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Old January 6th, 2010, 03:14 PM   #29 (permalink)
andyriot
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just finished putting my hero back together, looking brand new dust free! thank you very much for the picture tutorial.

some tips from my experience...

when "prying" the housing cover off, i found it best to slide my thumb nail down the crease between the chrome and the back piece and it popped out with ease. same with the bottom where he indicates to "push in" the two tabs, i just continued to run along the crease with my nail and it popped out.

the screen i was slightly more cautious of being a more fragile piece. it felt wrong but if you slightly pry at it from the side as indicated you can begin to hear it unstick from the tape holding it on the front. one you get it started its a lot easier to remove the whole lcd.

here in lies the issue i think as well. clearly the foam tape holding the lcd to the front isnt sufficient enough in some places. mine happens to only collect dust in the lower left corner. when reapplying the lcd i made sure the lower left corner was pushed in very snug hopefully to help with the issue.

if i do this again, i will look into adding a small bit of foam tape in the trouble area to hopefully seal it better. though this was my first time, i will see if it comes back soon or not.
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