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Greetings to all of you! This is my first instructable, so please forgive any misgiving in the steps, or something like that.
I want to start this instructable by saying that, as most of them, it was born because of need. I don't know how many EM25 (or EM325) users are out there, willing to replace a keyboard, a screen, or whatever from their phones, tried to download (as I did) some service manual from the 'net, and (again, as I did) returned with zero results. I don't know why, but it seems that there's nothing out there to disassembly this Rokr, and I mean nothing. So, what I did? I got some instructions for other sliders (the Z3 and Z6 are good examples), and a suitable victim (in my case, an EM325 with a dead transmitter), and went out for the disassembly by myself! I've done a lot of work of this kind, and I'm basically used to "pioneer", in some way, the disassembly processes of many electronic gadgets, but this is the first time that I share this trial-and-error knowledge with all of you people. So don't get too rough!
Now, into business. First we need to procure the materials for the disassembly project; in the particular case of the EM25 (and most modern Motorola phones), we will need a Torx driver, size 4, besides the mandatory flat and Phillips screwdrivers, none of them exceeding the 4 size. If you don't know what a Torx screwdriver is, you maybe shouldn't be here, reading how to dismantle a delicate electronic device... but, anyways, is the star-shaped driver head. The other tool that we'll need is a flat plastic screwdriver, the harder the better; this will be used for separating the clip parts (the parts of the housing and inner parts that are holded on by plastic clips); it's important to make it plastic, because a metallic standard flat driver has a high chance of scratching the plastic surfaces.
Finally, procure a very clean, very clear flat work surface. The clearer the better; you will appreciate that when you're picking up the minute black pieces (they're most easily viewable against, say, a white surface). And light. Lots of light. If you can procure (like me) a hat- or glass-mounted LED light, the better. Also a little tweezer, like the eyebrow tweezer ones (no, you don't need to be a woman, or to live around one, to have one of this very useful pickers in your toolbox!) will be very useful for the little parts and flexes.
Enough of this intro. Let's get into it!
I want to start this instructable by saying that, as most of them, it was born because of need. I don't know how many EM25 (or EM325) users are out there, willing to replace a keyboard, a screen, or whatever from their phones, tried to download (as I did) some service manual from the 'net, and (again, as I did) returned with zero results. I don't know why, but it seems that there's nothing out there to disassembly this Rokr, and I mean nothing. So, what I did? I got some instructions for other sliders (the Z3 and Z6 are good examples), and a suitable victim (in my case, an EM325 with a dead transmitter), and went out for the disassembly by myself! I've done a lot of work of this kind, and I'm basically used to "pioneer", in some way, the disassembly processes of many electronic gadgets, but this is the first time that I share this trial-and-error knowledge with all of you people. So don't get too rough!
Now, into business. First we need to procure the materials for the disassembly project; in the particular case of the EM25 (and most modern Motorola phones), we will need a Torx driver, size 4, besides the mandatory flat and Phillips screwdrivers, none of them exceeding the 4 size. If you don't know what a Torx screwdriver is, you maybe shouldn't be here, reading how to dismantle a delicate electronic device... but, anyways, is the star-shaped driver head. The other tool that we'll need is a flat plastic screwdriver, the harder the better; this will be used for separating the clip parts (the parts of the housing and inner parts that are holded on by plastic clips); it's important to make it plastic, because a metallic standard flat driver has a high chance of scratching the plastic surfaces.
Finally, procure a very clean, very clear flat work surface. The clearer the better; you will appreciate that when you're picking up the minute black pieces (they're most easily viewable against, say, a white surface). And light. Lots of light. If you can procure (like me) a hat- or glass-mounted LED light, the better. Also a little tweezer, like the eyebrow tweezer ones (no, you don't need to be a woman, or to live around one, to have one of this very useful pickers in your toolbox!) will be very useful for the little parts and flexes.
Enough of this intro. Let's get into it!
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Signing UpStep 1Step 1: First incision... (basic disassembly)
Ok, the first step is to know the Motorola EM25. No, I'm not referring to know where the screen, keyboard, camera lens, etc. is, because of course you already are familiar with it; I mean, know where to start the disassembly process.
Naturally, we begin by removing the battery (assuming the phone is already shut off). If you already don't know how, the battery is removed by first sliding off, with a slight pressure, the battery compartment door, and then extracting the battery by its upper edge. Of course, check the photos for guidance.
Now, where do we start? Of course, by the screws! There are six of them in the back of the housing, and another six in the back slider plate (we'll get to them in another step). Use the Torx screwdriver and take out the screws in the back of the housing. Organize them in one side, so you'll not lose them, as they're very tiny.
After you have unscrewed the back plate, slide out the keyboard. You'll need now the plastic flat screwdriver to separate, VERY GENTLY, the two plastic parts of the main body. In the photo I've marked the notches; insert carefully the plastic head somewhere between them, and gently pry it open, all the way around the border. You will have the back plastic housing piece out in no time.
Now we're beginning to see some serious inner electronics; therefore, we need to double the safety and care measures to prevent irreparable damage to the (still) good parts of the donor and the receiver. So far so good!
Naturally, we begin by removing the battery (assuming the phone is already shut off). If you already don't know how, the battery is removed by first sliding off, with a slight pressure, the battery compartment door, and then extracting the battery by its upper edge. Of course, check the photos for guidance.
Now, where do we start? Of course, by the screws! There are six of them in the back of the housing, and another six in the back slider plate (we'll get to them in another step). Use the Torx screwdriver and take out the screws in the back of the housing. Organize them in one side, so you'll not lose them, as they're very tiny.
After you have unscrewed the back plate, slide out the keyboard. You'll need now the plastic flat screwdriver to separate, VERY GENTLY, the two plastic parts of the main body. In the photo I've marked the notches; insert carefully the plastic head somewhere between them, and gently pry it open, all the way around the border. You will have the back plastic housing piece out in no time.
Now we're beginning to see some serious inner electronics; therefore, we need to double the safety and care measures to prevent irreparable damage to the (still) good parts of the donor and the receiver. So far so good!
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Sep 19, 2011. 1:52 AMfferdous
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This was actually quite helpful! I have a broken EM325 (which is essentially the same model, I don't really know what the difference is) - and I will disassemble my phone, just to see if there's any parts or anything that I can use to make something! Thanks once again mate. Cheers!
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