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XDA II Rear connecter socket and SDIO slot

I know there are lots of conflicting answers to the bluetooth and WiFi included in the XDA II but dose anyone know if they are looking to so replacement rear covers with WiFi built in and will connect to the socket behind the rear cover, Most people are saying use SDIO WiFi cards well thats fine and probley cheaper that a genuine built in (added-on) one but is the SD slot still on the bottom or on the top like the ipaq 5450 only a SD card sticking from the bottom of the device is more likeley to get damaged
john

Does anyone know how to hiding SD WiFi into XDA II

I saw a solution @ http://tw.page.bid.yahoo.com/tw/auction/1130284105?aucview=search
The SD WiFi card can build inside XDA II.
But I want to know detail. Does anyone know how to make it?

Hmm, that's very interesting!
Please, post more details here if you find them.

@slash_tsai
I can't read taiwanees but if you're able to read a it can you translate what this guy is offering.
If I'm not wrong he is selling something about this solution. Can you tell what he is selling and for how much!
thanks

Has anyone tried
contacting the guy/gal?
I don't speak a word of ".tw", so I can't do it..
He/she might be able to share some info on the thingy..?
Just my two cents..

Babelfish is your friend ;-)
XDA O2 changes the contents net card.. May not need the SD memory card the inconvenient...... SD memory card which exchanges with the non- wire card trades all to be allowed forever to miss in SD inserts in Cao. Also may wireless access the net. Does not have to add any switch to be allowed to use the SD card withdrawal insertion to make the cut to have to use the SD memory card. Or in constructs non- wire card............. Let your gate not need the belt not to need to exchange trades the SD memory card with the non- wire card between... Also cannot because the non- wire card reveal not to be convenient.... Supplies for oneself the SDIO non- wire card 3000... Not non- wire card 6300.... The reequipment guarantees the solid.. 3 month
Scorch.

Babelfish has go to be SMOKING something heavy! ;-)
Anyone who speaks the native language?

the one who posted the url

Ok, our funky fish has helped me with the Q/A on the auction:
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Question 6
Richly888 (201): The reequipment must opening machine?
Answer
Henlee0638 (251): The reequipment must opening machine
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Looks like you have to open the device to install the "thingy"?! :shock:
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Oh! And I allso found:
"Delivers in person.. Because must reequip.. Must bringing machine come"
YIKES!

Have found this guys yahoo messenger address.
at this time (15:14 PM GMT+1) he his online and is talking. I'll put his answers here after he finishes.
Thus Far:
henlee0638 : HI
hatamat: About your solution for building in SDIO WIFI in the XDA II
henlee0638 : I BUILT IN MYSELF
hatamat: So you don't sell info and chips etc?
henlee0638 : + micro control to switch sdio / sd card
henlee0638 : you mean ? from where you are
hatamat: The netherlands
hatamat: Well what I mean is: Is it possible to share the knowledge and a instruction guide so I can built my own?
hatamat: If nessary I'll pay for the instructions
henlee0638 : can ican share
henlee0638 : later i call you back....going out a minute
hatamat: OK
Mark

Lookin' good!
I might have to dig up my old soldering iron again..

hhhmmmm.... The only reason I am waiting for the XDA3 is for the internal wifi, if this works it would be totaly cool!.............

Great! Can't wait to get instructions!

... and waiting.... and waiting... and then some waiting.... :wink:
... In the meantime you can learn some basic skills to open your XDAII. :lol: Check my guide here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=8525&highlight=i+fixed+speaker+problem

Sounds good too
Only reason for XDA 3, and I 've got a spare sdio wifi card...

See my post with pictures towards the bottom of the following thread :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=10078&highli
It is very possible to hide the SD WiFi card in (well almost...) the XDA2. Short of getting it operational, this solution I find is very usable!

Sorry for this late reply but this was not because I didn't post but the guy who would supply the info let me waiting.
After long wait he has decided not to share or sell the instructions.
For me this case is still not closed but I think it is gonna take longer to aquire the info.
Mark

Dual sim (or twin sim ) (or ghost sim ) adapter in prophet

Hi all!
which is the best dual sim adapter for prophet?
I saw many auctions on ebay, but I don't know which one to buy..
is this good?
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...50007856399&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
Of course I don't want to cut the sim, but I don't know if there is enough room for bending the adaptor, or if it does fit well and it isn't too thick..
I also saw this one (I know that it requires to cut the sims):
http://cgi.ebay.it/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...50007376601&rd=1&sspagename=STRK:MEWA:IT&rd=1
is this ok? or is it too thick?
If someone is successfully using such a device, could kindly answer to this thread putting images of the PDA and the adapter?
Thank you

[Hardware Hacks] Oh The Possibilities..

While chatting with dougie187 in the ##adamroot IRC, I was wondering if the antenna was still included in units that are ordered without 3G.
Then got to thinking the possibilities and options available in using the mini PCI-e port. There are a few CDMA cards, I am assuming it would be a matter of drivers and then it was mentioned, the issue with it asking for a SIM card.
Other options I saw was a DIY Sata SSD PCI-e adapter, CF Card to Mini PCI-E Adapter and ZIF CE 1.8 Inch HDD to Mini PCI-E Adapter.
Any ideas?
-CC
i.e. :http://www.amazon.com/RunCore-70mm-50mm-Converter-Adapter/dp/B003BK4OZ8
http://www.amazon.com/CablesToBuy-I...?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1296584829&sr=1-23
http://www.amazon.com/CF-Card-Mini-PCI-Adapter/dp/B003MMS4SS/ref=pd_cp_e_3
dougie187 linked http://www.hwtools.net/CardReader/MR04R.html

Antenna shouldn't be a problem, they normally come with the card and according to the pictures relatively easy to fit in. The question will be, is the Sim Card connector installed.

I'd like to see if we can upgrade to a bigger flash drive. 8 gb is kinda weak.

Greg G said:
I'd like to see if we can upgrade to a bigger flash drive. 8 gb is kinda weak.
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You can't "upgrade" the internal 8GB, but you can pop in an sd card and/or usb drive for an additional 128GB +/-...
-CC

clockcycle said:
You can't "upgrade" the internal 8GB, but you can pop in an sd card and/or usb drive for an additional 128GB +/-...
-CC
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You *might* be able to upgrade the internal 8GB, but it would take some serious modding. It would not be an easy upgrade by any means, and would require some soldering, if it's possible at all. I would not recommend it to anyone for that matter, but someone who REALLY wanted to do it, might be able to.

jupppo said:
Antenna shouldn't be a problem, they normally come with the card and according to the pictures relatively easy to fit in. The question will be, is the Sim Card connector installed.
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I have a LCD version without 3G. According to the manual the 3G slot sits directly next to the micro sd slot (bottom front corner) so I assume its some sort of shared module or they conveniently sit right next to each other. My version only has a sd slot so I am doubting any 3G hardware is installed. My guess of course.

techboydino said:
I have a LCD version without 3G. According to the manual the 3G slot sits directly next to the micro sd slot (bottom front corner) so I assume its some sort of shared module or they conveniently sit right next to each other. My version only has a sd slot so I am doubting any 3G hardware is installed. My guess of course.
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Thanks for clarifying it, seems paying the extra $ for the hardware may be worth it.
-CC

clockcycle said:
You can't "upgrade" the internal 8GB, but you can pop in an sd card and/or usb drive for an additional 128GB +/-...
-CC
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Where would the sd card connect? Assume you don't mean micro sd or we would be talking 32g. Too bad NI didn't go with an SDHC slot instead of the micro sd. Seems like there would be plenty of room for it.
EDIT: Reread your first post. Guess you are thinking we can tie into the mini PCI-e port. That's there or 3G?

Installing 3G doesn't seem to be an option, when there is no sim card connector. As for the internal memory upgrade I see two possibilities:
1) when the miniPCe is fully connected an we find an android tablet with a SSD that provides the device drivers, so that we can port them to the Adam
2) physically mount an usb flash drive internally, reworking one of the external usb ports to do this. There seems to be enough space internally that could fit a dismantelled jump drive..

Any of those SSD adaptors are likely only meant to support the non-standard MiniPCIe implementation that you find in Eee PCs.

tgoode said:
Any of those SSD adaptors are likely only meant to support the non-standard MiniPCIe implementation that you find in Eee PCs.
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Regardless what miniPCIe implementation you use, you need two things to make it work:
1) Firmware/Bios support
2) Android drivers
My hope lies on the new tablets coming out with SSD's, so that Firmware can be ported and drivers can be used.

jupppo said:
Regardless what miniPCIe implementation you use, you need two things to make it work:
1) Firmware/Bios support
2) Android drivers
My hope lies on the new tablets coming out with SSD's, so that Firmware can be ported and drivers can be used.
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Perhaps I need to be clearer.
A majority of MiniPCIe SSDs are designed specifically to only work with the eee PC or Dell Mini 9 netbooks. In these non-standard implementations, the PCIe lanes in the MiniPCIe slot are replaced with USB2.0 or SATA depending on if it is the Asus or Dell implementation. They are electrically incompatible with slots that are designed to the true MiniPCIe specification, which is what you most often see being used for 3G modems.
So - here is the question - Does the Adam have a true MiniPCIe slot (likely) or a Dell or Asus implementation (unlikely)?

Oh the possibilities huh...lets see then what are some of the possibilities.
Of course mPCIe card add-ons provided they are non-variant implementation (as stated above, i never knew) not sure how to tell the difference. more info
Open aux port on the 3G card so a external antenna plug.
Swap out microSD for Standard size SD.
Magsafe power cord
Vibration
Laptop Lockdown port
One True white Bright LED
or
A crap ton of ugly rainbow LEDs (and the obligatory clear case *yuck)
Built in induction charger
Audio-in jack
A barometer
As mentioned internal Flash drive.
Add near field communications chip
Back track pad.
Add Infra Red
Solder on more internal memory.
Wacom Pen
I would not know how to do much of anything on this list, just looking for a jumping off point for people. Anyone else got any ideas?

tgoode said:
Perhaps I need to be clearer.
A majority of MiniPCIe SSDs are designed specifically to only work with the eee PC or Dell Mini 9 netbooks. In these non-standard implementations, the PCIe lanes in the MiniPCIe slot are replaced with USB2.0 or SATA depending on if it is the Asus or Dell implementation. They are electrically incompatible with slots that are designed to the true MiniPCIe specification, which is what you most often see being used for 3G modems.
So - here is the question - Does the Adam have a true MiniPCIe slot (likely) or a Dell or Asus implementation (unlikely)?
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Are you sure? I've done quite a bit of searching around and it seems post MiniPCIe implementations have either a SATA or PATA controller embedded. For example: Search newegg for SSDMAEMC040G2C1 (Sorry about the link, but apparently I don't have enough posts to be link trustworthy :\)
Am I correct in assuming this should work once drivers are provided?

BuckeyBall said:
Are you sure? I've done quite a bit of searching around and it seems post MiniPCIe implementations have either a SATA or PATA controller embedded. For example: www (dot) newegg (dot) com/Product/Product (dot) aspx?Item=N82E16820167039&cm_re=MiniPCIe-_-20-167-039-_-Product[/url]
Am I correct in assuming this should work once drivers are provided?
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No, there needs to be BIOS support for SATA/PATA as well. All SSD's (and USB storage) needs to have some kind of controller, that's normal.
And as said earlier, some SSD's won't work due to incompatibility, but they normally say that in the specs of the SSD.

Sometimes, microSD is better than SD

I've seen many people complain that they wish the Iconia had a full-size SD slot and not a microSD one. Today, I realized that microSD can be a big advantage.
My wife is on a school trip this weekend, currently on a bus with 60 high-schoolers. She just called because she realized that she'd left behind some important instructions that she's supposed to read to the kids on the bus. I can e-mail them to her, but the problem is that the tablet (my Acer Iconia) doesn't have a WiFi connection on the bus and lacks 3G so she can't receive the e-mail there. The instructions would be too small to easily read from her phone. Fortunately, her phone is an Android one with a microSD card. So, I've e-mailed her the instructions - she can save them on the microSD card, swap the card into the tablet, copy the file to the tablet's memory, and then return the cards. This will put the document on the tablet, where she can easily read it.
This made me realize that a similar solution would be useful with photos. I can take the photos on my camera, copy them to the tablet and convert the RAW images to 800x600 JPGs. Next, I can put the JPGs on a microSD card in the tablet's card slot and then put that card into an Android phone to e-mail them as desired. True, having 3G on the tablet, or setting up tethering with the phone, would be better options, but neither are available to me at the present. So, this will be a great solution - when I replace my iPhone with an Android (I hope to have a Samsung Galaxy SII LTE/Skyrocket soon).

Thanks for that post. It just shows how far we have come with technology over the years and how tablets are becoming part of every day life.

Just be careful putting the SD card in and out of devices. I think the locking tab on most micro SD cards is much too small and will wear off. This will make the card not hold in.Safari as the Iconia its tough to get micro card locked in .for me anyway.I don't think micro slots should be mechanically spring loaded to small to work correctly.
You can do Bluetooth file sharing between tablet and iteration non android devices.just pare them. I think you have to send the file from the phone.

From my touch pro2 i send files to the A500 via bluetooth. Im sure you can do the same with a android phone. I wouldnt go swapping cards from device to device.

Why didn't she just connect her Android phone to the USB port of your iconia via the cable?

erica_renee said:
You can do Bluetooth file sharing between tablet and iteration non android devices.just pare them. I think you have to send the file from the phone.
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Thanks, I'll have to give that a try when she brings the tablet back.

drkalo said:
Why didn't she just connect her Android phone to the USB port of your iconia via the cable?
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Well, that would have been possible, if she'd had the cable available on the bus.

Looking for my sd slot on my nexus s
Sent from my Nexus S 4G using Tapatalk

nfazz said:
From my touch pro2 i send files to the A500 via bluetooth. Im sure you can do the same with a android phone. I wouldnt go swapping cards from device to device.
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I've found that bluetooth usually works pretty well for transferring small files. It seems to be too slow to transfer larger files quickly, however. With files over 20mb in size I try to use a cable, or even a thumb drive with the acer.
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drkalo said:
Why didn't she just connect her Android phone to the USB port of your iconia via the cable?
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also, my Acer doesn't seem to recognize my android phone when I connect them via usb cable. I'm using an LG Revolution. Maybe it works on other phones, but maybe the acer just won't recognize another android os?

erica_renee said:
Just be careful putting the SD card in and out of devices. I think the locking tab on most micro SD cards is much too small and will wear off..
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Do the MicroSD cards have locking tabs? The ones I have dont.... thought it was only on the full size.
But aside from that... the OP had the exact same thought as me when I got my tab. Although i really wanted a full size SD slot for the extra capacity and to swap with my camera, I ended up using a Mini/Full SD adapter to use the Minis in my camera.

I bought this from my local Kmart and use the USB adapter in my A500 to read MicroSD from my phone or another tablet. Beats the crap out of actually trying to fiddle the one out from my tablet, and it has the bonus of being able to plug into my PC and my car stereo's USB port if I want to listen to music from it.
http://www.amazon.com/Micro-SDHC-Ad...J7FA/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1321670793&sr=8-2
Works really well and its a tiny little thing, I can leave it plugged into my tablets USB port all the time and it doesn't get in the way too much at all.

Cheasy123 said:
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also, my Acer doesn't seem to recognize my android phone when I connect them via usb cable. I'm using an LG Revolution. Maybe it works on other phones, but maybe the acer just won't recognize another android os?
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You need to turn on USB storage on the phone!

kpfx said:
Do the MicroSD cards have locking tabs? The ones I have dont.... thought it was only on the full size.
But aside from that... the OP had the exact same thought as me when I got my tab. Although i really wanted a full size SD slot for the capacity and to swap with my camera, I just used one of the SD adapters to use the Minis in devices that use full sezed.
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Not write protect locking. Ian refering to the tiny bump on the side of the card that holds it into the slot.This is not used on many phones. But the Iconia SD card locked in by this tab.I have a SD card I used alot between two phones with music on it.this card will not stay in position on my tablet that lock (little bump on card) is worn off

drkalo said:
You need to turn on USB storage on the phone!
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Even with USB storage turned on it won't recognize it! My computer can see both drives on my phone just fine but the tablet gets nothing :/

I intentionally bought a micro SD card + SD adapter for my digital camera so I can easily swap the card into my tablet to transfer photos over. Yes, a USB adapter would have done the job with a regular SD but this is one less thing to carry around. Now I can swap Micro SDs between my tablet, camera and phone. It feels good to be connected