I had to repair a no speaker fault in one of these. what i found was the rear housing was touching one on the solder points of the hands-free socket, shorting to ground. See the picture for location.
The speaker would work sometimes, but then stop, especially if the unit was put in the cradle (which probably moved the housing slightly to cause the short).
A tiny bit of electrians tape over the solder and problem was fixed
If you have resoldered you handsfree socket you DEFINATELY have to put tape over the solder because the extra solder will make it touch the housing.
Hope it helps some of you. Maybe when sometimes when people jiggle the headset socket to get their speaker working they are really just moving the case slightly and that's what's fixing the problem?? ... or maybe 2 separate faults, not sure. Try the fix and see...
EDIT: cutting away the intruding part of the housing seems to work better than the tape
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I've tried this in 2 XDA II's. I put my headphones it one and it works but you cant hear it and you have to hit the cap around a little for it to get sound for a slip second. I put my headphones in another XDA II and it works fine.. So obviously there is something wrong with this XDA II's headphone jack. The rubber cover to the headphone jack is missing, would this have any effect on it?
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When I put it in the broken headphone jacked PDA when I insert the headphones in it makes a crinkle noise from me pushing it in. The other XDA II goes in smoothly. =/
Hi.
Rubber cap doesn't change anything (apart from stopping rubbish from getting into connector )
What you described is a case of worn out connector (in PDA).
It happens sometimes. Jack type connector aren't so tough, especially when you plug in and out often.
If you dismantle Blueangel, you'll have clear view of connector body soldered to PDA's mainboard.
You can do it. You can let somebody do it. Or You can leave it to professionals.
The connector needs to be replaced (very cheap part).
Maybe it's enough to bend metal terminals inside a little. A person who does hardware will know.
There's a optimistic version though.
Maybe only cleaning the terminals would do for you (I doubt it though).
It can be done without opening BA.
I'd recommend using some special spray (for cleaning electrical contact metals). Ask in electronic parts shop.
Good luck.
I ment my XDA II, not XDA IIs, lol. I have no expierence with opening the phone but I am good with electronics, but I don't know exactly what I'm looking for =/. I think I might just buy the HT820's Bluetooth headset, that would solve my problem overall.
Faulty socket repair...
Hey guys,
I have the same problem as above (crackling sound through headset) and the O2 service centre said it would cost £97 to fix.
But just did a web search and found a small company in London that said they can fix it (within 2 hours!!!!) for only £30!!!!
Im off to get it sorted so I'll let you know how it all went!!!
Richie Rich.
Mine wasn't like this until I bought it. I bought it from a friend for only $100USD because I'm very good friends with him, it works fine perfectly but the only problem is the headphones don't work in it (any headphones) and he knows there is something wrong with the jack, it wasn't like this until recently it happened. It's cheap to fix probably... but I'd rather just buy the HT820 bluetooth headset, its a good replacement instead of having to send in the PDA to fix a little headphone jack port I wont be ever using sooner or later.
but hey if that place fixes your phone, reply to this topic I want to know!
Headset Jack
I had this exact same problem in the past.
The headset would crack and go out every once in a while, sometimes I would have to move it around in order to get any sound at all.
I didn't do anything about it until it completely broke off, yes the inside plastic connected to the motherboard broke...
So I went to open it up, its not that hard, just a few screws, but I had to buy a torax screw driver (not that expensive)
I was also a bit shy about opening it, but I found this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8525&highlight=opening+himilaya
you wont have to open it all the way up... just pulling the back cover off, then you will see the headset jack,
If it isn't broken or cracked then your solution would just be to take the metal connectors and a flathead screwdriver, and bend them,
Don’t bend the metal connectors too much so you can’t put a headset in, but just enough where there is definite connection around the headset,
You might want to put a headset in and see the dimensions before you close it (to save you from opening it up again)
You might want to clean the metal if it is dirty, ether with a dab of eyeglass cleaner on a soft cloth (eyeglass cleaner works well with electronics, due to the alcohol that evaporates)
Although if the metal is encrusted or rusty, you might want to take a small strip of sandpaper, or some abrasive object, but don’t rub too hard or you'll take them off!
Don’t worry too much about opening your device up; it is not hard, just open it with caution.
Good luck!
imablackhat, hi, did u mean that ht820 can output sound from media player & every sound from xda2? my current BT is bluetrek G2 and as far as i'm using it for talking only. how many hours the batt can last if we continously hear musics?
its 17 hours of music, www.expansys.com, search HT820, its the headset. I'm considering buying it for cheaper on eBay.
By disassembling the Magician the two cables of the main speaker were disengaged. I now need detailled inside pictures (at the best both sides of this oval speaker) where exactly I have to solver them.
Pleaze help (The disassembling manual from 718 is not fine enough).
HTC Magician, MDA Compact, I-Mate Jam, XDA Mini, VPA compact
Are the wires disconected from the speaker or from the board.
If from the speaker than tou must see 2 solver points (clear) you dont have to worry about + and -.
On the board the speaker wires are connected throug a small white connector.
You can also buy a new speaker wich have the wires and connector attached. Or replace it for a alcatel speaker. (that works for me)
Disconnected from Speaker
Thx for prompt reply. Is disconnected from speaker.
Have tried to solder at the speaker, but doesn't work.
I guess the previous owner has done something wrong so my question
for detailled picture.
What kind of alcatel is the speaker you took?
You may want to test if your speaker is working or not. You want to know which part of the circuit is having the problem.
eg. Take a multi-meter to test the resistance of the speaker.
If you can get Alcatel 511 speaker (oval), use cutter to cut out some plastic pin, that doesn't allow you to put speaker on it's place, and desolder two contact springs (gold color) and solder two wires instead.
Thats the one
First test the speaker (usumed you did that allready)
If you tried to solver and it did not work the speaker is probably defect but (small chance) it can also be a deect board.
Problem solved
Many thanks to JDark and fj200 - have ordered the Alcatel 511 speaker for € 1,49 + freight (here in Germany via ebay.de, price for original speaker is € 28,90!!!), cutted the plastic pin, cutted the golden contact springs and then soldered with the two wires - runs perfect.
Hi. I broke my 3.5mm adapter, two of the connections are now broken. I soldered both wires back but I don't know if they should be soldered with a specific contact. I chose the each wire with a contact, randomly. I put the little plastic case together and, of course, it doesn't work. The sound still comes out of the speakers.
So, is it ruined? The adapter is very simple so I thought I could do it myself.
My second question is that if I buy another adapter, would I have to buy one that's stereo? I saw some descriptions on ebay and some are listed as stereo and some as mono, but they look the same.
Thanks.
My experience
octavia said:
So, is it ruined? The adapter is very simple so I thought I could do it myself.
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I did some surgery on my 3-in-1 USB Adapter and repaired it. I'd left my headset plugged into it when I put it in my bag and something must have pressed against it, pushing the socket at an angle and causing the case halves to split apart. I fully dissasembled it and when I realised the studs which the screws go into had broken clean off, it was out with the superglue with a thin bead around the edges and squashing the halves together in a rubber jawed hobby vice while it dried. It's all fixed now but as the halves are now inseperable, I cant tell you which of those thin wires goes where. The obvious choice would be to carefully inspect the blobs of solder to see which have a 'stump' of wire still embedded in them and try those but be careful because Russian roulette with the wires cannot be good for the circuitry in the phone if you get it wrong. There is a picture of the HTC extUSB pinout accessible through the Kaiser wiki and if you have a multimeter, some thin copper wire for probes and lots of patience, you should be able to work it out.
My second question is that if I buy another adapter, would I have to buy one that's stereo? I saw some descriptions on ebay and some are listed as stereo and some as mono, but they look the same.
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I've not seen a mono one but as the device I have was very cheap (under £10) and plays stereo fine, you may as well splash out on a stereo one
Hi every one
One of the wire of my headset was damaged by car door...
and I'm trying to fix it, but it seems harder than I thought
I have a spare sony 3.5 mm headset from an old mp3 player, so I cut it, and tried to connect it with the wires in the HTC headset, but there are too many..
I have taken a photo of my HTC headset wires, the other is from my Sony headset
Can you please help me out here... which wires should I connect together??
I really appreciate your help
Cheers
I am pretty certain all the copper ones are ground/negative. Now just try the colored ones out. Best way to know is trial and error. Or save yourself the headache and buy a new one.
I found this picture awhile ago, its about the htc plug. i hope it helps
These wires are a little more complicated then just twisting them together. the copper wires are the ground, the colored wires carry the sound back and forth. The color on the wiring is an acrylic coating, so you can run the copper and colored wires together without insulating them. Here is a really killer guide on how to fix the wiring; it worked for me:
http://www.alexwhittemore.com/?p=205
thanks guys for the tips
I tired what j101399j suggested, but I'm not sure to solder the wires or not! I'm not really great with it
I tried touching each wires with their counter parts to see if there is any sound, but that did not work. maybe I must solder and see...
After having pulled out my headphones cable a little too vigorously, I am facing the problem that no matter which headphone I insert, the sound gets thin and disturbed. Still stereo, but really not good. The only thing I can do is slightly push the plug on the right side to the left, causing the inside part to be pushed to the right, which gives full quality sound again, but will return to bad sound once I stop pushing. So I assume some pin is bent inside the jack. Is there any way to repair this, or any idea what to do except buying bt headsets or a new phone?
Thank you for all helpful suggestions
Check if you don't have lint or some dirt in the headphone jack - I use thin sawing needle to dig out accumulated dirt from headphone jack and USB port every few weeks/months. If it won't help, you should be able to carefully bend the inside pin with the same tool. Strong flashlight will help to visually check the situation
As a last resort, you can buy the part from aliexpress, its like 3 dollars.
Take it to service center they'll do everything fr you