BlackBerry Bold 9000 disassembly

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Tools required: Torx 5 screwdriver, plastic tool such as a guitar plectrum or credit card.

• Remove your back cover, battery, sim and memory card. Six screws need to be removed, circled below. The battery compartment should now be loose and can be lifted away from the rest of the phone.

• With the battery compartment removed your phone should look like below. Starting at the bottom of the phone, lift the circuit board up and slide it away from the front cover, in the direction shown by the arrows.

• With the circuit board removed your phone should look like below. A ribbon connector (circled) needs to be disconnected. It attaches like a plug and socket. Just lever this up to unplug.

• Now turn the circuit board over. The screen is held in place by double sided tape so to release it slide something like a credit card in-between the screen and circuit board.

• You should now have the LCD screen removed. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.