Nokia N8 Disassembly & Assembly - Case Replacement

For spares try www.etradesupply.com/nokia/n-s... which also gives me credit.
HOME/MENU BUTTON not working after assembly? See below..
Detailed guide in all languages [cc] which should come in handy for anyone wishing to replace the case, ear piece, charger socket,rear speaker etc.
Skip Intro 0:25
Top Cover Removal 1:38
GPS & Wi-Fi Antenna 3:05
Earpiece 4:46
Charging Block/Socket 5:24
Rear Speaker 5:58
Camera Flash 6:20
Plastic Nuts 7:40
Small Silver Metal Clips 11:40
Make sure you watch the 'nokia n8 fm transmitter repair' video before changing your case as you might need to move the sprung pin over to your new case.
For translations click the cc button and choose your language.
HOME/MENU BUTTON not working after assembly:
Hold the power button down for about 10 seconds or until you feel 3 buzzes, this does a hard reset. If a hard reset doesn't work, re-installing the firmware will fix this problem as you can read in the comments for the screen repair video.
This problem does not seem to happen with the new Symbian update.
FM Transmitter problems • Nokia N8 FM Transmitte...
Volume Key Replacement • Nokia N8 Volume Key Bu...
DIY repairs will void any warranty but may save you £$
Please rate & sub and I'll do my best to put some more on here...
For solutions to most technical problems try discussions.europe.nokia.com/
Filmed in one continuous shot (no edits) with a Panasonic HDC-SD700
Wi-Fi antenna connection tinyurl.com/wificonnection

[@AZONOZA]

It is the best review on dismantling and assembly of N8 Nokia. I couldn't find better. In this video excellent light (it is very well visible hands of the author and a detail of the device), a close up and a pleasant and accurate voice of the author. I the first time disassembled old N8 Nokia. Many thanks for this video and greetings from Russia. God bless you !

[@Maxhesp]

My dear Friend. Thank You very much for teaching me how to fix my nokia n8 myself. I was not satisfied with the Nokia Assistance in São Paulo, Brazil. They inssisted that the main board was "dead" and had to be replaced. I just bought a new battery ( you tought me how to replace that) and as soon as I turned it on " VOILÁ", THE MAIN BOARD suddenly regained life! Some 3rd world technician pulled out the touch screen cable so it was not working. You tought me how to put that in place too; so I became a FAN! Thanks again! All the best!

[@LE55ONS]

:-)

[@thomaskraincuk9815]

Hi, I know I am a bit late to the party but I need to know how to fix the microphone. I can people hear talking to me but they cant hear anything. So I guess the microphone is to blame. I have already ordered a spair part. Thx for your help!

[@shajiahmer]

You are a savior...i accidentally put in my Lumia 920 micro SIM into my N8...followed your video and opened up my N8...got the SIM out and assembled it again...i had some difficulty in placing the two screw holders that take the initial two screws though...lucky i got them in and my N8 is also working as before...nothing broken...Thanks a lot!!

[@grassfuse]

Thank you very much for this brilliant video. I managed to disassemble and repair my husband's N8, re-assemble & all now working - thanks to you! Very easy to follow. Female aged 59!

[@Vinnybyrne1992]

I tried to disassemble my n8 to today and halfway through 2 little screw nuts in plastic casings fell out...i watched your video and you explained very clearly that the are the screw holders for the bottom cover...Excellent tutorial and high quality video!! Thumbs UP!

[@vannicrider7953]

Still using this phone as a gps tracker and sat nav and occasional backup phone when the new one goes in for repair. Just changed the charger port and wouldn't have had a clue without your video. Thanks! All working again. Agree with the camera work comments, brilliantly shot

[@janbiribiara]

The battery of my N8 was finished. I ordered a new one and wanted to replace it. However it got swollen, and thus could not pull it out from its tab. I needed to disassemble the phone completely. Thanks to this great instruction I could do it! Thanks so much for the crystal clear instruction. It gives my N8 a second life!

[@wmupchurch]

Mad props for this video. There is no way that I could have repaired my phone so easily without this. Thanks very much for posting!

[@Raattis]

For non user-replaceable battery, that pretty easy to replace. :O Great build quality all around. No plastic nobs or glue.

[@jmpsatx210]

I've been using your videos and I would like to thank you for the time you take to do this for all of us. Every single one of your videos are so complete and thorough. My business definitely owes you a great big thank you. I learn something everyday and for that I am grateful.

[@JuntaJanardhan]

Excellent tutorial. Superb video clarity, accompanied by a calm and clear voice that just makes it look so easy. I wanted to replace the battery, but since it had bulged, the whole phone had to be disassembled. I'm so glad this video exists. :)

[@TeacherPauloPontes]

Dude, thanks A LOT! I disassembled mine to clean the headset in jack, two small pieces fell off and i had no idea where they went! LOL... turned out it was the two lil' pieces that attach the two screws from the bottom. Really thorough, thanks again!

[@DrizzztGR]

I must admit that after more than an hour trying to pull it off the thought to cut it open crossed my mind...thanks for the quick answer and the video of course!

[@simonkilpin]

Absolutely superb, no jibber jabber, crystal clear instructions. Many thanks boss.

[@fireshovel]

Thank you so much for this video !!! It's so concise & thorough I can’t see how one could possibly go wrong in following the process. Well done & thank you once again - easy to recommend this video !!!

[@UrikKane]

Just wanna say thanks again, my N8 was disassembled for quite some time while I was waiting for sim slot from china and my friend did the soldering. All parts were mixed up (as always, didn't bother sorting / marking them ), no way I'd new what goes where to re-assemble without watching this video again.

[@1i1c1em0]

you legend! taken me ages to get the top off my n8 until i watched your video

[@davidhorsburgh3614]

Made the whole process really easy. Thanks

[@JoAnn77PL]

That is one excellent video tutorial and thanks to your calm voice and precise information accompanied by the "do what you see", I'm now ready to replace my Dad's Nokia's case. I used your video before for the battery replacement and obviously it was of an immense help. Thank you so very much!

[@krazyq00]

Got a micro sim card stuck for years and gave up, finally got the courage and was able to remove it. Thank you very much

[@ArturInBerlin]

Thankyou very very much for your helpful tutorial. After my N8 fell onto the floor the camera did not work anymore. Black or snowy screen. After disassembling and assembling, the camera worked again. Wonderful! Maybe it was a problem with contacts. All the other functions are working too. It saved me from buying a new camera! Thanks again.

[@LE55ONS]

thats' good news, yes it is a good camera..

[@40johnny40]

Thanks for your guide is really well done. I had to replace speaker and ringer without your video I was really in trouble. Excuse my English but I'm Italian

[@za7mawy]

thanks to you I re-assembled my phone better than the Nokia Service partner in Egypt. I even noticed they F. up my Wi-Fi antenna very bad, and they lost one of the 2 clips. now I know why I cant connect to wifi few foot away. thanks man.

[@gatopirao]

You made my day with the tape trick to remove the top plastic cover! Thanks. I was going mad trying to remove that thing.

[@MrPeacock6969]

What a brilliant tutorial -thankyou so much-if I had teachers like you at my school I would have learnt soo much more! Superb 1 2 3 removal and replacement! Even for a fat fingered plumber like me. Thankyou for taking the time and trouble and superb camera work. Keep up the great work. Phil

[@mauriciomeloenriquez]

Thank you very, very... VERY MUCH!!! This video really helped me, it was vital. In this moment I don't have the new battery yet and I hope when I receive it the phone will turn on normally. One thing I noticed is that you touched the circuits with the fingers and I did the same thing, it was very good to see the end of the video when you turned on the phone!!! I thought to take my phone to the authorized service but a long time ago I did it and in Mexico even the authorized technician stole you the parts. Again THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

[@geovannaassuncao1668]

I'm glad I watched your video, it prevented me from ruining the HDMI cover on removal. Congratulations on your work!

[@toughrecoil]

@LE55ONS Thank you, thank you, thank you....it'd be a great help for me. I really need to fix the sim slot and the phone is not even mine so um really scared!!

[@nasirahmadsharma]

I am very glad people yourself exists to help others. Thankyou very much.

[@fulgerultc]

Awesome video mate! Just replaced my used back cover with a brand new one using your instructions. Thanks!

[@kabajasirose8726]

That was cool man! the world need more people like you, thanks.

[@chmielas5]

Dude, you helps me a lot!!! I've got some really necessary data on my old cellphone but the previous battery was dead and I can't recharge it. With your perfect tutorial (all the tuts should looks like that!) I changed battery, turn on the phone and got all the stuff I need. HUGE THANK YOU! Peace!

[@MARZACpro]

Fixed my earpiece speaker from a spare i had from N85, thank you!

[@SuperWibben]

Thank you Lessons5 for this, I am now a proud mommy that just changed my PINK Nokia into a cooool blue one for my oldest son! Thanks again!!!!

[@LE55ONS]

:-)

[@MrGadgetMe]

Now, that´s how you make a "Disassembly & Reassembly" video. Great work :) thumps up

[@akinoz]

Absolutely the best teardown of this phone! Thank you 🙏🏻.

[@randomdevices]

"Sticky tape" worked like a charm! Thanks for the tip!

[@NiTiSHmurthy]

Awesome step by step tutorial, successfully disassembled and assembled my N8 just now.

[@harrymedlock5115]

One of the best instructables I've seen, many thanks.

[@nathaliemarksman6837]

Brilliant - Methodical, clear and very helpful. Im a complete novice and used this to video to help me strip my phone and remove a micro sim pushed in by mistake. Superb, thankyou.

[@Gothtecdotcom]

Brilliant!! Just repaired my phone using this video and now it works properly :D Thankyou

[@SOG989]

I just changed the digitizer for my N8. After all these years I'm still loving the phone.

[@MrTDXXII]

Really great guide. I have never seen a professional do this job like you. You took everything out and put it back to its original state. Believe me, not everyone in the world can do this.

[@jjtinkler9976]

Thanks for the video, I changed my earpiece and have the phone back together without a scratch thanks to you. I'd have done it anyway but I would have bits of tape and blu tack holding some bits on, as I wouldn't have had the patience to get all the clips back in place; seeing you do it took the stress out of it. +++

[@valtra191]

top video needed to replace seaker found it very clear & easy to follow made the task easy thanks

[@clivehayward1479]

Thank You for a fantastic tutorial. i've just changed my loudspeaker. Excellent. Thanks again

[@pacogil65]

Best Nokia N8 Tutorial - Thanks for sharing!

[@MattafixTm]

The video was awesome! Thank you so much even though I didn't open up my phone nor I'll need to. It just was very informative since I was curious about the anatomy of my phone and how this thing is done. Best video of this procedure I've been able to find on the internet, good luck with your following videos. :)

[@Bcrra]

Awesome video! thanks a lot for the walkthroug and for beeing kind enough to share with all of us... really helped me a lot with the mantainance of my N8.

[@alangscott]

Tape worked a treat for me, thanks for the tip mate.

[@toughrecoil]

@LE55ONS ahw...I'll see if i can push it out with a tweezer through the small holes it has on top of it...thanks anyway :)

[@lemmonlicker]

very good video with quality footage and easy to see and watch and listen to commentary easy to understand im going to be changing main board over to new phone body in the next day or so and this has helped a lot i wouldnt have known how to anything near as close with out your video & instructions many thanks.

[@AstraZ20LET]

Great! Thank you so much for that. It helped me out while disassemble it to resolder the broken usb port without damage the hardware :)

[@fglasswala]

thanks friend ur way of explianation is so good that even a child can fix it thanks......

[@malcolmmcdougall1038]

Very good guide to disassemble the phone, when your daughter puts a small sim card all the way to the end I was able to fish it out no trouble.

[@vivinski]

Awesome video and instructions. Saved me a lot of inconvenience, time and money. You're a gem thanks for passing on the knowledge

[@ahmedalmeklss]

Thanks for the explanation beautiful and fun and reward God richly rewarded

[@umeshkachhapati2525]

thank you so much for providing this video to us..it make us more easy in assembling n disassembling nokia N8..

[@novamy]

Thanks.. I love your tutorial! thank you very much sir!!

[@superameen91]

Thank you very much for the diassembly of Nokia N8 video , this is very helpful for me .

[@ulizenner5974]

Without your perfect help I would not have been able to fix my problem with the micro usb port. Anyway I like your tutorial, so I already opened and closed my N8 several times, nearly just for fun!

[@Betawatcher]

Thanks a ton for this, it made replcements more of a certainty and less guesswork :)

[@ukhan507]

Superb Job done ... That was the detailed one ... And also included reassembly... WOW....

[@TheSurfersteve]

Very good instruction, easy to follow and understand . EXCELLENT

[@mironmajkes3965]

"Thanks a lot, I repaired the loudspeaker following this tutorial, really, thanks." same here ! Thanks!

[@johnydee15]

Really excellent, such clear instructions am very grateful and admire the work you have put into presenting and filming this

[@jeffdiggines1203]

Thanks for the vid, managed to replace ear speaker & battery with ease. Cheers

[@cccdev1]

Very clear and cool explanations. Thank you!

[@bmulli12]

Nice one,thanks for your quick reply and helpful videos.

[@grantgrove6800]

Just a quick thank you. The video pretty-much did what it said on the tin. The only problem I had (apart from spending 20 minutes fin ding a dropped screw!) was that pesky top cover. I tried the "tape trick" but no way would it move, so I had to prise it off causing a little damage. Anyway, all back together and working, so thanks again.

[@overclockmotorparts4906]

Thank you master! really help alot!!

[@MsMorsee]

Thanks so much. great demo and easy to follow

[@toughrecoil]

thanks man ur nokia n8 diassembly helpd me a lot. but my sim card got stucked (it was cutted short for iphone then putted back in) I know its a silly mistake. also wen i tried pullin out the sim 1 of the pin got bended a bit....is it possible to fix it? can u make a video for that pls???

[@RodrigoGomezV]

Thanks a lot, I repaired the loudspeaker following this tutorial, really, thanks.

[@qwertypad8480]

love it, I'm having difficulty in removing the wifi chip and this video enlightened me :) good work!

[@cosplayeranime]

Everything was perfect. Thank you.

[@ApexFlynn]

Had to open the phone up to retrieve a mini sim as I forgot which size sim it took, (having not used it in ages), from my Samsung S3... Stupid mistake but it did work and I could send and receive texts. Obviously when I came to take the thing out, it just got further and further wedged inside the sim housing... But, having your guide on here, made it pretty damn easy to open it up, retrieve the sim and put the phone back together again and it works! Now I wish I'd managed to source a mini usb port as that thing hasn't worked in months but I think it may require removing and re-soldering? I'm lucky I have another phone to use and this is just a backup though so not the end of the world. Great guide. Slowly paced enough to almost keep up, (with a few WTF pauses due to fingers too big for this sort of delicate operation), and very well explained. Thanks a lot!

[@carlos603]

thank you for your N8 video. Very helpful!

[@LE55ONS]

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[@gtofun]

Many thanks you just saved me some money, keep up the good work

[@wolverinemarko28]

hey man, thank you so much for this tut. I've just finished the assemblyand it works very well, two days ago went to the river and get kind of wet so, well the thing here its that it works pretty well, you save me a lot of money, see you

[@anandsharma5152]

That was awesome! So thorough and well explained. Thank you very, very much for this tutorial!!! :o)

[@makhaliqueshaikh2294]

Anand ji, i don't know you are From where, I think You are NOKIA Repairer. Yet you are Work, PLEASE Reply me . Two Nokia Service Centres Of my City Badly Demage my N-8! Ater i buy NOKIA 6.1. But I want to Repair My N8 ! (Damage:- Body, Battery Guard, SIM card Slot) Will you PLEASE Heip me. I m from Wardha, Maharashtra

[@techorix]

Was a very helpful tutorial. Thanks for posting it :)

[@euchico]

Hey man, many many thanks. You just save my N8.

[@sefton999]

Very well done video, thanks. On my N8 I had to use a T4 where you used a T5.

[@michaeltaplin7213]

Great work i replaced my n8 casing with ease cheers mate

[@areekkal]

Excellent step-by-step procedure.

[@patrickroich]

Thank you very very very much for this video. Was really helpful. Best regards from Buenos Aires.

[@AlexNardini46]

Thanks a lot for the video, it was very helpful.

[@Native7i]

clean n' clear! Thanks man!

[@ClaudioRubenPuche]

EXCELENTE TUTORIAL, recambie el parlantito trasero y luego al armar encendio lo mas biennnn y funciona todo... te re felicito gracias....

[@spaulica]

thx for this excelent video ,with it i repaired and cleaned my n8 because i dropped it in water thx again ?you rock keep up the good work!!!!!

[@elizabethaguilera4632]

You're the best! I'm so thankful for this video..!

[@AliNajim]

thank you that was so helpful

[@scrappedham]

thank you for clear understanding disassemble.

[@sabogaNunes]

Great explanation very professional. Thank you very much with it I could extract my sim card that got stuck !

[@guynormas]

Thank for replying, I put the screws back in & it guided it back....all sorted, thanks

[@htmlpumel]

This video helped me when my sim card stuck in the slot. The only thing i did not manage to get right was the small metall clips @ 4:40 the bended and was destroyed so i skipped them. But the phone did not suffer from the loss anyway =) Works just phone now. Thanks

[@davidopenshaw9052]

excellent video so informative ...Dave.

[@OsmaroAcosta]

Thanks for the help. I was changing the screen only and half way I realized I pulled the mainboard. Good practice anyway, thank you.