hello, i have had an 8525 since december and it has been great. except the other day i was going to charge my phone but i saw that the connector was messed up, and i have no idea how it got that way cuz my phone has zero scratches and hasn't been dropped. i tried using a 2mm flathead to fix it but it didn't work and i was scared to use a lot of force because i don't want to cause anymore damage. any help would be appreciated, thanks.
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Will examine internally later today but meatime you do not say if it still works.
Mike
my did the same !
I have the same problem my one completely broke after messing around trying to fix any help would be appreciated
Ouch. :/ .......
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Will examine internally later today but meatime you do not say if it still works.
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thanks for the reply, and yes the phone still functions perfectly. i turned it off though so i can save it for an emergency, as i do not have a backup phone.
Above we can see:
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The rear view of the USB connector
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That re-soldering will not be possible. This is a multi-layer board and these components are not part of or soldered to the USB Connector.
Above we can see:
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The top of the USB housing and it's anchoring (possibly earthing also) soldering.
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Soldering would be possible here to re-do the anchoring solder joints. This would be worthwhile if the connections are still in tact and the purpose is merely to re-anchor the housing.
Another view above of one of the anchor joints. Caution should be used not to dissipate excessive heat through the board - given its multi-layer nature and components on the reverse side.
Mike
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In baller4ever85's picture it looks like one side only has come adrift and it may just require the anchoring joint to be re-soldered - but that assumes the contacts are still fine otherwise.
^thanks for the detailed pics. i don't have any experience with soldering. will htc repair it? my phone is also still under warranty w/at&t so i will see what they can do(probably not much).
I had this problem to the point I could not Sych or power the phone. I called at&t and it was replaced under warranty repair. It was replaced with an at&t branded 8525.
In the FWIW department... I did call HTC prior to calling at&t. Since this is a mother board repair item, minimum charge to look at the phone was quoted as $245!!! Thus the call to at&t.
If you can't get it fixed, I'll buy it.
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I had this problem to the point I could not Sych or power the phone. I called at&t and it was replaced under warranty repair. It was replaced with an at&t branded 8525.
In the FWIW department... I did call HTC prior to calling at&t. Since this is a mother board repair item, minimum charge to look at the phone was quoted as $245!!! Thus the call to at&t.
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thanks a ton for that advice. im gonna give them a call today, because its so frustrating not having a phone.
dbltap said:
I had this problem to the point I could not Sych or power the phone. I called at&t and it was replaced under warranty repair. It was replaced with an at&t branded 8525.
In the FWIW department... I did call HTC prior to calling at&t. Since this is a mother board repair item, minimum charge to look at the phone was quoted as $245!!! Thus the call to at&t.
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well i called at&t and they said i could do a warrnaty exchange but the rep told me i would most likely be charged $500
so i guess im not sure what to do.
baller4ever85 said:
well i called at&t and they said i could do a warrnaty exchange but the rep told me i would most likely be charged $500
so i guess im not sure what to do.
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That must be because they replace the entire board. A bit different from here:
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main.a...9&area=repairs-full+service&item=75H00465-10M
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so my touch matrix cracked, got a replacement on ebay that looks perfect. i got it to work but everytime a do, a few days later it stops working until i fix it again. i can't seem to figure out how the flexible PCB connects to the back of the LCD module. it looks like HTC just puts a piece of tape over it.
however, i noticed when taking off the old LCD touch matrix that there was some sort of possibly conductive adhesive that made it very difficult to pull off. i got it off but one of the contacts got stuck on there and it i had to scrape it off with a scalpel.
see picture below for exact details. if anyone has any experience in doing this and getting it to work, please let me know, it's so frustrating not having touch on this phone.
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I think you might need to have that professionally repaired. I used to refurbish phones for Motorola but I've never taken anything this advanced apart before. It sounds like you shouldn't have scraped off that conductive adhesive. The digitizer you bought should have been a relatively simple installation but you should have taken your time peeling off the old cracked digitizer. That adhesive is pretty strong and thats why they use it.
You might want to look into getting your hands on some of that adhesive and just replace it all. Sometimes the oils from your skin from handling such a sensitive ribbon cable could have damaged it as well.
P.S. Unfortunately, most of the people here are software genius's, not hardware experts unfortunately.
it's not too advanced. i figure if they at least offer the part as a replacement option on ebay it can't be too hard. and in the mass view, it's only 4 contacts and relatively easy to replace if you have a minor knowledge of electronics.
i keep taping it down firmly and even putting extra tape on top so that the pressure of the case will press down on the pcb to have a firmer connection.
note: i was very careful to observe ESD precautions, so that isn't it, plus there's no semiconductors that could be damaged in the touch matrix.
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it's not too advanced. i figure if they at least offer the part as a replacement option on ebay it can't be too hard. and in the mass view, it's only 4 contacts and relatively easy to replace if you have a minor knowledge of electronics.
i keep taping it down firmly and even putting extra tape on top so that the pressure of the case will press down on the pcb to have a firmer connection.
note: i was very careful to observe ESD precautions, so that isn't it, plus there's no semiconductors that could be damaged in the touch matrix.
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Hmm... have you tried good old fashion superglue? I mean not neccesarily putting it on the end of the cable where the conductors are, but on the cable right near the conductors to keep it from moving around and then placing a few strips of tape to sandwich the cable with the housing pressing it down tight?
yes i have but i fear what happens if when pressing it down if it gets on the pads, then i'm just totally screwed. it's a tough situation, i wish there was a contact at HTC that could tell me how it's done.
i'm going to also try contacting their support/repair office and see if they can provide any insight.
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yes i have but i fear what happens if when pressing it down if it gets on the pads, then i'm just totally screwed. it's a tough situation, i wish there was a contact at HTC that could tell me how it's done.
i'm going to also try contacting their support/repair office and see if they can provide any insight.
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The superglue option is very risky but it could save your @$$ if you only put very little on the ribbon and then hold it in place untill it dries and then press down once the glue is already dry.
On another note, contacting their support office would probably be your best bet.
Everything you have done, even though not done wrong, it a far greater risk than I would have ever taken... I would have sent it in to be repaired of the digitizer had a crack in it or or the dot matrix got scratched. But thats me.
Unfortunately there aren't too many technicians here on this forum since it is almost completely firmware and not hardware here... Then again, there might be a few. Where I live it's kinda late at night so maybe they're sleeping or something. Lol.
i'm neither a hardware nor a software expertm but i may be able to help... i saw the manual somewhere... www.mdatweak.com/downloads/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf... try that... maybe it'll help you...
I've seen a post somewhere where members are stating that the phone sometimes stops charging from the power supply. I had this tonight and when playing around with the charger, could hear arcing. It's due to the slide in plug part not making good contact with the pins. Evidence of this is a blackening of one of the metal plates inside the socket part (not the pins on the main charger part). Suggest you check your charger, as prolonged arcing is not good.
Another one here, I'm afraid.
The main part of the adaptor has silly silly bits of sprung metal that are supposed to contact with the smaller plug part. Unfortunately, on mine the two parts are rather loose it sometimes does not connect.
I hope that my supplier won't want me to send the whole phone package back otherwise it's going to cost more than the value of the adaptor to send insured.
Keep an eye out for this, folks. As the previous poster suggested, it could cause overheating.
- Steve
Update :
HTC Europe have just returned my mains adaptor, still intermittently faulty.
I've sent them a stiff letter with images of the pitted and blackened contacts caused by the mains arcing.
If that doesn't produce an acceptable response, I shall escalate the issue to a third party because of the potential safety issue.
Update :
HTC returned my power supply saying that they cannot find anything wrong with it. Not happy !
Obviously, because the problem was intermittent, they must have tested it briefly and not seen the problem.
I wrote to HTC UK enclosing pictures of the burned and pitted contacts. No reply.
I imagine that I shall now have to persue warranty through the original dealer (Handtec, who don't really want to know anything about faults after the first few days, but nevertheless have a legal obligation to resolve the issue).
Unfortunately I can just see myself going round in circles with HTC again. Grrrr!
Since its not a computer item you have to prove that it isnt working, which technically shouldnt be to hard since you have burn marks, if they continue to say noting id be temped to get a qualified second opinion from someone and get it on letter headed paper, if they refuse to do anything after that you can say you have expanded all reasonable efforts to fix this issue with themselves (HTC) which is a potentially life threatening issue, you have not had a satisfactory responce to date (DATE IT) and if you have still not recieved a reply / replacement within 14 days, the next communication will be from my solicitor, where matters will be taken further, on the grounds of faulty electrical goods proven to be faulty and not being replaced.
Try that and see what happens, course getting a solicitor might cost an arm an a leg for the cost of what? a £20 power adaptor...
Yes, it's frustrating.
I should have no problem getting an assessment from a qualified engineer - I work as an electronics engineer myself in a safety-critical industry (aerospace).
I'll give Handtec fair chance to solve my problem first before wheeling out the big guns ;-)
Here's an enlarged photo of the contact inside the plug half of the adaptor. You can see where it has started to arc :
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im sure trading standards would love to take this up for you
dont forget your rights under sale of goods act or the european act of similar powers (cant recall the name
and it isnt up to you to prove it is faulty, its up to them to prove its not
the pictures look clear cut to me, serious design fault
bbc watchdog anyone?
My charger did this too!
Called up orange and they sent me an entire new handset and i had to give back the old charger, battery and phone. Leaving me with 2 8gb cards, 2 spare stylus', 2 cases etc...
So i'm not complaining
Jake
My HTC charger stopped working just a few minutes ago, luckily i had a 750mA USB charger which i bought for 5 bucks lying around and that works perfectly, charging it with that now.
I just bought a G1 with a broken screen on ebay to swap the mobo with my brick. The broken phone looks great except for that crack, so I decided to see if the warranty was still good. It is still under warranty for another 1.5 weeks!
So the idea is this. HTC will not repair broken screens..
But what if I intentionally brick the broken screen device and send it in for repair claiming OTA error? Will they throw in a fixed screen while they are replacing the mobo? Is it worth trying?? I'm thinking I could then just sell my brick or wait to sell it when they are un-brickable, to recoup the cost of one of the Dreams.
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Anyone have experience here with HTC's warranty?
I have used HTC for warranty work and they were top-notch. However, I doubt they would cover it (the brick) as the damage was more than likely caused by impact, and impact damage is not covered.
Why didnt you send the bricked G1 in? It should be covered (assuming your not at the end of its warranty)
Sadly, the warranty ended about a week before I bricked it. It ended on 12.25.
Merry Christmas to me!
You have two broken phones and nothing to lose. Why don't you try dissasembling both and transplanting the top/screen assembly from the brick to the eBay purchase?
Actually they do fix bricks, I accidently bricked mine said "that it was doing an update and I left it overnight and in the morning it had the g1 logo only" and they replaced the mobo without more questions.
However they didn't replace the slightly damaged case so you might just be wasting your time.. worth a shot though.
I bricked it by flashing danger spl and radio wrong silly me
I'm aware that they fix bricks, but the bricked G1 is unfortunately the one with no warranty.
Transplanting the screen sounds like it would void the warranty because I would have to break the seal on both phones. Otherwise this would be ideal, because I could fix the screen and not worry about the hidden charge HTC would apply for a mandatory screen replacement.
Right now I've run into yet another set-back. I'm not a T-Mo customer and the phone is not unlocked. (I've never had a locked phone so I forgot they even existed when I picked up this one for repair )
If any nice T-Mo customer reads this, can you get me an unlock code from T-Mo if I provide my IMEI in a PM?
To get an unlock code you would need to pay £15 to t-mob.
There are services online though.
You can swap parts to your hearts desire, just make sure you do it cleanly. The one I sent back was a black case with guts from a bronze one and I was never even questioned about it. Just make sure they know you bought it from Craigslsit or eBay as-is.
It sounds like you are not in the US so it may be different for you but on my phone the Home button stopped working. I returned it to the original OS and then sent it in for repair. They stated that when I send it in for repair that if the phone had a broken screen or water damage that I would be charged a fee for the repair. I don't recall was it was because I wasn't charged this as my screen was fine and didn't have a water issue. I seem to think that the fee was $50-100 something like that. I didn't think it was that bad. As far as my issue. I have no idea if I got my phone back or a refurb.
I'm in the US and I was told that T-Mo has to tell the unlock code to anyone that has service with them as long as the IMEI is provided. Hopefully I can make friends with someone on T-Mo service.
The warranty seemed like a long shot so I swapped the guts of the working machine and the nonworking one. Now I have a cracked (but working!) screened brick and a locked non-cracked phone. The new screen price according to an HTC rep was about 230 I believe, which is a whole other annoyance. As soon as I get this new bad boy unlocked I'm going to re-root.
Sadly, until then I can only use it on the wi-fi I was able to setup thanks to adb.
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Found this website that sells spare parts incase you damaged your epic. I myself was looking for a replacement for the rim around the screen as it fell out from my hoodie pocket into the street and the rim was dented. Phone works ok but the dent is an eye sore...lol. anyways here's the link : http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Samsung-Epic-4G-Replacement-Repair-Parts-s/6425.htm
Cool. Nice find. I always try to stick with OEM much as I can.
Great find
Supposing I keep this puppy as long as I kept my HTC Vogue, this will really come in handy. Thanks for passing this one along to everyone.
neato, must keep this one
No prob guys, hope it help anyone that has isues with hardware.
Im in soo need of this part:
http://www.globaldirectparts.com/Sa...ic-4G-D700-Keyboard-Ribbon-p/smsng6085455.htm
They are completely out of stock and might not even get it ever as they said it is hard to get. Anyone know where I can get one? Please!
Ughhh why do they have a minimum order?
Also, question about the digitizer + LCD replacement. Do you only need to buy the digitizer + LCD combo or do you also need to buy the front housing too?
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Ughhh why do they have a minimum order?
Also, question about the digitizer + LCD replacement. Do you only need to buy the digitizer + LCD combo or do you also need to buy the front housing too?
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The one I ordered is seen here, http://cnn.cn/shop/samsung-epic-c-26_1118.html - I bought mine from cnn.cn about 3 months ago and it was $75, not this $120 crap, terrible.
it is the same part as your website (cnn.cn, when I ordered my screen from them, had a LOT MORE Epic4g parts). What I got in the mail was a NOT CRACKED and NOT BROKEN equivalent of my old one which is this:
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Good find man. That thanks for posting.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!
Is there any website from where external speaker/loudspeaker replacement OEM is available, cannot find any on EBay.
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Is there any website from where external speaker/loudspeaker replacement OEM is available, cannot find any on EBay.
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The link in the OP has a loudspeaker for sale. A little note: if anyone believes they have a bad antenna, the loudspeaker contains part of it, replacing it has the potential to solve the issue.
Also, I'm a coporate Sprint tech. If anyone has any issues or needs advice or a helping hand with the guts of their epic, I'm always available.
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Could someone tell me what their price on the LCD and digitizer is for the Epic? Don't have time to register atm =/
They are whole sellers so you may have to buy parts in bulk in order to get stuff from them, I see that even to create an account you need to get it "approved"
But great find man!
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The link in the OP has a loudspeaker for sale. A little note: if anyone believes they have a bad antenna, the loudspeaker contains part of it, replacing it has the potential to solve the issue.
Also, I'm a coporate Sprint tech. If anyone has any issues or needs advice or a helping hand with the guts of their epic, I'm always available.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
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Thanks but it requires 5 quantity purchase minimum and I only need 1 external loudspeaker. There was one selling on EBay but no longer. I am in India and bought the phone online so cannot claim warranty repairs.
Does anyone have any ideas where I can find replacement parts for this thing? Specifically I'm seeking the little flex board that houses the micro USB connector. It's my wife's tablet and she's hard on connectors. I've repaired several of her phones but this tablet is more obscure it seems.
I've been searching based on printing on the part and I can find a pic of it from google image using "lenovo Blade2_8" but the link to a russian website doesn't go to the part shown.
It looks like this:
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this one or this search and i think you can find more
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Thank You! I searched everywhere I could think of; not sure how I missed the eBay one, that's my goto source for most things like this.
I'm hoping that it is the bum part as the device still recognizes that a USB is plugged in momentarily. It's a $50 guess.
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Thank You! I searched everywhere I could think of; not sure how I missed the eBay one, that's my goto source for most things like this.
I'm hoping that it is the bum part as the device still recognizes that a USB is plugged in momentarily. It's a $50 guess.
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wow... that ebay seller sure has a good margin considering the import statement found here it costs 1.5 us dollars per unit (not even 2), yet the seller is the one who makes the price, if you have someone who can buy from and send it to you from china... or some friend in russia for this one i am sure is way cheaper ... or just go to a near lenovo support service that does hw repairs and beg for it or tell them that you will pay double the price (3 usd)
you can also search for the part yourself, i just linked the fast found search results
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Does anyone have any ideas where I can find replacement parts for this thing? Specifically I'm seeking the little flex board that houses the micro USB connector. It's my wife's tablet and she's hard on connectors. I've repaired several of her phones but this tablet is more obscure it seems.
I've been searching based on printing on the part and I can find a pic of it from google image using "lenovo Blade2_8" but the link to a russian website doesn't go to the part shown.
It looks like this:
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Drew
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If I were you, I would order a new USB connector and then solder it to the ribbon in place of the old one. It is tricky, but doable. Just need a fine tip soldering iron and some helping hands and a pair of tweezers. You do not want to let the ribbon cable heat up and melt. That would be the end. But, like I said, it can be done.
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Success!
I bought and replaced the whole part and it works, charging as normal.
The $50 price tag was steep for a part that probably cost $0.10 in China but, whatever; that's why I work . And my wife is happy now. So I'll consider it a worthy investment.
Jaytronics - I usually do OK fixing my own stuff but I've never been any good at soldering. I'm shaky on a good day and I don't get much practice. I can get it done on larger things but on something that size I'd probably bridge 2 pins or something. I thought about trying it when I failed to find the whole piece but doubt won.
Thanks for the input guys. XDA saves the day again.
Now if I can just find a root and ROM for it.... it doesn't play with Hulu well on stock ROM.
Drew