[muck]

Originally Posted by rockinfigs

damn i think you are right...even if you get the g1 all black ball with the black ring you will still see the silver ring becuz the silver ring is part of the square clip holding the ball in place if you look at the video closely you will see the silver ring is part of the clip...damn i screwed up thinkin it will be all black..what a waste of money...

u after a black ball though? they are both the same price?

[rockinfigs]

ok i got my g1 trackball today and installed it..thinking the black ring around the g1 trackball will make the ring black i ordered the g1 after ordering the 8900..well i can tell you first hand that even with the g1 trackabll it still shows the silver ring because like the previous poster mentioned the silver ring is part of the clip holdind in the trackball..so it doesnt matter which trackball u get..g1 or 8900.

[MPS]

I'm now thinking of removing the silver clip and using spray paint

[Nickel Dime Bay]

Got it done yesterday but how the hell do you pry open the thing that holds the trackball? I tried tweezers but that went nowhere.

[MPS]

did you watch the video ?

T-Mobile G1 OEM black trackball- Motorola, BlackBerry, HTC, Panasonic, Accessories Store, LG, Mobiado, 3G, Micros

[rockinfigs]

its hard to see in the video on exactly what he does..basically the clip is held on by 4 points..if u look at it closely you will see the tab you need to pull slightly to get it off..

[Nickel Dime Bay]

Yea i seen the video many times but i just dont know where to push or pull with the tweezers, or maybe i just need new tweezers.

[rockinfigs]

u basically need a fine needle point tweezer

[chronism]

I just used a very small precision straight screwdriver to lift the two front tabs that lock the retainer down and popped the retainer off.....all the way across the dining room....

[abban]

wowwww nice!!!

i just installed mine!

sorry very poor quality of camera *nokia 6275i DANGGG!!!

[IS300_TRD]

I'm still waiting for mine to come in. I might get some matte black spray paint and color that ring myself. Hopefully it doesn't come off

[Brad4d]

Wirelessly posted (Blackberry 8310)

Lol I don't need to order a black trackball, the one on my curve is already black from use! Hahaha

[IS300_TRD]

I don't have T5 screw driver.

[mase1981]

just ordered mine cool!
all black
43 after coupon

[vporter]

I just installed my trackball this morning, which was much easier than I thought it would be. I used a safety pin at the points that the arrows were pointing to on the silver piece, which had come off with little problem.

[GaDgEtMoN]

Looks Nice! I want to do that to my berry...

[IS300_TRD]

Just got my done:

Before:




After:

[IS300_TRD]

Questions for people who did this.

1. Did you guys get a blacked out top mute button? Mine didn't come with it.

2. Does our back button feel a bit weird?

[F3RDIE]

Does the Black Bezel come with Black side buttons also, or do you still have to use your chrome side buttons??

[ScottMB4]

You can purchase the black buttons separately.