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Disassembling Motorola Cliq Rear Casing

Introduction

This is ONLY a prerequisite guide to remove the rear casing in the Motorola Cliq.

What you need

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    • Turning over your phone, place two fingers on the back cover and apply pressure away from the camera to slide the back cover off.

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    • Pinch the battery pull tab located below the camera, pull it upwards, and remove the battery.

    • The pull tab may be tucked under the battery.

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    • Wedge a plastic opening tool behind the panel covering the camera, pry it up, and remove it using your fingers.

    • The panel is held down by adhesive and may require you to wedge and pry the right side of the panel before it can be easily removed.

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  5. Disassembling Motorola Cliq Rear Casing: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the six 4.0 mm T4 Torx screws which line the edge of the back of the phone.

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    • Turn the phone over and slide out the keyboard.

    • Wedge a plastic opening tool where the keyboard meets the back casing of the phone next to the headphone jack.

    • Carefully pry open the back casing along the keyboard's edge until at least two corners of the back casing are separated from the keyboard.

    • Do not fully separate the rear panel from the phone. A cable is connecting the two parts together.

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    • Carefully separate the back casing from the rest of the phone.

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    • Gently pry ZIF connector upwards using the flat end of a spudger tool.

    • The ZIF connector is glued down. Be gentle! Ripping it off or breaking it will make your phone inoperable.

    • You may need adhesive to keep your power cable in place when reassembling your phone.

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    • Press your thumb against the orange power cable and pull it down slowly to disconnect the power cable from the bottom of the keyboard.

    • The rear casing and the rest of the phone should now be completely separated.

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Conclusion

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

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