[armandov99]

Originally Posted by grape8pe

I have the same problem on mine too. The battery sticker is completely normal though.

My phone sticker is all bright red. My battery sticker is all pink-ish with a bunch of "X" markings on it.

I've never gotten the phone wet, so...these things are definitely screwy.

[hansenc]

Originally Posted by Guess

The first BlackBerry 8700 Disassembly photos are now available at BlackBerryFAQ.com

8700 Disassembly - BlackBerryFAQ

It took me a while, but their now up!

By the looks of that water indicator square your bb might have gotten wet.

that square turns from white to red when i comes in contact with water.

[fubar_nz]

I have just replaced the lens on my 8700 , but when i put it back together the mic is not working and no one can hear me speak. does anyone have any detailed pictures of how the mic should sit in the housing or ideas why its not working ?

[mike_187]

well make sure you didn't damage the 2 leads coming out of it (yes they are very tiny and almost like springs).

it shouldn't matter how its positioned as long as its in its hole in the housing. sometimes just re-assembling it lines up the contacts and it works. good luck and if nothing works you may have damaged the mic, and will need a replacement.

they are worth maybe 50 cents buy really may be hard to find them.

[a_kayaker]

I have a 8700c and prying on the outsude of the unit did not work. I had to gently pry inside of the battery case.

[jeb8703e]

Originally Posted by hansenc

By the looks of that water indicator square your bb might have gotten wet.

that square turns from white to red when i comes in contact with water.

dont you just love how people look at the title post and dont read all the way thru...

[TenzoR]

THanks for the tutorial, I followed it and was able to semi salvage a 8700R

[LunkHead]

Originally Posted by a_kayaker

I have a 8700c and prying on the outsude of the unit did not work. I had to gently pry inside of the battery case.

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[TenzoR]

Originally Posted by a_kayaker

I have a 8700c and prying on the outsude of the unit did not work. I had to gently pry inside of the battery case.

actually if you take the middle of the case out you can see the only thing holding it is two tabs in the middle. So just stab a flat head screw driver and just push inwards, it'll free the tab. It's very easy. It wont dmg anything and even if you do it's gonna be in the tab so you cant even see it

[cu52]

Any idea if that Vibrator can be replaced with the 7250 one?

[new_southie]

This is great.

Only the LCD is gone on my 8700C. screen is fine. Backed up fine. etc... Can I get an affordable LCD ? Anyone?

Thanks !

[ericb]

your water indicater could be red from when you take a showeer and the phone is in the bathroom. from the steam it does the same to the indicater.

[hypermaster]

can anyone tell me if theres a way to unlock the NETWORK LOCK of a Blackberry 8700g (locked to TMOBILE UK) via "shorting" some circuit after opening the phone up??

Can anyone confirm???

[kjaslow]

Thanks so much for this. Another successful disassembly/reassembly. Now I have a dust-free screen, and my 'w' key no longer sticks! My sticker is white, and great tip about putting the flat-head screwdriver into the slots in the middle of the case and push inwards. Worked a charm.

I really wish I had latex gloves. I kept getting fingerprints on the screen while trying to reassemble. Keep a microfiber cloth handy if you don't have latex!

The only down side to this exercise is that now I'm aware of some creaks when I squeeze the case that I know were previously there, and I was just happily not noticing. It's like seeing spinach in someone's teeth...once you realize it's there, you can no longer NOT notice it...

[macr77]

Originally Posted by PacketRat

haha red water sticker.. had a user bring me his saying it doesnt work anymore. I asked did you drop or get it wet.. No he replied. I opened up the back and saw the red sticker and said ahhh yes you did.. They always try that.. Red means it got wet somehow.

By the way, many of my phones have had wet water things turn red. THEY NEVER GOT WET!!! But I live in new orleans where it is vry humid and I think maybe that has someting to do with it. I am worried about this 8703e i just got 30 days ago b/c I dont have a sticker. I guess it was a screw up at the factory but I dont know if they will believe me. Oh well.

[tprime]

This red sticker seems very common in the 8700g. All my friends have the 'red patch'. My one friend who has a cingular 8700c is the only one without the red. It's funny i used my 7100t in all the same situation and the patch is still white. In fact I'm currently using it and it's still good. I think it's a defect in the 8700g or poor placement of the patch as I never got my 8700g wet. My friends haven't either. I think it's a defect or a conspiracy by tmobile to void our warranties.

[osodope]

I currently own a 8700r and im looking to replace the housing.
I was wondering which other housings would fit? 8700c 8700g 8700t?

[tempcell]

perfect tutorial , aided me with my 87 series

thanks

[hokie123]

Thought I'd pass along a success on replacing the entire 8700c housing. I had my BB for a year without ever dropping it, then within a week, forgot to buckle it back in my belt case and had it crash on the sidewalk two times!

For $35 shipped, I picked up the entire housing at Cellular Nationwide Network. They also sell the individual parts (speaker, lens with or without Cingular logo).

I received the casing about a week after ordering (shipped from Hong Kong). It was securely packaged, and had all the original protective film over the lens (both inside around the gasket as well as on the outside). Manufacturing marks are identical to the original case, so it is indeed an OEM case.

The only omission to the instructions on this thread are to transfer the speaker and microphone from the front part of the housing. The microphone just needs to be gently pried up from the edge, and presses right down in the new housing.

Using latex gloves will ensure you don't get any smudges or dust on the electronics, and make sure you don't use too small a screwdriver to pry the rear clips during removal.

My new housing actually gives me a better overall fit than the original (old one had some creaking on teh upper right corner, though that might have been fixed by tightening the screw for that area).

[Robert-H-Goretsky]

Thanks for the helpful guide! Hope I never need to use it, but knowing how many times I usually drop my phones, I've added it as a bookmark

Robert H. Goretsky
Hoboken, NJ