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Step 1

              Blackberry Key2
  • The start of our disassembly. Turn off your device before start.
  • Remove the sim card bracket.

The start of our disassembly. Turn off your device before start.

Remove the sim card bracket.

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Step 2

              Heating process
  • Apply heat to the back of the phone to remove the plastic cover.
  • With a pry tool of your preference start to lift up the back cover. Be careful on that part of the process.

Apply heat to the back of the phone to remove the plastic cover.

With a pry tool of your preference start to lift up the back cover. Be careful on that part of the process.

Step 3

              Removing the screws
  • Remove all the screws.
  • Remove the loudspeaker module.

Remove all the screws.

Remove the loudspeaker module.

Step 4

              Antenna cable
  • Use the point of a plastic spudger to lift the antenna cable connector up off of its socket on the logic board.

Use the point of a plastic spudger to lift the antenna cable connector up off of its socket on the logic board.

Step 5

              Back bracket
  • Be gentle lifting up the back bracket.
  • I marked in red all the flex cables connected on the motherboard. You got to remove them all.
  • Start disconnecting the battery flex cable.

Be gentle lifting up the back bracket.

I marked in red all the flex cables connected on the motherboard. You got to remove them all.

Start disconnecting the battery flex cable.

Step 6

              Removing the flex cables
  • Disconnect and remove the rear camera.
  • Then continue disconnecting the other flex cables.
  • Don’t forget to use a plastic tool.

Disconnect and remove the rear camera.

Then continue disconnecting the other flex cables.

Don’t forget to use a plastic tool.

Step 7

              Removing the motherboard.
  • Disconnect all the flex cables.
  • Start from the bottom .
  • Lift up gentle and check the last photo,there’s a little detail on the proximity sensor. You’ll have to disconnect it after lift up the motherboard.
  • Observation : this way worked better for me without damaging the proximity sensor. It doesn’t change anything try to heat up a little bit and removing it before remove the motherboard.

Disconnect all the flex cables.

Start from the bottom .

Lift up gentle and check the last photo,there’s a little detail on the proximity sensor. You’ll have to disconnect it after lift up the motherboard.

Observation : this way worked better for me without damaging the proximity sensor. It doesn’t change anything try to heat up a little bit and removing it before remove the motherboard.

Step 8

              Removing the LCD.
  • Heat the LCD before lift.

Heat the LCD before lift.

Step 9

              Final
  • And we’re done.

And we’re done.

To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.

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Grant Marshall - Nov 23, 2019

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The antenna connector on the daughter board can be broken off really easily. Pop off the connectors carefully. A hot air workstation will make quick work of re attaching tho.

Chinedu - Aug 20, 2020

OMG that’s probably exactly what happened to me. now the phone does not receive network anymore any suggestions on what to do ?? i am quite certain i cannot get another antenna or board. do you think i can find a matching antenna from another phone entirely ???

charleslindsay - Jan 2, 2020

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Thanks for this tear down! At what step can the battery be removed? It appears to be mid-step-5

Christoph Alber - Jan 13, 2021

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Same her no Network so my Key2 ist useless :/