Makes a HD2 be a T9193 and not a T8585????
The reason I'm asking is because I disemboweled my T9193 and I cannot find another one at a decent price, but I might be able to buy a T8585 for a reasonable price and if the key part it still in one piece may be a repair shop can swap them around.
Or that does not makes any sense?
Thanks,
Should be the mainboard and possibly the lcd and outer housing. The 8585 is the 1024 Mb TMOUS right?
If so, then definitely the board would be different, and I think the Euro HD2's have a different lcd display than the TMOUS's.
What piece do you need to replace anyway?
I don't really know to be honest...
It started with the usb port problem but after several disasembling combined with my lack of experience and use of wrong tools I don't know how far the damage is, especially because after I screwed a couple of things up I kind of gave for granted that the phone was not salvagable and started "peeling" things off just to see. That's why I thought of using this one as a donor but I'm not sure it would work if there are several pieces needed.
It was after that when I started looking for a new one that I realised that there are none T9193's on the market any more (not even in Australia where these were used mostly by Telstra)
The thing is that I need a phone with wi fi hotspot to use in February in a job out where I need to connect to internet on my laptop but I'm not sure what to buy. I wanted to give a try to the HTC Edge once it came out but if I spend $500+ now on a phone I won't be able to buy the Edge in few more months.
At the moment the only candidates I see are either the galaxy S2 Skyrocket or the HTC vivid.
And to be honest even though the Galaxy seems to be a better option I'm a HTC fan and after having the HD2 for almost 2 years I'm not sure I'll like Android.
Yes, I know it sounds stupid but I got used to WM 6.5 my girlfried has an Android phone an I played with it a bit but I'm totally lost with it.
So I either find a cheap unlocked 3G (with AT&T bands) and wifi hotspot to last until the Edge comes out, or ditch out now for either the Galaxy or vivid and forget about the Edge later
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little history.. My buddy has had this for a few months at his house. One of his cousins purchased it and he had to leave to vietnam before he got the device in the mail. So basically he inherited a new toy. he took it out of the box and had tried to set it up but was stuck on the touch screen alignment screen for about half and hour. He tried a few weeks later and was still stuck and decieded to put it away. Few months later I picked up my htc sprint touch phone, showed it off to him and he brings me the x7501 and tells me its junk. I could try to unlock it or he would split the money to sell it if it was junk. I plugged it in let it fully charge and to my surprise I was past the alignment screen and it was running normal.
Now my problem is I would like to keep it but my touch does everything that I need. The screen is nice but too big for me too carry and enjoy. I would love it just as a unit to keep in my car for gps but I dont know if I can unlock it and use it on a sprint network? Anyone know this or not?
Only used for a few hour works great, pratically brand new box is a little beat up from him storing it in his closet. Has a 4gb minicard that I will include. hit me up at soal79(at)hotmail.com if interested or have questions. From what I see brand new they go for 900 so i think this is a fair price. I wish i could keep it but money is tight and my wife already thinks in spend too much time playing with my touch. thanks.
can not use on the sprint network, the x7501 is GSM phone, sprint is CDMA.
Post pics please.
Got one three weeks ago, new, for 700
Sold it yet?
Maybe try ebay? They seem to be going for around 690 reliably. You might be better off selling the sdhc in a seperate sale. ??? Or maybe bill it in the title of the listing.
I agree with the last post, if there's visible damage, you'll want to post actual pics or you'll get pestered for them.
Even if you don't use it as a phone, it is more of a WM6 UMPC/PDA. The GPS is great with software that doesn't need an "always on" connection, like iGuidance. Surfing is great. I haven't used my (admittedly rather old) laptop since I got mine.
I am curious if you sold it. I am trying to get friends interested in the model.
Like a lot of people I've broken the mini-usb port in my Uni, thank goodness for Blue tooth,. I called the HTC service number to see if I could get them to re solder the port back on they said I need a new motherboard. My Uni works fine except that the batteries are slowly dying, but luckily I have a stand alone battery charger. In a nut shell the mother board is $200 is it worth it? There are so many new phones coming out that it really doesn't make sense to spend the money on it, but on the other hand rumors that TMO 3G network may support it give me a good reason to keep it. I truly like this phone and really don't want to give it up quite yet, so I ask you what would you do?
Oh yeah when I asked the service rep if was a G3/G4 board he had no clue the good part about it is that the US service center is in my town so I could drop it off and pick it up almost the same day.
Harry Tuttle said:
Like a lot of people I've broken the mini-usb port in my Uni, thank goodness for Blue tooth,. I called the HTC service number to see if I could get them to re solder the port back on they said I need a new motherboard. My Uni works fine except that the batteries are slowly dying, but luckily I have a stand alone battery charger. In a nut shell the mother board is $200 is it worth it? There are so many new phones coming out that it really doesn't make sense to spend the money on it, but on the other hand rumors that TMO 3G network may support it give me a good reason to keep it. I truly like this phone and really don't want to give it up quite yet, so I ask you what would you do?
Oh yeah when I asked the service rep if was a G3/G4 board he had no clue the good part about it is that the US service center is in my town so I could drop it off and pick it up almost the same day.
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Of course it worth!!!
Go for it!
how bad is it? and where do you live? send me a pm if you want to keep it private. the reason i ask is if the pads on the board are ok, resoldering the connector is easy. for an experienced tech takes 5 minutes with a coffee break in the middle. lol. if you'd rather, i'll fix it for a lot less. let me know. i'll need to see pictures to confirm too.
Yes,
Soldering is quite easy. If you don't know how to do it, show it to someone with soldering experience.
The other choice is eBay: I bought my second unit for 142 Euro, which is about 200 US$. That was the price for a full functioning phone!
You might try to buy one with a broken screen for much less and exchange the board yourself.
I think 200 US$ for a new board is too expensive.
Cheers,
vma
If its working it surely worth it..
Yeah, I'll keep it...
When I talked to the HTC rep he said it was $200 to replace the mother board; but another rep called me back and said that HTC no longer supports it. The North American repair center is in my area, so they said take it over there and see, i haven't had time but i will just to see what the quote will be. as for the device itself, it still works I need a new battery barely holds a charge for the entire day, but it still an awesome device. But there are some new ones coming out ie. SonyX1 Eten's dual sim phone the Omnia and a host of others
I've had it for about 2 years and very little problems. Thanks for everyone support and will definitely keep it.
You're with T-Mo US, personally, I'd get a G1. $180, and it has Android... It's sickkkk.
"Not all the shiny things are gold"
At least now
Quote (in a year or two that Android OS gets mature & grows, and better devices made for it...)
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You're with T-Mo US, personally, I'd get a G1. $180, and it has Android... It's sickkkk.
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Yeah, Android looks good but I've learned a long time ago wait for all the bugs to go away before diving in. When Android has a form factor like the Uni I'll be all over it, I'm not a slider fan.
Me neither - either a candybar or a mini-laptop for me. Repair enough slides and flips not to ever want to touch one. As far as Universals are concerned, it's all in the definition. Once you will stop thinking of it as a cellphone and instead think of it as a mini-laptop and introduce it as such to your friends - you'll feel the advantages. You won't believe how many comments along the lines of "Wow, that's a tiny laptop you have there" and "How cool is that" I get every time I get my JasJar out. And then, of course, I go on and on about how it's so much better than a laptop, how I have everything I need not to use my computer, how I chat to my friends overseas on SKYPE, and on and on... haha
No doubt it is worth every bloody cent.
HTC customer service sux...
So this will be my last rant on this subject. I call customer service to get an RA# I explained to the rep what the problem is (note I have an O2 Exec in North America), she said that they didn't support that model, So I explained that its the same thing as the Tmobile MDA Pro at which point she says they support that model and gives me the RA#, but explains that they may not have the parts for it? I go to the repair center give them the RA# and wait after about 20mins. this lady comes out and says that we don't work on that phone but will have somebody else talk to me. The Product manager comes out and tells me that my phone is European and they don't work on it , at this point I tell him that its a MDA Pro with just a different housing he still disagrees that its a different phone that its not an MDA Pro(I'm in disbelief) so I asked if he had a motherboard for an Imate Jasjar or a Qtek or Vodaphone, basically every derivative of the Universal. He still argues that those are all different phones and they won't work,well since I was on my lunch break and did want to get pissed off i explained to him that he needs to understand the previous product line and that when I come back I want to talk to someone who knows what they are talking about.
I too can repair the USB connector for you, I'm UK based.
If you want it fixing let me know.
Guys,
I have had my touch hd for a couple of months now and it has developed a fault.
the micro SD slot will not keep the card locked in.
it stays in place with the back on but as soon as you take the back off it springs out.
I got the phone from my local cex.co.uk in about Jan and it does come with a 12 month warranty.
I swapped my touch Pro for this one and have been reletively happy with it so far.
I have been advised by Cex via email that I am entitled to a refund on the phone as it is faulty and they do not have a replacement in stock at my local store anyway.
So I now have the best part of £350 to spend on another mobile.
anyone have any ideas what to go for ???
that kind of money would also pay off my current contract too.. so i could start again with another operator (which i am kinda swinging towards as T-mobile reception is absolutley garbage for me)
though I would stick it out with the right handset.
like i said i do kinda like the touch hd but there are some other nice phones out there too..
I think my dad is getting the new LG Arena which looks kinda nice too... (if a bit of an iphone clone)
thanks...Dean
Actually not trying to be funny or anything....but try an iphone, you may seriously love the device and the UI. Especially the beautiful touch screen.
I'm pretty sure there will be many who will bash me for saying this (this is afterall a WinMo device site)...but honestly, I've owned many WinMo phones (more then 12 sets) and recently got an iphone to play around and the interface, quality, smoothness, blows me away. Try it and you may never turn back.
One more thing, unlike WinMo, so far i've not got a hang so bad that I've to reset the iphone yet. Most of the time pressing and holding onto the home button kills the offending app.
Thanks Prelude
I would prob go for an iphone as I love my ipod touch anyway...
just impossible to get an O2 signal where I work either..
going to have to be Orange or 3 i think as we have an Orange booster within the building to enable all the boss's company mobiles to work.
still could get an unlocked one i suppose...
YABD - Yet Another Broken Digitiser.
A couple of months ago my hd2 decided it didn't like me anymore and wouldn't respond to touch input. I gave up on it, but I'm really missing it and have been looking to get it fixed.
I've been looking at digitizers on ebay (non-soldering type)
Could someone who's done this please help me and point out if either one of this is the right kind?
1st ebay link
2nd ebay link
I have the T-Mobile HD2 but am in the UK. From what I've read the T-Mobile version has the "plug-in type" so it should be what I need.
well, just try searching tmous lcd
but the thing is that our device is quite old and there might not be anything left
Moon2 said:
YABD - Yet Another Broken Digitiser.
A couple of months ago my hd2 decided it didn't like me anymore and wouldn't respond to touch input. I gave up on it, but I'm really missing it and have been looking to get it fixed.
I've been looking at digitizers on ebay (non-soldering type)
Could someone who's done this please help me and point out if either one of this is the right kind?
1st ebay link
2nd ebay link
I have the T-Mobile HD2 but am in the UK. From what I've read the T-Mobile version has the "plug-in type" so it should be what I need.
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I've been a few months without my HD2 and got an Infuse to tide me over. My HD2 had the same problem and HTC said repairs would be as high as $160. I bought the glass for $26 thinking that I have replaced one on an Aria, iphone4 and repaired someone else's work on an iPhone4, so this should be cake. I watched every video I could find, got all my tools out and with a few undisturbed hours and a well-lit office, set to work... and totally BORKED my phone. The digitizer ended up separating into a deck of mylar-like cards and reintroduced me to its version of 52 card pickup. Disassembling to the point of the touchscreen/digitizer is easy enough, but that touchscreen/digitizer is a b****! I then ordered another glass & digitizer (not already sealed together) and set about putting those in, and... I am back where I started - with a non-responsive touchscreen. I ended up findin an HD2 on craigslist for $100- in winmo only, the touchscreen is sometimes nonresponsive, but haven't had this issue show up in AmericanAndroid, SD version (yet). If you try to do it yourself, watch every video and get this http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-HTC-HD2...005?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item35b0ad776d for the TMoUS version.
do NOT use the ones in your ebay links as getting the glass separated from the digitizer is FAR more difficult (yes I used plenty of heat) than anyone lets on.
Well, I had attempted a repair on my hd2 (the international one); which I messed up big time.
After reading that comment, I guess I'll just sell for parts.
Problem is, I'm now in the UK, and getting it from the US means having to pay heavy customs charges on top of buying the phone.
Yesterday it happened, my beloved HD2 slipped out and hit the floor. The digitizer cracked badly. Phone was still fully functional though. LCD and touch worked fine.
I bought a new digitizer on the spot ($6.50). But while removing the old digitizer I broke the LCD. It's enough, I rather buy a new phone now.
HD2 or HD7 ?
My main concern:
I used Win7 pdaimatejam Rom - and like to use that again, can HD7 use that too? Or is pdaimatejam HD2 only? In which case I certainly buy the HD2 again.
probably still best fixing your current one as LCD is no more than $15. If first time you done one read up well & take extreme care & all will be good.
Buying another good HD2 is not an easy task these days as most have been repaired & not always that well so you could be buying poor repair or even faulty handset.
Have a look at development for HD7 before dropping the idea as a native WP7 device has a few advantages over HD2 ported efforts.
Personally I would be inclined going to a WP8 device if a replacement handset is the final choice.
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native WP7 device has a few advantages over HD2 ported efforts.
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What are the advantages? Can the HD7 be ported to W7.8?
I ask for HD7 because it sells a little bit cheaper. You are of course right about potentially poorly repaired phones....
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What are the advantages? Can the HD7 be ported to W7.8?
I ask for HD7 because it sells a little bit cheaper. You are of course right about potentially poorly repaired phones....
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HD7 has 7.8.
Main advantage with HD7 is better battery life but besides that it very much like HD2 in hardware.
I would be inclined to go to a Altiv S as on WP8 & hardware quite a leap forward & ROM development should be good, also price is low (is in my region)
If you happy with your current ROM & budget important then repairing current HD2 is way to go really.
HD2 better
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Buying another good HD2 is not an easy task these days as most have been repaired & not always that well so you could be buying poor repair or even faulty handset.
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In the end that quote was my main concern.
So I went to that cell-hell-mall and change the newly bought digitizer (which I don't need actually since the LCD was now broken too) to a LCD+digitizer combo ($21).
Then I thought, why repair myself - and went to a repair place on the same floor. They quoted me $13 for the change and told me will take an hour. After 30 Minutes I came back and the told my my LCD has no 'touch' - so back to that shop and changed the combo again. I guess they gave me knowingly a defect one. Boy I was glad I opted for the repair on spot option! Next time I will just give it to the repair place, cost is the same anyway.
After another 30 Minutes I got a working phone back, now T-Mobile branded. But it works. So far all functions seem fine.
HD2 is a pain in the *** to repair since they used lots of glue and lots of really sticky tape.
BTW, that repair place a parts mart is in Shenzhen, China.
I forgot another main issue to stick to the HD2: The "pdaimatejam ROM" has Nokia flavor. So I get also Nokia drive - which I totally love.
*cell-hell-mall" I know what you mean we have one here on a complete floor of MBK.
HD2 is actually not too hard but you need to do at least one before you learn how to do it easily & gain knowledge on good part suppliers..
Quality of replacement parts is a nightmare & many have had dead new digi & that really finishes the job off for most as they got parts mail order :-/
For prices you paid repair was worthwhile. Enjoy your pdaimatejam rom