BlackBerry 7130e Keypad Replacement

Turn the phone over so that the screen is facing the work surface

Press your thumb against the battery latch. While pressing on latch, slide off battery cover towards the bottom of the phone.

Remove the battery by pushing downward on the area where prongs connect to bottom inside of the phone while using a thumb, finger, or tool to pull on the top of the battery to lift it out.

Using the T6 Torx screwdriver, remove the bottom two screws on the back of the phone.

Remove speaker phone cover by unsecuring the two latches on the edge close to top of the phone with the plastic opening tool.

Detach the speaker phone cover by pulling up on the bottom of the speaker phone cover.

Remove top two screws with T6 Torx screw driver, from the back of phone.

Turn the phone sideways and unlatch the hinge on one side of the phone by pushing inwards and twisting to the side with the plastic opening tool.

You should now be able to easily separate the phone into two pieces.

Once the phone comes apart into two pieces,the key buttons are on the inside of the front panel of the phone.

The buttons will fall out of the phone when you turn it over.

Simply insert a new set of buttons and reassemble the phone.

Continue on with the guide if you are replacing the key pad circuit board that is beneath the key pad.

Turn the part of phone with circuit board for the keypad still attached upside down.

Remove the four screws outlining the keypad with the T6 Torx screw driver.

Wedge the plastic opening tool between the circuit board and the black hinge of the keypad.

Pry the black latch up and the keypad will come loose.

Carefully detach the keypad board from the phone.