iMate Smartphone 2

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floydbloke

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#14472 5-Jul-2007 09:40

I'm keen to disassemble my trusty old Smartphone 2 to clean out some of the dust and gunk. I can't for the life of me find any screws so I can only assume it's 'clipped' together somehow. Has anyone succeeded in taking apart their SP2 an , more importantly, re-assembled it successfully. If so, how please.

markok

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#78170 15-Jul-2007 11:52

Hi

I'm in the same boat. How did you get on?

Mark

floydbloke

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#78179 15-Jul-2007 13:56

No joy yet, sorry Mark.

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kiwiboi

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#78643 18-Jul-2007 15:31

It's clipped mates. Just a bit hard to open at first. With a little force it will open. I've opened quite a few actually. Use plastic opening tool, something like a guitar pick. Good luck!

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#78820 19-Jul-2007 15:33

Many thanks. Any particular starting point or clues on the clip points.

Thanks, Mark

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#79013 20-Jul-2007 18:52

Sounds encouraging thanks Kiwiboi, as per Mark's request, any hints as to where the clip points are.

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#80471 30-Jul-2007 21:02

Partial success. Got a plastic knife and jammed it just above the InfraRed transceiver. This lifted off the screencover which seems to be held in with some clips and sticky, gooey paper. This allowed me to wipe all way all the dust etc. from the screen so mission achieved for now. Clipped it back in place and all is fine. I won't bother with pulling it apart further at this stage.

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