Sony Ericsson joystick ways for W700i

Many of you would suffer from faulty working of joystick i.e., it works just two side and enter. Don't worry as you can solve this problem by sparing few minutes on repairing it. It work for many model of Sony Ericsson phones which have same joystick module.

Causes: It is caused by dust or the dead cells from your finger to enter into the joystick. Proper covering of joystick can prevent dust entering into it.


Solution: Now we now the exact reason why it is not working. All we need to do is to clean the joystick. But how??? The joystick is too small to actually clean it??? would be your question.
For this you need to have a spray called Electronic contact cleaner with a needle or a tube in front of it.

Procedure:

1. Disassemble your phone. (Not covered in this post). This is a very tough thing to do as there are many parts waiting to be damaged due to improper handling. Visit or google about the ways of disassembling your phone.
2. Now with your main board in sight and also the joystick, spray the cleaner into the core of the joystick. Don't worry about the cleaner that runs down your board. It'll evaporate after some time.
   
3. Repeat step 2 until all the dust is out. I mean, until you are satisfied that it has been cleaned.
4. Wait for the cleaner or that solution to dry or else you'll end up short circuiting your phone.
5. Assemble the phone and you woud have notice the way your joystick works now i.e,. like almost a new one. If not then try again 3 to 4 times.

If this does not work then you have to solder a new joystick.

The joystick ways is given in the picture below. Please be careful as bad soldering will cause your joystick or/and phone not to work properly.