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can any1 help me out here i just bought an 8525 for 80 off a co-worker he didnt want it because it keeps turning off on him i think its a few loose connections...theres a bit of play in with the battery but anyhow changed batteries same thing so any one know what part i should be replacing and also where i can get parts for this phone. i have tried looking on the site that i use for my other phones but all i find are screens and black housings so if you guys can help me out i'd love it
anyone im looking at it right now and all seems well and i tested the battery on a different fone and everything is green just cant figure it out. also just found out that my jogwheel is broken
That could explain why the co-worker sold it to you for 80 bucks.. .. you might be able to find parts on Ebay .. see if anyone is selling one with a busted screen or something..
thats exactly ehy i got for 80 i knew what it was just hoping for an easy fix i do repairs tho so no biggie just gotta find the parts thanks ill start looking once my ass friend gets off myspace!!!
It can't be a "loose connection" unless the solder from the battery connectors came loose because he battery connectors are connected right to the board.
thats one thing i noticed also the prong look like they have been squished down almost flat instaed of < they are more - but not that bad and there is quite a bit of playu from the battery compared to my good 8525 oh well maybe i can come up on a third and swap out parts. thanks for the help guys any other suggestion i have already kinda fixed the prongs. and now the phone wont even turn on this suck but i know this can be fixed
hey does any1 have a broken hermes they wouldent mind getting rid of i need parts or if ppl wanna be nice to me and my thin wallet and donate their old broken hermes to me i would really appreciate it
Gyngabread Man said:
hey does any1 have a broken hermes they wouldent mind getting rid of i need parts or if ppl wanna be nice to me and my thin wallet and donate their old broken hermes to me i would really appreciate it
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I dealt with a similar case a while back. Going off randomly. In his case it turned out it was the battery connections. They had lost some of their spring tension and he was unwilling to try bending them out a little for fear of causing more damage. In the end we decided that he would try placing a strip of card between the battery and the casing on the side opposite to the battery connections. ie. to press the battery more firmly against the connectors. How thick it would need to be would depend on how squashed the connectors are.
It worked for him and he decided just to leave it in place.
Mike
@Gyngabread Man
If you cant fix it let me know. I need the vibrate motor. And no im not kidding
My wiz (which I love) has developed a loose usb port. It is out of warranty (of course!), and it is not the first MDA to have this issue (I returned 3 over that past almost 2 years for the usb coming loose). It has not fallen out yet, but charging is a chore, as I need to have my plug in the usb in a special way to get it to connect and charge.
Long story short...
Is there a physical fix I can do on my wiz? Since it is not under warranty, I am not too concerned about taking my MDA apart...so...
Can someone who has had this issue tell me in a step by step manner, how to take the MDA apart and "tighten" the MDA port???
I am hoping to hold out long enough to get the Kaiser...if Tmo ever releases it.
Thank you in advance.
**I have search this forum and even googled...people list sites for $60-100,or say to take the MDA apart and solder it back...I'm broke and wanna go with the second option, but haven't found a step by step about how to actually take the wiz apart and re-solder the usb port**
I'm gonna be unhelpful so if you want to get mad at me, do it now.
I ask what I'm sure others are asking themselves: WHAT have you been doing to your MDAs where the usb port has been getting loose?! Three times?!
I ask not to be embarassing but to help other users from prevent damage to their devices.
Azazello said:
I'm gonna be unhelpful so if you want to get mad at me, do it now.
I ask what I'm sure others are asking themselves: WHAT have you been doing to your MDAs where the usb port has been getting loose?! Three times?!
I ask not to be embarassing but to help other users from prevent damage to their devices.
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Yes, I am quite pissed at you now...
The first one was a replacement for a crappy refurb they'd sent me, and I sent it back immediately as the port came to me loose. The second one came loose, I believe, just by charging it, syncing it, etc (I went through a phase where I changed OS's every 5 minutes...I am an addict, I admit it). The third one came loose (I suspect) when I was charging it in my car and had to hit the brakes hard, and it went flying to the floorboards. This one I have no clue. It worked fine until 2 days ago. I went to charge it last night and noticed it being VERY tempermental, and a bit loose. I would like to fix it before it gets to the point of being complete crap.
All the rumors say that Tmo USA will be releasing the Kaiser soon, and I really want that phone, and would rather not pay the $100 or so bucks swapping out my MDA through insurance, just to have the Kaiser released 4 days later (Murphy's Law affects me a lot).
So.... Help please!!!!
Ok...so I got my hands on the MDA repair manual...and after some head-scratching my husband and I managed to take the wizard apart. Luckily, only the 4 tiny bracket holding the usb port in broke loose, so it was a matter of soldering them back on. My MDA is back to working again. Yay (and whew!)
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Ok...so I got my hands on the MDA repair manual...and after some head-scratching my husband and I managed to take the wizard apart. Luckily, only the 4 tiny bracket holding the usb port in broke loose, so it was a matter of soldering them back on. My MDA is back to working again. Yay (and whew!)
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I had this same problem... Slamming on the brakes when your MDA is connected to the car charger is never a good idea...
Trust me when I say this though. I wrecked my Integra GSR swerving to avoid hitting a deer. The impact of the car hitting the curb severed all the contacts on the USB port and now the USB port has fallen out of the phone completely...
So all I need to do is solder those 4 connectors and make sure the port is positioned correctly over those 5 tiny connectors and I should be fine? My soldering skills are somewhat sub-par so I don't want to risk it unless I know exactly what needs to be done before I do it. I'm sure you can understand that though.
PS>> I too am only hoping that I can keep my MDA working long enough to get a Kaiser. I have been saving but am not quite there yet...
dharvey4651 said:
I had this same problem... Slamming on the brakes when your MDA is connected to the car charger is never a good idea...
Trust me when I say this though. I wrecked my Integra GSR swerving to avoid hitting a deer. The impact of the car hitting the curb severed all the contacts on the USB port and now the USB port has fallen out of the phone completely...
So all I need to do is solder those 4 connectors and make sure the port is positioned correctly over those 5 tiny connectors and I should be fine? My soldering skills are somewhat sub-par so I don't want to risk it unless I know exactly what needs to be done before I do it. I'm sure you can understand that though.
PS>> I too am only hoping that I can keep my MDA working long enough to get a Kaiser. I have been saving but am not quite there yet...
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Well none of my connectors broke...luckily...so on that matter I'm not sure...however, I had my hubby dismantle my MDA (which I won't lie, was a real b*tch...you think you're breaking it) just to when the port was exposed...he then readjusted the 4 connectors then using silver solder and a gun, made 4 pinpoint attachments. Be very careful...he let the gun get too close and slightly melted the plastic down by the battery release tab...no real damage, but if you aren't careful...
Hopefully someone can better answer you about the procedure...as I said, mine had only come loose and didn't actually break yet.
Good luck on the Kaiser...I'm saving too!!!
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Well none of my connectors broke...luckily...so on that matter I'm not sure...however, I had my hubby dismantle my MDA (which I won't lie, was a real b*tch...you think you're breaking it) just to when the port was exposed...he then readjusted the 4 connectors then using silver solder and a gun, made 4 pinpoint attachments. Be very careful...he let the gun get too close and slightly melted the plastic down by the battery release tab...no real damage, but if you aren't careful...
Hopefully someone can better answer you about the procedure...as I said, mine had only come loose and didn't actually break yet.
Good luck on the Kaiser...I'm saving too!!!
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Thanks. I'm going to take the chance and attempt soldering it back in place and just leave the 5 pin connectors touching where they're supposed to be soldered to. It's already broken and won't even hold a charge right now so really I have nothing to lose. Worst comes to worst, it won't work after I'm done but then again, it doesn't work now.
Wish me luck!!
MDA - HTC Wizard - 8125 Broken USB Port Fix Guide or Repair Manual needed
akashastrega said:
Ok...so I got my hands on the MDA repair manual...and after some head-scratching my husband and I managed to take the wizard apart. Luckily, only the 4 tiny bracket holding the usb port in broke loose, so it was a matter of soldering them back on. My MDA is back to working again. Yay (and whew!)
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Seems this is a definite design / manufacturing flaw considering ALL of these USB ports seem to break within an unrealistic time frame.
Help please, still looking for MDA /Wizard repair manual. Know where I can find it?? 10Q
Here you are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=259242&page=6#post1083526
Some guys charge this file for US$7.99....- -"
let me know how your repair attempt goes. I'm in the exact same situation. Mine isn't completely broken, but it takes LOTS of fiddling to get it to charge, and I can't get an activesync connection at all. Because it still charges, though, I'm guessing that its not completely broken off which will make my repair job slightly easier....
My USB Repair experience
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=2012482#post2012482
my g1 has a ripped long coaxial cable that connects from the umts board to the motherboard...
when i put the phone back together that cable was too close to a screw and the screw pinched and ripped it in two spots, and i already tried connecting it back together and taping it but didnt work...
so now i have a perfect looking and perfect working rooted g1, but with no signal or reception lol. but wifi still works.... weird.
anyway, i need a new longg coax cable and know where to find one online but they dont sell them separate
they sell long coax cables with the gps chip for $40 and all i need is the cable.... can anyone help or point me in another direction??
i appreciate any help!
heres what i need:
[img=http://img193.imageshack.us/img193/8814/coaxxxxxxxxxxxx.th.jpg]
so if anyone has a bricked g1 and wanna sell me that cable, id really appreciate it!
I assume this would work...if not...it's only $1.99.
http://cgi.ebay.com/U.FL-cable-pigt...,-Antenna_W0QQitemZ150371374952QQcmdZViewItem
wow thank you soooo much! im gonna order one and i hope it works!!! i really appreciate your help =]
while that one looks to have the correct Hirose ends, it is 6" long...its gonna be a tight fit to get it in the case! I already sold my spare long cable, I wish someone would put a screw through the short one for once!
That's a good deal! Let us know how it fits. That long coax is a beeeotch. I did the same thing to my g1.
I also have to get this coax cable replaced, Any idea if the one from ebay is the same and gets the job done?
got it right now, doesnt work... wayyy to big
damn, that sucks
does anyone know where to get the cable for 40??? i dont wanna pay that much but its my only option and i cant find anyone who even has them in stock
anyone know someone who has them in stock??? thanks
$40?! I sold mine for $10, guess I sold it too low! hahaha
We need a place to part these things out, I sold most of my dead one but I have been thinking about buying a few more cracked ones to part out. If they are getting $40 for the coax cable, I WILL be breaking a few more!
its 40 bucks cause it comes with the umts board like in the pic i posted in the first post.
they dont sell the cables by themselves
cellulardr.com is where I saw the gps chip and cable.
Eeek
Ironically this same thing just happened to me yesterday- ive been panicking all day trying to just "stick" the two ends (i cut the wire and cleaned up to ends) together- nothing works
I am getting no signal but there is a sim present- i tried a factory reset (obviously didnt work)
I just ordered that wire from ebay for 1.99- im worried however that it will be to big, I know that the wires from a laptop are often bigger than in a mobile phone..
If this doesnt work out- are there any other places I can look to get just that wire without a whole new phone?
Also- why is it called the GPS antenna when it seems that its inhibiting the cellular signal...?
http://www.hirose.co.jp/cataloge_hp/e32119372.pdf
Found this in that ebay listing just now- if you look through it there is a line like this:
Plugs are terminated with ultra-fine coaxial
(fluorinated resin insulated) cable
Standard ultra-fine coaxial cable of 0.81mm diameter (single
braid shielding) is used for the plug termination, assuring secure
and stable connections.
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I think that ".81mm" is a good sign... i dont have a caliper here but looking at the wire from my phone in comparison to a wire I ripped from a laptop here (newer toshiba that was served a cup of coffee sometime after its warranty was up) you can see that the g1 coaxial cables (on the right side of the picture attached) are indeed sub millimeter.
Perhaps this means we can fix these problems for 2 bucks (well 5 after shipping)
granted i have no clue what im going to do with 6inches of that... guess it will be stuffed away somewhere in there...
I hope that doesn't effect my signal either- would a longer cable produce any sort of lag between the motherboard and the antenna module?
I scanned this for you guys
Looking for this part too.
sorry to be blatant but u're stupid. it doesn't work, i just ordered it. wasted my money. next time, if you dont know what u're talking about just please STFU, ass hole.
UFL is the size that a wifi card inside a laptop uses, it is WAY too large. PM sent
Obviously..
Yeh the wire posted on ebay is too big- i ended up just buying a broken g1 for 80 bucks.. all the spare parts i need now minus the main circuit bored which was damaged by water apparently (assuming screen digitizer works though)
well i ordered one a few weeks ago and it was a little long but worked perfect. i made the extra length fit into the phone and works perfect havent had one thing go wrong. i have an extra one if anyone wants to paypal me some money and ill send it to you in an envelope. guaranteed to work like a charm!!!
Thanks to HTC and the garbage job they do baking the electrical components in their phones I am looking for a HD2 mobo or someone who can do some PCB repair and at least get my mobo charging again. I have dumped money into a new digitizer and lcd, front keypad and mobo main flex cable and the main problem that caused me to destroy all those parts in the first place (micro usb port) still isnt fixed after my attempt at resoldering it to the board. Anyone? Thanks ahead of time, I've lurked here for a while and never really posted so I cant look in the classifieds I take it.
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Thanks to HTC and the garbage job they do baking the electrical components in their phones I am looking for a HD2 mobo or someone who can do some PCB repair and at least get my mobo charging again. I have dumped money into a new digitizer and lcd, front keypad and mobo main flex cable and the main problem that caused me to destroy all those parts in the first place (micro usb port) still isnt fixed after my attempt at resoldering it to the board. Anyone? Thanks ahead of time, I've lurked here for a while and never really posted so I cant look in the classifieds I take it.
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Are you by any chance located in the New England area? If so, I may be able to help you out. We would have to meet up somewher. If not, good luck finding some that can solder contact points that small.
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Jaytronics said:
Are you by any chance located in the New England area? If so, I may be able to help you out. We would have to meet up somewher. If not, good luck finding some that can solder contact points that small.
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Unfortunately no, Im in central Florida
I'll post some pics later when I get home from work, when the port broke it lifted the traces for pins 4 and 5 which I understand are the ground. Pin 1 is apparently the +5 volt pin. Thats all I need, I can do without being able to communicate with the phone via PC. I really have no reason to use ADB with this handset and any ROMS can be loaded via my SD reader/writer in my PC and just reinsert the card to the phone after.
Hey guys!
Today i got my hands on curious thing. My friend was drunk "as he stated" and somehow he was able to tore off USB port from his beloved HD2. Crazy right, I didnt even believe it was possible as I am an owner of HD2 myself. So Im thinking about maybe try to solder it back together (if possible).
There are some pictures as attachements so you can take a look. The casing isnt damaged at all, its like that USB just fell of.
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Hey guys!
Today i got my hands on curious thing. My friend was drunk "as he stated" and somehow he was able to tore off USB port from his beloved HD2. Crazy right, I didnt even believe it was possible as I am an owner of HD2 myself. So Im thinking about maybe try to solder it back together (if possible).
There are some pictures as attachements so you can take a look. The casing isnt damaged at all, its like that USB just fell of.
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Connector seems burnt, just curious what you'll find inside... If the mainboard look like this that's bad news.
A new connector is cheap but there are different shapes of the inner part so it is possible that it won't fit, check before you begin to solder.
Looks badly burnt to me.
I suspect mainboard no good for repair but worth checking first.
Quite easy to pick up an EU version HD2 for around 40USD (faulty handset) on eBay if can spend a bit of time looking/bidding and in good shape except digitizer, then simply donor best parts to complete one working rebuild.
Hey thanks for replyin! Well I opened it up and it seems motherboard isnt damaged. Well, as far as I can tell . Phone is working with charged battery without problems, so I think its worth a shot. Take a look and tell me what do you think
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Hey thanks for replyin! Well I opened it up and it seems motherboard isnt damaged. Well, as far as I can tell . Phone is working with charged battery without problems, so I think its worth a shot. Take a look and tell me what do you think
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I had a hd2 in a similar condition and attempted this. I failed and it killed the mboard straight away i would only attempt if you really really need too ;/
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hey buddy, thanks I will be really carefull. I cant really tell you what good is a phone like this without USB connection (and dont forget charging), so this is "operation: must do". Sorry for your HD2 though.
You can pick up a new usb socket from eBay/amazon etc.
It is quite a tricky bit of small soldering & can be very hard if contact points on board are broken below board.
Worth a try but not easy ... If you do succeed, once tested working ok use PU40 adhesive sealant to pack around sides & back of socket as will insulate & help secure socket hopefully helping reduce chance of fracturing joins or dislocating completely again.
Yup! USB is already on the way. Thanks for tips buddy, I will check back here when its done , it should take few days untill new USB is here.
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Yup! USB is already on the way. Thanks for tips buddy, I will check back here when its done , it should take few days untill new USB is here.
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Any news? Did you succeed with the soldering?
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Any news? Did you succeed with the soldering?
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I'm also interested Any news?
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I wish you all the luck, 'cause you gonna need it! (but maybe you're a soldering master and you know what you're doing...)