Opening up the Meizu

I'm try to use this guide to fix my power button:

M6 dropped, won't switch on [FIXED]

But I'm having a really hard time popping the faceplate off.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can open up my Meizu?

Originally Posted by lakhanik

I'm try to use this guide to fix my power button:

M6 dropped, won't switch on [FIXED]

But I'm having a really hard time popping the faceplate off.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can open up my Meizu?

haven't been crazy enough to do that yet XD
ask DChronos or one of them, i'm sure they would be glad to help

Its quie easy once you get it started you just need a very thin knife or somthing sharp and thin to get into the gap , It helps if your meizu has a little movement already. Be very careful while opening it because the clips can snap , snapping one it will still close fully. , but two is bad

The idea is to get the metal plate to pop off the little clips on the black plastic shell. To do so, start at the end with the jacks, etc. Slip a fingernail (or a thin blade) between the metal and the plastic. Ease the metal up and outwards (disconnecting the clips). Once you have one part off it's clips, just slide your fingernail (or blade) around the perimeter of the metal while continuing to ease the metal up and out. It should just pop off after you complete one side.

You can also push the plasitc inward to release the plastic tabs from holding the metal tabs in. There are 2 on the minijack/usb side, one on each side of that silver part, and 3 on each the top and bottom. sitting beside the power and hold buttons, and spaced out 1 inch from eachother. Take a thin screwdriver and push it into the gap of the metal and plastic starting on the usb side, and pry towards the front to lift the metal out of the plastic tabs. Then keep holding the metal out so it doesn't click back in place and do that with the 3 tabs on whatever side you started the first tab on (topside or bottom). It will come off on one side, then you can carefully push it towards the side still attached and pull up on that side as well.