Back on November 4th, iFixit posted a bounty asking for someone to provide the innards of the Motorola DROID. The person who could get some decent pictures to them first would receive $300… that person has now provided the photos. The reason they didn’t do their own teardown was due to being busy on other projects.
phoneWreck were the ones who got the pictures sorted first and describe the DROID as being difficult to take apart thanks to hidden screws and a bunch of other preventative ways of letting you in to the phone. Anyway, they got past the problems and managed to take the phone right apart.
A notable function on the phone is the sliding keyboard which has been described as one of the most simple mechanisms the person tearing it down has seen.
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Step 1 — Teardown
> Thar she blows! Keep it locked on iFixit and PhoneWreck to see all of the details as they become available!
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Step 2
> The first step is to remove the backcover and Battery
> Here you'll see two screws
> Use your T6 to remove both the Black and Silver Screws.
> There are more screws but they are non-conveniently hidden. Finding these was the hardest part!
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Step 3
> Non-conveniently, Motorola has made the chassis screws hard to find...
> Two are located underneath the plastic piece at the top of the device.
> Use a pin or very fine stiff wedge to lift this away from the double sided tape to reveal two more T6 screws.
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Step 4
> Finding the rest of the fasteners is a royal pain...
> Though to look under the lens cover and google label? Probably not... you should! There's a T6 under there!
> Try not to mind Dr.Wreck's massive toe thumbs...
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Step 5
> You're not done yet! You still need to dig for fasteners at the bottom of the device!
> Luckily there are really *not* easy to find. See that gold grill underneath the battery cover? Yeah... peel that away.
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Step 6
> With these screws removed, you can pry away the back part of the chassis.
> Use a wedge and work it carefully around the outside of the frame.
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Step 7
> There it is!
> Use the T6 to remove the last silver PCB screw
> Pull off the flex cables that fast the top of the logic board to the screen portion
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Step 8
> Now you can flip out the PCB.
> Remove the flex off of the bottom of the PCB to free it.
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Step 9
> Lastly, pry away the black frame that surrounds the keyboad of the device. This will unveil the sliding mechanism.
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Step 10
> We removed the Cans (not a recommended step!!!) to see what IC's were on the board.
> Check out the Block Diagram for full details!
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