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RIM Blackberry Pearl 8130 Teardown
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Here's a Blackberry Pearl 8130 for disassembly. It had software issues which I afterward fixed.
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Edit Step 6 ¶
Insert curved point metal spudger into gap between keyboard and bottom bezel cap.
Bottom Bezel Cap
Pull up and push away to lift bezel.
Hold this cap with your thumb and flip the phone around.
Insert spudger under bezel and lift on both sides.
Pry Here
The Bezel Cap should pop off at this point revealing two more T5 screws!
Two T5 Screws

Edit Step 7 ¶
Remove the two T5 Screws and set them aside.
The two T5 screws and their respective holes
Start at the top of one of the sides of the phone and pry off the silver sides with a spudger or your fingers.
Once you have removed both sides set them aside
The silver sides
Various holes, buttons and slots

Edit Step 10 ¶
Trackball (Removable). Pop it out from the back.
Display Glass (Removable). Pry from the top to break glue seal, pry the rest of with your fingers.
Keypad
LCD and connector above it to the left (Removable). Remove connector with spudger and free LCD from clips.
Keypad connector (Keypad was removed). To remove pry connector up off of logic board.
Battery Connector
Various chips under metal heat sinks. Sorry I won't remove them the phone is still good and I don't want to risk damaging it :(

Edit Step 11 ¶
Speaker (Removable by Soldering)
Keyboard Connector
Trackball (Remove by poking out)
1.3MP Camera (Removable by Soldering)
From left to right: Headphone jack, Antenna?, USB Port, Micro SD Card Slot. All of the above are removable by soldering.
Battery Connector (Removable by pulling it straight out of it's slot)
Various chips covered by heatsinks
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