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Nokia 8801 conversion
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Posted by: kyosuke

Okay i bought some parts from ebay and cnn to try and convert my 8801 to a sirocco 8800. All my parts have come in and im going to be showing what what worked and what didnt work. My biggest problem right now is that nither the 8800 nor the 8801 attenna fit into the sirocco midplate -__- !

So any advice on what to do right there would be nice. So far everything is a straight swap! and everything fits perfect im just stuck on that stupid midplate. Welll ill be posting up pictures some time today so come back later

Posted by: kyosuke

This first picture is with a oem sirocco charger unit. The regular one from the 8801 fits just fine but since i bought it i might as well use it. It does look smaller though

Pics of the housing

the 2 attenas that dont do jack

what should go here o_O

Posted by: phattbam

I've done the 8801 > 8800(regular) housing swap. I had to shave down the original 8801 antenna for it to fit.

Posted by: kyosuke

well i have both attenas 8800 and 8801 but they both are toooooo big ! not only that but its shaped way diffrently because i cant power on the phone. the on button its very loose and wont stay in place and doesnt press the contact part of the attena

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dl...:MEWA:IT&ih=015

this is the housing i bought by th way.

Posted by: phattbam

as funny as it would look. I've consider just changing the front to the updated Sirocco. but I'm not sure how to help you as I've given up the housing swap after my first completion. it was a headache