Hey guys,
been a long time lurker, but I've ran into a bit of a snag that I need some help with.
missus broke her charger and used something else to charge the phone and after a bit the phone just went pop and turned off and wont switch back on again.
There is no visible damage to the phone whatsoever.
Is there some sort of mechanism designed to protect the phone from the surge or whatever it was?
I would hate for the main board to be completely knackered :S
I've been reading around and there is a USB board that connects to the rest of the phone? will it be just a case of replacing that or is the phone shafted? :S
Thanks folks.
Depends on what kind of charger she used. I do know that there are some micro-usb chargers/cable whose pin connections are different than the ones that come with the i9100.
If a different battery and a oem charger doesnt turn on the phone at all, your only option may be to send it to samsung for repair.
Thanks for the reply.
She's tried charging it on the PC and it wont work.
not to keen on sending it to samsung as they'll charge an arm and a leg.
What do you guys think? Will the damage be limited to the USB board or will this cost me any more?
Im not at home right now to be able to open it up so will rely on your expert opinions!
Honestly, how would we know without looking at it ? Something is blown which is stopping the phone from powering up, what, is anyone's guess.
Take it to a mobile repair shop if you don't want to send it to Samsung & get a quote.
As above and they might say it needs a new USB board then you can price a USB board up on ebay .
jje
Thanks guys,
In your opinion. Is it likely that the main parts of the phone have been damaged or do you think the damage has been absorbed by the battery and USB board?
Have you sniffed it to see if it stinks of burning.I would open it up and look at the internals.I would only send it for repair as a last resort as mboards are like 180 bucks.
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Ok. You already got an answer, so frankly, you deserve this.
I reckon the phone is totally shot. Not replaceable. Foolishly using an incompatible charger has turned the phone into a $500+ 135 gram hunk of useless plastic. Stuffed, in a word. Time for a new phone.
Now, for the slow kids up the back, you put too many zzzzs into the phone. Something burnt out. I don't know anyone on here who has the ability to view the innards of your phone over distance.
Take it to a phone shop.
I can say it slower if that didn't get through ?
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Ok. You already got an answer, so frankly, you deserve this.
I reckon the phone is totally shot. Not replaceable. Foolishly using an incompatible charger has turned the phone into a $500+ 135 gram hunk of useless plastic. Stuffed, in a word. Time for a new phone.
Now, for the slow kids up the back, you put too many zzzzs into the phone. Something burnt out. I don't know anyone on here who has the ability to view the innards of your phone over distance.
Take it to a phone shop.
I can say it slower if that didn't get through ?
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Theres no need to be arrogant about it.
Not once did I ask for you to use your magic skills to look inside the housing of my wifes phone. At this moment in time, even I do not have this ability.
I asked for your "opinion" as to what the damage could potentially be, google it if you require a definition.
I still thank you for delivering to me your opinion (eventually)
I'm away from home for a few weeks so I can't have a look inside the phone so just trying to get some feelers as to the likelihood of damage byond the USB flex cable.
Thank you very much,
GP
You have to first tell us what the "something else" used for charging is before we can make an educated guess as to what has happened.
whoops sorry about that.
It was a broken charger from an old android phone.
It would sometimes work, and not at other times.
I'm guessing the charger short circuited or something??
Cheers again
Think he means volts,mAs,polarity of the charger
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Right, I did some digging and it turns out I was lying.
it wasn't a broken charger, It was a perfectly healthy charger for a Samsung tocco lite
i checked the spec on it and it seems to be the same as the S2
5v
0.7A
?
yeah that wouldn't damage the phone without anything else being wrong, like the charger being 110V and you being in 220-220V country or something like that
nope :S
nothing like that.
it was used in the same house.
So you're saying there could be an underlying issue?
Broken charger or broken phone. It wasnt the charger's specs that killed it
Connect it to a car in the car battery and start ignition. Now there is "something else" for you
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Hey guys,
I have an update.
I've finally gotten home and managed to pull the sucker apart.
No corrosion on any parts of the phone whatsoever.
However I have noticed something about the actual USB port that is stuck onto the USB flex cable
If I face the socket away from me, there are 7 joints that solder the port onto the usb board. The Joint on the far right, I wouldn't say it looks burnt, but it just looks a little dull compared to the rest, and definately looks slightly different.
This joint has a white arrow pointing towards it printed on the PCB of the actual board.
I tried taking some photos but they're not exactly high res.
Unfortunately I can't determine if the dullness of this joint is significanlty enough to denote damage or whether thats how it should normally look like.
Does anybody know what it should look like?
I tried googling for pictures but there arent any clear ones that show this. :S
Cheers.
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Hello. The other day, I discovered that my HD2 had a loose connection on the micro USB entrance. When the cable was plugged in, the connection was only made when the cable was pushed upside.
So I got it for repair, but yesterday the workshop called and said it was my own fault, so they will only fix it for a prize of 540$. As a prove for saying it's my own fault, they send me this picture: http://app1.appserver.dk:8080/RepairPictures/servlet/getPic?id=51371.
They says that the pins from usb entrance is detached from the chip(motherboard), and that could only happen if I'd misused my HD2.
I declined the price offer for the repair, and they will ship my HD2 back.
My question is; Can I fix it myself? Maybe solder the pins to the chip? Is that possible? And how can I disassemble the HD2? Which tools do I need?
Please help!
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The picture isn't very clear, it's hard to say if it's possible and how easy/hard is it. It should be possible, though, but is probably going to be a tedious task. What you need to do is disassemble the phone to the point you can access the USB connector, just like they did on this pic. Take a look where are those detached traces supposed to connect to. Mind the possibility of it also going under the connector, take a look if there are any damaged via points etc. After you did this, you know what you have to restore, from this point on you should also know if you are up to the task.
InfX said:
The picture isn't very clear, it's hard to say if it's possible and how easy/hard is it. It should be possible, though, but is probably going to be a tedious task. What you need to do is disassemble the phone to the point you can access the USB connector, just like they did on this pic. Take a look where are those detached traces supposed to connect to. Mind the possibility of it also going under the connector, take a look if there are any damaged via points etc. After you did this, you know what you have to restore, from this point on you should also know if you are up to the task.
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Let's put it up this way: If it was you, would you try fixing it yourself?
Yes. But i do have some hardware related experience
Note that the price of $540 is TOTALLY not worth it, you can probably get a new HD2 for this price.
Have you tried another/new cable ?
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Have you tried another/new cable ?
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Sorry, but you can clearly see some broken traces on the pic. If that's really is how it looks like, trying a new cable, or doing anything that applies any mechanical force to that connector, can only do more damage.
i had a very similar problem with my htc universal back in the days, and had a console chipper repair it for me but if you're experienced using a soldering iron, maybe you can fix it yourself.
a "console chipper" should have a lot of experience patching this kind of electronic stuff, indeed
I have just had this happen to me with an O2UK HD2.
Anovo have charged me £280 for the repair, claiming it needs a new pcb.
This isn't missuse, this is poor quality. I have never had this happen before and i am inclined to believe its a fault with poorly secured micro usb connectors.
It looks like i'll have to dig out my soldering iron too, lets hope i don't overheat the pads!!
I have an HD2 with a non working usb problem...I have yet to open it up to verify whether its a mechanical or software related issue...I'm betting looks like your pic on the inside
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Throatchopper said:
I have an HD2 with a non working usb problem...I have yet to open it up to verify whether its a mechanical or software related issue...I'm betting looks like your pic on the inside
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yup same problem here but i have to have the usb cable hanging down from the connector to have it work
i agree ****ty assembly process... and i know i used to solder motherboards and power supplies for work
I have the same problem with the usb connection. Can't connect it to the computer anymore. But my windows button also broke.................bad buildquality to bad.
And probobly no warranty cuase i have ozdroid 2.00 installed and can't flash it back anymore..............
Same problem here,
The connection is only made when the cable is pushed upside.
I thought maybe I just replace the mainboard, but that's not possible because these are not sold.. (Different IMEI etc..)
So I wan't to try to replace the micro USB connector.
The disassembly proces is not the problem, I have already replaced 3 LCM modules.. But I wan't to know how difficult it is to replace the connector.
They are sold on ebay for ~7 euros
Anybody already tried?
its doable
I am a former console chipper, so I know its possible, and pretty easy if the traces are not ripped off the board. just use a LOW wattage iron with a thin tip and thin solder so that it melts quick. also use flux. another thing that can help is to either use a strong double sided tape or epoxy to hold the usb connector in place BEFORE soldering the usb connector to the board to keep the problem from happening again.
mikeyman2171 said:
I am a former console chipper, so I know its possible, and pretty easy if the traces are not ripped off the board. just use a LOW wattage iron with a thin tip and thin solder so that it melts quick. also use flux. another thing that can help is to either use a strong double sided tape or epoxy to hold the usb connector in place BEFORE soldering the usb connector to the board to keep the problem from happening again.
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i was about to say the same thing, youre spot on there.
depending on the level of damage to solder pads and traces these should be quite repairable on most.
reinforcement with epoxy as suggested by mikeyman is an excellent idea.
anybody in the uk near the midlands with a bust usb port? id love to have a go at one of these as i have plenty of experience with console work, i do 0603 smd leds by hand with ease so sure i could do this.
Just broke mine... I have to lift the cable up for it to charge... Any one near watford who can fix?
mooooooa said:
Hello. The other day, I discovered that my HD2 had a loose connection on the micro USB entrance. When the cable was plugged in, the connection was only made when the cable was pushed upside.
So I got it for repair, but yesterday the workshop called and said it was my own fault, so they will only fix it for a prize of 540$. As a prove for saying it's my own fault, they send me this picture: http://app1.appserver.dk:8080/RepairPictures/servlet/getPic?id=51371.
They says that the pins from usb entrance is detached from the chip(motherboard), and that could only happen if I'd misused my HD2.
I declined the price offer for the repair, and they will ship my HD2 back.
My question is; Can I fix it myself? Maybe solder the pins to the chip? Is that possible? And how can I disassemble the HD2? Which tools do I need?
Please help!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986268&page=2
well maybe I should have taken some picture when I was repairing mine. These comment may not help much. The one showed in the picture will be super hard to fix. First of all, the 3 pads are gone and leaving 2 with a little bit remain. To at least charge the phone you need to rewire the 1st and 5th pin in order to charge. and I think one of the pin is useless but the middle pins are for data. trace the pin and bridge them with copper wire or extreme small wires. the pins are always connected to the caps near the port so try to trace around there. and don't dig the pads its no use. you will only dig the ground or (-) out of it.
Mogkupopppo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=986268&page=2
well maybe I should have taken some picture when I was repairing mine. These comment may not help much. The one showed in the picture will be super hard to fix. First of all, the 3 pads are gone and leaving 2 with a little bit remain. To at least charge the phone you need to rewire the 1st and 5th pin in order to charge. and I think one of the pin is useless but the middle pins are for data. trace the pin and bridge them with copper wire or extreme small wires. the pins are always connected to the caps near the port so try to trace around there. and don't dig the pads its no use. you will only dig the ground or (-) out of it.
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My USB port is broken. The connector flexes and I can see that the part of the PCB that was soldered to the USB pins has stayed with the USB and broken away from the main PCB.
I can easily solder "flying leads" for pin 1 (+5V - seems to be a large "test pin" directly below) and pin 5 (GND - will solder to USB shell leg). This should restore charging via USB.
I am just unsure about where the data pins 2 and 3 should be soldered to. Do you know where you soldered them?
Thanks
Darren .)
broken usb port htc hd2
nutmegy said:
Just broke mine... I have to lift the cable up for it to charge... Any one near watford who can fix?
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HI,
I have a broken micro usb port on my htc hd2 and wondered if you managed to get yours fixed.I know yours was damaged some time ago but I also live near Watford so wondered if there is a reasonable place that could fix it for me.
Thankyou,
Jeevesta
Mine just broke, as well. All of a sudden, I now have to tilt the cable up to get it to charge, and tethering does NOT work at all anymore. Anyone in the US have this problem? If so, did you get it repaired, and if so, how did you do it? I have no idea about the soldering and other stuff the earlier posts mentioned, and T-Mobile told me I just need to get another phone. Please help!
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[GSM/CDMA] How to flash via RSD when you read "Cannot program" or "Battery LOW"
Welcome to Eternity Project!
What are these things?
The Motorola FactoryCable is simply skipping the battery and making your phone to take the necessary current for powering it up from your PC's USB.
Note that it won't charge your battery. It will SKIP IT.
On a device with removable battery, if you remove the batt, it will still powerup with that cable.
Why should I have one?
- "Cannot program" or " Battery Low" when you try to flash via RSD. The Factory Cable eliminates this problem.
- The device won't powerup or charge: if it works with a Factory Cable, then it's a battery problem. If not, your device is a paperweight.
- If anyone finds other uses for it, I'll write 'em here
-----Factory Cable:-----
You need:
1. An USB cable to break, or an USB to MicroUSB adapter (~2$) to break.
2. A brain
3. Soldering iron (if you don't find another method for fixing the cable.....)
4. A brain.
5. Pieces of rigid copper or aluminium (copper preferred)
Pinout:
1 VCC Red +5 VDC
2 D- White Data -
3 D+ Green Data +
4 ID NC Identification
5 GND Black Ground
Schematics:
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2. Drill 3 holes in your USB to MicroUSB adapter for making the rigid wires to pass through.
3. Connect PIN4 to PIN1 (externally ) for FACTORY CABLE or PIN4 to PIN5 for OTG CABLE (for USB HUBs and USBHost functionalities). Don't connect anything for normal USB cable for USBSync/ADB etc.
Enjoy!
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--kholk
What a man!!!!
You are big!!!
I had a problem on doig this on a full discharged phone and bboting into fastbbot, i was swetting, but i solved anyway.
this maybe is a goos solution
pic fore more help
You can anyway use the Factory Cable even if your battery is in your phone.
You don't need to remove it for using the factory cable.
I'm sure this works, But:
Just fully charge it, there's a reason you're not allowed to update when running on empty, you may brick it, and without firmware you can't charge the battery.
i get the point that a little DIY is always adventurous and fun but whats the big deal to charge the device before flashing a rom?
This is for a phone that can't boot the kernel for charging the battery.
You saved me
Uhhhhh,
i used Your scheme and everything is correct,
i just programmed the phone while battery was low and bricked it, but with your cable averything was fine..................you saved my phone...
thanks
I remember doing this for my Defy and actually fried the Battery after doing it for more than 4-5mins.
I dont know if this setup is an improvment over that but I think one needs to be careful. Before, we ended up with a hot over charged battery and had to buy a new one. Later we got hold of an external battery charger (that was a removable battery of course).
I hope some accessory like that exists on eBay for us to just order it incase phone goes dead. We might be able to just open screws, pop out the battery and put it into a charger
@Pietrona
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@chaihg
I've used it with my ATRIX and never experienced something like that.
Perhaps, your cable was bad and shortcircuited something else or your battery was already bad ... or the DEFY simply reacts different.
But anyway the battery circuits are stopping the charging process when it is fully charged, so probably your battery was bad.
EDIT : THANKS
You save the life of my phone !!!!
BUT :
How can I charge the phone now ?
The phone boot very well in android, but battery bar stay red
If I plug in a normal usb cable, it was a White front LED, but the phone don't want to boot
If I boot with Volume UP +Down + Power, the dot disapear 5 sec and come back again
EDIT :
I found a way : I use the Car charger for charge it, with this way, it charging
But, can't charge now in normal Usb.... with the computer, in Charging only mod, or in Storage mod, he don't wan't to charge....
.... after 5 reboots, work's again oO
I don(t understand, but it work's
ok. I really have never solder'd anything in my life, and dont have any friends that know how to do it as well.. Is there anyone willing to do it and send one my way, ill pay of course. please help a fellow friend in need.. Im stuck.
or factory cable : http://shop.teamblackhat.info/
would love to. but out of stock.
Heh, if you were in Italy I could have made one for you.. but shipping costs would be too high for a $3 cable..
doh. yeah that would probably cost a bit. thanks though
slygeist said:
ok. I really have never solder'd anything in my life, and dont have any friends that know how to do it as well.. Is there anyone willing to do it and send one my way, ill pay of course. please help a fellow friend in need.. Im stuck.
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I'm in the same situation. I'd buy one from someone.
Thanks kholk, after many tries now the factory cable is working for me xD
But it's look so ugly lol
My XT910S is dead anyway, no korean sbf file to rescue it
Just to let some people, sometimes even if you have a full battery that doesn't mean anything. It helps to ensure the flash goes well yes. Even with a full battery its possible that you flash and for what ever reasons the phone reports "Low Battery" even knowing it had a full charge. This was my case tonight, sense I was sure where I placed my original OEM Motorola cable. I decided to make one. Lol i was about to post a thread my self already seen this one though. Here is some pics of what my home made one looked like.
By the way the only cable I had spare of was a Samsung Micro, lol i must say they really in cased this puppy in a shield and bunch of rubber.
Hi buddies, in my desperation to try to increase the 3G signal I messed with the antenna connector W1. And I got a better signal, but ...
Sure, I did not know that this connector W1 has an internal switch and insert a wire will damage the internal switch, causing it to permanently disconnect the internal antenna. This is not to use the proper plug. (You can say it, i'm a dumbass)
So for now semi improvised internal antenna with a square shaped wire that gives very good results under the battery cover. As you can see in the pictures:
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And reading the forum I ran into a similar problem in the Galaxy SII subforum. A user named in this post Dr.Hammer solved by welding tin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24342599#post24342599
The problem is that when I want to sell it, nobody will like that the battery cover does not close properly and instead of a wire antenna. Nor do I send it for service because it would have to reinstall the original rom, and reset the counters, and pray because they discovered that it was my fault ...
My question is if anyone already made the same mistake I did and if it might solve.
Now I wonder if I made a jumper as shown in the following image, it will work?
Any suggestions are welcome.
Sorry for the inconvenience!
A big hug for everyone!
PS: I'm using the google translator because I'm from Argentina.
This could be a solution and useful to everyone with the same problem. I'll quote a buddy's post. Maybe i'll try it.
And obviously post the results.
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Folks,
I think I solved that problem with a easy procedure ! Work for my, maybe work for others....
I'm noob here yet...So I can't put link,I will try to explain only with words (my english is so-so...sorry for that)
As other in this thread, I made the same mistake: connected wrong RF antena cable in my Samsung Galaxy S2 i9100 (VIVO BRAZIL with OFICIAL Jelly Bean 4.1.2....I try to install other rooms, to verify is a software problem, but I realised was a hardware problem) and damage the little RF conector ... so, after that my GSM signal is very poor in most areas I use...except in my work, but I believe is because is a build with 9 floor ....so I think this don't count !
For my lucky, my wife have too a i9100 and in attempt to understand the problem, I disassembly entire these two i9100 e exchange almost parts between the phones.... conclusion: Really is that conector that Dr. Hammer mentioned, unfortunately is virtually impossible to change that if you don't have the properly equipment and experience with micro-soldering...in my case I haven't.
But, like a average brazilian guy, I don't have much money to spend in a new smartphone (I think this is globally for most folks here.. kkkkkk)....I decide to search more deeper to solve this problem.
Even without experience and equipment, I decide to take this conector, I find that correct name, is RF Switch Connector MHC-705.
So, obviously I wouldn't try first in my i9100, afterall... I consider a noob in electronic area.... and even the GSM signal is dead, the device still works perfectly for other purposes (surfing in web, games....) so I get a old LG KP130, who has a similar conector.
The problem is that soldering is in the PCB (motherboard) surface (made by machines or other process tha don't envolved human hands)...so is very trick to take out, but I was able to take out that conector, the problem is it fells apart when I take out from PCB (useless to my i9100) .... moreover, when I tryed soldering a little tiny cable (to emulate what I will do in my i9100), the heat of soldering iron (a normal one, 40w) burns some parts of PCB (even I care to don't touch in PCB surface)...result: the internal antena of Lg KP130 don't work anymore.
So I realise isn't possible to do the same in my i9100....After that, I accepted I was a owner of a "Samsung's Ipod" .....
But, meanwhile I clean the mess,I had idea: Ok, some folks inserted little cables in that conector and work.... I if I could put some solder in that little hole to fill the connecor, will be resolve ?
I got some solder (after melted by soldering iron.... some little fillets of solder has drop in the table during ther process .. I really don't know if the proprerties of melted solder is diferent.. I used solder after has melted by a iron and was cold) and a needle and begin to put in little hole of the connector of my i9100... I pressure a little the needle so put more as I can.... and voilá !! the signal strength UP to 100%.... and after 2 week still that way!!
I travelled to other areas and signal still the same when I don't have this problem.....so I belive I fix that.
The advantage I see in this method compare to the others (Dr.Hammer, the brazilian khazmodan or Argentine hellcore):
- Easily to do: if you have a good eye and hand
- Very cheap: some melted solder and a needle
- Very quickly.: I took about 5 minutos to do all that (subtract the process of KP130)
- No need dismount: only open the back of you phone ant take out the battery for prevention
- Less invasive: Don't change the stetic of device....because ins almost impossible to see the solder in the conector.
Cons:
- You will never could (never is strong in that area, but will very hard to do taht) connect other RF cable in the MHC-705 RF Switch connector again (I think is a good one...kkkkk)
- You need buy a Soldering iron and solder (Here in Brazil is relative cheaper...some like U$ 10)
I can tell too that my friend connected the same wrong cable in her i9300 and get same problem....but for her lucky, the phone still in warranty and the reseller would change the motherboard....maybe he will get in 04/01/13 her phone
I hope that could help others to solve similar problems....
Thanks a lot to all folks in this thread, specially to Dr. Hammer and my compatriot Khazmodan (Khazmodan: here, in Porto Alegre, a local shop charge R$ 150,00 .. about $ 75,00 to do same that Dr. Hammer suggest, but they don't garantee will work... in fact they saw that is possible to bricket my phone too....without refound).
Best regards.
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Problem solved
*** PROBLEM SOLVED ***
In the end I solved the problem of the cell's internal antenna. Thanks to help in another thread and I'll put the information here in case any of you is in the same dead end.
The following user-created images vultus, explain well what happens inside the connector. Credits are for him:
To read the full information the original thread is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273292
Basically, the connector is filled using tin waste, as these are tiny. We recommend isolating the connector with electrical tape to avoid tin entering into the cell PCB. A needle may be used for these enter the hole.
It was NOT necessary to use heat or melt the tin inside the hole. Just inserting with pressure the signal was restored.
Taking the cell in the same position i get the following results.
Homemade Antenna: HSDPA max = 11 asu.
Internal antenna reconnected: HSDPA max = 14 asu.
End of story, I hope this helps many who made the same mistake and thank you all for the cooperation, assistance and information. Especially vultus.
Regards from Argentina.
Hello
I have purchased a Galaxy S2 which has a damaged Micro USB Port.
My phone gets charged fine but I do not have a USB data connection with my PC, I'm afraid the Micro USB is damaged/broken.
However, if I really I press hard the cable to the port it gets connected for some seconds and then gets disconnected.
I've searched google about this and some people claim it's really easy to replace the Micro USB port, some screws and you are done.
The thing is I have never dismantled a Galaxy S2 before and I'm a bit afraid.
Is it really that easy?
Will this item from eBay fix my problem?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Dock-Connec...AU_MobilePhoneAccessories&hash=item35c5bc96a0
Also, the screen has been replaced in the past and in the upper left edge of the screen, the glue is off, how can I glue the screen back?
Thanks for reading
i think u should take it to a fixer usb port isn't easy to fix as far for the screen any wrong move u do and u'll break something
Blackwolf10 said:
i think u should take it to a fixer usb port isn't easy to fix as far for the screen any wrong move u do and u'll break something
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Actually It's pretty easy.Two days ago I've disassembled my phone(I got off everything,till the last screw),and I also unmounted the USB/Mic part of it.It's easy to get off/remount,just follow a tutorial on youtube
If you dare, first watch very carefully this video, you will learn a lot.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=65pvAINg2ME
Then watch this guy, it looks rude in handling but you may get an idea of doing it without removing the entire motherboard, just be extreme carefully and don't over force anything.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M3_zg9Vt-fg
I had the same problem and replace it with this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/140871246553?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649
GamingDj said:
Actually It's pretty easy.Two days ago I've disassembled my phone(I got off everything,till the last screw),and I also unmounted the USB/Mic part of it.It's easy to get off/remount,just follow a tutorial on youtube
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and what about the screen ??
In all honesty....I'd leave the screen "as is"....Some glue may be missing, but at the moment I assume the screen is working.....
You might be able to sort the glue issue, but there is a high probability that the screen will be damaged in the process.
And replacing the USB board IS easy....you just have to make sure you buy the CORRECT replacement part.....there are 3 versions of this module. ...
REV2.2, REV2.3 and REV2.4
They are NOT interchangeable.
The REV number is printed on the board in VERY small printing...
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keithross39 said:
In all honesty....I'd leave the screen "as is"....Some glue may be missing, but at the moment I assume the screen is working.....
You might be able to sort the glue issue, but there is a high probability that the screen will be damaged in the process.
And replacing the USB board IS easy....you just have to make sure you buy the CORRECT replacement part.....there are 3 versions of this module. ...
REV2.2, REV2.3 and REV2.4
They are NOT interchangeable.
The REV number is printed on the board in VERY small printing...
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Many thanks for your answers.
If I buy a different revision, what happens?
From what I've read, the phone may not charge, transfer of data will be affected, the microphone may not work. ...things like that....
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keithross39 said:
From what I've read, the phone may not charge, transfer of data will be affected, the microphone may not work. ...things like that....
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Alright my Smartphone's Flex Cable ribbon revision is 2.2 R. B53
Now, most eBay sellers have a low English language skill, they seem they do not understand what I'm talking about
My question to them is this:
I would like to know what revision number is your flex cable ribbon.
See the pictures below to see where you can find the revision number.
Thanks a lot
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/25/yzu6u4yr.jpg
http://img.tapatalk.com/d/13/05/25/uzapydut.jpg
It's like I'm speaking to monkeys.
A seller replied "sorry that our item doesn't fit yours."
I'm from Greece and I would like to know where can I order a flex cable charging ribbon at a low cost.
Also after disassembling my phone, now whenever I shut it down, it boot ups by itself without the power button being pressed.
However, the volume up/down keys work correctly on the OS.
Am I screwed?
No you're not, go to another repair center
And please send this pic to whoever replied "Sorry our product didn't fit yours":
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Rev 2.2....
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/370797750646?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649
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So my dog ate my charger a few days back, and just the piece that clips in to the tablet s charge port. The charger is $80 on amazon and $70-110 many other sites. They just don't have chargers that aren't with a tablet a as well online. There are no used chargers for a tablet a on craigslist lol I wish....$5 fresh off the truck . So as I don't want to resort to buying another charger I tried utilizing the tablet s mini USB port on the side near the memory card slot with a mini USB regular android charger and also checked if it could and would work in the forums and it did not....
So my question is can I take those two wires (black and white) in the pic and kinda lay them anywhere specific in the charge port on my tablet s or cut the back and place them anywhere special? Any tech savvy advice would Be helpful or a plain no so I have to suck it up an go buy one although I'm just missing that magical diamond played $80 tip that make it unique to Sony . Arghhhhhghhg
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So my dog ate my charger a few days back, and just the piece that clips in to the tablet s charge port. The charger is $80 on amazon and $70-110 many other sites. They just don't have chargers that aren't with a tablet a as well online. There are no used chargers for a tablet a on craigslist lol I wish....$5 fresh off the truck . So as I don't want to resort to buying another charger I tried utilizing the tablet s mini USB port on the side near the memory card slot with a mini USB regular android charger and also checked if it could and would work in the forums and it did not....
So my question is can I take those two wires (black and white) in the pic and kinda lay them anywhere specific in the charge port on my tablet s or cut the back and place them anywhere special? Any tech savvy advice would Be helpful or a plain no so I have to suck it up an go buy one although I'm just missing that magical diamond played $80 tip that make it unique to Sony . Arghhhhhghhg
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You can use any usb charger with at least 1-1.5mAh output! I recommend the EP850 for Xperia phones :good:
reptile64 said:
You can use any usb charger with at least 1-1.5mAh output! I recommend the EP850 for Xperia phones :good:
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You can not charge a Sony Tablet S via its USB port.
Cat McGowan said:
You can not charge a Sony Tablet S via its USB port.
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I thought he was talking about the Xperia tablet
If you are looking at the tablet face up. It is the first and third gold squares that do the charging.
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If you are looking at the tablet face up. It is the first and third gold squares that do the charging.
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Actually, it is the second and third.
Sorry if I was wrong. I left my charger attatched for a very a long time and noticed build up on those two I mentioned. Like you would see on a car battery. I figured those would be it. Not very smart for sony to put it on 2nd and 3rd, Ive noticed the clips tend to bend on the charger easily. Sorry again.
Cat McGowan said:
Actually, it is the second and third.
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Thanks for that, I didn't see that printed on the back of the charger! My dog did a similar thing last summer, the end completely vanished. Didn't bother getting a new one at the time (about £20) and have just realised that the price has sky rocketed.
I bought a used SGPDS1 cradle on ebay for £20 and intend to modify it to become my new charger
To take it apart, the rear stand slides up fully with a firm push (careful, there are two silver plastic tabs to gently unclick underneath)
There are then 4 screws to undo and a plastic cover comes off the back of the main cradle to expose the wiring loom.
I want to connect a fly lead to the wiring loom and attach my end-less charger to it.
Before I do this, can a kind soul confirm that the outer two contacts are not connected? Inside the cradle, all the wires are connected, and the middle white connection breaks out into two connections
I am guessing the white wires are positive (connection 2 from left) and the black negative.
I have attached a few photos.
TIA
Mark
Cat McGowan said:
Actually, it is the second and third.
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After having procured a new charger, I have found that the first pin (from the cable end) is connected to the centre wire and the second pin is connected to the outer cable.
This charges the tablet perfectly when I touch the pads on the bottom of the tablet with the bare wires!