I tried to insert my microSD card into the slot and in the process broke the spring mechanism that reels the FCC paper back into the slot. I pulled the FCC paper out until the black plastic film is showing and now it doesn't spring back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2683703
I dont think theres a mechanism that pulls it back in (my experience). You'll need to push it back.
I took it to Geek Squad helpdesk in the UK who said I pulled it out too far. It needs to go back to Sony to be fixed as they need to open the case to reel it back! And I can't cut it out as it contains warranty information.
Looked at android authority's video and confirm that you'll need to manually push it in.
I overextended it till the black plastic film past the paper came out. Even the service desk were enable to put it back in.
Ohh I misinterpreted your post. Just take it to service or cut it off and put it in a safe place. The paper won't do much good anyway.
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If someone has (or had) the time to make a guide about this it would be nice
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If someone has (or had) the time to make a guide about this it would be nice
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I have got the OS.nb , do you needed?
This can be of use We'll talk in skype about that
I'm also asking about physical disassembly of the device
I took one apart and put the good cover from one with a damaged screen onto the one I had with a scuffed cover.
It was successful but a real pain in the butt.
Take off back cover/battery cover. and unscrew the screws you can see.
Next bit is the hard bit and I just did it by brute force, but you then need to take off the white pearly bit around the camera, as other screws are hidden under there. I just used a small screwdriver and edged my way around the top, but it was pretty firm and took some getting off.
Once that was off, I undid two more screwsand that allowed me to edge off the black section where the battery sits from the main phone bit (green computery hardware bit sorry, I'm not very techy!! ) I again did this slowly but it needed some force as it's very very snugly fitted. There are some black clips as part of this middle section that you can push inwards to release the front with screen and keyboard and reveale the phone inards.
You immediately notice the ribbon attaching the camera to the main motherboard/phone and it pops out . I then unscrewed the 4 tiny tiny screws attaching the screen to the frontof the phone and very gently prised the whole phone guts out and immediately dropped it onto the new front I had ready. Screwed the screen back in place and also one other ribbon plugs into the motherboard from the keyboard Front section.
Trickiest part was re screwing the screen screws as they were teeny and I had to use tweezers to hold em in place. Then replugged in the bottom ribbon (Think it was power button? ) and placed the battery section back on top of the motherboard bit.
Another tricky bit was re attaching the ribbon from the camera as I had to almost close the black battery section and just leave a tiny gap and use the flat end of my tweezers to gently push the ribbon connector in. It's doable but bloomin fiddly.
After that I clicked as much of the battery/middle section back onto the front/screen and keyboard section, but inevitable it's not quite as fixed as it was, and there are signs that it's been taken appart as I found it impossible to take appart with out some force and some of the plastic clips were either bent ir broken in doing it. I screwed the screws back on and put back the white section round the camera - luckily everything started up and worked OK, but I'm sure I could have easily messed it up
Its a very fiddly thing to attempt. I only did it as I'd got two handsets reasonably cheaply and wasn't risking much. But it's a phone that obvioulsy wasn't made with cover changes in mind. LOL Once fully put together again it's robust and no loose bits, and everything working fine.
Daisy xx
i had one of those lovely phones (despite what everyone else says, i loved that mobile) and eventually, after a LOT of use, it became useless so i took it apart. i cant remember how i did it exactly, but it got to the point where i could take the entire thing apart, put enough parts together for it to work and then re-asemble it again. it was a great thing to show to friends at college as none of them really knows whats inside mobiles there.
i miss that phone
then again, i now have a vox
At last...
So glad to see someone has written down a guide on how to take the Lobster apart. I have been trying to dismantle mine and can only see me breaking it as I can't see any way in. I will try your step by step guide daisy...thanks for that. I'm also a proud owner of a vox now but I do have miss my Lobster and would quite happily use it again if need be. Thats if I can get it apart and fix it of course!
Thanks Dayzee, nice article
if anyone puts apart their lobby soon, please make some photos, and share them here, I think it'd be useful too
Dropped my phone a week or so ago. After going over my options I bought a new screen from Go Unlock to replace it.
I ordered overnight shipping, around 4pm pst, the part arrived less than 24hr's later. I was impressed, especially after reading the negative reviews of the company online, but I spoke to their customer service before and felt comfortable ordering from them.
Taking the device apart was very easy, ~7 philips screws. Then I had to take off the PCB, a few more screws..
The tough part was taking the screen off the plastic itself. The glass needs is glued to the plastic casing. I used a heat gun to take advantage of glue/tape's properties. I also removed the FFC/proximity sensor. This allowed me to push on the glass from behind and after enough heat/pushing I had a corner up. I had to find the perfect size blunt item to push thru the camera hole. I found a pen that worked perfectly.
I then used a knife to slowly move around the edges and dislodge the screen. I found there was enough glue/tape that I didn't need to apply any new tape. I put the screen/glass in and pushed it down on it from the back(onto bubble wrap to prevent scratching).
put in the PCB and booted to ensure it worked before full reassembly, and sure enough it booted up and all buttons/touchscreen worked! very exciting! Hated using the original IPHONE my friend let me borrow.
If anyone has questions on the procedure let me know!
Don't suppose you took pictures of the process?
Unfortunately I was far too rushed, but i used the following pictures/tutorial:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1253969
The only part this didn't cover was the removal of the glass from the housing, which I winged. The key to glass removal was the heat gun, and pushing from the back, where the FFC looks thru the glass.
Sorry for no pics
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x1x55gEKSiI&feature=youtu.be
The above clip is a video of my problem
So I have been on a 2 month odyssey with my uk, euro titan and its original back cover, although I had its original back cover painted white and works great, I have been trying to buy replacement back covers from ebay only to find that they do not securely fit, after a few tugs, pulling it out of my pocked or just letting it drop lightly say on my couch, the back cover and phone easily come apart.
I have purchased from sellers in china and even purchased from a supposed uk seller from ebay.co.uk who turned out to still be a seller in china, both covers do clasp into place with the phones screen/guts, but pop easily out with the slightest bump.
I currently am in contact with HTC America who are going to send me an oem back cover however it has been backordered for 2 weeks now.
although I love my painted white back cover, it has experienced wear and tear and i just long for things to be "normal" again. my question is has anyone heard of this problem with the titan and back covers that don't fit properly? besides buying a $70 oem back cover from htc uk accessories, does anyone have any tips or know anything that could help?
I also want to mention I had sent my phone to htc America to replace the screen, gps and the worn out "button presses" on the inside of the phone. and they did, they replaced each and every single thing including the inner plastic body lining where the volume button "presses" are and the plastic surrounding the sim card all replaced, I can only guess that if maybe I did not ask to replace this plastic that hooks itself to the back cover that maybe any grey market back cover would have fit securely?
and also want to mention yes my original back cover that is painted still fits and firmly grips the phone, when I look at all 3 back covers the 2 from china and my painted oem back cover, I can't tell a difference at all in their inner workings SIGH
I recently picked one up used because I needed something smaller and more durable than my GS3.
But I've noticed that my battery cover doesn't seem to clip on correctly.
When I hold it a certain way, the clips snap back in, but then pop right out. I also noticed that the corner
where the cell phone strap is creeks.
Is there a special way to put it on that I am not aware of or did I just buy a phone with a faulty back cover?
Thanks!
I finally was able to open my Truesmart today after receiving a quality set of screwdrivers ---- But when I got the case opened, there was no rubber seal in there that everybody else has. I removed the battery and added a 16gb micro card. I then put back the battery and closed up the case with the screws. It seemed to fit back just fine and it looks tight, but without that rubber square, I cant let this thing get anywhere near water.
I dread trying to communicate with omate to try and get the rubber seal, but I don't know of any other options.
The seal is a very thin ring that sits in a groove. So no seal on your's. Contacting Omate is your only option short of filling the groove with RTV silicone and hoping for the best.
I really can't believe this is happening...
Every other post or thread is about something that's missing or it's not connected...
What's happening....?!
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@funky0308
10 or less people having to deal with tens of thousands of orders (according to sources) and hand assembling every one.
Lokifish Marz said:
@funky0308
10 or less people having to deal with tens of thousands of orders (according to sources) and hand assembling every one.
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Sorry Loki but that just sounds worse...
I know that and I just can't believe someone let that happened...
They could hired some students to help them but....O.K, won't start another thread with complainings...
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The seal may be there, you just don't see it. Not trying to insult anyone here.
Long story short, I think I FUBAR'ed my SIM card slot because I had to use a nano->microSIM adaptor, when I was removing my sim card, half way out, something "snagged" the adapter, I couldn't get my SIM out so I pulled/forced it out. When I tried reinserting the SIM card, the "spring" doesn't work and my card was stuck inside...furthermore, no SIM detected so there goes that idea.
I removed the back panel and battery to get to the SIM card slot from the inside. Following Kurt's maintenance video, I removed the 2 additional screws inside to remove the "interior" cover. ONLY then did I notice the thin rubber seal around the edges.
TL;DR - maybe it's just me but I didn't notice the thin rubber seal until I further disassembled the TS.
sm753 said:
The seal may be there, you just don't see it. Not trying to insult anyone here.
Long story short, I think I FUBAR'ed my SIM card slot because I had to use a nano->microSIM adaptor, when I was removing my sim card, half way out, something "snagged" the adapter, I couldn't get my SIM out so I pulled/forced it out. When I tried reinserting the SIM card, the "spring" doesn't work and my card was stuck inside...furthermore, no SIM detected so there goes that idea.
I removed the back panel and battery to get to the SIM card slot from the inside. Following Kurt's maintenance video, I removed the 2 additional screws inside to remove the "interior" cover. ONLY then did I notice the thin rubber seal around the edges.
TL;DR - maybe it's just me but I didn't notice the thin rubber seal until I further disassembled the TS.
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I just looked at the "Hardware maintenance on the Omate TrueSmart" youtube video again that Kurt made, and at the 2:37 mark you will see that He just opened up the first four screws of the back case and took out the square rubber ring seal from the back cover. This was before he removed the 2 additional screws to get to the interior cover. This is what I am missing on my truesmart unit.
@fibroman
You have to be aware that there are at least three different case designs. Attached images show the area were the gasket sits on two of them as well as the gaskets side by side.
One (much older design) has a wide thick gasket. The other (newer design) has a thin narrow gasket that sits recessed in a groove.
Interesting. The 1/8/1900 I examined has the thicker gasket with the holes for the screws to go through and alignment nipples that fit into the main body. No groove.
The other, thinner, gasket looks inferior and the way the casing has been grooved is what you were saying earlier was an example of poor design ?
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