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Where to get replacement parts?

Is there a company out there that I can order replacement parts for my I-Mate? Specifically right now I need a speaker; but what if I need a motherboard or a button in the future?
I know there are some guys with screens and cases; but no one I can find has the speaker or other internal items. Any help out there?

zilla1126 said:
...I know there are some guys with screens and cases; but no one I can find has the speaker or other internal items. Any help out there?
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I've been looking all over for someone that sells replacement cases (housings) for my MDA2... Do you know of anyone?
Oh, and unfortunatley I don't know a place or someone that might sell the spares you want...
Thanks!
Sergio

In fact I do need a new mother board and can't find a source for it, has anyone got any ideas.
If I find a source I will let you know

It's a pitty...
This does not make any sense... :evil:
The Himalaya is one of the most popular PPCPhones out there and still it's very difficult (if not impossible) to find replacement parts (from mobos to housings)
It's amazing to see parts (even generic) for old, cheap-o & discontinued models but not for our little more expensive devices. :roll:

Spares for the Athena, anywhere?

Can anyone lead me to where to find a spare enclosure (not an external case).
The one that holds the whole thing together. Ok I need some help here to find the right term
My Athena fallen and I now got a bent Athena. An art piece I'm sure, but rather have it back to its shape, you know?!
So does anyone know where to find spares?

why dont you take a picture so we could see what exactly you need

Will need to find a mirror as it is the only camera I have
Anyhow I just find what it is. Is the SHELL. The black aluminum shell.
Is anywhere to be found it as a spare?
Thank you

Look in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356828

silviu.h said:
Look in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=356828
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Thank you.
I ordered the spare casing. Will post how it goes....

Sorted!!
I have received the casing, followed instructions and I now have a bright new Athena
The only bad thing is that the camera button and the volume sliders are missing from the replacing casing. and the camera button is a nightmare to take it over from the old one.
If anyone needs assistance with replacing the casing, just PM and I'll do my best to help.

So which did you get in the end, the brando one?
I'm contemplating doing mine at some point, it's pretty scarred.

I did go for the brando and it took about a week to receive it in Scotland.
The instructions are quite easy to follow, but the tools are a must, specially the flat tool to push the parts open. I got mine here when I repaired my powerMAC a few weeks ago.

does someone know where to get a new digitizer? my one is broken (the LCD itself is still fine) and I ordered this one. But they refunded me my money and said they are out of stock
Any suggestions?

Try the brando website.
It looks like they have a lot of spare parts...
If you can't find it, try to contact them, I got a few parts not listed this way.
Good luck

nForce
does someone know where to get a new digitizer? my one is broken
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You can try here
http://www.gpsmidlands.co.uk/index.php?category=Pda Digitisers
but this is £90 of her majesty money
the one in your ebay link for £19 is unbelievable, are they for real?
Regards

they said they are out of stock but they promised to contact me if they get some "digitizer-only"
currently they only have full LCD screens for £150
as far as I can see the dealer seems to be realiable...

Need to find replacement ear pc. receiver. Help Please.

I work in a machine shop and there are a lot of very fine steel chips everywhere. When I put my phone in my pocket all of the fine chips get sucked into the phone from the external speaker magnet and the ear pc receiver magnet. The same thing was happening to me when I had a NexTel phone that had a much more powerful external speaker so, it was kind of understandable. But, at any rate I took the phone completely apart and cleaned the external speaker and that sounds fine now. I also cleaned the ear pc speaker but, I think some steel chips are too far in because the speaker still sounds like **** or it blew from having the chips on it too long. I would rather just replace the speaker myself instead of getting a re-furbished replacement from t-mobile. I looked all over but can't find a replacement ear pc. at all. It would be really cool if anybody know a place to get these type of pcs. Thanks in advance.

Come on guys. You mean to tell me that nobody on this forum knows where to get replacement parts. I find that hard to believe.

Thanks for the help. Lol

Mike,
If nobody has replied, then I guarantee you that nobody who has read your question knows where to find that part.
Now, there are a number of places that sell some types of replacement parts for the HD2...things like digitizers/screens, outer shells, buttons, etc, but I've never seen an item like the speaker you need sold through any distributor. That's the kind of part that rarely finds it's way into normal distribution channels, and so your best bet is to find a junked HD2 that doesn't work for some other reason, but has no problem with the earpiece, and then it would just be up to you to extract the component you need and pop it into your unit.
You can just do a regular google search for "HD2 replacement parts" to find the standard outlets for that type of thing, but I honestly doubt any of them will have exactly what you're looking for.

a few weeks ago I remember seeing a bricked hd2 for sale on ebay for parts. perhaps you can check ebay.
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UncleMike1 said:
Thanks for the help. Lol
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whoa, slow down UncleMike. At least 48 before getting excited. Im trying to fine the tiny LED cover for the back of my phone or just a whole rear plastic. So far this guy tells me he can get whatever. Cellular Parts USA. Give it a shot. Best of luck.

techboydino said:
whoa, slow down UncleMike. At least 48 before getting excited. Im trying to fine the tiny LED cover for the back of my phone or just a whole rear plastic. So far this guy tells me he can get whatever. Cellular Parts USA. Give it a shot. Best of luck.
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yeah that will be ideal if that guy can get he earpiece for it...he's got some for other models anyway. I note that he's got the pic and the title messed up for the HD2, it's listed as the "Touch HD2", with a pic of a TouchHD...and he's using the HD2 pic for the HD Mini lol.

Thanks everyone. I'll try the cell parts website that was mentioned and if that doesn't work I'll just do a claim on my insurance and get a functional refurbished one. It sucks, but what are you gonna do. I frown uppon refurbished phones. Lol. Thanks again guys for the responses.

www dot htcrepairparts dot com/internal-speaker-front-for-htc-hd-p-3043.html

Byebye my beloved HD2

And most probably the XDA HD2 forum
I recently dropped my HD2 in the ground, resulting in a broken lcd AND digitizer
I saw the post where one of the members here changed it, and it contained links to official assemble/disassemble videos. I got my hopes up,and searched around for a replacement lcm. I was recommended [email protected] I bought one, and watched all the material in the post I found. I watched it, watched it again...and than again. I was ready to change it and restore my HD2 to it's glory.
all done and.....wtf, touch does not work..... after opening it again I can see I manage to tear the ribboncable from the digitized to the LCD I can't afford to buy another replacement LCM... So this is goodbye (probably)...and back to my trusty old Hero...
Thanks for listening

!!!!! why did you have to do it all by ur self u should have bought the lcm module an given it to some comp engineer to do it for u!!! anyways how did u manage to seperate it from the housing (i couldnt do it till now i know i know im a Hippocrit )

well I have made phone repairs earlier with self-bought parts, and I have a degree in service electronics. The place the cable is torn, is where it's soldered to the lcd/IC. Tried re-soldering it, but for some reason the the solder will not stick.
But I think I will save money for a month or two and buy a Desire HD or a Incredible S

siddharth singh said:
anyways how did u manage to seperate it from the housing (i couldnt do it till now i know i know im a Hippocrit )
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Thats the easy part
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=701003
Check it out
Anyways, you should have plastic pryer, I got one with the replacement LCM.

no matter how hard i try the housing just doesnt want to open and btw its not my fault that i didnt know that u had a degree

[Q] How is this part of htc magic called?

Hi, nice forum you got there
I recently bought htc magic, but one part is missing (see image, at the bottom of the phone)
img856.imageshack.us/img856/8867/dsc00882u.jpg (I am not allowed to post link to that image directly yet, just add http behind it)
how exactly is it called and where can I buy it online?
Regards
httcfan

httcfan said:
Hi, nice forum you got there
I recently bought htc magic, but one part is missing (see image, at the bottom of the phone)
img856.imageshack.us/img856/8867/dsc00882u.jpg (I am not allowed to post link to that image directly yet, just add http behind it)
how exactly is it called and where can I buy it online?
Regards
httcfan
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Looks like part of the case missing. No idea what you would call it or if you could buy it by itself
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I was told its antenna (thats why I can not get good signal most of the time). But I can't find it where to buy it.

Housing or cover. More specifically - back cover or battery cover
It has nothing to do with antenna.
Just search on ebay..
http://cgi.ebay.com/BATTERY-Door-Ba...016215?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e60bcf957
http://cgi.ebay.com/Housing-Case-Co...981478?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item41554cf6a6

mumilover said:
Housing or cover. More specifically - back cover or battery cover
It has nothing to do with antenna.
Just search on ebay..
http://cgi.ebay.com/BATTERY-Door-Ba...016215?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item1e60bcf957
http://cgi.ebay.com/Housing-Case-Co...981478?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item41554cf6a6
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I think he was talking about that missing piece at the bottom. Theres a part there that comes off first when I take apart magics that I guessed might be part of the antenna
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Ohh... my bad :0)

mumilover said:
Ohh... my bad :0)
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Do you know if that can be bought seperate? Or would he have to buy a replacement housing for just that one part?
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tvall said:
Do you know if that can be bought seperate? Or would he have to buy a replacement housing for just that one part?
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Good question. By the way I don't see that part included in that housing ebay listing he posted either. Should it be included?

httcfan said:
Good question. By the way I don't see that part included in that housing ebay listing he posted either. Should it be included?
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You might have to buy a complete housing to get that one part.
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What I was trying to say is that I don't see that part included in any housing packages that are being sold online.
Any more opinions?

If it's a complete housing then it should have it.
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That thing is the antenna, I know when I replaced 32A black housing with white one, that part didnt had any flex antenna in it, and the signal was extremely low, so if you are buying this from ebay, you must get that flex black antenna with it, otherwise its of no use. Hope you can get it somewhere=)

The housing will not have the antenna.
I just replaced mine... the housing did not include that part.

Serris said:
That thing is the antenna, I know when I replaced 32A black housing with white one, that part didnt had any flex antenna in it, and the signal was extremely low, so if you are buying this from ebay, you must get that flex black antenna with it, otherwise its of no use. Hope you can get it somewhere=)
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That flex antenna thing which goes to the top of the phone? Its already in my phone. I don't think that flex thing goes at the bottom too. Might be wrong though.
Another thing - may be it is possible to DIY somehow? I mean usually antennas are just "piece of wire". So maybe good electrician could work something out? Just an idea.

that is antenna, but changing housing wont have that part.
you dont need to change that part to change housing.

httcfan said:
That flex antenna thing which goes to the top of the phone? Its already in my phone. I don't think that flex thing goes at the bottom too. Might be wrong though.
Another thing - may be it is possible to DIY somehow? I mean usually antennas are just "piece of wire". So maybe good electrician could work something out? Just an idea.
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The upper flex antennas are for Bluetooth and GPS, bottom one is for mobile signal
About DYI, I belive its possibile, as you have said it is "a piece of wire" , though I dont know wil that end up, if you manage to do that somehow could you inform us how?
But you could buy flex anntenas for BT and GPS from ebay (upper ones), and cut them so they fit to signal antenna, just a thought =)
Here is the link to ebay.

Serris said:
The upper flex antennas are for Bluetooth and GPS, bottom one is for mobile signal
About DYI, I belive its possibile, as you have said it is "a piece of wire" , though I dont know wil that end up, if you manage to do that somehow could you inform us how?
But you could buy flex anntenas for BT and GPS from ebay (upper ones), and cut them so they fit to signal antenna, just a thought =)
Here is the link to ebay.
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Thx for the link... i actually need them... i had to change the housing without those items... They just costed me 7.5$
Hope its worth it :0)

mumilover said:
Thx for the link... i actually need them... i had to change the housing without those items... They just costed me 7.5$
Hope its worth it :0)
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I think 'antennas' can be replaced with foil - at least that's what I have in my magic after realising the original was missing. Its not ideal but it works!
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