Nokia E71 disassembly Pictures!

**karlitas_way** · 04-19-2009, 05:09 PM

Thanks for this! I really want the white or black face plate on my E71. I'm just really waiting for the black face plate to be up for sale. I'm a have to come back to this in the future when I finally change it

**OZLancer** · 04-19-2009, 09:24 PM

If the screen of the e71 is slightly cooked is if feesable to correct it by removing the front and re setting it?

I remember I tried this with the old 6682 but it wasn't able to be corrected, it was firm in there...

**Benny_L** · 04-20-2009, 01:07 AM

what do you mean by cooked?

**oddsocks** · 04-20-2009, 07:52 AM

He probably means crooked. I don't see how your screen can be crooked, but yes - removing the front cover gives you un-adulterated access to it.

**OZLancer** · 04-20-2009, 07:56 AM

^^Oops yes I meant "crooked". You'd think I was typing on an e71 to make that mistake. I hate when the LCD is mounted slightly crooked in an otherwise perfectly built phone.

The reason for me asking is that if that's just the way the LCD/screen itself is printed, then there's no point in me opening up the phone. If it's a mounting issue, then I'll open it, and correct it.

**oddsocks** · 04-20-2009, 08:20 AM

Well, mine isn't crooked and I'm sure if there were others with crooked screens, we'd know about it. Might just be yours.

**OZLancer** · 04-20-2009, 08:28 AM

It's really very marginal - you'd probably think I was crazy if you saw how little it was crooked , like 1mm. Still 1mm is visible on such a small screen / device.

**RYOBI** · 04-20-2009, 06:51 PM

Got my faceplate today, along with a T4 driver. Taking the old faceplate off was easy, however it's a tight fit at the top where the faceplate clips into the bottom cover.

You only need to remove the bottom 2 screws, push the 4 clips from the back towards the front, lift the lower portion of the faceplate up and gently slide it towards the top. I did notice the cable that connects the LCD and like was mentioned, be careful when installing the new faceplate.

You need to slightly angle the faceplate, align the 2 top clips, slide it down towards the bottom of the phone. Make sure the top of the faceplate is flush with the bottom case. Then push the 4 clips into place and re-attach the 2 screws. That's it. Took me about 15 minutes, probably could have done it faster, but I was being extra careful.

Wanted to add don't forget to remove the qwerty pad and re-install into the new faceplate. Also, as was mentioned, make sure the pad gets behind the red clips.

Thanks to all who offered advice.....

**oddsocks** · 04-20-2009, 06:53 PM

Glad to hear you've got it done without issues. What did you swap it to? Let's see some pics.

**RYOBI** · 04-20-2009, 06:55 PM

Originally Posted by oddsocks

Glad to hear you've got it done without issues. What did you swap it to? Let's see some pics.

I didn't change anything, maybe I should have, but it's the original grey steel. Now that I know what to do, I may change it to a different color in the future.

**oddsocks** · 04-20-2009, 07:24 PM

Oh. Yeah, instead of getting another steel gray, you could have gone with black. Infact, I could have sold you my original gray one for a lot cheaper than you probably got yours.