I really need help with my dell streak, i switched to my iphone for a day because i forgot to charge my streaks battery, and then in haste to get back to my dell streak cause i was tired of my iphone after one day's use i put the sim in hastily without looking and then i noticed the sim was in the wrong way, i tried to pull it out with my hands, no luck got pliers and tried to pull it out still no luck, any ideas of how to get the sim out will be appreciated.
put a bit of hard thin plastic foil between and try pulling it as straight as possible. best to press it out.
thanks for the help but i cant get foil between it, its wedged too tight in there. Does anyone else have a suggestion of what i can do?
Take it to a phone shop m8, I'm sure they have experience with this kind of thing.
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I need help with my o2 xda II..
Last weekend, i completely forgot that i left my phone in my jacket's pocket. i washed the jacket with the phone. i didn't know till i put my jacket on dryer machine.. it makes a bunch of bump noise. and when i pull my phone out.. it stop working. i haven't put the batery back into the phone just waiting for it to completely dried off. have any1 done this before? would it work again? if not.. what can i do? i'm in us.. there's no o2 dealer or service center anywhere here. also, the rubber part that suppose to cover the antena is missing. where can i buy the rubber that cover the antena. please please please help me. thank you.
Anyone had problems with the battery cover? I took mine off when I first got it and when I tried to put it back, it only clipped into 3 corners, 1 was loose and slide on and off so was never flush.
I've sent it back to Mobilephonesdirect for them to "assess" and see if a replacement is needed. Bloody hope so, its faulty!
Nope, no problems here although i had to open & close the cover several times to reset the device.
Other than finding it the worst battery cover design ever made by HTC, no. I did notice that when putting it back on you put the right side in first and then snap it all down evenly, that it left one corner up and it simply needed a gentle push and it all went flush.
I am concerned about the long term use of the cover, it is difficult to get on and off at best and certainly not designed for ease of use.
The cover is metal but the phone it snaps onto is plastic....and the plastic contact points will wear, that's if the metal battery cover itself doesn't relax its shape a little and get less tight. It seems a bad solution to me but HTC aren't alone in this, I see that battery covers are becoming cheaper and nastier across all brands. At least the HTC cover is metal. I try not to remove my cover...ever.
Yeah, it's a little tight for my liking, if you swap out the sim or memory card a lot it could cause problems. Second battery too.
Hopefully the back case will be available to buy somewhere. It must cost pennies to make.
arfster said:
Hopefully the back case will be available to buy somewhere. It must cost pennies to make.
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Yeah, but they'll probably be available on eBay for about £25, despite that.
I thought I was doing something wrong when I could not budge mine.
On a new phone it takes quite a bit of brute force.
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Yep, mine stays up on one corner too. Just a little nudge and its back on flush!
Technique is King
Everything requires a technique, then it becomes easy!.
Really all one needs to do is slide your thumbnail under the cover's edge; from one end to the other till there is a millimeter gap, then voila! simply pull off!
If you try to pull it off using the indented 'tab' then good luck to you, Frustration Guaranteed!
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I try not to remove my cover...ever.
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Unforyunately my phone already got stuck a couple of times and the only way to bring it to live again was removing the cover and soft reset or remove the battery.
A shame that the reset button is not reachable from the outside. It might be easy to make a small hole in the cover right above the reset button.
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Anyone had problems with the battery cover? I took mine off when I first got it and when I tried to put it back, it only clipped into 3 corners, 1 was loose and slide on and off so was never flush.
I've sent it back to Mobilephonesdirect for them to "assess" and see if a replacement is needed. Bloody hope so, its faulty!
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I had the same problem with the cover on mine. I found that I must have slightly bent the cover when i first removed it, when i bent it back (to make the fit a bit tighter) it never happend after that.
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I try not to remove my cover...ever.
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I will try not too. However if the phone locks up I'll have no choice but to remove the cover and press the red button.
ya i also think the battery cover is design in a wrong way
it took me awhite to open it...
u know i scare i open to hard will spoilt it
Some of the covers are a bit loose. Thank goodness the shop I bought it from, replaced mine for me.
this goes out to people who have had any experience taking the hd2 apart, not interested in other comments thanks,
Basically im gonna rip it open tonight and attempt to fix my micro usb charger port, phone isnt being used i have a sgs2 now, so its no hassle if it dont work ill claim on my insurance, so looking for tips and advice on what to and what not to do when taking this beast apart please.
thanks in advance
cant send it to HTC because they already sent it back to me,
These are the YouTube videos I followed when I swapped my digitizer/LCD.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-jnUKufC4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t8Q7mXdcJ54
The only thing I encountered with my TMOUS HD2 is that one of the four torx screws that you have to remove to get into the unit has a "VOID" sticker that is exactly the size of the screw head and it came apart when I attempted to remove it. I don't know how this will affect an insurance claim if you pursue this yourself.
Also, pay close attention when moving/pulling wires. You have to put them back in the right order and pathways so that the phone closes properly. The volume up/down button is also a bit tricky when reassembling. I found it easiest to place it in the housing and keep it level so it doesn't misalign when putting the housing back on.
Good luck!
With the VOID stickers if you are extremely careful and steady handed you can remove them with a toothpick. What I did is take a toothpick and run it around the edges of the stickers to kind of loosen it up. If you are very careful you can kind of push the sticker around a little just enough to loosen it up then you can get the toothpick under it and pull up the sticker without tearing it. Just take your time it is not that easy but it isn't that hard either.
Aww man bsbokc, I wish I had you around when i worked on mine. I tried with a safety pin and I guess it was too sharp and it just tore right through it. I didn't think to trace the edge, I simply tried grabbing an edge and pulling across it. Fail.
A little heat might help soften the adhesive too. Just not too much to damage the phone though!
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Aww man bsbokc, I wish I had you around when i worked on mine. I tried with a safety pin and I guess it was too sharp and it just tore right through it. I didn't think to trace the edge, I simply tried grabbing an edge and pulling across it. Fail.
A little heat might help soften the adhesive too. Just not too much to damage the phone though!
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I personally won't do anything with heat with my phones. But since I am posting here I guess I will ask you guys a quick question so I don't have to open a thread. Do all of the TMOUS HD2's have just one void sticker on the bottom right hand screw or are there two stickers each on the bottom screws?
I have a phone I have to send into HTC and I pulled one sticker from my myTouch but I thought there were two stickers on the HD2 can someone please look and tell me?
Just follow the videos carefully and pause often. Make sure you have all equipment and take
your time..
good luck
Thanks for the video links they were a great help
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I thought there were two stickers on the HD2 can someone please look and tell me?
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I've worked on mine and two of my friends' TMOUS HD2s. It's always been one void sticker on the bottom right (volume button side).
The simplest way of taking you phone apart.... Get a credit card... American express proffered because it is hard..... Use a rzor blade and remove void stickers careful.. Open scrues gently... Makesure not to leave any mark on the screw...... Take the credit card and force it in the joint on the right side of the headphone part... Then gently push borax from battery compartment area.... Also help you self a bit by prying the lcm with the credit card... Once it is out a bit... Do same thing for other side... Don't slide it to the other side... You may damage you head phone..... Once it is out a bit from top... Slide the card the sides until it opens up... Warning don't. Slide near the keypad.... You might damage the copper connector for antenna. And whether phone is out... You volume key will pppout too :F
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Well guys I got it apart and back together,
little damage to the case trying to open it as it never went back together properly when it was sent away last time.
I would say, make sure you have a stiff plectrum (guitar pic) so much easier
take your time,
and if you get stressed take a break.
I got it all back together again, couldn't get a new micro usb connector on as the main board is screwed.
Hi. I purchased an Evo 4G from some dude on Craigslist. I verified the ESN was clean via checkesnforfree.com and I was well aware it had a cracked digitizer. I purchased a new one via ebay and it came in today. I watched YouTube videos over and over as well as followed the steps on ifixit.com and thought I did it right. That is until I turned it on and it vibrates and then the screen flashes white briefly and then that's it. It remains dark.
Any ideas as to whether it is a faulty digitizer? I have checked, re-checked and even re-checked to ensure that the cables was set in snugly and that the latches were latched.
Again, the phone was working just fine prior to me replacing the digitizer. It was dim but it responded to the touch and all buttons seemed to function normalls including the camera and speakers.
Any thoughts or tips would be appreciated. Feel free to email me as well.
Thanks in advance.
Take the battery out, replace it, does the phone turn on while holding volume - ?
Having trouble with AOSP? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1295702
That sounds more like the LCD is bad. If you say the screen was dim, that's the LCD, not the digitizer.
I had that same problem, but it turned out the ribbon for the lcd was not fully inserted. So I pushed it in more and it turned on.. Hope this helps.
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replacing digitizer, I bent a couple of hair wires on one of the brackets!!
I bought the evo 4g a while back for 400 bucks, within a few weeks I dropped the phone cracking the digitizer. Done a ton of research on how to fix it, then ordered a new one plus all the tools to fix it on Amazon. while I was putting it back together, I was super careful returning them to their brackets, however, a couple of the tiny little hair sized wires on the base bracket bent crossing over some of the others, I tried to straighten them out but of course this didn't work I suppose, when I got it all back together, the phone will not turn back on. I have looked in millions of online places on what I can do but found nothing, I have also called the Sprint repair store who basically laughed at me and said I threw away 400 bucks. the only thing I can think of aside from tossing my money in the trash, is hope and pray that I can find someone with some extra brackets and hope and pray I can somehow replace it without screwing it up again. Please PLEase PLEASE, if anyone can help me at ALL I would be so very greatful!!!
Has anyone had a problem with the SIM Card not locking in? And if so, is there an easy fix?
A couple of days ago I took the back cover off on my wife's 306SH to replace the MicroSD card and the SIM just pooped out. Now I can't insert it AND lock it back in place. Without the SIM the phone doesn't get the LTE signal.
Is there a trick to "adjust" the spring that pushed it out? I've looked around YouTube and could not find one that looks similar.
[Edit] I just noticed the thread in Troubleshooting section.
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Put something very small in with it to make it stay.I actually used a little small piece of window blind. From some window blinds I had in my basement. It works . no one wants to be stuck on 3g without a sim card
Good luck. Mine completely gave way even after some glue. I mangled up the slot trying to manually solder it in (I've been looking for a new phone anyways so I figured I'd experiment) It didn't really stay in or soldered so I just left it. 3G only now but eh.
Ended up dropping a bead of hot glue by the end of the SIM and replaced the back cover, paying attention that the "ridge" on it catches the SIM and holds it in place. A month later, so far so good. Then again, I didn't have to remove the back cover yet....
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