Bought the two together, thinking they would somehow screw together, but the proclip i have is just a flush piece of plastic with no holes etc. Am i supposed to drill my own?
Heres everything i have, am i missing anything?
There should be some dimples in the car mount where you can drill holes to match the passive mount. Take the swivel base, put it over those dimples and mark them with a Sharpie. Use a drill with a small drill bit and drill the holes, then attach with the provided screws.
The screws are self tapping, so decide where you want to put the bracket, take one screw and just use some pressure and screw the screw in and will cut into the plastic and be fine
No dimples Prey, its completely flush. Can drill/use the self tappers but i just thought they might have forgotten something and wanted to check first. For the money it all cost, I thought it would slot together somehow! Cheers guys.
Weird. Mine all had very small dimples. If not, drill a small pilot hole so you don't crack the plastic and mount the swivel.
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Hi, everyone i am so sad you can't imagine . The rotating mechanism, the metal part which rotates the display is broken. Don't ask me how, i don't know.
I do not have any idea what to do now. Where to find, how to search ont the WEB. Is there anyone who had problem with the rotating mechanism? Could you tell me who to ask to replace this part? Or does anyone have a not working Uni....i would buy this part from them
Hi,
Dont be sad. Try to find parts on ebay. I saw there thaat part along with wires connecting LCD. It costs few bucks.
it's also surprisingly easy to open the hinge up; unscrew the little screw in the metal base plate. It's metal on metal so no risk of wearing out the screw. Base plate comes off and exposes a single cable that's well protected; no risk of screwing this up. Now you can take the plate and get a new one manufactured at any metal shop or anyone with an interest in metal work. Even a jeweler I'd guess. You may even find the plate is just bent a bit.
I have an XDA Neo whose soft buttons haven't been working for quite a while and I cannot find a right moment to send it for repair. But I suspect it's the dust that has made its way beneath
But the bolts are so strange, I cannot unscrew them with anything - screwdrivers, knives I tried - nothing helps
Any suggestions?
this is easy you need a torx 6 screwdriver good luck
10x a lot
Look no further..
http://www.modaco.com/Changing-you-prophet-caseand33-t240109.html
Attention to side plugs...
Yes that's torx 6. It's rare but available in some stores.
But it's not over. There are some steps which need special care. Otherwise you may break some fragile parts of the body. I dismentled 2 times completely but i broke some plastic ears on the sides and the screws are not enough to come back to a tight fixing. Some spaces remian on the sides if you break the small ears while disassembling.
The steps, roughly:
1- Pull out battery, sim card.
2- Unplug upper rear cover (not necessary to unplg the antenna cover) starting from top, then bottom. Pushing 2 ears at left and righ side of the bottom is enough.
3- Unscrew 4 x torx6
4- Pull out front frame by unplugging side ears surrounding the whole frame but PAY CLOSE ATTENTION TO KEEPING THE EARS UNDAMAGED. The frame is still connected to the board and the speaker. So separate it slightly, not too much.
5- Unplug the speaker unit by pushing its caoutchouc frame and slide it through the hole to free the rear frame. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DISCONNECT THE SPEAKER SOCKET. IT'S DANGEROUS AND NOT NECESSARY.
6- Pull out the camera. Its body is not fixed but only pushed into its frame. Pay attention while disconnecting its cable.
7- Unplug the keypad socket by pushing upside from sides. It's fragile but not too difficult.
8- Unscrew 4 little screws. One may be masked by a spacer. You can push it the access the screw.
9- Unplug the AC connector if necessary. Not screwed. So, you can get manually.
10-Pull out the keypad towards the rear of the phone. It will not come very easyly. Find the right angle. It's not necessary to pull out the white cover but you can do this if you want.
I write this using what i remember. I may forgot some small details but the order should be correct.
Finally don't use battery screwdrivers on a/m screws. The torque will be too strong and may destroy the plastic holes. You can unscrew but don't screw.
Thanks a lot man. I know it's dangerous, so want to be extremely careful. But some people told me that doing this can break my warranty because some of some manufacturer sticker being damaged. Is that true?
Yes, Warranty Voids If Dismantled
Yes indeed. One of 4 torx screws is covered by a warranty label. You have to destroy it to unscrew.
I did it because i never trust warranty issues on PDAs, at least in my country. Mine was fallen on its upper left corner and the body has taken a good crash make-up! It's 100% sure that u have no warranty because of user fault.
So, i dismantled and tried to repair the cover like a garage man works on a crushed car. Result: Not bad. Better than nothing. Some painting has gone. I add a silicon case on the device and everybody's happy.
Hi. Can anyone help me identify where a part comes from? I took apart my Prophet because of the amount of dust it in and the very irregular digitiser calibration. This is much better but I seem to have a piece left over and I don't know where it should go. I think it must be something to do with the phone antenna as I have very poor telephone reception since.
can u post a pic of the top end of the circle? can't really make out what it is. didn't have this problem when i opened my case
Hi, thanks for taking an interest. Here's another couple of shots.
Richard
i'm kinda guessing that it's the external antenna? u know the 1 with the rubber circle at the back of the pda? can't seem to find my tools atm to see what it actually is...
Yes, I am sure you are right - I will get my tools out and have another play with it. I may find an obvious place where the antenna goes which will fit the part in.
Well I feel pretty silly now. I took the Prophet apart and realised that this part was just a mount which the long screws screw into. One mount had come loose so I superglued it in and the screw firmly screws in now, making the whole device hold together better.
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Richard Fantom said:
Hi, thanks for taking an interest. Here's another couple of shots.
Richard
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i think that part is below the antenna cap
Richard Fantom said:
Well I feel pretty silly now. I took the Prophet apart and realised that this part was just a mount which the long screws screw into. One mount had come loose so I superglued it in and the screw firmly screws in now, making the whole device hold together better.
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hahahah... well, it did look like the ext antenna part to my eyes... heheheh glad you know what it is now
PLEASE HELP
My wife has this phone..(so do i) well anyway she found a way to do the impossible. she broke her headphone jack in the headphone hole. The tip broke and the bottom is logged in the hole. I tried to get some super glue to perhaps stick it together and pull it out..this did not work. I took the back cover off to get more access but still cant get it..any one have any suggestions...now i also have a lot of superglue residue in the hole. is there any way to open this thing and get the rest of the plug out? BTW it is not the N1 headphone but another brand. PLEASE HELP
Is the tip hollow? If so you could try taking a small screw into it in order to have something to pull it out with.
aj
how deep is the remaining part?
the tip is not hollow and the shaft part is broke off under the plastic part.
ok this is not a joke.....
BUT if you are feeling "ballsy"
take your average sewing needle and heat it up with a lighter stove w/e unitll it is red-hot. USE A PLIERS TO HOLD IT
then plunge it into the center of the remenants and let it cool
only try this if there is some plastic left in there.
lol...I will try that...hope it works, how will the needle grip the broken part of the headphone. would it just pull right out.. I need something to grab or grip the broken part....I dont want to break my phone.
Well the poster with the needle idea has the goal of having the hot needle cool with melted plastic from piece that is broke off. Once cool, the hope is that the plastic will adhere to the needle (now completely cool) and allow you to pull it free.
I have some reservations about this idea. How did she break the tip off. Was it a sideways motion? Or did you try to correctly remove the plug but for some reason it was stuck and the tip was left lodged in?
If it was the later of those, the needle idea will do nothing. It may work is it happened the first way I described.
An alternative to the needle idea and potentially more damaging is to take a paper clip, place a small bead of solder on the tip. Avoid touching any of the phones internals with the solder and press that paper clip up against the broken tip. It should not take long to cool. Once it does, it may give the the force you need to pull it free.
Please report back when you have sorted this out. We are all curious.
maybe a little dab of jbweld or gorilla glue, if worst comes to worse of course. It would be much easier if it were hollow.
What about a really strong magnet?
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What about a really strong magnet?
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You want to stick a high power magnet next to a 530 dollar phone? Are you nuts?!?
The way to take out a broken screw is to drill a small whole in the center and try to wedge the smallest Allen wrench into it.
Maybe that might give you some sort of idea on how to dislodge that earpiece. I know it's not the same thing...but its N idea.
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You want to stick a high power magnet next to a 530 dollar phone? Are you nuts?!?
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And what exactly do you think would happen?
I'm not talking SUPER magnet, but honestly, what component of the phone do you think is in anyway affected by a magnet?
There is a myth that magnets destroy electronics. Sure you can use a magnet to wipe a hard drive (not flash storage, talking magnetic disk) but it takes a SUPER strong magnet with a concentrated beam to do even that.
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And what exactly do you think would happen?
I'm not talking SUPER magnet, but honestly, what component of the phone do you think is in anyway affected by a magnet?
There is a myth that magnets destroy electronics. Sure you can use a magnet to wipe a hard drive (not flash storage, talking magnetic disk) but it takes a SUPER strong magnet with a concentrated beam to do even that.
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Magnets will not do anything, Blackberry uses one to turn the screen on/off
did you get it out????
Not yet still trying. .already voided the warrenty
This post was inspired by thematrixkid17 from this post.
You are going to need the following items to complete this mount.
Drill
small flathead screwdriver
1/4" drill bit
dremel with sanding disc
1 1/4" hole saw
plastic epoxy
I started with a belt holster like this from ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400110870258
It has a cutout for the headphone jack, usb and camera.
The holster itself.
The first thing you want to do is pry out the pin holding the clip
itself. Use a small flat head screwdriver. The pin is only press fit
in so it will come out easily.
The pin
You will be left with these parts.
You can then use a 1/4" drill bit to slowly remove the plastic rivet
holding the rest of the clip.
As seen here.
Once the rivet is removed you can remove the rest of the belt clip.
You will be left with a belt holster that looks like this.
Then take out your trusty dremel and grind down the extrusions on the
back of the holster.
You will be left with a piece that looks like this.
Next you will need to move on to the windshield holder or some other
holder that you wish to use. I chose to use the garmin nuvi series.
It uses a plastic ball and socket type mount that allows you to swivel
to any angle. They make windshield, bicycle, vent, and friction
mounts. You can find them all over ebay. The seller I bought from
appears to be gone now.
The most important piece you will need first is the actual bracket
mount itself which will be permanently mounted to the belt holster you
have prepared.
The piece looks like this on the front and this on the back.
Then using that 1 1/4" hole saw without the centering drill bit you
can mount the bracket in a vice and remove the excess off of the
bracket as it won't be needed.
You will be left with two pieces that look like this.
The most important piece is going to be the socket.
Now with some plastic epoxy you will mount the socket piece to the
back of the holster.
It will come out looking like this.
Once it dries you can use whatever ball mount you have chosen.
Example with the windshield suction cup.
With the phone mounted from the front and back
As you can see, you can still use the camera for layer or any other
augmented reality.
The rest of the pictures can be seen in this album.
Nice work.
thats the best ive seen
I would gladly pay for one of those, im not a great DIY person =\
I definitely must get around to doing this! where the best place to buy plastic epoxy by the way?
Nice work, I've been looking all over for something like this and don't know why sprint or HTC haven't made one yet.
I have just ordered something similar to this But I don't like how bulky it is. I had ordered one that was a bike mount but the little foam thingy and one of the arms that holds the phone came off and I can't find it. So I just ordered me another one. I think however that the mounting type on the one I ordered would probably be a little better since the mounting piece if flat. All you would need to do is dremel the little 4 pegs from the mounting plate off and glue that to the back of the phone belt clip piece. I think you'd get a better job since the glue would have more of a contact patch to glue onto then with the OP's "ball joint" method.
I'll probably order me one of those belt clips and try it myself. I like the form fitting outcome of this mod as opposed to the big bulky universal phone holder that I got.
Great work.
I was inspired to find something nice and compact like this DYI mount. For those that do not have time or skills to do this, I just ordered the following for $9.99, $14.99 shipped.
http://shop.vendio.com/cellularqueen/item/2042534021/?s=1270540562
Ceger
Nice work. The only reason I didn't grind more stuff is that I wanted to be sure the epoxy was going to hold. But after some use, I think that the plastic would break before the epoxy comes loose
Looks great. More than augmented reality, I think this would be cool for doing a ustream of a trip or something. I may drill out a hole in my mount to do this.
I'll link this thread in my post too
Damn, I had all those parts from my old GPS unit that quit working, but threw them out a couple weeks ago. I had one with an extended arm, but the arm broke. Damn Wal Mart brand.
ro_bro said:
I definitely must get around to doing this! where the best place to buy plastic epoxy by the way?
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Any hardware store will do. I got mine at Ace. I'm sure you can find it it at Walmart/Lowes/Home Depot though.
I used the mount today, the phone isn't going to go anywhere. The bigger problem is the anti-glare for the phone.
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Any hardware store will do. I got mine at Ace. I'm sure you can find it it at Walmart/Lowes/Home Depot though.
I used the mount today, the phone isn't going to go anywhere. The bigger problem is the anti-glare for the phone.
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thx, just picked up one from home depot. but now i gotta go back for the round hole saw bit - shoulda did this in one shot!
davide169 said:
You are going to need the following items to complete this mount.
Drill
small flathead screwdriver
1/4" drill bit
dremel with sanding disc
1 1/4" hole saw
plastic epoxy
I started with a belt holster like this from ebay.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=400110870258
It has a cutout for the headphone jack, usb and camera.
The rest of the pictures can be seen in this album.
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Very nice work. Cost wise ($$ and time) what are we talking? I'm guessing about 20 minutes worth of time, with a little extra for the epoxy to set, even if it is instant, I don't trust that.
I'm looking to unload my GPS now that I'm on the everything data and have it with my cell. Obviously I know I'm coming out ahead doing that, but just for reference when I try to justify it to the wife. LOL.
We'll see about that.
riggsandroid said:
Very nice work. Cost wise ($$ and time) what are we talking? I'm guessing about 20 minutes worth of time, with a little extra for the epoxy to set, even if it is instant, I don't trust that.
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The belt holster and garmin windshield mount cost under $10 shipped off of ebay. The epoxy was about $3.50 which will go a long way if I need to use it in the future for anything else.
The tools I already had so no expense there. If you have a dremel with a cut off wheel you could get away without using a hole saw. The hole saw just makes things cleaner and faster.
I'd say it took me a total of 10 mins to do everything. Most of the time just for grinding the holster flat which really didn't take all that much time.
The epoxy takes 5 mins to set and 24 hours to be fully cure.
davide169 said:
The belt holster and garmin windshield mount cost under $10 shipped off of ebay. The epoxy was about $3.50 which will go a long way if I need to use it in the future for anything else.
The tools I already had so no expense there. If you have a dremel with a cut off wheel you could get away without using a hole saw. The hole saw just makes things cleaner and faster.
I'd say it took me a total of 10 mins to do everything. Most of the time just for grinding the holster flat which really didn't take all that much time.
The epoxy takes 5 mins to set and 24 hours to be fully cure.
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I would definitely pay for one of these. If you wanna sell one let me know. I'd be glad to pay thru paypal.
This isn't 'technical', or even Android necessarily. So it might be a hack....
I have several thin hard cases for my phone (I like to change them out). Some cases came with a lanyard hole, which is very handy. My newest favorite did NOT have a pre-drilled lanyard hole. And it's polycarbonate so I'm afraid to drill it. I like wrist lanyards in general, but especially to loop them over my car magnetic mount in case the phone falls.
BUT, these particular plates for magnetic mounts ALREADY HAVE HOLES IN THEM. Hurrah ! So I threaded the tiny lanyard cord through the hole in the steel plate and out through a cut-out in the case. I put the plate inside the case and bang! Case with lanyard that isn't going anywhere. I haven't glued them down yet, waiting to see if I need to.
I don't know what the little holes are meant for, but it's working for me. Also, when you place the plate inside the case, you may have to move it around so it doesn't interfere with magnetic charging. On my phone the plate goes horizontally in the extreme bottom, and charges fine. So the lanyard comes out the side. Yayyy !!
I got these, but there are others on Amazon http://https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B074QG6ZV1/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1