Blackberry Tour Memory Card Hack and How to Fix your Battery Door

 by wilwrk4tls
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When I first got my Blackberry Tour the battery door would somewhat squeak when I would hold the phone in my hands and type. Me being somewhat persnickity this was unacceptable, but figured it wasn't worth a trip to the store to see about a fix. So, simple and nearly free solution! (only nearly free because nothing in life is reeeeeeeally free)

The second issue was a matter of storage, and I found a way to double my storage- sort of. That's a bit misleading, but on the other hand helpful, so, well, you decide. I think it's very handy no matter how you look at it...
 
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Step 1: Battery Door Squeak Fixed

Fixing the battery door squeak turned out to be a simple matter. I grabbed a piece of paper and cut a template of the battery door. I lined it up and put the battery door back on the phone- or tried to. the only mistake was not having left a cutout for the latch hardware on the door. Once that was resolved, I replaced the battery door and it still squeaked some.

Repeating the cutting out process with a slightly thicker piece of paper (happened to find a page from Sprint about the phone I traded back in and wisely decided to get the Blackberry) which solved the issue.
FybrOptx says: Sep 2, 2009. 4:09 PM
That's cheating! I like it! B) Now, to wire it up simultaneously with the other card for a combined 32GB!
wilwrk4tls (author) in reply to FybrOptxSep 3, 2009. 3:59 AM
That would be ideal... not sure that much more hardware (available on the street) will fit above the SIM card though : ( That and I'm about as not electrically minded as they come! Not sure how I passed those classes!
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