Motorola i450 Boost Mobile

The Motorola i450 Boost Mobile is a gray and white iDEN cellular flip phone with an antenna and a monochrome LCD display on the flip cover. It was released in 2005 and is identified by model number i450.

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Motorola i450 Boost Mobile Teardown

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Antenna 2 steps
Back Cover 1 step
Battery 1 step
SIM Card 2 steps
Circuit Board 3 steps
Keypad 1 step
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Edit Step 1 — Antenna ¶

Place the phone on a flat surface with the front facing down and the antenna fully extended.
Use a spudger to remove the circular rubber cover from the base of the antenna.
Remove the 3.2 mm Torx T5 screw located under the rubber cover.

Edit Step 2 ¶

Remove the antenna by grasping from the white plastic piece just below the antenna and pulling away from the phone.
Do not grasp the black antenna piece to pull it out. Doing so may damage it.

Edit Step 3 — Back Cover ¶

Place the phone on a flat surface with the front facing down.
Insert your finger under the gray plastic cover at the bottom end of the phone.
Lift the cover off the phone.

Edit Step 4 — Battery ¶

Place your thumb in the notch in the lower left corner of the battery compartment.
Lift the battery up and away from the phone.
Remove the battery.

Edit Step 5 — SIM Card ¶

Locate the metal slider that holds the SIM card in place.
Push the slider away from the metal flap which contains the SIM card. The flap will pop up.

Edit Step 6 ¶

Lift the metal flap to gain access to the bottom of the SIM card.
Remove the SIM card by sliding it out parallel to the bottom of the flap.

Edit Step 7 — Circuit Board ¶

Extend the antenna.

Edit Step 8 ¶

Remove the four 4.8 mm Torx T6 screws from the corners of the back of the phone.
If the antenna is not fully extended, the top left screw will not be accessible.

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