Hello All,
I have a Cingular 8125 (ie HTC Wizard 100 Gen 3) that I was replacing the case on this weekend, after purchasing a new case from eBay.
I managed to break the ribbon that leads from the L-shaped board behind the screen to the upper button and speaker when the project was 90% finished!
I now either need to sell the Wizard , including the brand new factory case, or find a replacement for that board.
I am open to either buying this board from someone who has a Wizard to part out, or I can sell the whole thing here at firesale.
I am attaching two photos detailing the damaged ribbon cable.
Any help with parts is greatly appreciated!
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So I bought a new housing for my O2 XDA II Mini, during the removal of the display ribbon I broke the little black part on the display connector which holds the ribbon down, and after hours of trying to get the ribbon back in and secured I have bent the pins in the connector to buggery.
The ribbon appears to be untouched, however the connector which the display ribbon goes into is broken.
Is there anywhere I can get hold of one of these little connectors to replace my broken one, obviously very sensitive soldering will be needed to remove the old one and solder the new one in place.
Alternatively, does anyone know any mobile phone repair shops in Auckland, New Zealand who would be able to help out with my situation?
I fear all i'm going to hear back is "the motherboard needs to be replaced", however I am determined not to go through this route, as I am a poor student and the phone sounds as if it functions fine, makes the beepy noise when first starting up on the setup screen.
I was very careful with the actual screen unit while removing it, and I have had signs of life earlier on in the broken connector episode, however I can no longer get anything showing as I can't fit the cable in.
Cheers for any help.
Anything would be appreciated.
"obviously very sensitive soldering will be needed"
And that only can be done by machines/robots. I don't think humans are even able to sloder those kind of connections...
But, could you post a picture? cause I might have suggestions on how to fix it. One would be to bend back the pins on the tiny slot with a toothpick and when done to tape the flatcable, so it stays there.
I've maybe got a spare creen for you.
g0atNZ said:
So I bought a new housing for my O2 XDA II Mini, during the removal of the display ribbon I broke the little black part on the display connector which holds the ribbon down, and after hours of trying to get the ribbon back in and secured I have bent the pins in the connector to buggery.
The ribbon appears to be untouched, however the connector which the display ribbon goes into is broken.
Is there anywhere I can get hold of one of these little connectors to replace my broken one, obviously very sensitive soldering will be needed to remove the old one and solder the new one in place.
Alternatively, does anyone know any mobile phone repair shops in Auckland, New Zealand who would be able to help out with my situation?
I fear all i'm going to hear back is "the motherboard needs to be replaced", however I am determined not to go through this route, as I am a poor student and the phone sounds as if it functions fine, makes the beepy noise when first starting up on the setup screen.
I was very careful with the actual screen unit while removing it, and I have had signs of life earlier on in the broken connector episode, however I can no longer get anything showing as I can't fit the cable in.
Cheers for any help.
Anything would be appreciated.
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Hi, I've still got a SPV 500 and a MDA Compact, need to find it if you want you can have my MDA Compact screen.
Just PM if you are interested.
I broke the screen on mda and purchased a replacement but I think i fried my main board during the installation of the lcd. Is anyone selling a mainboard for the wizard or know where I can find a mainboard? I have checked on ebay and have found broken phones with bad usb connectors or headphone jacks. I don't need that. If anyone is selling a mainboard for the wizard as well as the housing, as long as its in good condition, please let me know. Thanks --> Mistawright
Are you sure it's dead??
mistawright said:
I broke the screen on mda and purchased a replacement but I think i fried my main board during the installation of the lcd. Is anyone selling a mainboard for the wizard or know where I can find a mainboard? I have checked on ebay and have found broken phones with bad usb connectors or headphone jacks. I don't need that. If anyone is selling a mainboard for the wizard as well as the housing, as long as its in good condition, please let me know. Thanks --> Mistawright
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I've just received a new screen for mine from HK. When I first put it in all I could get was a white screen, nothing else.
After ages of stripping down etc I found that it was the screen connector causing the grief - tape it down with some electrical tape and away it went.
Got versed in the art of connecting the screen to the main board and holding the battery in place at each stage of the re-construction to ensure it was still working.
I dropped mine and had vertical lines on the right side of the screen. Now, with the new screen in, initially it was fine but has just started wavering a little on the right side, so I may have had more than just a screen issue. Still as long as it lasts until my Kaiser arrives from T-Mo I'll be happy.
So are you selling a mainboard or not? If you are not what was the point of your post?
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So are you selling a mainboard or not? If you are not what was the point of your post?
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The point was in the subject of the reply: ARE YOU SURE IT'S DEAD?
I offered help based on my experience changing the screen and questioning wether your mainboard was really dead or not.
But if you don't anybody offering advice and only want to buy another mainboard without really checking if yours is dead or not then I'll shut up.
lets start from the beginning.
1) I broke the screen.
2) the phone would power on but cracked screen.
3) I bought a replacement
4) after taking the phone apartment and replacing screen phone does not power on
5) Amber light does not come on on phone when connected to charger.
Instead of suggestions like the topic of the thread says I'm looking to purchase a working mainboard or a phone with a cracked screen that works at a decent price.
Hi,
Did you follow any replacement doc to do the job? Or you just started alone? I asked you cause I got a LCD for my friend and together we replaced it without any problems. Everything is working fine! Remember that exist many pitty hardware parts during the process you should care about it. If you missed or have broken one of them, you'll probably fried the main board or similar component!
mistawright said:
lets start from the beginning.
1) I broke the screen.
2) the phone would power on but cracked screen.
3) I bought a replacement
4) after taking the phone apartment and replacing screen phone does not power on
5) Amber light does not come on on phone when connected to charger.
Instead of suggestions like the topic of the thread says I'm looking to purchase a working mainboard or a phone with a cracked screen that works at a decent price.
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Recently, I managed to get my hand on Cingular 8525, since I have bad experience with flex cable I opened my 8525 to check that flex cable OK.
But, I find that the flex cable have torn in half, but all the function was OK, got no issues at all. So I was thinking that the flex cable was torn in purpose by manufacturer to prevent hack with adding front camera on 8525. I was 90% sure that the flex cable was not broken due the usage of the phone, the seal sticker was intact and there are not any indication that the phone has been dismembered before.
So, If any one have 8525 with HT705 production code who had been dismembered his or hers 8525, please confirm that you have good or torn flex.
The reason I am asking this, because my friend offered me some used 8525 with same production code, so I'm just being "safe" with my future investment. And the tear on flex seem to get wider if slide more often.
I will try to post the picture of my torn flex when I dismember the phone again.
Thank you all !!!!
In the process of replacing my lcm, I managed to tear the button flex cable that connects to the mainboard.
I am currently looking for a the button flex replacement. What is the best way of tracking something like this down without going to HTC?
If there is no current seller/merchant available...Um...Is anyone selling an HTC HD2 for parts!?!?!?
Pics included...You can see the button strip, and the little 45 degree angle break on the flex..SUCKS!
I saw the break... Man, that's bad luck...
I hope you find a new button strip. The only other solution would be to solder fine wires from the point I highlighted on the photo. But that is very very very difficult... If you decide to do so until you find a new button strip I would recommend you to let an expert solder it, for example a television-technician. That shouldn't cost you more than a bier for the technician!
Wish you luck!
This just in, I have since purchased a broken hd2 and replaced the button strip. It has a light adhesive and is mounted on two small plastic posts on either end. To loosen the adhesive, just apply gentle heat (blow dryer) and GENTLY peel off. You might come across a stubborn part and want to give it a harsh tug, but you need to methodically peel it up using some sort of flat piece to get from underneath it.
Another torn flex Anyone has spare one or knows where can I get it?
I'm sorry but can't help. I get parts for iPAQs from iPAQ Repairs in the UK. I'm surprised there isn't something similar for HTC parts.
I'm interested in what an 'lcm' is. I've seen it mentioned but with no description.
i need one of these too. i hate htc's policy in not selling parts directly.
This button board should only be like upto $40 usd.
im needing a main board charger soxet broke if price is right ill sell
I have the same problem ....you solved?
where did you buy?
Hi
I got a keypad PCB on eBay... But it was very expensive
Found it http://cgi.ebay.com/Flex-Cable-Keyboard-PCB-HTC-HD2-T8585-HD-II-2-Leo-/320562469094
please how we can solder this wires
please how we can solder this wires
dvdaio said:
please how we can solder this wires
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You should be a good electronic technician or know a good one. Otherwise I advice you not to try. I am a ordinary technician and I can say that in my case it was very very difficult and even if I tried hard, I wasn't able fix all connections. Only two of my buttons work right now.
How to Replace Button Strip?
Anyone know of a link showing how to replace this strip? Either I can't find key words for a search or there aren't any good videos out there. - thanks
Good to hear I'm not the only one to snap it so easily. Ordered a replacement from e-bay.
Sorry to dig up an old post but, I need that little wire that connects the wifi/bluetooth module to the main board. I replaced the digitizer in my phone and I somehow jacked up one of the ends on the cable. Anyone out there have parts?
HI all, I bought my HD2 just over a month ago on Ebay.. love the phone but just 2 days ago the screen started to become unresponsive.. I got angry pretty quick as I just spent $150 on this phone last month, I found a temporary fix which was just press the red end call button very hard to get my screen working again, it works but sometimes I have to do this 2-3 times a day and it just reminds me that this is only temporary and I should do something about it. My phone is out of warranty so and I found the flex ribbon cable very cheap on Ebay. However, I've NEVER repaired a phone befor. I can not for the life of me find a tutorial on how to fix the flex cable ribbon at all. I searched XDA but also could not find a tutorial on how to replace the flex cable ribbon, I believe I read that it wasn't that hard so I'm not too intimidated. I will also purchase the tools needed to do this on Ebay.
But does anyone know of a tutorial on how to replace the flex cable ribbon? Keep in mind I've never repaired a phone befor or anything really. I don't think it will be that hard if I have some pictures or a video though. If you could PLEASE help me I will be internally grateful as my only other option is to buy a new phone and I'm in a terrible position to do so at the moment. Thank you
Your problem is digitizer & cable to LCD.
Digitizer is not that expensive & comes with cable as not separable.
For someone with no experience the HD2 can be hard to repair.
First you need to know what version LCD DIGI you have as have a clip socket version or solder version.
Loads of info & tutorials on XDA & many sad tales of more problems caused during the repair.
You may be better selling as is for repair but if decide to try yourself read up & ask first rather than after & take extreme care ...