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Old 12-16-2009, 02:37 AM
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Exclamation Storm2 9520 Teardown w/Detailed Pics
I've had the opportunity to work on a Storm2 9520 and take some pics while opening it up. Thanks to karanveer for the Storm2 that is pictured here! Repairs are nearly done!

Note that this is a very early pre-production model, so a few things have changed since it was built including the piezo disks and screen buttons. However, most of the other basics are still the same.

Theres a lot of pics, so this will be in two posts.

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Old 12-16-2009, 02:39 AM
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You are one brave soul opening it up like that lol



Thanks though! I was curious about it because my brother needs to replace his digitizer

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Replacing the screen in this model would be a huge PITA!

The final assembly of the screen must get done with it inside the front frame because there is no way to remove the screen assembly without removing the backplate.
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That was detailed and.......awesome! Great pics and descriptions.
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So what would you suggest? How should I go about doing this? Take it all apart like you? Or what?

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any idea where the vibration is controlled in the phone. if it wasnt so loud this phone would truly be perfect
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any idea where the vibration is controlled in the phone. if it wasnt so loud this phone would truly be perfect
Yup....

Most phones have a small motor with an oblong cam on it. When the motor spins the cam (which is out of balance) the phone vibrates. This is how the Storm 1 worked as well.

In the Storm 2, the piezos vibrate - in essence the screen vibrates. There is no vibrate motor.

It's possible that RIM could change the intensity of the vibration in the firmware, but there is no user intensity control.
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Wow! Nice post thanks!

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Amazing. You stopped my mind from wondering.

Really the screen vibrates. That's crazy.

This post needs to be a sticky

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X2 on the sticky. Thanks for the pics!
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Sticky sticky sticky!!!!!
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Awesome post, thanks for taking the time to label the pics too
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This was a truly awesome post it really answers a lot of questions.... Also I just like to know what I have inside and out and you certainly assisted me in finding this out!
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Very nice layout. Thanks for the how to and your time involved in documenting this.

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