Fixing the joystick of a Sony Ericsson k750i
Hello everyone, I have had my good ol’ k750i for quite some time now and my joystick stopped working..
Most people would throw it away and buy another phone but I am not like that… I wouldn’t throw something away that cost around 300€ just because one lousy little plastic piece that cost 0,10cents stopped working.
So I began to think how I could fix it and came to the conclusion that I could try to “blow” into it and use some lubricant. However, do do that, I needed to open my phone so I started googling for some kind of tutorial and found this good page
It tells you how to disassemble most of the current Sony Ericsson phones. Don’t forget that you may void your warranty when opening your phone.
After opening the phone, I proceeded in disassembling the electronics until I separated the electronics from the cover.
You could clean the dust that might be inside the joystick with a compressor.
After blowing some dust away(even if it’s with your mouth) you can insert the lubricant into the joystick.
You can use wd-40 or any other Spray that works like wd-40.
This is one method to insert the lubricant into the joystick.
Another method to insert the lubricant into the joystick would be to spray it around the black plastic stick and then make sure it enters trough the small gaps around it.
After putting lubricant into the joystick move it around, top-bottom-left-right and that a few times, then let it rest and put some more into it.
Then wait a bit before turning the phone on again or it could create a short-circuit and damage your phone.
(You could throw it away after that)
That’s how I fixed mine. Good luck
Picture from here
