Half the of the metal tip on my charger broke off inside my tablets charge port is there any way to pry it open and push it out
You might try a rare-earth magnet, or similar. Or a pair of fine needle-nose pliers. That failing, is it still under warranty or did you buy it with a CC that has an extended-warranty service?
That's rough! :-(
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Half the of the metal tip on my charger broke off inside my tablets charge port is there any way to pry it open and push it out
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The same thing happened to me, the charger is a cruel joke. Flimsy tip and the cable is way too short. I was able to fish it out with a needle or screwdriver or something, I can't remember what. I then glued it back on with super glue and it's been perfect ever since
Not sure what this has to do with Android development by the way.
jm77 said:
You might try a rare-earth magnet, or similar. Or a pair of fine needle-nose pliers. That failing, is it still under warranty or did you buy it with a CC that has an extended-warranty service?
That's rough! :-(
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I bought it at staples like 3 weeks ago I asked Acer they said I was still under a warranty
chr0m said:
The same thing happened to me, the charger is a cruel joke. Flimsy tip and the cable is way too short. I was able to fish it out with a needle or screwdriver or something, I can't remember what. I then glued it back on with super glue and it's been perfect ever since
Not sure what this has to do with Android development by the way.
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I just pulled the half a charger out of the port and the other piece came out with it
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My wife has this phone..(so do i) well anyway she found a way to do the impossible. she broke her headphone jack in the headphone hole. The tip broke and the bottom is logged in the hole. I tried to get some super glue to perhaps stick it together and pull it out..this did not work. I took the back cover off to get more access but still cant get it..any one have any suggestions...now i also have a lot of superglue residue in the hole. is there any way to open this thing and get the rest of the plug out? BTW it is not the N1 headphone but another brand. PLEASE HELP
Is the tip hollow? If so you could try taking a small screw into it in order to have something to pull it out with.
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how deep is the remaining part?
the tip is not hollow and the shaft part is broke off under the plastic part.
ok this is not a joke.....
BUT if you are feeling "ballsy"
take your average sewing needle and heat it up with a lighter stove w/e unitll it is red-hot. USE A PLIERS TO HOLD IT
then plunge it into the center of the remenants and let it cool
only try this if there is some plastic left in there.
lol...I will try that...hope it works, how will the needle grip the broken part of the headphone. would it just pull right out.. I need something to grab or grip the broken part....I dont want to break my phone.
Well the poster with the needle idea has the goal of having the hot needle cool with melted plastic from piece that is broke off. Once cool, the hope is that the plastic will adhere to the needle (now completely cool) and allow you to pull it free.
I have some reservations about this idea. How did she break the tip off. Was it a sideways motion? Or did you try to correctly remove the plug but for some reason it was stuck and the tip was left lodged in?
If it was the later of those, the needle idea will do nothing. It may work is it happened the first way I described.
An alternative to the needle idea and potentially more damaging is to take a paper clip, place a small bead of solder on the tip. Avoid touching any of the phones internals with the solder and press that paper clip up against the broken tip. It should not take long to cool. Once it does, it may give the the force you need to pull it free.
Please report back when you have sorted this out. We are all curious.
maybe a little dab of jbweld or gorilla glue, if worst comes to worse of course. It would be much easier if it were hollow.
What about a really strong magnet?
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What about a really strong magnet?
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You want to stick a high power magnet next to a 530 dollar phone? Are you nuts?!?
The way to take out a broken screw is to drill a small whole in the center and try to wedge the smallest Allen wrench into it.
Maybe that might give you some sort of idea on how to dislodge that earpiece. I know it's not the same thing...but its N idea.
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You want to stick a high power magnet next to a 530 dollar phone? Are you nuts?!?
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And what exactly do you think would happen?
I'm not talking SUPER magnet, but honestly, what component of the phone do you think is in anyway affected by a magnet?
There is a myth that magnets destroy electronics. Sure you can use a magnet to wipe a hard drive (not flash storage, talking magnetic disk) but it takes a SUPER strong magnet with a concentrated beam to do even that.
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And what exactly do you think would happen?
I'm not talking SUPER magnet, but honestly, what component of the phone do you think is in anyway affected by a magnet?
There is a myth that magnets destroy electronics. Sure you can use a magnet to wipe a hard drive (not flash storage, talking magnetic disk) but it takes a SUPER strong magnet with a concentrated beam to do even that.
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Magnets will not do anything, Blackberry uses one to turn the screen on/off
did you get it out????
Not yet still trying. .already voided the warrenty
It seems that the port on the DHD no longer has that firm grip on the cable as it once had, as the cable falls out way too easily (at the slightest touch).
Any engineering ideas as to how to remedy this without hosing the connection?
Thanks...
Pocket Lint - magnifying glass and a very thin piece of wire or something that will reach up inside the socket and pick the lint out. Have had to do this several times
Yeah, after a year my cable became very loose, just buy a new cable from eBay... lol it costed me £0.99/ or $1.50 lol it grips fine now
BadLar said:
Pocket Lint - magnifying glass and a very thin piece of wire or something that will reach up inside the socket and pick the lint out. Have had to do this several times
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Thanks. That did the trick. It's not quite as grippy as I would have liked, but much better nonetheless.
I couldn't help but notice your join date in 2008 and that this is your one and only post about pocket lint. You were just chomping at the bit to answer this, weren't you.
what I did was use a thin needle and get all the stuff out on both sides of the thing inside the socket (toke a while) and it was good as new
I just ordered a new charger as mine was doing the same. Just cleaned it with a paper clip and my old one works fine now. Doh!
So me being the careless guy I am, accidentally spills some water on my phone while it was charging. It wasn't a lot of water and the phone seems okay so far (knocks on wood). I did spill a bit of water on the charger as well and I did dry it off before plugging it back in.
But half a hour later, I smell something burning and realized that the charger as well as the bottom of my phone (where the battery is?) were dangerously hot. I've since unplugged it but my question is, have I done significant damage to my battery?
Battery should be ok, your charging port could be damaged.
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Battery should be ok, your charging port could be damaged.
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Checked this morning and it is. Phone won't charge anymore... is there any way to fix this?
racin910 said:
Checked this morning and it is. Phone won't charge anymore... is there any way to fix this?
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Yes, the part the charging port is on is fairly easy to replace. You should get a new charger too.
DrFredPhD said:
Yes, the part the charging port is on is fairly easy to replace. You should get a new charger too.
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OK thanks! And just to make sure, this is the right part right?
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/lg-n...charging port&utm_campaign=JerryRigEverything
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OK thanks! And just to make sure, this is the right part right?
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/lg-n...charging port&utm_campaign=JerryRigEverything
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That's the one. You'll need a few tools too, t5 screwdriver, small Phillips screwdriver and some plastic tool, guitar picks can work well
DrFredPhD said:
That's the one. You'll need a few tools too, t5 screwdriver, small Phillips screwdriver and some plastic tool, guitar picks can work well
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Alright. Thank you very much!
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OK thanks! And just to make sure, this is the right part right?
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/lg-n...charging port&utm_campaign=JerryRigEverything
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Right part, but you can get one off eBay for $12 with free shipping (USD, not sure about to Canada though).
so, Ive wanted a magnetic car dock for a while. Airdock makes a nice one. but the airdock 2 is not available. at least last time i checked. So i decided to make one. this has been an on going project for about a month. the first one i made was quite simple. very much like the one on youtube. just 4 magnets placed in a LG charging pad. problem was, the charging would start and stop randomly. I assumed it had to do with the magnet locations. some how it was effecting the charging (considering Qi charging is magnetic)
back to the drawing board! and then project after project lol. I think i must have made 8 docks. all had issues and I was not satisfied. I even made one out of carbon fiber, or an attempt to! didnt turn out well.. then I went a bit out side of the box. so heres what i did
First, i had an extra Turbo battery cover. i plastic dipped that. my theory was plastic dip would work as a release agent for my next step. then I took an old iphone bumper case my wife had and used that as my frame.. alined 4 magnets next to the moto symbol (i put 2 small peaces of metal in that area in side the phone) then i used tap to cover all the gaps the case would have on the phone, and poured in a full tube of plastic weld epoxy. I had no clue what would happen but i was willing to try!
after everything cured it worked really well.. I was able to take the epoxy off the phone cover fairly easly (you can see it pulled off some of the vz and droid writing.. as well as the moto symbol)
now, i have a form that matches the turbo exactly.
the next step was just a mater of sanding and cutting off any of the over pour and any imperfections in the epoxy.
then i put in the wireless charging pad
next, i plastic dipped the front (being rubber it works really well as a non slip surface)
then i warped the outside in some auto chrome trim
and that was that! new charging dock for my car that fits like a glove! because it matches the turbos curves, it auto centers it self. and holds super tight! phone wont move at all... very happy with the out come.. let me know what you guys think! thanks
thats really sweet ill buy one ?
That looks sweet!!!
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Would love to see some links to the supplies you used. I've been wanting to make my own magnetic car dock.
Bad ass! I already tried to make a dock, but it doesn't charge, and the magnets don't hold that well. I don't have the patience (or cajones to open up my phone) to try this.
Im Saint said:
Would love to see some links to the supplies you used. I've been wanting to make my own magnetic car dock.
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Not really links I could use as everything i got was locally bought. Magnets from ace hardware. Cheap iPhone 4 case. Plastic dip and plastic weld epoxy made by jb weld. Got that stuff at pep boys. Just gotta get creative lol. Oh, and the small metal I put in the phone was from my Wifes ear rings =). Super thin metal. Earrings work great!
Wait... why does it look like it's Qi charging??? Did I miss that step?
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Wait... why does it look like it's Qi charging??? Did I miss that step?
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Guess so lol. There's a pic and I said "then I put in the wireless charging pad".
zathus said:
Not really links I could use as everything i got was locally bought. Magnets from ace hardware. Cheap iPhone 4 case. Plastic dip and plastic weld epoxy made by jb weld. Got that stuff at pep boys. Just gotta get creative lol. Oh, and the small metal I put in the phone was from my Wifes ear rings =). Super thin metal. Earrings work great!
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Fair enough!
I guess what I really wanted to know was which wireless charging pad you had in there. Just a generic Qi charger?
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Fair enough!
I guess what I really wanted to know was which wireless charging pad you had in there. Just a generic Qi charger?
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Oh of course.
http://www.shopandroid.com/lg-wcp-300-qi-wireless-charging-pad/5A233A18004.htm
That was just the first link I found. I got mine for like 20 bucks.
I guess I should add, I cut the back off a cheap car dock and glued it to the back of the wireless charging pad.
Just checking in - any issues with this long term? All sensors working? Does the compass work properly while on the stand?
How much would you say this cost in total? $50?
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How much would you say this cost in total? $50?
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Yeah. About that I'd say
Necro-posting...
When the phone back cover was open, did it look like there was enough room to install a metal ring, for use with current magnetic phone holders (Qi chargers)? I have to open the case to replace the battery and figured I might try a magnetic Qi mount as well (easier to rotate from portrait to landscape without a large plastic exo-frame). It's that, or use a thin cover and put the ring between the phone and the accessory cover (I have the ballistic nylon back).
A bit of a random one that falls under the "I crap you not" category, but it seems the combination of slippery glass back + a wireless charger (non-Samsung brand) that has a high pitch whine seems to be just enough to cause the phone to slowly rotate until it completely falls off the charger after about 5 minutes.
Just throwing it out there in case I'm not the only one. I'm going to be putting a Ringke slim case on it in a couple days like I did with the S3, S4, and S5 which will solve the problem.
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A bit of a random one that falls under the "I crap you not" category, but it seems the combination of slippery glass back + a wireless charger (non-Samsung brand) that has a high pitch whine seems to be just enough to cause the phone to slowly rotate until it completely falls off the charger after about 5 minutes.
Just throwing it out there in case I'm not the only one. I'm going to be putting a Ringke slim case on it in a couple days like I did with the S3, S4, and S5 which will solve the problem.
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Why not use IF to make a rule: If it's charging, turn vibrate off?
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ifttt.ifttt&hl=en
entropism said:
Why not use IF to make a rule: If it's charging, turn vibrate off?
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The phone's vibrator isn't what's vibrating. My guess is it's inductor coil whine that's causing just enough vibration to rotate the phone off the pad (wiki has a page called Coil noise)
Oh wow, that's... kind of awesome, in the worst way possible. I'll say this: I have no issues whatsoever with my Nokia Qi chargers, the D900s I believe? The plates that AT&T sold for the Lumia 920, and they blew out for $5 each a while back. Awesome, awesome chargers.
buy some thin rubber film that has an adhesive on one side and put it on the pad.
*snarky comment removed sry*
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buy some thin rubber film that has an adhesive on one side and put it on the pad.
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This. Just a thin rubber film should suffice.
By the way, have anybody tried to use wireless charging with the S6 wrapped in a protective case? I read about materials and wireless charging and I read even 1 cm of plastic barrier should not be a problem, but just wanted to make sure if somebody has tried it already.
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This. Just a thin rubber film should suffice.
By the way, have anybody tried to use wireless charging with the S6 wrapped in a protective case? I read about materials and wireless charging and I read even 1 cm of plastic barrier should not be a problem, but just wanted to make sure if somebody has tried it already.
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Plastic / rubber should be transparent to wireless charging, and my S6 connects to the pad with even a 1/4" air gap.
Get one of these things
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/2-X-Gel-Anti...t=LH_DefaultDomain_0&var=&hash=item3ce9f56ac8
I wouldn't ever use it in a car, but for your purposes it'll do well.
...I use them underneath my cutting boards haha.
It seams that it really happens, very weird though.
Look at the review below, at 16:05 while is wireless charging.
Speed_Br said:
It seams that it really happens, very weird though.
Look at the review below, at 16:05 while is wireless charging.
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Wow you have a good eye, but yeah at 16:10 you can see the USB port on the phone starts rotating away from the USB cord.
At the cost of a scratch to the bottom left of my S6 I can confirm that it will vibrate off of the charger even if it is placed in the centre of it. Its disappointing that Samsung hasn't tested the phone's wireless charging and picked up on this. I've contacted Samsung to see if anything can be done about it and I'll let you know if/when I get a reply.
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At the cost of a scratch to the bottom left of my S6 I can confirm that it will vibrate off of the charger even if it is placed in the centre of it. Its disappointing that Samsung hasn't tested the phone's wireless charging and picked up on this. I've contacted Samsung to see if anything can be done about it and I'll let you know if/when I get a reply.
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It doesn't vibrate off the PMA charger I am using
Is it an LG by any change? Have the same issue with mine, you can watch it rotate in real time. Kinda cool, sort of. lol
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This. Just a thin rubber film should suffice.
By the way, have anybody tried to use wireless charging with the S6 wrapped in a protective case? I read about materials and wireless charging and I read even 1 cm of plastic barrier should not be a problem, but just wanted to make sure if somebody has tried it already.
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my slim armor with plastic+TPU charges with the pad perfectly fine