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Link to a Nexus One @ HTC accessories story.

http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...ill-available-for-purchase-directly-from-htc/
We can still buy accessories like batteries and docks.

No case/pouch though unfortunately
I lost mine. Anyone know where to buy one of those?

Paul22000 said:
No case/pouch though unfortunately
I lost mine. Anyone know where to buy one of those?
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If you find yours, see if mine is with it. I swear I took it out of the box, put the Nexus in one once, took it back out, and put it in the box.
Except it's not in there anymore..

these things needed to be bright android green imo, lost mine several times now.

Have you tried calling HTC customer support? They have been known to give pouches for the N1
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awesome, just bought car dock

I saw the Nexus one pouch going for like $5 on ebay.
http://shop.ebay.com/?_from=R40&_trksid=p3907.m570.l1313&_nkw=neoprene+oem&_sacat=See-All-Categories
Some are even cheaper than that. Though nothing beats free from HTC I suppose.

i found my pouch after 2 months lol just dont know why it was under my xbox

I don't see any batteries. Do they sell them to Canada online also?

I went to buy a car dock and it looks like they are back ordered.

When I lost my original case and couldn't find it anywhere in the house, I got one from Hong Kong off eBay. It was only £2.50 including postage, and when it arrived it was clear that it was a second (stitching a bit off) but it did the job.
Then last week when visiting the mother-in-law she looked at my phone and said, "ooh I've got one of those upstairs". Turned out I had left it there and never realised.

I ordered mine off ebay from hong kong as well... found mine in my car the day it arrived (a week later)

$60 for the desktop dock now? They must be off their damn rockers!!
It's worth maybe half that to me. How do they expect to sell those things for double what people are willing to pay for it?! Completely insane. Thanks Google and HTC for the royal screwing on accessories.

Speaker replacement

Any leads on where to get a rear replacement speaker. Other than doing a refurb.
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http://www.globaldirectparts.com/HTC-Droid-Incredible-Replace-Repair-Parts-s/6283.htm

Only problem is out of stock. They have been for over 2 weeks now.Lol I can't find one anywhere else. I even emailed HTC to yet and get a source.
Thanks for the suggestion though.
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the 6 dollar says out but the 7 says 5 in stock
i just did a refurb exchange but would have rather changed the speaker,,,,,,,,,hope someone gets one from them and reports good because the store says they are dropping like flies, really one guy has changed 3 out. my old one was perfect except for speaker so i am cringing to see some other failure on the new one.

I went into my local verizon wireless and they are giving me a brand new DInc today in exchange for my DInc that has a blown external speaker. The reason they are doing this is because they don't have any warranty replacement phones anywhere in the country for the DInc. They offered me a Droid Eris, and I laughed and told them that, that offer was a slap in the face. Luckily today, they are getting a shipment in of brand new DInc's.

I initially tried globaldirectparts also, but they were out of stock by the time I found the site. After doing some research I found that a Nokia 6300 uses a speaker of the same dimensions, and mounting style. I ordered 2 of them and installed them today and works perfectly! Site I ordered them from is uxsight.com. Would direct link but since I'm new member I can't link yet. Just search "Nokia 6300 speaker". Took 5 days for shipping.

http://www.uxsight.com/product/40622/buzzer-ringer-loud-speaker-repair-part-for-nokia-6300.html
this one?

That's the one.
Something worth noting: In the picture you can see a clear spacer piece on the top of the speaker. When I removed the old speaker that piece remained glued to the inside of the phone and I didn't notice it until I tried to snap the phone back together and it didn't seem to want to snap. Make sure that piece comes out with your old speaker or remove it from the inside case.

Thanks for the info. Global had the parts in stock for 2 data and sold out I did manage to get 5 ordered when I get them I will report back on quality.
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sorry it took so long to reply. speakers are great still on the first one. took 5 mins to change out no soldering just slip in slot and go.
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my life is now complete. i have a pimped out phone and now i have my speaker working again. ordered two in case it happened again. however not to thrilled about the 8 dollar shipping. only on ebay with a final value fee matters does this tactic work. i own an iphone repair business and LOVE to show how much better my phone is then the iphone, its difficult when any sound that comes out reminds me of throwing a tin can in a aluminum garbage and rolling it down a hill. i guess i could have researched it a tad bit more. however to my credit. the problem happened it was about 3 days after i got the phone, and i think i even made a post on some site asking about it and was told to replace the entire device.

jamesiaustin said:
sorry it took so long to reply. speakers are great still on the first one. took 5 mins to change out no soldering just slip in slot and go.
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which speakers did you order? on the site it shows 2 models, the one with the 2 gold stripes, and the all silver backing...or it doesnt matter?

Its good to see that apparently every part on the Incredible is made from rare earth metals that can only be manufactured in small quantities...

Just an update for those who may change their own speaker. I ordered the one from e-bay for @1.49 apiecewith free shipping. It took about three weeks to receive the speakers( I ordered two). The quality of this particular speaker is below grade from factory. They sound okay, but definitely are not as good as the oem. Also they do not have the gold bar across the back of the device as pictured. Watched the video and it took all of three minutes to install. Not worh the hassle of Verizon.

Just a quick FYI. Blew my speaker last week and have been looking for a replacement online, while looking i got to thinking about the 2 old BB storms i have, sure enough, same speaker! i haven't opened up my old BB 8830 yet, but the speakers from the storm work great!

JGrauman said:
Just a quick FYI. Blew my speaker last week and have been looking for a replacement online, while looking i got to thinking about the 2 old BB storms i have, sure enough, same speaker! i haven't opened up my old BB 8830 yet, but the speakers from the storm work great!
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Awesome, I have an old BB Storm and blew my speaker on my Inc.
Will give it a try, thanks!

Htc evo semi broken power jack

Is it me ? I am an IT consultant, I have been into electronics my whole life,
well since 7th grade,i`m 45+ yrs old and treat everything with respect....
How could my 5-6 week old HTC EVO already have charging issues ? when i got home tonight I plugged in the factory HTC usb charger and heard a click.....
well guess what no the little "Charging" light does`nt come on unless I wrap the wire under the phone, this will not be good in the car....
Bringing it to a Sprint store is not an option as i`m not on a plan,i`m one of the
other customers
is there a repair center ? or should i buck up another 60 bucks for a charging mat

How could my 5-6 week old HTC EVO already have charging issues ?
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It's called hardware failure, it happens to all electronics...
Bringing it to a Sprint store is not an option as i`m not on a plan,i`m one of the
other customers
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I really dont see how you can be complaining then, since you dont even pay for service...

If I'm correct $35 should cover any repair when you don't have insurance.
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Yep, pay the $35 and then ask to add TEP...or not, depending on your perspective, it may or may not be worth it.

or you can always fix it yourself.
http://olyurl.me/6f

Thank you for the information, I looked into the charging mat and that is not an option as it too utilizes the micro usb jack,and with the new back on the phone that it requires makes my Seidio Innocase Holster Case Combo useless...It seems the charging mat people don't have a holster available (yet??) Anyways if i position the phone just right its taking a charge, but still , poor design for sure on HTC`s part here...I will look into having it repaired or order a jack and attempt tit myself I guess....Happy Holidays to all

[Q] HTC Aria off ebay

I bought an HTC Aria off ebay and it arrived last week. After getting it charged, I put my sim in, and was getting no signal. After playing with it for a while, I recalled that there were some quirky things having to do with the battery cover having to be installed correctly for the antenna to work. I talked with a friend who has an Aria and yes, there are two metal tabs inside the battery cover that make contact for the antenna. I tried my Aria with the battery cover from my friend's phone with the metal tabs and it works fine. The Aria that I bought off ebay doesn't have these tabs (but it doesn't look like anything was removed), and yet the seller claims (that her son told her) the phone worked fine when she sold it to me. So, I'm wondering, if there are two different Aria's out there in the wild one where the antenna is attached to the battery cover, and one where they fixed the hardware so its not needed and I got a mismatch of two phones and battery covers, and because of that does not work.
Has anyone else had this problem and had/or any luck making a replacement set of antennas? I tried a couple of pieces of wire, but it seemed to not make much of a difference. There is an OEM Aria battery cover for sale on ebay, that I probably will get provided the seller will ever answer my questions.

rushwal said:
I bought an HTC Aria off ebay and it arrived last week. After getting it charged, I put my sim in, and was getting no signal. After playing with it for a while, I recalled that there were some quirky things having to do with the battery cover having to be installed correctly for the antenna to work. I talked with a friend who has an Aria and yes, there are two metal tabs inside the battery cover that make contact for the antenna. I tried my Aria with the battery cover from my friend's phone with the metal tabs and it works fine. The Aria that I bought off ebay doesn't have these tabs (but it doesn't look like anything was removed), and yet the seller claims (that her son told her) the phone worked fine when she sold it to me. So, I'm wondering, if there are two different Aria's out there in the wild one where the antenna is attached to the battery cover, and one where they fixed the hardware so its not needed and I got a mismatch of two phones and battery covers, and because of that does not work.
Has anyone else had this problem and had/or any luck making a replacement set of antennas? I tried a couple of pieces of wire, but it seemed to not make much of a difference. There is an OEM Aria battery cover for sale on ebay, that I probably will get provided the seller will ever answer my questions.
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I would say to just get a new cover, should not be much. If your phone is an AT&T phone it should have the metal tabs, if it's from somewhere else then maybe it's possible there is a different cover but I doubt it. If I were selling my Aria on e-bay I would surely make sure it works before sending it out, but that's just me. Cheers.

There are battery covers available on ebay, and that's probably where I'll end up getting one, one seller had them for @$15.

I too purchased my Aria on eBay, and in my search I noticed that this (Arias sold without the OEM antenna-in-battery-cover) is not an uncommon problem, especially for devices that are being sold at a lower price. The phone is designed such that you will get minimal/no signal without the OEM battery cover, which does contain the phone's antennas. Apparently your hardware works just fine, and the battery cover that you were provided with is clearly not OEM.
It looks like there are OEM battery covers for the Aria on eBay, but I would require the seller to provide you with a picture of the inside of the cover, showing the metal contacts of the antenna, before you commit to purchasing. I would probably also contact the seller of the Aria and request reimbursement for the cost of a new battery cover, since the phone is virtually useless in its current state.

I already have. Hope to have a fully functional Aria soon.
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If the lady doesn't want to reimburse you for the price of the OEM battery cover, I'd file a complaint with Paypal. You can take a picture of your friend's battery cover next to yours and explain about the antenna leads. Chances are you will get your money back and you'll probably get to keep the Aria as well. Something's hinky about this lady and her claims that it worked just fine before. She or her son is lying.

Already talked to her about it. Already took the picture. May go ahead and contact ebay come thursday just so they're in the loop.

You should definitely open an ebay case. You can just request enough money from the seller to get a new battery cover if you think they really didn't know about the defect when they sold it.

Well, my Aria is working with the replacement back cover, and surprise, the seller hasn't responded to my email about the cost. I'd hate to ruin her perfect feedback...
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rushwal said:
Well, my Aria is working with the replacement back cover, and surprise, the seller hasn't responded to my email about the cost. I'd hate to ruin her perfect feedback...
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I'm sure she means well, but some people just don't know how to handle screwing up, and get embarrassed, defensive and downright nasty. Try and be polite but don't let her take advantage of you. get your money's worth - and take it up with ebay.
I am however glad that you figured out the issue and have a fully functioning phone! enjoy it! I'm running Liberated FR008 with the overclocking kernal+SetCPU (@824MHz interactive), and I just couldn't be happier with the phone.
GPS locks on almost instant, and everything runs awesome. Also I've purchased several OEM battery covers that all work perfect, but am about to buy one of the colored ones off ebay - I'm hoping it comes with the antenna!

Digitizer Woes .. Opinions please

Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
The digitizer cable is so crappy and you only have about 1mm of play and the glue they used is also crappy so we send them to motorola rather then deal with that **** ourself, the cost is $140.
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I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...

Random Canadian said:
Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Haha, I've sent my Atrix in twice for digitizer problems. First a section of the screen was unresponsive to touch so I sent it in. Then when i got it back it was good for a couple days but the screen was coming up around the edges so I sent it in again. Screen is still sort of coming up around the edges which is disappointing.

This is gonna sound crazy, try running fix permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
Edit: Oops. My typing sucks.
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Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.

Random Canadian said:
Hi Xda
I got my atrix 4g in august 2011 (actually june but that one got run over )
Anyway for the last oh 6 months ive been having mild digitizer problems mild random button presses while sending text and what not and in the last 2 weeks its gotten 10 times worse, So I just called a repair place and they said the only phone they don't replace digitizers on is the atrix because
I also had product replacement insurance on this one since the other one got run over and it cost me about $700 out of pocket for the phone and an otterbox. The deal with that is I can get a S2, HTC one S or possibly another atrix 4g for $150.
I am also due for an upgrade ( corporate plan upgrade yearly :highfive: ) so I can get a S3 for $99 a Atrix HD, HTC one S for $49 , a Galaxy nexus for $29 or a RazR V and Galaxy S2 HD LTE for $0.
Thoughts?
Oh and I also have a lapdock car dock and charge dock for the atrix...
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Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:

Deggy said:
This is gonna sound crazy, try running did permissions. Had the same problem and it worked for some reason.
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what is did permissions?
tapeworm_george said:
Replacing the digitizer is stupidly easy.
A $5 cell phone repair kit that includes a t5 torx and a plastic opener tool is all you need. From there buy a digitizer with frame from ebay for around $30. Search ifixit.com for a teardown and you'll see what you need to take it apart. Seriously, this is the easiest device I've ever taken apart.
The company you talked to is full of crap.
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I may look into fixing the atrix myself then but I also may as well use my upgrade
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Cool, S3 for $99 sounds like a good deal. :highfive:
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Got the HTC one S ... already NOT in love with uh .. touch wiz is it?
I think I may have to exchange it for a Atrix HD or a nexus

I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.

If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...

Haze028 said:
I'm going to second Mr.tapeworm here, I recently replaced my digitizer and it was extremely easy. Only cost me 40 for the replacement and took less than half an hour to change, and I have little to no experience with phone repairs
And to the quote from the repair company you posted, that is exactly what happened to mine, the glue holding the wire let go after a small fall. Nothing visibly wrong with the device on the outside.
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Is it possible if we add more glue if its because of the glue tear off?
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benem3000 said:
If you are going to get a digitizer make sure it is oem. i bought a cheaper one and it broke easy and didnt have tint for the sensors which really annoyed me... I got an oem one from here and broke the ribbon cable, but i emailed the seller (seller1on1) and they issued an RMA The digitizer looked flawless. I hadn't seen my screen so nice and clean in so long Just have to wait for the replacement now...
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I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.

Wow!!
Just loaded my mp3 from atrix onto One S and it didnt work with 2 sets of headphones 3rd time it worked but I did compare same song same headphones on atrix (PA2.0 appolo player DSP enabled) to One S same headphones same song and the atrix ****s all over the One S, When beats works all it does is wash the sound with more bass and when it doesnt it plays about 2-3 seconds of a song then skips 15-20 seconds and plays again.
(yes I know I can fix this by flashing a JB rom but the phone is 1 day old and I'd like to keep warranty for a while at least)
Also Sense 4.0 has the same if not more lag then our beta JB builds, the stock keyboard has 10000 buttons and a small space bar.
In short the Atrix still rocks unless you are a benchmark whore but for daily use its still awesome, maybe I will just return the One S and look for a digitizer.
Oh and battery dropped to 73% in about 2 hours after full charge and I sent about 12 txt and a couple talk msg.

cerps said:
I just got an Atrix with a shattered screen from a coworker. Looking at the seller name it appears that you bought your digitizer from ebay? If not, please clarify where you got it. I figure for $40 I'll have a backup phone, mp3 player, home voip phone, and lapdock dedicated phone all in one.
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I got it from amazon... http://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/B0053EYGEO/ref=dp_olp_new?ie=UTF8&condition=new
I recommend seller1on1 as I have seen some bad reviews about the product, but I do not know which seller they got it from. I am just going off of my experience with that specific seller.

Second time for me for the digitizer to fail. Not messing with it anymore. I ordered a nexus to hold me over till the next gen phones come out. Currently carring around my mouse cause screen is a fail :silly: I have an HD dock and really am gong to miss it's capabilities. I thought is was not so easy feeding the digitizer cables and then getting one of the MBoard connectors to hold. And the glue for finger scanner contact came loose. My phone was a refurb, and it looks like the tech that worked on it didn't know what he was doing, bent contacts, and dirty inside.Some piece of metal came out when I seperated the case. Never could figure what it broke off of. Now just waiting for nexus to arrive... C-Ya'll!

Honestly, my atrix has a dead, horizontal line down the left side and I'm due for an upgrade in Feb 2013. I'm waiting. I am not spending any more money on this phone; I figure I might as well take action like Motorola and ignore the need for an upgrade. My next phone will NOT be a Moto

Here is the deal guys and gals. Its simple patients, a clean work space and a how to video from YouTube .
I change out digitizers 3 times a week on average from phone builds. eBay is a great source for the money. ONLY BUY OEM. Its it doesn't say OEM or just says "replacement" then its probably a cheep reproduction. Be sure it has adhesive on it or with it. Not glue. The phone must be fully dismantled ALL THE WAY. Atrix is simply one of the easy phones to take a part and put back together .
So making sure you keep the above in mind I'll state the golden rules of small electronic repair. "Do not be in a hurry, take breaks, be sure your work space is grounded, NEVER USE FORCE, and ask questions before you guess." You can't go wrong . Happy tinkering !
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