I was wondering if it is possible to replace/resolder/fix the buttons (ie green phone button - not the keyboard)?
Has anybody had to fix theirs yet? I don't think it is worth the money to have it fixed in a service center. I could almost buy a new one for the same $$$. Maybe a bricked hermes for replacement parts?
The buttons can still be pressed but you have to hit them pretty hard to get them to register...
Comments/advice welcome!
thanks!
Mike
Ps: just read the service manual. Looks easy enough.... Am I missing something?
Mike,
Have you completed the repair yet? How did it go? All my front panel buttons (green,red, ok, Windows, soft keys, d-pad, video call, mail and IE) on my Dopod 838 Pro have stopped working, and I think I may have to open it up.
Went just fine. I followed the service manual - spent time checking and rechecking everything before I touched it. Don't use a leatherman to open the case - an old creditcard is way better and doesn't scratch the housing. Changed the housing while I was at it. I really like the black Orange-look!
on hindsight:
I was a bit surprised to see the amount of $$$ bricked phones go for at ebay though... Money-wise the gap between getting a new phone and selling the old one for parts and fixing it is not as big as I would have liked it to be.
good luck with your project!
Michael
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hi everybody.
some weeks ago i bought a new casing for my trinity on ebay. as I had to open my trinity while on a long trip far away from home and htc tech support (the "hang up" button broke), i had already broken my guarantee. so i decided to change the casing myself. i managed to do that (it was not easy!!) and closed the casing and everything was alright, but some days later trinity started to have graphics issues. sometimes it hangs and the display gets kind of scrambled, when i reset it it posssibly doesn't show anything on the screen or it hangs during the boot, sometimes it helps simply shutting the device down and restarting, sometimes it helps pressing the left side of the casing (front and back casing elements) together.
what can that be? at the moment it works alright, but this is not ok for me. somebody with hardware know-how can tell me which part can be the "bad one" and what i can do to fix that? i don't want to pay the repair fee at htc tech partner, and i want to wait till the htc touch cruise is available to buy a new one!
thanks
christoph
ESD?
Sounds like you've br0k3d something.
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hi everybody.
some weeks ago i bought a new casing for my trinity on ebay. as I had to open my trinity while on a long trip far away from home and htc tech support (the "hang up" button broke), i had already broken my guarantee. so i decided to change the casing myself. i managed to do that (it was not easy!!) and closed the casing and everything was alright, but some days later trinity started to have graphics issues. sometimes it hangs and the display gets kind of scrambled, when i reset it it posssibly doesn't show anything on the screen or it hangs during the boot, sometimes it helps simply shutting the device down and restarting, sometimes it helps pressing the left side of the casing (front and back casing elements) together.
what can that be? at the moment it works alright, but this is not ok for me. somebody with hardware know-how can tell me which part can be the "bad one" and what i can do to fix that? i don't want to pay the repair fee at htc tech partner, and i want to wait till the htc touch cruise is available to buy a new one!
thanks
christoph
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Hi, I did similar thing...I assembled my trinity to change case to white. After the LCD did not work at all.
Of course service said, I broked garantee, and there is some problem with LCD cable plug.
what did the repair cost?
did you go to HTC? did they change the display plug?
it's a very subtle error in my case...
How To Disassemble HTC P3600
I also want to change my casing.
From what I hear ... this may be not such a good idea.
Hoever ... all I can help with is this disassemble manual for HTC P3600 (http://rapidshare.com/files/82751326/How_To_Disassemble_HTC_P3600__Trinity_.pdf.html).
Maybe disassembling, cleaning all the plugs and assembling it again can help (sounds stupid ... but who knows).
thanks ..
one of the problems with the casing i bought was that the metal counterparts of the screws were not(!) present in the new one. so i had to cut them out of the old one, heat them and press them into the new case. luckily, i had ordered two new casings (to change it again after some months when the grey/silver paint would have fell off till total aesthetic destruction - of this otherwise really slick phone - again), because trying to press that counterpart (don't know the word) without heating resulted in total damage
then I had hoped that not only the keypad, but also the electronics plate under the keypad (my "hang up" button still isn't perfect i have no "klicky" feel any more) would be included. no luck here.
so everybody please stay away from trying to change casings or any other hardware issue with your htc phones. i am opening my htc/qtek (before: s100, three units) phones for a longer time now and must say i will stop doing that and return to being a "normal" user. it all gets worse
thanks
I just remembered ... take a look at this site: http://cnn.cn/shop/p3600-trinity-c-277_278.html
All the stuff looks genuine ... maybe this casing will fit you better and there are spare touch screens also.
P.S. White casing DOES NOT peel.
jlebowski said:
did you go to HTC? did they change the display plug?
it's a very subtle error in my case...
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I went to E-care, the HTC support in Hungary. I was lucky, the expert repaired it free, but in the future there is no garantee
Lucky you ... there is HTC support where you live
my LCD screen broke.
I have replaced my LCD screen because it was cracked, the new screen does not even power up. I can hear wm6 running in the background but the digitizer nor the screen seem to be responding at all. If use the old screen it seems to work fine.
Any ideas or comments on how to get this new screen working?
btw, I have a gen1 htc p3600.
osavioro said:
I just remembered ... take a look at this site: http://cnn.cn/shop/p3600-trinity-c-277_278.html
All the stuff looks genuine ... maybe this casing will fit you better and there are spare touch screens also.
P.S. White casing DOES NOT peel.
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many thanks for the link! i just ordered the a new keypad electronics plate
jl
jlebowski said:
many thanks for the link! i just ordered the a new keypad electronics plate
jl
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Always glad to help
Hi guys,
I need your help. Several days ago, I upgraded my Dopod 900 to Tomal latest ROM. everything works perfectly, even the battery last longer.
Anyway, today, I accidentally drop my Uni to my feet (from around 1 meters high). The screen turns white.
I tried soft reset and hard reset, still white screen.
But the PDA itself is okay because when I connected it to PC, I can browse the Uni without problems. I even can confirm the hard reset is succeded because I check with Jeyo Mobile Companion, contacts and SMS in my Uni already deleted (meaning the hard reset works fine).
What should I do?
Your LCD already damaged. Replace new LCD.
not broken connection or something?
To have a good veredict why don´t you read the user manual of the Uni, is located in the Wiki, that way you can check if it´s a connection or something else
Good luck,
It is possible that the connection is loose at the board level. You might have to re-attach, if that fails - replace the screen. Fairly straightforward procedure, but consult the Service Manual for correct disassembly steps, as there are some tricks involved, seen many cases broken because someone was not aware. Only the screen part needs to be opened, not the main body. Good luck.
ok, i'll try it. thanks guys.
i probably have to ask help from a technician though, since i'm not good at fixing electronic thing
ok, I downloaded the manual.
but since i'm no technician, i have to find one first, probably next week.
anyway, just to update the case.
It seems that not only the screen are turning white, the Yes/No Call button and the speaker are dead too. I called my Uni from other phone, connected successfully, but the Uni doesn't ring and the Yes Call button do nothing (the other phone still waiting the Uni to pickup the call).
So my diagnose for the time being is that the flexi-cable must've been broken somehow.
Hope I don't have to replace the LCD 'cause I don'y have enough money right now.
well, ended up brought my Dopod 900 to HTC/Dopod service center.
turns out the flexi cable unplugged. so i only need to pay service fee which is only $5.
I guess it's worth it, i mean, if i open the device myself, i would have spent the $5 to buy the necessery tools, not to mention that i'm not electrician and might damage my device in the process.
XA-R01 said:
well, ended up brought my Dopod 900 to HTC/Dopod service center.
turns out the flexi cable unplugged. so i only need to pay service fee which is only $5.
I guess it's worth it, i mean, if i open the device myself, i would have spent the $5 to buy the necessery tools, not to mention that i'm not electrician and might damage my device in the process.
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Excellent Glad you got it sorted
Hi all,
Looks like my Sprint Vogue is flaking out on me. The touchscreen is suddenly and without warning not working at all. Everything else works (all other buttons, activesync, all functions). I'd like to do a hard reset before giving up on it, but I'd really like to sync my contacts/messages/photos/etc before doing that. So here's the problem- I use Dashwire to sync, and I'm unable to hit the "SYNC NOW" button!
Any ideas on how to switch to and activate the bottom left and bottom right menu buttons without being able to touch them? For example, the Inbox and Menu buttons on the Mail app screen, or Album/Slideshow on the Photos and Videos screen? If I can get to those I'll be able to activate the sync. Any help would be great!
Thanks,
Bogus
There is a application called "MyMobiler" which allows you to control your phone over ip/usb/bluetooth. If i remember correctly launching the installer on your pc while your phone is connected to activesynch will install it without having to press anything.
Awesome, thank you. That did exactly what I needed it to!
Once it finishes sync'ing I'll give the reset a shot and see if the screen is really borked or not.
No problem glad i could help. If the touchscreen refuses to work you might wanna try replacing it. The part is called a digitzer and they go for 15-20 dollars online. I bought one and it wasn't difficult at all to replace.
Yeah, that's the plan. Hard reset didn't fix the problem, so I'm guessing that part is busted. Between this site and PPCG I found the guide for taking apart the phone, so it's looking like I'll be doing some minor surgery in a few days.
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Yeah, that's the plan. Hard reset didn't fix the problem, so I'm guessing that part is busted. Between this site and PPCG I found the guide for taking apart the phone, so it's looking like I'll be doing some minor surgery in a few days.
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How would the touch screen instantly not work?
maybe someone let it fall and put it back to normal like nothing happened
and i know what u mean.I dont wanna give up my vogue. EVER,
but im 15...by the time im 30, i wont remember what vogue is.LOL.
Actually, it seems to have developed a very small air bubble in the very upper left corner. I'm pretty sure that's causing the digitizer to think there's constant pressure in that area, evidenced by the "Start" menu occasionally activating when I turn on the phone. I ordered a new digitizer anyway- the set of torx screwdrivers I'd need to open the case cost the same as a new digitizer and the screwdriver I need. I don't really understand how the air bubble formed (or even what it is contained in), but one way or another I'll resolve the problem next week.
And I just turned 26- I'm sure by the time I'm 30 I'll be sporting a Touch Pro 4 running Windows Mobile 8.5
Well, the digitizer and tools came much faster than I'd anticipated (I won the auction on eBay on Friday, paid same day, and got it in the mail today, shipped from CA to NY!). So I dove right in. It was a straightforward affair- remove the four torx screws from the back under the cover, remove the speaker, pry open the front from the mainboard, disconnect the keypad circuit board from the mainboard and the digitizer from the keypad board, push out the old digitizer, swap in the new one and hook it all back up.
Not for the faint of heart to be sure, but for someone who likes to tinker it was a lot of fun. Took maybe 15 minutes because prying the case from the mainboard was difficult. More accurately, the top plastic case is extremely thin and fragile- if you do this you'll almost definitely crack it in at least one place. If not, you'll crack it pushing the digitizer out from behind. But I'm not that worried about cosmetics, I got my Vogue second-hand off-contract, refurbished, so it wasn't exactly mint to begin with.
On the plus side, the repair worked like a charm! I tested every touch feature I could think of and as many areas of the screen as I could, it actually seemed to respond better than when I initially got the phone. The odd part is I could still see the air bubble in the old screen, and couldn't flatten it out even by squeezing on both sides of it. I wish I knew how it formed so I could prevent it from happening again, but I'll just have to be careful.
So to anyone considering this project:
If you're worried about damaging the casing and have insurance or a warranty or something like that, take it to the phone company to get it repaired.
For anyone else, the $15 bucks for the screen and three tools is a lot cheaper than buying a new phone. Plus you get the geek cred for repairing your own phone.
Once upon a time when I woke up with a bad mood, I threw my phone away to stop the alarm.. Since that moment my I/O button which is on top of the phone (the one you switch the LCD's blacklight on and off) is hard to push.
The 'clicking-system' is (I think) dented in, and from the surface it actually looks like that too. It still works though, but you have to press really hard.
I asked at the local phone shop what my invoice would look like if I have it repaired by them and I found out it would be better to do it myself.
The problem is that although all the parts which are available on internet, this button is really hard to get. I can;t even find it on eBay (maybe I just search the wrong way).
Does anyone know where to get this, and if it hard to solder it (if needed)?
I am located in The Netherlands, so I prefer something that SHIPS to NL.
I found this (https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-...lex-cable-lcd-key-ear-repair-d-02961_405.html) but I don't know if it will do the job.
Thank in advance guys!
Does anyone know?
gsm4world.us has almost full line of parts for the fuze/tp
Sorry I can't be of more use, but some searching on eBay will show that you can get the same part as on GSM4World a bit cheaper:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/HTC-TOUCH-PRO...Accessories?hash=item1c0ce8e08a#ht_2173wt_939
Edit: Actually, I'm not convinced that the part you suggested is the one you need. I think you should hold off buying anything until someone can tell you for certain which is best.
Power button
ewaldvk said:
Once upon a time when I woke up with a bad mood, I threw my phone away to stop the alarm.. Since that moment my I/O button which is on top of the phone (the one you switch the LCD's blacklight on and off) is hard to push.
The 'clicking-system' is (I think) dented in, and from the surface it actually looks like that too. It still works though, but you have to press really hard.
I asked at the local phone shop what my invoice would look like if I have it repaired by them and I found out it would be better to do it myself.
The problem is that although all the parts which are available on internet, this button is really hard to get. I can;t even find it on eBay (maybe I just search the wrong way).
Does anyone know where to get this, and if it hard to solder it (if needed)?
I am located in The Netherlands, so I prefer something that SHIPS to NL.
I found this (https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-...lex-cable-lcd-key-ear-repair-d-02961_405.html) but I don't know if it will do the job.
Thank in advance guys!
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Hi, Recently my Touch pro's motherboard gone dead.
Like yours HTC service center gave me estimate equal of new device so i listed parts to help others.
If your device is still facing the same problem please PM me with problem & picture, it will help us to decide which part you actually need.
The link posted by you is whole switching system, but i believe you just need plastic part of power button
Hello !
I recently broke my touch screen (only the touch part not the LCD).
I can't buy a new phone now so I have to stay with my beloved broken HTC Vogue...
I performed a hard reboot and managed to skip the calibration screen (with the "welcome.net" file) but now i have problems with soft keys as they are mostly use to confirm or cancel notifications and, for example, configure the mail sync...
Do you know a way to deal with this huge problem ?
Can we relocate soft keys to the keyboard ?
I tried many thread here but couldn't find a solution.
Thanks a lot!
Fraid said:
Hello !
I recently broke my touch screen (only the touch part not the LCD).
I can't buy a new phone now so I have to stay with my beloved broken HTC Vogue...
I performed a hard reboot and managed to skip the calibration screen (with the "welcome.net" file) but now i have problems with soft keys as they are mostly use to confirm or cancel notifications and, for example, configure the mail sync...
Do you know a way to deal with this huge problem ?
Can we relocate soft keys to the keyboard ?
I tried many thread here but couldn't find a solution.
Thanks a lot!
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You can actually BUY a new digitizer (the part that senses your touch) for $10 off eBay. I'm assuming that's the problem, and its not some internal circuitry.
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-VERIZON-XV6...wItemQQptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item27abf0db4b
Ignore the Verizon statement on the auction, the digitizer / phone is the same on both Verizon and Sprint. The parts are compatible. You only lose the Sprint logo.
eBay search "xv6900 digitizer":
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_tr...kw=xv6900+digitizer&_sacat=See-All-Categories
I don't know where instructions are for replacing the digitizer, but I'm sure you can google search it. I've heard difficulty scale is about a 2.5/5. No soldering, but some moderate disassembling of your phone.
Good luck!
I also have a broken screen. I have been working with it for about two weeks now. Your not going to be able to do much. I can read texts and emails, and I can make and receive calls... but thats about it.
As the post said above order a new digitizer. I ordered one earlier this week and I am waiting for it to arrive. I got a whole new case and buttons to go along with the digitizer. Figure if I am going to tear it all apart I might as well put on a new case and such. Only paid $25 shipped. I will let you know how it goes!
My mistake... I think my phone is a HTC Nike (touch dual in France)...
I managed to assign the left and right soft keys to the volume keys (long press).
It works fine but in some menues like the alarm clock or active sync it's difficult to navigate easily...
(Moderators, do we have to move the topic to the Nike section ?... sorry again...)