so I was going to clean my lcd,and when I was taking the phone apart,I believe I broke some pins on the motherboard for the cam, because now my cam don't wanna work anymore. could someone tell me if this is fix able or if your interested in buying it. the phone is in pretty good shape just some wear and tear,the screen is in perfect cond, other besides the cam it fine..thanks
can upload some pics later if anyone needs them.
Pics of the broken parts would help. However, if you broke something on the motherboard, there is a 99.9% chance you won't be able to fix it. These motherboards aren't made to be fixed, and the solder points are so small you won't be able to repair it without some VERY expensive equipment.
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Pics of the broken parts would help. However, if you broke something on the motherboard, there is a 99.9% chance you won't be able to fix it. These motherboards aren't made to be fixed, and the solder points are so small you won't be able to repair it without some VERY expensive equipment.
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here you go..sorry pics ain't to good,took them from laptop but at least you can see what I did
Unfortunately sir, IMHO you sir are boned.. when those phones come into the store, I usually end up having to replace them due to it being not repaireable
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Yea you're not going to be able to fix that.
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Hello all on the xda, hope you're all doing well.
Once again I prove my nooby prowess by bombarding the forums and hopefully asking a question a few others have lingering.
A local seller has a Galaxy SII for sale for £70 as it's got an IMEI bar on it.
If I were to take the S2 and put my logic board in it, would that also transfer the IMEI and my current system of ParanoidAndroid?
I know it sounds like quite a stupid question but the opportunity could be there for me to have what is essentially a brand new S2 in noble black for 70 quid as my screen has been smashed by a blundering drunkard who thought they'd try and bottle me and instead, hit my phone.
Thanks for taking the time to read this and as the weekend fast approaches, may I wish everyone on the forums a good one
Peace out
When you say logic board are you referring to the mother board?
I'm no expert, but the way I see it, if you replace the whole motherboard and all components of that phone with yours, it should work since it sunds similar to replacing a broken screen+digitizer which many have done successfully.
Maybe some of the folks here who know more can give a verdict, but IMO £70 for a brand new unlocked S2, I'd give it a shot.
Good luck! :beer:
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Of course it should work.The other way would be to use the screen off of the new one and put it on yours(depends on model colour).
I would also suspect the other phone will have more problems than hes telling you.
Thanks for the responses, I found that the phone was just locked out via a lock pattern haha! Guy sold it but will be getting another for sale soon as he works within a mobile phone industry with Orange (which I'm on) so that's alright how difficult does everyone reckon a complete reshell including screen and digitizer would be? thanks guys
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how difficult does everyone reckon a complete reshell including screen and digitizer would be? thanks guys
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that would be an expensive affair though
If you can back yourself to do it, it'd be pretty cheap. Many vids on YouTube showing you how to replace the screen and digitizer. Seems fiddly..but worth a try if you know what you're doing. Getting it done professionally would be a tad expensive.
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hi, do you know where to buy a working logic board even used? Can't find on ebay
Yeah eBay.
You can try Amazon...
Hi people, need some help with my motherboard on my Galaxy S2 and thought you might be able to help.
Initially I took the advice of a website to use a paper clip in the aerial connection on the back to increase signal... it worked, however, it never gathered signal again without this addition.
After a while the aerial connector broke, but I was able to solder a wire to the open contact on the PCB.
Today the contact broke free from the PCB which left me with nothing to solder to.
I found a page on anandtech.com at the location /print/4686 which shows all the PCB in a nice detail.
Below the sentence 'Moving right is the Infineon Smarti UE2 RF transciever...' there is a chip with 1EH 117 .1.3 which is on the opposite side of where the aerial connector was. Does anyone know what this chip does?
To sum up, does anyone know if any of these connector pins on the chip leads to the aerial connector?
I doubt I would be able to find a schematic of the wiring, and a new motherboard will cost about £150+. So I figure if I can solder a wire to something a bit more solid I could save myself some money.
Any help welcome.
Thanks
replace main board probably cheaper than repairing + u can make it a g(nfc)
Jgjd691995 said:
replace main board probably cheaper than repairing + u can make it a g(nfc)
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Nope this person is good with H/W I guess, this forum mostly deal with software issues, as most of us are apparently application developers, and only some of the best and those who are knowledgeable do tinkering with hardware, so you better contact someone who works on creating roms like CM as they will have some amount of hardware understanding.
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I thank those who give helpful comments
I expect the same from others.
Unless you're experienced at working with microelectronics, don't try and fix it yourself. A millimetre the wrong way with the soldering iron & you'll completely trash the phone.
Pay someone who knows what they're doing to replace the MB/fix it, and consider the 150 quid an expensive lesson in not messing around with things you don't fully understand/can't fix if you bork it (sticking a paperclip in the aerial connection; not something I'd do with a $700 piece of electronics).
Where can I buy a motherboard ?
I'll test another battery tomorrow, but I'm sure the MB is fried
Will You Please Start with the Problem, i mean i dont understand what problem you are facing
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It looks like my i9100 main board is dead. I don't know how or why because I was simply reading when it shut off. I had the EMMC bug, or maybe it is because it took some water a year ago.. I don't know.
Anyway I'm out of warranty and have to repair it myself, but I cant find a main board seller for the SGS2 on internet (tried ebay, amazon etc), I'm stuck.
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Will You Please Start with the Problem, i mean i dont understand what problem you are facing
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Goto samsung care
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I live in Albania
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Goto samsung care
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And that makes a magical fix appear how exactly ? The fix is the same whether you live in Albania, Australia or on the Moon; replace the motherboard. How you get one (off a 'donor' 2nd hand phone or pay Samsung to replace it) is up to you.
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I live in Albania
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Albania means no Samsung care, and that's why I'm talking about a seller in internet.
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And that makes a magical fix appear how exactly ? The fix is the same whether you live in Albania, Australia or on the Moon; replace the motherboard. How you get one (off a 'donor' 2nd hand phone or pay Samsung to replace it) is up to you.
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Albania means no Samsung care, and that's why I'm talking about a seller in internet.
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No samsung care?
Do u live on Mars?
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Seriously, you think I'd be asking here if I could go to a Samsung store and order it
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No samsung care?
Do u live on Mars?
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And you can't post it to Samsung/authorised repairer in whatever country they have same closest to Albania why; you do have a postal service in Albania I presume ?
One isn't going to magically appear on eBay because you've posted on XDA that you can't find one. There's nothing more anyone here can say to you. Monitor eBay constantly for as long as it takes & you'll get one eventually (if you're quick). Once you have a busted phone, take it to a local mobile repair shop, and ask them to take the motherboard out of the broken phone, and put it in your phone.
Done.
If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
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And you can't post it to Samsung/authorised repairer in whatever country they have same closest to Albania why; you do have a postal service in Albania I presume ?
One isn't going to magically appear on eBay because you've posted on XDA that you can't find one. There's nothing more anyone here can say to you. Monitor eBay constantly for as long as it takes & you'll get one eventually (if you're quick). Once you have a busted phone, take it to a local mobile repair shop, and ask them to take the motherboard out of the broken phone, and put it in your phone.
Done.
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So you were posting here purely to spam ? (Given you were obviously able to find what you were looking for/obviously lied about not being able to find same).
Edit -No, you clearly don't understand anything. At all. I said what I said because that is what I would do, I.E if I needed a motherboard replacement, I'd either get an authorised repairer to do it, or I'd get a donor board from a busted phone. It's really quite simple. You obviously have problems with that.
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If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
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Just found it, if you can imagine that possibility. Obviously I didn't enjoy this conversation (where instead of getting help, I got someones pedantic point of view, one who also calls me a lier)
Edit- Then next time read the question and answer simply that : "I go to an authorized repairer and don't know where you can find one"
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So you were posting here purely to spam ? (Given you were obviously able to find what you were looking for/obviously lied about not being able to find same).
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If I understand it right, you don't have anything to say because you can't imagine anything different from your world.
This is the kind of answer I was expecting : http://www.parts4repair.com/samsung-i9100-galaxy-s-ii-main-board-with-program/
And as I specified above, I can replace the part myself, no need for a repairing shop or sending it anywhere.
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Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
I was waiting for a Senior to approve. Thank you
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Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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theunderling said:
Well buy it then.
"noob ok...lazy noob not ok"
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Do we really need to tell him that buy it ?
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Hi everyone, I really need some help/suggestions..
I ordered a replacement usb flex cable, and my replacement part arrived today - but another more serious problem has arisen - one of the screws on the back of the Galaxy S2 won't budge and is now worn down after repeated attempts to remove it
All 6 of the other screws came out perfectly, but one screw in the bottom left of the phone is completely stuck, I tried so hard to remove it but it won't move or turn at all...what could be the reason? Is there glue in that area inside the phone that might've melted and re-stuck? It's terrible, I was waiting a month for my replacement part, and now I can't open it!! :crying:
Please help me if you have any advice!
Just curious, what kind of thought processes do you go through that results in you deciding it's a good idea to post the same thing twice in the forum ? I'm asking because try as I may, I just can't comprehend posting an issue twice (or more in some cases with other people) making it more likely to get a response/help with your issue.
Help me out ?
Yeah, that's a totally fair actually. I was going to come and post this here as a new thread, in the hopes that it'd get some attention from people who might possibly have had the same problem before. At the same time though I had somebody wanting an update on the situation in a thread about USB flex cables. I was lazy, and I just copy/pasted the text.
I'd be happy to remove this thread if you'd like - I just thought it'd be buried and go unnoticed if left in the thread about USB flex cables - and since it's such a rare problem which I really would like some help with, I thought it needed all the attention it could get.
Sorry for the double post..
Points for honesty Nah, leave this thread. If you have this closed & just rely on the post you made to that other guy's thread, fair chance it will get lost/buried & you won't get an answer.
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Yeah, that's a totally fair actually. I was going to come and post this here as a new thread, in the hopes that it'd get some attention from people who might possibly have had the same problem before. At the same time though I had somebody wanting an update on the situation in a thread about USB flex cables. I was lazy, and I just copy/pasted the text.
I'd be happy to remove this thread if you'd like - I just thought it'd be buried and go unnoticed if left in the thread about USB flex cables - and since it's such a rare problem which I really would like some help with, I thought it needed all the attention it could get.
Sorry for the double post..
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Hello dear XDA-Community,
The idea of this thread was to serve as an un bricking thread eventually,
I am looking into a riffbox for jtag service, I am approaching xda to see if any users would be interested in helping me cover the cost of said riffbox
if you were to donate towards the cause in return you would receive free unbrick service and jtag service for all your devices as long as the riffbox supports the CPU architecture
If this is of no interested not a big deal i just thought i would give the community a chance to get involved rather than keeping all the cool toys at my house and not sharing
This thread will be the hub for service requests. If you happen to need unbrick service, you will find this thread and us to help you.
I will post a log of all payments made from that money plus all Items received (e.g. the RIFF Box, the cables, Jigs, etc.)
I will also keep an online "work and ticket tracker" so that you can see live reports /pictures of the status of your repairs
now your like ok i didnt donate to help you buy this thingamabobber now i bricked my phone and i dont wanna pay some dude on ebay 60$ to fix it
cool find me post in the thread if your device is supported we can get it unbricked
Please remember i am one man and do have a child so im not planning to support 43000000x users but i dont think it would be bad to offer service to RC's RD's and senior members of xda for no cost of labor just get the unit here and ill jtag it up
RIFF Box - US $155.00 + Shipping
JIG Connector - negligible i have a variable temp soldering station so i could solder to the board direct at low heat
Updates / Facts / News:
Some things you might see around the thread
Hope this is gonna be very very educational for people too. Unbricking always is some sort of a mystery for many and if you send off your phone to some stranger on ebay, you usually don't get an idea about the "Hands On" and gettin' dirty bit of tearing down a phone and actually make it look nice and work properly again afterwards.
So, maybe we will even have some photos or videos and stuff and just give you an idea of how that all works...
Please ask your questions
and if your located in the USA and close to me for XDA active members I will always do what I can to help out as XDA has always helped me out
I am not trying to sell jtag service at all guys im saying if we can get me a riffbox ill give xda senior members RD's RC's RT's mods and members with over a 300 post count free jtag service
Sounds like a great idea are you thinking of just doing any amount contributions from people or set amounts ?
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Is jtag really a viable option, considering how difficult the One is to disassemble?
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Sounds like a great idea are you thinking of just doing any amount contributions from people or set amounts ?
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if someone donates ill keep tabs of them and put it against the total cost of the jtag box
so if john doe donates 3$ and jane doe donates 137$ i will inform the thread the box has been ordered post pics and setup a way for you guys to request service / track service
i have 30$ right now of my own $$ to start it with
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Is jtag really a viable option, considering how difficult the One is to disassemble?
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I took mine apart in 20 minutes its about as easy as an iphone 3gs to get apart once you get the front LCD warm and suctioned out (hehe that sounded bad)
it was way smoother and easier than i thought it would be to get apart much less prying and clips than previous HTC models
That's good to know. Side question for you since you successfully opened yours up- How easy would it be to fix the misaligned speaker pieces?
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That's good to know. Side question for you since you successfully opened yours up- How easy would it be to fix the misaligned speaker pieces?
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depends on the alignment cuz the speakers are part of the midframe section
i would have to see REALLY close pics of the issue to tell you wether or not i think it could be corrected without ordering new parts
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depends on the alignment cuz the speakers are part of the midframe section
i would have to see REALLY close pics of the issue to tell you wether or not i think it could be corrected without ordering new parts
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Well really just how there are gaps around those pieces on so many Ones. I don't know how the phone is constructed, can you pop them off and reglue them in properly? Sorry for the OT questions lol.
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Well really just how there are gaps around those pieces on so many Ones. I don't know how the phone is constructed, can you pop them off and reglue them in properly? Sorry for the OT questions lol.
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When the riffbox comes I'll do a video of teardown for you guys
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When the riffbox comes I'll do a video of teardown for you guys
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Cool, thanks.
Do we know that this jtag box can get s-off?
it supports the onboard SOC of the One just gotta get the program to get the pinouts
or find pinouts on a board with the probing tool in the jtag machine
then its simple and quick
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it supports the onboard SOC of the One just gotta get the program to get the pinouts
or find pinouts on a board with the probing tool in the jtag machine
then its simple and quick
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I will donate. How much are you thinking?
I'm in. I'd gladly donate to a dev for something like this.
I was considering paying mobile tech for S-off but would rather go this route.
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I'm in. I'd gladly donate to a dev for something like this.
I was considering paying mobile tech for S-off but would rather go this route.
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That's why I wanted this option available to people
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Jtag box has been ordered yesterday
now to wait the 3-5 weeks for it to get here
hopefully customs doesnt take very long this time
i hate ordering stuff from china
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Jtag box has been ordered yesterday
now to wait the 3-5 weeks for it to get here
hopefully customs doesnt take very long this time
i hate ordering stuff from china
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What is the donation amount?
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What is the donation amount?
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The jtag box was ordered I'm looking for a cheap place to order a bag of jigs from so I can support all phones
If you require service and have over a 300 post count I can set it up once the box arrives but those who donated for the box are already in line
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The jtag box was ordered I'm looking for a cheap place to order a bag of jigs from so I can support all phones
If you require service and have over a 300 post count I can set it up once the box arrives but those who donated for the box are already in line
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Dont need debrick now but want s-off. I just donated. Thanks for biting the bullet. What is the s-off process?
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Dont need debrick now but want s-off. I just donated. Thanks for biting the bullet. What is the s-off process?
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I will need to type it up in the meantime YouTube jtag
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@tjsooley
It will require a teardown of the unit, (I am not some kid doing this for the first time I worked 2 years at a mobile repair shop as lead technician and am well experienced) once the board is removed the JTAG unit will be attached in the proper points
Then essentially the jtag unit acts as the device in the factory that programs the chips. So I can program whatever I want on there like S-Off SuperCID etc
Then button up the unit ensure all is well (sealed up etc) pass to second eyes for inspection then send back to you
Hi all,
I'd like to replace the internal memory with a huge one, as big as possible.
For example instead of having a 16GB or 32GB S4, to walk around with a 1TB version. How cool would that be
Is there any way the chip can be soldered off and replaced by a new one?
I'm prepared to brick my phone, I just wanna try it.
I can't seem to figure out the model number / manufacturer's SKU of the memory chip.
Any and all thoughts are welcome
I don't think it would be possible. The phone is probably setup to recognize the 16 or 32gb in the software. I'm sure that could be changed though. It would be a pain in the butt I'm sure to desolder the old one and put the new one in. Small components and very delicate. Can't use to much heat. It would be worth the trouble if it works. Would be very interesting to see if you could make it work if you find a chip.
There are quite a few reasons why this would not work.
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There are quite a few reasons why this would not work.
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And those reasons are...?
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You wouldn't be able to solder the chip as its surface mounted .
Wow thread fail. Close thread
For starters already started solder and the software implementation of that kind of storage would be difficult to do as well. So if you can solder as good as Samsung motherboard makers and right better code then Samsung and find 1 tb micro sdcard size to fit in the board then I say go for it!!
But really wow lol
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frediesta said:
I'd like to replace the internal memory with a huge one, as big as possible.
For example instead of having a 16GB or 32GB S4, to walk around with a 1TB version. How cool would that be
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As someone said, it is surface mounted, you won't be able to do that. Even removing the old memory without screwing up the board will be extremely hard.
And... 1tb? Are you serious? The maximum capacity for single chip NANDs doesn't come not even close to that.
Get yourself a 64gb micro SD, it's the only way.
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The fact that you even think you could have a 1TB phone leads me to believe you have no clue how to solder something effectively.
lol
I just wanted to bump this to the top of the list again, because I think it's of such great importance. We need to find a solution to this. Forget that online storage.
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And those reasons are...?
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The sheer complexity of micro soldering. The physical size of the NAND that the op has wishfully postulated. The interoperability of specific NAND with the mainboard. The fact that the new NAND would have to have information written to it before it would even be bootable.
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Why stop at a TB? I want an yottabyte phone...my phone will BE the cloud. You all can just store your **** on it for cheap.
brizey said:
Why stop at a TB? I want an yottabyte phone...my phone will BE the cloud. You all can just store your **** on it for cheap.
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Why stop there? I want a DeLorean that travels through time :laugh:
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I have access to techs at a friend's company that could do SMT work, but I'm not about to sacrifice my phone Some said there is a software check, where would that be?
Just the practical aspect of de/re soldering a surface mount chip...
I'm a jedi master with a fine tip soldering iron and I wouldn't try this unless it was my only hope to get off a desert island or something.
My father, who I learned from, and made a good career of fine electronics repair before whole-board replacement became cheaper then component replacement, even he didn't do this, not even to replace a $5 chip with the same chip on $50,000 boards. I do remember him pulling it off exactly once tinkering with a VCR back when they were new technology. But chips were different then and had much larger pins. Surface mount chips today don't even have pins. They have contacts that are sort of glued with a conductive cement; can't be removed, period.
Best of luck to ya but understand this is a fools errand.
I bricked my phone in attempt to get 1TB, YOLO!
(pro tip, the HDD barely fit)
I don't know what's worse...the fact that you think this is possible or the fact that you're prepared to break something that probably cost you around $650 for fun.
Hi, my GS3 just died. Apparently the motherboard is broken. I really need to recover the pictures in my internal memory card. They should have been uploaded automatically to Dropbox but somehow they did not. I just had a baby and would be really sad to lose all the pictures I took over the last months.
I know this isn't exaclty the appropiate thread, but as you're talking about removing the internal memory chip, I wonder if that could be done so I could read the memory once it's not on the broken board anymore
Thanks in advance. Please don't be rude if this sounds idiotic to you, I'm just not an expert
Same problem
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Hi, my GS3 just died. Apparently the motherboard is broken. I really need to recover the pictures in my internal memory card. They should have been uploaded automatically to Dropbox but somehow they did not. I just had a baby and would be really sad to lose all the pictures I took over the last months.
I know this isn't exaclty the appropiate thread, but as you're talking about removing the internal memory chip, I wonder if that could be done so I could read the memory once it's not on the broken board anymore
Thanks in advance. Please don't be rude if this sounds idiotic to you, I'm just not an expert
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I've got exactly the same problem. Only its my wedding and honeymoon pictures. The phone broke during honeymoon
Anyone know if this is posible?