Disassembly of BlackBerry 7130G

in 7100 Series

Important! Please be sure you have the proper tools for this disassembly, as well as a dust free environment you can create. I recommend that latex gloves be used to prevent fingerprints from showing on the lcd and other visible areas. Be sure to remember the dissasembly steps, as you will need to put it back together once you are done.

Tools Necassary

T-6 Driver, Prying Tool.

BlackBerry 7130G, 8100T, 8700R

Front of BlackBerry 7130G

Step 1; Remove Battery Door

Step 2; Remove Battery

Step 3; Remove Speaker Grille

Remove the Grille, by using the prying tool and unclipping the two bottom clips, once those are unclipped (one at each bottom left/right side), move the grille to the top to remove completely.

Step 4; Undo 4 Screws

Undo the bottom two, and the top two (that you just exposed) screws.

Step 5; Seperate Front/Rear Covers

Using the prying tool, unclip the top and bottom portion of the faceplate, starting with the bottom (as there are bigger clips near the top)

Step 6; Remove rear cover

Step 7; Remove front cover

Step 8; Undo 4 Screws

Undo the 4 screws that hold the speaker/battery tray.

Step 9; Remove Battery Tray

Step 10; Remove Upper LCD Clips

Using the prying tool, unclip the upper clips of the lcd.

Step 11; Remove Lower LCD Clips

Using the prying tool once more, unclip the bottom clips of the lcd.

Step 12; Remove Keyboard tray

Remove the keyboard tray gently, as there is a glued on microphone underneath, if done gently, you will gain access to the lcd ribbon cable underneath.