Introduction

Palm's Tungsten W (i710) is a fine PDA, a good data communicator, and a handy Web device that can also be used as a phone. Unlike other recent convergence devices, it does the work of a PDA first, then focuses on voice communication.

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    • First, we unscrew the four T6 torx screws

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    • Using a pick, slide it carefully by the side where the SD card is inserted.

    • Check the last photo to locate where are the tabs.

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    • Now you can see the internals for the first time.

    • Be careful in this side, as the tabs are a little bit deep and is very tricky to pull them. The better is to push the pick and turn it.

    • Don't do like me, I broke one tab 🤦‍♂️

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    • First sight on the internals.

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    • Carefully, disconnect the battery connector by pulling it back.

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    • The vibrator is held by pressure.

    • To liberate it, just pull it.

    • You can see the details of the contacts.

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    • To take out the main board, we first need to liberate the side tabs.

    • Start to pull it from the bottom, but don't pull it completely. Let the upper side still sitting on the device.

    • Take care on the top, as the antenna is still attached. We will liberate it in the next step.

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    • The antenna is held by a clear plastic piece.

    • To liberate the antenna, take a spudger and pull the plastic up.

    • You can disassembly the black plastic body without taking out the antenna at this step, and remove the antena afterwards (I didn't know it at the moment of this teardown).

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    • We can see the contact of the antena with the board.

    • At the other side we can see a "normal" connector for an external antenna.

    • Now you can understand why that black plastic cover is in the back. You can take it out and connect a more powerful external antenna.

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    • The antenna connector is now liberated and you con take out completely the main board.

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    • Now we are going to take out the front cover.

    • As with the front cover, the side where the SD card is located is easier to take out. Be careful with the other side, which is more tricky.

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    • We now liberate the upper black plastic piece of the.

    • The piece has two different sides like a "door". One is like a hinge, the other is like a latch.

    • We start by opening the "latch" side.

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    • Now with the hinge side.

    • I opted to take out both sides one by one.

    • Look at the plastic piece of the antenna still inside that bump.

    • You can also take out the antenna and put it aside.

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    • The battery is held by 6 tabs. To liberate it, bend them.

    • You can see now the two parallel batteries this Palm has in its internals.

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    • The screen is free to take it from the plastic front cover.

    • Take care not to loose the buttons.

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    • The screen cannot be detached from the keyboard (at least with high risks).

    • When reassembling the device, take special care with the plastic of the keyboard.

    • These tabs needs to "hug" the screen.

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    • To reassemble the PDA, it is mainly a matter of reversing the previous steps, but with some precautions.

    • Put special care on the power on button. The tabs needs to be properly set.

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    • For the battery, pay attention to the metal tabs.

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    • Put the antenna in its place first, before doing any other assembly of the board.

    • Add the plastic enclosure to the board.

    • And finally add the upper plastic part.

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    • Now it is time of the vibrator.

    • From this point, no more precautions, just complete the assembly

Alvaro Gutierrez Romero

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