how to unscrew a very tight very tiny screw thats damaged

[unwashed potato!]

just got a new casing for my mobile, very happy as the phone looks much better in black rather then the silver and plum before, anyway to get the fron casing off i have to unscrew 4 very very tiny screws. The black casing came with a very tiny screwdriver which fits perfectly, but the troulbe is the screws are done up so tight the screwdriver is just spinning in the screws damaging them.

now i really want to replace the front silver part with the black and its taking me ages to just do the back so im determined to finish but really have no clue as to how i'd take these tiny tight screws out. I have looked in the house for another small screwdriver but can't find any that small, and even if i could i doubt it would work.

so is there anyway to get these screws unscrewed? only thing i could think of was to use like superglue to the screwdriver and then attach to the screw and leave for while but worried that may not work and just eave super glue on my phone.

thanks

 

[unwashed potato!]

With tiny screws its gonna be difficult. The superglue idea wont work. Can you grip them with very small electronics pliers? Or are they recessed? They may be threadlocked in, in which case you havent got a hope in hells chance of getting them out.

they are recessed so can't use the pliers.

i guess im completely screwed?

 

[unwashed potato!]

thanks for all the rep[lies guys.

well i have managed to get one screw out , i used the origianl screwdriver to make the gap big enough for a slightly bigger one to fit, then i pushed like a bugger a it managed to unscrew it, leaving me with the other 3 now.

the phone is a n95, how did you know?

Does the screw go into the other side of the plastic casing? The part you are going to be replacing?

If so, just cut away the plastic casing from the other end of the thread ie hack up the piece of case you are changing.

this was one of my thoughts, just worried that if it might void the warrent changing the casing and if it does if the phone goes wrong i could just put the old casing back

 

[unwashed potato!]

Well the fact that it has 4 screws kinda gave it away.

Tbh i dont think changing your fascia voids the warranty...dont think it would as there isnt any seals that were broken when i did mine.

Would have been easier just to get a set of torx screwdrivers and take them out that way...the screws are torx as it is and using anything other than a torx screwdriver will leave you with a whole lotta pain...

i did use a torx screwdriver, i had torx 4 and 6, i think it was the 4 that was the right size, but the gap became quickly big enough for the 6, and then a flat, and now basically anything very large can fit in there.

i have amanged all but one screw and its driving me crazy. I snapped all the casing that i will be replacing up until the top bit with the speaker and front camera remaing as its the top right screw that still is in.

im having to use a screw driver too large so that it rubs it away enough that it will just comne out which it taking forever and is hurting my hand as i really got to push it against the skin.