Most new Samsung Blackjacks come with two batteries in the box. One is already in the phone and is the standard battery and the other is a larger extended battery. The battery life in the blackjack is not that impressive with the standard battery so one of the first things you should consider doing is to switch out the old battery and put in the extended one. You can still keep the regular battery in its special docking station and have it charged as a backup for any trips you go on.
The extended battery is slightly bigger than the regular batter and comes with its own cover. To me its not so much bigger that it makes a difference although it does make the blackjack slightly thicker.
As soon as I received my blackjack in the mail the first thing I tried to do was to replace this battery. The only problem is that the regular battery cover is on pretty tight. I tried all sorts of grips and pulled at every direction. I even got frustrated enough to start trying to use different knifes and tools to try to get it off. Finally I came up with an easy way to get it off and not damage the phone.
The technique I used relies on nothing more than some duct tape. Simply take a small strip of duct tape and stick it to the bag of your case. This gives you some leverage to use against the blackjacks super smooth exterior. I then held the black jack upside down in both hands with the camera side pointed towards me. Holding my hands cupped on each side of the black jack I then pushed with both of my thumbs against the duct tape and that was enough for it to easily slide off.
Not sure if it was only me that had this much trouble getting the battery case off, but I was close to just cracking it open until I came up with this trick.
Thursday, May 24, 2007
How to open the battery cover on the Samsung Blackjack
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it's not just you, this thing is damn tight. i am going give your technique a shot and see how it goes.
I tried to open my Blackjack battery cover without success. I always felt that I might break the screen or innards by pressing on it too hard in an attempt to slide it off. So, I've been using the battery that came inside the phone and re-charging it.
But, now I want to perform the official Samsung Windows Mobile 6 (WM6) update and need to remove the SIM card, which is behind the battery. Therefore, I decided to give it another go, and did a quick Google search to look for any new removal tips and came across this page.
I tried your trick by placing a long piece of duct tape right below the battery release indent. I also bunched it up a bit (accordion style) to give more of a raised surface to push against. And, what do you know, it slid right back and I was then able to put my fingernail in the wide open crack and pull it down and off all the way.
Thanks for this little trick that works wonders for the SGH-i607!
Thank you so much!!
Even with the new Blackjack II (i617) design, the back cover remains a b*tch to open. I was getting ready to throw the damn thing out. The duct tape solution was perfect. Now, of course, I have to worry about cleaning the sticky stuff off the phone.
One would think that Samsung would have fixed this on the new design.
ahhh thank you, thank you.. i was almost about to exert brute force on mine as well.. i even resorted to washing my hands a few times!
your technique worked like a charm. :)
thanks man. your technique works very well.
One more tip... once you remove the cover using the duct tape method, then take a small file and slightly file down the 2 protruding plastic tabs on top (and optionally the bottom 2 tabs and side tabs). Do not file them shorter, but file them thinner, especially near the top/outermost edge. Now, you will no longer need to use the duct tape.
What you can also do without the use of any other object is to hold the phone upside down. Then, put both thumbs on the top portion (opposite camera) and your fingers on the keypad (other side of the phone) then slide your thumbs upward. It should work. :)
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