Difficulty
Easy
Steps
8
Time Required
5 - 10 minutes
Sections
2
- Outer Casing
- 5 steps
- Battery
- 3 steps
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Introduction
What you need
Step 1
Outer Casing
- Use the plastic opening tool to remove the 4 buttons on each corner of the Sidekick.
- Gently pry open button and remove button.
- Do this for each of the 3 buttons remaining.
Use the plastic opening tool to remove the 4 buttons on each corner of the Sidekick.
Gently pry open button and remove button.
Do this for each of the 3 buttons remaining.
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Step 2
- The bumpers on the top and bottom of the phone can be removed by simply “peeling” them off.
The bumpers on the top and bottom of the phone can be removed by simply “peeling” them off.
Step 3
- Use the T6 Torx Screwdriver to remove the 4 screws that are underneath the 4 buttons you removed in step one.
Use the T6 Torx Screwdriver to remove the 4 screws that are underneath the 4 buttons you removed in step one.
Step 4
- Flip the screen up halfway (90 degrees), to reveal the 2 screws above the right side of the keyboard.
- Use the Torx 6 screwdriver to remove these 2 screws.
- Be careful in handling the phone after removing the screws, because the two main bodies of the phone are no longer attached.
Flip the screen up halfway (90 degrees), to reveal the 2 screws above the right side of the keyboard.
Use the Torx 6 screwdriver to remove these 2 screws.
Be careful in handling the phone after removing the screws, because the two main bodies of the phone are no longer attached.
Step 5
- After removing the 6 screws and both bumpers, the phone will be easy to separate into the two main bodies.
- You can use your hands to simply pull apart the top casing from the bottom casing.
After removing the 6 screws and both bumpers, the phone will be easy to separate into the two main bodies.
You can use your hands to simply pull apart the top casing from the bottom casing.
Step 6
Battery
- Remove the 5 screws using the Phillips #00 Screwdriver.
Remove the 5 screws using the Phillips #00 Screwdriver.
Step 7
- Separate control board from housing using your fingers.
Separate control board from housing using your fingers.
Step 8
- Lightly pry upward on battery and back plate, and remove.
- Do not use metal tool to pry. Use your fingers.
Lightly pry upward on battery and back plate, and remove.
Do not use metal tool to pry. Use your fingers.
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Kyle Wilkins - Feb 9, 2022
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I have the battery out. Is their a way to check if it holds a charge? when I plugged charger into sidekick nothing lit up? is it a battery problem or a charge issue? The phone was never damaged. like the rest stop using it so died. figured battery is toast. this was a replacement tutorial. but doesn’t show new battery going in to make sure you did correctly. I need the text messages and other data from my phone pretty bad. any help greatly appreciated.
Dylan McLaughlin - Jun 24, 2022
Hi, I don’t have any Sidekick-specific advice here, but some for general data recovery from old phones like these. What I’ve done in the past is hunt down another donor phone that is functional, with a working charger, and use it to diagnose the issues on your phone, and make a working model with your motherboard.
