Upgrade T610 Housing to T630?

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richy240 Joined: Jan 24, 2003 Posts: 465 From: Houston, Texas, USA PM, WWW	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:04 I was looking for OEM housings for the T610, and came across the T630 housings. I understand that the T630 is the upgrade to the T610, but I was unaware that you could switch the housing. Has anyone tried this? It seems that the only (physical) difference is the housing and the keypad... Is there soldering involved? Or is it just a matter of unplugging the original keypad and plugging in the new one? I am very excited about this, as my T610 is coming in the mail within a day or two. (This phone is my backup while my P900 is in the shop.) I find the T630 much more attractive than the T610, not to mention the black housing is only available from T-Mobile (UK? definately not US). http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayIS[....]ory=20353&item=6315691591&rd=1 Thanks in advance. _________________ Google's Censorship Policies are a Bunch of Crap http://suite240.textamerica.com http://stopbush.textamerica.com [ This Message was edited by: richy240 on 2004-08-16 21:06 ]

masseur Joined: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Sydney, London PM	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:09 yeah quite a few people have done this on esato and, although not as cheap as ebay, handymobilez uk have the kit for sale in this post edit: btw you can go the whole hogg and change the screen to but you need to reflash to T630 firmware _________________ ...Unless I'm very much mistaken my K700 review [ This Message was edited by: masseur on 2004-08-16 21:10 ]
richy240 Joined: Jan 24, 2003 Posts: 465 From: Houston, Texas, USA PM, WWW	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:12 Yes, it would seem that the kit is cheaper on eBay. I am just concerned about the ease of this modification... And I should also email the seller to find out if the screwdriver comes with the package or not. @masseur Thanks for the info! EDIT: I assume I need to be somewhere near a Service Centre for that... Unfortunately, I am not. I am in the US, and from what I understand, SE doesn't service phones here like they do in Europe. Although I must say I would love to do that... _________________ Google's Censorship Policies are a Bunch of Crap http://suite240.textamerica.com http://stopbush.textamerica.com [ This Message was edited by: richy240 on 2004-08-16 21:15 ]
masseur Joined: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Sydney, London PM	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:17 I swapped a blue casing on my sons (my old) T610 which he has scratched to hell last weekend for an original red one and it was a doddle. I used the pictures in this thread Unless I'm very much mistaken... A-ZoTT
richy240 Joined: Jan 24, 2003 Posts: 465 From: Houston, Texas, USA PM, WWW	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:18 A what?!? (Just kidding...) Do you know anything about US Service Centres? I would like to explore the possibility of upgrading to a full T630... _________________ Google's Censorship Policies are a Bunch of Crap http://suite240.textamerica.com http://stopbush.textamerica.com [ This Message was edited by: richy240 on 2004-08-16 21:20 ]
masseur Joined: Jan 03, 2003 Posts: > 500 From: Sydney, London PM	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:26 no, sorry. might be worth chatting to rdnymllnsktr as he knows a bit about this... just digging out some old thread on the subject T630 cover on a T610 t630 housing on t610 ? Would anyone be intersted in t610>t630 convo kits? and there are loads more. just go through these search results Unless I'm very much mistaken... A-ZoTT
richy240 Joined: Jan 24, 2003 Posts: 465 From: Houston, Texas, USA PM, WWW	Posted: 2004-08-16 22:29 Damn... Thanks! (I guess I could have found all that on my own, but I appriciate your efforts!) For sale: Near-mint M600i (white), PM me if interested

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