# taking apart a BB pearl

**URL:** https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090
**Category:** NYSpeed Off Topic
**Created:** [August 11, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090 "2008-08-11T19:46:24Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author: ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2008, 7:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090/1 "2008-08-11T19:46:24Z")

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anyone know how to take one apart cause i need to clean the little ball, it does not move like it use to

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### Author: ![Geehee](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/geehee/32/7238_2.png) [@Geehee](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Geehee)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2008, 7:52pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090/2 "2008-08-11T19:52:05Z")

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[http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-remove-clean-your-trackball-3243/](http://forums.crackberry.com/f3/how-remove-clean-your-trackball-3243/)

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### Author: ![Tunerfreak](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tunerfreak/32/7427_2.png) [@Tunerfreak](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Tunerfreak)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2008, 7:54pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090/3 "2008-08-11T19:54:56Z")

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nice thx

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### Author: ![dmoffitt](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/dmoffitt/32/7455_2.png) [@dmoffitt](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/dmoffitt)
#### Post date: [August 11, 2008, 10:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090/4 "2008-08-11T22:09:31Z")

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torx

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### Author: ![fiend540](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/bcef8e/32.png) [@fiend540](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/fiend540)
#### Post date: [August 12, 2008, 5:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/taking-apart-a-bb-pearl/53090/5 "2008-08-12T05:09:54Z")

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Whatever you do don,t remove the ball from it’s little cage. I did and the metal clip was nearly impossible to get back on so much so that I just put it back together and brought it back to verizon. They did upgrade me from a curve to a 8830 but so far I don’t know if I like this phone more