The first two of many Sidekick Repair guides are up at www.repairmysidekick.org.

The first is for replacement of the Sidekick 3 LCD flip screen.  I am also working on one for just the LCD itself. Lets’s just say it is a lot easier to just replace the whole flip screen!

The second guide is for Sidekick 3 LCD Cover Screen Replacement This is for if your Sidekick 3 screen is scratched up or cracked but your LCD is still good.

The next batch of guides I am working on include Sidekick 3 keypad replacement, Sidekick II swivel screen replacement, and how to correct a overspun LCD screen

First off, here is an article that discusses the checking of Sidekick serial numbers of people being arrested to see if they macth a database of stolen Sidekicks.  

In September, a study by the Urban Institute, a respected research organization in Washington, suggested that iPods were partly responsible for a nationwide increase in violent crime in 2005 and 2006. Now a different gadget — T-Mobile’s Sidekick line of cellphones and music players — appears to be a rising target in robberies in New York City, especially among younger people.

The Police Department’s top spokesman, Paul J. Browne, acknowledged today that Sidekick phones — which also serve as digital music players and cameras — have been “specifically targeted for theft” and are “often the only property taken in robberies.”

 Click Here for the rest of the story.

And The other story is about 36, 000 T-mobile phones, worth an estimated 8.2 Million dollars, being stolen from a warehouse.  A large percentage of the stolen phones were Sidekicks.  So be aware of buying a brand new sidekick from somebody beside a reputable dealer in the weeks ahead.  T-mobile has the IMEI numbers and will not activate any of the stolen phones.  So be careful and don’t buy and expensive paper weight. 

 From the article: ” Wanted to let you all know that one of our warehouses was broken into over the weekend and some 36,000 phones were stolen (worth about 8.2 Million). The most significant phones stolen were the Sidekick phones. Please make sure you inform the dealers who like to purchase gray market handsets that we are aggressively working with law enforcement to prosecute anyone who has these handsets. We do know the IMEI’s of the stolen phones and once they end up on our network we will go to the dealer code that activated the phone. So if your dealers get a call about Sidekicks and the deal is too good to be true, you will know why.”

 Read more here.

I have seen these questions a lot lately. Which one is better, the Sidekick Slide or the Sidekick LX? What differences are there between the Sidekick Slide and Sidekick LX?

Boygeniusreport.com has a great article comparing the two.

Here are some excerpts:

Screen

Sidekick Slide: The Sidekick Slide’s screen has a resolution of 320×240, and is exactly the same physical size as the Sidekick iD. Even though it is quite smaller than the LX, the Slide’s screen is crisp, bright, and shows vivid colors.

Sidekick LX: We’re in love with the Sidekick LX’s screen! At a resolution of a 400×280, it provides ample room when web browsing, or just doing general tasks with the device. This is the main reason we’re so inclined to stick with the LX. It really is fantastic.

Call Quality

Sidekick Slide: Motorola integrated the ear speaker on the actual screen panel, instead of the d-pad where all of the ear speakers have always been housed. This was an awesome move, and provides the most clear and not awkward talking experience of any Sidekick to date. It is also incredibly comfortable.

Sidekick LX: As we mentioned above, the ear speaker is housed on the d-pad which is on the left side of the phone. We don’t normally use the Sidekick devices as phones, but when we tried it out, we noticed a buzz / hiss through out all conversations, and after a couple minutes the d-pad started to get annoying.

Conclusion:

We hope you liked our head-to-head battle between the Sidekick Slide and the Sidekick LX. What’s our ultimate conclusion? If you’re a hardcore Sidekick user you’ll want to grab the LX. The keyboard and screen alone make this a win. The Sidekick Slide isn’t really beneath the LX on the totem pole, so if you want an awesome phone, but love the Danger OS all in a small device, you will definitely want to pickup the Slide. It’s a hard choice, believe us. We switched from the LX to the Slide, back to the LX probably 6 times alone in the past day, but for now, we’re sticking with the Sidekick LX. The screen is just too good…

Read the rest here:
Sidekick Slide vs. Sidekick LX

So do you have a sidekick that you are having issues with?  Post a comment here with a detailed description and I will see what I can do to help.  I have been working on a new site called RepairmySidekick and have been reading up on repair tips and repair sites.

I might not have the solution you need but I  probably will be able to send you in the right direction.

Thanks and feel free to post your Sidekick questions.

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