I have an xda exec, which i have had for over a year now and i have been very happy with it... until a couple of weeks ago the mini usb port detached itself from the mainboard :-( Ive read about it happening before on here... but i have no warranty now so im looking for anyone who can help. The mini USB port is also now damaged. I looked at re-soldering it back on but im not good enough to do that... I guess ideally im after another universal with a broken screen or something so as i can make one good one from 2 bad... and then save up a little more towards an athena...
Pocketpctechs will repaire it for $60(including parts &larbor)
Check out the links bellow
http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~sessid~560175586~unit~O2_XDA_Exec-500~area~repairs.htm
Thanks for the link - really useful... im contacting them to see if they can supply a replacement mainboard to the UK as that is where im based, if not i can look at posting it over i guess... Many Thanks - Dave
i brought a stand alone charger that you pop your battery in! pain in the ass but if you have two batterys its all good then use bluetooth to sync and install your apps and files im in the UK too
Yeah, thats exactly what i have done in the short term... but after upgrading my old XDA IIs yesterday to Windows Mobile 6 i fancy seeing what sort of improvements are available for my Universal.
On a side question can you sync over wifi?
you used to be able to but there was security concerns so they removed it from activesync if you have an old copy of active syncc then yes...
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yesterdaymy connection/charge/mini usb port broke whilst inserting the charger, by the looks of it its come straight off the board, a bit silly securing such a heavily used connection by just the solder but anyway, i have no idea who how i go about gettingn it repaired by qtek.
the manual has some silly link to some other company who have no help and no links,i just wana send it preferably to a ukrepair centreand get it back is it too much to ask lol. or do they make it this hard to get repairs done to keep there costs down?
any links to where i send my 9000 tooor contactnumbers would be great
I have just purchased a imate Jas Jar.
Where can I download a copy of the manual.
Can I use any usb to mini usb cale to sync (ie motorola v3 usv cable)
Oh by the way the units not hot, but is a customer return to a shop I work at and was refunded with no software,cables or instruction manual.
Up to this point i have had my fair share of palmtops, starting with palm pilots,philips nino,psion 5,Hp hornada,ipaq 1910 gave to my bro coz wanted wireless and then ipaq 1950 and now the mighty Jas Jar.
Assuming I am starting from scratch.
I`ve seen alot of stuff about rom upgrading and bt switching off and needing to be redone(patch)
When i got it , it was running ver slow I have uninstalled skype and backgammon any other tips will be appreciated
If anyone has any useful links and what benefits could they post in this thread.
i also play battlefield 2 so if your into that let me know too.
Cheers
Stang
Please, put just a tiny bit of effort in it and use google next time :/
http://xda.o2.co.uk/pdf/xdaExecManual.pdf
Yes, any USB -Mini USB cable will do.
I did I did
I did use google however I put imate Jas Jar,should have tried o2.
Kept telling me to register with club imate is this worth doing.
Thanks for your reply much appreciated.
Hi,
My mini-B usb female connector (for charging and usb connectivity etc) is broken...
I need to find a replacement,
but I don't know what model it's exactly..
I don't what to end up ordering something I can't use :]
Can anyone help me?
Thanks!
What is the Make/Model of your phone. Either you can send it to the original manufacturer/vendor if still under warranty or you can order from ebay.First know the maker and model No # of your phone like T-mobile,cingular,i-mate or At&tt etc and model like T-mobile MDA,vario, etc etc,ok
Cheers !
I have mine from www.techcenter.fr
It's an HTC Wizard, Wiza200. (Qtek in fact)
Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck
bioChaz-
My USB connector is broken as well. Have you replaced one yourself? I want to know how hard it would be to do, because I'm thinking of ordering the part and attempting it.
what about ppc techs. they repair and sell that part.
I've done it a bunch of times...it definitely takes a few trys before u get it right...if ur familiar w/ soldering then it should be fairly easy, but if not...it might be worth paying some one to do it for u...if the pads are ripped from the motherboard then they have to be retraced...that is even harder...then it is worth paying to have it fixed for sure...otherwise, there is always the upgrade
upgrade? i wish. bought mine off the streets. thanks
bioChazTBO said:
Looking for a replacement USB port for your Apache or Wizard?
Go to:
http://www.mouser.com/catalog/629/979.pdf
You're looking for "D" in the pic's (Mouser Stock No. 538-67503-1020)
I have purchased them, they fit perfectly!
Good luck
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I knew I'd be able to get this part from DigiKey/Mouser, but I was just never sure which was the right one so I never bothered.
Thanks!
hi. is there someon in germany, austria or italy who is able to repair my
polaris?? the mini-usb connector is broken, I can not charge the battery or
get any connection.
I have found only one address who offer to repair the usb connector, but I do not want to send my polaris to USA to get the service.
please help if you have some tips or ideas.
thx
Sorry I can't help you, just wanted to say a had the same problem twice - fortunately my provider replaced the hardware without problems.
Good luck anyway!
Broken Mini USB
I just had this same problem with my Cruise. It is only 4 months old and I sent to HTC for warranty and they wanted to charge 400 to replace the motherboard and usb plug. They claimed it was abused. They need their heads examined.
HTC has bad customer service and warranty.
Hi Brunner, you might want to try http://www.mobilephonerepairs.co.uk/home.asp . They are based in London, UK and sending to/from Germany was no problem for me. Just mail to [email protected], explain your issue and ask for a repair price quote.
So far I have only bought a replacement LCD from them and not used their repair service - but will do so next week. Anyway, they were friendly and supportive, and the LCD arrived in good condition and well packaged. Overall a very good impression.
i have some expirience with HTC repair, and can say that the most problems in HTC are in main board - very unstable connections with chips and pcb.
try to tense unit left and right side while usb is connected.
one more - switch off unit (take off battery and pull in) and connect adapter - i am sure in this mode charging will go - this is separate chip doing this automaticly ,but when processor running can sw it off. Stay 1-2 hours and battery will go full.
thank you for your replies... I'll try to contatct the london adress (big thank to doctah).
to romensat: thank also for your , but it is so, that I am not able to connect the usb cable at all, because the little plastic peace into the connector is broken out an some pins are damaged.
regards
brunner
just curious: how did this end up?
Hi
I have a serious problem. While my athena was being charged with my car charger I saw smoke in the charger. I disconnected it from the athena but probably too late. Now the mini usb is totally dead: I cannot charge it or connect to the pc and the light around the joystick doesn't light up when I insert the cable into the mini usb. Now there's 20% of the battery left so soon I'll have to do sth about it.
My question is can it be fixed without sending it to the service? They keep it a horribly long time in my country.
I'd really appreciate any help,please
You can charge the battery with the Athena cradle, they are cheap in ebay and come with a battery so when the Athena battery is nearly empty you just swap with the one in the cradle.
To connect with the computer you can use a bluetooth dongle, it will work with activesinc files transfer etc
otherwise the only solution for the USB connector is send it for service and depending of the damage it may be either a easy patch or a new board if there is tracks damage
Good luck
Thanx for aome advice PBL1. I suspected that I can't fix it without having it sent to the service. I guess I'll wait and see what they do (it's still under guarantee) before I decide to buy the docking station as it is rather expensive for Polish conditions. On the other hand I've been thinking of buying it for some time already, perhaps it's high time I did it.
I just don't know how they will react to the Michy Prima ROM cause I have no means of flashing back to the factory one. Thanx again for the advice
I can tell you that the total cost to my docking station was £30 if I remember correctly, that included the postage and the battery, given the price of the battery alone, it was worthwhile because I consider essential to have a fully charged extra battery if I am somewhere without possibility to charge.
I believe You may downgrade the room by the miniSD card method, do a search around here, there several threads about upgrading the rom with that method, it is worth to consider since some body posted that he sent the athena for servicing with SPL 3.5 and HTC flashed the original rom without considering that it was the wrong SPL, basically they sent back the item to the customer with a black screen.
However if you have SPL3.5 and want to use the downgrader to go back to SPL1.2 or to the original SPL perhaps you may check with cmonex that it is possible with out risks.
If you are in SPL1.2 I don't think you should have any problem.
regards
Yes you're abolutely right about a spare battery and the docking station. I have already decided (have been thinking all day today) to buy both as constant charging is a bit annoying. As for downgrading I'll really have to search for a mini sd solution cause the htc service in Poland might not be really user friendly. BTW could you possibly send me a link to a place with docking stations at this price? In Poland it costs more or less $100 and on ebay you may find cheaper ones but with one usb slot not two.
There you got
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-X7500-Adv...39:1|66:2|65:12|240:1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14
Note: these do not include battery, at the time I got it they offered the extra battery in the package ( it was a wile ago), if I remember correctly the cheapest battery at the time seemed to run at £24 today it looks that you can find them must cheaper.
Note 2: since you USB connection is dead you can use the cradle for extra battery charge, VGA and USB host (external memory storage devices such as drives,card readers) I didn't try external keyboards mouses and such but they should work.
but you cannot use the USB for communication with your computer (activesink, USB to PC....) because the cradle use the normal micro USB for those, for those you can use Bluetooth as explained early but of course that is not good for rom flashing
I wouldn't suggest using that car charger anymore. If its under warranty, you'll definitely want to reflash the original ROM. Whatever you do, don't try to flash a ROM or downgrade your SPL using a bluetooth dongle
Hi
I have just received the cradle plus an extra battery, there asre still some cheep offers on ebay.
Now, as Weaselcossey says I have to flash the oryginal ROM via mini SD card. J've been searching this place but couldn' find an easy step by step instruction, expecially how to extract the .nbh file from the exe file thet the oryginal ROM is in. Does any one lnow some links?
I never done myself but perhaps you could try this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=312394
I'm going to try it out just now. But anyway it's kind of hard for me to part with my athena. That's why I've been waiting with giving it to the service, especially now wwith 2 batteries and the cradle. By the way there's also a nice mains charger on Ebay which Iwill probably buy soon: http://cgi.ebay.pl/O502-Desktop-battery-charger-for-HTC-Advantage-X7500_W0QQitemZ260138961370QQcmdZViewItem?hash=item260138961370&_trkparms=72%3A1399%7C39%3A1%7C66%3A2%7C65%3A12%7C240%3A1318&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14