Somebody likes to look 'inside the box' only to know his pda's anatomy.
Others users instead need to open their unit cases and to try to repair an old or new
device for many different reasons.
The first ones, that are courious only, will find here links to some web pages that show
pictures of dissected handhelds units. Who need to access inside to repair or substitute
some hardware part will find here, in addition to the above mentioned images, links
to sellers of spare parts that, often offer detailed instructions to operate.
PDA ANATOMY
Apple iPhone 3g S Detailed take apart and photos
Apple iPhone 3g take apart unit shown by images
Apple iPhone 3g internal chipset photos
Apple 'iPhone' how to disassemble the iPhone
Apple iPhone unit's parts disassembled
Casio E200 Sequential images of the Pda dissection
Compaq 36xx/31xx series (HP) Detailed instructions to explore what is inside with several pictures
DELL Axim x5 Photo details and few disassembling instructions
DELL Axim x50v Your pda disassembled to see the internal circuits
HP IPAQ 1910 A detailed set of photos to disassemble the unit.
HP IPAQ 1940 connector picture and many links to the parts inside(processor, mem etc)
HP IPAQ 2210 The text is Russian but there are few big good picture.
HP IPAQ 2210 Here the text is Japnese but the images appears goods
HP IPAQ 2210 How to disassemble theipaq 2210 with pictures
HP IPAQ 2210 Side grips remove and replace (video)
HP IPAQ 4150 Some images to view directly
HP IPAQ 4355 Two really big images (Front/Back of motherboard)
HP IPAQ 4355 An Inside Look At The iPAQ 4355
HP IPAQ 5455 A lot of pictures to see directly with a good viewer.
I-Mate Jam Memory upgrade 128mb and some inner pictures
HTC Wizard (K.Jam/Qtek9100) Tech.Service Manual format pdf file
HTC Magician The nake motherboard. 2 hiresolution pictures
HTC Universal As above but now a single picture of the new Universal UMTS
HTC Universal the unit fully dissected
Toshiba e740 A pdf file showing several pictures of the unit
Palm Tungsten T3 Components, how to open unit and more with good pictures
Palm Tungsten E Many pictures an details relating to this appreciated unit.
Palm ZIRE 71 A lot of pictures with Japanese comments
Palm ZIRE 72 Some pictures and a long 3D in English
Samsung Instinct Photo instructions to take apart the device
XDA A dozen of photos, outside and inside
Palm TX some pictures of the TX showing the dissection of the unit
HTC Magician(S100,Jam) sequential pictures to disassemble the pda/phone
HTC Wizard (MDA Vario, QTEK 9100 etc.) Dropping-down stylus reparation and how to open the device
Nokia N800 Video and photos of the n800 disassembled
Nokia e61i Some photos of Nokia E61i disassembled
Palm Treo 680 Some picture of the smartphone dissected
ETEN Glofiish X650 pictures of devce opened and disassembled
Palm Treo 500v a pdf file showing several pictures of the smartphone disassembled
BlackBerry 8220 Pearl (Star Trek) Two pictures of the device disassembled
BlackBerry Storm Some pictures of device and screen disassembled
Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 1 - 2 Videos to disassemble the device step by step
Meizu M8 Bad text translation but may disassembled photos
Samsung Omnia i910 Photos of the disasembled device
NANO PC (Netbooks)
Asus Eee PC 1000 HE How to install a touch screen ( Video instructions and Kit vendor link)
Asus eee PC 701 Some pictures of this sub notebook, UMPC adversary, dissected
ASUS Eee PC a lot of pics of the first real lowcost PC
ASUS Eee PC 901 Splitting the Atom inside the 901
Acer Aspire One Kit touch screen (Warning soldering required)
Acer Aspire ONE How to disasemble to upgrade Rom (link to pics in the text)
Acer Aspire One The Service Manual
The links that you see above are a simple collection of sites showing the inner pictures of some Pda/Phone.
Their pourpose is to satisfy who is curious to se his device naked and or disassembled and it is also possible
that some of these links are unavailable being posted many time ago .
If instead you are really expert and you need to open and disassemble your device to repair it what you
really need is the relative Servce Manual.
In this case i suggest you to check the following link dedicated to HTC Service Manuals where you
can find also the service manual for the HTC Dream i.e T-Mobile G1 that you can get also from the links herein
Here you can find the Service Manual for HTC sapphire (Magic) and HTC Quartz
LEARN TO REPAIR
Memory in Pocket PC explained (WM2003SE - Warning wm 5 and 6 have a different handling of memory)
FIX & REPAIR
If you have to fix a problem and/or repair your unit, you may need more in formations
than to look inside your handheld.
You can find here some urls that can help you to find this informations along with the
sellers of the spare parts you need.
Take note that posting here the Sellers urls the page's author does not want to rate
them in any way but only to collect some sites that can be useful to the users.
repair4pda thel site offer many useful things as photos of disassembled pdas,cables pinout, various informations
for many pda brands from Acer to Toshiba but also Nokia, Palm, Sony etc
XDA Repairs English site that can repair many brands/ models of Pda. They declare to be spacialized to
repair XDA/HTC models and offers also spare parts but expensive
PDAParts Here you can find spare parts and accessories for the most known Pda ad in their
Directions & Video Pages you can find instructions to:
Open the unit Battery replacement Screen/Glass/Digitizer repair
Tungsten T/T2/T3
Tungsten C / W
Zire 71
Tungsten E
Dell Axim X5 Dell Axim X5
Clie 300/320/360
Treo 600
Palm m500/505/515 Palm m500/505/515
Palm III, IIIe, IIIx Palm III, IIIe, IIIx
Palm IIIc Palm IIIc
Palm VII & VIIx Palm VII & VIIx
Palm V/Vx Palm V/Vx
Palm m100/m105
Palm m125/130
iPAQ 51xx/54xx/55xx iPAQ 51xx/54xx/55xx
iPAQ h1900 iPAQ h1900
iPAQ 36xx/37xx iPAQ 36xx/37xx
iPAQ 38xx/39xx iPAQ 38xx/39xx
iPAQ 31xx iPAQ 31xx (switch) iPAQ 31xx
And much more
Please note that the Directions you will find are copyrighted and cannot be used outside their site.
For order outside USA there are available some associates as Palmediccanada or Addongear
(it may be that not all the articles listed in the main site are available with the associates)
Pocketpcman Here you can see the hardware view of the most known Pda (old or new) and
you can find also Instructions to fix broken screen. (unfortunately these last ones
are not free or available on line, you must buy them). They do not sell spare parts.
Ipaqrepair Reading the name it easy to understand that here you will find all you need fot the
iPaq only. Here you will find also some repair guide for common ipaq's problems:
Compaq iPAQ Stylus Lock Replacement Guide )
iPAQ Repair Metal Stylus Lock Replacement Guide ) 31xx, 36xx, 37xx
Compaq iPAQ Battery Replacement Guide )
iphone repair case guide and many others HERE )
pspilot The reviews of many Palm and Clie along with many good pictures of the componentsi
and also other interesting reviews and informations.
PocketPCtechs Repair kits for many brands and handhelds models included also the HTC models
°°°°°°°°°°°°°° Fornitori di ricambi
stylisource all the stylus replacement you may need
gtoscano All spare parts for iPaq (HP) and iPaq (ex Compaq). Shipment in Italia only
wolfi Alcune batterie per palmari a prezzi accettabili
pdainternationalbattery Batteries for many types of Pda.
powerlinememory Batteries for iPaq
laptopbits Batteries for Compaq_iPAQ
pdasmart Axim spare parts ((batteries and screen) but also iPaq,Palm etc
palm-medic Site that offer spare parts for various olds palm'devices
happymondaypc Batteries, charger and enchanged batteries
suntekstore Batteries iPaq,Axim,Toshiba,Palm,Clie and accessories
laptopsforless Batteries for any kind of pdas with detailed instructions (sample: Tungsten)
CellularNationwideNetwork spare parts for cellphone but also for Htc, Dpod, Mio, Palm etc
EsseShop Batteries for all old Compaq/HP models and more
PriceMinister Batteries for HP Jornada 565/568
Solutions & Tricks to 'Do by yourself'
How to istall a trackball in the Asus Eee PC 901
how to build 7400mAh Battery with 8 hours of life for MSI Wind LowCost PC !
How Upgrade, Repair, Disassemble a PDA or Handheld PC (FAQ)
Engadget How to replace the earbud of the Apple iPhone
Pdagold Dropping-down stylus reparation on HTC Wizard (MDA Vario, QTEK 9100 etc.)
IpaqAbilities A simple trick (but it requires some attention) by which the 'author got an SD place
into an unused space. Author: Pawel Blyskal
xetranet To convert your serial cradle for iPaq in a USB cradle. This change appears to cause
some troble sometime but you can find here iPaq and USB connectors' details.
cypressindustries you can find here various Pdf files showing the connector's detail of several
models and brands of Pda.
pspilot Make your serial cradle for Clie Peg Nx-Nr-T
en.pdamobiz A photo tutorial to replace the Ipaq38xx/39xx battery using a Nokia battery
spug and brighthand 2 threads about the installation of enchanged batter for Tungsten with pictures
(under construction)
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