Nokia N Gage disassembly

Nokia N Gage disassembly

Tools required: Torx 6 screwdriver

First remove the battery cover and battery.

You now need to remove the front cover. It's held on with clips along the bottom edge. Use a little force and the cover will come away.

You should now have the cover removed, like below. Remove the nine screws you can see.

Now remove the metal frame, like below. The LCD screen is attached by a ribbon (circled). This connects like a plug and socket. Simply lift it up, away from the phone, to unplug it

You can now replace the LCD. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.

Nokia N96 disassembly

Nokia N96 disassembly

Tools required: Torx 6 screwdriver, plastic tool such as a credit card or guitar plectrum

First remove the battery cover, battery, sim and memory card.

Push the slide up and remove the two screws you can see (circled).

Push the slide down and remove the two other circled screws.

Starting at the top of the phone, pull the front cover away from the phone. Once you have the front cover released as far as shown below, push the centre navigation button through the front cover (indicated by the arrow) as you pull the cover away from the phone completely. This will release the cover at the bottom of the phone. Note that when you put the front cover back on, start at the bottom.

You should now have the front cover removed. Circled below is a ribbon connector. This attaches like a plug and socket. Just lever this up to unplug it.

Now slide your plastic tool under the LCD screen to release it.

You should now have the LCD screen removed. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.

Nokia N95 8GB disassembly

Nokia N95 8GB disassembly

Tools required: Torx 5 screwdriver

First remove the battery cover, battery and memory card. Move the slider down and remove the two screws you see.

Now move the slider up and remove the two screws at the top of the phone.

Run your fingernail along the edge of the join of the front cover to unclip it.

You should now have the front cover removed. The keypad should be loose as well.

Flip the keypad part back to access the ribbon which connects the LCD to the phone.

The screen is attached to the circuit board by a ribbon (indicated below by the screwdriver) which attaches like a plug and socket. Simply lift the connector up to unplug it.

Lift the screen away from the rest of the phone. Your phone should look like below and you can replace the LCD. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly

Nokia N95 disassembly

Nokia N95 disassembly

Tools required: Torx 5 screwdriver

First remove the battery cover, battery and memory card. Move the slider down and remove the two screws you see.

Now move the slider up and remove the two screws at the top of the phone.

Run your fingernail along the edge of the join of the front cover to unclip it.

You should now have the front cover removed. The keypad should be loose as well.

Flip the keypad part back to access the ribbon which connects the LCD to the phone.

To remove the ribbon, flip back the metal hinge and then simply pull the screen back and the ribbon will be released.

Pull the LCD in the direction shown.

ur phone should look like below and you can replace the LCD. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly

Nokia N85 disassembly

Nokia N85 disassembly

Tools required: Torx 6 screwdriver, torx 5 screwdriver, Phillips size 0 screwdriver, plastic tool such as a guitar plectrum or credit card.

Remove your back cover, battery, sim and memory card. Remove the two screws circled below.

The camera cover will now be loose and can be removed. Next remove the four screws circled in the picture below.

Lift the front of the phone up and you'll see that it is connected to the other half of the phone by a ribbon cable. The circled connector needs to be disconnected. It attaches like a plug and socket. Just lever it up to unplug.

Your phone should now look like below. Remove the two circled screws then move the slider down and remove the two screws at the other end of the phone.

Run something like the edge of a credit card around the join of the front cover to release it.

With the front cover removed your phone will look like below.

Lift the keypad membrane up. It will be stuck down lightly with double sided tape. Slide your plastic tool under to release it. Then unplug the circled connector by levering it away from the keypad membrane.

Now slide your plastic tool under the LCD screen to release it.

You should now have the LCD screen removed. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.

Nokia N82 disassembly

Nokia N82 disassembly

Tools required: Plastic shim such as a guitar plectrum or credit card

First remove the battery cover, battery, memory card and sim. Now push your plastic shim into the join at the side of the front cover to lift it out slightly. Then run the plastic shim around the sides of the cover to unclip it.

You should now have the front cover removed, like below.

The LCD screen is held in place by glue/double sided tape. To remove it you need to slide your plastic shim underneath it and carefully peel the LCD screen and phone apart.

The LCD screen will now be loose and can be removed. It will be attached to the phone by a ribbon which attaches like a plug and socket. Simply lift it upwards to unplug it and replace with your new screen. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly

Nokia N81 8GB disassembly

Nokia N81 8GB disassembly

Tools required: Torx 6 screwdriver

Using a plastic shim, such as a guitar plectrum or credit card, lift the top keypad away from the phone.

You should now have the top keypad removed, like below.

Run your fingernail, or plastic shim, to unclip the bottom keypad surround. You can then remove the keypad.

You should now have the keypad removed, like below. Now remove the four screws you can see.

Use your plastic shim to lift the display window away from the rest of the phone. It is held in place by a light adhesive so will require some force.

The display window should now be removed.

Carefully lift the edge of the top keypad part. This is held down with adhesive. Once you have a corner lifted up, peel this part back carefully.

You now have access to the LCD ribbon connector, circled below. This attaches like a plug and socket. Simply pull the connector away from its socket to unplug it.

Lift the screen away from the rest of the phone. Your phone should now look like below and you can replace the LCD. Reverse the whole procedure for reassembly.

Nokia N80 disassembly

Nokia N80 disassembly

Tools required: T6 screwdriver & pair of non magnetic tweezers or a plastic shim such as a guitar plectrum

Remove the battery & sim card. Undo the torx screws shown in the image below

Using the handle end of the tweezers, insert them into the grooves, shown by the arrows below.

Lever the tweezers out to undo the tabs at the top and middle and your phone will be like below. Slide the top cover down towards the keypad to remove it.

The top cover and keypad have now been removed (below).

Next remove the soft key board by removing the screws indicated below.

Now remove the LCD screen by disconnecting the ribbon cable, which the arrow shows below. Gently lift this part until it unplugs from the main board

Using the tweezers, pop out the screen by levering it with the tweezers in the area indicated by the arrows in the picture below.

Your phone should now be as pictured below.

Replace the old LCD with new Reverse the procedure for disassembly and it's finished.