Mobile Dismantling

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How easy is it to dismantle a mobile phone. My old Sharp GX20 (which is great) is old and battered looking. Plus it has started to stop charging and turns itself off in my pocket. I have ordered a used one from e-bay, but want to keep the handset memory as it has pics of my little girl aged 1 hour old. Would it be tricky to do a swap. From old phone to new. Have ordered the litle screwdriver for the GX20.

 

You're talking about internal flash memory? This is actually very tricky. First, you need to open the old phone and find the memory chip. Then, desolder it. Next, you need to open the new phone, desolder the old chip, and resolder the new chip.

Basically, you'll need a soldering iron with a micro tip, a desoldering pump, a magnifying glass and a VERY steady hand. Board-mounted components are very small, and if you're not careful it's easy to burn or damage circuits or stuff like that.

The safest option (also the one I recommend) would be getting a data cable off eBay, and sync the old phone with your PC and stash all the pics on your hard drive rather than trying to screw around with the electronics.

 

I was thinking just change the circuit boards. the old phone is only twitchy around the battery and Charger. Luckily I work in an electronics factory filled with people who can replace IC's. Even very small fine pitch ones.

 

I'd say you are still better off syncing it if all you want is the pics to be backed up.

Of course, if the phone is totally expendable, go for it. But then, you really should make a backup of all your data before you do something like that anyway...