T-Mobile Sidekick 2008 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 the way your sidekick looks facing up.

     

     

    Step 2

    Another angle of the sidekick 2008 from more of a birds eye view.

    Step 3

     

    Step 4

     

    First you need to take off the battery then remove the backplate.

     

    Step 5

    Remove the screw on the top corner.  They need to be removed using a Torx screwdriver.

    Step 6

    Then remove the screw on the bottom corner.

    Step 7

    Then on the other side there is a small plastic protective panel that needs to be removed in order to access the other 2 screws.

    Step 8

    Unscrew using the Torx again the screw at the top.

    Step 9

    Also remove the screw at the bottom.

    Step 10

    This is just the view with all 4 torque screws taken out from the back of the sidekick.

    Step 11

    There is one more that needs to be removed and that is right below the sticker that was behind the battery.

     

    Step 13

    Flip the phone over and flip open the screen.

    Step 12

    Hold the screen half way open and you will expose 2 Torx screws that need to be removed.

    Step 15

    Once the 2 screws are removed you can then fully take off the screen with the hinge attatched.

    Step 16

    Now that all the screws have been removed  holding the sidekick together you can now seperate the front plate from the backplate.  Take your time with this and  use the green tool to help you create space between the to plates.  The plates are snapped together by hinges that need to be released.  The green tool does this well by working it around the device inside the space between them.

    Step 17

    You can now remove your trackball and replace it with a new one.
    Last Updated on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 00:08
     
    T-Mobile (HTC) G1 Screen Replacement Print E-mail
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    Sunday, 14 December 2008 05:40


    T-Mobile G1 Screen Replacement Before you begin

  • Read this website's Legal Information Section and make sure you understand the risks of this repair and are qualified for this repair. Place your T-Mobile G1 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

    Slide out the G1 screen to expose the keyboard and turn your HTC G1 face down.

    Please note that these pictures were taken with the logic board removed, although it is not necessary to remove it to perform a screen replacement.

    Step 2

    Start with the screw that is the most difficult to reach. To get to this screw you have to overextend the screen sliding mechanism. You have to apply some force to push the screen assembly out enough to fully expose the screw.

    Step 3

    Remove the two other screws at the outside edge of the screen. Insert the safe open tool in the seam between backlate and frontplate of the screen housing.

    Step 4

    Slide the tool to the opposite edge and twist it gently to release the backplate.

    Step 5

    Lift the backplate further by holding on to its sides and pulling.

    Step 6

    The shielding tape need to be removed to expose the G1 earspeaker connector. Careful not to tear any of the ribbon cables.

    Step 7

    The G1 microphone connector is the small connector on the left. Click on the image to enlarge. Use the safe open tool to carefully open the latch.

    Step 8

    Turn the assembly around to release the screen connector.

    Step 9

    Use the safe open tool to release the screen connector.

    Step 10

    Now you should be able to pull the screen out of the assembly. In the middle toward the right you see the T-Mobile G1 screen connector when it is released.

    Step 11

     

    You fully removed the G1 LCD screen, for reassembly follow the steps in reverse order.
    Last Updated on Saturday, 09 January 2010 21:20
     
    T-Mobile (HTC) G1 Logic Board Replacement Guide Print E-mail
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    Friday, 18 December 2009 00:38


    T-Mobile G1
    		Before you begin

  • Read Legal Information Section and make sure you understand the risks of this repair. Place your T-Mobile G1 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

    Turn you T-Mobile (HTC) G1 around and remove the battery cover using a safe open tool.

     

     

    Step 2

    Remove the battery and the sim-card.

    Step 3

    Now you are ready to remove the torx screws holding the phone together.

    Step 4

    Remove the torx T5 screws on the sides of the frame.

    Step 5

    Remove the Torx T6 screw under the seal.

    Step 6

    Once all screws are remove you can use the safe open tool to remove the frame from the -Mobile G1 midboard.


    Step 7

    Keep inserting in different sections of the frame to release it from the clips.

    Step 8

    The top of the frame will come loose first.

    Step 9

    Now address the section of the frame on the bottom of the phone.

    Step 10

    You can now completely release the frame from the midboard.

    Step 11

    Remove the screws of the T-Mobile G1 wifi-module and logic board.

    Step 12

    Release the T-Mobile G1 antenna cable connector.

    Step 15

    Peel off the adhesive insulating tape covering connector on the top left side.

    Step 16

    Use the safe open tool to release the latch mechanism. Be careful, the latch is very fragile.

    Step 17

    Use the safe open tool to pull the right side of the ribbon cable out of the connector.

    Step 18

    Repeat the same on the left side.

    Step 19

    Remove the yellow adhesive tape and release the ribbon cable at the top from the connector.

    Step 20

    This is what it looks like when it is removed.

    Step 22

    Push the black plastic clip holding the T-Mobile G1 logic board in place toward the outside.

    Step 23

    This is what it looks like when the clip is released.

    Step 24

    Remove the yellow tape on the T-Mobile G1 camera connector.

    Step 25

    Open the latch.

    Step 25

    You can now flip the board upward.

    Step 26

    There are two more connectors under the shielded adhesive tape.

    Step 27

    Remove the first piece of tape. Click on the image to take a closer look.

    Step 28

    Release the connector.

    Step 29

    Remove the second piece of tape and release the connector.

    Step 30

    You have successfully removed the T-Mobile G1 motherboard, for reassembly follow the steps in reverse order.