Motorola V3i Disassembly Guide

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MOTOROLA v3i DISASSEMBLY GUIDE

This guide will help you replace housing parts and get to the inner
parts of your phone. I am in no way responsible for any damage
occurred to your phone. If you follow what I say to do in this guide
you should be ok. But you need a lot of time and patience when
disassembling your phone.
YOU MUST READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY!
!ONLY BUY HOUSINGS FROM CNN.CN, AS THEY ARE OEM!
Contents:
Steps 2~5,66 Facia Replacement.
Steps 2~5,55,56~63 Lcd Lens Replacement.
Step 24~42, 48~50,59~61 Aerial/Lower Front Housing Replacement.
Step 1~9,16~20,24~27,43,45~47,51 Keypad and Flex Replacement.
Step 1~8,10,12~14,56,66 LCD Replacement.

Tools Needed:
Screwdrivers ~T3,T5,T6
Precision Tweezers
Mobile Phone Opening Tool
Brand new Glasses Cloth
Double Sided Tape

Screw Sizes:
LCD Housing Screws ~T5 x 4
Rear Screws ~T6 x 2
Lower Inner Housing Screws ~T5 x 4
Rear Slip Screw ~T3 x 1

BEFORE YOU DO ANYTHING MAKE SURE YOU HAVE ALL OF
THE TOOLS NEEDED.
You can buy these from eBay or any other mobile phone website.
Take your time and dont rush! Move away any drinks or liquid, and
have good light.

Compiled Exclusively for MotoModders.net
Ajay16 Motorola v3i Disassembly Guide v1.0
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1. Turn off your v3i; remove the battery cover, battery, sim card, and
TF card.
2. Flick the rubber screw covers off with a small pin; make sure you
dont loose these!
3. Now unscrew all four T5 Screws.

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4. Use your nail to lift up the top corner of the front facia (by the
camera) This should lift up easily.

5. Now use the mobile phone opening tool to slide down the edges
of the facia. Then lift up the bottom part if it doesnt come away
freely.

6. Next remove the chrome buttons.

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Your phone should now look like this.

7. Flick up the left ribbon with your nail, or use tweezers.

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8. Next flick up the right hand (camera) ribbon.

9. Lift the bottom silver locking washers gently with tweezers. These
are at the bottom of the screen.

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10. Lift up the speaker at attached to the ribbon at the bottom of the
inner screen housing, gently ease them up.

11. Lift off the rubber camera surround with tweezers; just slide the
tweezers between the rubber and the housing. Then lift the
camera unit out.

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12. Now to remove the side buttons. Lift each button off with tweezers.
DO NOT CUT THE RIBBONS! You can use a pin to get behind
the stuck down ribbon if necessary.

13. Once all the buttons are unstuck and free from being stuck down.
Place the tweezers in the bottom of the right of the screen and
slowly start hinging it out. Keep lifting until it comes free.

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14. Lift the screen unit out of the inner screen housing.

15. Remove the grey rubber camera housing and the metal protector
to the right of it. Place this into the new housing.

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16. Flip the phone over and remove the T3 screw that holds in the left
flip.

17. Flip the phone open and the right small chrome flipper should pop
out. If this doesnt place the tweezers in between the
thin bar on the chrome flipper and ease it out. Now
remove the small metal part and place this into your
new flipper part with tweezers. This is quite tricky.

18. Open the flip up on the phone and turn it over. Push the left larger
flipper out with a screwdriver. MIND THE RIBBON.

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19. Turn the phone over so the other flipper is facing you and place a
screwdriver on the small brass part, and push hard, push it in as
far as you can so that the small brass part pops out of the keypad
hinge.

You can then lift it out. WATCH THE RIBBON ON THE OPPOSITE
SIDE, DONT SEVERE IT! Unhook the ribbon as soon as you can
from the left hinge.

20. From the outside push out the flicker using a screwdriver. Then
pull it out from the other side. Make sure you remove the flipper
and its black housing. Put this into the new housing.

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21. Dig out the small magnet to the right of the screen (YOU NEED
THIS PART ITS WHAT CHANGES THE SCREEN DISPLAY
WHEN YOU FLIP THE PHONE OPEN).

22. Remove the blue earpiece mesh and place it into the new housing
(make sure the stickiness is removed with the mesh).

23. Turn the screen housing over and remove the small silver M
emblem and stick it into place on the new housing.

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24. Get the main body of the phone and turn it over, now unscrew the
two T6 screws.

25. The aerial cover should separate slightly when lifted. Open it until
you can see the ribbon.

26. Pull the ribbon away from the board gently with tweezers.

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27. Push the bottom aerial housing away from the top this should
unclip the aerial cover from the lower mic housing. If not use the
mobile phone opening tool around the edge and it will lift up.


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28. You now need to unscrew all four T5 screws that hold the lower
mic housing on.

29. Layout the screws and the metal antenna part as they were,
remove the lower housing and mic cover.

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30. Remove the rubber clip coverings on the aerial connector.

31. Place tweezers under the right hand side of the plastic aerial
cover, CAREFULLY SO YOU DONT SCRATCH THE PCB! Lift it
up until it clicks and unclips itself. The rest should follow easily.

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32. Unhook the catch and push on the PCB from the opposite side
until the PCB comes free.

Your lower housing assembly should now look like this.

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33. Remove the speaker from the housing with tweezers.
34. Lift up the large rubber surround with tweezers.

35. Lift up the mesh below and place it into the new housing, then
place the rubber on top of it, and then put the speaker back in
place.

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36. Remove the gold screw contacts (at the top of the lower housing)
with tweezers, and place them into the new housing.

37. Now push the sim card holder so that the very bottom part unclips
to the opposite side.

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38. Now pull the left hand side of the sim card holder down at an
angle so it unclips.

39. Now unfree the sim card holder from the left hand side, it should
simply slide out once unclipped.

40. Place the sim card holder into the new housing, the bottom goes
in first, you might have to bend it slightly to get it in, just bend it
back to flat once finished. Place the small rubber bung in the new
housing.

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Your lower housing should now look like this.

41. Get the PCB board and place it into the housing, push down
gently so that it slips in place.

42. Now get the plastic aerial covering and the aerial. Put one side in
and under the edge of the housing. Then bend out the opposite
side of the housing and let it clip in. Push down to make sure its
all slipped into place. Then replace the rubber parts.

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43. Lift up the metal tabs at the bottom of the rear keypad with
tweezers.

44. Lift the white IMEI data sheet up from the bottom right hand corner
with tweezers (CAREFULLY AS NOT TO RIP IT). Then pull the
rest with your fingers.

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45. Now lift up the rest of the metal tabs that were hidden below the
data sheet. Make sure they are all vertical. Then push them one
by one until the keypad becomes free. Then pull from the other
side.


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46. Lift up the top of the keypad with your nail. Then use the mobile
phone opening tool to hinge it up all over. Make sure all the tabs
are unstuck. And pull them through the keypad housing.

47. Push the tabs through into the new keypad housing and stick
down the keypad.

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48. Get the new mic cover and remove the blue plastic covering.
Place it on the new mic cover.

49. Assemble the mic cover and the lower front housing. The mic
cover slides into it.

50. Go back to the keypad housing and get the metal antenna part
with its screws. Screw the two opposite screws first. Make sure
the housing is all aligned
correctly. Then screw in
the middle screws.

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51. Now put the new keypad into the keypad housing, align the metal
tabs and push them through the slots on the keypad housing. Turn
the phone over and while pushing down as hard as you can bend
down the metal tabs.

52. Replace the IMEI datasheet, if it is no longer sticky, use some
double sided tape and stick it to the keypad housing.

53. Get the screen housing. Place the ribbon through the top flip
housing.

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54. Push the flipper in as far as you can MIND NOT TO SCRATCH
THE NEW KEYPAD HOUSING. Slide it back into the new keypad
housing.

55. Now to remove the front LCD glass, get the screen you removed
and place your nail or the mobile phone opening tool under one
edge and lift up slowly. There will be quite a lot of resistance but
keep lifting slowly until it comes free. DONT PUT ANY
PRESSURE ON THE MAIN LARGE LCD, HOLD BY THE SIDES!

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56. Put the LCD unit into the new housing, then the camera unit in and
clip the connector back in. Stick the earpiece back down, press
down firmly with your finger (if the speaker is not sticky anymore
use some double sided tape).

57. Now get the new large flipper cover, and slide it into the left hand
side. BE VERY CAREFUL NOT TO CATCH THE RIBBON, YOU
MUST GET NOT CATCH ANY OF THE LAYERS OF RIBBON.
THE CUT OUT IN THE HINGE MUST GO BETWEEN THE
METAL CROSS PIECE AND BEHIND THE RIBBON YOU CAN
SEE AT THE BOTTOM.

58. Put the hinge back in the opposite side and replace the T3 screw
that holds it in place.

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59. Now get the bottom aerial housing and clip the keypad flex
connector back into the main board PCB. Make sure this is
properly connected.

60. Now push the aerial housing down onto the keypad housing. Until
it clicks into place. Then press down firmly all over.

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61. Now screw back into place the two T6 screws at the back.

62. You can now put the battery in and turn on your phone to make
sure it works.

63. Now get the new facia and take the mesh from your old facia and
transfer it into the new one. Use
tweezers to lift the mesh up then
use your fingers.

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64. Close the phone and replace the silver locking washers at the
bottom.

65. Put the side buttons into the housing.

66. Get the new facia and push the bottom in first and then forward.
Then press around the edges until the clips have all clicked into
place.

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67. Open the phone and clean all the dust/smears off of the screen.
Do this to the outer screen as well.

68. Make sure you do this when your phone is turned off or the screen
is black. The dust shows up better. Spend as long as you can
while doing this until its perfect.

69. Stick both screens down. (If you are using your old screen covers
clean them as well to get rid of dirt and dust). The outer screen
cover is easy to install as the metal facia lines it up perfectly.
Press down gently on the outer screen with the glass cloth to
make sure it has stuck properly. (CAREFUL NOT TO BREAK THE
GLASS).

70. Put your sim card, then your TF card, then your battery back into
your phone.

71. Power on your phone and voila!
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This guide is FREEWARE to MOTOMODDERS MEMBERS.
Selling of this guide is prohibited.
All images and text is to Ajay16, Adam Tudor-Lane.
If you would like to send me any comments on the guide, or request
for custom guides by companies please send them to:
moto.v3.blk@gmail.com

Version:
This is Version 1.0.

I hope this guide helps a lot of people. A word of warning my first
housing cost me $100 and it was spray painted, that is why I would
only use CNN.CN.

Many thanks to MotoX for the software that allows us to Mod our
phones. The guys that find out the seem edits, file developers and
decompilers.
Also thanks to everyone at Motomodders.net who make all the
modding possible!
Keep it up guys!

And thanks to Motorola for releasing such cool and different phones!


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