Does anyone know how to take a G-Tab apart and repair a broken power connector? My son pulled it off of the table where it was charging and it landed squarely on the adapter where it was plugged into the GTab. Everything else works, but charging, of course, does not.
stalnakerz said:
Does anyone know how to take a G-Tab apart and repair a broken power connector? My son pulled it off of the table where it was charging and it landed squarely on the adapter where it was plugged into the GTab. Everything else works, but charging, of course, does not.
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Buy a dock, that's what I did
stalnakerz said:
Does anyone know how to take a G-Tab apart and repair a broken power connector? My son pulled it off of the table where it was charging and it landed squarely on the adapter where it was plugged into the GTab. Everything else works, but charging, of course, does not.
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Choice 1: Buy a dock.
Choice 2: Open it up and solder it back in.
Choice 3: Sell your son to a slave labor camp and use the money to buy a new tablet.
Stolen from another forum about performing a hardware reset:
Disassemble the tablet. Remove the four rubber stoppers on the bottom of the tablet (put them aside). Next, unscrew the screws under them (keep those too). Next we need to get the back half of the tablet off. Put the tablet face down on a piece of paper or another protective material. Gently work one corner of the tablet until the two halves are slightly separated, then use something thin like a business card to keep them slightly parted. You can then use something thin and strong, like a plastic gift card to zip around the edges and break the seal. Prying will only damage your plastics.
snowzach said:
Stolen from another forum about performing a hardware reset:
Disassemble the tablet. Remove the four rubber stoppers on the bottom of the tablet (put them aside). Next, unscrew the screws under them (keep those too). Next we need to get the back half of the tablet off. Put the tablet face down on a piece of paper or another protective material. Gently work one corner of the tablet until the two halves are slightly separated, then use something thin like a business card to keep them slightly parted. You can then use something thin and strong, like a plastic gift card to zip around the edges and break the seal. Prying will only damage your plastics.
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pulling it apart is one thing, resoldering the connection is another. I've read that it's really tricky (and small) Mine started acting up, had to have the plug on a weird angle for the tablet ot start charging. I thought it was the chord, but it must be the hardware inside the tablet that caused it. I bought a dock, and a second charger...the dock works BEAUTIFULLY for charging, and for watching movies on the big screen via the HDMI port on the dock...
Viewsonic G connector input jack power jack
If you need to replace the jack, you can get it at Ebay.....just type in Viewsonic G jack or power jack and they have them there.
http://www.craigsdocks.com/htc-rezound-car-dock-swivel-style/
Let me start off by saying I don't do a lot of reviews, forgive me if I suck at this, but I was compelled to do this one because I purchased the ibolt car dock from Verizon and was very disappointed so I found an alternative and want to prevent others from making the same mistake I did, being that the ibolt/Verizon dock is all I have to compare it to I will be doing so throughout the review.
Most of this info can be gathered from the video below so skip to that if you don't want to read this.
When I received my dock I was surprised most by all the extras it comes with, you receive a very long USB charge cable(good for hidden permanent routing#, 2 wire routing clips, 3 zip ties, plenty of extra double sided tape, 2 alcohol wipes
,and a metal wire to help remove the hard mount if you want to move it, and an alen/hex key for tightening the 2 set screws in set up.
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The dock itself is made of aluminum not plastic, and is an extremely simple design that once set up has only one moving part, anyone who works in any sort of mechanical field knows that this is a very good thing for durability.
The set up of the dock is more involved than just putting in the correct insert and going, but is not complicated at all. You have to set the depth of the cable block to match the depth of your phone with whatever case or extended battery set up you have, then the block is locked that position with double sided tape. The one draw back to this is that it is somewhat permanent and if you have different setups that change the thickness of your phone the position of the USB cable cannot easily be adjusted to match, you would have to remove the double sided tape, replace it, and reposition the block. I plan on using the same case/battery setup all the time so this is not an issue for me. You also set the depth of the microusb male plug itself so that it can reach the receiver in the phone, the plug may have to protrude more or less depending if your phone is naked or has a thick case, this is done with a simple set screw on the cable block. The other adjustment is the side stop which lines your phone up horizontally with the plug, this is also set with a simple set screw. Overall the set up of the dock itself took about 3 minutes.
Here is a video that shows the process of setting it up.
Mounting the dock. To mount the dock with the optional suction cup mount is self explanatory, I will say that the suction cup mount with this dock is a far better design than the ibolt, it seems much more sturdy and the range of articulation is much better. The dock does not come with this mount though it is extra, $9.99 I believe.
The dock does come with a hard mount block which is affixed to wherever you choose via double sided foam tape. Anyone worried about the tape not holding, DON'T. It is some sticky stuff, its not going anywhere. I used this mount and it is, like the dock, a very simple, sturdy design, no worries about it lasting.
Basically you figure out where you want it, stick it, tighten the dock to it and forget it. The one small draw back is that this mount does not articulate at all other than twisting from landscape to portrait. You will have to find a flat surface that is in a good place and at a good angle for viewing, I had several that would work fine and simply chose the one I liked best.
Looks. I think the dock looks great, it is very small and sleek, compared to other docks it looks like your phone is just floating free in space. When the phone is not in the dock its even more of a difference, there just isn't much to this thing so you don't even notice it there. Low profile would be the perfect term for it.
Clunky/bulky right? lol
If you have a Bluetooth set up it can look even cleaner, my wires are not set up totally yet.
I plan on routing the charging and audio cable completely hidden and even installing a hidden dedicated 12v outlet to power it.
Speaking of power. I used a generic 1A USB car charger. And as you can see from the picture below I was able to get a positive charge on the phone with the screen at full brightness 4g, gps, WiFi on, navigation running, transparent Pandora running w/ a live background, outputting through the headphones at max volume. The Ibolt without ridiculous modifications would be running at atleast -500mah in this set up.
In use The dock is very solid and sturdy, it does not bounce around on rough roads.
Mounting and unmounting the phone are done in a single fluid motion, it snaps right in and out without fail, I recall my ibolt needing a little wiggle every couple times to get it to sit on the plug. This is likely due to the one size fits all insert for a cased phone, not all cases are the same thickness, this dock adjusts to fit your phone in your specific case, both the depth to reach the plug and the depth of your phone are able to be set on the cable block so that the plug is in exactly the right place to accept your phone everytime.
Last but certainly not least, perhaps most importantly, it charges, cuz, uh yeah, its a dock, it should charge your phone.
Conclusion. Short and simple, if you don't plan on the thickness of your phone changing very often, and if you are not disgusted by the looks(which I don't get considering the alternative cheap plastic monstrosity), you should buy this dock, or wait for another one to become available because the ibolt/Verizon dock is junk.
http://www.craigsdocks.com/htc-rezound-car-dock-swivel-style/
+41mA? do you have any shots with it getting a full OVER +500mA charge?
Reportedly the same issue with some verizon docks was that it wouldn't give it the full charge and thus with GPS and other things on, there would sometimes be a net loss, or break even, but no charging happening actually.
it usually takes a minute for me to get the battery monitor widget to show the full charge happening.
Thanks..
thatsricci said:
+41mA? do you have any shots with it getting a full OVER +500mA charge?
Reportedly the same issue with some verizon docks was that it wouldn't give it the full charge and thus with GPS and other things on, there would sometimes be a net loss, or break even, but no charging happening actually.
it usually takes a minute for me to get the battery monitor widget to show the full charge happening.
Thanks..
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This dock uses whatever USB charger you have, the dock simply holds the wire in the right place, it comes with a USB cable NOT a charger, the wire goes straight to your phone, it will charge exactly the same as without the dock. Regardless of what people may have reported I tested the ibolt/Verizon dock for 5 hours and it would not charge at all with a 1A charger as long as the screen was on, even at 10% with NOTHING else on or running but battery monitor widget.
If you read the review or look closely at the picture this is with the screen at 100%, GPS, 4g, wifi on, navigator and Pandora running with live wallpaper and media volume at Max outputting through the headphone Jack. The Verizon dock with the same 1a charger would be at atleast -500mA in the same situation. This dock will perform exactly the same as whatever charger you plug the USB cord into.
Watch the video.
Nice review, thanks for the write up and good pics. Is it mounted using that sticky foam tape where you have it under the vent? How much flat area does it need for the tape? Want to check where I might put it in my car.
Do you know if you can easily remove any residue if you later take it off? I'm not planning on selling my car any time soon and had my last phone for 4 years so it may be up there a while.
feralicious said:
Nice review, thanks for the write up and good pics. Is it mounted using that sticky foam tape where you have it under the vent? How much flat area does it need for the tape? Want to check where I might put it in my car.
Do you know if you can easily remove any residue if you later take it off? I'm not planning on selling my car any time soon and had my last phone for 4 years so it may be up there a while.
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The mounting block is pretty small I would say 1"x3" at most.
I havent removed it so I dont know for sure about the residue, the video says it comes off well and when you look at the tape it seems like it would come off, its not gooey or anything so I imagine it will stay in one piece when it comes off unless maybe it gets really hot and melts down which of course is possible in a car. If I had to make a guess I would say it will come off pretty clean.
Hello Everyone,
First of all I would like to thank Kane for the great review!
The mounting block is 1 inch x 1-3/4 inch exactly ... its very small
The mounting tape stays somewhat soft, but not overly soft, in the video of my install you will see that I do take it off and peel it pretty much clean, then with a fingernail the rest comes off, that was after it had been on my dash for about 2 months, however if it were to tough to get it all you could heat it up with a hair dryer and pick it off with a fingernail but I don't think this step would be needed.
If you weren't ever going to want to flip the phone from landscape to portait you could even take the block and the screw out all together and put the extra tape I give you on the back of the dock itself and use the same amount of tape I used on the docking plate.
These car docks I make are time consuming to produce, these are all made by hand and on a milling machine so they are all within 1/1,000 of an inch of each other, I made them as tiny as I could possibly make them without compromising its holding ability.
My thoughts were if its in the car you dont want to be looking at some giant dock blocking your windshield or if mounted on dash have it blocking other controls, basically you want to see the phone not a dock so I tried to make it basically invisible.
Its easy to make things big, the challenge is making big things small lol
Thanks for the info!
I just looked at my car and I think there's one place it could work, right above the built in stereo/navi screen. Just curious how far it sticks out? Also, it's stationary other than rotating from landscape to portrait, right? So does it come straight out at a 90 degree angle from the mount surface of the dash? I've never used a dock before so I want to be sure I'll be okay with it.
Oh, one more thing... does the phone touch metal or is there any sort of material in there? If it touches metal would it be possible for me to glue on some felt lining? I may not use a case with my phone so I want to save it from any possible scuffing.
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Thanks for the info!
I just looked at my car and I think there's one place it could work, right above the built in stereo/navi screen. Just curious how far it sticks out? Also, it's stationary other than rotating from landscape to portrait, right? So does it come straight out at a 90 degree angle from the mount surface of the dash? I've never used a dock before so I want to be sure I'll be okay with it.
Oh, one more thing... does the phone touch metal or is there any sort of material in there? If it touches metal would it be possible for me to glue on some felt lining? I may not use a case with my phone so I want to save it from any possible scuffing.
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Hello,
The total distance it sticks out would be 2 1/4 inches max thats with mounting plate and swivel attached, from the dash to the back of the dock itself is a little less than 3/4 of an inch.
However your dash leans once the dock is mounted thats the exact way it would lean its a perfect 90 degree's (basically if your dash leans back at 45 degree's then your phone would lean that exact same degree since its a perfect 90)... since this dock with its mounting plate and swivel sticks out, it may be possible for it to hover over controls that dont stick out to far, like in the video I have a raised part on my dash and it hovers over it, once you have it in hand you will find places you didn't think it would fit.
Your phone never touches metal, I use a automotive grade flocking fibers (this is on the dock and the arms as well, nothing without this flocking ever touches your phone).
Whats flocking? ... I put on a special adhesive and then blow on soft flocking fibers, it actually looks like it grew out of the metal, I use this on all my docks, none of my docks will the phone ever touch metal, they always ride on the flocking.
If you look at the second picture on this thread (the side view one) you will be able to see these flocking fibers, only where your phone would ever touch the fibers are used, the rest is painted and smooth.
Thanks for the Question's
Cool. I am definitely going to check this out. Thank you for the great write up, pictures and review.
I have the same dock and am real happy with it except for one thing. I hook it up with the MHL HDMI adaptor to a video monitor screen and even using the stock a/c charger (I have a/c power in my truck) that puts out one amp, my battery still eventually runs down playing movies etc.
The bracket itself is awesome.
~John
Ordered April 12th, received today in the mail. Have not mounted it yet, but I'm impressed with the build quality so far. I'll update after installation.
EDIT: Now have this dock installed in my Yukon and it was very simple. A few adjustments, finding the right place to put it were easy. The included tape to stick it on the dash is plenty strong and holding very well after 2 whole days. The phone, with the extended battery, fits solid if you do the proper adjustments during setup, and hasn't even thought about falling out of the dock yet. I am happy with this purchase for now.
jmorton10 said:
I have the same dock and am real happy with it except for one thing. I hook it up with the MHL HDMI adaptor to a video monitor screen and even using the stock a/c charger (I have a/c power in my truck) that puts out one amp, my battery still eventually runs down playing movies etc.
The bracket itself is awesome.
~John
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That sucks but it would be much worse with the verizon dock. On the same note Craigsdocks just sent me a "new improved cable" for free without even telling me, its a much heavier gauge wire it has some sort DIY splice at the end of it. Anyway my generic 1a car charger now charges better than the home charger that came with the phone. No exaggeration whatsoever, battery monitor widget has shown 1090mA while the screen was on. Not a typo 100%+ the rating of my charger is getting to my phone, I was running 4g, GPS, wifi on, screen at 90%, Pandora playing full volume, navigation searching for satellite, and syncing my accounts and I'm still getting between 300-500mA recorded charge. I literally CANT get anything real sustained readings under 300mA. I have heard even the stock wall charger can't keep up with MHL but I kid you not my crappy generic car charger is now more powerful than the home charger. Oh and it puts the phone in dock mode now, and shows charging in ac mode but I'm sure the old cable did too, not that it matters what mode it is if you are getting that kind of juice, call it USBeautiful mode.
Maybe they sent me the cable because I gave a good review or maybe they are sending them to everyone, BUT GET ONE even if its for another dock or just a charger.
Kane5581 said:
That sucks but it would be much worse with the verizon dock.
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Well three things, his post is from Jan, the MHL adapter wouldn't work on the Verizon dock because it doesn't pass data and the dock has been fixed so it charges correctly now.
The reason the battery dies with the MHL adapter is the same reason the first round of Verizon docks didn't charge right, the data pins aren't shorted out so the phone thinks it's on a USB connection and only draws 500mA. The MHL can't be shorted out because it needs the data pins to transfer audio/video so there's really not much you can do about it. ibolt has update the Verizon dock to short the pins, the free replacement they sent me has no problem running GPS and music and still charge..
how secure is it with the extended battery? meaning, will it keep the phone in place just fine without worrying if it'll slip off if you're on a rough road/speed bumps/etc?
voxigenboy said:
how secure is it with the extended battery? meaning, will it keep the phone in place just fine without worrying if it'll slip off if you're on a rough road/speed bumps/etc?
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I don't have the extended battery but I have a regular tpu case on the phone and there is plenty of room left for a larger setup. It does not move period the way I have it I can't imagine it would be much different with the extended battery.
voxigenboy said:
how secure is it with the extended battery? meaning, will it keep the phone in place just fine without worrying if it'll slip off if you're on a rough road/speed bumps/etc?
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I have extended and it works just wonderfully. Has not fallen out yet.
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Thanks, I'm interested in one of these. Better than holding the phone while using the GPS!
trickster2369 said:
Ordered April 12th, received today in the mail. Have not mounted it yet, but I'm impressed with the build quality so far. I'll update after installation.
EDIT: Now have this dock installed in my Yukon and it was very simple. A few adjustments, finding the right place to put it were easy. The included tape to stick it on the dash is plenty strong and holding very well after 2 whole days. The phone, with the extended battery, fits solid if you do the proper adjustments during setup, and hasn't even thought about falling out of the dock yet. I am happy with this purchase for now.
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Did you get the new cable? You would notice the splice towards the phone end, the old one didn't have that, it also puts the phone in dock mode where the old one didn't.
Kane5581 said:
Did you get the new cable? You would notice the splice towards the phone end, the old one didn't have that, it also puts the phone in dock mode where the old one didn't.
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Yes, I did.
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Wondering if anyone has seen or knows of a right angle 40 pin charging connector? Either that or im hacking up a keyboard if i can find one cheap enough. Im dead set on getting this tab in my dash =D
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What do you mean right angle? Do you mean so the cable is lines to to right rather than at the bottom on the sync/charge cable?
In that case - no, never seen. But its not super-hard to do it yourself. It will still stick stick out around 1cm though, because theres a PCB inside.
Although the PCB can be removed as well, but that requires some very fine soldering (we're talking pins that are like 0.7mm, if not less, with like 0.5mm spacing)
I had a hell of a time to just resolder the data cables on the cable, and the points are located on the PCB so theres only 2 'pins' near there. Soldering those cables on the connector itself would be.. ugh... *nightmares*
Lol no, no micro soldering for me. Just wondering if there has been or is or what miss match parts could possible go together to go from the existing 40 pin port down and back. Like a right angle but coming down and away from you. The ipads have em. But we arent comparing that crap here. I want to make a dock of sorts, to have fiberglassed in. Tab slides down and plugs in to charge. Thats why i mentioned hacking up a keyboard if need be.
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Yeah ok. No I dont think theres any such cable.
But if you just want to angle the cable its quite easy, and if youre careful wont require any soldering.
All you need to do is open the cable up, cut a new hole for the cable in the casing, align it and reassemble it (it will probably have to be glued together again, or plastic welded, simple stuff really).
And even if you would manage to rip off the cables, the + and - cables are (relatively) big. ground is just soldered directly onto the shielding, and + is soldered to 3 pins next to each other, and theres only 1 other pin nearby you have to look out for, but that pin is sortof protected by some plastic thing (which will probably melt from the heat of the soldering iron though lol).
The hardest part of all this is actually opening the damn casing without damaging it too much
hi
I am wondering if is there a samsung galaxy tab power plug is on angle? [30pin "L" shaped connector?]
I will explain why I need angle plug.
I am disabled guy and I am in chair. my galaxy tab is on chair. http://imageshack.us/photo/my-images/12/img1436zi.jpg/
you see that the power plug is stick out. I am crash at doorway lol
if is there 30pin "L" shaped connector? , it would help
I have the p6800 and I will put the p6800 on my chair but I need a 30pin "L" shaped connector
Unless you have one custom made, it is probably going to be hard to come by.
Have you considered flipping the unit 180 degrees? You would have the cord headed toward your lap, but maybe that would be better?
you might also consider modifying the custom dock attachment to allow you to flip the device vertically as you move around. Kind of flip it out of the way and then pop it right back?
Doug M.
There is nothing for sale, but my advice would be to get someone with good soldering skills to modify that plug
Your device look's like a P1000, is it an old picture?
You will have to get your self a desktop dock and take it apart and unscrew the metal weight from it and remove that..
Then cut up the cover so the flexable 30 pin cable sticks out and can bend around.
Next step is to velcro it to the back of your tab and the female 30 pin connector is at back now so less chance
of knocking things off etc.
have done this to mine best thing i did to mod the dock.
will try to dig out a photo of it some time and add it to here so you can get an idea of what to do...
MRBR7 said:
You will have to get your self a desktop dock and take it apart and unscrew the metal weight from it and remove that..
Then cut up the cover so the flexable 30 pin cable sticks out and can bend around.
Next step is to velcro it to the back of your tab and the female 30 pin connector is at back now so less chance
of knocking things off etc.
have done this to mine best thing i did to mod the dock.
will try to dig out a photo of it some time and add it to here so you can get an idea of what to do...
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Excellent idea. If you can post the photo, I'll chop up one of my docks and send the result to carlo67 if he wants it.
Based on my finding with the screen burn-in issue, I will not be using either of my 2 docks.
Carlo 67 - You still out there?
Doug M.
I am ok it is sort out
it is stick out little bit [1 inch] of chair but it is ok, I have to be careful
z
thank you for all of replies
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Excellent idea. If you can post the photo, I'll chop up one of my docks and send the result to carlo67 if he wants it.
Based on my finding with the screen burn-in issue, I will not be using either of my 2 docks.
Carlo 67 - You still out there?
Doug M.
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