Ok, this cover is going to drive me crazy.
I want to remove it (cut it off), but don't want some junk floating around in the phone.
Is there a way to do that other than cutting it off, and can it be replaced, if I get rid of the phone and someone else wants it?
Didn't see this discussed in any other topics, so I figured I'd ask...
Thx!
pwkpete said:
Ok, this cover is going to drive me crazy.
I want to remove it (cut it off), but don't want some junk floating around in the phone.
Is there a way to do that other than cutting it off, and can it be replaced, if I get rid of the phone and someone else wants it?
Didn't see this discussed in any other topics, so I figured I'd ask...
Thx!
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There are usually dismantling procedures on the WiKi, if not, you could probably refer to one of the many screen replacement threads (just search) to see how to open the case.
I've seen screen replacement threads for the TD2 not the ATT Pure. Little different case.
I did read through the wiki prior to posting.
Perhaps someone can point me to another resource.
I gave up and just started pulling on it.
There is a little nub on the end that will come through the case without breaking anything. It will be possible to re-insert this into the phone in the future.
Hopefully this will help someone else that thinks they have to cut it off as stated at a variety of accessory stores...
I did the same. I figure you could probably put a little oil on it and use a paperclip or wire to push it back in if you wanted to.
pwkpete said:
I gave up and just started pulling on it.
There is a little nub on the end that will come through the case without breaking anything. It will be possible to re-insert this into the phone in the future.
Hopefully this will help someone else that thinks they have to cut it off as stated at a variety of accessory stores...
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Would you be kind enough to snap a picture of that cover? I am thinking of remove it also but want to see how it come out.
Thanks,
Sure, give me a couple mins
Here it is
Nice, thank you.
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Could not find out how to put a sim card in, does anyone knows?
Rtfm ..........
hanmin said:
Rtfm ..........
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Nope, it is not in the manual.....
I need the quick start guide.
Anyone?
Is it so obvious, thats why it is not in the manual? Isn't that the SIM card socket there?! under the battery?
http://www.mypocketpcmobile.com/Portals/0/Gallery/535/P3600_backOpen.jpg
Yes, But how can this thing be opened? So that I can reach the batery?
slide the back cover up.
His next post may be, "I know, but which direction is up? And, how much force should I put onto it to avoid breaking it.". You need a PhD degree to open this phone.
hellejoep said:
Yes, But how can this thing be opened? So that I can reach the batery?
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1. Remove the stylus
2. Put the device in your left hand.
3. Buttons in your handpalm
4. Your finger must be aroud the top of the device
5. Place your right hand on the back of the device
6. Move your right hand upwards.
It requires some force.
I had a hard time opening it up too....didn't want to break my shiny new device And yes....it IS in the manual (the quickstart guide that is).
But i can understand people are sometimes too carefull
Chill out or go read some other thread.
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His next post may be, "I know, but which direction is up? And, how much force should I put onto it to avoid breaking it.". You need a PhD degree to open this phone.
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No-one's forcing you to reply to his questions... If we all acted like that, no-one would want to come here and ask anything anymore.
Take a hike or something limey. Jeez.
I think it was the phrasing of the question....
Once you have mastered the cover it's obvious that the sim slots into the sim shaped hole under the battery.
The cover is a bugger though - it's pretty flimsy plastic so you don't want to risk cracking it open. The retailer I bought mine from mentioned something about "it helps to lift the cover when removing it" - so a few others must have had this prob. I just shrugged it off thinking "it's a battery cover ffs - how hard can it be" - and found myself cursing the damn thing as soon as I got home.
Funniest post subject I've seen for a long while nevertherless - so thanks for that
Well, I'm grateful to Hellejoep for asking the question. And very much indebted to Delft for explaining in steps how to open it (dank je wel, hè!).
I dropped my Fairphone, and found this one in a drawer. Probably got it from some-one, way back when. Been trying to open it, no clue. Today - finally time for an online search - I looked for an hour to solve this puzzle. It's not in the manual, can't find the quick start guide. And there you were, discussing it some ten years ago )
Nice..
Greetings, Nadja
I was removing the back cover, as I had to remove a broken stylus from its clot.. I successfully removed the 3 screws, and was able to prize open the case, and push the stylus out...
However, I put it all back together and now it doesnt work!! I get the red light on to charge when I insert power, but I cant turn it on...
I did notice that somehow, the contacts for the battery seem lose, and I dont know how to fix them...
How do you remove the whole of the back??
Anyone help, or suggest what I may have done??
Thanks
I think it is truly dead.. the plastic thing with battery contacts has come off completely... now how the hell do I fix that!!!!
Think I may be able to fix it, as if i hold it in place over the contacts on the board, i managed to get it to boot... so i just need to find away to fix it to the board....
Fingers crossed
DocSoton said:
Think I may be able to fix it, as if i hold it in place over the contacts on the board, i managed to get it to boot... so i just need to find away to fix it to the board....
Fingers crossed
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Better news than I expected to hear. Are the contacts broken above board level? If so a fix may well be possible by re-soldering the contacts. This could be tricky in as much as it may be difficult to prevent heat transfer down the wire into the board. I had assumed they had been wrenched out below the board surface. If you just glue the connector housing withe contacts in place you might be lucky and find it reliable. However I would worry that with every knock or jolt you.ll find the pone will turn of and you'll have to keep re-starting it.
Mike
See attached, not great quality, but you can see the contacts...
What on earth do I use to stick it back on???
DocSoton said:
See attached, not great quality, but you can see the contacts...
What on earth do I use to stick it back on???
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From that it appears to have snapped through the soldered joints without any real damage. If that's the case then it is fixable. The last example we saw of this on the forum the contacts broken inside the board, but it looks like you are lucky.
Mike
From your comments, it sounds like you don't have any experience with soldering. I would look for an electronics repair shop, or find a friend that has experience soldering.
If you can't find that you may only have the option of selling it somewhat cheap. I do my own soldering, so I don't know what direction to try to point you for that. Hopefully this will help you getting your hermes back up and running.
Thanks for all your help.. lukily the old man is a sparky.. so Im sending it up to him to have a go, if not him, then his mates and electronics whiz.. so hopefully I should get it back all sorted.
Cheers
Its been a while since I started this post... just not got around to getting it sorted until recently...
Now, does anyone know what the different contacts do?? We have partial success with resoldering the contacts, the device now turns on, when on power, but it is not charging the battery.. I can only assume the contact(s) responsible for charging the battery may have a poor solder...
The battery says 100%, but when I remove power, it turns off after a very short while...
Can anyone help..?? Its come along way since I originally broke the device, and I wasnt sure if it would ever work again.. but I seem to be so close to breathing life back into the phone, and am sure we only need to resolder a couple of the contacts.... Would be handy to find out what all the contacts actually do...
The battery may have gone bung, especially as its 6 months later that this problems started. If it started right away I'd say it could be the contacts but if it has only just reared its head I'd say that the battery needs replacing. If you can get your hands on a spare, they are fairly cheap through ebay (less than $10), then you can check if it is the battery.
Cheers...
I already had a spare battery.. I get the same on both...
After powering on, the light goes amber for a couple of mins, suggesting it is charging, then goes green.. show 100% charged.. but dies after a few mins...
If the power is not connected, phone wont even turn on... I can only assume neither of the batteries is being charged...
I did read somewhere, although cant remember, that one of the contacts is responsible for charging.. would be good to know what the contacts do...
Thanks
Best idea would be to go to Mike Channons site. He is the guru of all things HTC. At the very least you could pm him but I haven't really seen him hanging around the Hermes site for a while. The link to his site is in his sig.
Cheers...
really annoyed last night, stood up and as i did my wizard decided to eject itself from my pocket somehow and fall to the floor, as it did the stylus and sd card fell out...
tried to put the sd back in and it doesnt click in any more, have had a fiddle with some tweasers and cant see anything in there that looked like it snapped and there is a latch on one side that goes up and down but cant click it manually. Anyone else done this? is it terminal?
ive resorted to a big blob of blue-tak on the top of my phone to try and hold it in but its only about 75% effective.
Any help would be great
This problem and solution has been discussed and posted hundreds of times,just read or there's a tab at the top of every Forum 'Search',just use it,you'll prolly get many answers.
There was no need to start a new thread.
i should have expected such a response.
I DID SEARCH!
As you are such a fan of the search feature then im sure you'll know that if you search for anything more than one word it will bring up about 2000 posts related or not.
I'll go look through them all now.....
Simple answer ! if the holding latch is broken or come loose,it won't stay in,just wrape a little layer of adhesive tape around sdcard,but make sure connectors are not coverd and insert it,there's no other solution for it,less you replace the body or get it repaired,ok
Regarding me being a fan of search,thats why its put up there for !!! every senior member will advise it and we all use it.
thankyou that has worked.
i couldnt agree more, but the search doesnt always work and generic words liek sd card will bring up 1000s of useless posts
Thanz !
You are most welcome.
Hello,
before anyone asks, i did try searching the forum, maybe i am not typing the correct search criteria.. but i haven't been able to find anything anywhere about this issue i am having.
I have the T=mobile G1 with JFK 1.5 ADP, and a few widgets, now the phone in itself is great, the OS if working, no crashes etc.
This is my dilemma:: whenever i have the phone in my pocket and i bend down, or run or anything, the phone turns off. when i am talking on it, put it to my shoulder and put pressure on it to hold it in place, it turns off... if i have it sitting on my desk and push too hard on the screen or the thin edges around the lcd, it will turn off. in some cases it reboots and comes back, but 75% of the time its just off.. now this is a problem, because when i have it in my pocket, and it doesnt come back on, i dont know that it is off till i look at it.
anyone have any thoughts on what this could be?? bad digitizer, bad LCD, etc? i am also in the processes of contacting HTC about this, seeing what they say. but i figure it wont hurt to ask, maybe someone else has ideas
Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
Rafal
rbebenek said:
Hello,
before anyone asks, i did try searching the forum, maybe i am not typing the correct search criteria.. but i haven't been able to find anything anywhere about this issue i am having.
I have the T=mobile G1 with JFK 1.5 ADP, and a few widgets, now the phone in itself is great, the OS if working, no crashes etc.
This is my dilemma:: whenever i have the phone in my pocket and i bend down, or run or anything, the phone turns off. when i am talking on it, put it to my shoulder and put pressure on it to hold it in place, it turns off... if i have it sitting on my desk and push too hard on the screen or the thin edges around the lcd, it will turn off. in some cases it reboots and comes back, but 75% of the time its just off.. now this is a problem, because when i have it in my pocket, and it doesnt come back on, i dont know that it is off till i look at it.
anyone have any thoughts on what this could be?? bad digitizer, bad LCD, etc? i am also in the processes of contacting HTC about this, seeing what they say. but i figure it wont hurt to ask, maybe someone else has ideas
Thanks, any help would be appreciated.
Rafal
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Sounds like a physical problem with the battery losing contacts. I suggest a replacement.
Thanks, its on its way back to HTC.. we'll see what they say about it...
ive been having the same problem... let me know what happens... do you by chance have one of the skins on (ie best skins or invisishield)?
This is the dumbest problem with the easiest solution... take the back cover off, remove the battery, clean the contacts (both battery and phone), put back together. Fixed.
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lbcoder said:
This is the dumbest problem with the easiest solution... take the back cover off, remove the battery, clean the contacts (both battery and phone), put back together. Fixed.
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there is not need to be an A*****e about it. trust me, that is the first thing i did, don't assume you are smarter then everyone else.... its a defect they had in a few models. i dont see why you need to jump up and start pretending like you know everything about everything.
as an update to the status, the main board is broken but HTC is refusing to fix it, since they are telling me i have a broken warranty sticker. currently if i wanted it fixed i would have to pay $378.51. That is the amount for the repair. so for now i have filed a dispute with their Repain dept. since there is no point in fixing it when a new phone is 30 bucks more.
sorry for not updating sooner, i was in the tri state area the last week.
will keep you posted on this. but if yours is doing the same thing, call T-mobile if you have thme, for a replacement, or HTC for the repair.
hi there,
this is probably the stupidest thing ive done in my life, but maybe, just maybe someone has a solution.
i was pulling my htc pharos appart, because i recently bought a new lcd screen and phone housing and was going to put it all back together. anyway i figured that this huge black sticker allong the back was probably covering up some screws, so i went ahead and ripped it off.
next time i turned the phone off i had no signal, so from what i can gather its actualy the phone radios aerial that i pulled off (smacks self on the forehead again)
so what im asking is, does anyone know of ways to fix this? (i know its a stupid quesion, and my phone is proably scrap now, but im really hoping theres something that i can do to save it.)
thank you so much,
kirk