Bezel Swap

[J_lacolla]

Anybody swap there bezel out yet?

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[factoryflood]

FYI, its a royal pain in the *** and not worth it, its really easy to screw up the headphone jack, camera, trackball, etc. not really worth it for a simple cover change.

[TheSultan]

Yeh, that's a project I wouldn't think of trying. But I'm in awe of people who are comfortable doing that stuff!

[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by J_lacolla

Anybody swap there bezel out yet?

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Ive did it 3 times...im waiting for solid black bezel to arrive which will make it a 4th take apart put together..
Top button were a little tricky to get of original to replacement.
Side button were a peace of cake.After taking mine out I let them soak in Superclean for 3 days chrome striped of now their black.
Removing Carrier plastic peace at bottom peace of cake.

[J_lacolla]

Slingbox I think your talking whole housing, I'm just talking bezel and its really not a big project guys. Few plastic clips, few torq screws, and a few ribbon cables. Only issue is top lock and mute buttons

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[J_lacolla]

Originally Posted by factoryflood

FYI, its a royal pain in the *** and not worth it, its really easy to screw up the headphone jack, camera, trackball, etc. not really worth it for a simple cover change.

Its beyond me how you would screw up the camera and headphone jack unless your force the housing together. And as for the trackball there's not much to screw up.

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[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by J_lacolla

Slingbox I think your talking whole housing, I'm just talking bezel and its really not a big project guys. Few plastic clips, few torq screws, and a few ribbon cables. Only issue is top lock and mute buttons

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Bezel has 2 button attached with double stick tape with contact.
Plastic carrier plate is attached to bottom of original belez must come off as well.
I will post pic for you shortly.

Yes the side button are on frame body..im very excited that I turned them black so thinking went down hill lol
I painted ear peace metal black ,black button look sweet...Black bezel will totaly stealth mine out.
Im Stoked

[J_lacolla]

Those two buttons are the top lock and the mute buttons right? The actual button pads? Howd you get yours off? That's the only part I'm skeptical about.

I'm waiting for my order from cnn.cn to come in:
Black Bezel
Black Unbranded Bottom
Red w/ Chrome Trackball

Going for the black with a few chrome accents and the red to match the key pad and end call button.

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[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by J_lacolla

Those two buttons are the top lock and the mute buttons right? The actual button pads? Howd you get yours off? That's the only part I'm skeptical about.

I'm waiting for my order from cnn.cn to come in:
Black Bezel
Black Unbranded Bottom
Red w/ Chrome Trackball

Going for the black with a few chrome accents and the red to match the key pad and end call button.

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taking some pics for you now.
I will go into some detal in a few.

[Slingbox]

Fast pictures with some detail .




A < Pry under button sticky tab using utility knife very carfully
B < Take off speaker inso strip that goes around bezel peaker opening after buttons and contacts are taken off










C< Contact thats atched are to button ,Pry under sticky with utility knife very carfully








D - More detail button up.you can see button & wire that connects to contact

[J_lacolla]

Thank you, so its just the button pad attached on the top with sticky tape then wired to contacts beneath with more sticky tape?

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[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by J_lacolla

Thank you, so its just the button pad attached on the top with sticky tape then wired to contacts beneath with more sticky tape?

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Yes ,contact has stick as well...work bottom of it to pry up

Picture 1 (A) pry with utility knife on that side of button.
After both are pulled back from sticky remove from top pulling contact through hole very carefully

[Slingbox]

On bottom right side of page in link below their are a couple videos that go into more button detail removal etc which is how I learned

BlackBerry Tour 9630 OEM glossy black bezel - Cellular Nationwide Network - Cellular Accessories -

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[J_lacolla]

Thanks for the help now I just gotta wait for my package

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[Slingbox]

Originally Posted by J_lacolla

Thanks for the help now I just gotta wait for my package

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No problem.

I also recommend using new T6 screws.
I striped out top right screw a few weeks ago and it wasn't very fun to remove.
I had to snap screw by prying up bezel..not good at all

Were I get them
BlackBerry Tour 9630 OEM screws set - Cellular Nationwide Network - Cellular Accessories - 3G,