[k750] Opening The Housing I (ripped Apart) Options

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PART I - The superficials

Here is a nice guide i put together for all who like to take expensive things apart

It is a tough mod actually, in my experience it is on a similar level tothe p-series. But i dont mean to put you off, give it a go!

Have fun

1. ok, lets do this. Now remove the battery cover (lol that will be the easiest thing you do in this mod) Unscrew the 4 screws you see, and keep them somewhere safe



2. Now, use something with a blunt blade and skim around the edges of the back cover, turn the blade now and again and that will release the catches.



3. Use this same technique for the front cover, be careful of the lcd though, expensive to replace



4. Now you should have something like this. Dont be fooled my young friend, we are far from done

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PART 2 - DOWN UNDER

Right, lets have a look under her skin shall we. hmmm, she is mutton dressed as lamb methinks not very nice at all!

1. Remove the kepad system: Just rips it off, be gentle of course, its like unplugging anything, it really is that easy.



2. Next lets attack the lcd, exactly as the keypad......just unplg it from the board.



4. Hopefully you now have this:



5. And what do you know, yes you guessed it....lets unplg the camera from the baord aswell.



6. Now, lift the board free, use the knife again to unclip it. And pull it out from the base connector.



Note - i will make a special part for them camera, coming up next...

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PART 3 - The Camera

1. OK, so now the board is free from the case. What do we see? We see the camera lense and the ribbon. Now, unplug the ribbon from the actual camera, then lift it free.



2. Dont forget to remove the little sticky pieces and the flash led's, they just lift free with a knife very easily.



Great, thats it. ONe completely dissmantled K750i

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PART 4 - RECOMPOSITION (The Final Act)

Now all we have to do is put our new housing on. Just retrace the steps and you will be fine. Couple of tips though, put the button in first....they can be tricky.



Then, once done lets hope you have something looking like this.



And thats that, folks. Personally i dont like it all that much. Will be putting a new black housing on it asap.

Any questions please ask, i know there are plenty of others who have done this, i am sure voda jon will help when he isnt playing with his balls

[Star]

That is amazing. Really really good. I always wanted to know if it was possible. I always wanted the w800. Now when I get tired fo the k750, I am "upgrading" to a w800.

[lazzzz]

Great! Thanks gbrooks. Just bought myself a W800i fascia

[Ginz]

Thanks G.

Before the end of this week, I hope to recieve my silver housing. And now, because of you I know how to do it.

And about the looks. I fully agree, the K750i housing looks better then that ugly W800 (T-Mobile) housing

[noj_tsuj]

if only i hadnt recieved mine today it would of bin sooooo much easier than me jus flyin by the seat of ma pants this mornin as i did.... its a lot harder than gbrooks' guide makes it so jus take it slowly ppl an b careful!

[lazzzz]

the K750i housing looks better then that ugly W800 (T-Mobile) housing

Nice thing to say when I just bought a W800 housing lol

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I have to agree, the K750i housing does look better......but you might like it

[Star]

The w800 is more kiddy, the k750 is more classy.

[Dyce9984]

G mate, do you think it is possible to change the middle bit of K750 (the silver part) to the W800 orange, and also change the light behind the keypad to a V800 blue ?

If so, how would you do it

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dyce


http://www.se-nse.com/forum/showpost.php?p...682&postcount=4

looks orange to me

LED's easy peasy (i hope) havent had the chnace to get out the old soldering iron for a while, now we can have some real fun

Great idea

[lazzzz]

That is a good idea White LED's are boring :tired:

[Eggy]

Thanks G.

Before the end of this week, I hope to recieve my silver housing. And now, because of you I know how to do it.

And about the looks. I fully agree, the K750i housing looks better then that ugly W800 (T-Mobile) housing

The D750i looks worst of all. The K750i looks classy and the W800i looks like it came out of the "My First Sony Ericsson" series...

[lazzzz]

Everyone is against the W800i now I've just bought the housing lol :sad:

[Eggy]

Everyone is against the W800i now I've just bought the housing lol :sad:

Lol, there are plenty of people who like the W800i's looks. I just happen to prefer the K750i's.

[scotsboyuk]

I rather like the W800 myself, but I think we should concentrate on discussing g's guide in this thread thank you.

[superluminova]

That looks very nice! I do prefer the k750i fron and back cover, but i prefer the mainframe of the w800i.

Its also a shame that the all the w800i covers i've seen have d750i keypads and don't have the ms slot cover

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Yeh i guess the release housings will come soon enough though. These are from SEMC factory china i would imagine and only containing some parts.....

So, do we think Black K750i with Blue LED's would be an improvement? I could see it on the silver one put i just cant picture it on the black model............