Hello,
unfortunately my stylus cap came off.
Now the longer part of the stylus is stuck in the XDA :-(
Any ideas how to get it out again?
many thanks
golf
if you cant put the upper part into the xda and screw it a bit on and then pull it out
then maybe a longer metal or what ever stick with the same size thread
would be able to get screwed into the pen and then you can pull it out
Thanks for the very quick reply.
When it happened for the first time I was able to "reconnect" screwing the top part on.
But now it's not deep enough. I just doesnt connect, because the main part slid in to far or the thread doesn't grip :-(
I called O2 and they said I would have to send it in...
Very anoying...
well a long screw with the same size and the top would be able to connect would it not ?
You need to get something with the same thread as the top half but longer, then just screw it in and pull the lower half out, if it is broken off then thats a different story.
Thanks folks.
I will stop by at a DIY shop and see if I can find a long screw somewhere...
cheers
golf
I had this happen to me. I put some Krazy Glue in the top half and then pushed it onto the bottom half - waited about 20 sec, then it pulled out without a problem. My issue was the both screw threads became completely stripped.
Jon.
I used the handle end of a small artist's paint brush.
The tapered, plastic shaft was just the right size to push into the stuck portion of the stylus.
Obviously you'll need to hunt around for the right size, but most households will have something similar.
Thank you, the screw did it
I am happy to inform you that with your help yesterday I managed to release the stylus.
A long screw did the the trick for me easily.
Now the only problem left is the unstable screen color, but that's something I have to live with...
thanks again
golf
i need help since im on a kind of a hurry.
i have an x10a, unlocked rooter and cm6.1.2 i think, i have a terrible battery life with the 3g data network activated now.
because of that i need to know how to optimize the battery and the phone itself as soon as possible cuz i just got a white x10 for my gf and i want it to be froyo or gb and since she is a USER i want to give her a fully fuctional phone with a decent battery life (vs a bb lol easy).
i havent done a big search but the help its welcomed, i need to fix those phones
EDIT: there is a film over the screen of the xperia, that is an original screen protector or what? i want to change it since its pretty battered by my pocket but i dont know if its something important or just a screen shield
its a plastic film find a corner and gently pull it up and behold the pretty glass underneath
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its a plastic film find a corner and gently pull it up and behold the pretty glass underneath
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thanks, happy to know taht my screen its ... not that screwed hahaha
looks like im going to find out hte best wway to get the phone work right damn
Sadly my X10 has come to an end. Its been one of the best things I've owned over the past 6 months. But its current state has just made me give up on it
From what was a tiny small crack in the screen has now ended in me getting rid of the phone.
I replaced the digitizer but when doing so scraped off the doublesided glue, so waited another 3 weeks for that to come from overseas.
After finally arriving and damaged the LCD putting it back together. So waited more weeks for that to come. The new LCD is good, I boot the phone to notice the screen goes from 256k colours (looked ****) to normal - almost every time I touch the screen. I investigate to find the replacement digitizers ribbon cable which is attached to the glass has come off. Im putting it down to being faulty as so much care and love was put into putting it back togeather. Im not going to bother ordering a new one.
The last 3 months I've been without it, so its time to move on. Funny enough my girlfriend who hated her x10 since day one (yes we had matching x10's) was given an iphone so I'm taking hers.
As I speak, it sits in front of me in bits and I am seriously over trying to fix it. Its black too.
Dont let your child die
I was thinking of giving it one last go, but I woke up thinking the digitizer cable being broken wouldnt have been causing the bad screen colour. That would have to be LCD related..
So its definately all over with now!
buy a superamoled display from the SGS
oh man, its awful to hear that.
all parts are available if anyones interested
Helo.Sorry for my english but i want to ask, you have all the parts off the phone?My x10 usb is broken and i cant recharge.The motherboard is that im interested.Do you sell it?
Hello.
I wanted to know if you have some spare parts from X10 (Ear Piece Speaker Flex Cable and Keypad Button Flex Cable).
Thank you.
im really interested about the motherboard,you still got it?
Is your phone still up for grabs? Please PM me.
Regards
K
hey.
hey fellow brent I hope everything goes ok with your x10.
Hi, I have a SE Xperia Mini Pro SK17a months now and I forgot to make this thread in September. Anyways, does anyone here have this squeeky noise on the back cover near the volume buttons where it's under the volume down button and the center of the phone on the right side of it?
I've popped off the cover a million times and it still has that annoying noise.
Note, the noise only occurs when I apply pressure under the volume down button in a squeezing way. At first it clicks, after squeezing it for months, it's now more of a sqweek.
I have tried another sk17a cover and it is still there.
Any ideas?
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Hi, I have a SE Xperia Mini Pro SK17a months now and I forgot to make this thread in September. Anyways, does anyone here have this squeeky noise on the back cover near the volume buttons where it's under the volume down button and the center of the phone on the right side of it?
I've popped off the cover a million times and it still has that annoying noise.
Note, the noise only occurs when I apply pressure under the volume down button in a squeezing way. At first it clicks, after squeezing it for months, it's now more of a sqweek.
I have tried another sk17a cover and it is still there.
Any ideas?
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when it comes to builds its not very good with many company's my old mini pro had that stick a small piece of paper there should b ok, dont fold it to much.lol
thats what i did with my old mini pro and most people who had it.
my new mini pro is smooth from one side but volume side is sticking out try to bend the plastic back cover so it fits smoothly but no luck.
A fried of mine who got a Mini Pro (I promoted it, lol) did not have this problem. I physically compared it and switched the back covers too, no squeek on the friends Mini Pro, on both back covers. With the newer back cover on mine, i still get the sqweek...
Hello XDA Community!
I seem to be having a serious issue with my phone and cannot seem to find a solution online, so I am hoping that someone here will be knowledgable enough to assist me!
When I slide my keyboard out on my sk17i, my screen refuses to change orientation or respond to my touches. Having tested this further, it seems that it is the screen itself that will not change, but keys pressed and touches are registered. I have figured out that I can slide the keyboard out about 40% (just over the bottom row of letters) and the screen seems to change orientation to landscape AND responds visually to my touches. Any more than that and it just stops.
I looked online and someone suggested passing a magnet (fridge) over the keyboard. I did that and it worked once for about a minute. After that it returned to this state and there doesn't seem to be anything I can do about it. I have just put in an order for new facias and a new hardware keyboard to repair it as I have had it since the day it was released and some components are getting on a bit.
Does anyone know what the issue is? I only can think of one thing and that is a flex cable issue, but I cannot be sure at all...
I'd appreciate any help that can be given!
At first glance, yes, seems like a flex cable/ribbon issue. You screen will remain frozen when the keyb is completely open because the framebuffer stops receiving signal from the motherboard. It wont take long until your screen shows artifacts or goes completely blank even when the keyb is closed. Your touch digitizer might also be affected by a bad flex cable.
I suggest you replace it as soon as possible, but don't try to do it yourself unless you have experience repairing phones. I tried to do mine and ruined the LCD display, making my repair cost three times as much
PD: magnet over the keyb? never heard of that.
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At first glance, yes, seems like a flex cable/ribbon issue. You screen will remain frozen when the keyb is completely open because the framebuffer stops receiving signal from the motherboard. It wont take long until your screen shows artifacts or goes completely blank even when the keyb is closed. Your touch digitizer might also be affected by a bad flex cable.
I suggest you replace it as soon as possible, but don't try to do it yourself unless you have experience repairing phones. I tried to do mine and ruined the LCD display, making my repair cost three times as much
PD: magnet over the keyb? never heard of that.
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Many thanks for that! The flex cable is out of stock right now, so that is quite worrying, I hope it lasts the next month or so! I think I should be okay with repairing it, since I've worked with very small and delicate electronics before in Engineering. Just will have to be super extra careful! Any advice about what to watch out for?
And yup, magnet seemed to work once, I saw it on a very old thread, but that was the only advice given there.
Well, good luck! Be extremely careful with the display though, the original display assembly has unprotected corners and borders on the LCD so it's very easy to break it, especially on the lower side near the softkeys. Replacement parts often come with plastic and/or metallic protectors on them, which help keeping the LCD safe. Guess SE never meant for people to crack the phone open hehe.
again, good luck with that.
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Well, good luck! Be extremely careful with the display though, the original display assembly has unprotected corners and borders on the LCD so it's very easy to break it, especially on the lower side near the softkeys. Replacement parts often come with plastic and/or metallic protectors on them, which help keeping the LCD safe. Guess SE never meant for people to crack the phone open hehe.
again, good luck with that.
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Aah okay! I guess I shouldn't bother replacing the facia then, don't want to break the screen! Thank you once again!
Well, all my parts have now arrived, so tonight I'll be attempting this! Hopefully this goes well and fixes the problem!
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Well, all my parts have now arrived, so tonight I'll be attempting this! Hopefully this goes well and fixes the problem!
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Best of luck to you, mate.
Replacing a flex ribbon/cable on the mini pro is no easy task, requires patience and steady hands when sticking the big square part onto the metallic slider while making sure all of the other components (home button, camera, led and sensors) keep aligned in place. Do it wrong and you're in for an even more tedious mission haha.
PD: here's a crappy pic from when I did mine
Pixelado said:
Best of luck to you, mate.
Replacing a flex ribbon/cable on the mini pro is no easy task, requires patience and steady hands when sticking the big square part onto the metallic slider while making sure all of the other components (home button, camera, led and sensors) keep aligned in place. Do it wrong and you're in for an even more tedious mission haha.
PD: here's a crappy pic from when I did mine
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Thanks for that! I was just struggling to take the motherboard off, and looking at the picture helped me see where I could try to pry it open!
Yeah, the mobo can be a b*tch to take off. Glad I could help. Be sure to tell us how it goes.
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Yeah, the mobo can be a b*tch to take off. Glad I could help. Be sure to tell us how it goes.
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Well, after a cracked front facia (thanks to the previous repair that I had on it two years ago), and my temperamental lights, my phone works a charm! Replaced the flex cable, motherboard mount and hardware keyboard. Once again, thank you so much for your advice, I have decided to hang around this place much more often!
Repaired two years ago? Wow, your phone is kind of a veteran haha, mine is about to turn 2yo in about two months. Gotta get a birthday cake.
Good to know everything went fine. See you.
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Repaired two years ago? Wow, your phone is kind of a veteran haha, mine is about to turn 2yo in about two months. Gotta get a birthday cake.
Good to know everything went fine. See you.
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I've had my phone since two weeks before it was released in 2011 xD
I'm sure your phone will love the cake
Noticed a new glitch with my phone though... the softkey and keyboard lights start to light up when I switch the screen on, but as soon as the screen switches on the lights switch off?
Never heard of such problems. What rom are you on?
I am running a stock gingerbread 2.3.3 rom, just rooted it a year ago. No other changes, apart from shoving CWM onto it for backup/restore
Hey guys, I just saw this post after hours of frustration!, I recently changed my damaged slider mechanism on my sk17i and I had to transfer the ribbon cable from the one mechanism to the other but I glued it with 2mm adhensive that is used for screen, and the problem is when I open the phone it is always on landscape mode, like the phone thinks the keyboard is always out! Before I tried this repair
everything worked perfect
How the phone understands if the keyboard is out or not?
Please tell me what I could have done wrong, I would appreciate your help here!
Sorry for my bad english
Thank you in advance!!!
I've been trying to figure that out myself too, it seems to be some kind of optical sensor. Whatever it is, it just works for me hehe.
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I've been trying to figure that out myself too, it seems to be some kind of optical sensor. Whatever it is, it just works for me hehe.
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And you dissasembled it and re-assembled with no problems?
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And you dissasembled it and re-assembled with no problems?
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Welcome to XDA.
Like Pixelado said, it is probably an optical sensor. My advice would be to disassemble the phone again (without unsticking the flex cable though) and make sure everything is back in its correct place. It make just be something is a little out of place, which is very easy to do! Good luck!
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And you dissasembled it and re-assembled with no problems?
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Yes sir. I have never re-used a flex ribbon though. I removed the broken factory ribbon and stuck a new one in. No problems.
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Yes sir. I have never re-used a flex ribbon though. I removed the broken factory ribbon and stuck a new one in. No problems.
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Then as long as I dont know where the sensor is in order to find out my mistake, I am afraid my phone will be permanently on landscape :crying:
Thank you for your replies guys!