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Hello All,
All of a sudden, the plug wasnt connecting into the port like it always did and after i looked online, I seen that it happened quite a few times to others. It simply will not charge now. its been dead for a week and iv been contemplating what to do so i figured is take it here before i make the final decision. If anyone could give me some advice I greatly appreciate it.
It seems there are a few options, call viewsonic and try to get them to semd me a new one since I got it in Feb but im rooted so thats out, plus I dont want the hassle. Take it apart and try to re-soder(sp) it back on to the mother board- although I hear it is somewhat easy, but I could never do it.
SO my last possible option from what iv read online, is to buy the Malata Zpad/Gtab dock. From how I understand it, I will set my gtab in the dock and it will charge, but I have a few questions/issues with that.
1) I heard it doesnt come with a power cord. Is this true? Do i need to use the cord that my gtab came with and will it work to power this dock?
2) If this dock will indeed charge my gtab, and fully fix my issue, where is the best place to buy it/fastest shipping? The only ones Ive found are around $50 with free shipping(which im good with), are shipping from China and take up to a month to finally receive.
Again I have not been able to charge my gtab for a week, and need to find an alternative way, due to a faulty Ac port, which iv found many others online have the same issues.
please community, any would be a huge help. thank you all for taking the time.
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The charger that comes with your gTablet works with the dock. The dock doesn't come with a charging cable. Just switch the cable to the dock and you're good to go. It'll start charging as soon as you dock it.
About two weeks ago, electroniccrap.com had them in stock. Yes, it's around $50. I actually got mine through them (ordered via Amazon). It was sent priority mail, so it arrived in less than a week.
I had the same problem and I open the tablet and soldered the AC port again back to the board. And it has been working fine for the last couple of months.
Re-soldering the connector shouldn't be a problem for an experienced person with decent tools. Ask around among your friends, neighbors, acquaintances -- surely someone can do it.
You might stop in at some local computer stores that do in-store repairs -- look for a technician with gray (or very little) hair, he'll probably be excited about the prospect of actually using his old soldering iron again, just like 'back in the day'!
Right after I got my G Tab, it fell off the desk and broke the charge socket in the unit. I figured out how to open the unit up and found the metal strap had been pulled lose and also the solder connections [I think there were four (4) had been pulled lose. The metal strap wouldn't hold the socket down on the board so I bought a tube of the new Locktie GEL Super Glue. I carefully added some drops of that to hold it to the board while I did the solder job. It has worked fine now for over a year thanks to the super gel glue.
We have tile floors in our home and shortly after fixing the socket, I again dropped it from about waist high, the thing bounced back up and I caught it in mid air. Other than a little scratch where it hit the tile the tablet has worked just fine. TRY THAT WITH AN IPAD AND SEE WHAT HAPPENS. These G Tabs are really rugged as the above demonstrates. It was also interesting to see the inside of the unit. Looks pretty simple. Hope this helps you repair yours.
Oh! another imprtant thing to remember. Before you start to pop the back off, on each corner there are little plug covers, when you pop those out there are Four (4) screws at each corner. Make that your first step to remove them first.
Hello everyone. So I finally got my HTC Flyer and...the charging port is defective. I am beyond angry right now. I bought this off of eBay and currently am in the process of sending this unit back to the seller. (Well I messaged the seller about it). The bad thing is...I live outside of the US and paid extra to have this forwarded to me. Therefore I have to pay to forward this back to the US (this is where it's really pricey). :/ I am soo bombed right now. I do not want to try to fix this by buying the replacement part because that's expensive and I shouldn't have to do so since I now got this tablet. When I got the device (today) I noticed that the bottom of the device looked as though someone (previous owner) tried to open it. I ignored it though as everything else looked fine. Now I realized why it was like that.
Anyway, sorry for the rant. I am writing to find out if all HTC Flyers eventually have this problem. I do not want to get another one to find out the same problem exists. *sigh* I am so saddened by this because even if I do get an exchange, I am losing out with the shipping costs (fee to send device back to the US and then other device back to me) and my money is already low. Any advice on dealing with the situation would be appreciated.
Happened to my View. Probably the charging port connector chip got pushed back. If you are willing to open it (which is pretty simple 4 torx screws) all you have to do is pop the charge port chip back in. Test it. If its good put it together.
If not wait for other people advice about repair from HTC .
I called HTC. They said it would cost me about $290 or something. I can't remember exactly but but it was expensive (more than I even paid for the thing so that made no sense at all). They said that piece was attached to the motherboard so that's why it was that costly. I don't think that's even true since i saw the part selling for like $35. The eBay seller has a 30 day warranty so I'm going to use that to get my money back.
With my time with the Flyer, I really liked it a lot! the device feels strong and its really responsive. I want to get another one but I'm afraid the pins break on the other one too. I can't keep losing money on these shipping costs. Tbh, I'm surprised these devices would have such a flaw since they were at one point more costly than an iPad. I figured HTC was better than that.
@j510. The last pin of the charging port completely broke so that option is out. Its like 60% charged and I'm resisting using it because I can't charge it after it's dead. I love this thing ao much though. I want to explore it but I can't.
To anyone, is this a common fault of the device? It seems as though it is (from reading past forums). If it is, I may have to pass on this type of device which truly is sad since I bought it particularly for the pen functionality which few tablets have.
Uh...anyone? I'm sure this issue of defective charging ports has affected many.
I have a flyer and it's about a year old, got it at Best Buy. I have never had a problem with the charging port. Maybe someone put it in backwards when trying to charge the tab.
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I called HTC. They said it would cost me about $290 or something. I can't remember exactly but but it was expensive (more than I even paid for the thing so that made no sense at all). They said that piece was attached to the motherboard so that's why it was that costly. I don't think that's even true since i saw the part selling for like $35. The eBay seller has a 30 day warranty so I'm going to use that to get my money back.
With my time with the Flyer, I really liked it a lot! the device feels strong and its really responsive. I want to get another one but I'm afraid the pins break on the other one too. I can't keep losing money on these shipping costs. Tbh, I'm surprised these devices would have such a flaw since they were at one point more costly than an iPad. I figured HTC was better than that.
@j510. The last pin of the charging port completely broke so that option is out. Its like 60% charged and I'm resisting using it because I can't charge it after it's dead. I love this thing ao much though. I want to explore it but I can't.
To anyone, is this a common fault of the device? It seems as though it is (from reading past forums). If it is, I may have to pass on this type of device which truly is sad since I bought it particularly for the pen functionality which few tablets have.
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Have you tried a regular charger upside down? Just checking since its new to you. Micro usb works as well.
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I tried the same USB cable that works with my Samsung phone. It did work (but I had to wiggle it a lot to get any charge). However, that was when the bent pin was there. It completely broke off so I am sure it's not the cable that's preventing the Flyer to charge. The seller is offering a full refund. I am only mad because of the shipping costs I have to pay and the time required to return the item.
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I tried the same USB cable that works with my Samsung phone. It did work (but I had to wiggle it a lot to get any charge). However, that was when the bent pin was there. It completely broke off so I am sure it's not the cable that's preventing the Flyer to charge. The seller is offering a full refund. I am only mad because of the shipping costs I have to pay and the time required to return the item.
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Yeah that sux my daughter broke her HTC EVO design charging port by using a Samsung charger it went in to far and separated from board, but sprint replaced it free through HTC one year hardware warranty.
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Hi,
I had a problem with the micro-usb port/charger in my galaxy s2. It was what others have already described (constantly charging/not charging, voltage too high messages, etc). So I decided to buy a spare part for the charger, and replace it .
The first time I turned it on, The charger problem was completely solved, but I noticed the signal was gone. I realized I forgot to connect the antenna. So I opened it again and connected it. The antenna is a HF cable which connects to one end to the main board, and to the other end to the spare part I bought.
After reconnecting the cable I saw an improvement, but the signal is still much worse that before replacing it for the first time.
I bought the part here (German language):
[] IShallNotPostLinksAsANewUset []
Could it be this replacement part?? Might be a capacity adjustment problem? I don't know how are usuallry phone antennas designed. I don't know either if this part plays an important role for the antenna (it is anyway connected to the cable).
What can it be? What would you do to recover antenna sensitivity? (I do not have the broken part, it is already gone )
Best regards
duguet said:
Hi,
I had a problem with the micro-usb port/charger in my galaxy s2. It was what others have already described (constantly charging/not charging, voltage too high messages, etc). So I decided to buy a spare part for the charger, and replace it .
The first time I turned it on, The charger problem was completely solved, but I noticed the signal was gone. I realized I forgot to connect the antenna. So I opened it again and connected it. The antenna is a HF cable which connects to one end to the main board, and to the other end to the spare part I bought.
After reconnecting the cable I saw an improvement, but the signal is still much worse that before replacing it for the first time.
I bought the part here (German language):
[] IShallNotPostLinksAsANewUset []
Could it be this replacement part?? Might be a capacity adjustment problem? I don't know how are usuallry phone antennas designed. I don't know either if this part plays an important role for the antenna (it is anyway connected to the cable).
What can it be? What would you do to recover antenna sensitivity? (I do not have the broken part, it is already gone )
Best regards
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Hi, after having had the same problems with charging, I also changed the micro-USB flex circuit/cable. I bought it in the UK from e-cell (on ebay) ... and same as you, I am not able to get 3G anymore, only G! Charging is solved, 3G is gone!
I do have the old part still ... will put it back on and see what happens.
UPDATE:
OK, I put the original part back in ... and 3G/H was immediately back. I can also see that the network strength is the same as with the replacement part (so it doesn't seem to be a defective antenna cable or so), but now it picks up UMTS and HSPA+, while the replacement part only caught GPRS. So what this means is that the replacement part is not the same as the original ... probably the same problem you have.
At the same time there was no miracle and the original part is still no charging unfortunately ...
I had ordered 2 other replacement parts in HongKong which should arrive in a couple of weeks ... will try those when they arrive, and hopefully at least one of them will solve the charging AND the 3G issue!
UPDATE 2:
While driving around with the phone with the replacement part, sometimes I do get E/3G/H+ signals, so it appears that the part is able to handle these ... but maybe only when the signal is very strong? Or maybe there are different types of E/3G/H+ signals?
Hi,
Experiencing the exact same behaviour, the signal is really bad (never above 3 bars). I'm going to open the phone tomorrow to make sure I left the antenna cable properly connected, but judging from what I'm seeing here, I believe the issue is with the small circuit with the USB port. I bought my part from e-cell as well....
Thank you very much for your answers guys. Now I know that my problem is not unusual. however in my case the 2g signal receptiony is also to degradated. Please keep us posted when you get the spare parts from Hong Kong. If they work I will also order 1 myself.
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duguet said:
Thank you very much for your answers guys. Now I know that my problem is not unusual. however in my case the 2g signal receptiony is also to degradated. Please keep us posted when you get the spare parts from Hong Kong. If they work I will also order 1 myself.
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OK, good news ... today I got my second part, and this one seems to work just fine! 3G and H+ are back! And of course it charges.
As I ordered 2 different parts at the same time from HongKong, I am not 100% sure which one I got, but I am quite confident it is the one from mingxing200808. The item I bought is sold out now, but he relisted it (at higher price: 6.90 USD vs 3.90 USD that I paid, still worth it though). Note that the picture posted is not the same as the part shipped (which was newer, at least in my case). Also note that you need to reuse the rubber cover of the microphone (e-cell included that rubber piece). There is also no adhesive on the mingxing part, but as far as I can see you don't need that either.
Good luck!
Geronymous said:
OK, good news ... today I got my second part, and this one seems to work just fine! 3G and H+ are back! And of course it charges.
As I ordered 2 different parts at the same time from HongKong, I am not 100% sure which one I got, but I am quite confident it is the one from mingxing200808. The item I bought is sold out now, but he relisted it (at higher price: 6.90 USD vs 3.90 USD that I paid, still worth it though). Note that the picture posted is not the same as the part shipped (which was newer, at least in my case). Also note that you need to reuse the rubber cover of the microphone (e-cell included that rubber piece). There is also no adhesive on the mingxing part, but as far as I can see you don't need that either.
Good luck!
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Hi Guys, I have had this problem also after replacing the usb board, it has been a nightmare thinking that other parts may have been water damaged I replaced the loudspeaker and inner chassis which both have antenna components. After reading your post I ordered a used part from gaproducts on ebay at £3.85 and my phone is now perfect. By the way the defective one was from china via ebay and supposed to be genuine. Wish I had seen this post a month ago it would have saved me so much hassle, but hopefully will help others.
This is strange, i have the same problem after changing the Flex Cable + Charging port. I bought it from ebay (user name yake-gandi3388) so be careful. I requested a refund or replacement but not sure what the answer will be. The phone never connects now to HSDPA (H), it always stays on EDGE (E). On top of that the signal is somehow weaker than before, not significantly, but I can notice it
I thought that the Flex Cable+Charging Port are not linked to Antenna performance in any way Can someone more experienced explain a bit?
Also, anyone tested an aftermarket flex cable+charging port that is working ok, including the antenna performance and full 3G connection?
Thanks!!!
Ive followed about 10 threads about changing usb boards.About 1 person was happy,and the other 9 got other problems.
When they put their "faulty" one back in,the "new" problems vanished.
Most were replacing the board because of usb problem.
I thought they were buying faulty replacements.For all I know someone at Samsung could be "recycling" faulty parts..
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I'm experiencing the exact same problems!! What's weird is that with other carriers (that work in different frequencies) my phone works just fine... I'll try buying another flex cable and will tell you the results.
da_17 said:
I'm experiencing the exact same problems!! What's weird is that with other carriers (that work in different frequencies) my phone works just fine... I'll try buying another flex cable and will tell you the results.
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Strange... I will try to check with other providers as well. On my side, I have re-contacted the Ebay member and he offered me an additional Flex Cable with no extra charge. Nice commercial initiative, however I am afraid that the next one will have the same issues Will keep you updated once it arrives.
Got this as well. I changed my USB board after it developed charging problems. The first one gave me a flashing battery icon & one of the screw holes didn't line up also. The next one fitted fine but I'm sure my signal is weaker. Compared to my friends S1 on the same network. He gets a stronger signal than me, stood in the same place. Replaced my loud speaker/antenna as I've also replaced the back chassis and think prising the speaker out might of damaged it. Think I'll try another USB board to see if it improves :S the 2nd board had the same Rev. number on it but looked slightly different to the original. (Sadly dont have the original to put back in to test)
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I am signed up for a solution to this problem.
I had charging issues with the old port and replaced the board. The new board only allowed for an intermittent 1 signal bar. I put the original faulty board back in and had full signal immediately.
I ordered a second board and have the same issue. No/1 signal bar. Cannot make calls, it tells me "mobile network not available." I can connect to wi-fi with no issues though.
Unless a fix is found I am considering taking one of the new boards and my old board into a service shop and having the usb ports swapped.
Galaxy S2 SGH-i777 (AT&T)
I received a 3rd charging port board today, this one works some, but not as good as original. I'll post the number's printed on the board with there results in the phone.
Original Board: GT-i9100 REV2.2
R.B83 35
Original board worked great until it started having issues with charging/high voltage.
Replacement Board 1: GT-i9100 REV2.3
R.C42 10
This board would charge the phone and connect it to the computer, but would not connect to a network and would give no signal or a temporary 1 bar signal.
Replacement Board 2: R.B54
GT-i9100 REV2.2
This board would charge the phone and connect it to the computer, but would not connect to a network and would give no signal or a temporary 1 bar signal.
Replacement Board 3: GT-i9100 REV2.2
R.B83 36
This board both charges and connects the phone to the computer and it allows for a network signal. The network signal is not quite as good as my stock, but I think it will do.
I do not know what the board numbers mean, but I would guess the REV2.3 is an updated version of the REV 2.2. I think the compatability issue may come in the R._ numbers as Replacement Board 3 is the only one that works and is the closest R._ match. Maybe someone with far more expertise can shed some light on it, but this is my experience.
Geronymous said:
OK, good news ... today I got my second part, and this one seems to work just fine! 3G and H+ are back! And of course it charges.
As I ordered 2 different parts at the same time from HongKong, I am not 100% sure which one I got, but I am quite confident it is the one from mingxing200808. The item I bought is sold out now, but he relisted it (at higher price: 6.90 USD vs 3.90 USD that I paid, still worth it though). Note that the picture posted is not the same as the part shipped (which was newer, at least in my case). Also note that you need to reuse the rubber cover of the microphone (e-cell included that rubber piece). There is also no adhesive on the mingxing part, but as far as I can see you don't need that either.
Good luck!
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viva! the party from Hong Kong worked for me. For everyone which needs this part search for
the vendor on google. I am using my phone for the 2100Mhz 3 g band.
Cheers!
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Good.
So whats the vendors name....or is it classified.
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I changed my usb port as well due to not charging/over voltage, ordered it from hongkong via ebay.
Been using the new one for over 6 months now and i would be lying if i said i had any 3G problems. And someone already asked this in this thread but no one has answered it. How are usb charging port and 3G signal linked??
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krayndr said:
I changed my usb port as well due to not charging/over voltage, ordered it from hongkong via ebay.
Been using the new one for over 6 months now and i would be lying if i said i had any 3G problems. And someone already asked this in this thread but no one has answered it. How are usb charging port and 3G signal linked??
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The USB board has the contacts to connect to the antenna in the back of the chassis. So replacing it with a sub standard part is affecting signals
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duguet said:
viva! the party from Hong Kong worked for me. For everyone which needs this part search for
the vendor on google. I am using my phone for the 2100Mhz 3 g band.
Cheers!
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Please let us know the vendor name on Ebay. As mentioned in my previous post, the vendor (user name yake-gandi3388) agreed to change my replacement with no extra charges. I installed the new piece...the signal is a bit better than previous one...but still lower than the original.
Can anyone advise a vendor that sells replacement part Flex Cable with a strong signal?
Blue Angel o.O said:
Please let us know the vendor name on Ebay. As mentioned in my previous post, the vendor (user name yake-gandi3388) agreed to change my replacement with no extra charges. I installed the new piece...the signal is a bit better than previous one...but still lower than the original.
Can anyone advise a vendor that sells replacement part Flex Cable with a strong signal?
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I an sorry for for the delay. I live in Germany and I use O2 ( umts frequency in the 2100 Mhz band) . I ordered the part from Hong Kong which Geronymous cited, didn't want to make specific advertising. The user is mingxing200808.
Regarding the question why does this affect the antenna, it is because antennas need to have a certain capacitive load in order to be adjusted and to transmit in a certain frequency range. If the antenna is not adjusted the signal will be reflected back . This capacitance is defined by the geometry of the antenna and might be changed/adjusted by elements connected to the end of the antenna. So the flex part acts as an adjusted capacity load for the antenna.
This is a very rough description, but I hopeit helps.
Greetings,
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Finally got my 3rd USB board and my signal has improved a lot! Hurrah! Got from tjuk1980 on eBay. This board is a darker blue, looks a lot better than my second board which was a lighter greener colour, the logo and writing didn't seem as clear as it does on the new one. Getting 3 of 4 bars on H+ at home where as before it would stay on G and if it did pick up 3G/H by chance it wouldn't show any bars.
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Edit: picture of the dodgy board - this gave me crap service so avoid that one!
I know wireless charging is possible via the Touchstone method if I'm not mistaken, but if I recall, you're stuck with using that and only that. Is there a way to hack in wireless charging on the Note 2 with any charging pad such as that Fatboy pillow or the Nokia pads or anything with the Qi standard?
Also, can someone take a picture of the location of the wireless pins on the phone. I hear they're covered, and I just would like to see the back of the device.
Thanks in advance!
I am wondering the same thing. This is the first video I have seen which at least means we dont have to replace the usb charging board. You can see where he solders the leads. He says its a Qi back in the comments.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDSyjl_2CXo&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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No, you wouldn't be stuck with charging only through the touchstone. I did this mod on my galaxy nexus and didn't have that limitation. I love the touchstone and I'm looking to find confirmation that someone has done this mod on the Verizon Note2...I see info about all the other versions but not this one. I'm assuming it's going to be similar to the Sprint version mod but don't know for sure. Please, if anyone has info on this mod for the Verizon Note2, respond.
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Well I'm intrigued. I own the Verizon note 2, 2 HP touchpads, and 4 touchstone chargers. I love being able to drop the touchpad into the wireless charger and letting it go. To have this functionality with the note 2 would be to cool. I also have a fair amount of electronics knowledge. I'm pretty certain that once retrofitted, a device set up for wireless charging would work with any wireless charger as the principals of charging are all the same as I understand it.
One question that comes to mind.. is there really any difference in the make up of the note 2 circuit board between providers other than maybe the radio circuitry? If not then there isn't any reason why the mod shown in the video shouldn't work. Over the next couple of days I'll check into this and report my findings.
Anyone thinking about getting this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/QI-Standard...53731?pt=Battery_Chargers&hash=item2ec48cbe63
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Anyone thinking about getting this?
http://www.ebay.com/itm/QI-Standard...53731?pt=Battery_Chargers&hash=item2ec48cbe63
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That would be nice but we don't have contacts to line that up with... We technically do have the hardware their but I have heard a few horror stories about people not being careful and screwing up their phone trying to do the mod. I had wireless charging on my S3 but I think I'm gonna hold out on the Note 2 this time around...
Don't open case or you lose LTE/GPS
shojus said:
That would be nice but we don't have contacts to line that up with... We technically do have the hardware their but I have heard a few horror stories about people not being careful and screwing up their phone trying to do the mod. I had wireless charging on my S3 but I think I'm gonna hold out on the Note 2 this time around...
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So I ended up buying the Qi charger on ebay along with a new chassis back (it was for the GSM variant) with the intentions of swapping backs and then having the holes to put the qi charger through. After MUCH hacking of the back, it worked, however I lost GPS, and 4G LTE. The chassis is just too different to work correctly.
I then put the Verizon chassis back, back on and used some copper tape to get the contacts to touch without the holes. Everything worked properly, but still no GPS or LTE.
I took it apart thinking I broke maybe one of the pins that use the chassis back as the antenna -still nothing. So moral of the story, don't take the chassis back off or the phone will be half of one. Its been about 4 days and going to various places in SF to see if LTE would come back on, but no dice.
Going to return this phone since its now broke (still 30 days) and next I will try and use the copper tape to put behind the actual battery contacts and NOT open the case at all.
Really wish VZ didn't take away this capability, as I already invested in the wireless charging stuff for my HTC Thunderbolt. Have a S3 and that works perfectly fine since the holes/pins are there.
rcnacura said:
So I ended up buying the Qi charger on ebay along with a new chassis back (it was for the GSM variant) with the intentions of swapping backs and then having the holes to put the qi charger through. After MUCH hacking of the back, it worked, however I lost GPS, and 4G LTE. The chassis is just too different to work correctly.
I then put the Verizon chassis back, back on and used some copper tape to get the contacts to touch without the holes. Everything worked properly, but still no GPS or LTE.
I took it apart thinking I broke maybe one of the pins that use the chassis back as the antenna -still nothing. So moral of the story, don't take the chassis back off or the phone will be half of one. Its been about 4 days and going to various places in SF to see if LTE would come back on, but no dice.
Going to return this phone since its now broke (still 30 days) and next I will try and use the copper tape to put behind the actual battery contacts and NOT open the case at all.
Really wish VZ didn't take away this capability, as I already invested in the wireless charging stuff for my HTC Thunderbolt. Have a S3 and that works perfectly fine since the holes/pins are there.
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You must have damaged something. You can take the back off without destroying anything - in fact you have to when you first get the phone since the battery doesn't come preinstalled.
Edit: never mind, didn't misread your post. But people have removed the chassis too - you still must have damaged it somehow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35988384
FTW
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flaring afro said:
You must have damaged something. You can take the back off without destroying anything - in fact you have to when you first get the phone since the battery doesn't come preinstalled.
Edit: never mind, didn't misread your post. But people have removed the chassis too - you still must have damaged it somehow.
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Ya I must have, everything looked fine, but ya, something happened and I couldn't get it to get back to 4G. Went back to Verizon today and got a new one. I want to try and see if I can just hook directly to the battery terminals... need to get my ohm meter out.
I did it to mine took about a hour be careful and gentle minimum force is needed follow the YouTube video and use the proper tools
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rcnacura said:
So I ended up buying the Qi charger on ebay along with a new chassis back (it was for the GSM variant) with the intentions of swapping backs and then having the holes to put the qi charger through. After MUCH hacking of the back, it worked, however I lost GPS, and 4G LTE. The chassis is just too different to work correctly.
I then put the Verizon chassis back, back on and used some copper tape to get the contacts to touch without the holes. Everything worked properly, but still no GPS or LTE.
I took it apart thinking I broke maybe one of the pins that use the chassis back as the antenna -still nothing. So moral of the story, don't take the chassis back off or the phone will be half of one. Its been about 4 days and going to various places in SF to see if LTE would come back on, but no dice.
Going to return this phone since its now broke (still 30 days) and next I will try and use the copper tape to put behind the actual battery contacts and NOT open the case at all.
Really wish VZ didn't take away this capability, as I already invested in the wireless charging stuff for my HTC Thunderbolt. Have a S3 and that works perfectly fine since the holes/pins are there.
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wow, you break the phone and then go and exchange it.
And they say personal responsibility is dead in this country...
Hello. After some weeks my TMo Samsung Galaxy Gear S Won't Stay Connected to Charging Cradle. I can hear it "Click" however, it does not stay connected and pops or sometimes slides right back off. I've contacted TMo Customer Support and have even discussed the issue with a new TMo Customer Care Dept when they called to inquire if I was still happy with TMo and if there was anything they could help me with (have been a happy TMo Customer for over 4yrs, having come from Verizon and have been able to take full advantage of the 0 Down Offers). I've been advised to take the GGS along with the Cradle to a TMo Store so that they can attempt to determine whether its the Watch itself or the Cradle. Either way, whichever one it turns out to be, I've been advised that it is either going to be covered under Warranty, or, as a last resort, under JUMP Insurance Claim with $5 Filing Fee. Has anyone else experienced this issue with the TMo Samsung Galaxy Gear S Won't Stay Connected to Charging Cradle ? Thx.
Yes. Mine did the exact same thing. In fact there's been some buzz about Samsung already retooling the charger for the Canadian GSs.
In my case, I got lucky and my local ATT rep just replaced my broken one with a defective unit they had just rcvd back from a customer. However, this is only a band aid fix... as I'm sure it will happen to this one too. I called Samsung customer support and they stated that they are aware of the issue and will update me when a replacement will be available.
Until you get a new one, use a rubber band or wire twisty to hold the charger in place. Good luck!
Thanks for the heads-up.
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Yes. Mine did the exact same thing. In fact there's been some buzz about Samsung already retooling the charger for the Canadian GSs.
In my case, I got lucky and my local ATT rep just replaced my broken one with a defective unit they had just rcvd back from a customer. However, this is only a band aid fix... as I'm sure it will happen to this one too. I called Samsung customer support and they stated that they are aware of the issue and will update me when a replacement will be available.
Until you get a new one, use a rubber band or wire twisty to hold the charger in place. Good luck!
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Thanks for the heads up. I took my Watch and Cradle to my local Samsung spot inside the BestBuy. They happened to have another Cradle handy and it appeared as though the Pins on my Cradle had been somehow pushed in a bit. The Rep kept inquiring as to where I purchased my watch from and when I told them T-Mobile we both thought that it would be good to check with them. Went to TMo and discovered that part of one of the Clips on the Cradle had broken off, which is why it wont stay seated and locked in place with the Watch. Long story short, the good Reps at TMo put out an All-Points-Bulletin to all the local Stores to be on the lookout for a "Returned" SGGS so that they can swap out my bad one. Think I'll get with Samsung as well in the meantime. Again, thanks for hitting me back. LJ