Palm Centro Speakers Replacement

Step 1 Disassembling Palm Centro Battery



• Press and slide open the battery cover.
Step 2

• Caution: Turn cell phone off before removing battery!
• Press battery to the right.
• Then lift up battery pack to remove.
Step 3
• Phone with battery removed
Step 4 Back Housing
• Remove the touchpad pen from the top left corner on the back to reveal the last of 6 screws to be removed.
Step 5
• 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.
Step 6
• Remove the SIM card so housing can be separated.
Step 7
• Use a plastic pry tool to separate the bottom of the case to remove the small plastic insert.
Step 8
• Remove the small plastic insert at the bottom of the phone.
Step 9
• Continue with plastic pry tool all the way around the phone to remove the back housing.
Step 10 Logic Board
• Carefully peel back the tape holding the speaker (left) and keyboard (right) connection tabs in place.
Step 11
• Using the plastic prying tool, lift the tabs and carefully pull the contact connections out on both sides.
• Be very careful, these electronics are delicate!
Step 12
• Separate the logic board from the case by lifting and pulling out the bottom.
Step 13 Speakers
• Pry the four plastic latches free that connect the antenna to the logic board.
• Excessive force may damage your logic board!
• Remove the antenna from the logic board.
Step 14
• The internal speaker is attached to the antenna. To remove it, pry the speaker from the antenna using the tip of your screwdriver.
• The speaker should be placed back into its spot in the correct position. Take notice of the gold connectors

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