How To Replace blackberry Tour Trackball – Tutorial by Gazelle.com | Blackberry and accessories

Gazelle gadgetlab shows you how to remove and replace the problematic trackball on your blackberry Tour. For more info check out www.gazelle.com

25 Comments to “How To Replace blackberry Tour Trackball – Tutorial by Gazelle.com”

1. Mugz56 says:

   July 13, 2009 at 4:39 am

   I was looking at some replacements on ebay. can i get a replacement for any blackberry model or does it have to be specifically for the Tour. I don’t want to order the trackball and then it not fit or work with the Tour. What trackball do you reccommnd for a replacement for the Tour
2. chapowed says:

   July 14, 2009 at 9:54 am

   Good video but be careful. I accidentially disconnected the screen cable from the board while replacing the track ball. This cable is barely attached & comes off very easily without you even knowing it. This was very time consuming to troubleshoot & required more disassembly to fix.
3. iamsuperbleeder says:

   July 16, 2009 at 8:03 am

   yeah it’s just too bad that this voided my waranty, after only having the phone for about 3 months, lol… oh well… maybe a veeeerrrrry small dab of white-out on that one screw can fool the RIM techs, lmao
4. GoGazelle says:

   July 19, 2009 at 2:57 pm

   Very welcome! Glad to help
5. iamsuperbleeder says:

   July 22, 2009 at 3:57 am

   sweet, used this video to just GET TO the track ball in my Tour, then disassembled the trackball and cleaned it, lol; works great now! Thank you!
6. GoGazelle says:

   July 22, 2009 at 8:04 pm

   Yes, but it is really stuck on there. It is very small too, so be careful.
7. OreoEntertainment says:

   July 23, 2009 at 2:40 pm

   couldnt you gently remove the sticker then put it back when you are done?
8. GoGazelle says:

   July 26, 2009 at 10:55 am

   There is a tiny sticker over one of the screws, it says void if removed.
9. OreoEntertainment says:

   July 27, 2009 at 3:29 am

   how would they know you took the screws out of the phone?
10. MSKBHK2003 says:

    July 28, 2009 at 4:18 am

    IS it just me.. or is this the Bearded dude from the HANGOVER????
11. GoGazelle says:

    July 30, 2009 at 7:15 am

    Thank you, very good point. Remove those memory cards as well guys!
12. jwhoweth says:

    August 2, 2009 at 3:40 pm

    Pardon me for being a moron. You might want to SPECIFICALLY SAY TO REMOVE THE MEDIA CARD BEFORE STARTING THIS. IT SHOULD BE IN THE VIDEO BEFORE THE 4 SCREWS ARE REMOVED.
13. NTel says:

    August 4, 2009 at 5:52 am

    From my understanding, it wasn’t the trackball’s that were faulty, but more so where they connect to the board that wasn’t right. Something about the ball housing assembly wasn’t sitting on the pad of the board correctly or something.

    I remember this because on Crackberry, they were using a small piece of cardboard or paper under it and it was making them all work 100%. They used the same trackball they got with the device.
14. GoGazelle says:

    August 4, 2009 at 9:58 pm

    You are very welcome, glad to help
15. Patpatzy says:

    August 7, 2009 at 8:49 am

    Thank you very much!!! It totally work great!!!
16. 21leftcenter says:

    August 8, 2009 at 6:07 pm

    thanks for this video. i followed your steps and replaced my tour trackball with an 8830 trackball. supposedly it sits a little higher than the tour tb. works great.
17. markzaragosa says:

    August 10, 2009 at 7:15 pm

    where did you get your prying tool man? (not the pick)
18. jimbobbyl says:

    August 13, 2009 at 8:17 pm

    I followed these instructions and replaced trackball and it worked. However, afterwards for some reason I had no data connection (so I was paranoid that after voiding my warranty I just fried my data connection). However, for some reason the Verizon Mobile Internet Setting got turned off (maybe from removing the battery and media cards … I’m not sure). But you can re-enable it in Manage Connections -> Blackberry Internet Service Connection -> Mobile Network Options -> Data Services -> On
19. jagjagin says:

    August 13, 2009 at 8:23 pm

    lol at the armband
20. flipknoc says:

    August 14, 2009 at 11:27 pm

    i stopped watching after he said it’ll void your warranty. no thanks.
21. GoGazelle says:

    August 16, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    They are located under the housing on newer models, this requires a full disassemble of the housing. A real pain
22. GoGazelle says:

    August 18, 2009 at 10:27 am

    Very true, we had to replace it again due to another faulty trackball. These things are very problematic.
23. auxmike says:

    August 21, 2009 at 7:35 am

    Any idea why they made this trackball so tough to remove vs. older models?
24. auxmike says:

    August 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm

    Looks like the vertical travel is still bad after the fix.
25. MrBoredatwork says:

    August 23, 2009 at 8:39 am

    Nice early 80′s sweatband.

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