BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement

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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement

Difficulty

Moderate

Steps

12

Time Required

10 minutes

Introduction

If your trackball is unresponsive or damaged, then you will need to replace it. Use these step-by-step instructions to replace your trackball on a Blackberry Tour 9630.

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    • Position the phone so that the keyboard is facing down and the back is facing up.

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    • Push the center silver button upwards to release the back cover.

    • Take the back cover off and set it to the side.

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    • Grip the battery where the light grey half circles are located and pull up.

    • Set the removed battery to the side with the back cover.

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    • If there is an SD card, press gently on the card and slide up to remove.

    • If there is a SIM card, press gently on the card and slide left to remove.

    • Use the T6 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 8.00mm screws from the back of the phone.

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    • Using an opening tool, pry the top plastic covering off. As shown in the second picture.

    • There is glue holding the top plastic covering. Additional pressure may be needed.

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    • Use the T6 Torx screwdriver to remove the two 8.00mm screws from the top of the phone.

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    • Remove the back casing.

    • This may take some wiggling to fully remove the part.

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    • Using a small opening tool, pry up the pop ribbon cable from the motherboard.

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    • Using a small opening tool, remove the side antenna cable.

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    • Gently push up on the keyboard from below to snap the front cover off.

    • Once you remove the front cover, the keypad and trackball will be loose.

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    • Remove the keypad.

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    • Remove the trackball.

Conclusion

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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