[ram_123456789]

The W550i ™ is a mobile phone for music lovers. FM radio, an advanced digital music player inside and everything you need to enjoy your music on the move. The swivel-action W550i has a 1.8” colour screen for the best possible video viewing and gaming experience plus dedicated gaming buttons for fast and action-packed 3D gaming on the go.

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SPECIFICATION
● 256 MB internal fixed memory
● FM radio with RDS
● 1.3 MPX camera with FLASH

●Screen: 176 x 220 TFT 256K Colors
●Type: 360* Rotatable
●DB: db2010
●CID:49
●Firmwares: R4AB048-> R4BA041->R4CA004->R4CB020

Tools Required For Disassembling:

●T5 Screw Driver or T6 Will Do The Job.
●Tweezer for Clipping Out Cables ..


Remove The Back Battery Cover,
Check For The Screws.. They Are Circled In The Image
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Open As Shown In The Diagram And Be Careful.. Dont Use Pressure !!
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NOTE: you might not want to pull the LCD cables straightforward because you might damage them.
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Once you have taken out the cables, take out the main board by slightly stretching the sides of the housing apart so that the plastic latches are off and just lift up the main board. What's left will be the: loop antenna, vibrator, infrared cover, rear speaker, speaker grills, and the camera cover at the back. The speaker grills and camera cover have some adhesive on them to keep them in place, the other stuff can be taken out easily with tweezers. After that's done you'll have the top portion of the phone, the back of the housing with its misc parts, and the main board.


Now U See . . .
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Check The Screws, And Open It..
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Follow in The Marker Position..
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Now with the tweezers, remove the cover that's concealing the (2) T5 screws . Turn the top portion over, unscrew the other (2) T5 screws that are located next to the Walkman and Internet keys, and remove the LCD screen cover over the LCD board.
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Finally You See, A Completely dismantled w550i
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This post has been edited by ram_123456789: 30 June 2008 - 06:26 PM

[ram_123456789]

Here's the next step for those of you who want to replace the original LCD screen if it was cracked or nonfunctioning.

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With the LCD board, turn it over and you'll see that a cable is fastened tightly. Just lift the handle that holds the flex cable in place, then slide it out.

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Turn the LCD board over again. Move over the PCB (it's just held in place by adhesive, so don't worry about it), and slide out the cable from underneath. Now that you've taken out the LCD screen, just follow the steps backward when inserting the replacement.

This post has been edited by ram_123456789: 30 June 2008 - 06:15 PM

[weirdwilli]

Nice guide!

[ram_123456789]

Thanks Mate !!

[MikLSP]

Thanks, nice work

Moved to Hardware Tutorials

[jordanwarez]

the keypad lights in my w550i are dead
what to do ?

[Mattwood]

You could 'Thank' the guy from 'Howards forum' you had this from.

[ram_123456789]

jordanwarez, on 2008-07-01 14:14, said:

the keypad lights in my w550i are dead
what to do ?

sorry mate !!
i am not a expert.... i just open because i had a problem with the hardware...
http://forums.se-nse...mp;#entry342745

which later i solved..
http://forums.se-nse...mp;#entry351323


but if the lights r dead...
may be some problem with the LED diodes...

r u sure u not using the "reduction_of_time_of_deduction_of_keys_w550_r4cb020.vkp" patch ...

wat abt the cell functioning....??

[snk951]

this is work worth thanking ram.

nice job. now i knw where to go when i need to take my W550i apart, maybe for changing the casing.

[amnher]

Yeah good work my friend ram

[scotsboyuk]

Has this been copied from HoFo?

[prashast]

scotsboyuk, on 2008-07-08 18:51, said:

Has this been copied from HoFo?

Yeah

[Mattwood]

scotsboyuk, on 2008-07-08 14:21, said:

Has this been copied from HoFo?

Mattwood, on 2008-07-01 13:22, said:

You could 'Thank' the guy from 'Howards forum' you had this from.

umm??

[thugz mafia]

amnher, on 2008-07-08 16:34, said:

Yeah good work my friend ram

credits go to peryus88 from howard forums 

[ram_123456789]

thugz mafia, on 2008-07-09 17:57, said:

credits go to peryus88 from howard forums

Thanks To PERYUS88 !!

Now It Seems Rite ?? Is Tis U Want ??

dont give credits to me...

[scotsboyuk]

There is nothing wrong with posting the guide here, but in future please make sure to give clear credit to whomever actually created the guide.

[brokenmind]

ei help me out i donnu if my lcd had a damage but i cant see anything but i can receive calls or sms.. but the screen is plain white...help..

[isashach]

You should check if your screen flex cable is well connected.

[Dynmk_T]

This does not work with a T6...
Only T5.

[joel999]

Nice 1...
Nice orange color.....