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Not my video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-4hiy_2xuUE
enjoy
edit: after watching it all its preety crappy but it should provide enough to help i guess
and once i get my mytouch 4g ill be taking it apart
FINALLY! i've been wanting one!
here is a better one...WAY better one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QIKgIxAsANQ
Has anybody found a video for reassembly?
(x-posted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863898&page=2)
Phew. Just replaced my digitizer using the latter video. Putting it back together was fairly straight-forward by just following the video backwards, though a 'put back together' video would be convenient.
A couple minor caveats:
They skipped showing some phillips screws holding the motherboard in place (near the end). I think there were two of them. They're fairly obvious if you know to look for them.
I attempted to reuse the existing adhesive by reheating and applying pressure. This sort of worked, but the digitizer seems a tad loose. I don't think it's going to fall off, but it'd probably be better to remove the old adhesive and apply some fresh adhesive. Anyone know where to get a suitable adhesive?
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(x-posted from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=863898&page=2)
Phew. Just replaced my digitizer using the latter video. Putting it back together was fairly straight-forward by just following the video backwards, though a 'put back together' video would be convenient.
A couple minor caveats:
They skipped showing some phillips screws holding the motherboard in place (near the end). I think there were two of them. They're fairly obvious if you know to look for them.
I attempted to reuse the existing adhesive by reheating and applying pressure. This sort of worked, but the digitizer seems a tad loose. I don't think it's going to fall off, but it'd probably be better to remove the old adhesive and apply some fresh adhesive. Anyone know where to get a suitable adhesive?
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The comments on the YouTube video say that 3M adhesive works, or buying the adhesive for the iphone and cutting to fit.
Watching tha gave a Kick to the balls feeling like it would be to easy to screw up.
SoltyPK said:
Watching tha gave a Kick to the balls feeling like it would be to easy to screw up.
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I got the kick in the balls feeling today BEFORE watching the video:
My wife calls and says, "I dropped my phone.... (pause)... and shattered the screen..."
I'm going to order a screen and bust this out soon. Not going to be easy as I fractured my left pinkie metacarpal a couple weeks ago. Needless to say, dexterity is a bit low right now and that video doesn't give me the most confidence.
I guess she'll be back on a G1 (CM6) for a while. At least its still Froyo
cal3thousand said:
I got the kick in the balls feeling today BEFORE watching the video:
My wife calls and says, "I dropped my phone.... (pause)... and shattered the screen..."
I'm going to order a screen and bust this out soon. Not going to be easy as I fractured my left pinkie metacarpal a couple weeks ago. Needless to say, dexterity is a bit low right now and that video doesn't give me the most confidence.
I guess she'll be back on a G1 (CM6) for a while. At least its still Froyo
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Back to the g1? That'll teach her to take care of her phone, lol.
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Phateless said:
Back to the g1? That'll teach her to take care of her phone, lol.
Sent from my HTC Glacier
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hahaha...
I'm actually thinking of picking up a vibrant as a spare phone for exactly this situation.
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gotta love being able to tinker with things
Guys I need some help here please
Completely tore it down took 2 broken phone to make one completely working great.
The problem I am having is putting the rear plastic frame on correctly.
Either it's on but volume button are depressed or all buttons are functioning but the 2 bottom corners will not stay in place I get one to snap in & the other pops out or booth pop out.
Can someone please direct me to some pics or a video on how to correctly replace the rear plastic frame.
Thanks
I might just do this for my sister, she dropped her mtg4 and broke the glass screen. Hopefully it works out for her.
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Anyone have issues after replacing the screen? I've got an issue where the touch sensitivity is all jacked up. Sometimes it recognizes my touch sometimes it doesnt. Sometimes when pressing something it acts like im pressing somewhere totally different.
I have a thread started. Pleaseee help me out!!!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16738885#post16738885
thanks looks good
Clear plastic piece and settings button info
I had to fix the screen for my niece's phone. Go to imgur and type 'QW7TI' in (I am not allowed to post links as a new member). Where does this go? I have looked at numerous tutorials and cannot find what it belongs to. Second, when I put the phone back together, the settings button does not push down. It seems to be fine until I place the back cover plate on. Then this puts pressure on the area and the tactile click does not work and the settings do not come up. I need this finished by five for her birthday. It was her mother's phone and she had shattered the screen. Any help would be awesome! Thanks!
Niceee, I need to tear mine down someday to clear all the dirtiness
So, I've heard people having ridiculous troubles getting their battery doors off, but mine is quite the opposite. It takes only a little pull to get it, and when it is "on" it seems like there is a unintended gap between the door and body of the phone and it doesn't seem to lay flush with the edge of the body. I actually bought another battery door to see if mine just lost its ability to lock but the same annoyances occur.
Has anyone had a similar situation and know a fix? Is there a "right" way to put on the battery door?
Thanks!
Takes 2 people (or 3 hands) just to get my bloody phone cover off, but no issues removing the battery cover. Sure is a pill to get that darn thing back on though.
I believe you are possibly the first one to complain about it coming of that easy. Where did you buy the battery cover from? Ebay? Is it a genuine HTC part?
Try calling HTC, they might send you a replacement one and it will be genuine.
Mine was hard to pull off at first but I think I may have messed it up because now I'm having the same issue. Its quite easy to get off now. Eh well, I'm going to put a case on my phone this week so hopefully it'll hold the door tighter.
Haha, glad its not just me.
Mines been ridiculously loose since the first time I had to remove it.
I have a case mate barely there on now, and its working out great.
Sent from the future...
Mine's not loose, but after reading and watching reviews, I was prepared to do battle with the battery cover if needed. In the end, some people are just brain dead. The battery cover isn't hard to take off, or put back on.
Still has me scratching my head...
They have changed the cover since the first ones came out. If you got your inspire early on the battery cover was a nightmare and usually got destroyed trying to take it off. HTC is actually sending out free replacement battery covers because the first covers were so bad.
Sent from Uranus using my HTC Inspire 4G!
Some of them are great, and some are just horrible. We actually broke one at work trying to get the door off so we could install the battery for a customer. However; mine works great, pops right off whenever I need it to, without a hassle.
Well im having rogers ship me a new phone (i only got the phone last friday, so not even a week yet) because the phone is unable to detect any sim cards. I dont know what the exact cause of the problem is but im pretty sure it has something to do with me opening the back case and pressing it back in too hard. Or maybe i short circuited the metal of the sim card holder some how when i was doing rom reboots
In all honesty, the design of the back panel is completely stupid and really cheap. The plastic is super flimsy and garbage. Plus the way you have to snap it back into the phone requires some pressure that could easily damage the phone.
Just be careful when you guys are touching around that simcard metal area. Any static electric shock could potentially cause you to end up with a expensive brick.
Ummm why do you need to put pressure on the middle area of the phone?
Whenever I place the back cover back on, I just start from the bottom of the phone and make sure that its in and then go around the phone clockwise and clip in the rest of the phone edges and thats it. Never have to touch the centre of the phone.
Max Sterling said:
Ummm why do you need to put pressure on the middle area of the phone?
Whenever I place the back cover back on, I just start from the bottom of the phone and make sure that its in and then go around the phone clockwise and clip in the rest of the phone edges and thats it. Never have to touch the centre of the phone.
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This is what I also do when I need to put the cover back on.
I didn't press the middle when I was putting back the rear panel but I think I might have touched that metal sim bracket and maybe that's what caused it to short circuit.
Just becarful when handling with no rear panel. Also while charging the phone and trying to get a gps lock, the area behind and around the simcard gets really hot. My stats widget says 53c and that also might have caused this weird short circuit... I I don't know
You're doing it wrong.
Post deleted, wrong thread.
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In all honesty, the design of the back panel is completely stupid and really cheap. The plastic is super flimsy and garbage. Plus the way you have to snap it back into the phone requires some pressure that could easily damage the phone.
Just be careful when you guys are touching around that simcard metal area. Any static electric shock could potentially cause you to end up with a expensive brick.
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Static shock is a potential problem with any electronic device.
I don't think the cover had anything to do with it.
Mine is on and off all the time, 5-10 times a day at times when I'm testing different things. Never had a problem like this.
Actually the back is pretty durable for the amount of times I've torn it off in a hissy fit...plus I love the texture. I'm always afraid I'm going to snap it in half but it can take alot of bending. It's amazingly flexible for plastic. But you never press the middle...slide your finger along the sides only till it all snaps in.
+1 for that. I slide my fingers on the sides to push it in
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No offense but why is this not locked? How can you brick your phone cause you take the back off the WRONG way?
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
I wouldn't call what he did "bricking". Bricking is usually caused by an upgrade gone wrong. He supposedly did damage to his hardware by pushing on the center too hard....and it's worth knowing about.
MikeyFTL said:
I'm always afraid I'm going to snap it in half but it can take alot of bending.
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i think there was a demo by samsung where a rep actually folded it in half and it was fine
MikeyFTL said:
I wouldn't call what he did "bricking". Bricking is usually caused by an upgrade gone wrong. He supposedly did damage to his hardware by pushing on the center too hard....and it's worth knowing about.
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I know he didnt brick it, I'm just goin on what he referred his problem to. Info that anybody should have known
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda premium
The back panel is seriously the only thing I dislike about this phone -_-
Why did it have to downgrade from the Captivates nice hard back panel!
in retrospect i think i might have bricked the phone by doing a bad flash instead of it being a physical problem. Im pretty sure somewhere along the way i must have deleted the EFS files when i was trying to get rid of the root and restoring it back to original firmware. I did some research and the problems im having with the no carrier/no imei/ is related to EFS being deleted.
I just dont know how to get it back now.
Also if i send the phone in for warranty and they find out that the EFS is deleted, would they consider that my fault? Luckily the replacement phone i got torched itself (screen burnt out in like 1 hour) so they are replacing that for the galaxy S II but i still have to send the original one back.
you obviously did something wrong. I've had some crazy electronics hooked up to my SIM and other parts of my device. I keep wires soldered onto the mainboard which lead out of the device for direct communication with the processor. I have never run into a single problem.
You did something stupid with your sim card. It does not damage easily even when you're playing with the ciruits all the time. I know this because I do play with the circuits all the time.
DANIEL133337 said:
The back panel is seriously the only thing I dislike about this phone -_-
Why did it have to downgrade from the Captivates nice hard back panel!
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Maybe to save some money, and to reduce phone weight.
I know there are thousands of people looking all over the web for a solution to their captivate's rear speaker cutting out and I am happy to report I have a solution for you! I searched all over these forums, all over google, and by the grace of God I somehow found this suggestion in a comment on a pointless YouTube video with around only a thousand views. But whatever! Here it is...
Take off the back casing of your phone (it's not too difficult; here are the instructions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022)
Once you have the back all opened up you should see one lone screw remaining just to the left of the speaker
Loosen the screw
That's it!!!!!!!! The guys' comment on YouTube said he noticed the screw was in so tight that that it was bending the circuit board and messing up the connection. Which makes sense to me because earlier I noticed that pushing down on the right side of the speaker (on the opposite side of the screw) seemed to help better than pushing anywhere else.
So stop listening to all the threads that say "just push on the speaker" or "get it repaired" or "just deal with it." I had jammed stuff in behind my back cover that was so thick it started to bend the metal, but it was always just a temporary fix. No pressure was ever enough pressure to get the speaker consistently working. Who knew the answer would be less pressure? Or that it would be so simple...
Now go fix your phone and enjoy!
UPDATE: If you are still having problems, try mithileshpatel007's fix from page two of this thread. Sounds like people have had luck with his method too. He suggests repositioning the speaker ribbon. The ribbon is located on the far right and can be seen going from the bottom of the speaker housing to a small terminal that may be covered by a piece of blue tape. Everything is so tiny that it sort of all looks like one piece but what you can do is...
flip up a tiny black latch (bottom of the terminal)
reposition or remove + replace the ribbon (enters at the top of the terminal). There isn't much slack, but try to get it as far in there as possible
PLEASE BE CAREFUL! The ribbon is tiny and pretty stiff and some people have reported problems just getting their phone open, much less playing around. Remember this is a tiny device made to do big things so it's not as durable as your GameBoy Color! Handle with care.
Clarification
I should clarify. I loosened the screw till it was coming out and then tightened it VERY gently. I screwed it back in and stopped at the first feel of resistance. I did this last night and have been blasting music and getting notifications without any problem since.
Check back in a day or two. A couple hours of a fixed speaker doesn't impress me...been there done that. But I did fix mine tho.
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Thanks for this info. My speaker just started acting up the other day. I pushed on it like others have said to, and so far it has been good for a couple of days now. If it so much as acts like it is going to do this again, I will take the above steps.
Thanks!
Check back in a day or two. A couple hours of a fixed speaker doesn't impress me...been there done that. But I did fix mine tho.
Sent from my SGH-I897 using xda premium
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My speaker is still working great. I understand the skepticism but I wanted to put the post up right away because 1) the fix made so much sense to me, 2) my speaker was ALWAYS cutting out before I did it and NEVER cut out after, and 3) I wanted to help as many people as soon as possible because I know how maddening this problem is!
How did you fix yours? And by the way, impressing you was never my goal
Works!
Thanks for this suggestion! I've been fighting this problem for months now and the tap-tap-push method only ever fixed the problem for a few minutes. Since trying your "fix" my speaker has worked for 2 days now!
Thanks so much for this... Had mine fixed in a jiffy...
snoboarder071 said:
My speaker is still working great. I understand the skepticism but I wanted to put the post up right away because 1) the fix made so much sense to me, 2) my speaker was ALWAYS cutting out before I did it and NEVER cut out after, and 3) I wanted to help as many people as soon as possible because I know how maddening this problem is!
How did you fix yours? And by the way, impressing you was never my goal
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Lol
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Finally!!!
no more being late for work because the alarm didn't sound!
so far so good! before the fix my captivate had sound maybe 5% of the time. hasn't cut out yet since loosening that pesky screw!
thanks!
For those of you who do not have warranty or insurance, there is a fix for this.
I just got done with re assembling the phone after a fix I performed. It is real easy to do.
Things you need:
-A screwdriver (whatever the size is when you open the back cover, the four screws you see, that size)
-A small flat head screwdriver if you have one (not necessary but would help)
-Patience and some common sense.
Ok, to start off follow these steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022 to open the first 6 screws and then how to pop open the screen from the bezel(this is when a flat head screwdriver would be useful).
(go just to the step till the fifth picture in that thread, no need to go beyond that opening things!)
Now, you would see a screw on the left of the speaker. Now, other threads said that by loosening that screw the speaker would work. But, I did that and still had issues so I opened the phone like 4 times in total before I found out what it was. Now, notice that the speaker unit has a cable (orange colored) running into the main phone chip. It is connected there through which it functions. When you open that above mentioned thread to open the phone there is a picture showing to remove the that belt from the board. Follow that instructions, flip that tiny black clip up to remove the belt. In some cases there might be a blue sticker kind of thing on the belt, just take off that sticker. The problem seems that the belt is loosing contact which doesn't allow the speaker to get the sound input to put out sound through the speaker. So, take off the belt by flipping that switch and re insert it out there. Try to push it in properly or enough to align a white line on the belt and the chip. There is a white line to guide us there. That line should be totally straight when the belt is inserted appropriately. And now, flip that clip down and lock it. If you have loosened the screw left to the speaker, put it back in in normal force not excessive(no need to be more gentle here). You cannot leave it loose because it makes the whole unit move when it is loose eventually pulling off the belt from its place which causes the sound cut outs. The whole trick is to get the belt right in its place. So, make sure it is tight but not extra tight after you have managed to get the belt right. Put everything back together and now when you screw the last 6 screws again, the one in the top speaker corner affects the speaker unit, so don't push it too hard in. Just normal screwing. The rest should be done properly with normal force. This should solve it. I figured this out after opening the phone 4 times. And now playing songs since the past 6 hours non stop and its back in action again!
For all this, i did put in the battery and start the phone when I had opened it and tried messing around and figured out what was killing the sound, so this should be the ultimate solution to it. There is nothing else that can be affecting it now.
Most people must had faced this because they dropped their phones before which made the belt to move and hence the loose contacts inside. If not then, there are high chances that you bought it from someone or somewhere who had dropped it before!
Well that's it! Also, don't freak out in having to open the phone. You should just go to the step till the fifth picture. Which is very easily achievable!
Go, have fun with your WORKING speakers now!
I tried to open my Cappy but failed a unscrewing the middle screws...they are soo tight
My problem is that the ribbon cable between the speaker and the board is too short. No way to line that white stripe up. Got it in there as best I could and so far so good
I'm just guessing... but I would think that because this could possibly void a warranty is the only reason they don't make this a sticky, but it really should be...nice find and much appreciated. It is a common and very annoying problem and this fix really does seem to work!
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I777 using XDA App
Rear Speaker Fix - Thanks for the advice!
Just successfully disassembled my wife's phone without busting it into 1 million pieces. I loosened that screw next to the speaker, tightened just until i felt it start to grab, backed it off 1/16th of a turn, and the speaker works now. Great job on hunting down that video.
-Word of advice, The screw your loosening on the speaker housing is also the screw that holds the motherboard secure. I would recommend not removing the screw. The Captivate may self destruct if you do so.
10 out of 10 HERE! THUMBS UP!
Thanks.
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Samsung Captivate i897
Firmware: Gingerbread 2.3.5
Baseband: I897UCKK4
Kernal: 2.6.35.7-I897UCKK2-CL614489
BUILD: GINGERBREAD.UCKK4
worked for me
So I attempted this fix, considering I had no sound from the speaker at all.
I managed to somehow break the black connector flap that holds the ribbon cable in off of the connector. Now the speaker has no connection whatsoever, and now I don't have the vibrate function as well. (The speaker and vibrating motor are in the same assembly.)
Just a word to the wise. (I think I had actually broken my speaker, because I could get no sound at all, even before I broke the connector.)
mithileshpatel007 said:
For those of you who do not have warranty or insurance, there is a fix for this.
I just got done with re assembling the phone after a fix I performed. It is real easy to do.
Things you need:
-A screwdriver (whatever the size is when you open the back cover, the four screws you see, that size)
-A small flat head screwdriver if you have one (not necessary but would help)
-Patience and some common sense.
Ok, to start off follow these steps http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=740022 to open the first 6 screws and then how to pop open the screen from the bezel(this is when a flat head screwdriver would be useful).
(go just to the step till the fifth picture in that thread, no need to go beyond that opening things!)
Now, you would see a screw on the left of the speaker. Now, other threads said that by loosening that screw the speaker would work. But, I did that and still had issues so I opened the phone like 4 times in total before I found out what it was. Now, notice that the speaker unit has a cable (orange colored) running into the main phone chip. It is connected there through which it functions. When you open that above mentioned thread to open the phone there is a picture showing to remove the that belt from the board. Follow that instructions, flip that tiny black clip up to remove the belt. In some cases there might be a blue sticker kind of thing on the belt, just take off that sticker. The problem seems that the belt is loosing contact which doesn't allow the speaker to get the sound input to put out sound through the speaker. So, take off the belt by flipping that switch and re insert it out there. Try to push it in properly or enough to align a white line on the belt and the chip. There is a white line to guide us there. That line should be totally straight when the belt is inserted appropriately. And now, flip that clip down and lock it. If you have loosened the screw left to the speaker, put it back in in normal force not excessive(no need to be more gentle here). You cannot leave it loose because it makes the whole unit move when it is loose eventually pulling off the belt from its place which causes the sound cut outs. The whole trick is to get the belt right in its place. So, make sure it is tight but not extra tight after you have managed to get the belt right. Put everything back together and now when you screw the last 6 screws again, the one in the top speaker corner affects the speaker unit, so don't push it too hard in. Just normal screwing. The rest should be done properly with normal force. This should solve it. I figured this out after opening the phone 4 times. And now playing songs since the past 6 hours non stop and its back in action again!
For all this, i did put in the battery and start the phone when I had opened it and tried messing around and figured out what was killing the sound, so this should be the ultimate solution to it. There is nothing else that can be affecting it now.
Most people must had faced this because they dropped their phones before which made the belt to move and hence the loose contacts inside. If not then, there are high chances that you bought it from someone or somewhere who had dropped it before!
Well that's it! Also, don't freak out in having to open the phone. You should just go to the step till the fifth picture. Which is very easily achievable!
Go, have fun with your WORKING speakers now!
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This worked on mine, thank you!!!
don't know why but i can't get that battery latch to move down to get the two remaining screws
disellusional said:
don't know why but i can't get that battery latch to move down to get the two remaining screws
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after sliding it down just lift it slightly in the middle, it flexes up and then slides down about another half inch.
I find the little flappy-doodle cover on the USB port on the Sidekick 4G to be somewhat annoying. I would just yank it off, but maybe when I sell it 10 years from now, the new owner would like to have it in place.
Has anyone taken the plunge and pulled the thing off? Does it look like you could put it back on with a minimum of duct tape?
If you can pull it straight out, I think it'll pop free in a way that it can be shoved back in. There's just a little bulb on the end of the plastic piece where it enters the case to retain it.
Right, that's my theory as well from the looks of it. But have you actually done it? I don't want to yank it off first as a way of finding out the theory is a little bit wrongish.
I know it can get annoying popping it in and out whenever you want to plug it in, but it is there for a reason. They annoyance may be worth preventing crud from getting in there when it is in your pocket or something.
But yeah, the only thing I could think of has already been said, just pulling it off in hopes that you will be able to put it back in later.
I don't think you're going to find anyone who's pulled it off to get a detailed report from. I'm going by having taken mine apart and seen what holds it in place.
Yes.
You can remove it on the SK4G safely IF.
(SAFE SAFE SAFE)
You open the case, and push it out from the inside. (Guaranteed to work)
(SAFE SAFE SAFE)
(RISKY RISKY RISKY)
Pull it out straight and it will remove and be able to be reinserted. You have to be sure that it is not cold (tension snapping) but not heated too much (stretch snapping). Just above room temperature is adequate. If it does break off inside, remove the bit inside, and trim the post so it can be comfortably reinserted as an unattached cover, or open the case, insert it and melt it so it reforms the bulb.
(RISKY RISKY RISKY)
Yeah, I sort of had in mind your "safe" plan for pushing from the inside. Just reluctant since taking a phone apart is always a big pain. Looking at the case, though, I might not have to dive down too far and have too many screws lost in the carpet during the process.
I cover the take apart in my hardware reference guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466906
Wow, Jax184, that reference posting you made is really nice. Thanks for doing it and pointing to it from here. Looks like it should be pretty easy to get to the nubbin without any tightly wound springs hitting me in the eye.