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Broken Connector replaced with USB2

Hello all,
Many moons ago I dropped my xda one to many times and damaged the pins in the connector.
I have seen a few similar posts regarding this, and O2s response is to generally replace the entire motherboard.
I finally got around to it, I pulled off the broken connector and soldered on a usb connector.
With great thanks to xda-developers.com, I deduced the pin layout drew up a plan and tried to do the soldering only to find it was too small for me. I took it to an electronics engineer and he did it for me to my specs and low and behold it worked perfectly.
w00 h00!
Stephan Neofitou

Finally....someone did it .....
Great work Stephan...u gave me the courage to continue with my project(i'll post it later IF it succeded),since the Himalaya and the BlueAngel connectors are the same as for the Wallaby...
Once again Stephan,thanx for doing what people may know,but no one dare to do
Cheers...
RAGO :lol:

Finally....someone did it .....
Great work Stephan...u gave me the courage to continue with my project(i'll post it later IF it succeded),since the Himalaya and the BlueAngel connectors are the same as for the Wallaby...
Once again Stephan,thanx for doing what people may know,but no one dare to do
Cheers...
RAGO :lol:

No Probs
Good to hear! 8)
I am so happy to have my wallaby back!
I was glad we managed to secure the usb connector on the mb by the rear two lugs on the connector, it seems pretty solid. its a shame it sticks out about 5mm from the phone.
This weekend I will open it back up and take some better pics with my own camera, the above (taken with works camera) are pretty cruddy.
I think o2 had the right idea with the usb cable on the mini, 24 pins over 15mm is just too fine and delicate for something that gets thrown around so much.
Cheers!

Charging
Hi Folks,
Any idea does this charge the phone as well ???
HW

nice work
a have a nice colection of many models of mda
tonight i will modify a walaby just for fun
...i wiil try to test on other models to
nenmobil

neofitou said:
Hello all,
Many moons ago I dropped my xda one to many times and damaged the pins in the connector.
I have seen a few similar posts regarding this, and O2s response is to generally replace the entire motherboard.
I finally got around to it, I pulled off the broken connector and soldered on a usb connector.
With great thanks to xda-developers.com, I deduced the pin layout drew up a plan and tried to do the soldering only to find it was too small for me. I took it to an electronics engineer and he did it for me to my specs and low and behold it worked perfectly.
Well done Steven, I also need to ask , does this mod also charge the phone?
I have a dislodged serial connector and looking for an easy fix, do you know if a GPS receiver will also work?
I also noticed the rear connector looks like it routes through the serial connector pins, does anyone know if this socket can be used to charge and sinc the phone.
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Yes it charges the phone
Yes it charges the phone thats why there is two power lines.
I dropped my phone a few days ago and broke the lcd, only every second vertical line on about half the lcd is working now. Getting an Eten next week
the images seem to be missing from the original post, I will attache them again now if I can find them....yep
[edit] looks like its just the thumnails that arent working atm, clicking on the images does work.

mad props to you! i like to see good hardware mods like this!

USB Connestor
U could use miniUSB connector ( like in mp3 players )

help
hi,
I am only 13 years old but i have been trying to fix my xda II for ages.
I was wondering if anybody could give me a detailed way to solder a usb connector. I have lost the 22 pin connector. So i need as much help as possible.
Thanks for reading

o2 xda2
hi guys...
can any one help me . my o2 xda2 usb port damaged. please get me the alternative point for pin 14 and 15 on o2 xda2 pcb board . also get me the pcb diagram for it if possible.........
thanx a lot

it seems like the Images dont work anymore
Could you please reupload them again, because i would like to try that mod.
Thank a lot
cu
Fry

Images don't work

Please upload the images again

missing pictures
neofitou said:
Yes it charges the phone thats why there is two power lines.
I dropped my phone a few days ago and broke the lcd, only every second vertical line on about half the lcd is working now. Getting an Eten next week
the images seem to be missing from the original post, I will attache them again now if I can find them....yep
[edit] looks like its just the thumnails that arent working atm, clicking on the images does work.
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Can you please post the pictures again.
As the Himalaya has got the same connector it is still a problem to users and we would appreciate your help.

pls reupload too

Can it be used any other connector instead miniUSB? It's ugly to see big phone with a little connector that sneaks out like a slime!!! =)

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask if there is an alternative to pins 14 and 15 for the usb. thanks

as far as i know there isn't. But instead to use usb u can use serial port!

broken bottom connector on xda2

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

nigelfish said:
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

magican akkuswitch

Hello, has a Magican, where the switch for the Akkudeckel is broken, now wants I it to short circuit. Unfortunately I find for it no guidance which contacts I to connect am. would be nice if me someone help there can.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/files/naked-magician-insane.jpg
detail: (attached)
Just shortcut red and blue and it's OK.
Take care, the switch can be broken, but the back cover could break the wire or unsolder it...
I had the same problem on my beetles, I replaced the switch with a resistor pin. (can be twisted, easily soldered, won't move...)
Take care of nearby components...

thx, i will try it.

hi boris, I have the same problem
what does that resistor pin exactly look like (do you have a pic of your of your magician?)
I dont know how to do it on my own - but i can ask a fried - just need an instruction

USB connector replacement

Hi there
I have broken recently the USB connector at the bottom of the device. Managed to replace it with a good one but one of the pads is broken of the board. Has anyone got a schematics of it or know where the USB connection point are? It does charge but is not recognised by ActiveSync
THanks

Here you have the Charmer Service Manual:
http://mikechannon.net/PDF Manuals/HTC Charmer_Service_Manual.pdf

thanks for that. However, there is no schematics in this manual. I have already replaced the connector but one of the pins has come of the board. Need a point on board to connect it to. It is the second pin from left looking at the connector facing you.
Thanks

Got to ask,did you get the same USB connector? as i looked and could not find the same one,in the end i replaced it with a smaller one,as for your problem,I have taken mine apart and had a good look round,on the underside there is what looks like a point you could try,it's right where the second pin is,how you would solder there is a tuff one but thats the only thing i can see.

Thanks to your reply. I have notice it and did solder but did not do anything. Can you possibly buzz the connector to the point around and just check which one of them to connect to. I have tried with MDA I but it is complitly different board.
Thanks

I will have a try for you over the next few days,kinda busy with a move going on,just to make sure i'm looking at the right pin,it's the second one along as you look from above going left to right?

failing to load the zipped pic. Only up to 2 MB - should be 8 mb max
As you are looking at the pins connected to the board it is the second one from left. For other people's use if you get all 3 ot them on pic should somebody else need it. If you cannot get the pic I will try to upload the pic tomorrow.
Thanks for your effort

the pic of broken pad
As promissed here is the pic. It's the second pad from left
Thanks

Lonegunman, are you still with us?

Still here, have done a few tests to see if i can pin point a place for you but not had much luck, problem being my one is working, what i will do at some point is remove pin 2 from mine and see if i can find a point, just for your info the pin you are missing is the data -, so as you say it will charge but not sync.

thanks..... Dont think you need to remove it. If you got the multimeter you can measure resistance from that pin to anything around it. when resistance is zero it is defo a point I can connect it to.
Thanks for your effort once again

anyone willing to help please

please...someone has an open charmer. All I need is someone to buzz the second pin to a place on the board

Sorry been busy on loads of other thing (repairing a plasma TV is no fun i can tell you)anyway if your uk based PM me you address i should have a spare one i can post over to you for you to try and work out what you need.

pm sent. thanks

Special thanks to lonegunman who kindly sent me his MDA and help to repair it. The data pin connects to SM resistor just above it.
Thanks lonegunman again

broken prophet while disassembling

while my prophet was bieng disassembled the two cables connecting the motherboard were torn .not completely but a piece of them ....now all i can c on the display is white screen with greyish centre along with lines
so can anyone suggest me a way to fix it.............
please reply ASAP my prophet is really dear to me........

hi people
i finally somehow fix my prophet ....n there is a new problem
with a failed flash with 3 coloured screen my prophet shuts itself down n when i try to turn it on again it just not turns on again ...........i tried to charge the battery but nothin happened .......just suggest me a way so that i can recover my prophet ..........
please reply ASAP

parkerneo said:
while my prophet was bieng disassembled the two cables connecting the motherboard were torn .not completely but a piece of them ....now all i can c on the display is white screen with greyish centre along with lines
so can anyone suggest me a way to fix it.............
please reply ASAP my prophet is really dear to me........
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I have same problem. How did you fix it?

two cable connecting to the board? where? can be specific?
just only 1 cable connect with board (speaker cable)
and 2 flex ribbon connect with board (LCD ribbon and keypad ribbon)