V800/Z800 removable shells

I have seen some very nice alternative shells for my SE-V800, but I cannot
remember seeing a guide as to how to dis-assemble the front cover.

Does anyone know of a website or pdf where this is demonstrated - I've had
no luck googling for it, but there are some very nice alternative shells
from Hong Kong on eBay!

cheers, DavyPaul

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"David Paul Morgan" <Davy$£$£Paul1@NTL$£$£World.Com> wrote in message
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>I have seen some very nice alternative shells for my SE-V800, but I cannot
>remember seeing a guide as to how to dis-assemble the front cover.
>
> Does anyone know of a website or pdf where this is demonstrated - I've had
> no luck googling for it, but there are some very nice alternative shells
> from Hong Kong on eBay!
>
It is fairly self evident when you get the new shell - it is just pressed on
and retained by "bumps" on the inside. You can remove it by inserting a very
thin plastic strip in between the cover and the phone about a third of the
way down and sliding it up and down to release the clips. I had a tool for
splitting iPods that did the job a treat. Don't use anything metal or you'll
scratch the phone
Having said that, the covers I got from HK were pretty poorly finished and
didn't fit well. I got an OEM linear silver and it looks great (used to be a
plain black glossy V800).

Great phone BTW.

Dave

"Gusty" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> You can remove it by inserting a very thin plastic strip in between the
> cover and the phone about a third of the way down ...

Thanks for that! I managed to scratch my old panasonic gd93 by hacking at it
with a screwdriver - My v800 is a year old on 24th December, so I thought
I'd treat it to a change of clothes.

I'm very pleased with it. I put in a 1GB msd card and atm have 5 cd's and 8
episodes of 'family guy' on it - and the card is only half full!

cheers, DavyPaul