Remove the back cover by sliding it off.

Once the back cover is removed, pull out the battery using your finger as shown.

The battery can now be replaced if desired.

• The battery is a 780 mAh rechargeable Lithium Ion battery.

Remove the four 6mm screws behind the battery.

Remove plastic piece near the base of the keypad.

• This will require prying it off with a plastic opening tool and breaking the seal with the glue. Unfortunately there is no way around this.

Then remove the two 6mm screws beneath the plastic cover with a Phillips head screw driver.

Now you are ready to remove the plastic back cover.

Use the plastic opening tool to pry off the back cover of the phone. This will require a bit of careful work.

You should start prying the back cover from the SD card slot.

Alternate prying the back cover on each side until it pops off.

Use the plastic opening tool to carefully pry out the circuit board once you have removed the back cover.

Remove the LCD cable connectors coming from through the hinge hole with a flat head screw driver.

IMPORTANT: be sure to record which port each cable was in and the orientation they were plugged into each socket.

Now the two parts of the phone are separated.