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Guide to opening the K700i housing with pics.
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Posted by: sidneylopsides

As a followup to the T610 guide, here is how to get into your K700i, I'm only going as far as the main housing so far as this is the hardest part, the rest just pops out when the T6 screws are removed. Thanks to kpjimmp for the credit card way of doing it

Tools needed:
Tool for opening phone housings, the green plastic thing you see in some pics. You can use a credit card instead, most people will.
T6 driver to take out the main board and screen, if you want to go that far.
Cleaning cloth, the type used for cleaning glasses and supplied with the T610

First remove the battery cover, battery and SIM card, and check for the tabs down each side.

Then using the opening tool or corner of a credit card, press one of the middle tabs (the pairs) out, and try and lever it down. If you have the right tool this is very easy, just use it so the indent (with the little arrow pointing down to it) is facing the inside of the phone, then just press down.

The middle tab will pop out half way, leaving a small gap down the side of the casing.

Now pop the second tab on that side, the one near the bottom. This will leave most of the side of the phone with a small gap, but the corners are still held in place.

Now using the tool, the edge of the credit card or a fingernail run it along the gap towards a corner, hold it into the phone and work it round the corner so it pops open.

Do this for both sides and the front should pop off

If you just want to clean dust from the screen, this is all you need to do, If you are replacing the housing you will need to remove the components held in with the T6 screws.

Posted by: sidneylopsides

Come on guys, a little feedback would be nice

137 views, has it helped anyone yet?

Posted by: matthewf01

my rubber 'buttplug' on my K700 has warped and i want to buy a new housing on ebay to replace it.

i emailed SE saying my plug warped, and my Quickshare and ONLINE stickers fell off and they said i could send it in. Id rather spend $30 or so on new housing and not have to lose my K700 for a month...

first thing im wondering is, do the housings on ebay come with the plug? and second, do they come with the stickers too??? where can i get ALL those in just ONE purchased item?

next, if i replace housing, do I have to peel the housing off anything, or does the whole 'innards' assembly lift out once you unscrew it?

thanks, good pictures!

Posted by: sidneylopsides

The housing I bought came with none of those, that was from chinastore as far as i remember. I'm going to clean off the glue they use and restick mine, not sure what to use yet tho.
I haven't pulled the innards out yet, but they should pull out pretty easily. The aerial will be a bit more difficult, all the other parts like speaker and vibrator motor should just pull out, they usually connect with sprung connectors.
I'll check mine out tomorrow and post some pics.

Posted by: matthewf01

Quote:

Originally posted by sidneylopsides
The housing I bought came with none of those, that was from chinastore as far as i remember. I'm going to clean off the glue they use and restick mine, not sure what to use yet tho.
I haven't pulled the innards out yet, but they should pull out pretty easily. The aerial will be a bit more difficult, all the other parts like speaker and vibrator motor should just pull out, they usually connect with sprung connectors.
I'll check mine out tomorrow and post some pics.

hmm thats disappointing to hear that your kit didnt include the plug. im looking on ebay and not sure if it comes with it or not...same deal with stickers.

I used superglue on my stickers, seemed to hold fairly well, i applied it using a toothpick. only thing is that the online sticker has this silver backing on it that makes the letters visible (the letters are printed CLEAR on the plastic, and you 'see' through it to the silver backing. so if that backing peels off all weird, your letters wont look right...

be careful

and thanks!

Posted by: Pdragon79

Can either one of you shed some lights on the ebay seller?

I'm planning to get an housing too, but too afraid to buy an non-sonyE-OEM one.

Too much false advertisement... I'd perfer to buy from a seller that an HOFO member has dealed with... even if they are a bit pricey.

Posted by: evapor8

Hi guys. My first post here

You might wanna try this guy on Ebay:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hong-Kong-...genameZl2QQtZkm

Very cheap, quick postage and comes with all the little bits as far as I remember. I bought a new cover in anticipation of changing the Orange branded cover I'll be getting.

Chris

Posted by: whiz

Anyone tried to completely take it apart yet?
I took off the antenna cover and found that the antenna and side buttons pcb are all glued to the housing.
I don't know if I should tear them off, I'm scared I will tear them apart.

Posted by: driis

I need to replace the lcd on my K700i. Once i have opened it, what are the extra steps needed to change the lcd ?

Your help will be appreciated !

Posted by: sidneylopsides

I'll try and post some pics for that tonight, I have to pull it apart to check the joystick microswitch.

Posted by: Spic

Thanx for all your help on this!

Posted by: driis

Thanks for the info on how to get inside the K700.

I have now replaced my cracked lcd with one bought at www.cnn.cn. Unfortunately, I didn't have a digital camera while doing it, so i could take pictures.

So I will just post this info if anyone is interested (i noticed i could not find any info on how to change the screen on the forum, so i guess this could be of some help to anyone trying to do the same thing).

When you have removed the front cover as described, you need to remove the 4 torx-6 screws. After that, you will need to remove the thin metal piece that lies before the display.
Do this by using a thin flat screwdriver and simply peeling it off. However, you need to be very careful not to bend it.

Now, you can simply lift of the display. It is connected to the main PCB with a socket that can be easily opened by lifting the metal piece with a smalll flat screwdriver.

To install the new display you might need to open the socket further, do this by gently pressing it open using the screwdriver.

Now, just place the new display in the same position as the old, and assemble the phone.

It worked for me with no problems, but please be careful if you are opening your phone with the intention to remove parts. Remember, there is no guarantee if something goes wrong.

Posted by: evapor8

OK. I decided to change the cover to get rid of the Orange branding on my K700i.

When I'd put it all back together again I realised I forgot to re-attach the 4 screws (!!!) and the volume buttons weren't working.

So, I've opened it up again and inside the back part of the phone you will see that there are two little orange-brown strips inside that are kinda L-shaped. They don't attach to anything but the one attached to the volume buttons gets in the way when you put the cover back on and I can't work out where it should be lying.

You can see the strip I'm talking about in the photo above.

Where should this be? Should it be lying onto a connection that makes the volume thing work?

Chris

Posted by: sidneylopsides

Those should be attached to the main board as far as I remember, I'm swapping my housing tonight to sell my phone, I ordered new stickers for it the other day from cnn.cn and they are on their way, so it should look new again. I'll check mine while I do it.
ps, nice macro on that camera

Posted by: evapor8

Quote:

ps, nice macro on that camera

It's my Sony Cybershot DSC-T1

Lovely little compact camera.

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

Can someone please post how to change the WHOLE housing? Also, the rubber part of my power button got torn off and I don't know how to put the new power button in. Thanks.

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

Quote:

Originally posted by evapor8
OK. I decided to change the cover to get rid of the Orange branding on my K700i.

When I'd put it all back together again I realised I forgot to re-attach the 4 screws (!!!) and the volume buttons weren't working.

So, I've opened it up again and inside the back part of the phone you will see that there are two little orange-brown strips inside that are kinda L-shaped. They don't attach to anything but the one attached to the volume buttons gets in the way when you put the cover back on and I can't work out where it should be lying.

You can see the strip I'm talking about in the photo above.

Where should this be? Should it be lying onto a connection that makes the volume thing work?

Chris

I just switched the front half of the housing, the antenna cover, IR cover, butt plug, and power button of my K700. The internet button doesn't work now. When I changed the power button I did have to lift the screen up a little bit so I could remove the remnants of the old power button and get the new power button's rubber hook into it's slot. I did notice something like in that picture above and it was not attached to the board. It looks like it went to the internet button. Is it supposed to be attached to the board?

Posted by: sidneylopsides

Those little bits do connect to the main board, under the screen. They look very small and fiddly to fit though.

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

Since the ribbon that looks like it connects to the internet button was not attached to the board, do I simply have to re-insert it somewhere on the board to get that button to work again?

Posted by: sidneylopsides

Yeah, ther are little white connector blocks. If you let the ribbon lie flat it should land on one, under the screen I think for that one.

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

Oh no! I tried opening my K700 again today and the screws wouldn't come out. Now two of the screws are stripped!

Posted by: skylowlow

Quote:

Originally posted by evapor8
Hi guys. My first post here

You might wanna try this guy on Ebay:

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hong-Kong-...genameZl2QQtZkm

Very cheap, quick postage and comes with all the little bits as far as I remember. I bought a new cover in anticipation of changing the Orange branded cover I'll be getting.

Chris

I purchased a cover for my Nokia 6230 and it was OEM. Quick shipping, well packaged. Cannot tell about the K700i though but my experience with that seller was pleasant.

Posted by: RockFord_

my friend painted his k700 green metallic thenks to this post

Posted by: sidneylopsides

Is that a good thing or a bad thing? :P

Posted by: tommeh

Quote:

Originally posted by skylowlow
I purchased a cover for my Nokia 6230 and it was OEM. Quick shipping, well packaged. Cannot tell about the K700i though but my experience with that seller was pleasant.

I bought a k700i cover from him.. havent got it yet.. but a helluva lot cheaper than anywhere else.. and it comes with all the tools.. and its official.. and its cool.. and its ebay..... only worry is me performing the operation....

Tom

Posted by: tommeh

http://stores.ebay.co.uk/Hong-Kong-...splayZ 2QQtZkm

theres a link of where to purchase case removal tools if anybody needs it...

Posted by: polar_beer

can someone post a guide on how to replace the whole housing with pictures?

Posted by: jaspreet007

Quote:

Originally posted by polar_beer
can someone post a guide on how to replace the whole housing with pictures?

yea i agree...i just bought a new housing today and i was able to get it all opened up except the black part on the inside which holds the components of the phone and to which the other components are atached...since i could not get it off i left the old one on and i put on the new antenna cover, front cover and new battery cover...someone plz post pics which show how to remove that last piece...other than that the pics on this forum were a great help...thx to all who contributed =D

Jas

Posted by: kentris

bump?

Posted by: JakeK700i

Quote:

I HAVE THIS SAME PROBLEM

HEEEELP PLEASE SOMEONE !!!

Posted by: HoOn

Okay people! This should help you out. The ribbon has to connect to a brown connector on the other side of the board. You need to move out the Screen to access the connector as shown in my pictures.

PLEASE be carefull and disassemble the parts slowly. It's not that hard but there's going to be people out there who will just rip things out.

I hope this helps!

Disclaimer: I will not be responsible for what happens to your K700i if it breaks. Do this at your own risk.

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

How about for the "Internet Button" on the top right side. That stopped working after I changed my housing. I think the cable might be loose or something, but I don't know how to get to it or put the cable back.

Posted by: JakeK700i

HoOn : YOU SIRE ARE A LEGEND!!!!!! THANKYOU!!!!!!

Will dismantle the phone again later and fix it

cheers

@IsLNdbOi : mine stopped working too, but the only problem is the picture above. Did you put yours back like that ? Theres a second ribbon, BUT it cant get moved, its always gonna stay in the right place by itself so dont worry

Posted by: JakeK700i

I cant turn the phone on now

Something wrong with the power button

Posted by: IsLNdbOi

Thanks for those pics. HoOn! I finally got my internet button working again. Incidentally, the camera light has started working too! I always thought it was just broken, but I guess putting that liitle ribbon connector back into its slot fixed the internet button and the light.

Posted by: JakeK700i

Heeeeeelp I have the ribbon ok but the ON button doesnt work ? I cant seem to get it sitting right and it sits indented into the case.. cant turn the fone on

GREAT HELP HERE couldnt be happier I found this thread.. hope someone can finish the job now

Posted by: HoOn

Oh man! I'm sorry you're havingh issues now with the Powerbutton, Jake.

I would love to help you guys but I soldf my K700i last month when I took the pictures. I don't have anything to reference the issue.

Hopefully someone can help you!

Good Luck!

- John

ps make sure to bvack track your installalions and check and double check the powerbutton contacts. It's all common sense and you'll figure out why the powerbutton does not have any contact. Good luck again!

Posted by: JakeK700i

Yeh kinda figured that, but it seems like something has gone missing or is broken. Getting it looked at soon

On the bright side, I got a cheap Nokia 8855 as a spare now

cool old phone

Thanks for helping ! the ribbon cable thing is probably causing heaps of people problems

Posted by: racingdick

Hi sorry to dig this subject up again

thanks to this thread ive reconnected the L shape cables and done the case etc

but now the phone wont pick up a network

any ideas as im sure all wires are in and connected...

thanks in advance

Posted by: JakeK700i

Sorry, cant help ya

gave up and got it fixed by a registered repairer, new power button lol. Free yay I love Sony !

Posted by: c_candfield

Quote:

Originally posted by racingdick
Hi sorry to dig this subject up again

thanks to this thread ive reconnected the L shape cables and done the case etc

but now the phone wont pick up a network

any ideas as im sure all wires are in and connected...

thanks in advance

I have this exact same problem - it is so annoying. I thought maybe the antenna itself or the connectors to it might have become damaged - can anybody tell me which part the antenna is?

Perhaps someone could post some pictures of how things are supposed to look - especially with regard to the antenna?

Thanks for any help......

Posted by: c_candfield

Quote:

Ok so I can harsly believe this myself:

After writing the previous post I decided to give up on the whole thing, but the phone front plastic part of the case back on and hey presto - full signal. Incredible!!

I can't believe that sony have somehow managed to create this phone in such a way that prevents it from getting any signal what-so-ever when the front casing is off!!

So anyway, I have wasted about 3 hours on this problem, which would have been solved ages ago had I put the **** casing back together earlier - I'm off to bed!

Posted by: nomadph

does anyone know where to buy the online button? is it possible to replace the online button? i saw somewhere they sell buttons for the camera and +/- volume...how 'bout the online button?

thanks.

Posted by: mma63

Hei!, this thread is really interesting to me. Good job by those posting the material!!!

The screen of my SE 700i cracked inside, without apparent reason... My impression is that the phone inside is not robust enough and if you press the camera towards the inside this may easily damage the screen. Do you know of anybody having a similar problem and whether the warranty is applicable in similar situations.

Thanks
MMA

Posted by: AtomicRio

My screen is burst too, but in my case it's because of a fall in which I also broke my wrist. Good thing my wrist heals for free and the dollar is low.

So now I ordered a new screen from cnn.cn. I'll try to post pictures of the replacing when I receive it.

Posted by: macci_boy

Hey
i am having trouble getting the speaker part out in the top of the phone i don't want to force it out incase i damage it and the are no tabs can any1 help me?
i have attached the picture of the speaker thingy sorry its a crap picture i had to make it really small to attach it

Posted by: Brenf86

macci boy I just pushed the speaker out with a screwdriver from the back.

Hi well I bought a new front and back cover and the inner black chassie for my k700i. I swapped all the insides of my phone over to the new black chassie and then put the new covers on aswell. Everything seemed to have worked fine. Then I sold the phone n the guy I sold it to said knowone can here him when he speaks on the phone so he gave it me back. I tried it out now and hes right. When I ring my k700i I can here people but when I speak the they can't here me. I can just here and echo noise in my ear of my voice. I've also tried the vioce recorder and I can't here anything when I playback so I think its the microphone in the phone.

But when I put the hands free in everything works fine I can here them and they can here me. Any suggestions of what I could do to fix this problem.

I've been searching the net for a guide to show what everything is in the k700i because I havnt a clue what the microphone looks like or were it is so I cant look at it to see ifits out of place in anyway. I hope someone can help. Thanks for your time.

Posted by: Brenf86

Hi can anyone help please. Its very urgent I've been trying to fix it for like 2 weeks now. Been looking for guides but havnt had any luck. Other forums havn't been able to help me either.

Posted by: Brenf86

Don't matter forget it.

Posted by: xphoneTester05

Thanks for your guide, it is very helpful, but I do have some questions about my phone. Well, I just want to change my phones cover, case, or like some other companies named (faceplate, like nokia, but dont get me wrong here with my post) anyway, like this company mentioned, they just change their cases by clip think format, just like this SEk700, which by the way rocks

. My doubt about this guide, is, Why do i need the screw driver?, if you, sidneylopsides, already dismounted the front cover, and as I see it, may be im wrong, the only thing left to do is mount the new faceplate. Then if I want to change the back k700 cover, the camera side, could it just be umounted just like the front plate?, or do I need the t6 screw driver to uncover all my phone?, please help with this....
Thanks for reading

The picture shows, do I need to take off the center piece (in a blue square), in order to change the front and back cover?

http://www.howardforums.com/attachm...tid=57878&stc=1

Posted by: sidneylopsides

You are right, you don't need a T6 driver to just change the front and back, only to remove the PCB.

Posted by: Style

nice guide.. opened mine up for a cleaning. got rid of the unresponsive joystick problem

Posted by: killabyte2k5

thanks matey!!!

Posted by: Wraith1uk

Hi guys, my first post here!

say i wanted to change just the front and back cover for my k700i (leave the middle how it is) will i need to fiddle around with the middle one?

im looking to buy this housing you see........

http://cgi.ebay.com/Sony-Ericsson-K...1QQcmdZViewItem

would following that pictured guide be enough to change the housing or would i need to open further?

thx!

Posted by: matthewf01

welcome wraith!

eek! that housing is a little ugly man!
Have you seen the 'official' "blue" housing? (I quote blue because its just the lens portion that has a blue tinge instead of silver)

Check it out from www.cnn.cn
I threw one onto my K700 right before I sold it... it was gorgeous!

But to answer your question, its a cinch to swap front and back... yep the middle piece is where it gets hairy, and since youre leaving it, should be a breeze!

I reccommend CNN.cn because they gave me a torx screwdriver too... price is good.

Good luck!

Posted by: Wraith1uk

i made a little mistake, when i said the back cover i meant the antenna cover..... is that guide still sufficient?

Posted by: matthewf01

Sure man that thing pops up in a snap!
If I remember correctly, close to where the antenna cover ends and battery cover begins, on the side, theres a clip you have to pop up.

If you dont have an opening tool to separate the clips, I used two credit cards.

Posted by: Wraith1uk

thx mathew! ur a life saver

Posted by: matthewf01

anytime my man!

and here's CNN.cn's K700 parts:
http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-k700i-c-28_38.html

And that lovely blue housing:
http://cnn.cn/shop/k700i-housing-blue-lens-p-230.html

Posted by: the_seraphim

hey, ive got an orange branded k700i and ive taken it apart, i want to get the quickshare button working again, im getting a t28 service cable and im gonna flash the firmware and i assume im gonna need a new case thing... i can get one from cnn.cn but im looking at the metal cover on the keypad, and i dont see where the quickshare button presses, any help on this would be greatly accepted...

im gonna go find a screwdriver to get into the thing properly, maybe it will make more sense then...

i also have gmail invitations, email me also to get one

Posted by: Protege5

hi guys!

not so much of cell phone junkie but heres a question about my k700

........joystick up isnt functioning

i bought it only 6 months ago! so i figured i need to poke a toothpick through the opening of housing to get some dust out..but still its not working right, what can u guys suggest?

Posted by: 3leggedDAWG

hey,
you know the volume and internet buttons and the L-shaped ribbons, well how do i get those off the old cover and into the new one?

Posted by: 3leggedDAWG

its ok ive done it, in fact ive done the whole lot. i hope everything works ok. the cover i got was off ebay and to be honest its a better fit than the original.

Posted by: bio

I don't rightly know whether there's anyone with this kind of phone out there still (other than yours truly, of course) but if you're planning to take yours apart here's some advice you might want to heed: a little contact cleaning spray goes a long way towards getting that unresponsive joystick back in line, use TOO MUCH, however, and it gets under the LCD creating a huge, ugly smudge on the screen. Obviously I wasn't careful enough.

And since I don't have torx screwdrivers at hand I can't even get under it to clean up the mess. I hope it will evaporate but still might leave a residue - so go easy with sprays guys.

Posted by: alan ciccone

Hey
I'm just about at the end of my tether with the damm joystick on this phone. I've only had it for ten months. basically if i follow the original instructions of removing the casing can I get in to clean the sensors. its at the stage where i have to put massive pressure on the joystick to get it to work.

Posted by: alan ciccone

Quote:

Originally Posted by bio

I don't rightly know whether there's anyone with this kind of phone out there still (other than yours truly, of course) but if you're planning to take yours apart here's some advice you might want to heed: a little contact cleaning spray goes a long way towards getting that unresponsive joystick back in line, use TOO MUCH, however, and it gets under the LCD creating a huge, ugly smudge on the screen. Obviously I wasn't careful enough.

And since I don't have torx screwdrivers at hand I can't even get under it to clean up the mess. I hope it will evaporate but still might leave a residue - so go easy with sprays guys.

oh sorry I just noticed your post. where can I get contact spray?

Posted by: kpjimmy

FYI its KPJIMMY :P

Posted by: nutcase_1uk

Quote:

Originally Posted by bio

I don't rightly know whether there's anyone with this kind of phone out there still

Oh there's still a few of us I reckon

I got mine just over a year ago, and the joystick just started playing up. Joined to say thanks to all the OP and contributors for saving me a few squid. Joystick back to normal now after a cleanup and a dab of contact grease

Ours came from RS years ago, quite a large can (enough for probably a thousand joysticks!), but I guess Maplin in the UK or Radio Shack in the US probably do the stuff.

Posted by: foxxcon

Your pictures of dismantling a k700i were very helpful for me. Beforehand I can't find a way to open the cover.

Best wishes from Germany
foxxcon

Posted by: kpjimmy

Im glad this is still helping people! LOL