Cell Phone Problems

[Joel]

I just started at my new job at the wirelesscart in the mall. No one here knows how to changethe sanyo 8200 cell phone faceplates, even though we sell them. Does anyone know how to do this, or can someone look up ona different forum how to do it. I have searched for quite a while and found it unsuccessful. ANy help would be greatly appreciated. We could get someone 5 dollars offa faceplate if you wanted. Jim, I know you can tackle this one.
Thanks,
Joel

[Guest]

Got the info from here

Tools needed:
Tri wing screwdriver (I have the one listed above so i know it works)
Credit card (thanks fubar for this idea works great!)
Pin or Exacto knife (Prefer Exacto Knife)
Dentist Like Pick at a 45 degree angle

Okay, Step One

Take Pin and pop each sticky pad of the face plate up. Careful these are soft plastic they scar easily and the bottom of them is a silver sticker so any rips in that will show up when put back on

Step Two

Take Triwing screwdriver and unscrew 4 corners. Keep screws and sticky pads in a safe place. Ive ended up with those sticky pads on my shirt and walked around all day without noticing.

Step Three

Use pin in corner of bottom LCD to lift up the edge slightly. note not to apply great amount of pressure just slide the pin in a little Slide credit card all the way around until edges are fully seperated and peal back.

Step Four

Look directly in the middle of the phone under the speaker in the tube area where the phone bends. There is a piece that will completly come off the phone its very noticeable. right under the right side of the speaker if phone is facing u inside of the phone!

Step Five

Unscrew the 4 back screws. two under battery one openly exposed and one above rubber circle under the sticky pad slowly with credit card peeling these two edges apart. note this gets trickier with the buttons on the side be careful!

Step Six

Now here comes the tricky part. To remove the front faceplate from the phone u need to move out the pins that hold the phone together. Find a tool that has a 90 degree angle that you can use to push on and not bend. I haven't found a practical tool yet to name Place point of tool between the two white plastic flaps in the tube part of the phone. Push until metal piece comes flying out. If having problems try bending one of the plastic flaps a little with something and then pushing it out.

Once you get those two hinges out the whole phone is basically apart. If you can't figure it out from there u shouldn't have taken the whole phone apart anyway haha. but any other questions or tips are welcome to this tutorial!

P.S. Def. post what you used to remove hinges. I use a tool that is sort of what a dentist uses when he picks at ur teeth. its a a 45 degree angle which is perfect for this job. If ya'll want pics I can do that as well just ask.

*NEVER FORCE ANYTHING APART
Forcing two pieces of bendable plastic apart causes a high amount of stress on them and will end up breaking or cracking something on the phone. everything I listed here comes apart relatively easy with light pressure. Except the hinges may take a little work to get out.

Have fun everyone

info from sprint users

[Guest]

Nice! Thanks!