90mph smash , slider problems
 

Hello all

As shows in the title my N900 just happened to slip out of my pocket while i was on the bike apart from 1 little problem my slider dose not work, all the buttons on the keyboard work and all is fine apart from this. I have installed health check and even in there with the keyboard open it shows as closed ; in txt messages even with keyboard open it dispalys onscreen keyboard and i do not get lightup keyboard anymore.

So any sugestions ? already had the phone open to clean out the grit but unsure on how the open keyboard switch is activated .

i await ur replys.

thanks chris

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Wow - you're lucky its still even semi-functional!

I know that's not helpful and I hope you get it fixed. Possibly some sort of ribbon cable linking them together?

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Dont know if it helps but, if you have to unmount it...

http://www.nokian900applications.com...0-in-48-steps/

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

haha i no i am lucky first thought on slowing down was sh*t its in a thousand peices but lucky shes a tought lil girl :d

*n in regars to the ribbon cable all looks fine was hoping it would be on a magnet switch like the n96 was but nothing that i can see there

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

The open keyboard switch is magnetic I think, so presumably the magnet has been dislodged. Exactly where it sits (and where it's ended up) I don't know though.

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

What are you doing goin 90mph anyways? :P

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There is a thread with the full service manual PDF for the Nokia N900... i cant find it I’m sure somebody knows where it is...

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In some countries it's allowed you know :)

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Sure i have seen this before but not to sure and im in work atm can any1 tell me if in the video if he actual dismounts the slider and not just the back to the screen ?

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Sorry i ment 70 my 9 & 7 keys must be messed up aswell haha :d

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Sweet pants! You need to secure that better. I've had a phone (and numerous things) slip out of my pocket while in my doorless Jeep. I always keep my stuff in the right side of my pants now.

You'll need to completely disassemble it, there's also a YouTube video of how to do so.

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Id be interested in that PDF aswell..

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LOL... as if u never speed ;)

are there no scratches etc?? camera working still??? :confused:

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Nope never me im a good boy :D

And there sre some scratches to the plasics where the pen slides in apart from that everything is as it was new (o and i lost my sylus aswell :()

But thanks all for your sugestions, in relation to the dissasemble vid it still dose not tell you how to remove the slider just the slider and cover as a whole unit, suppose its just going to be a trial and error job.

Thanks anyway to all of you

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

any got any links to the pdf that was talked about earlier ??
would be a great help.

Thanks

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

here try this.. its not the pdf, but it shows where the slider portion is attached to the bottom of the screen

http://www.engadget.com/2009/12/04/n...one-semantics/

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

ohh and PS: DONT use a screw driver to leverage things out.. that will most likely scratch and bend the parts.. try to get yourself one of the plastic shims.. those work better and are always handy when taking apart electronics =)

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Just google for "nokia n900 service manual". It's not clear on where the magnet is, but the disassembly instructions look pretty good.

Re: 90mph smash , slider problems
 

Check out this thread scroll down to Venomrush he has the PDF download links http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php...616#post524616

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