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Changing Fascia of S700i? |
Jaiyne38
Joined: May 06, 2006
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How do i change the housing/cover/fascia on an S700i? orwhere can i find out?
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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Hi Jayine. Its a big job, takes a whole afternoon according to some. Do another search on this site and you will find. There is also a dedicated site on the web but the instructions are in Mandarin I'm afraid. Links are on this site also. Let us know how you get on :-)
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Rookwise
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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From: UK. Phone:Samsung Galaxy A54 5
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Oh god not this again. I posted a how to guide along with pictures on dismantling the S700 over a year ago. Have a look in the modified phones thread as it should still be in there. Whole thing takes 15mins to do not a whole afternoon.
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goldenface
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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@ rookwise. Really! Someone must have had a hard time of it when they did it... :-)
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SpiderX1016
Joined: Apr 22, 2006
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Who was it?!?
I'm dying to know |
Rookwise
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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From: UK. Phone:Samsung Galaxy A54 5
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As far as I know. Smilerthecheshirecat and myself were the first on Esato to change S700 housings as we both did them live on MSN Messenger. All done about May 05.
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*Jojo*
Joined: Oct 15, 2003
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Better bring it to an authorized  shop . . . This model is so 'hard' to change fascias  !
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Rookwise
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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Its not hard to do Jojo. Very easy i fact.
The W550i/W600 is exactly the same as the S700 to dismantle as well.
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Ridahz
Joined: Oct 22, 2004
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From: Manchester
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Hi rookwise do you know where the thread is? Cheers pal 
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Rookwise
Joined: Mar 22, 2004
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From: UK. Phone:Samsung Galaxy A54 5
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There ya go 
Pictures of your modified phones thread
My S700 pics start from page 20ish I think. If you need anymore help. Drop me a pm.
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whistla
Joined: Aug 22, 2005
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Hope this helps!
S700 Dissembly Instructions
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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I managed to get the full oem housing from ebay.
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Will let you know how I get on.
Does anyone know what tools are needed eg. torx screwdriver size? |
matthewf01
Joined: Mar 20, 2003
Posts: 169
From: Georgia, USA
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it took me about 1 hour...and I ended up breaking the sliding lock switch mechanism.
the internal switch is very delicate. |
goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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I know I need to be careful with the springs, I don't want to have them bouncing off the walls.
@matthewf01
What was the most difficult part?
I have the full housing so I guess I will have some spare parts....
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goldenface
Joined: Dec 17, 2003
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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Well I managed to do it and it took a lot longer than the 20 mins rookwise said  (2.5 hours)
I lost the lens cover spring. It poinged out of the housing, bounced off the ceiling, then a wall and god knows where it landed.
Then, 20 mins after I stopped crawling around on the floor like a cat, searching for it, I just happened to look down and there it was
Just some info for anyone attempting this:
- The screen is not scratchproof glass but toughened plastic. For some reason I thought it was glass.
- Use the best quality mini-screwdriver you can find. I went through two sets trying to screw the housing back together as the fitting was just two tight. I eventually dipped the screws in some lubricant to get them in.
- I noticed that if you do lose the tiny (4mm long) lens cover spring, the dummy S710 phone, available on ebay cheap, does actually have this inside. You can also use the camera button, lock key, infrared cover, volume buttons and port cover, the rub plates and lens cover mechanism, but not the silver lens surround. You probably can use the screen too.
- I had a nightmare replacing the lens cover spring as it was so small. It actually sits on its own black housing which makes it more fiddly. I dipped the bottom of the spring in super- glue before sitting it on its housing, this was incase it poinged off again, plus it made the job a lot easier.
All in all I thought the job was complex, with lots of fiddly bits. I can see why the phone was expensive when it came out, with the 2 PCBs, mechanically its like 2 phones in one and it not easy putting something like that together.
So keep your hands cold and dry when doing this one!
I will post pictures tomorrow in the modified phones thread. |
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Posted: 2006-05-06 20:46
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