I have had my XdaII since they where first out and it has worked flawlessly, i upgraded it ages ago with a rom from these forums and it has been used daily as a Sat nav and work phone solution. Never really missed a beat.
However like many with the Arkon mount the headphone adaptor broke and got jammed into the xdaII - as it was stuck with no sound i had to get it out. When doing this the socket on the xdaII got broken and has not worked since. This never bothered me but no i have a tomtom one and no use for the xdaII.
Can i get it repaired or buy the parts to repair it ? Is it worth while or should i just sell it as is ?
You might of just stressed and cracked a soldered joint on the socket, it's not too hard if you're half decent witha small soldering iron...
You just need to take the back off, about 6 screws.
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Good morning,does anyone have any ideas on the following problem,on the bottom of my xda2 where the power plug goes into/docking station,it seems to sort of disapeared? just a big hole,and now i cannot charge it whilst driving or whilst docked unless i take battery out and charge in the aux slot.
Not sure what to do,is my xda2 now useless,any idea where i can get it repaired and the cost
thanks for any help offered
Nige
I sell the connectors on ebay - unless you are fairly confident with a soldering iron I'd get a mobile phone repair shop to do it for you. You may also have damaged other componants on the board when the socket was pushed up.
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=5869809646
Richard
the connector is no longer available on ebay, any chance of updating link if is still available please
Can u sell me this connector?
Can u sell me this connector? I have Himalaya and I have broken synchro connector and I can't charge my MDA.And I have just one question, do someone have some manual, how I fixed this connector tu my MDA?Thank's a lot
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Good morning,does anyone have any ideas on the following problem,on the bottom of my xda2 where the power plug goes into/docking station,it seems to sort of disapeared? just a big hole,and now i cannot charge it whilst driving or whilst docked unless i take battery out and charge in the aux slot.
Not sure what to do,is my xda2 now useless,any idea where i can get it repaired and the cost
thanks for any help offered
Nige
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in ali mall upper ground floor cubao philippines, it cost me php780 for the fix. It was soldered back. The shop's name is brightpoint.
i have a similar problem, the bottom connector dropped out the other day a i need a new connector because all the pins are bent, does anyone know were i can get a connector from, i glued it back in place as a temporary solution, it worked fine until this morning and now it won't charge , so any help would be greatly appreciated
scotty
XDA II Damaged connection slot
Hi all,
I had the same problem with my XDA II, sent it for repair and it did exactly the same shortly afterwards, i bought a new battery and charged each one alternatively, but found problems syncronising and eventually gave up.
I have recently bought (my little gem) Xda Orbit, after many months examining what was on offer, I love it its is everything i expected and just a little more. Purchased a 2 Gig memory card and installed copilot on so i have sat nav and all my tunes. needless to say i have a spare Xda II up for offer for spares and such should anyone want to get in touch with me.
there is the Cradle and power charger, 2 batteries and it works well just as long as you dont want to connect it to your pc, anyway im new to this site, would be pleased if someone could point me in the right direction for Orbits here and please feel free to contact me, even if just for a chat and introduction. need to get established here.
cheers all, have fun and hopefully speak soon
Hi guys , i am PDA Technician , and i can sell and solder the connector to the XDA board perfectly , I am in Egypt Cairo
Tel : +20123382923
E-mail: [email protected]
Jimmy
you can find the connector here (it is the same type of IPAQ38xx)
http://www.ipaqrepair.co.uk/ipaqpart204.html
not very cheap, however.
thanks, recently aquired another xdaII, broken screen, sd card slot not functioning and a few other problems so i have taken it apart and i am using it as spares for my other,almost perfect, xdaII. so i now have the connector the connector, but thanks for the help and advice.
scotty
Scotty2690 said:
thanks, recently aquired another xdaII, broken screen, sd card slot not functioning and a few other problems so i have taken it apart and i am using it as spares for my other,almost perfect, xdaII. so i now have the connector the connector, but thanks for the help and advice.
scotty
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these people sell the connector at a reasonable price
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/NEW-O2-XDA-II...ryZ41343QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Hello, I bought a second-hand Orange M1000 a few months ago and love using it, but I managed to break it yesterday and wanted to pick the collective's brains for idea. In the headphone socket there is a small black ring on the outside (presumably to stop the headphones going in too far), anyway, this is missing on mine and I pushed them in too far and I think I've damaged something as the headphone connection is constantly on and I can't get it to switch back to the phone's speaker. I really have no idea what to do, I've tried to have a look inside but had to give up as there are two screws at the base of the phone which look like they need a special screwdriver to remove. Can anyone offer any suggestions please?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8525&highlight=headset+connector
Thanks for the instructions. I'm not exactly the most subtle person when it comes to taking things apart, but my father-in-law could understand them and he got it working for me. I honestly thought this was going to cost me a fortune when it realised I'd broken the phone - so thank you very much.
This was the state of my Universal's USB socket. Note the four holding shoulders have come away from the board.
The middle three tracks off the board have come away from the board with the socket too - worse case scenario I'd have guessed.
Here you can see the repaired unit with the four shoulders relocated and all 5 pins reconnected.
As you can see, the 'tiniest' of wires have been placed there to make the contacts as I'd ripped the tracks off as mentioned.
I'd have put this down as a non-repairable. To be fair, I couldn't even see the connections without taking a photo and zooming in on the PC.
My friend did this for me today - he's a PCB specialist by trade.
Anyone needing a repair in the UK, feel free to drop me a PM and I'll see if he can do the same for you.
Cost would be around £20-£25 returned.
I thought mine was a goner - so relieved to get the unit back working!
Very good work.
I had the same problem with my universal after an accident with my car loarder cable.
But I had luck and got a replacement universal from t-mobile.
I have the same problem with my Polaris and I thought about repairing it and refurbish it to give it to someone to use it. The battery still holds. What I want to ask... where did you get the socket from? How much did it cost? You got only the socket... right?
I really like the Orbit 2, its a great device BUT within weeks of getting mine, the rubber wheel fell off and it went back for a replacement.
It's happened again with my second one and so it's off for replacement again - I'm only a couple of months in to my contract and already I'm getting my third device!
How's it been working out for everyone else who owns an Orbit2? Any major issues? How's everyone feel about the device?
Is anyone fed up enough with it that they are looking to change?...possibly to the Diamond (which I have been considering). I had no issues with my original Orbit which I also loved but if this one keeps playing up then I'm gonna have to look in to canceling my contract and possibly getting a HTC Diamond - has anyone any thoughts on the Diamond as an alternative to the Polaris/orbit2?
Cheers!
Edit: Just realised I've posted this in the 'upgradeing' sub-forum rather than the Polaris forum, apologies for that! maybe a mod could move it if needs be? ta!
The wheel fell off mine too.
Least they replaced it and the new one is going well
I'm hoping this doesnt happen to mine, I'm not on contract with O2 and bought the phone off steelbay. Is there no way you can re-attach it yourself with locktite ?
Nogs
i have O2 OrbitII for more than a month and no problem at all
i bought it from eBay too
nogs - there's a load of other threads about this rubber wheel problem, its quite a big issue but I think others have managed to stick it back on somehow (as long as it hasn't been lost!)
I tried superglueing one of mine and screwed up the rubber!
I'm on my fifth Orbit 2 since April. The rubber wheel fell of three of them and the data connection of the usb socket failed on the fourth.
O2 suggested another handset, but there's nothing really suitable, it's a real shame as the phone is great when it's in one piece.
That's mad! to be fair though, it's cool of O2 to keep sorting it out for you and for and it's reasuring that they offered a different handset. I see what you mean though, there's not much else to choose from at the mo when it comes to O2!
My thrid one has just arrived, so far so good I'll see how it goes. They are great phones aside from these issues.
I'm using my Orbit for over 6 weeks now and I'm very happy with it. Never had any probs with the wheel or anything else and hopefully I wont considering I've voided the warranty by unlocking the phone,installing new radio and new rom on it.
I use my Orbit heavily as an mp3 player and the only minor issue I encountered was with the mini usb connector when I plug in the wired headset or an adapter for headphones. 2 weeks ago one of the earphones on the wired headset even stopped working bc of the connector. (its the headset not the phone) I wish HTC would have integrated a TRS connector..
*And yes I want to change it bc I don't have video acceleration, accelerometer built in and VGA screen but I won't do this until HTC Android is out or if it takes ages until they'll release it I'll go for whatever will be available in spring/summer 2009. So far the device does everything I need and I'm very happy with all the other functions.
I have O2 orbit2 now 3month.. ring is no problem but camera button is too bad..
it makes feel hard to press button.. how about you?
yup, camera button is very hard to press
i thought that there's some dirt underneath, but it's not
it's just hard button ...
luckily i don't use it that often
Thought I'd update this for the hell of it. I'm now on my 4th Polaris - good times!
I'm on my fourth too, gonna be sending this one back aswell!! 3 wheels and a failure! The wheel fell off this one in 4 days!
Think I will superglue it on next time!!
On the upside I did get 3 complete box sets with all the accessories!
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On the upside I did get 3 complete box sets with all the accessories!
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Me to!!!
I've a big pile of accesories and no idea what to do wit them, including 3 spare car kits and a battery I kept.
is it just me or does it seem like only the orbit jas the issue with the ring falling out? does anybody have a touch cruise that the button has fell out off?
I've got an Orbit 2 and it's just started falling apart. First the screen became separated. I think it's the digitizer as it still works, but i can see liquid in between the layers.
Then a week later the rubber ring fell off.
Not sure what to do as I bought it on eBay... Any suggestions?
I love this phone and would like to get it replaced...
Might be worth calling the manufacturer to see if it's still covered by a warranty then if it is you should be able to get it repaired or replaced. Failing that, you may have to cut your losses and put it back on EBay or pay for it to be repaired.
Hi I am a newby so treat me gently, I am just about to get a Universal from a friend but it has a faulty Headphone jack after he dropped it We have tried the other fixes on here with the device thinking the headset is still plugged it but that isnt the problem the actual socket is scrap we have bridged the socket with solder so at least we can use it but we cannot use the socket at all so i am trying to locate a new socket, I have a search around and couldnt find anything so i appoligise if this has already been covered.
Thankyou in advance
Sorted the problem i have just bought another one of ebay with a busted screen so i will swop the screen over and make one good one out of the two.