About to take apart my K790a.

**hime** · 10-27-2006, 05:21 PM

how would i take off the front case from this point, thinking about replacing it

, thanks

**hybrid.09** · 10-27-2006, 05:22 PM

It's the same way as all the other SE's. Basically remove the two torx screws at the bottom of the back, then carefully pry open the front and swap it.

**RoyleMoyle** · 10-27-2006, 11:03 PM

Originally Posted by POSCivic

Hybrid, Do you mind taking a close up pic of the lens cover part of the case. Im trying to figure out why mine is so lose, and if it is something I could fix myself vs sending it back for warranty and being out of a phone for a month+

Thanks!!

On the opposite side of the lens cover, there's a large flat screw that you can tighten to prevent your lens cover from being too loose.

**POSCivic** · 10-27-2006, 11:14 PM

Originally Posted by RoyleMoyle

On the opposite side of the lens cover, there's a large flat screw that you can tighten to prevent your lens cover from being too loose.

Prefect! That sounds almost too easy of a fix. I have to fine a small screw driver now and something pry the case apart. Thanks guys!

**thedrod** · 10-31-2006, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by RoyleMoyle

On the opposite side of the lens cover, there's a large flat screw that you can tighten to prevent your lens cover from being too loose.

Do you know this from experience? It just doesn't seem like a screw would control that.

Mine is completly loose now. It just flops around like a dead fish. Makes me mad.

**POSCivic** · 10-31-2006, 12:45 PM

Originally Posted by thedrod

Do you know this from experience? It just doesn't seem like a screw would control that.

Mine is completly loose now. It just flops around like a dead fish. Makes me mad.

Was yours tight to begin with? Or was it always loose? I haven't taken apart the phone yet. Little worried about taking apart a $400 phone in fear of destroying it only after 2 weeks of ownership. Could anyone else confirm that it is a screw that tightens the lense cover?

**thedrod** · 10-31-2006, 02:11 PM

Originally Posted by POSCivic

Was yours tight to begin with? Or was it always loose? I haven't taken apart the phone yet. Little worried about taking apart a $400 phone in fear of destroying it only after 2 weeks of ownership. Could anyone else confirm that it is a screw that tightens the lense cover?

Mine was not tight, but it would at least resist gravity and not open under its own weight.

But all of a sudden it has no friction whatsoever.

**thedrod** · 11-01-2006, 12:47 AM

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Ok so i took the back off today and i believe i have discovered the problem. First off that big flat screw does absolutely nothing. There is actually a small spring that pushes a pin down to lock the cover into place. I took a small paper clip and pushed this piece down which appeared to be stuck. My lens cover was perfectly tight after this. However after reassembly the pin got stuck again after a few slides back and forth and its back to the way it was when i first got the phone. Anybody have ideas?