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How To: Easily Change The Nokia N8 Battery

By The Guru on May 3, 2010

When the Nokia N8 was officially unveiled, many of us were surprised to see that its 1200mAh battery was listed as being non-user-replaceable. The only other phone I can think of that has a non-user-replaceable battery is the iPhone, and that’s a ‘feature’ that I know many people find frustrating. We didn’t think Nokia was really silly enough to completely seal off the battery, and as luck would have it, we were right.

Tech blog ArabNokia.net has discovered that what Nokia really meant was that the Nokia N8′s battery is not *easily* user-removed. All you need is a tiny Philips head screwdriver to remove two small screws on either side of the phone. The endcap then pops off and the Nokia N8′s battery easily slides out. It’s not a process I would want to complete often, or while on the run, but I’m pleased to know that it’s really quite a simple process, should the need arise.

We’re anxiously awaiting a review unit of the Nokia N8 so that we can figure out other things we have in question. What parts of the phone intrigue you the most?

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  • http://izzatz.com/ Izzat Zainol

    Embedded battery was such a false move by iPhone IMO. But to think of it again it can only rationally been used up to 2 years and then the battery will wear out. Such a nice move from Apple to force us to upgrade to the new iPhone lineup.

    Got a friend who used an iPhone already complainin bout the battery life after 6 months using it :p

  • http://iUnlock.com/ Adam@iUnlock

    I'm just a little worried about the fact that bottom cap appears to be plastic. Hopefully the eyelets where the two Torx screws thread in are better reinforced than they look. I'm certainly not saying the design looks flimsy. It's just that from the prospective of someone who repairs phones for a living, I fear people find a way to break this. Hopefully I will be proven wrong.

  • Kevin

    This may well invalidate your warranty!

    Cheers, Kevin Mc

  • http://www.rickycadden.com Ricky Cadden

    Kevin – I see you have a Nokia email address – can you confirm this *will* actually invalidate your warranty, or just guessing?

  • http://irelandstechnologyblog.blogspot.com/ Ireland's Technology Blog

    I suppose the chances of needing to change the battery will probably be after the warranty runs out anyway so it should not be a problem.

    Does anyone actually return the warranty cards anyway, if you dont, aren't you technically not in warranty anyway ? Not sure

  • http://www.facebook.com/m0shef Shayesta Zaman Miah

    LOL Nokia dumb. What happens when the phone crashes due to software issues and the power button does not work, what the hell are customers going to do?

    Daft move if you ask me…

  • http://www.rickycadden.com Ricky Cadden

    They solved that – you can press and hold the power button for 8 seconds to reboot the phone in such a situation. (This question was posed in one of the Q&A sessions and that was the answer)

  • http://www.facebook.com/m0shef Shayesta Zaman Miah

    Doubt it will work knowing Nokia when the phone crashes out nothing responds even the power button lol, so holding it for 8 seconds don't know if that would work plus they got to add this information on the manual as many customers are use to taking battery out and back in LOL…

  • iAMaGuest

    you know what i m still intrigued not because of the battery but its life. If you think about it nokia's battery life is always a problem other mobile company's are trying to change there type of battery they use or use a more better one. I love nokia but the battery life problem has to be fixed.

  • http://www.facebook.com/manish.malhotra Manish Malhotra

    is it possible to upgrade N*'s OS S^3 to S^4 when S^4 is avaialable.

  • Nokia_n8_fan

    my phone crashed and yes it dose work holding the power button and if that dont work press and hold the power and home button

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