G300 disassembly

[Guest shweeney]

has anyone taken their G300 apart?

mine got wet and is now vibrating constantly - want to disassemble and clean the PCB or in extremis remove the vibrating unit altogether.

First question I guess is what size star-drive screwdrivers do I need?

[Guest Davidoff59]

Pretty sure it is T5 Torx head

[Guest unaszplodrmann]

Pretty sure it is T5 Torx head

Aye, it is. Well remembered.

[Guest Al_1604]

has anyone taken their G300 apart?

mine got wet and is now vibrating constantly - want to disassemble and clean the PCB or in extremis remove the vibrating unit altogether.

First question I guess is what size star-drive screwdrivers do I need?

Would you take some pictures as you go and post them?

[Guest Skip Tracer]

I would try the bowl of rice trick first then dismantle if all else fails.

[Guest Davidoff59]

http://www.wirelessgoodness.com/2012/02/27/huaweis-ascend-g300-android-smartphone-hits-the-fcc-gets-torndown/

[Guest LMariachi]

Thanks, has anyone disassembled it?

I'm going to buy a screen replacement and the T5 Torx head screwdriver (thank you guys) and try to replace it.

Mine dropped to the floor with screen down ans cracked...f**cking Vodafone Portugal want's 80€ to replace it.

If i'm successfull i'll make a post with all steps for screen replacement. :unsure: :wacko:

[Guest Icos1]

Thanks, has anyone disassembled it?

I'm going to buy a screen replacement and the T5 Torx head screwdriver (thank you guys) and try to replace it.

Mine dropped to the floor with screen down ans cracked...f**cking Vodafone Portugal want's 80€ to replace it.

If i'm successfull i'll make a post with all steps for screen replacement. :unsure: :wacko:

Hello,

do you know where to buy spareparts for this mobile? I need to replace the silver screen bezel and I can't find where they sell it....

Thanks for advise

[Guest shweeney]

thanks to the folks on this thread I got the thing disassembled eventually.

this doohicky here is the vibrator:

here it is after I plinked it off the PCB

didn't seem to be anything I could do to stop it constantly vibrating so I ripped the wires off the PCB and reassembled. Unfortunately it appears the GSM circuitry is hosed (not sure if this is from the moisture, or my subsequent handiwork) so I can no longer connect to my mobile network leaving me with a rather small wi-fi only tablet. (also the lights behind the softkeys are constantly flickering, but this seems to be a cosmetic problem only)...