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Palm Centro Back Housing Replacement

Introduction

Follow this guide if you need to replace the back case of your Palm Centro or if you need to access the internals of your device.

What you need

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    • Press and slide open the battery cover.

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  2. Palm Centro Back Housing Replacement: step 2, image 1 of 1

    • Caution: Turn cell phone off before removing battery!

    • Press battery to the right.

    • Then lift up battery pack to remove.

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    • Phone with battery removed

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  5. Palm Centro Back Housing Replacement, Back Housing: step 4, image 1 of 1

    • Remove the touchpad pen from the top left corner on the back to reveal the last of 6 screws to be removed.

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  6. Palm Centro Back Housing Replacement: step 5, image 1 of 1

    • Lift the rubber cap at the top right to reveal the sixth screw.

    • Caution: There is a small Palm sticker under the rubber cap. Tampering with or removing this sticker will void your warranty!

    • Remove the six screws using the T5 Torx screwdriver.

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    • Remove the SIM card so housing can be separated.

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    • Use a plastic pry tool to separate the bottom of the case to remove the small plastic insert.

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    • Remove the small plastic insert at the bottom of the phone.

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    • Continue with plastic pry tool all the way around the phone to remove the back housing.

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Conclusion

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

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