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BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement

Introduction

If your trackball is unresponsive or damaged, then you will need to replace it. Use these step-by-step instructions to replace your trackball on a Blackberry Tour 9630.

What you need

  1. BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 1 of 2 BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement, Battery: step 1, image 2 of 2

    • Position the phone so that the keyboard is facing down and the back is facing up.

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    • Push the center silver button upwards to release the back cover.

    • Take the back cover off and set it to the side.

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    • Grip the battery where the light grey half circles are located and pull up.

    • Set the removed battery to the side with the back cover.

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  4. BlackBerry Tour 9630 Trackball Replacement, Keypad: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • If there is an SD card, press gently on the card and slide up to remove.

    • If there is a SIM card, press gently on the card and slide left to remove.

    • Use the T6 Torx screwdriver to remove the four 8.00mm screws from the back of the phone.

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    • Using an opening tool, pry the top plastic covering off. As shown in the second picture.

    • There is glue holding the top plastic covering. Additional pressure may be needed.

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    • Use the T6 Torx screwdriver to remove the two 8.00mm screws from the top of the phone.

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    • Remove the back casing.

    • This may take some wiggling to fully remove the part.

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    • Using a small opening tool, pry up the pop ribbon cable from the motherboard.

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    • Using a small opening tool, remove the side antenna cable.

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    • Gently push up on the keyboard from below to snap the front cover off.

    • Once you remove the front cover, the keypad and trackball will be loose.

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    • Remove the keypad.

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    • Remove the trackball.

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Conclusion

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

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