I got curious, but no clue to get that exactly.
i believe its for an external antenna
yup, it's the external ant. port.
livewirejj said:
I got curious, but no clue to get that exactly.
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It shoots lasers and can put a shield around you in an emergency.
(wtf did you think it was for?)
Maybe it was meant to be for GPS.
A look into the manual will show you that if you remove the rubber button you will have the external antenna port.
if you have an I-mate Jasjam, check page 17 & 18 of the user manual. It tells all....... Yes, that strange rectangular object can be useful, sometimes......
and there was me hoping it was for shooting lasers and putting a shield around me. Damn it!!!
My advice is that when you buy something, read the manual before posting on this
THanx, I bought second hand one. I already catch up ABCs about PDA, but now I wonder why I didn't wonder what that plug was for for 1 year.
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Anyone tried putting a magnet next to the back of their Defy?
I have this leather case for an old XDA I used to have, which has a magnet built in to clasp the strap closed.
When I put the defy in, it came up with a multimedia dock interface!
Also, putting the magnet at another point puts it into the car windscreen dock interface.
I looked on the Motorola website for the accessories, but they list the milestone multimedia/windscreen docks under the Defy accessories.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but I think the Milestone's usb port is in the wrong place to fit?
Yes, the milestone won't fit. I'm waiting for a desk-stand, too
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http://www.store.motorola.com/Car-M...olor_map,price,size_name&searchRank=salesrank
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Problem is, it'll switch into car mode every time you use that...
magnet polarity
Turn the polarity of magnet!
If you put the magnet same place like in the car mount (behind of the menu button), but with reversed polarity. The phone runs the media home instead of car home.
I understand that's how it works.
Thing is, how easy is to to get to the magnet?
Are you likely to end up ruining or breaking the dock whilst trying to remove and reinsert it?
If you don't want the magnet to work, can't you put the phone in upside down? Most of my apps work fine inverted. I realize that puts the usb on top...
I just bought a cheap mount from China on eBay now. No magnet
Anyone tried this desk stand?
Desk Genie Non-Slip Charging Desk Stand
rumcajsz said:
Anyone tried this desk stand?
Desk Genie Non-Slip Charging Desk Stand
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I use a similar product, but it doesn't have a usb hub built in. But it does work.
http://www.clingo.com/
I just bought a cheap car vent mount off ebay & it actually works really well, I do a ton of traveling for work so I've tested quite a few
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Did anyone tried this dock ?! it's look interesting.
mobilefun.co.uk/motorola-defy-desktop-sync-and-charge-cradle-p28097.htm
alakiha said:
Did anyone tried this dock ?! it's look interesting.
mobilefun.co.uk/motorola-defy-desktop-sync-and-charge-cradle-p28097.htm
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That actually looks good but phone would probably not fit with a gel case on
alakiha said:
Did anyone tried this dock ?! it's look interesting.
mobilefun.co.uk/motorola-defy-desktop-sync-and-charge-cradle-p28097.htm
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That actually looks quite nice and the price isn't too bad either.
Just a shame it's not in stock really - I'll keep an eye on it and if I see it's arrived, I might just go for it.
Step666 said:
That actually looks quite nice and the price isn't too bad either.
Just a shame it's not in stock really - I'll keep an eye on it and if I see it's arrived, I might just go for it.
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hum,So let us know about quality and everything might useful to know
alakiha said:
hum,So let us know about quality and everything might useful to know
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If/when it's ever available for purchase...
Looking at it again, my only concern is where the charging/USB port cover is supposed to go when it's docked.
Step666 said:
If/when it's ever available for purchase...
Looking at it again, my only concern is where the charging/USB port cover is supposed to go when it's docked.
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Yes I know,I meant when you purchased it
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I didn't notice that before!! Yes you right
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Looking at it again, my only concern is where the charging/USB port cover is supposed to go when it's docked.
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Look at it again, as there seems to be a small cavity nex to the usb connector. Image #2.
Molondro said:
Look at it again, as there seems to be a small cavity nex to the usb connector. Image #2.
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Oh, you're right.
Why didn't I see that before?
I guess I need to look at the settings on my monitor...
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I guess I need to look at the settings on my monitor...
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Me too + my eye's
As many have noticed Asus left the mount for a rear facing camera inside the nexus 7 even though they later took the camera out. My question is, what would it take to install a camera into that mount and get it to run? My guess is all it would take is the right camera and a connector that could be installed into the board beside the camera mount where the old connector was. Of course a hole would need to be cut into the back cover which may interfere with the nfc antenna. Or would it? Would the firmware of the device need to be messed with, or would the camera work with any camera app like normal? If you have any ideas on how this could be done please reply. I would like to try this but it may be more difficult than I'm thinking.
I haven't taken much time to look at the inside but I plan to put some LEDs between the speakers so it will glow. So I'll look tomorrow but I don't think there is a place to connect the camera.
As far as the antenna, if your careful enough you could lift it up and move it. And just solder a wire on it to run to the connectors
But this is if you could find a camera and get it to work
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I haven't taken much time to look at the inside but I plan to put some LEDs between the speakers so it will glow. So I'll look tomorrow but I don't think there is a place to connect the camera.
As far as the antenna, if your careful enough you could lift it up and move it. And just solder a wire on it to run to the connectors
But this is if you could find a camera and get it to work
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I believe there is a spot on the right side of the mount where a connector was supposed to be soldered in but was left out. I wonder if Google or Asus would tell us where to get the connector they originally planned to put in that spot. I doubt it.
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I believe there is a spot on the right side of the mount where a connector was supposed to be soldered in but was left out. I wonder if Google or Asus would tell us where to get the connector they originally planned to put in that spot. I doubt it.
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Yea, it's not really worth it. He parts would be expensive
Hense why they left it out, to make it cheaper
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superchilpil said:
Yea, it's not really worth it. He parts would be expensive
Hense why they left it out, to make it cheaper
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Replacement camera modules are surprisingly cheap. From $10- $40ish. You would just need to find one with the same connector and many seem to have one or an other connector. So if you could find the connector and attach it to the board finding a camera to connect to it may not be too difficult.
This is a picture of a circuit board from an LG WCP-700 Qi charger. It makes a very annoying beep, but I can't figure out what is making it. My best guess so far is the part labeled 331. Any help would be appreciated.
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This is a picture of a circuit board from an LG WCP-700 Qi charger. It makes a very annoying beep, but I can't figure out what is making it. My best guess so far is the part labeled 331. Any help would be appreciated.
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Is the beep that loud? If you find out, be sure to post it here. Mine is on it's way.
That looks like it. I'll certainly take mine out when it arrives in a few days, if you are too afraid to yank it wait and I'll let you know how it turns out.
I'd rather have a dead charger than a loud annoying one
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Might want to check this out. Someone stated that they took it out and it's dead.
I have the same question, I got the case open expecting this to be easy but I'm not 100% sure what to pull off the PCB. I think you are right that it has to be the part labeled 331. There is just not anything else that it could be.
That said I'm not willing to pull it without some confirmation. Maybe somebody here with more EE experience can tell us for sure.
I don't get my nexus 4 until tomorrow, maybe once I have it I can get the charger to beep and listen for where the sound is coming from.
Apologies for being slightly OT (although I'll be looking to do this when I get mine).
I'm struggling to find a supported voltage range in any specifications for this pad - I'm UK based and need either an adaptor or convertor depending on the range.
Could someone who has one let me know what the specs are please?
How did you get it open??? I've been trying for a week now and have all but ruined the bottom ha! A "How To" would be appreciated!
Jester23 said:
How did you get it open??? I've been trying for a week now and have all but ruined the bottom ha! A "How To" would be appreciated!
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The 4 little rubber feet on the bottom pull out and there are 4 small Phillips screws underneath.
I had to use a small screw driver to pry up on the feet, it felt like they might rip but they all came out undamaged. Once those screws are out the top and bottom are still held together by a couple of snap-tabs in the middle of the long sides. I was able to get them apart with a little prying and again nothing broke even though it felt like it might. The PCB is held on by 4 obvious Phillips screws.
Sorry I don't have any pictures and can't take any until after I get home from work later.
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Apologies for being slightly OT (although I'll be looking to do this when I get mine).
I'm struggling to find a supported voltage range in any specifications for this pad - I'm UK based and need either an adaptor or convertor depending on the range.
Could someone who has one let me know what the specs are please?
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Here.
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The 4 little rubber feet on the bottom pull out and there are 4 small Phillips screws underneath.
I had to use a small screw driver to pry up on the feet, it felt like they might rip but they all came out undamaged. Once those screws are out the top and bottom are still held together by a couple of snap-tabs in the middle of the long sides. I was able to get them apart with a little prying and again nothing broke even though it felt like it might. The PCB is held on by 4 obvious Phillips screws.
Sorry I don't have any pictures and can't take any until after I get home from work later.
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OK, mine is different then... I got it from Amazon and its a Verizon one and the bottom is all one solid rubery unit. I saw the 4 posts with screws when I pry it open but couldn't get to the screws.
Thanks!
Instead of pulling it or jacking up the PCB trying to disconnect, could you maybe just drown the thing in some sort of epoxy? if not muting it, may at least muffle it some
Check the ZENS Qi wireless chargers, no beep and work great!
Jean2000 said:
Check the ZENS Qi wireless chargers, no beep and work great!
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I saw them and would love to but not available in Canada or the US it looks like...
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I saw them and would love to but not available in Canada or the US it looks like...
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They are now...!
check the store on wpcentral website
Jean2000 said:
They are now...!
check the store on wpcentral website
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Looks like OOS currently.
Neo42 said:
Instead of pulling it or jacking up the PCB trying to disconnect, could you maybe just drown the thing in some sort of epoxy? if not muting it, may at least muffle it some
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I've tried putting my finger over different parts of the PCB and the letting it beep, including "331", and nothing I do lessens the volume. That's why I'm baffled on what part is the actual speaker.
The part labled 331 looks like an choke/inductor to me. I wouldn't remove it...
edit: do you have a picture of the other side of the PCB?
Luxferro said:
The part labled 331 looks like an choke/inductor to me. I wouldn't remove it...
edit: do you have a picture of the other side of the PCB?
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The only things on the back side of the PCB are the two LEDs at the top. I am beginning to think that the sound is coming from the coil itself, like it is performing double duty as a charging coil and as a speaker coil.
BTW, I got my phone today and can confirm (as has been said elsewhere) that this charger works perfectly for charging the nexus 4. Well... expect for the loud beeps.
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OK, mine is different then... I got it from Amazon and its a Verizon one and the bottom is all one solid rubery unit. I saw the 4 posts with screws when I pry it open but couldn't get to the screws.
Thanks!
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Just for reference here are some pictures of my charger, so that you can see the screw locations. Mine is also Verizon branded and came from amazon.
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Just for reference here are some pictures of my charger, so that you can see the screw locations. Mine is also Verizon branded and came from amazon.
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Awesome, turns out the plugs were there the two I had tried to pry out tore making me think they did not come out. So, now just to figure out where the beep is coming from!
I want to open my N10 up, but I really don't know how much force to be using to separate the back from the screen (seems like it would require an extreme amount of force).
I have a suction cup attached to the screen, and I have the screw off the back. From there, I assume I would start at a corner and just press it downward to try to get the back off? Should it require a lot of force? Does the back bend, or should it?
Do a search, got to be videos on you tube.
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Do a search, got to be videos on you tube.
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Only thing I can find is the PowerMedic teardown, which doesn't explain how much force should be needed still...
I'd rather hear from someone personally how hard it was to open their N10.
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Only thing I can find is the PowerMedic teardown, which doesn't explain how much force should be needed still...
I'd rather hear from someone personally how hard it was to open their N10.
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Search youtube( google nexus 10 gets clean) shows the rear cover being removed. I couldn't post a link because I don't know how to! Hope it helps if
Lipp24 said:
Search youtube( google nexus 10 gets clean) shows the rear cover being removed. I couldn't post a link because I don't know how to! Hope it helps if
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Found it
Hmm, I'll have to see if I have a separating tool, but that doesn't look like too much force was used at all.
Finally got it open. Was a huge pain to do with a credit card (basically destroyed it mostly), but I started with the top-middle edge, and worked my way around from there. Biggest pain was to get the bottom edge off, but I managed to get that off after a while.
So, I just noticed that my Pogo connection area, there's a pin broken. From left-to-right, it's the 5th pin. Why is this?
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Finally got it open. Was a huge pain to do with a credit card (basically destroyed it mostly), but I started with the top-middle edge, and worked my way around from there. Biggest pain was to get the bottom edge off, but I managed to get that off after a while.
So, I just noticed that my Pogo connection area, there's a pin broken. From left-to-right, it's the 5th pin. Why is this?
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Do you mean on the inside of the N10 there is a pin broken? I looked at those powerbook medic photos which its hard to get an angle on that area, but it didnt look like any of the inside pin connections were missing, so are you saying it looks intentionally not connected/separated?
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Do you mean on the inside of the N10 there is a pin broken? I looked at those powerbook medic photos which its hard to get an angle on that area, but it didnt look like any of the inside pin connections were missing, so are you saying it looks intentionally not connected/separated?
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It's like a 3-piece system in the Pogo cable area. The N10 shell has the 5 pin area and has metal contact sheets on the inside for those pins. The N10 itself then has strips of metal I think above metal contact points. The strip of metal that should come in-contact on the N10 itself is cut-short on the 5th pin.
Probably not the best explanation though. I think I saw a post on the Pogo cable thread of someone mentioning this.
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It's like a 3-piece system in the Pogo cable area. The N10 shell has the 5 pin area and has metal contact sheets on the inside for those pins. The N10 itself then has strips of metal I think above metal contact points. The strip of metal that should come in-contact on the N10 itself is cut-short on the 5th pin.
Probably not the best explanation though. I think I saw a post on the Pogo cable thread of someone mentioning this.
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I know there was a post about the pogo charger that included pictures, and in the picture one of the pins was either missing or shaded. the discussion assumed it was missing and gave theorys on why. (all perfectly reasonable as I remember.) BUT I just got a pogo in the mail a couple days ago and, at least this vesion, has all its pins. im guessing there is a couple ways the pogo "port" could be utilized, so a variety of combinations would certainly make sense.
but as for that cut short you're talking about, does it look machine done? like if its a ribbon-like material does the notch made in it look perfectly made such that it was done by machine? or does it look jagged or snagged? if it looks machine made Im sure its intentional. if it looked jagged or snagged Id be concerned that is on accident.
EDIT: i ask/say "ribbon like material" but same basic thought process for me re: metal extensoin posts - does the "cut" look like it was done with some sort of grinding device that would leave the pins as "not sharp" or does it look cut like when you flex metal a bunch and it snaps or if you use wire cutters how it leaves a jagged edge.
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How can I locate the Wifi Unit in any tablet computer if it is integrated into the circuit board? What should I look for e.g. any particular type of chip?
Also is it possible to physically disable(not by software) the Wifi Unit by e.g. short circuiting it or taking out one of its components?
It usually has a metal shielding
see some examples on google
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...m=93&espv=210&q=wifi+module&safe=off&tbm=isch
You could try damaging parts of it reallyy carefully, but i dont recommend it.
I think Android and hardware relations are modular so if one part vanishes such as camera it just greys it out. but dont quote me on that.
can I ask why?
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I have seen one tablet where there is no visible shielding. Are there any other clues I can look for to find the Wifi unit?
CountParadox said:
You could try damaging parts of it reallyy carefully, but i dont recommend it.
I think Android and hardware relations are modular so if one part vanishes such as camera it just greys it out. but dont quote me on that.
can I ask why?
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Is there any particular part I could try?
For example, could I try to take the chip out, or cut a few of the chip connections to the circuit board?
It is for work, which does not allow any internet devices.
HTaylor said:
I have seen one tablet where there is no visible shielding. Are there any other clues I can look for to find the Wifi unit?
Is there any particular part I could try?
For example, could I try to take the chip out, or cut a few of the chip connections to the circuit board?
It is for work, which does not allow any internet devices.
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maybe with some research you can find the official assistance centre blueprints where you can easily find what chip is
HTaylor said:
I have seen one tablet where there is no visible shielding. Are there any other clues I can look for to find the Wifi unit?
Is there any particular part I could try?
For example, could I try to take the chip out, or cut a few of the chip connections to the circuit board?
It is for work, which does not allow any internet devices.
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Can you post photos of the board inside the tablet ?
Ill look around a bit for you
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Can you post photos of the board inside the tablet ?
Ill look around a bit for you
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Sorry for the delay, I've been away.
I've not bought one yet, as I'm waiting to find one which I can modify.
But I'm looking in the lower budget range of tablets such as the Nook HD 7",etc. So if you know of any please let me know?
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Sorry for the delay, I've been away.
I've not bought one yet, as I'm waiting to find one which I can modify.
But I'm looking in the lower budget range of tablets such as the Nook HD 7",etc. So if you know of any please let me know?
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I have an Acer A500 and the wifi module has a black antenna wire with a removable plug. It looks just like the one on my pc. You can't miss it.