Replacing 270 Battery

[cameronmsmith]

My 270 battery needs replacing and Treo has no service where I live. Managed to get a new set of batteries from the UK but now can't open the back cover. Four obvious screws are out but cover seems to be still fastened. To avoid "forcing the issue", does anyone know how to remove the cover to get at the batteries? :confused:

[millerhifi]

Have a look at the following web site:

www.handspringbattery.com

There is also instructions on how to replace.

[cameronmsmith]

Once again you've come to the rescue! I should have posted here first as your source for the replacement would have shipped internationally and, needless to say, the source I found in the UK charged the same amount in Pounds Sterling that the cost was in US Dollars and then sent the wrong screwdriver as well. One's never too old to learn I guess!:rolleyes:

[cameronmsmith]

This is NOT a job for amateurs like me! In spite of the seemingly simple instructions on the LapTopsforLess website to remove the Treo cover, it took brute force and a knife for it to finally pop open. In the meantime the case had started to separate from the keyboard section as well. After it was open, I discovered that a tiny unidentifiable metal pin had dropped out from somewhere inside, the thumbwheel from the side dropped out, lost it's metal cover and deposited a tiny metal spring on the table from somewhere and the top switch/light panel dropped out. Two hours later I'm still trying to figure out how to put the whole thing together again. I strongly suspect that I'll have lost the facility of the thumbwheel as no matter what way I try to insert it, its cover, and the tiny spring every which way possible, it still doesn't seem to function (at least with the cover open), but will probably still have a working phone. Bring on the 650 and hurry.

[cameronmsmith]

The phone is now ruined and is in the garbage. Be forewarned before even considering trying to change this battery yourself!:mad: