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Stuff happens - and so it did for the ole Nokia 3110 Classic, it played submarine for 5 minutes in a washing tub filled with hot water and washing powder. Surprisingly it made a call to a friend while in the water. Unfortunately it didn't survive the ordeal and was dead after. It did it's job as a GPRS/EDGE modem for the DELL D610 laptop for more than a year. So a good time to take the Nokia 3110 Classic apart and have a look what's inside.

Stuff happens - and so it did for the ole Nokia 3110 Classic, it played submarine for 5 minutes in a washing tub filled with hot water and washing powder. Surprisingly it made a call to a friend while in the water. Unfortunately it didn't survive the ordeal and was dead after. It did it's job as a GPRS/EDGE modem for the DELL D610 laptop for more than a year. So a good time to take the Nokia 3110 Classic apart and have a look what's inside.

Removing the Nokia 3110 cover

The first trick is to get the cover removed. No tools required, start in the middle and push a nail under the plastic edge. With a little pressure on all sides, the edge comes off without breaking it.

 

 

Removing the Nokia 3110 Classic keyboard

The Nokia 3110 Classic keyboard comes off, including the screen.
From here 6 screws are visible - remove them with the right tools.

 

 
 

 

Removing the Nokia 3110 Classic printed circuit board

After the 6 screws are removed, the printed circuit board (PCB) comes off easily.

 

 

Nokia 3110 Classic speaker box

In the black casing there's the sound box including the big and small speaker. The small speaker is removed in the picture.

 

 

 

 

 

 

The bigger speaker is mounted in a plastic box.

 

 

 

 

The Nokia 3110 Classic color display

The Nokia 3110 Classic display can be easily clipped of the main PCB.

 

 

 

To disconnect the Nokia 3110 Classic display from the PCB, remove the small hatch lifting the small clip.

After disconnecting the small flat cable, the Nokia Classic color display comes of from the main PCB.

 

 

 

Nokia 3110 classic printed circuit board

The PCB of the Nokia 3110 classic is a complex piece of electronics. Little to repair here, when broken.

Same view, now with the metal shields removed - they come off lifting the small clips of each hatch.

Even after all parts where cleaned from washing powder, the Nokia 3110 Classic didn't come to live.
Most likely the hot washing powder solution changed the resistance of the SMD resistors / capacitors.