Sidekick II Keyboard Replacement
michael albaum and 5 other contributors
Last updated on Oct 1, 2019
Views: 2.7K
View statistics:
- Past 24 Hours:
- 2
- Past 7 Days:
- 18
- Past 30 Days:
- 118
- All Time:
- 2,652
Comments: 1
1 comment on steps.
Completed: 0 1
No one has marked this guide "completed." Will you be the first?
1 person has marked this guide "completed." It's you — great job!
Favorites: 0 1
No one has favorited (and subscribed to) this guide. Will you be the first?
1 person has favorited (and subscribed to) this guide — and that's you!
Incorrect Tools
Help make this guide better by using the correct tools in images and/or text.
Introduction
Go to step 1 ↓To take the key board out for replacement.
What you need
Tools
-
-
-
Use the plastic opening tool to remove the 4 buttons on each corner of the Sidekick.
-
Gently pry open button and remove button.
-
Do this for each of the 3 buttons remaining.
Ask FixBot
-
-
-
The bumpers on the top and bottom of the phone can be removed by simply "peeling" them off.
-
-
-
Use the T6 Torx Screwdriver to remove the 4 screws that are underneath the 4 buttons you removed in step one.
-
-
-
Flip the screen up halfway (90 degrees), to reveal the 2 screws above the right side of the keyboard.
-
Use the Torx 6 screwdriver to remove these 2 screws.
-
-
-
After removing the 6 screws and both bumpers, the phone will be easy to separate into the two main bodies.
-
You can use your hands to simply pull apart the top casing from the bottom casing.
-
-
-
-
-
-
Remove both black "rivets" from the back of the case with the plastic opening tool.
-
Team
Cal Poly, Team 3-19, Maness Winter 2010 Member of Cal Poly, Team 3-19, Maness Winter 2010
CPSU-MANESS-W10S3G19
4 Members
72 Guides authored
