Hey so somehow I've completely lost the little pin that comes with the device :crying:
There's none for sale yet (not surprising as it's so new, only seem to be iphone ones but i'm not sure if they're the right fit).
I've used a pin but it feels very bad using it as it's so sharp I think it may damage the mechanism if I use it too many times.
What are viable alternatives to the SIM pin tool?
I doubt a pin would cause any real damage as long add you're careful.
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just shoot the device with a .45 itll open up....
Small pin probably best bet
Paperclip?
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Clip the end of a pin off with wire cutters?
Paperclip.
Yeah I guess I have no other choice than paperclip/blunted pin. Just difficult trying to find one the exact size/fit. Oh well, it may turn up in 6 months down the line like most 'lost' things do!
Cheers
staple worked for me
A paperclip was too thick to fit into the hole when I tried it. (Wasn't one of the oversize ones, either, just a standard clip.) A dental pick worked, though.
toothpick should probably work
A small and pointy penis.
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A small and pointy penis.
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I'd ask to borrow yours because it will fit nicely, but I don't want to give my phone AIDS.
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I can't believe there's a two page thread dedicated to helping you find something to stick in your hole.
Your phone has an immune system?
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Heat a pin and bend it so it is easy to hold and use a file to make the tip of the pin dull. Now you have a SIM removal tool.
Safety pin, or really thin needle. I think this is as big as the slot on iPhone's and that's how I always did it.
I used a staple just now... works great once you get a good grip and press straight down firmly.
i used a toothpick and it worked fine
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Does anyone here tried opening their tab or is there any link about the disassembly . I've looked everywhere but just cant seems to find any .
Where's an iFixit teardown when you need one?
I guess these things are too expensive to be guinea pigs and the process is probably like the later Samsung tablets -- no screws, all snap together and with the aluminum back a high risk of damage.
Same here. Can't find a thing on them.
I'm going to attempt to open the one I have here. If I figure it out, I'll let you guys know how to do it.
Wish me luck!
You can find complete instructions to open in samfirmware site.
Done!
It just snaps apart. The screen lifts from the housing. It's very tight though, be prepared to spend about 10 minutes (and a few hand cramps!) separating all 22 clips on each side. Phew. It's also easiest to lift from the bottom, near the charging port so you don't damage the headset jack.
Voila!
Good luck everyone. If you have any questions, I'd be glad to help.
Did you get it back together with no issues or scratches?
Yep! Very easy. It just snaps back together.
Slide the screen into the top part of the housing first, realigning the chrome headset jack cover so it doesn't slip (that thing is a pain!), then snap the rest back into place.
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Done!
It just snaps apart. The screen lifts from the housing. It's very tight though, be prepared to spend about 10 minutes (and a few hand cramps!) separating all 22 clips on each side. Phew. It's also easiest to lift from the bottom, near the charging port so you don't damage the headset jack.
Voila!
Good luck everyone. If you have any questions, I'd be glad to help.
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Your awesome Nae how did you open it can you give me some instruction i mean a video on how you open it?
Got it removed men that was nerve wracking. The problem is i forgot to remove my 32gb microsd next thing i know is that my card was cut into half , oh well.
Reason why i want it open is because i want to remove the small ding on the case. After removing the case i put a small magnet and small metal screw on the otherside to pinpoint the dent then i start rubbing it using the screw drivers handle and after a minute the dent is gone! Yesssssss thanks again for the instruction.
It wasnt that hard. I used the bigger part from my simcard you know ehere you have to press out your tiny sim. Put my nail between screen and case en the inserted the card and pushed it deep then wikkle it around and the case is loose 30sec work.
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Done!
It just snaps apart. The screen lifts from the housing. It's very tight though, be prepared to spend about 10 minutes (and a few hand cramps!) separating all 22 clips on each side. Phew. It's also easiest to lift from the bottom, near the charging port so you don't damage the headset jack.
Voila!
Good luck everyone. If you have any questions, I'd be glad to help.
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I'm wondering whether we can change the back panel? Mine has drop down, it become really bad behind. I'm looking to change it if possible
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You may be able to find a part online. I'm really not sure..
This is good to know if I ever need to replace the battery..
Inside the GT
Here is a link to Samsung Tomorrow where they open the GT LTE.
Looks pretty interesting even if they do not do a step by step dis-assembly.
http://global.samsungtomorrow.com/?p=13163
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I'm wondering whether we can change the back panel? Mine has drop down, it become really bad behind. I'm looking to change it if possible
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You can use this Blue Plastic Opener to easily separate the screen and the panel.
http://www.amazon.com/Mobile-Phone-Cover-Plastic-Opener/dp/B0055B3QL4
The back cover can be changed. It is available through a Samsung Service provider in your region. I guess it cost about US$ 25.
photos of how to open
My english is unfortunately not as good to understand what exactly to do to open the 7.7.
Can Somebody post some fotos of describing what is the easiest way to open the tab?
Thanks very much.
This may sound like a silly request, but please bare with me...
I have an HTC Hero... and on its motherboard, the microphone is firmly soldered, and thus, the only way to remove it would be to apply heating, and do all kinds of delicate stuff, which I guess I could pay someone to do, but if it messes up, then the entire motherboard is toast...
Here is a thread about removing the soldering of a mic.
Anyway.... the point is... I guess I could attempt to pay someone to do the de-soldering, but it seems very delicate, and I can easily imagine it going wrong..
And so... the question is.. is there any way that I can, basically, SMASH the microphone, so that it is no longer functional..? I know it seems like a silly idea, but I'm really looking to break this thing... I want to use an external microphone only, and not the internal one, so I want to make sure it isn't functional.
Here are some pictures of the microphone, if it helps....
http://i.imgur.com/TD6idad.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/aObemwr.jpg
http://i.imgur.com/gkLbGEP.jpg
As you can see, it's a rounedd square metal thing, with a hole in the middle, leading to more metal... I'm just looking to make it non-functional, by physically breaking it....
OK. Thanks
Um.
I think that de-soldering it would be less destructive and less likely to break other things than trying to smash it.
Pennycake is right, get a desoldering braid or some other solder puller, less chance you'll accidentally run something else while trying to destroy the microphone.
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Put a sharp thing. In the mic.
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Doh, was supposed to click Reply, not Thanks. ;D
Sharp thing + little hammer sounds to be most interesting non-soldering solution. But I'd still consider it as more dangerous than just using hot-air station.
I guess someone should be asking exactly why you'd want to do this?
Insert a sharp thing in the mic, like a compass point or needle.
EDIT : Just saw the above answer...sorry.
That's easy.... u go boom boom boom bababoom!
Hot air station is safer.. XD
All the best...
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Kill it with fire and ice!
Sharp things will damage the diaphragm, but they might not prevent it from picking up sound completely, if it's not bent just so.
I would recommend peeling any protective mesh off the top, and then filling it up completely with superglue. If you can find a tube of superglue with a needle point, you'll be able to fill it from the inside up. Superglue has very low surface tension and will fill the space quite nicely - a thicker glue like hot glue might blob over the hole but not fill the void.
Alternatively, taking a pair of side cutters/wire cutters and carefully cutting up the can will do the job too. Don't pull on the legs too hard and your board should be fine.
If you break it physically, wouldn't the phone still "think" it's there? I would imagine smashing it on the software side would better, but I could be way off
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I think a hot air gun could do it since it will only blow a little hot air on its point.
I've got a idea..
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launch under the train :cyclops:
you should try desoldering it as smashing it will destroy your motherboard
There is probably a way to corrupt the way the kernel talks to the mic
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Hey just a warning for you guys the s pen plastic is cheap as we all can tell so today was showing the phone to some friends forgot the s pen on the couch stupid mistake started playing ps3 anyway after i pulled my phone back out i relized the pen wasnt in there turns out some on ended up sittin on it and it cracked right at the bottom of the button still works but bent and very close to breaking in half if i dont get some crazy glue also phone is new so gonna be hard to get just the s pen for at least a month but thats my stupid mistake be careful with your s pens guys
Good luck finding any plastic which can stand up to your mates arse when it's moulded so thin. ?
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I don't think anyone would expect the spen to survive someone squatting on it. But thanks for the warning. Ha.
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Well i made my problem a whole lot worse the rest of the pen casing cracked while it was in the phone i pulled it out pen is still fine but top half of the plastic casing is locked in there any one have any idea how to get it out. Theres a samsung repair center in my area but i dont want go there if i dont need too i can open the cover up and take it out but im afarid of voidinh the warrenty
It wasn't clever putting it back in like that. The pen is held with a small sprung clip which locates a tiny grove on the pen about 12mm from the tip, that will hold the tip in the phone fairly well.
Your choices are very limited, if it was me I would take the back cover off, look at the pattern in the plastic where the pen goes & drill a tiny hole about 3mm from the end .. ( this will be between the tip of the pen & the clip) use a thick sewing needle or tooth pick innthat hole to push the broken end past the clip & it will slide out on its own.
When done a spot of black glue on the hole if you want.
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It wasn't clever putting it back in like that. The pen is held with a small sprung clip which locates a tiny grove on the pen about 12mm from the tip, that will hold the tip in the phone fairly well.
Your choices are very limited, if it was me I would take the back cover off, look at the pattern in the plastic where the pen goes & drill a tiny hole about 3mm from the end .. ( this will be between the tip of the pen & the clip) use a thick sewing needle or tooth pick innthat hole to push the broken end past the clip & it will slide out on its own.
When done a spot of black glue on the hole if you want.
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Interesting while right now i have the pen the tip everything when i pull it out but the top plastic covering on the pen is the part that cracked off and is stuck so i might be able to find some kind of long thin needle and push the clip but im just gonna get samsung to do it cause its still under warrenty of course its a hassle to find the time to go in but its good to have a samsung store in the area
I can't see any way they would remove it
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I can't see any way they would remove it
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I dont think you understand the part the broke heres a pic of the pen
Yes I do. All my posts have been on the understanding that part of the casing at the tip is left in your phone. The small hole I am suggesting is up the top end (near the the on/off switch).
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Yes I do. All my posts have been on the understanding that part of the casing at the tip is left in your phone. The small hole I am suggesting is up the top end (near the the on/off switch).
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Oh ok so you mean drill a hole in the casing put in a needle pull out right ? Also wondering if I take off just the back plate there's no void stickers on there right ?
Small hole to put something in to PUSH the part past the little clip & it will slide the rest of the way on its own & out of the phone.
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Only remove battery cover same as when inserting sim or sd. . No void doing that but small hole might void if you don't fill after with black glue
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There is a void sticker just past the tip of the pen chamber. You need to remove the screw under it to get the back plate off.
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Only remove battery cover same as when inserting sim or sd. . No void doing that but small hole might void if you don't fill after with black glue
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Advicing a guy that sits on the spen until it cracks and then puts it back in the slot to drill a note 3 ain't very wise imo!
what I would do is this: get a long and thin needle , bend it 2 mm with a precision plier at the tip, and fish the missing part from the slot.
it will work easy .
good luck
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Well i made my problem a whole lot worse the rest of the pen casing cracked while it was in the phone i pulled it out pen is still fine but top half of the plastic casing is locked in there any one have any idea how to get it out. Theres a samsung repair center in my area but i dont want go there if i dont need too i can open the cover up and take it out but im afarid of voidinh the warrenty
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You must know this already by now and maybe this won't help your situation but just before you said what I quoted I was thinking: "man now he will need to leave it out." Next I read what fallowed... I hope in future similar situation you will be more "aware".
Good luck mate
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Advicing a guy that sits on the spen until it cracks and then puts it back in the slot to drill a note 3 ain't very wise imo!
what I would do is this: get a long and thin needle , bend it 2 mm with a precision plier at the tip, and fish the missing part from the slot.
it will work easy .
good luck
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The small hole is what I would do & it is low risk.
I would not poke things up there as it could damage the retaining clip. "Pen removed" sensor.
In fact some phones that had stylus put a small hole there to allow to blow dust out.
I really don't know why I made the stupid mistake of putting it back in but yeah I have the n900w8 canadain version there's no sticker on any of the back plate screws I'm asking about under it ?
If you can do it without removing void stickers or making a hole it's better but be very careful if you start taking the phone apart. Some screws can have a "paint seal".
Its all good now I opened up the back cover while I was popping it up the piece fell out sensor still works at least for detecting that its out and that I'm away from it so that's good now all I need is some crazy glue To glue it back together and then I'm gonna order a new s pen
PSA!!! Cars are cheap, i crashed my car into the pole while i was playing farmville on my Note 3 and driving at the same time and my bumper split in 2 and broke my radiator and a few other engine parts, but it's not my fault, the car is cheap:good:
Any ideas? I've tried the rubber band method and it's just too small to work.
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Any ideas? I've tried the rubber band method and it's just too small to work.
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DO NOT TRY THIS
I too stripped one of the screws on the battery connector when I was replacing my phone's broken screen recently. It was two in the morning, and I had already spent two hours trying to disassemble the phone, with the majority of the time spent trying every method I knew to loosen the stripped screw. I was losing my patience. Finally, driven by frustration and exhaustion, I just said "**** it", and with my fingers I pried the connector off along with one of the mounting bosses by force. I was lucky because the mounting boss got ripped off of the PCB cleanly, with only a small bit of the PCB surface separated. No circuitry was damaged. I fixed my screen and now the phone functions perfectly without any loose parts. What's great about this is if I ever need to remove the battery again, there's one fewer screw to remove :victory:
I really shouldn't be allowed near electronics repair.
DO NOT TRY THIS
I personally would try slowly filing down both sides of the screw so I could get a fix with some appliers or a small spanner. Never tried this though and only a suggestion !.
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I personally would try slowly filing down both sides of the screw so I could get a fix with some appliers or a small spanner. Never tried this though and only a suggestion !.
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If there isn't enough screw head to grip on for that to work, you can also try taking a razor and cutting a slot into the head so you can apply a flat screwdriver. Another option is to super glue/solder the tip of a screwdriver to the screw then apply torque, but it might be hard to get enough bonding strength on such a small surface.
if you can solder, try soldering an allen wrench or something similar directly to the screw. you might not be able to get the solder off once the screws our but at least it might be able to remove it.
Solder won't stick to the screw. Welding or brazing is out too. I would try filing a slot and using a flathead screw driver as mentioned earlier. I would then try the super glue trick also mentioned earlier. Good luck, small screws are a pain. I deal with broken screws and bolts all the time. Patience is key. Don't rush it.
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They make a special stripped screw extractor bit for a hand drill. Can get them at any hardware store. I use them all the time at work and they work magically.
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Any ideas? I've tried the rubber band method and it's just too small to work.
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So how did you get it out ??? I have the same problem. I was thinking of using my fingers like someone mentioned but I still have a lil patience left in me
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Any ideas? I've tried the rubber band method and it's just too small to work.
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Hi!!! I have the same problem and would like to know how did you solve it?
Thanks so much
yes i have the same problem. how did you end up solving it the thread says solved.
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yes i have the same problem. how did you end up solving it the thread says solved.
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Well if its little stripped try 3 size bigger screwdrive. Worked for me!!! And don't screw back so hard.
Epoxy or epoxy putty.
You can use either to attach a disposable screwdriver to the screw in question. Let either set for at least an hour.
You may need to rough up both surfaces a bit to get a good bond.
Phillips head screws and drivers are made to cam out so you don't strip the head. Either you're using the wrong size screwdriver or a worn tip. Go slow. Take your time.
Not that you'd be using a drill/driver but you see the same thing happen when the speed is too high and not enough torque. The bit ends up spinning in the head wearing away the slots.
Use hammer and one screwdriver to revert the screw. That isn''t a joke a tried this metod and work .
My phone isn't even 2 weeks old and the port cover has become loose. When I press in it stays in there for 1 second and then slowly rises back out. I checked the port hole to see if there was any lint in there but it's clean. I'm not sure what to do.
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My phone isn't even 2 weeks old and the port cover has become loose. When I press in it stays in there for 1 second and then slowly rises back out. I checked the port hole to see if there was any lint in there but it's clean. I'm not sure what to do.
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Hi Mate,
I too worry about this. i think its a small flaw to an otherwise great phone. samsung should take a leaf from the Z2's book for this.
So i pre-ordered the wireless charging cover only to cancel it because it wont fit with my otterbox defender case.
If it breaks off you can buy one from here:
witrigs.com/oem-usb-cover-flap-for-samsung-galaxy-s5-sm-g900f
might need to stock up on a few for the life of the phone. Ive seen that others have completely removed it from the phone also.
What did you expect? Super great build quality?
It's just a 699€ phone dude!
This is the main reason I've gone for the z2 over the s5...i wanted waterproof as work outside a lot and paranoid about water ingress, even putting the phone into a coat that's wet. The flap on the z2 seems far sturdier.
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It is a pretty major flaw to the device. Having to remove it each time you charge in the car is pretty cumbersome as it stands, for it to be stressful on a flimsy cover makes it worse.
Perhaps with enough attention, Samsung could offer a recall to replace it with a sturdier part.
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My phone isn't even 2 weeks old and the port cover has become loose. When I press in it stays in there for 1 second and then slowly rises back out. I checked the port hole to see if there was any lint in there but it's clean. I'm not sure what to do.
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My phone isn't even 2 weeks old and the port cover is fine.
You could just bring the fone to the store a ask for waranty replacement ...
Purchased a wireless charger... That should help resolve this design flaw.
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