HELP! Dust all up in my N73

[Mitch14]

For the last 6 months or so I have thoroughly enjoyed my mocha N73. But, in the past month I have noticed a considerable amount of dust in the top right corner of the screen. Now its gotten so bad that i can see the dust come through all over the place. I have always kept it in a dedicated phone pocket in my pants so I can't imagine its me causing this mess. Has anyone successfully got all the dust out and kept it from coming back? If so, can you share your instructions on how you went about doing it?

 

[TOP CONTRIBUTER]

Search the forums for how to open the faceplate of the N73 (I know rcadden has a video on his website) Once you yank it open it should be np to clean out the junk.

 

[J-Mar]

Yea someone posted a step by step on how to remove the faceplate. I think he used a credit card, pried into the bottom right hand corner of the "c" botton and it popped off.

 

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Check out this link for a nice description w/ pics on the breakdown. After you get it off I recommend using either a dust-wipe thingy ... or a t-shirt works well too.

 

[loversfool_69]

I recommend using a microfibre cloth. It will guarantee that you won't scratch up wherever you are cleaning.

 

[Whats a conrod?]

Thanks a lot for the link. It was much easier than I expected. This really makes me want to switch on a black housing now to get that ME look

 

[Putti P]

Here are a few guides and the last one is a video

http://www.adam.com.au/digisnacks/Nokia%20N73%20Housing%20Removal.htm

http://www.howardforums.com/showthread.php?p=8155657#post8155657

http://symbianguru.typepad.com/welcome/2007/02/n73_n73_me_kind.html