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Is it possible to replace the USB port on the bottom of a Titan/Mogul?

My plug broke, the little plastic piece that separates the pins finally gave out and not knowing I plugged in my USB cable and bent the pins. Now my phone doesnt work. It boots up but beyond getting to the Today screen is un-usable.
Can I open it up and just replace the port? (any tips on where to buy the part, I have the tools already Im sure and am willing to solder really really really small connectors. )
Or am I stuck buying a new phone?
Thanks in advance.

yes you are in luck, i am currently developing a program that will do exactly that and much more, just give me a few decades

xboxhaxorz said:
yes you are in luck, i am currently developing a program that will do exactly that and much more, just give me a few decades
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Lets not act like this is an impossible task. Im just curious if anyone's done it? Or is everyone in the development and hacking forum are software focused.

judogti said:
My plug broke, the little plastic piece that separates the pins finally gave out and not knowing I plugged in my USB cable and bent the pins. Now my phone doesnt work. It boots up but beyond getting to the Today screen is un-usable.
Can I open it up and just replace the port? (any tips on where to buy the part, I have the tools already Im sure and am willing to solder really really really small connectors. )
Or am I stuck buying a new phone?
Thanks in advance.
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Hey bud..
Sorry to hear that issue , as a Sprint Store & Repair Tech Mgr I would leave it to a tech to get workin on it.. If you want to you can sauder it and try to fix the pins but you run he risk of uniting circuitry when you put back together..which will completely kill your phone.. Suggestion: Repair Center or Insurance.. last option uprgade or purchase a new phone..

this is definitly and absolutly the wrong thread man. you are asking a hardware question of a specific phone on a software developers side ?!
so please accept the rules, because some people here have enought of junior posts like this. Read thread one ! although i wouln'd event post it there.

bluemetalaxe said:
this is definitly and absolutly the wrong thread man. you are asking a hardware question of a specific phone on a software developers side ?!
so please accept the rules, because some people here have enought of junior posts like this. Read thread one ! although i wouln'd event post it there.
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Thanks for the reply, I appreciate it!
Can you ball park the cost of such a repair? I dont mind paying, but if its close to the same cost of picking up a used phone on ebay (~200-250) I'd rather just get a new phone.
Thanks!

http://www.cellulardr.com/HTC8925ChargePort.htm
That is the part you are looking for right? The little USB female portion of the phone?
It's kinda expensive and risky, good luck with your repair, I hope this helps!

http://www.cellulardr.com/HTC8925ChargePort.htm
That is the part you are looking for right? The little USB female portion of the phone?
It's kinda expensive and risky, good luck with your repair, I hope this helps!
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That is the part indeed, and you've just answered my lingering question! lol it would be cheaper for me to get a used one off ebay. If that part costs 50 bucks and a service tech would take at least 1 hour to fix it I'd be looking at a little less than just buying another. I appreciate all the help with this.
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I cracked my screen...i almost cried!!

well i didnt but my little girl did......just dropped it off the sofa and wham gone....had a rubber case on and screen protector but that just stopped the cracks from spreading to only half way up the screen.
no insurance = oh dear what to do...so ive just insured it through me bank and hope i can get it fixed...but i sure am going to miss it while its away

ohhh dear
feel sorry for you but seriously people insurance is a must.
I hope your bank doesnt make too much of a fuss about you insuring it then immediately claiming.
personally I dont use a screen protector, I had one on for a while but I just got fed up with the extra reflectiveness and the edges being a bit raidsed (it wasnt a particularly good quality one but I havent heard much better about the more expensive ones)
I use the leather case it came with but somehow whenever I drop it, it never seems to be in. So far no smashed glass yet though probably thanks to a carpetted house. But I do have insurance in the event that it does happen.
anyway good luck with your claim and i hope it doesnt take too long.

yeah i hope so 2....i got to wait 15 days before i can claim so just av to go back to my omnia for now.ill give it a few week before i stick a claim in!
i know my little 1 wont be playing with it again though thats for sure!

my friend who works at the shop sent me this picture.
a customer droped it on the tarmac...
sad...

sorry, double post

Given you will probably have to pay a £100 excess you might want to hunt around for a repair shop. I haven't used them but you could try Undercutter.co.uk repair and return for £85.

policy covers first £30 for excess so hopefully not to bad! if i could do it myself with the right parts i would but i aint no expert!

Hey folks ! You really think it is wise to discuss insurance-tweaks in length here ? As with facebook, companies do a thorough search in funny places, also fora.
Maybe ask the Admin to del this thread ? Just in case .............

I broke mine too, looked exactly the same as the one above, (guy who dropped it on the tarmac).
I rang up my bank waited about a week after I insured it and claimed and only paid 10 pounds
Its all good now. They actually replaced the handset and didn't bother repairing it.

troed said:
Hey folks ! You really think it is wise to discuss insurance-tweaks in length here ? As with facebook, companies do a thorough search in funny places, also fora.
Maybe ask the Admin to del this thread ? Just in case .............
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Unlike facebook people dont use real names on xda and there is a lot more identifiable info on facebook than a forum, there is really no way a link could be made from a forum post to an insurance claim unless they posted a lot of personal info in said forum post.

Xp3RiM3nT said:
Unlike facebook people dont use real names on xda and there is a lot more identifiable info on facebook than a forum, there is really no way a link could be made from a forum post to an insurance claim unless they posted a lot of personal info in said forum post.
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anyhow,
yeah you can link info to people through forum posts... don't be silly
anyhow .. always better to be safe...

Anyone know if you can take out phone insurance from your bank in the U.S.?

Insurance fraud... Really classy.

Yeah, not the best thing, although I really need to take insurance as I've been risking it for four months so far...
For future, all I can recommend is a phone-wallet like this: I never like cases but at least this way, I feel it's serving a double purpose, and it's protected in all cases.
Personally I love it, and it was £4 off ebay.
Anyway, good luck to all

Reviving an old HTC

Well, I'm about to buy a HTC HD2 (the t-mobile version) to repair it, (like a hobby thing), anyway, the phone seems to have the LCD broken, the digitizer seems ok (but as far as I know they aren't expensives, like U$S 15), So here are the questions:
I want to buy the LCD replacement, but I'm not sure which one (I know I have to buy the T-mobile version) but some seems to require soldering a connector, and others don't, also do I need special tools for opening the cellphone? Is there any guide on the internet that you could recommend me? and how much should I paid for the Lcd? any other advice? Thanks!
edit: I forgot the [Q] on the title.. can't edit it, sry I'm new

you can probably open it without using special tools, altough you will need T9 screw drive if im correct, here's a video of official assembly/disassembly video leaked by HTC. pocketnow[dot]com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked
LCD and digitizer is glued together, theres a video there showing how to take it apart i think.
Good Luck!

YaPeL said:
Well, I'm about to buy a HTC HD2 (the t-mobile version) to repair it, (like a hobby thing), anyway, the phone seems to have the LCD broken, the digitizer seems ok (but as far as I know they aren't expensives, like U$S 15), So here are the questions:
I want to buy the LCD replacement, but I'm not sure which one (I know I have to buy the T-mobile version) but some seems to require soldering a connector, and others don't, also do I need special tools for opening the cellphone? Is there any guide on the internet that you could recommend me? and how much should I paid for the Lcd? any other advice? Thanks!
edit: I forgot the [Q] on the title.. can't edit it, sry I'm new
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Hey there YaPeL and welcome to XDA!
Here is a link to some disassemble and reassembled videos. I found this posted by fellow member apallohadas in another thread. Wish you luck.
http://pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked
Edite: the poster above bit me by posting the URL lol. But it seems thier effert to post it as a link failed

T-Macgnolia said:
Hey there YaPeL and welcome to XDA!
Here is a link to some disassemble and reassembled videos. I found this posted by fellow member apallohadas in another thread. Wish you luck.
Edite: the poster above bit me by posting the URL lol. But it seems thier effert to post it as a link failed
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check the link before posting first !

backlashsid said:
check the link before posting first !
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Yeah sorry about that. I just spent like at least twenty minutes to get that link to work and for some reason it just would not so I just copied and pasted the URL. I have never had that problem....... Aghhhhhhh. Anyway sorry again.

Well, thanks for the warm welcome! and about the price to pay for the screen + digitalizer? 80 U$S is alright? (if, it can be told) and thanks again for the info, in a few months I'll post some before and after screens

Oh, and by the way, I don't have a T-Mobile Sim card, Will I be able to unlock the phone? thanks.

T-Macgnolia said:
Hey there YaPeL and welcome to XDA!
Edite: the poster above bit me by posting the URL lol. But it seems thier effert to post it as a link failed
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I can't post any links till i get 8 posts thats why my link didnt work, altough i did put down [dot]

jamaza said:
I can't post any links till i get 8 posts thats why my link didnt work, altough i did put down [dot]
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Yeah I noticed after I added that that it was your first post just never did bother adding that to my post. I meant no harm or disrespect by it though. Thanks for trying to help out here as all should do when they can.

Gorilla glass

New brand, a mild fall and service .. .. They still not
had even seen none new ....
Total: 200EUR more ..... and worse, the same day appeared, another with
same problem ...... glass gorilla **** !!!!!
i can't still submit photos...see the broken glass picture ... would make me cry even more

piernodoyuna said:
New brand, a mild fall and service .. .. They still not
had even seen none new ....
Total: 200EUR more ..... and worse, the same day appeared, another with
same problem ...... glass gorilla **** !!!!!
i can't still submit photos...see the broken glass picture ... would make me cry even more
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u ok man? get someone to write this for u in an understandable english please, no offence

NoOneCanHelpMe said:
u ok man? get someone to write this for u in an understandable english please, no offence
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I think the OP is saying he just bought new brand-name glasses, put them on, and immediately saw a pile of gorilla **** on the floor. The smell was so strong that the OP's eyes started getting wet. The OP then pulled out a 200EUR bill to dry his eyes. A passer-by with an SGS2 took a picture of that whole situation. That made the OP cry even more. The OP is here now, trying to ask that SGS2 owner to submit still photos.
P.S. OP - no offense, please use Google Translate to help you translate what you want to express.

kreoXDA said:
I think the OP is saying he just bought new brand-name glasses, put them on, and immediately saw a pile of gorilla **** on the floor. The smell was so strong that the OP's eyes started getting wet. The OP then pulled out a 200EUR bill to dry his eyes. A passer-by with an SGS2 took a picture of that whole situation. That made the OP cry even more. The OP is here now, trying to ask that SGS2 owner to submit still photos.
P.S. OP - no offense, please use Google Translate to help you translate what you want to express.
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OMG you made me LOL for real with that!

Guess he managed to break his glass and get it repaired for 200EUR, then again this is just a guess.

what a translation OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

kreoXDA said:
I think the OP is saying he just bought new brand-name glasses, put them on, and immediately saw a pile of gorilla **** on the floor. The smell was so strong that the OP's eyes started getting wet. The OP then pulled out a 200EUR bill to dry his eyes. A passer-by with an SGS2 took a picture of that whole situation. That made the OP cry even more. The OP is here now, trying to ask that SGS2 owner to submit still photos.
P.S. OP - no offense, please use Google Translate to help you translate what you want to express.
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LOL, show some sensitivity for the poor guys/gals wrecked phone. And I think he might have used google translate, hence the language in OP. Google Translate is far from perfect of course.

kreoXDA said:
I think the OP is saying he just bought new brand-name glasses, put them on, and immediately saw a pile of gorilla **** on the floor. The smell was so strong that the OP's eyes started getting wet. The OP then pulled out a 200EUR bill to dry his eyes. A passer-by with an SGS2 took a picture of that whole situation. That made the OP cry even more. The OP is here now, trying to ask that SGS2 owner to submit still photos.
P.S. OP - no offense, please use Google Translate to help you translate what you want to express.
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Man this made me laugh...nearly wet myself.......

this has got to be a foreign drunk gorilla trying to use google translate. thats the only thing that makes sense to me...unless its text that needs to be decoded into an ingenious and groundbreaking message.

I feel sorry for this guy and know people shouldn't make fun of this.
...but I LOL'ed. I'm sorry, I'm only human!
From what I see he is mad about his gorilla glas on the Galaxy S II, because it broke very fast and apparently it costs 200 euro to repair/replace.

kreoXDA said:
I think the OP is saying he just bought new brand-name glasses, put them on, and immediately saw a pile of gorilla **** on the floor. The smell was so strong that the OP's eyes started getting wet. The OP then pulled out a 200EUR bill to dry his eyes. A passer-by with an SGS2 took a picture of that whole situation. That made the OP cry even more. The OP is here now, trying to ask that SGS2 owner to submit still photos.
P.S. OP - no offense, please use Google Translate to help you translate what you want to express.
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+1 gorilla internets for you sir

Need a repair

If this is the wrong place to post this I apologize and please let me know where to post or kindly move the post.
Long and short no device protection plan at all. Looking for someone experienced from the community to replace the display. Looks like the glass isn't broken. It looks like the LCD/digitizer died. Phone fell (in case). Doesn't light up at all except for the flashlight but appears to turn on etc. power button is a bit mangle as well. If someone can give me an idea where to look or a ball park price I'd be grateful.
I've looked online and I do not have the skill to try this one myself.

philo_ said:
If this is the wrong place to post this I apologize and please let me know where to post or kindly move the post.
Long and short no device protection plan at all. Looking for someone experienced from the community to replace the display. Looks like the glass isn't broken. It looks like the LCD/digitizer died. Phone fell (in case). Doesn't light up at all except for the flashlight but appears to turn on etc. power button is a bit mangle as well. If someone can give me an idea where to look or a ball park price I'd be grateful.
I've looked online and I do not have the skill to try this one myself.
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Check this place out,https://www.replacebase.co.uk/ all oem parts and do most parts needed for the nexus 6p, i think its about 120 ish pound for a new lcd and miframe assembly.
hope that helps

Thanks for the tip. I'm not in the U.K. and I'm looking for someone who's done this kind of repair before. From what I've read and seen it's not an "easy" job.

philo_ said:
Thanks for the tip. I'm not in the U.K. and I'm looking for someone who's done this kind of repair before. From what I've read and seen it's not an "easy" job.
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Well, to start with you may get more helpful replies if you put your location and carrier in your profile, making them visible so people know where you're from rather than saying "thanks, but I'm not from the UK".

I meant no disrespect to anyone. I'm in the us (Pennsylvania). Phone was direct from Google/Huawei and was being used on att.
Thanks for suggesting I add that info. I didn't think about it.

philo_ said:
I meant no disrespect to anyone. I'm in the us (Pennsylvania). Phone was direct from Google/Huawei and was being used on att.
Thanks for suggesting I add that info. I didn't think about it.
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It's cool.. none taken! There's no harm in putting your home town in your profile. There are a LOT of ppl on XDA and someone may know a good local repair shop in your immediate area. Best of luck.

Order the lcd and try the repair yourself, the hardest part is opening the thing, when mine broke, i ordered the lcd and a new housing which came with everything i needed, once it is opened the swapping of stuff over was the easy part, but as i was replacing the the lcd and housing, i didnt mind damaging the existing housing to get the thing apart, and when i was finished i had a brand new looking phone and only took around an hour or so to do it, youtube has some good videos on it. A new housing isnt expensive and you can learn a bit about your phone aswell. i made mine into a black and silver version. lol