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Repair guides » T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly

If you require a replacement screen, phone cover and screwdrivers, they can be purchased here: http://www.formymobile.co.uk/proddetail.php?prod=compact3lcd

Tools required for disassembly: Torx 5 screwdriver, plastic tool such as a credit card or guitar plectrum, small flat head screwdriver or nail scissors or something similar.

  • First remove the battery cover, battery, memory card and stylus. Remove the two circled screws (one will be covered with a white warranty sticker).

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 1

  • Next pull the camera cover up. Some force is required.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 2

  • Your phone will now look like below. Now remove the two screws you can see. The battery compartment of the phone can now be removed.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 3

  • Next you need to detach the circled ribbon connector. There is a black latch where the ribbon attaches. Flip this up (from right to left) and then simply pull the ribbon out. Pay attention to how the ribbon attaches.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 4

  • Now lift the circuit board from right to left and detach the ribbon connector, circled below, in the same way you did the previous one.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 5

  • Now push something like a watchmakers screwdriver with a flat head or one arm of a pail of nail scissors into the circled slots to lever away the clips that hold the front cover on.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 6

  • The front cover has now been removed and you have access to the LCD screen.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 7

  • The screen is held in place with double sided tape. Pry the screen away from the rest of the phone, as shown below.

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 8

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

T-Mobile MDA Compact III disassembly stage 9


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