Replacing Touch Pro Keyboard Step by Step

Mark Rodriguez — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 02:32:39 +0000

Replacing the keyboard on the HTC Touch Pro is a lot easier than it sounds. It will require a bit of patience, but the entire process can be completed in about 10-15 minutes. I’m not responsible for any damage which may be caused to your phone.

The first step is the obligatory battery-out, flip over and ensure that you are grounded as to not damage any of the electrical equipment step.

Using a Torx #6 bit, unscrew the 4 areas indicated on the above picture.

This is most likely going to be the most tedious step. Push the keyboard away from the base, as shown in the above picture. Be sure to pry evenly along the frame. It should separate with a pop, but do not pull it completely away because there are a couple of ribbon cables connecting the keyboard to the base.

Carefully hold both pieces of the Touch Pro about an inch and a half away from each other, and disconnect the sliding ribbon cable (the longer cable that is disconnected in the picture above.) Gently disconnect the smaller cable where indicated above.

You should now have a setup that looks similar to above (I know, this isn’t a real step.)

Using a very small flathead (what I used in the video) or screwdriver, remove the screws indicated above. Be aware that the fastening pattern may differ on your phone.

Now you have completely removed the keyboard on your Touch Pro, where you go from here differs depending on what you are doing.>
- If you are swapping keyboards from another phone, follow these exact steps on the other phone, and reattach the working keyboard on the phone that you intend to continue using.

Set they keyboard in place and refasten the tiny screws in a similar pattern that they were when you unscrewed them to remove the keyboard.
Gently reconnect the thin ribbon cable that attaches the keyboard to the base of the phone.
This step is a bit awkward. Holding both ends of the phone, separate the keyboard from the top part of the phone (as if you were sliding it outward) and gently tug on the slider cable. Holding the base with your dominant hand, connect the cable to it’s designated place on the base of the phone, and then press both sides of the phone together.
Using your Torx tool, refasten the screws on the outside of the phone.
Reattach the battery, turn on and test the phone

Touch Pro Keyboard Swap

Mark Rodriguez — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 17:12:51 +0000

Long story short, I messed up the keypad on one of my phones, had a broken phone set aside, and decided to switch keypads. This video is a bit more helpful than the last, and again, guide coming soon (check back Sunday night if interested.)

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Replacing Touch Pro Keyboard Step by Step

Touch Pro Keyboard Swap