Right, so.
This morning a tiny (5x7x1mm) black sticky backed magnet was stuck in my g1 hinge, there by stopping the slide motion and furthermore leaving the screen stuck in landscape mode, i prodded it and it feel out.
So, I rang T-mobile, and low and behold as my G1 has a scratch on a corner it will be deemed as having been dropped. and therefore they wont replace or repair it.
Ok, so...
Ethire, where in the phone is the magnet meant to go. So I can replace it.
Or, will HTC throw a wobbly because my phone has JFv1.41 rom, or because of the nick on the corner.
Idea's please?
You got insurance on the phone?
no, I assume as now I've asked them about it if i take out an insurance policy and then claim in a while it wouldn't go so well....
unless its something else...
Well your other solution would be just to unroot it and send it back to HTC to get repaired. I would do it soon the phone is still under a year old.
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Right, In this image inside the slider hinge section there's a small recess with a white Square in it. That's where the magnet came from....
With the screen half slid out (like in the image) it should be possible with some cleaning and a tiny amount of glue, to replace the magnet in place..
hello. did you fix this? i have same problem but i dont have tiny magnet
I just opened my screen and placed a small magnet on the keyboard to the right of the enter key and my screen flipped back to portrait because it thought the screen was closed. Try this and see if it works.
the jokes I can play on my wife using a magnet now. MUHAHAHA
try a screwdriver with a magnet tip
Fingerlickin said:
try a screwdriver with a magnet tip
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Welcome back. Its been slow since lunch time.
OK! PROBLEM SOLVED! I founf excellent magnet in Notebook HDD. It was 1mm high. (excellent) and i can broke it east that i can make about 7x5x1mm magnet then i use glue and everythings work
got the magnet but slide sensor doesn't work
Hey guys,
My G1 got crashed (my wife left it on the roof of her car) so I had to replace the screen. It went smoothly but now it wouldn't recognize when the keyboard is open. I have the magnet in place so I guess it's the sensor part that got screwed up. Any ideas how to fix that?
The biggest problem is that I did a hard reset and it wouldn't let me set up the google user name and password because it is waiting for the keyboard to be open. Any workaround for that?
Thanks,
Tamas
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I bought an imate jasjar on 31.08.2006
Returned on 1.09.2006 with a faulty screen when device is locked into landscape mode.
imate replaced it with a NEW device on 4.09.2006
Screen fails again today 7.09.2006 on the new device.
Different packaging and IMEI number.
I guess at least this one lasted 2 days and didn't fail out of the box like the first device!
Has anyone else had screen problems when changing into landscape mode.
Mine fades the screen out white and has pink or blue fine vertical lines.
Do I try another or ask for my money back?
Thanks in advance.
my screen image changes smoothly from landscape to portrait without any screen artifacts. i even took it off and tightened it up after i dropped it and it became loose.
U gotta Try another.
Of course U gotta Try another.
U can't desert a JASJAR like that.
Regards,
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my screen image changes smoothly from landscape to portrait without any screen artifacts. i even took it off and tightened it up after i dropped it and it became loose.
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..mines a bit loose actually, is it easy to take it off and tighten the hinge?
i have the same problem sceen turnin white with pink lines, i 'll send it to repair, it seems to be the weak point of the UNI
3rd New Jasjar- No Problems now
Took three returns and a jasjar from another production run to rectify the problem.
Appears to be a pretty cheaply made piece of hardware!
I'm on my third Uni - the first (a G3) was great until the USB connector dropped off (a known fault). The second (another G3) felt flimsy from when first I got it. The hinge got rather loose after I accidentally dropped it. Also the earpiece speaker died when I dropped it.
I now have a replacement - a G4. It is far better made - much more solid, with a better keyboard and screen.
BTW, skywriter how did you tighten the screen - did you have to take the whole thing apart (as appears to be the case from the repair / maintenance manual)?
I had my Universal in my back pocket when I sat on the car's seat. I felt it there right away so I got off the car and checked on the Universal, the screen'd gonr white with some colored lines! The phone was fully functional except for the screen.
Today I check the coxial cable but got nothing. Tried to play around just doing things with no luck.
I was hopeless, thought I'd pay loads for the screen. I went nuts and started to smack it on my desk. Guess what happened, it worked again!
I was like shocked and happy to see the screen back on ! I'm gonna check on it now, rotate the screen and so, lets see if it stays alive.
Cheers.
Try it again mate. If it works, we can add it to the wiki
good job!, I know a story like this!
my friend was playing with his Universal while breathing some fresh air out
then suddenly...ooooooooooooooooo
the Universal made its way down from the 2nd floor...
ofcourse after collecting its pieces (SD card, Battery cover, Battery, SIM, Stylus)...
going up and turn it on and its working! but with the same problem (white screen with color lines)....
my friend was pissed off..so he began to hit the desk near the device and the screen re-worked again!
and the device never went to the service until now...
this happened 6 months before!
the only things that left..some scratches and the broken cover!
strong Universal
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A story with a happy ending. Serendipity.
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If you take a look at the Lcd screen on a universal there are connectors around the corners of the screen (probably find a pic on ebay).
My universal had a problem with a blue tint on the screen but with a squeeze near the upper left of the screen i heard a click and the problem went away.
chances are a swift bang may be resitting the connectors. you might want to try squeezing the corners either side of the screen before resulting to more extreme techniques.
Of course you could remove the covers and be sure of getting good connections
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If you take a look at the Lcd screen on a universal there are connectors around the corners of the screen (probably find a pic on ebay).
My universal had a problem with a blue tint on the screen but with a squeeze near the upper left of the screen i heard a click and the problem went away.
chances are a swift bang may be resitting the connectors. you might want to try squeezing the corners either side of the screen before resulting to more extreme techniques.
Of course you could remove the covers and be sure of getting good connections
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Just don't squeeze the corner too hard. I'm now looking for a new screen as I've got the dreaded 'bleeding ink' across the right-hand corner of mine.
Anyone know of a supplier of new screens?
MONGO Smashh!!!...............hmmmm Mongo fix
if it doubt whack the fker i say
p.s the above advice does not extended to women,children or bosses
p.p.s it can have a 50-50 chance of working on cars i find,but louder swearing does help
On an old PDA, I had one of them WiFi SD card thingies.
It was so temperamental and I thought it might have been the contacts or something.
Anyway, I took the WiFi SD apart and put the bare circuit board in the slot, it kinda got stuck, but that also made funny colours come on the screen.
I just noticed today that paint had started to chip off my battery cover right next to the power button. My phone hasn't been handled roughly, so I'm not sure what happened, but that whole area chipped off just recently. Now it's starting to bother me...
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Notice the two chips directly next to the power button slot.
Has anyone else experienced this? Does anyone have any ideas for touching it up?
I have two small chips on the bottom corners. I have been debating putting a tiny drop of crazy glue or maybe clear nail polish on the spots to keep the area from continuing to flake away.
I used to own a Volkswagen that had the same soft touch material all over the interior controls. It looked great and felt high end, but it would always peel off. The following model year removed ALL soft touch from the interior for this very reason. It just doesn't hold up well.
Its only a matter of time until it happens to our phones. Enjoy it while you can!
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I used to own a Volkswagen that had the same soft touch material all over the interior controls. It looked great and felt high end, but it would always peel off. The following model year removed ALL soft touch from the interior for this very reason. It just doesn't hold up well.
Its only a matter of time until it happens to our phones. Enjoy it while you can!
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Happened to me to (on the bottom).
Got fixed when I sent the phone in for a replacement (for another issue)
It gives the phone some character like Stevie ray Vaughan's guitar...
My proclip car mount put 2 chips in either bottom corner of my phone
I actually have an extra battery cover. I had bought a new one cause the clear plastic "lens" for the camera cracked. Unfortunately the new cover didn't come with the lens.
If u call HTC they will send u a new battery cover for free
I found out today after taking apart my DHD's (one is north american ATT the other is from softbank Japan). The hole IS NOT just for easy access to the cover, there is in FACT a second microphone for noise cancellation, I know this was a hot topic in the past and it is true. I know because one of my phones has it and the other does not. In fact i've been told numerus times that people can hear alot of wind noise with my Softbank DHD, I never had this problem with my ATT handset.
As you can see the little black box is missing form my Japanese Phone, at the bottom of that is a small microphone
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Sh*t,my sim-free DHD doesn't have it...Oh well,I'll survive!
Nice find though man!Well done!
I don't have one either However, no one has complained of background noises when I call them.
How do you remove that cover? Mine is always bulging out.
Nice find.
My DHD doesn't have this second mic and my girlfriend is always complaining of background noise when it's windy outside.
I have it <3
That's actually a really cool feature, I am glad to see HTC putting something as simple as that in, that I am sure would actually have some effectiveness without adding much cost.
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I don't have one either However, no one has complained of background noises when I call them.
How do you remove that cover? Mine is always bulging out.
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If you have the hole its as simple as inserting a pin and turning towards the left until the cover pops. DO NOT turn toward the right or you WILL snap the cover.
If you DONT have the hole, its a lot more difficult (I scratched my phone) but you need a VERY thin flat head screwdriver to insert into the right side of the cover and ply SLIGHTLY to get a little space *jewlers would work great* then get something larger so you dont bend the cover, pry SLOWLY until the cover pops off.
WARNING: I find this very difficult to do without scratching your phone.
PS. The reason I pulled my cover was to clean the gps contacts and bend them upward for better contact. It worked great for me so if you take your off, do yourself a favor and do this.
On one of the disassembly videos, they used a tool from inside the battery slot to push it off from inside, I certainly wouldn't attempt to remove it without a very good reason.
do you think it is possible to identify the part and retro-fit one?
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do you think it is possible to identify the part and retro-fit one?
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Honestly no.
Did your tablet screen go out? Does the backlight still come on, but the screen shows nothing? Can you hook it up to a TV, and the picture comes out fine? If so, it is most likely a loose cable, and can quickly be fixed by you, without RMAing it and waiting weeks or months. While the guide should be spot on, and you aren't going to be harming the device in any way, I'm still not assuming any responsibility if you destroy your tablet. You will first need to take apart your transformer. There are plenty of guides out there, so once you get the back off, come back here!
hybridau said:
Hi stuntdouble,
Two torx screws have to come off first, these are part of what holds the bezel down.
After that you need to use a guitar pick from the back to lift the bezel up...best to get all 4 corners up and keep sliding..as soon as it wont slide lift it out and back in again a bit further on... it absolutely destroyed the pick by the way..lots of sharp edges in there.
The bezel will then come off from the front of the tablet. Just be careful and dont force it, Around the 40 pin connector was the biggest pain.
The back cover is held down by 4 screws on the top glass, and umm if I recall about 10 screws behind where the bezel . It basically then falls off once all screws are off with not to much effort.
There are also no security stickers over any of the screws anywhere inside the tablet
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Take a look at the bottom, you should see a strip with a bunch of multicolored wires coming from the battery. Underneath it, and near the bottom of the battery you should see a ribbon cable. Here's a picture, the display cable has a flashlight shining on it.
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Try pushing that into the slot a bit and see if that fixed it. If not try pushing on a few of the other cables, if this doesn't fix it, then I would suggest you RMA it, although I really think this will fix it for you. This has happened twice to me, and each time, pushing cables a bit seems to do the job.
Best of luck on fixing it and post your results please!