Database Users

Broken Connector replaced with USB2

Hello all,
Many moons ago I dropped my xda one to many times and damaged the pins in the connector.
I have seen a few similar posts regarding this, and O2s response is to generally replace the entire motherboard.
I finally got around to it, I pulled off the broken connector and soldered on a usb connector.
With great thanks to xda-developers.com, I deduced the pin layout drew up a plan and tried to do the soldering only to find it was too small for me. I took it to an electronics engineer and he did it for me to my specs and low and behold it worked perfectly.
w00 h00!
Stephan Neofitou

Finally....someone did it .....
Great work Stephan...u gave me the courage to continue with my project(i'll post it later IF it succeded),since the Himalaya and the BlueAngel connectors are the same as for the Wallaby...
Once again Stephan,thanx for doing what people may know,but no one dare to do
Cheers...
RAGO :lol:

Finally....someone did it .....
Great work Stephan...u gave me the courage to continue with my project(i'll post it later IF it succeded),since the Himalaya and the BlueAngel connectors are the same as for the Wallaby...
Once again Stephan,thanx for doing what people may know,but no one dare to do
Cheers...
RAGO :lol:

No Probs
Good to hear! 8)
I am so happy to have my wallaby back!
I was glad we managed to secure the usb connector on the mb by the rear two lugs on the connector, it seems pretty solid. its a shame it sticks out about 5mm from the phone.
This weekend I will open it back up and take some better pics with my own camera, the above (taken with works camera) are pretty cruddy.
I think o2 had the right idea with the usb cable on the mini, 24 pins over 15mm is just too fine and delicate for something that gets thrown around so much.
Cheers!

Charging
Hi Folks,
Any idea does this charge the phone as well ???
HW

nice work
a have a nice colection of many models of mda
tonight i will modify a walaby just for fun
...i wiil try to test on other models to
nenmobil

neofitou said:
Hello all,
Many moons ago I dropped my xda one to many times and damaged the pins in the connector.
I have seen a few similar posts regarding this, and O2s response is to generally replace the entire motherboard.
I finally got around to it, I pulled off the broken connector and soldered on a usb connector.
With great thanks to xda-developers.com, I deduced the pin layout drew up a plan and tried to do the soldering only to find it was too small for me. I took it to an electronics engineer and he did it for me to my specs and low and behold it worked perfectly.
Well done Steven, I also need to ask , does this mod also charge the phone?
I have a dislodged serial connector and looking for an easy fix, do you know if a GPS receiver will also work?
I also noticed the rear connector looks like it routes through the serial connector pins, does anyone know if this socket can be used to charge and sinc the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse

Yes it charges the phone
Yes it charges the phone thats why there is two power lines.
I dropped my phone a few days ago and broke the lcd, only every second vertical line on about half the lcd is working now. Getting an Eten next week
the images seem to be missing from the original post, I will attache them again now if I can find them....yep
[edit] looks like its just the thumnails that arent working atm, clicking on the images does work.

mad props to you! i like to see good hardware mods like this!

USB Connestor
U could use miniUSB connector ( like in mp3 players )

help
hi,
I am only 13 years old but i have been trying to fix my xda II for ages.
I was wondering if anybody could give me a detailed way to solder a usb connector. I have lost the 22 pin connector. So i need as much help as possible.
Thanks for reading

o2 xda2
hi guys...
can any one help me . my o2 xda2 usb port damaged. please get me the alternative point for pin 14 and 15 on o2 xda2 pcb board . also get me the pcb diagram for it if possible.........
thanx a lot

it seems like the Images dont work anymore
Could you please reupload them again, because i would like to try that mod.
Thank a lot
cu
Fry

Images don't work

Please upload the images again

missing pictures
neofitou said:
Yes it charges the phone thats why there is two power lines.
I dropped my phone a few days ago and broke the lcd, only every second vertical line on about half the lcd is working now. Getting an Eten next week
the images seem to be missing from the original post, I will attache them again now if I can find them....yep
[edit] looks like its just the thumnails that arent working atm, clicking on the images does work.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Can you please post the pictures again.
As the Himalaya has got the same connector it is still a problem to users and we would appreciate your help.

pls reupload too

Can it be used any other connector instead miniUSB? It's ugly to see big phone with a little connector that sneaks out like a slime!!! =)

Hello everyone, I wanted to ask if there is an alternative to pins 14 and 15 for the usb. thanks

as far as i know there isn't. But instead to use usb u can use serial port!

My Qtek 9100 is DEAD Pleas Help Me!

In Upgrade Rom Closed The Rom Programer.
1.Not Charging By Charger
2.Not Connect For Upgrade
3.No PPC ON
4.Not Reset

hello amal
which rom where u upgrading , and is ur device G4 or G3

same problem
hello, my problem is the same. My device is a g4 and the rom i´m try up is the farias wm6.
So Can anyone explain me how i can do to fixed it?
thanks

amal u can join us in thread : (Dead wizard , never let's revive)
we are working on bricked wizards and reflashing by using JTAG method , we discovered the location of jtag pins under the cpu , but we need some body desolder the cpu from it's place to trace the pins to main board
that is all , so if u can do it u welcome

lmd0990 said:
amal u can join us in thread : (Dead wizard , never let's revive)
we are working on bricked wizards and reflashing by using JTAG method , we discovered the location of jtag pins under the cpu , but we need some body desolder the cpu from it's place to trace the pins to main board
that is all , so if u can do it u welcome
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have a dead G3 ( wet, no USB socket etc etc) board I am happy to donate to someone for tracing the test points - please PM me. I'm in the UK
M.S

THANKS
Mysterious Stranger said:
I have a dead G3 ( wet, no USB socket etc etc) board I am happy to donate to someone for tracing the test points - please PM me. I'm in the UK
M.S
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hi Mysterious Stranger
i am glad for ur fast response
that is great u have adead 1 (infact i not hope the ppc become dead)
but whatever is ur device , G4 or G3 , the important is the same CPU which is (TI OMAP 850)
so try desolder the cpu by urself (if u have the desoldering machine or equipments) or by repair stations near u
i am waiting news...............

lmd0990 said:
Hi Mysterious Stranger
i am glad for ur fast response
that is great u have adead 1 (infact i not hope the ppc become dead)
but whatever is ur device , G4 or G3 , the important is the same CPU which is (TI OMAP 850)
so try desolder the cpu by urself (if u have the desoldering machine or equipments) or by repair stations near u
i am waiting news...............
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have no desoldering equioment but I will send it to someone who has?
regards,

Mysterious Stranger said:
I have no desoldering equioment but I will send it to someone who has?
regards,
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That is great
if u succes desoldering , the thing remain is tracing JTAG pins to main board , which was clear in my previous posts
iam waiting untill desolder it

JTAG 9100
I Have a JTAG Board With Buffer And I Can JTAG Flash Receiver
But I Can't JTAG Qtek 9100 If You Learn Pleas Help Me.

Hi amal
can explain what jtag tool exactly u have , u may take pictures of it & attach here

lmd0990 said:
That is great
if u succes desoldering , the thing remain is tracing JTAG pins to main board , which was clear in my previous posts
iam waiting untill desolder it
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry, to make clear, I DO NOT have deslodering equipment meaning I cannot do it but will send the board to someone who can!

No matter who desolder it , but the important is doing it
good luck.... I am waiting

lmd0990 said:
No matter who desolder it , but the important is doing it
good luck.... I am waiting
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Until someone asks me to send the board to them to desolder, you may be waiting a long time!

Mysterious Stranger said:
Until someone asks me to send the board to them to desolder, you may be waiting a long time!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
but why long time? Why u can't bring it soonly to a repair station or some place like it for desoldering?? They are present in ur region or city, i am right or not?

lmd0990 said:
but why long time? Why u can't bring it soonly to a repair station or some place like it for desoldering?? They are present in ur region or city, i am right or not?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Not that I know of,sorry. I can send to someone who does have one close.

J-TAG
lmd0990 said:
Hi amal
can explain what jtag tool exactly u have , u may take pictures of it & attach here
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My Jtag Can Program IC FLASH Receiver And Ihave a Map For Receiver Flash
JTAG Conector But I Cant Program Flash Qtek 9100 Without Map JTAG Conector

White screen SPV 3100

Hello all,
I'm newby at the forum and sorry for my bad English. I just read all the threads concerning my problem, before post this, and a can't find any solution
I bought this phone on ebay faulty. The seller tell that it only problem was white screen. I thought was simple to fix with flashing but... I tried to fix it using all the solutions even i just open it and clean with a soft brush but no luck
When i turn it on i just see a white screen. When a plug it in ac adapter he charge and when a plug it at my desktop e charge too but don't syncronize with active sync 4,5. For this i don't know if is a software or hardware issue.
I can't put into bootloader too.
Any Help? I don't want spend my money in a new lcd without your opinion.
Thanks in advance for all e regards from Portugal.

This topic has been covered many times, which is perhaps why folk will not answer in a new thread about it.
Have a look here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
But in summary:
Flashing will not cure it.
A new screen will probably not cure it.
In many cases it is caused by a fault on the d/pad. Replacing that might be successful. In the thread above look for the bit about putting padding on a d/pad chip - that seems to have worked for many (but not all)
Mike

Hi there. I just open a new thread cause i had read all the things in the link you gave, with no luck for me. But thank you for the help.

Hello! I have the same problem with my Hermes. But I know how to solve it - at least in my case. I had to open PDA and look inside. There's a tape (strip?) which is connected by two screws. Well, one is gone. The tape doesn't lie as it should so I had to connect it by glue. Now it's fine. It was physical damage, flashing wouldn't help much, especially here but my thougts were similiar in the beginning.
Good luck and Cheers

Please help, white screen issue!!

Hi all,
I'm real frustrated at the moment with my i-mate jasjam branded hermes 100.
It started a couple of days ago when my screen would get all glitchy. I ignored it. Then i got it whenever i put pressure on certain parts of the casing and now from that it manifested and it does it whenever i hold it in a certain position etc... It's really starting to tick me off... 1300 dollars for this? has anybody experienced this issue? ive heard it's a hardware problem... im running shamanx windows mobile 6 ultimate rom...
I need my phone to keep in contact with some real important people.. any ideas?

BUMP
BUMP
howcome some other dude with a similar problem got replys instantly?? he didn't even use tags can anybody pleeasse help me???

Gr33kJag said:
BUMP
howcome some other dude with a similar problem got replys instantly?? he didn't even use tags can anybody pleeasse help me???
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
He may have been lucky. Here we re-use threads and there have been quite a few on the white screen problem.
Here's one of the main ones - I suggest you look at the suggestions about placing a pad on the D-Pad chip:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=321163
Mike

Ohk
ohk sorry but the buttons do work perfectly fine it's only the screen... also the usb port is loose so whenever i need to charge i need to push it in a particular way so i just place it on its face upside down to charge and i use an ftp program to get files off of it insstead of usb >-< it was a really nice phone till it started doing this and cbf sending for repairs il just buy a new phone when i get the money and yeah if i decide i might try something that requires opening it up but i just cbf

Gr33kJag said:
ohk sorry but the buttons do work perfectly fine it's only the screen... also the usb port is loose so whenever i need to charge i need to push it in a particular way so i just place it on its face upside down to charge and i use an ftp program to get files off of it insstead of usb >-< it was a really nice phone till it started doing this and cbf sending for repairs il just buy a new phone when i get the money and yeah if i decide i might try something that requires opening it up but i just cbf
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well, the reason to pad the D-pad chip is because the d-pad circuit board is the one that the screen connector connects to and the chip is the one that processes the screen signals. So although your buttons work fine, it is still that board that causes the screen whitening.
The usb port sounds like the anchoring solder joints may be cracked. These can normally be resoldered.
Mike

Hi Gr33kJag,
Try to perform the solution provided by mikechannon only if u can assemble and de assebmle ur pda very accurately, because the pros and cons of that method are describle in that page.
This solution worked for me at least and i am very much thankful to mike for giving me solution to that problem.

HD2 (wanted spares/broken phone/advice) Please help !!!!

Hey guys just wondering if there is anybody in Melbourne or Australia or anywhere for that matter that may have a old broken HD2 (preferably T9193) that i might be able to use for spares ?? I currently have one and have dropped it and now it's colours are up the sh*t i have done a screen and digitizer replacement and without any luck the problem still persists any ideas would also be greatly appreciated
Ps. if i twist the phone in oposite directions the problem goes away which leads me to believe that something has come away from the board itself i have looked and cant see a thing any suggestion would be greatly appreciated

Maybe mainboard connector, have you tried applying pressure to connector socket/ribbon with it stripped but screen, mainboard rigged up with battery & bench test it while applying pressure to mainboard connector/ribbon with insulated/earthed tool.
maybe abble to fix it if can find out exact point of problem but most HD2 faults need replacement parts to cure faults long term ...