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How do you take apart a Sanyo 6400?
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Posted by: resipsa

I was wondering if anyone knows how to take apart a Sanyo 6400?

I have so far removed the battery, the four screws underneath it and two other screws.

My best guess is that there are some kind of clips/snaps that are still holding the phone together, but I really don't want to break it. Any advice, ideas or clues would be appreciated.

Thanks,
resipsa

Posted by: resipsa

It seems stupid to answer my own question, but maybe someone else is interested in the answer as well.

Basically you take the battery out and then remove the screws (requiring one of those weird tri-shaped precision screwdriver things).

Then starting at the bottom of the phone you pry it apart along one of the long edges. I used my fingernails and another tool (which I can't name) but it is a tool that has many strips of mental of different thickness. There is one snap on each long edge and the top of the phone has a little piece of tape on the inside but just steadily and gently pull the phone apart like a V.

Beyond that I managed to take the circuit board out, the speaker, screens, the mouth piece and the clear pane window. I really stripped the sucker down.

Next comes sanding and painting and probably early next year sometime I will sell the sucker on ebay.