Kick stand Lever broken..Pics attached..Suggestions Please

[noipv4]

So the kick stand spring / lever broke loose autoMagically today. The n900 is less than 2 months old. I feel that the plastic rivets are too flimsy to hold this steel lever in place.

What could be the best method to fix it back? I am thinking along the lines of a epoxy glue.

[breakd0wn]

Just order a new battery cover?

[Dave999]

buy a new backside or go into a store and switch it from a demo device ;) two suggestions...one good and one bad :)

[noipv4]

Thanks for the suggestions :) Appreciated!

Here's the results of the epoxy fix :P

I think $20 for a new cover is a bit too rich for my wallet.. since the design of the cover is a bit shoddy and the engineer in me would not allow me to repeat the same mistake twice :)

[marcdxn]

how did the glue fix it, pictures still look like it's broken =(

[noipv4]

how did the glue fix it, pictures still look like it's broken =(
The epoxy is a very strong glue and holds things strongly, once it sets. It's difficult to convince though with the picture :)

[marcdxn]

ahh you know i always find it funny seeing photos of n900s posted its like i almost think the only camera anyone owns is indeed the n900 its self !

i remember having to take a photo of mine and i was stumped for 5 minutes with where i'd find another camera device to do it =)

[feighery]

Buy a glue gun in maplins and hot glue it on, might be a cleaner job.

[noipv4]

ahh you know i always find it funny seeing photos of n900s posted its like i almost think the only camera anyone owns is indeed the n900 its self !

i remember having to take a photo of mine and i was stumped for 5 minutes with where i'd find another camera device to do it =)
I completely understand what you mean. :) Infact these pics are using my N95-1. Yup I still have it, though using it w/o a simcard, mainly as a bluetooth enabled camera.

[noipv4]

Thanks for the suggestion. Just realised, I did have a glue gun, but unfortunately didn't have glue sticks that go with it.

[Wikiwide]

ahh you know i always find it funny seeing photos of n900s posted its like i almost think the only camera anyone owns is indeed the n900 its self !

i remember having to take a photo of mine and i was stumped for 5 minutes with where i'd find another camera device to do it =)

Take a mirror...

N900 may work without back cover (with back cover off). Photograph attached.

[pantera1989]

Look on the bright side. Now your photos won't be affected by the camera flash reflecting on the chrome.

[nick.read]

Bah! Same thing happened to me today. The "L" shaped clip fell off. I have both epoxy and a glue gun handy, so now I just have to try and decide which to use. Don't know if I'll do the straight clip in-place, rip it off and put glue underneath it, or just wait until it falls off naturally :)

[droll]

get a replacement off ebay.

http://shop.ebay.co.uk/i.html?_nkw=n900+fascia&_sacat=0&_odkw=n900+keypad&_osacat=0&bkBtn=&_trksid=p3286.m270.l1313

cheap.

[lucas777]

I always had a fear about this breaking on mine, they seem pretty flimsy gl with fixing it mate

[maartenmk]

Bah! Same thing happened to me today. The "L" shaped clip fell off. I have both epoxy and a glue gun handy, so now I just have to try and decide which to use. Don't know if I'll do the straight clip in-place, rip it off and put glue underneath it, or just wait until it falls off naturally :)

If your glue gun doesn't have much better glue than the ones I know, use the epoxy. And don't forget to de-grease first!

The glue gun may still be handy to hold it in place while the epoxy hardens though.

[hassan_badredin]

I had mine fall off just today!!!!
i used *that, heated on the kitchen **stove and applied ***there :D
worked like a charm, i think even better than glue, though i wish i had both..