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[XPERIA X10 General] letmedanz:
Well i do not know if am competent enough or brave enough even, to open the phone :D

The visible damage seemed purely external, cos the guy at the service center just removed the screws & fixed it back which made me feel that it was just displaced.

The reason am not certain if the board needs to be changed is cos they hardly took any time to check the phone. In 10 mins they said nothing can be done except changing the board :(
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Well, the Cam is maybe just slipped out of its connector.
[XPERIA X10 General] holland6045:
How hard was this to do? I have very miniscule experience in such things but i would really like to change the white lights to something a little less blinding.
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
In that case I'd suggest you just to paint the LEDs with a blake marker.

Soldering is very hard. The LEDs are placed on a kind of rubber foil.
[XPERIA X10 General] naruto20007:
I just drop my xperia x10 and it got a big scar on the Touchscreen and the backcover is full of scraps. So I decided to by the new Full Housing and Touchmodule to replace the old broken one. I've read you "X10 Disassembled" Guide, but I got A bit confuse. Can you attach a Word or PDF file including all the required steps to Change the Full Housing and Touchmodule.

I bought a Genuine Full Housing and Touchmodule from eBay England and I need to know what kind of double sided tape to buy for the Touchmodule and the front cover.

Thank you very much
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
A Word or PDF File?

For what?

You can print the thread to an PDF if you like...

But there won't be written anything else...

The double sided tape comes with the new touch module and is already applied.
[XPERIA X10 General] g31forex:
Wifi Chip

Anybody notice while their cases were open and pieces pulled out if SE was using the Texas Instruments WL- wireless chip again? Or anybody know? TI did the wifi for the x1 and I think its also in the x10 mini - but I've been digging pretty hard and can't find any proof of it being in the x10.
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Well, there is no WiFi chip visible on the shots I toke and placed on first page.

So I guess, it is hidden somewhere under on complete covered area with soldered deflector.

Or is it included within the QSD8250?

I'm not sure anymore, as Qualcomm changed their Spec Sheets from "WiFi included" to "WiFi supported":

http://www.qualcomm.com/products_services/chipsets/snapdragon.html
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
Hello,

I just ordered a black x10 housing from ebay.

I have a white x10 and want to replace the white housing with the black one but keep my white digitizer.

I read through the guide's, and have enough knowledge myself too, and do I understand correctly that I need to take apart the whole display module to do this?

Like ****nab did, only then the other way around (black housing, white digitizer).

Thanks.
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Well, you have to do it anyway, if you replace the front housing.

Otherwise you can't split both. :)

But that part is peace of cake.

Hardest is to wiggle the back part out... :rolleyes:
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
Thank you for your quick reply :)

Just to be sure, this is the item I bought.

Have you yourself succeeded to take apart the touch module? :D

I have an industrial hot air blower but I think that it will make the touch module too hot... maybe i can find a hairdryer somewhere :p

Guten abend!
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Uhm.. Nearly... But that one is just the back housing. Using this will only make the back part black, while the front frame and the touch module stay white.

This one replaces both, the back part and the front frame and you would only keep the touch module.

Well, I never had to replace one... So no: I have not succeeded, yet :D

Ik wens jij ook een prachtig avend ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
Hmm... you could be right.. but in fact, I actually only need the black plastic middle chassis, wich is also included with this item I bought.

Just to be correct: I want to change the middle plastic part of the phone to black. The plastic part where the power button, 3,5 mm jack and usb connector are located and wich follows through around the sides to below the three chrome buttons.

Or did I understand completely wrong and is the middle plastic part, the part you see when you remove the back cover? :P haha

Because the part I would need is displayed on the pictures of the black ánd the white version of this seller and this is the only product this seller sells besides the touch module and just the back covers...

I guess I will have to wait and see because the order cannot be reversed, haha

If it doesnt contain what I need I will resell it here for somebody who really needs it :D
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Naah, you're right :-) .

I confused the first pic on ebay.

I'm sure everything will be fine :-D

Sent from my.... argh STFU ><
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
I hope so :p

I will post a message here when I'm working on it and perhaps some pictures too!
[XPERIA X10 General] CoopZor:
Thank U McKebapp.

You did a great job with this tutorial.

I managed to buy me a broken X10 (85€) and buyed a digitizer (65$) and followed your guide and everything was very clear.

2 things do :

1. I keep on leaving dirt between the digitizer and lcd, any tips to leave it clean ?

2. The menu button does not work any-more, the other buttons work just fine, what can i do ? i opened it all up and made sure the connections were tight pressed, what else can i do ?
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Thanks :-)

Well:

1.: Keep your work area as clean as possible.

There should be no dust or fluff around you.

My trick is to wait for a slight windy, cloudy, but dry day. Then I go to my balcony and do my work over there.

To clean the parts, I make use of 99% isopropyl alcohol and kitchen paper.

Forget all of the damn fluff free cloth. They spread the dust but don't pick it up.

With a alcohol wet paper you get any tiny bastard and afterwards the alcohol will evaporate without any residues (as long as it is 99% and not 70%).

2.: Uhm... Hard to say.. Did the button work before? Are you 100% sure?

Clean the connector and the socket with are brush that is iso-alc soaked.

And / Or flush the ribbon with iso alc. I'm talking about the area where the tiny "knick-knack" (I don't know the correct name, but I'm sure you know what I'm talking about) plates are.

If that doesn't work, you'll have to get a new one to check it out any further :(
[XPERIA X10 General] CoopZor:
Thanx mate

I open it up today and take a decent look at it again.

You have any idea where i can order a new one ?
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
For sure.

My former wholesaler lists most of the X10 parts:

http://www.handyersatzteilshop.de/r_Handy-Ersatzteile_SonyEricsson_Xperia+X10_.html

Not Cheap, but 100% OEM and the guys are reliable.
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
how did you remove the digitizer? using a hairdryer or did you just rip it of :p
[XPERIA X10 General] CoopZor:
I buyed a broken X10 (from you'r country :) ) for 85€

The person wanted to switch to a white case and broke the digitizer.

Now i have a cellphone with 2 casings, i'm gonna sell the wite one, what would be a correct price to ask for ?
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Is it used?

I'd say 15€ + low shipping...

A new one incl. free shipping is available for 21€:

http://www.dealextreme.com/details.dx/sku.37130
[XPERIA X10 General] guess.whoo:
hey guys

i know that this doesn´t belong to this topic, but maybe I can help somebody who is looking for one x10i with functional digitizer and other spare parts except the main board.

When I try to boot my device it restarts over and over again. and due to a fact, that my usb connector got broken few months ago, I am not able to reflash it.

if is somebody interested just leave me personal message, or if somebody knows how to fix it, I would greatly appreciate it (€) ;)
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
So I just got home today and there was an bubble envelope from the royal mail on my door mat. The label said: Housing X10 Black.

I tore it open and instantly started to rip apart my oh so white x10.

Turned on my computer and from favorites bar i clicked on "X10 Disassembled thread" on XDA.

(Just to throw this out there: I (probably :p) could not have done this without your guide McKebapp!)

Then found out that I didnt have a torx 6 screwdriver... only 8 to 30 :eek:

So went to the hardware store just to find out that they didnt sell a torx 6 screwdriver separate.. so i had to buy a €20 set.. :o

.....

..........

When I completely disassembled my x10 I came to the last bottleneck (or at least I had read so on the forums): the touchscreen module.

For me, actually, I didnt find it so much of a trouble. I just putted the screenmodule on the heater for a couple of minutes (just to be sure) and slid through it with my creditcard.

Just to cut things short here are some pictures.

If you have any questions, ask them in this thread. NO PM's!

Everybody, who wants to do this, should know everything! =)

(i left out the usb-cover-thingy on purpose because i hate it)
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
...Whoops...
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Very nice work man!

Afaik this is the first "reverse Stormtrooper" around.

I'll put the picurs to the first post, if it's o.k. for you?

Great Idea:

I hope this will help others out.

I'll also attach this to my guide.

-------------------------------------------------

Next, a few lines to myself:

I'm sorry guys, but I've recently bought a Desire HD, just after S///E told, that there won't be any further official Platform updates. It will arrive tomorrow.

Well, I'm pretty sure, J. Bin4ry, Z and the other guys will bring up many good ROMs. But I'm very unhappy with S///E after all.

I've owned about all of their Smartphones since the awesome R380e.

Then P800, P900, P910.

And then everything went worse...

M600? Just a Beta.

P1i? Beta + Cam...

Afterwards I accidentally bought a Satio... With Nokia Firmware? S///E, are you Serious?

And now... after the lousy X10i... I'm done...

Maybe I'll return after the successor of the upcoming "Arc" will once be better...

But for now? As I saw the crappy build quality of the PlaystationPhone?

Over and out....

Of course I'll still support your questions.

But my phone will be sold on Sunday eve.

So I won't be able to disassemble mine, if there are any further needs for... :(
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
Thank you =) :D

It is ok ;)

Too bad you're getting out of the X10 business.. :(

But I truly understand it. Played around with a desire hd myself yesterday... it really is nice and was thinking of buying it, but i'll give SE another chance with the Arc. I only had SE's over the last 10 years :p
[XPERIA X10 General] letmedanz:
Hi Mckebapp

Hope you alright mate. Been a while.

Relating to this post: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9695830&postcount=235

that i had posted earlier.

To summarize, in a fit of anger & frustration (which i totally regret now :P), i flung my x10 against the wall.. yeah i really did.

Nothing much happened besides the casing coming undone & bent at a portion (top left to be precise) that resulted in the camera & vibrate not working (amongst other smaller glitches).

I posted to check if this could be fixed by myself & been reading this thread regularly.

Something funny happened last night. I was reading a message whilst sitting down & you guessed it.. i dropped the phone. This time it was an accident and it slipped from my hands onto a carpet floor.

SURPRISE! the vibrate stated working!

Albeit very weirdly. i mention weirdly cos it is a very 'hollow' kinda shake.

It's very loud and shakes like a real vibrator. lol.

i think i am now really ready now to open her up and see if its just a little displacement that may have ended the working of the camera & the vibrate, and if i cud push it around to fix them.

Is this as simple as it sounds?

i assume i do not need to remove the screen and the more dangerous stuff up front as i did read your post about the position of the vibrate.

Any suggestions would be highly appreciated as am gonna take the plunge this evening after work.

Let me know!!

thanks a million for this thread :cool:
[XPERIA X10 General] letmedanz:
Bump!

Is everyone on a holiday?

Awaiting some response before i can get to doing this
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Well, why do you want to open the phone, if now everything is working again?
[XPERIA X10 General] CuBz90:
I assume it is because the vibration sounds weird, as he mentions in his post
[XPERIA X10 General] letmedanz:
Cos the camera is not working yet..

and the vibrate doesn't seem right...

You know these really old phones, where vibrate technology ad just been implemented?

Where the vibrate is louder than the ring tone itself?

And the vibration is so strong that it drops off a table when it rings...

:)
[XPERIA X10 General] letmedanz:
I would also like to add that the vibrate is not consistent.

To elaborate, the vibrate does not work ALL the times.

It does like 90% of the time for all calls, msgs and other alerts.

But this percentage falls very low, say 40-50% of times for tactile feedback.

I am assuming it is the same component which induces this feedback....
[XPERIA X10 General] gabby2007:
nice guide! done it perfectly on my x10
[XPERIA X10 General] kloud_:
My usb on the phone became loose today... have to push the usb towards the screen to charge the phone.... is there a solution to this problem?

The usb was fine before i went to sleep, in morning when i tried to charge the phone i faced this problem. :(

Regards

kLouD
[XPERIA X10 General] adi007:
video disassembly Sony Ericsson Xperia X10

Hello, I found video tutorial to easy disassembly and reassembly Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 ! I think it is much easier way to disassembly X10 than McKebapp tutorial.

hotfile.com/dl/48411548/f6606ab/SE_X10i_Disassembly.rar.html

It is pdf file, the movies are include the pdf, so you must disable safe reading option in Adobe/Foxit Reader for watching this videos.
[XPERIA X10 General] mahmoodfadaei:
How can I separate touchscreen from front cover?

please help!!!
[XPERIA X10 General] exsulis:
I was looking at the photos of the phone but I didn't notice Rom chip. Does anyone know the MFG/part number for the chip?

Thanks

:)
[XPERIA X10 General] Kelvin0007:
Same as me, or nand flash chip (maybe the same dunno) any help?? can someone mark it in another pic plz.
[XPERIA X10 General] brent0r:
Ive had an x10 for several months now, on day two of owning the phone i put it in my pocket with my keys and when i took it out the amera lens was scratched bad :(

the pictures still look great but i am hoping to one day replace this. Just looked at the videos on disassemply and am wondering if the camera/camera conver? can be replaced easily. Anyone had experience in this? Also is there anywhere that sells parts for the x10?
[XPERIA X10 General] Z3X:
Has anyone had any luck as of yet finding the issue surrounding the broken USB?

My second X10 is now broke due to the same issue with the USB port becoming loose.. Typical.

I tried preasuring it back into place, and put a very small piece of thermal plastic on top of the metal and put my cover back on to take away any movement. Still not joy.

I think the metal gets in the way of actualy pushing the internal circuit back onto the board! Anyone got any ideas?

I am contemplating on cautiously trying a heat gun to attempt to re solder it but the plastic in the center of the metal usb case will most likely melt :@
[XPERIA X10 General] fukenbiker:
shop manual

Absolutely it's a shop manual thank you very much the pictures are over the top
[XPERIA X10 General] col.guile:
I've taken mine apart and the camera bit is easily replaced. when you diassemble and get the motherboard out, turn it over and the camera assembly just pops off. its connected to mb by push fit connector. just buy a replacement camera module from ebay or somewhere.
[XPERIA X10 General] col.guile:
My usb port is no more :D I tried a heat gun/hot air soldering to reflow the solder on the joints twice but it didn't work. So in a rage fit I tried removing the whole connector thinking I'd buy a replacement and solder it in (I have experience in soldering). I actually ripped off the contacts on the mb so theres nothing to solder to, just the bare board lol. the metal pads on the mb came off attached to the bottom of the usb connector legs. Moral of the story? Don't try to remove the usb connector without removing the excess solder from the other side of the mb on the front legs, and take your time and don't get angry :D

My phone still works, just can't update it at all. and theres a big hole in the top where the connector used to be :)
[XPERIA X10 General] brent0r:
Thanks, after looking at my phones camera it almost looks like theyve put a clear plastic protection strip similar to the phones front touch one over the camera lens. So i could possibly take that off..

My other option I am considering is buying this..

It's the middle frame bit which looks to have the camera cover or protective bit. What do you think
[XPERIA X10 General] latino147:
Hi guys,

I had dissasembled my x10 for 98% to replace the cover and frontscreen plastic bc it had a lot of scratches. 98%? Yes 98% bc when I tried to remove the touchscreen from the frontscreen the touchscreen broke :(

Now I am contemplating buying a new one (60 euro's). But how can I attach the new screen to the new frontscreen plastic that I have? Just use superglue? Or does the new touchscreen come with some double side tape?
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
Thanx for the pix guys...

Hmmmmm.. Rule 34 :D
[XPERIA X10 General] TimMun:
lol fail

You should have read my guide and put it on the heater or something hot at least :P
[XPERIA X10 General] latino147:
I had used a hair dryer for 5 minutes, it was as hot as hell and on my first try it broke :mad:
[XPERIA X10 General] soggytomato:
great guide-gonna ave a go at changing my scratched screen soon now i've seen this
[XPERIA X10 General] yugiyao:
cool nice shot...

Thank you for your pic
[XPERIA X10 General] totoboy7:
Thanks for pictures!
[XPERIA X10 General] jaykeeley:
Just dropped my phone and broke the touch screen :( The LCD is fine, how hard is it to separate and replace the touch panel? Do new panels come with adhesive?

Cheers guys!

Edit: Did some more checking and ordered the digitizer and front cover :)

phone teardown began seconds later :P
[XPERIA X10 General] Bezma:
Please help

Hi,

i have problems with my x10i within the warranty period so I sent my phone back to the provider. It had problems with the battery. Half a day and the battery was empty. Lots of calls (even with full battery) just dropped during the call. The phone did not turn of completely though. just dropped the call.

A repair company looked at it and said the warranty is voided because of "pressure" damages?! The exact description was, print break or something. it's in dutch.

I thought WTF? They even added pictures of the "damaged" part.

I don't see anything damaged there. What I do see is all the red stuff and on your pictures I don't see it. Is that something the repair company put in there to cover up something?

Please can you look at it and see if they are right. I don't believe them at all. The part they are talking about looks firm to me from the outside. Also there absolutely no problems with charging the battery. Is the red part normal ?

imuc.nl/2010/06/374/

You can click on the pictures for a larger view
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
Interesting.. show us the pics.
[XPERIA X10 General] jaykeeley:
My X10 has it on the USB connector too, its just to prevent shorts afaik
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
Take it back and be persistent.

They should replace it.

SE put that there to stop the USB breaking off.
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
Double post please delete.
[XPERIA X10 General] Bezma:
OmegaRED^

please look at this link URL: imuc.nl/2010/06/374/

watch the space. I had to put it there, because prohibits puting links in the post if you haven't reached 8 posts yet.

Sorry about that.
[XPERIA X10 General] CoopZor:
Hey man, i replaced the digitizer a few months back, and it was very easy thanx to you'r guide.

But now i have the problem my X10i reboots everytime my battery temp. goes above 40 degrees.

Do you know where i can find the temp. measure unit ? so i can maybe disable it so i don't have this annoying problem anymore.

This rebooting problem comes more around with X10, and its really anoying.

I dont think i can expect help from SE because i replaced the digitizer and have no receipt of it anymore.

So it would be great if i could disable it :)
[XPERIA X10 General] OmegaRED^:
You see.. they glue the usb port in place.

You take it back and force them to replace your board.
[XPERIA X10 General] KameSense:
Just a HUGE THANK YOU for this disassembly guide.

Thanks to your work, I was able to replace my cracked screen for 50€ doing it myself instead of more than 100€ !

Big thank you again !
[XPERIA X10 General] leechgod27:
So physically applicable MODs started too....:D

my friend already increased its physical RAM to 1GB,now playing with amoled display & qualcom 1.2 Ghz DUal core processor:cool::cool::cool:
[XPERIA X10 General] wkkm007:
You mean changing the hardware?
[XPERIA X10 General] brent0r:
So I replaced the digitizer but the glue is now no good that holds the new ones glass to the housing. Anyone had this problem? (I read a page back someone doing this but didnt see any help)

I tried silicon but it hasnt held well enough :( Anyways it was all a waste of time, the LCD is now damaged - I damaged it when replacing the digitizer :( So I have ordered another and am waiting. Anyone know if the touchscreen should work 100% ok with a damaged LCD screen? My replacement digitizer doesnt seem like its good but I'm hoping this is due to the damaged LCD but I cant really check.

I'd say if I fail with this new LCD ill just sell it to someone.. Im really pissed of that Im losing such a good phone, should be a good buy to whoever buys it and can repair it, I wish I could
[XPERIA X10 General] petric1:
How did you replace digitizer?It is glued to housing?By heating or what?
[XPERIA X10 General] sjondenon:
anyone who recognizes the DAC (sound chip)?
[XPERIA X10 General] filas312:
LM48861 I think.
[XPERIA X10 General] superangel16:
Digitizer replace

I im trying to replace the housing of my phone, but i am lost with on thing, When you quit the digitizer of the old face housing how do you put it in the new Housing Face? What kind of glue i have to use, i don't want to quit it instead i know how to put it in again. HELP PLEASE
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
F7N0A1177214 is the number that is printed on the displaymodule itself.

You can't see it from the pics.

The copper coloured thingly, it is printed on, is on right side of this <-- pic -->
[XPERIA X10 General] Tulips:
Ahh i see, stupid me...
[XPERIA X10 General] Tjotte:
I'm surprised this is not cousing alot more questions and speculations?! I myself have no real knowledge about phone parts so i would'nt know what to ask about but i thought this would draw alot more attention =/
[XPERIA X10 General] brunswick000:
While im no techy in this department at all ive been searching touch screens and model numbers for about an hour now and can't find any thing in reference to the numbers provided. The best luck I had was searching producers of capacitive touch screens but still no luck with the numbers.
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
Well... Maybe they use their own S///E partnumbers instead of the manufacturers partnumbers.

Maybe we should first concentrate on finding "similar looking" touchscreen parts.
[XPERIA X10 General] teamshao:
You, my friend, are one brave, brave man. :D
[XPERIA X10 General] Tjotte:
Dont know if it gives anything but i tried googling the string aswell taking away one letter/number at a time and started getting hits on F7N0A, my only problem is it's all in kanji... wich i can't read.. any Chinese here can find any info in this?
[XPERIA X10 General] McKebapp:
1. share the link with us :rolleyes:

2. googles website translation may help :confused: