Everywhere in the manuals and on this forum you get warned about not putting your stylus into the hole next to the simcard. I just wonder what happens if one puts the stylus there. What happens?
There's a sensor in the hole which detects when the SIM hole is opened. It prevents you to remove or replace SIM when the device is on. If you put stylus in there, you destroy the sensor, thus you may not be able to switch the device on or it won't turn off when the case is opened (which will result in destruction probably).
Dont' try it
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Hi all, apologies if this has been asked before, i searched the archive and couldn't find anything...
I have an XDA, and the little sensor thing which detects if the sim flap is open is not working, meaning that it thinks the sim flap is permanently open, so I can't use the thing
Does anyone have a magic answer to save my bacon? Pleeeease?
Thanks!
Do you mean the rubber cover on the side of the xda? I think you will need to open up the xda and short the contacts with a wire or solder joint for a permanent repair. You will need a small flat head screwdriver and a T6 torx driver, it is not too difficult a task as long as you take your time and treat the components with care. If you wish to do a temorary repair you can push something into the cavity beneath the rubber, this will hold down the switch. With the xda face down and the antenna facing left, lift the rubber cover, you will now see on the right hand side of the slot a recess, at the bottom of the recess you should see a small plastic pin which is attached to the mechanical lever/sensor, this needs to be pushed down and held, if that is missing/broken you could still try pushing something in that will hold down the remainder of the pin/lever. You can test the repair by switching on the xda as without it the xda will not switch on. Good luck.
At this point I should point out that because it kept turning off because the contact was faulty I've hacked about at it with a little screwdriver and the little spring lever is a thing of the past. Oops... I should never be allowed near a toolkit.
I guess taking apart and shorting the contact is next..... THanks for the pointers!
Well, just wanted to say a big thanks to cruisin-thru, as I just took my XDA apart and whacked a blob of solder on it, and I'm back in the land of working phones!
Thanks!
FOR A START IM PRETTY SURE MY XDA MANUAL SAID AND I MAKE A ROUGH QUOTE - 'DO NOT PROD ANYTHING AT THE MICROSWITCH OR YOU RISK SERIOUSLY DAMAGING YOUR UNIT - YOUR WARRANTY WILL BE INVALID IF U DO' I'm Pretty Sure IT has this Plastered EVERYWHERE in the Manual On The Box Ditto, Ditto, Give me an Email And I'll Send u Out a T-Shirt With 'Kiss Me Slow I'm Stupid' On it, You Lucky It Worked CHAP!
I replaced my screen after I broke it by following the instructions in this pdf guide: (New user, so I cant post links, sorry!) His site begins with rdtk, perhaps you have seen it.
The guide refers to a 'brown part that can flip up' when removing the digitizer cable connection but I couldn't see it. However his photos show it clearly:
(New user, cant post links, sorry!)
However I didn't find those photos until after I had reassembled it.
The Streak boots OK (so the on/off button works!) but gets to the screen where I have to enter a pin code and I then discovered that the screen is unresponsive to touch input. So I cant get past the pin code screen. The screen itself is working fine but is no longer touch responsive.
I have removed the case a couple of times, but the brown flip part is clearly missing and I wonder was it always missing or did I break it.
The cable seems a fairly loose fit so perhaps without the flip up part it is not making a good connection.
Any ideas how I can fix this predicament?
Thanks, Bernie.
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Maybe try removing your new screen and comparing it with old make sure all connections are the same, also check all connections are secure just incase something aint slotted right
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The clip thing is defo there, Ive done it loads of times, the thing does go in quite tight, but maybe you ripped out the old screen without unclipping it, and in turn the old connector had broke off inside the clip, and its blocking the connection to he new screen?
No, the old cable is intact and there's nothing blocking the connector. I suspect I misunderstood the instructions I was following and ripped out the ribbon without unclamping the flip up brown clamp, I was trying to flip up what I thought he was referring to but now see it was just part of the cable. Thus I damaged the clamp and it's now gone. I suspect that my problem is that the ribbon cable is now not being held securely, so in a desperate bid to save this I think I will try and make a tiny wedge and wedge it on top of the cable to press it down securely onto the contacts in the connector.
If I could source a bricked Streak, I might be able to salvage the brown clips and re-use them but chances of getting one in Australia are low.
i had the same problem, just get a sturdy business card and cut it up into a little piece and use that to wedge it on top of the cable
Thanks illa, I will try that.
I am here to kneel before you.
I did the exact same thing due to following a guide that didn't really emphasize this very important point about the clamps.
At first I wasn't sure.I thought I had just screwed up or may be my replacement screen was bad.
Upon closer inspection I broke two of the clamps,and noticed that the one that attaches to the digitizer was just a little loose. Sure enough the biz card wedge did the trick.
Thank you !
I need to change SIMs and I can't get the old one out. Can anyone suggest how to do this without taking apart the phone??:fingers-crossed:
If the pins underneath are the issue, what has worked for me before is to get an empty (and dry) plastic drinks bottle... or some other piece of thin plastic and cut it into shape so that it can slip underneath the SIM. Once you have it under (it can be a bit of a fiddle), you can get a sharp object and use it to gently pull the SIM card as you pull on the plastic tab you made. This way, you have force acting under and on top of the SIM with the pins no longer getting trapped.
Do not force anything, apply gentle pressure only.
Are you trying to just pull it out or are you pushing it in so it pops out (like a microSD card)?
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Thanks for the advice
Yep! I did it - I didn't realise that it was a push in and it will pop out type of thing. Thanks sooooo much!!!:victory:
Good thing you didn't broke it.
Almost happened to me
Recently i ordered 2 wallet cell phone cases from Amazon one of them had an auto wake function when you flipped the case open .. But i decided to keep the one that didnt have this function because it was made better .. Long story short i figured out something many people may or may not know . That the auto wake function is controlled by a very low power magnet ..In the picture im adding will show approximitly where to place the magnet in your case .. I took a magnetic business card and cut a piece of magnet about the size of a dime and it worked perfect and exactly how it should .View attachment 2833296
In the picture i put a white piece of paper that is positioned where the maget should be .. I just took a piece of electric tape and taped the dime size piece of magnet underneath where the the credit card slots are .. (Obviously dont tape it on top of the credit card slots). The screen is very sensitive to it and recognizes it very easily ..I would use the least powerful magnet you can get away with so it doesnt cause any damage to your credit cards or draw object towards your phone that might damage it.
You can test where the magnet needs to touch when the case folds before taping it .. Its about a half inch into the screen from the volume down button..
If this helps only one person then i will be satisfied ..
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Recently i ordered 2 wallet cell phone cases from Amazon one of them had an auto wake function when you flipped the case open .. But i decided to keep the one that didnt have this function because it was made better .. Long story short i figured out something many people may or may not know . That the auto wake function is controlled by a very low power magnet ..In the picture im adding will show approximitly where to place the magnet in your case .. I took a magnetic business card and cut a piece of magnet about the size of a dime and it worked perfect and exactly how it should .View attachment 2833296
In the picture i put a white piece of paper that is positioned where the maget should be .. I just took a piece of electric tape and taped the dime size piece of magnet underneath where the the credit card slots are .. (Obviously dont tape it on top of the credit card slots). The screen is very sensitive to it and recognizes it very easily .. DO NOT USE ANYTHING MORE POWERFUL THAN A REFRIDGERATOR MAGNET .IT COULD HARM YOUR PHONE. I have been using this for a week before i posted this just to make sure there was no problems .
You can test where the magnet needs to touch when the case folds before taping it .. Its about a half inch into the screen from the volume down button..
Try to find the weakest magnet you can get away with ..
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Seeing as our phones are solid state, I fail to see how a strong magnetic field might cause harm, other than possibly permanently "calibrating" the compass and causing issues with the radio(s). Please explain?
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Seeing as our phones are solid state, I fail to see how a strong magnetic field might cause harm, other than possibly permanently "calibrating" the compass and causing issues with the radio(s). Please explain?
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I was just saying that so people use with caution and don't have metal objects being pulled towards their phones that could damage or crack the screen. Also the fact that credit cards are in the case too and powerful magnets can render them useless. I guess I'll revise this but something tells me you already knew how to do this .
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Seeing as our phones are solid state, I fail to see how a strong magnetic field might cause harm, other than possibly permanently "calibrating" the compass and causing issues with the radio(s). Please explain?
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I would say that just the issues you've listed are reason enough to not use a powerful magnet.
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Hi everybody,
this morning I've been quite dumb: trying to insert the sim into the newly arrived mate 20 pro, I inserted the pin into the left bottom hole instead of into the correct one on the sim slide...
Does anybody know what are those two holes? Microphones? May I have broke something? For example the waterproof integrity?
I installed a testing app and tried to register covering alternatively the two holes and it seems that the phone correctly register my voice...
Please help!
Regards,
Enrico
We really need to be careful with this. It's so easily done. Just taken double care myself a few minutes ago.
I read about this on a review.... yes, 2 microphones on the Mate 20 Pro, hole for each, one very close to SIM hole. The reviewer noted hoping there's some protection to the mic as this would happen.
There is a third hole on the top, is that another microphone?
I'm not sure I damaged something: when I phone, on the other side my voice is well received, besides I re-tried to insert (extremely slowly and carefully) the pin inside both the bottom holes and it find something hard at the same depth, so it seems that nothing has been perforated.... but, I really would like to know where to find technical schematics or tear down videos to see how these two microphones are mounted and which is their function.
If I try to register something with the recorder app and I tap alternatively on the left hole and the right hole, only the second tap is registered... so two are the cases:
1) I destroyed the left microphone, but the right one is sufficient for any application to work correctly
2) Nothing is destroyed, but the left hole is something else or the microphone inside is used for other purposes (noise reduction?)
Does anybody know where to find the phone schematics?
Thank you everybody!
Think all three are for microphones and noise cancelling. In the dialler on speaker you can change it to all direction or bottom part of the phone so I guess it needs 3 to work correctly depending what option you pick.
You may have damaged the mic. That hole near SIM eject tray is a mic....so record your voice or make some phone calls and see if you can test out with someone else on the line and test if theres any discernible differences by conversation.
RoOSTA
On fixit I found a tech guy that disassembled the mate 20 pro.
It seems that the microphone cannot be reached from the hole since it sits on top of a little motherboard and is also protected by a gasket the is perpendicular to the hole. So, it seems that the pin only reaches the plastic of the mid frame.
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On fixit I found a tech guy that disassembled the mate 20 pro.
It seems that the microphone cannot be reached from the hole since it sits on top of a little motherboard and is also protected by a gasket the is perpendicular to the hole. So, it seems that the pin only reaches the plastic of the mid frame.
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Lucky me - also pushed a needle into the wrong hole. Thanks for sharing this!
enricomemo said:
On fixit I found a tech guy that disassembled the mate 20 pro.
It seems that the microphone cannot be reached from the hole since it sits on top of a little motherboard and is also protected by a gasket the is perpendicular to the hole. So, it seems that the pin only reaches the plastic of the mid frame.
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I did the same thing too. I didn't realize there are two mics underneath until I found the pin cannot push the sim tray out.!!!!