k750i casing...

Creamy Goodness

how's it going,

me being the klutz i am i have cracked the screen of my k750i, now i'm pretty sure it's not the actual LCD but the plastic casing that's over it.

is there anywhere that will fix this for me? and how much roughly am i looking at.

i noticed there's a few fascias on ebay so i'm assuming this is a fairly easy DIY job but i wouldn't feel safe doing it myself.

Sam Vimes

as far as i know you need a special screwdriver to change the casing on the k750. i've seen a cracked screen on a good few k750s that got very little abuse. since its quite common they might give you a replacement if you bring it back to the shop. no harm trying anyway. tell them its a known issue and see what they say.

sharkman

All you will ever need is here : http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-k750i-c-28_105.html

Creamy Goodness

that's a nice site sharkman thanks, but i wouldn't feel safe doing this myself.

would there be anywhere in town that would do this without costing an arm and a leg.

roger 2006 yeah

i've put a w800i cover on a K750i, i'll do it for €20.

Creamy Goodness

i've attached two images,

first one shows the actual crack.

the second one is of the screws which i think i'd need to unscrew to get the casing off, is it only these 4 screws?

the top two being for the back casing (the bit including the flash cover)
and the bottom two being for the front casing

if it's that simple i'll do it myself.

*edit* sorry for the quality of the images i don't really have a good macro lens camera

roger 2006 yeah

have you the screw driver for the bottom 2 screws?

roger 2006 yeah

1. Remove the battery cover & unscrew the 4 screws you see, and keep them somewhere safe.



2. Now, use something with a blunt blade and skim around the edges of the back cover, turn the blade now and again and that will release the catches.



3. Use this same technique for the front cover, be careful of the lcd though, expensive to replace.



4. Now you should have something like this.



:cool:

Creamy Goodness

roger 2006 yeah wrote:

have you the screw driver for the bottom 2 screws?

well i'd have to buy the screwdrivers but that shouldn't be a problem.

where'd you get yours if you don't mind me asking?

roger 2006 yeah

you'll get it on eBay, you might get one when your buying the cover - it's called a T6

Creamy Goodness

i'll be getting everything from that site sharkman posted. i'd rather have the orignal casing, with ebay (with other sony products external harddrive case) i have got a few fakes

also i think i'll be going to a black case, as i don't really like the silver.

also another quick thing is it hard to change the joystick aswell? as mine is fairly dirty and i can't really get anything down there to clean it.

N90user

Cotton wool Cremo

drdre

sharkman wrote:

All you will ever need is here : http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-k750i-c-28_105.html

thats a very good site.thanks

Creamy Goodness

right i've ordered that stuff from cnn.cn.

has anyone ever ordered from there before? how long would it take? - did say 7-10 days but i'm hoping sooner but with an post around i won't be surprised if it lands in america.

drdre

Cremo wrote:

right i've ordered that stuff from cnn.cn.

has anyone ever ordered from there before? how long would it take? - did say 7-10 days but i'm hoping sooner but with an post around i won't be surprised if it lands in america.

i think sharkman will be your best bet he must have ordered from there at some stage.

sharkman

Yep , I've ordered from them before , took less than a week to get the delivery ..

Creamy Goodness

good stuff, i can't wait to get the stuff.

i ordered a T6 from ebay aswell but i read a customer review on the silver case pack for the k750i on cnn.cn that a screwdriver came with it. ohh well.

Creamy Goodness

just thought i'd update everyone on this, got the cover today and as i expected it came with a T6 screwdriver rendering my ebaying pointless, ohh well.

the cover wasn't difficult to put on but at the moment my phone looks like frankinstein as i don't have a screwdriver to get the back cover off.

so atm the front cover is black, the battery cover is black and the back cover is silver

Scruff

sharkman wrote:

All you will ever need is here : http://cnn.cn/shop/sonyericsson-k750i-c-28_105.html

great post!
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