August 18, 2008
RM50 Misadventure
Last sunday outing, I got myself an AAA grade K750i replica housing for RM50 to fix my broken k750i (i was desperate, could not live with a pencil case phone with no camera nor vibrate). For an imitation goods, RM50 is allot to pay for. But it comes with an extra set of side buttons, so sounds like a good deal. Plus the finishing is good with no flashing on the sides and parting lines, no bur at the screw holes. It is premium pirated goods.
Yesterday, a day after sunday, I couldn’t wait any longer and started the housing replacement. My camera is with sweetheart, so i did not take any pictures of me taking apart my K750i and then reassembling it again in its new body. It was an easy task. Most of the parts are clip on except for three areas where it comes with three pairs of screw. One pair for securing the LCD screen onto the main body, one pair for securing the front plate to the main body, and the last pair for securing the rear plate to the main body. The camera module and keybaord are removable for easy assembly and disassembly.
fast forward the boring stuff
Then curiosity took over and I was playing with the camera toggle switch where it detects camera lense cover open and closes. It was so tiny, no bigger then a needle and I broke it which left it in permanent off position. >.< If i’ve broke it into permanent on position, it wouldn’t be that bad because I can activate and deactivate the camera software via the menu. but with the toggle in off position, even when i activates the camera, it shows a black screen with a message to open the lense protector slider. to make matters worse, this time i could not get any sound from the ear piece at all although the loud speaker is working.
It was a rather fun experience, feels like paying with model kits. But then, I forgot that I’m not good with model kits.
