Palm Zire 71 Motherboard/Screen Replacement

Written By: Jinxian Jiang

Comments: 6

Palm Zire 71 Motherboard/Screen Replacement

Difficulty

Easy

Steps

Time Required

5 minutes

Introduction

This is a guide for disassembling the motherboard and the screen.

Tools

Step 1

Flip the phone so it's facing screen-side down.
Slide the back cover upward to open.

Step 2

Use a Torx T5 screwdriver to remove the top two screws.

Informative tutorial, and the tools were required. However, there is an error in sliding the back off the lower unit. The bracket will not detach. Its wiring is glued and soldered to the back and can’t be pulled off along with the speaker without damaging the wire. Pulling the halves apart destroyed the wiring and trashed the unit.

Bruce Johnson - 17/05/21

Step 3

Remove the back sticker.
Remove the three bottom Phillips #00 screws.

Step 4

Flip the phone over so it's facing screen-side up.
Slide the screen upward by a few millimeters without detaching the screen.
Use the plastic opening tool to pry off the front panel.

I found it easier to go between the front panel and the back cover with a jimmy knife instead of the relatively thick plastic opening tool. It is very tight gap. Once you get inside that gap, the panel gets off immediately.

Lukas Gwardak -

Step 5

Remove the bottom two Phillips #00 screws.
Remove the bracket.
Use the plastic opening tool to pry off the speaker.

removing this bracket also requires un-gluing the wiring harness from the back shell. This will likely destroy the speaker connection since it is soldered onto the wiring tape.

Bruce Johnson - 17/05/21

When prying off the speaker, be careful to not damage the diaphragm which is glued to the speaker grill beneath. You can remove the ribbon cable by carefully pulling up the bottom connector.

Lukas Gwardak -

Step 6

Slide the back cover off.

Step 7

Remove the Philips #00 screw
Remove the sliver metal piece

Step 8

Remove the Philips screws #00
Remove the rear blue panel by prying both sides using the plastic opening tool

Be mindful of the switch on the right side. Super easy to miss... I ended up breaking mine.

SwitchKiller -

Step 9

Remove the black plastic sticker
Pull the tap up to remove the metal cap

You don't have to remove the black plastic sticker - you just need to separate the metal cap from the battery. The battery is glued to that metal cap..

Lukas Gwardak -