Comments on: Nokia E65: Red AND Mocca

By: Fish

Fish — Fri, 04 Jan 2008 12:58:37 +0000

Forgot to mention you have to remember to transfer across the charging socket and microphone from the old case back to the new. If you don’t you lose the ability to speak with the phone. Ask me how I know… go on… ask me!!!

By: Fish

Fish — Thu, 03 Jan 2008 20:38:15 +0000

Unfortunately the video has also now gone at Nokia’s request.

However having just changed the back I reckon it’s actually easier than it looks.

The problem is 4 screws are easy to get to but the one at the top is obscured by the slide. To access it you need to move the slide aside.

The way to do it is like this. Looking at the side of the phone with the front cover off you’ll see two steel rods that the slide moves up and down on. It’s simple to push these up and out of the housing (with a small screwdriver). This frees up the front of the phone (screen etc) which you can lift and move down slightly. You can now access the top screw.

When you take out the long rods two plastic “buffers” will fall out each side. One (on my phone white) goes at the bottom of the rod and the other smaller black one goes at the top. Make a note of these as you take the rod out and make sure you don’t lose them…

Once the top screw is out you can unclip the back carefully bearing in mind there are still wires attached (sim card/memory card holder and the side buttons).

The sim card wires are easy to deal with by unclipping the tiny circuit board but the side buttons are trickier. The electronics themselves behind the buttons appear to be stuck with tape into the phone but pull out with care. The plastic buttons themselves had me stumped until I realised they actually come out through the side of the back case rather than through the inside. If you push a small screwdriver in next to the buttons you’ll be able to unlatch them and once one button is pulled through the others are easier.

Putting it back together is much easier and is fairly obvious. Make sure you get the little plastic buffers onto the rods properly noting they have a small stud on them that fits into a hole on the case.

Of course if you attempt this and brick your phone I don’t know ’nuffin’…

By: BullDog

BullDog — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 18:32:01 +0000

OK, guys, a little bit late post, but …
For all really interested to disassemble their E65 following movie is the ultimate guide: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQI4oBhU-4
But it is also a litlle bit … discouraging (at least for me

By: ~THE

~THE — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:02:36 +0000

Yup, agree with William. please upload a copy of the disassembly instructions.

or -AK- can you share how you did it?

By: ~THE

~THE — Fri, 05 Oct 2007 06:02:14 +0000

Yup, agree with William. please upload a copy of the disassembly instructions.

of -AK- can you share how you did it?

By: -AK-

-AK- — Sat, 22 Sep 2007 14:52:43 +0000

Have been a user of the E65 for 9months now and am very pleased. Of course with everyday use, and actually leaving the phone out in the sun, the paint actually started to PEEL off. Very annoying. However, I got hold of a new casing and decided to replace it myself. I agree, there are some very complicated steps in order to disassemble the phone successfully and then reassemble it they way it should be but has worked out great for me. Took about an hour in total, looking through different guides on the net etc but in the end I’ve ended up with a brand-new looking E65 for a mere £10.
Very good!!

By: William

William — Mon, 17 Sep 2007 15:03:04 +0000

Hey, is there any way you can re-post the guide? Its Gone =(

By: Adz

Adz — Wed, 25 Jul 2007 23:43:19 +0000

at last, thanks for the changing covers advice,
i have the black original nokia cover which i have used to
replace the tranditional red housing, however i havent been game enough to
change over the main casing and void the warranty. It took me a few days to build up the
courage to rip off the slide cover.

So i currently have a hybrid black and red E65 (probably the only one in Australia)

very happy with this model phone, havent had any problems with the OS, although i
was slightly disheartened to have to dl and install a 3rd party automatic key lock app.
Nokia must know that these things dont integrate with the phone as smoothly as their firmware,
but apart from that very pleased.

also willing to trade a great mini pool game for a worldmate 2007 activation code.

By: tim

tim — Mon, 18 Jun 2007 16:43:39 +0000

The disassembly manual post seems to have been taken down for some reason… Anyone have another link or pdf to it? Thanks hopefully!

By: mick

mick — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 12:41:36 +0000

Alex just search ebay for e65. There’s plenty of vendors with new cases for sale.

By: Darren

Darren — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 10:06:39 +0000

Hi, I couldn’t access the disassembly manual from the link in your blog. Can you email it to me please? Really appreciate that! Thanks very much.

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 13:09:46 +0000

Hello,
New to this website. I got my E65 two weeks ago and I messed it up good by dropping it. I have some annoying scratches and dints.

Where can I get the replacement housing for my E65. I’m looking for a safe website where I can buy it from. I live in Canada.

By: Tim Cox

Tim Cox — Thu, 24 May 2007 02:31:21 +0000

Hmmm - just received my all-red E65. I’d have preferred all black - might try this the other way around.

By: admin

admin — Tue, 15 May 2007 13:54:25 +0000

Hi Bicet,
I did read the disassembly instructions, I linked to the instructions in my post above.
Cheers
Ed