LG Rumor LX260 Teardown

Teardown

Teardown

Teardowns provide a look inside a device and should not be used as disassembly instructions.

User-Contributed Guide

User-Contributed Guide

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The LG Rumor is a full QWERTY keyboard slider phone available from Sprint in 2008. It has an SD card slot and runs a unique OS.

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Add Note Edit Step 1 — LG Rumor LX260 Teardown  ¶ 

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Add Note Edit Step 2  ¶ 

  • Now, start by removing the battery, it is attatched to the back cover, and can be removed by pushing the tab back.

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Add Note Edit Step 3  ¶ 

  • Remove these 6 phillips screws:

  • These two top screws are covered by rubber plugs that can be removed by a small flathead screwdrivew, or a fingernail.

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  • Remove the covers for the Headphone, Micro SD and Charging connectors, but be careful, they are still connected, pull them only as far as they will come out!

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Add Note Edit Step 5  ¶ 

  • You should now be able to lift the back cover off, it is held on with a mild adhesive, so a little force may be required the first time.

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Add Note Edit Step 6  ¶ 

  • Remove the "Camera" and "Volume" buttons.

  • Be careful, the actual buttons, ane attatched to the locic board with a very thin ribbon cable, only remove the button covers.

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  • Remove these two phillips screws:

  • Now, removed the highlighted clips (2nd Picture) this will free the logic board.

  • I recomend starting with this one, and once this tab is free, you can just slide it around the other clips.

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Add Note Edit Step 8  ¶ 

  • Now, pivot the logic board up, to reveal the LCD/Numeric Keypad Cable, remove this with a spudger or flathead screwdriver.

  • You should now be able to remove the logic board.

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