I’ve had my Nokia 6680 for a few months now and up until Wednesday of this week it remained in very good condition. I hate having scratched or knackered looking phones but alas, the obvious had to happen and, when exiting my car on Wednesday evening after work I catapulted my phone half way across the tarmac driveway and scratched it to hell. The casing was really badly scratched but not just scratches, no, that would be too little. There had to be big chunks missing aswell. Needless to say I wasn’t very happy about my misfortune. I knew it would mean I had to spend a few quid buying a new case for it.
I ordered one from Mobile Fun, along with a CR-27 holder for the 6680 as soon as I sat down at my computer. It arrived on Friday but after looking at my 6680 couldn’t see how to actually get the case off at all. I didn’t really want to take it to a shop to do it so I had a go myself. It all went without a major hitch so I thought I’d start over and re-document what I did to replace the cover for anyone wanting to change their case cover.
I’ve put all the instructions in to a PDF for easy viewing and printing. Hopefully the pictures are clear enough.
GUIDE: Replacing Nokia 6680 Housing (PDF)
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Fantastic guide and so easy to follow. I bought a new case on ebay very cheap which included the fitting tool, which made the whole thing even easier.
Many thanks.
Peter
hey, just wanna say thanks… nice guide by the way… very nice.. thanks again!!! ^__^
Awesome, thanks heaps !.
Thanks. Great help. My new pink cover lokks just dandy!
Hi Lewis, thanks so much! It’s a HUGE help! I’ve been dying to change my phone’s covers but really couldn’t figure out how to get rid of the original one. Thankies a lot!
Lewis, many many thanks for your efforts it was a massive help.
Cheers
INGY
Hi Lewis,
Your guide sounds great but I can’t open the copy I’ve downloaded from the site. Would you mind mailing a copy to me please? Ta.
Great guide, Lewis – thanks very much.
BTW, the missus is 8 months pregnant and we fancy a home birth.
You couldn’t knock up another, easy-to-follow guide could you?
Once again proving that individuals care more for people than large corporations
Cheers
Neil
Hi Lewis,
I ordered a new cover for my 6680 off Ebay, the seller included special tools to change the cover of the phone however there was no instructions, i tried to guess how to get it off and ended up breaking the mechanism that automaticall starts the camera mode when you slip the cover down on the back.
I came across your site and found it most useful and i thought you done a really good job with the step by step instructions and the photographs. I wish i had your knowledge of computers.
Well done!! Sophie
Fantastic if only i’d googled first
Hi Lewis,
Thank you so much for going ot the trouble of writing this guide – and for writing it so well.
Like many others who have given feedback, bought a new (pink) cover from ebay and thought I was going ot wreck my old cover before managing to get it off!
Now have a nice pink phone and all my sanity thanks to you.
Keep up the excellent work please !!!
Thanks! You saved me a lot of broken plastic clips
Fantastic advice.
Isn’t the internet a marvellous thing?
And aren’t you a marvellous thing?
Many many thanks
Jo
Superb instructions, who’d have thought this would be on the first page of a google search !!
Thanks man! You’re a blessing!
All very well, but how about a guide to change the phone into a new model ?
This helped me a lot!! Thank you very much.. Now I have a cooler phone!! God bless you..
Getting a new case soon; your guide should make it a breeze!
Great guide, saved me hours of fiddling, well done.
thanks! i was afraid to try and open it by myself, and needed the assurance.. plus, i couldn’t have found out about the latch opposite to the card slot. great tutorial.
Great tutorial, really easy to follow and saved a lot of time
11/10
This is exactly what I’ve been searching the web for. Changing the housing now is easier than abc.
Thanks !!!
should have a case turning up any day and i now feel confident that i wont have any problems swapping them !
Brilliant! Thanks for the info, made it a breeze.
Just swapped my bronze case to a black one thanks to this easy guide and one of my girlfriend’s hair clips. Very easy to follow, thanks!
thanx alot dude!Ü
Wonderful, thanks so much. I didnt actually change the cover but took it off to get all the dust out.
Thanks again
Chris
Hi,
Thanks a bunch… that was great, you made me do that and that worked for me !
thanks
Thank you for the tutorial, if i had removed covers without it i would have probably broken them! Excellently clear instructions
Hi, perfect. Thanks a lot!
THANKS VERY MUCH M8 U DONT NO HOW MUCH STRESS I WENT THROUGH TRYING TO PRIZE THE PHONE OPEN U HAVE SAVED ME MANY MORE ATTEMPTS THE INSTRUCTIONS AND PICS ARE GREAT KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK M8!!!
Had a 6680 given by my ex who’s a builder & it was full of sand. Got cover from ebay & it came with no tools or instructions. Now I have a phone which looks like a brand spanker thanks to your instructions. You’re a star!
Hey thanks ever so much for this guide. was contemplating buying a new phone untill i saw this and brought a cover from ebay
GREAT GUY….INSTRUCTIONS SUPER CLEAR…
Excellent – clear and precise instructions. You’re an absolute star. I bought a cover for £2.50 and it’s like i’ve got a new phone.
Thanks a lot, it is great that people like can help dum people like me
Great guide thanks
Managed to get the old cover off and then started to assemble the new cover. Just stopped in time before breaking it. Decided to look for help on the net. Found you wonderful instructions. Can’t thank you enough and you saved me the price of getting it fitted at a shop. Keep up the good work.
Your guide is awesome. They were clear and to the point. Loved it. I would have never guessed how to open this thing up. But I like the way nokia made it so robust. No wonder its still in one piece after all the treatment I gave it. Thanks again.
Absolutly spiffing!
Thanks for the 6680 guide worked a charm
kurt
Great guide! Worked like a charm and my wife loves the brand new cover….
Thanks
Robert
Thanks Lewis
Very clear and comprehensive – exactly what I needed.
With much gratitude,
Steve
Cheers mate, the first time i tried that i broke all the catches off. Much easier from now on i feel.
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Thanks for your efforts, really helpful
Superb guide.. thanks a lot!!!
Superb guide. Many thanks, Lewis
Very comprehensive guide. . .well done. . .
i appreciate all your helpful efforts. . .the camerawork is really out of this world!!
so when are you coming to Africa to get a Goat as a token of our appreciation?
good stuff mate. very usefull
cheers.
well it is relief for me coz i was fiddling so hard with my phone that i thought i may will have to buy a new one……thanks to ur ingenuity of mind…..
Hi, Can’t download these instructions & really need them. Please anyone-can you email them to me or suggest how to view?
Cheers Jane