How To Remove The Krzr Battery Cover
Lately we’ve been having a ton of people asking us how to remove the battery cover of the Motorola Krzr K1 and K1m. This tutorial will work with every version of the Krzr that’s been released so far including: Verizon Krzr K1m, Sprint Krzr K1m, Cingular Krzr K1, T-Mobile Krzr K1, Motorola Krzr K1, Motorola Krzr K1m, Motorola Krazr, Motorola Krazor, Motorola Krazer.
The battery cover is actually pretty simple to remove. (It took me some time to figure out because it’s quite different that many other phones.) The button that you will use is shown in the picture to the left. For your convenience, I’ll make 2 lessons, one simple, and the other more thorough.
Simple Version (The lesson assumes that you are looking at the phone exactly as we’re looking at this picture.)
- Push the button shown in the picture.
- Slide the cover up. It will only move up about 1/8″.
- Pull the cover toward you.
Thorough Version (The lesson assumes that you are looking at the phone exactly as we’re looking at the above picture.)
In the picture above, you’re looking at the back side of the phone. The little button that you need to press is very near the top. You will probably have to push it in with your fingernail because it needs to be pressed in quite a bit, and I can’t push it in far enough if I just push it with my finger.
Once you’ve pushed it in far enough, you’ll be able to slide the cover up about 1/8″. That’s as far as it will slide, and a lot of people get stuck right there because they expect it to slide farther. That’s it, 1/8″.
Once you got it to slide 1/8″, you need to pull it toward you. The best way to do that is to get your fingernail under the edge of the cover and pry it apart. If you’ve done it correctly it will come toward you very easily! You’ve done it!
It’s very likely that you have done this to insert a new memory card, and if you have you should check out the following lessons:
- How To Install A Memory Card In The Krzr
- Connecting The Krzr To Your PC
- How To Transfer Songs To The Krzr
If you have any questions at all, please feel free to leave them in the comments! I won’t know unless you ask. If there’s a way I can improve the lesson I’d be glad to do it!
Can you please tell me how to unlock ringtones on the KRZOR? We bought one from a friend that upgraded, got the new # transfered, and then…All the ringtones have a lock over them, so the phone will only vibrate to show incoming calls. Many calls to Verizon, and they can’t figure it out. (big surprise, no warentee, no new phone) Just a PS…that even the ringtones that CAME with the phone have a little red lock over them. Can you please help?
Many Thanks,
LF
EXCELLENT!!! .. I was trying to pivot the thing and pry it own with a razor blade; just couldn’t get it open. Thanks for posting this, it worked great!!!!
P.S. The 1680 mAH “extended” battery worked SSOOOOO much longer, you just have to remember to buy the extra door that fits the bigger battery.
i push the button in and the problem is the thing wont’t slide up the 1/8 you said, it doesn’t slide at all, motos are dodgy.
Thank you! I was pushing the right button but coul;d not finesse the door off! I was going Krazy (get it?) with frustration while almost breaking every nail! The instructions to push the door UP slightly was the help I needed. Thank you for your excellent help!
Oh my god thank you i was playing with it when my father wasent looking (he was accully gone, and i couldent take the cover off ( left it like it was before he left) and so i went on goggle and i wrote Motorola k1 how to remove battery, and this was the first thing it poped up Thank You so much, you saved me from a spanking ^^ i owe you i guess, jk
Holy Cow. Thank you sooo much! I enjoy the moron-proof instructions. Three of us, all with advanced degrees tried to open the darn cover, but could not. I was about to hike over to Verizon today for help and stumbled upon these awesome instructions. Why do I need the cover open? The battery is useless and was trying to see what crap was in there.
THANKKK YOOU SOO MUCH ! omgoossh
so heres the story:
so my friend wanted to see if something was in my phone,
i didnt know how to open it
and i just let him try, he spent 5 minutes and told my mom to do it,
she still couldnt do it after 5 minutes,
so then my friend kept trying and then got it open.
i said ” oh you got it , how did you get it ? ”
he said
“i looked at this website!”
i laughed so hard and thought he was a losser ! lmaao.
gaahhhh thankss so much dear!! I have had this karzr for like 6 months && I could never take out the battery!! Thanks. i FELT REALLY DUMB=[ But now i feel better. it finally came off. thanksssssssssssssss ttyl
Hi, as a technophobe who has long lost the instruction manual, I just wanted to thank you for your advice. My motorola refused to recharge and when I rang a shop the advice was to buy a new one. Thanks to your site, I was able to prise the back off (I’d earlier been prising in the wrong place) and find the battery. It was a bit dirty so I tried wiping it with a tissue and…result. No need even to buy a new battery. Thanks for saving me money.
wow, i feel like an idiot now… thanks for posting this!
Thank you so much for taking the time to put good instructions. I really appreciate it.
Hey mate, thanks a lot. My wife was on hold with motarola and we had 3 minutes to get the battery out. We both tried for a long time to get it out prior, but you helped us out!
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU!
This was the ONLY place I found, after much searching, which described the process exactly the way you did — and the ONLY one that made clear what I needed to do.
Thanks so much for the excellent instructions!!!!!
Thank you for the great instructions!
This was wonderful. You taught a 64-yr-old in one minute what hours of fumbling hadn’t! Keep it up! Now I am going to see if you can help me insert the Sim into my new, hopefully better, telephone.
RF
how do i open the cover to a SJ816 cell phone to install battery? Thank you in advance.
THANK YOU!!!
my cell phone says –Unregistered SIM. I was told to remove battery and reinsert but can’t figure out how. AT&T Motorola 1.3 PM 8X Zoom
It was simple to remove battery after reading your suggestion. Thanks!! Can I preserve battery out of cell phone for a whole year in India before returning back to USA.
Once you install the battery, how do you turn the phone on?
Thanks much. I had spent too much time trying to open this Krzr before I Googled your answer. You made it so easy.
Now, I lost my charger for this phone and it does not like just any old charger even though the connector fits. Will I have to buy a Motorola charger?
Thank you very much. I could not open it based on the manual, but your tutorial helped me open it quickly.
I still cannot open the phone