Hardware Mod !

Didnt knew where to put this for topic for discussion as there was no hardware section.
So the mods, if u find a better section shift it there.
Coming back to the topic.

Is it possible to replace the joystick of K800i ( and for the matter of fact, any SE phone... you know they are difficult to operate after some time and become faulty easily ) with the joypad of W550i ( or any such joypad ) ?

Do some research on it people ...


below is the best shot of joystick and the w550i joypad available on the net.
source :
Sony Ericsson K800i disassembly
vB Easy Archive - W550i/W600i housing disassembly guide...

yes it is possible, you prob have to source an apropriate joystick for the phone, oem
is going to be fantastic. you would have to un-solder the old one, and then solder the new on onto the pcb board. think i saw oem SE joysticks available on ebay.

They have Y118 joysticks.... this will also not last long.
Joypads rather will. Thats why im trying to put in the joypad at the place of the joystick.

link to Y118:

Y118 Int joystick button for SE K700i k750i k800i k900i - eBay (item 280200824340 end time Feb-20-08 18:24:36 PST)

try to change...