Step
3
With
two lower snaps out of place the faceplate and the back of
the phone are held together by the remaining snaps at the
top. The phone is now like a clamshell [Fig 3]. Pull the phone
parts away from each other again but this time give them a
little twist. It will feel like the phone body will break
(and it may) but you may get lucky as me and get the darn
thing to snap out. Only one snap will pop out at the time.
Fig. 3 The top snaps still in place
The
little vibrator assembly [Fig. 4] is attached to the back
of the phone and connected with a cable to the PCB. Use a
screwdriver to pry the vibrator motor out of the place. Voila!
The F1000G is disassembled [Fig. 5 and 6].
Fig. 4 The vibrator mechanism |
Fig. 5 F1000G in pieces |
Fig. 6 F1000G keypad and LCD display |
Fig. 7 F1000G external antenna connector |
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Discovery
If
you look closely at the lines leading to the antenna you will
notice there is a little connector soldiered into the board
[Fig. 7]. It's very small. I think it may be a Hirose U.FL-R-SMT
connector ready to accept an external WiFi antenna! As you
may have noticed from the other projects listed on this page
I'm a WiFi antenna kind of a guy. I'll be hooking up some
crazy microwave antenna to one of my wireless SIP phones soon.
Small phone, big antenna, a recipe for enhanced WiFi telephony.
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