[cmknight]

Hey guys, remember me?

I had the 9900 and leaked those hands-on photos back in June . I have been fortunate to get my hands on a commercial released Bold 9900 from Rogers and I have been using it since last week.

Well, today, my team and I over @ BisVN decided to take it apart to see all the components inside and put it back together.

First, let me just say that despite a few minuses, it is still one of the hottest/ most sought for phones in Vietnam at the moment. There have been a few shops in Vietnam that sell them (not a lot) and the prices that they are asking for is outrageous, almost 1000USD.

We wanted to do it iFixit's style, and we are positive that we are the first group in Vietnam to even dare disassemble such high-price phone like the 9900.

Please check out the photos and clip (lot of pics)

Disassembling process begins - we used a sim card to peel of the piece with Rogers logo off. There's a small hole where the microphone is. Gotta be careful because this piece is glued on and we could easily break it


Using a tweezer to take out the keyboard


Next, it will be another 2 screws on the main body (highlighted in red)


The next step, **this step is very crucial**, slightly pull down the screen to reveal the last 2 screws!! RIM was very slick in hiding these last 2 screws behind the screen. And you have to slide the screen down as suggested in the above picture. If you try to pick the screen, you will break the screen


The screen is also attached to the main body by a cable, we need to take this cable off. Taking the cable off


The back piece - 3 highlighted parts are antennas for radio, wifi and GPS


The front of the main body - 4 highlighted parts are camera, MicroSD slot, flash light, and Sim card slot consecutively


The whole thing taken apart. There are only 6 screws in total!!

After taking the 9900 apart, BisVN put it back together and it runs perfectly



For more pictures and exclusives, head over to BisVN

Shout out to Dermaheal Vietnam for their support in helping BisVN to complete this piece

Peace from Vietnam,

Team BisVN

[jinxednuance]

It breaks my heart to see a Bold disassemble this way.

But thanks for the "inside" view!

[1911]

dont try this at home!!

[deejayburnout]

Cool

However I won't be trying that anytime soon.

Typed with my Fingers on my Bold 9900 using Tapatalk

[iPinkk]

I can't believe you took a brand spankin new 9900 apart !!

I wouldn't even do that with my current 8mth old bold 9650.

thx for sharing the pix tho, it is quite interesting

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[Oncastillo]

Good and informative!

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[hoangnhuu]

good job and thanks for Dermaheal VN

[stonecold3]

Very good job done. I could never believe even in my dream that I would treat a BB device this way.

Thanks.

[littlestone]

that's really unbelievable, i used 3 BB phones and i dont even dare to take off its bezel

guys, it's awesome, a naked BB !!!

[qquangvinhh]

oaw!
Thank cmknight so much!
this's document repair very good!

[hoangnhuu]

Vietnam have alot of heroes, thanks.

[Bold9930]

Not sure I understand the purpose of this? I'm not sure what I've learned?

[cmknight]

Not sure I understand the purpose of this? I'm not sure what I've learned?

hey,

you could use this as a guide for future reference if you ever need to replace any part or component of your new device.

We simply showed you how to take it apart and put it together.

I thought it could at least be helpful to some.

Regards,

Khanh

[mr.middlesex]

Not sure I understand the purpose of this? I'm not sure what I've learned?

Crackberry is the best place for people can share their knowldege of blackberry, so this is really a helpful topic .

I have a blackberry 9900 ( Testing version). I bought it when i traveled to Shēnzhèn - China . ......and.... I am going to disassemble it right now

Special thanks to BISVN and Crackberry :->

P/S: I'm just wondering that "Dermaheal vn" is a hospital for blackberry in vietnam, isnt it ?

[travaz]

Its quite amazing to see what makes all the magic happen. I found it very interesting. Thanks guys!

[otacon#AC]

It's a very good reference if you ever need to replace something. Plus I love seeing stuff disassembled. Good job.

[hoangnhuu]

good evening BISVN....

[gunston]

why did you want to dismantle it?

[cmknight]

why did you want to dismantle it?

Just want to see the components inside

[CatlinFD]

Need to replace my screen, will follow this.

[jly.public]

I only see 4 screws from the pictures, but you mentioned 6 total. Am I missing something?

Thanks for the good write-up. I could definitely use this info when dust gets underneath my screen.

[spencerdl]

Good job, and nice pictures. This procedure is a little above my pay grade, but I will be glad to call on your expertise if ever needed

[Mr.Monty]

Doesn't look overly complex (not that I plan on tearing into my Bold anytime soon) and hopefully I will never need to look for this thread lol

Thanks for the pics!

[CatlinFD]

I only see 4 screws from the pictures, but you mentioned 6 total. Am I missing something?

Thanks for the good write-up. I could definitely use this info when dust gets underneath my screen.

It won't help you, you'd have to lift the glass which requires heating up the glass and lifting it or using a suction cup. You can't easily separate the glass from the digitzer/LCD. You'd have to replace the two like I am as I have liquid under the glass.

[mssca]

Thank you for posting this.... It is fun to see what's inside of my phone. LOL

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