Motorola Droid Teardown Images!
Ladies and Gentlemen, the moment you have all been waiting for has arrived. Dr.Wreck has fully dissasembled his Brand New Motorola Droid from Verizon.
Stay tuned to his Twitter, and RSS feed for all the details as they come out! We’re currently in the process of identifying all of the devices on the logic board. Keep it locked on www.phonewreck.com!
Process
Taking this device apart is NO EASY TASK! Motorola has worked wonders to make this thing as suprising and delicate as possible. Dr.Wreck loves challenges, thus he commends you oh, motorola engineers!
The first thing you’ll need to do is remove the back cover and battery. Grab your trusty T6 and remove both the silver and black screws from the rear of the chassis. The silver screw holds the PCB in place. The Black Screws hold the back plate on the screen portion of the device.
Finding the next set of screws was a challenge. Dr.Wreck noticed a small wedge under the plastic piece above the google label at the very back of the phone. Here you’ll need a pin or very small prying device to get underneath and lift it away.
It’s important to be careful with these steps as these plastic pieces tend to be slightly brittle. Once you pull this piece away you will reveal another two T6 screws. Remove them.
Now to find the other screws… Where could they be?!
Aha, there’s another one placed underneath the google label and camera lens cover! Very sneaky Motorola.. Very sneaky indeed…
Now comes the most frustrating part…
The final 3 screws are located underneath that faux gold grating that covers the bottom of the battery door. Use a pin, wedge or staple remover to pry this up. Remove the 3 final and amazingly disguised T6 screws to free the Droid’s PCB.
Now, use your wedge the pry out the clips on the back part of the frame.
Tada!!!
Unfortunately, we’re far from done. There is still one more silver T6 locking the logic board in place. Remove that.
Now we need to pop off those flex cables that connect the device to the screen.
You can now flip away the PCB. And remove the remaining flex cable.
Now that the PCB is free, all that’s really left to do is remove the screen and slider mechanism. This can be done by pulling at the black plastic frame that creates the upper border for the device.
And that’s it! Interestingly enough, the sliding mechanism is essentially just two rails that are imbedded within the screen portion of the device – this is the simplest sliding mechanism we’ve ever seen! Stay tuned for the review to see what Dr.Wreck and Dr.Phone actually think about it!
HI guys:
Have the milestone teardown report ?
Could you identify or tell me the location of the phone (not GPS) antenna? I have an antenna amp and need to locate my external antenna over the internal one. Thx! Charlie
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Can anyone help me locate a replacement screen for the Motorola Droid? I’ve been looking and it seems people just want an extraordinary amount to fix them ($150-$190). I can do this myself if I get my hands on one.
Thanks!
Please add tutorial how to disasemble the keyboard? should i remove whole part like this??
thanks a lot
i use a standard blow dryer to heat labels, usually attach to back of battery lightly, makes them easier to find and reuse. the black wire that plugs to the board and runs down the side to the bottom, is that one of the antenna? i also use a plastic tool, rather than metal, to pry connectors and the housing, i find it less damaging.
The Motorola DROID continues to present new possibilities everyday. I have had it for about 10 months and I’ve had a Blackberry attached to my body because September 1998. Being connected is usually a essential component of my existence so I am often reachable by family and co-workers. I’m a bit addicted to the Marketplace for DROID Applications. If the device had unlimited memory I would check the capacity. I feel this OS could be the way on the long term and intend to develop with all of you to understand it by means of and as a result of. Thanks for the article.
I’ve had my droid since december but had to get a replacement as a result of the software program ruined my telephone when it up to date itself. So needless to say having troubles & discovered this excellent web site lol i do have a questio tho…my ram storage is gettin smaller & smaller..is there nethin i can do to assist get sum back?