Currently a work in progress but I have soldered a usb hub to the ouya and it works, I am building a custom case with acrylic plastic. I will post more progress as I go.
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Nice work.... :thumbup:
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for anyone else who wants to give it a go these are the soldering points on the back. I am by no means a soldering pro. I was told because I am soldering on the bottom on the board the actual USB port should not be used because it can short circuit the board.. I am not 100% certain about this but for the time being I will stick to using the other 4.
current state. but all 4 ports are working.
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Jealous!! I haven't tried it yet but I was hoping to use a standard USB splitter, will that not work?
This is basically just splitting the port like a hub. It uses the same leads as the existing. There should be some extra room on the case. Perhaps get a female USB and dremel a hole. Motherboards typically come with extra USB ports that have loose ends and have screw fasteners that attach to a slot vent or case opening. FYI in case someone is thinking about doing this.
I'd say you could just cut a whole and screw in a new port. Probably look halfway professional.
Do Hubs not work? I'm pretty good with a soldering iron, might give this a go just to have my HDD and a Wireless Air mouse connected.
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player911 said:
This is basically just splitting the port like a hub. It uses the same leads as the existing. There should be some extra room on the case. Perhaps get a female USB and dremel a hole. Motherboards typically come with extra USB ports that have loose ends and have screw fasteners that attach to a slot vent or case opening. FYI in case someone is thinking about doing this.
I'd say you could just cut a whole and screw in a new port. Probably look halfway professional.
Do Hubs not work? I'm pretty good with a soldering iron, might give this a go just to have my HDD and a Wireless Air mouse connected.
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Hubs do work. I am looking to build it all into one housing, I have a kickstarter edition Ouya so I am doing what i can to keep the original case intact. :silly: I have attached a micro sd USB adapter to the hub and it works aswell so i hope to cram that into the case.
That's pretty awesome!! Looking to see the final case setup :thumbup:
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Any idea about your Iconia accessories? Shells? Case? Ac adapter? Car charger?? screen protecter？ OH... I have only an Ac adapter and a USB Cable now...
1, Ac adapter: Wall plug, Desktop,1.5m Cable
A charger with a longer cable.
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Yes..
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A charger with a longer cable.
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Maybe a few days...
If you are talking about ideas for accessories I would love to see an extended battery that plugs into the docking port and piggybacks on the backside of the device. Even better if it had a build in SD card reader (or at the very least micro sd card storage), maybe a second usb slot thats recessed into the design so we don't have to worry about snapping off thumb drives that stick up in the air, and even cooler could be a plastic horn molded into the attachment to reflect sound from the rear emitting speakers towards your ears! Oh yeah, and it could have a rotating kickstand!
how about a real docking station? with USB ports normal hdmi connection, etc etc
I want a nice car dock that will allow a passenger to sit in the passenger seat.
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Good idea~!
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I want a nice car dock that will allow a passenger to sit in the passenger seat.
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Well, It is exactly a different idea!
You want to fixed Iconia at the back of seat?
Like the G tablet DOCK?
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how about a real docking station? with USB ports normal hdmi connection, etc etc
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You mean a dock like the one for Gtablet? USB,HDMI and LAN. That's a little difficult...At least the mold fee will not be cheap. But a cable integrated HDMI and USB2.0 is easy...
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Well, It is exactly a different idea!
You want to fixed Iconia at the back of seat?
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Something that will mount to the front of my dash rather than sit in the passenger seat. Kind of like what police cars have!
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Crazy idea!
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If you are talking about ideas for accessories I would love to see an extended battery that plugs into the docking port and piggybacks on the backside of the device. Even better if it had a build in SD card reader (or at the very least micro sd card storage), maybe a second usb slot thats recessed into the design so we don't have to worry about snapping off thumb drives that stick up in the air, and even cooler could be a plastic horn molded into the attachment to reflect sound from the rear emitting speakers towards your ears! Oh yeah, and it could have a rotating kickstand!
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I like your idea~ sounds very good.I think this is a real docking station..
My HD2 USB socket is buggered, it won't charge unless I get the cable in at a certain angle. It's definitely not the cable which is dodgy, I've used three different ones and they all have the same result. This means I can't sync Android with my laptop.
Any way I can disassemble my phone to repair or replace the USB socket? Any guides out there? Thanks.
I googled repair HTC HD2 charge port
And got pages of stuff
Same to me. What's happened is the port has come away from the main board. Just needs soldering.
I don't use usb to sync so I bought a mains battery adaptor for charge.
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Just needs soldering! I'm afraid for the average joe trying to solder the micro usb connector pins back onto the pcb is no easy task. My reccomendation would to leave solder out of it, you'll likely short something or get solder spashes all over the place.
Get the finest soldering iron tip you can, a magnifying glass and just press the pins back onto the pcb pads.
TO be honest this is very poor design by htc, that socket should have been reinforced, using solder to hold sockets down is just terrible cheap design.
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Just needs soldering! I'm afraid for the average joe trying to solder the micro usb connector pins back onto the pcb is no easy task. My reccomendation would to leave solder out of it, you'll likely short something or get solder spashes all over the place.
Get the finest soldering iron tip you can, a magnifying glass and just press the pins back onto the pcb pads.
TO be honest this is very poor design by htc, that socket should have been reinforced, using solder to hold sockets down is just terrible cheap design.
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Agreed, absolutely POS design. I had my HD2 less than a month and my usb broke.
I didn't have the guts to try and re-solder it, so I got me an external charger, spare battery, and started using things like dropbox, email attachments, and micro-sd to standard size sd-adapter more.
I never had any problems with the mini-usb's, but it seems the micro's are alot more delicate
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Agreed, absolutely POS design. I had my HD2 less than a month and my usb broke.
I didn't have the guts to try and re-solder it, so I got me an external charger, spare battery, and started using things like dropbox, email attachments, and micro-sd to standard size sd-adapter more.
I never had any problems with the mini-usb's, but it seems the micro's are alot more delicate
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Technicaly the mini has a much lower mtbf. the micro issue is that folks try to put in in the wrong way up as its harder to see, so spend effort pushing the socket off not connecting to it
I have dropped a red blob of paint onto mine and now the problem has gone.
The Mini was a far better connector. Easier connection, stronger, more pins & already in huge use. introducing & standardising to the micro was madness !
Yeah, I use an external charger and unplug my battery to charge it, but it's really not very practical. I was using an app called 'Sleep as an droid' which is a great alarm clock app but I can't use it any more because my phone just runs out overnight
I might give it a go, but I really don't want to damage my phone any more
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Yeah, I use an external charger and unplug my battery to charge it, but it's really not very practical. I was using an app called 'Sleep as an droid' which is a great alarm clock app but I can't use it any more because my phone just runs out overnight
I might give it a go, but I really don't want to damage my phone any more
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There is a store in south Wales that will soldier it back for about £20 thy google
I got a spare battery and an external charger. I just swap out the battery once it is empty for the spare which is fully charged in about 1-1.5 hrs.
I also use a card reader for large file transfers and samba for smaller ones.
Fortunately, when the port died, I had a 420MB partition. So I can still flash most android Roms.
If any of you know anyone who fixes the HD2 in India, please let me know.
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same issue ... this micro USB is not working anymore.
I have two batteries and an external charger.
I do not understand your last point: how do you flash without USB ?
atomebr
Transfer ROM to sd card, flash using cwm.
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Hey,
So I've been having a lot of problems with the micro-usb port on my Nexus S. I don't know why but it seems very loose and in order for me to charge I have to position it a certain way. The USB cable easily comes out. Is there any kind of fix for this problem?
Thanks
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Hey,
So I've been having a lot of problems with the micro-usb port on my Nexus S. I don't know why but it seems very loose and in order for me to charge I have to position it a certain way. The USB cable easily comes out. Is there any kind of fix for this problem?
Thanks
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I have the same problem. Don't think there's much you can do
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+1 for micro USB problem
The issue you raise with the loose microUSB majorly affects my opinion of this device & Samsung as a vendor. I am on my 3rd Nexus S, the first 2 being returned for loose microUSB issues each within a few weeks of use. Now I just put up with it on my 3rd. It isn't me, else all my other phones would have the same problem. My Nexus One still performs well, so I'm switching back to it now that I have 2.3.3 running on it sweetly. I hope Samsung is not the vendor of the next Nexus phone for this very reason.
Proteus27 said:
Hey,
So I've been having a lot of problems with the micro-usb port on my Nexus S. I don't know why but it seems very loose and in order for me to charge I have to position it a certain way. The USB cable easily comes out. Is there any kind of fix for this problem?
Thanks
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I thought I had a problen with my usb port, but it turns out the OEM usb cables are not very good, or at least not very tight. I bought a few new ones at cable wholesale and they work perfectly and fit snuggly. You can probably find some on Amazon.
The charging port on my Nexus S is fine. I bought a GPS a couple weeks ago that takes a Micro USB as well, and when I have it connected to the computer and move it, it will disconnect. If I use my Nexus S USB cable, it's a nice fit.
So.. Maybe it's the cable? I'm also wondering if you were to ever-so-slightly bend the receptacle on the phone, would that help? Not that I would recommend such a thing, but I would probably do it.
I have a few cables from my older phones they're also very loose. I'll try some more. I don't have a receipt or anything so I can't even return or claim warranty on it. Could I maybe contact Samsung about this problem?
Funny I come across this. Just noticed mine is loose and needs placing just right in order to charge.
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It's the cable. I've used the samsung cable for a while now, and just recently i used a new cable and it fits as tight as the samsung cable used to be
Coming from a N900 which the USB receptor broke apart from its board, I'd say its better to have a port which is a bit loose and allows the cable to move a little than a super tight port in which every bend of cable is passed and held solely by the soldering on the board.
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Mine used to be like that too. But I think its just the cable because, now I use the stock Evo cable and it fits like a charm.
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If it's still warranty I guess you can still try your carrier to replace the phone. I use my old cables from my Nokia N85 and it fits perfectly and grips tightly. The stock cable doesn't even support development
I'm led to believe that the main reason (or at least one of them) that manufacturers switched to micro USB from mini USB is that the sprung part which wears out is on the devices' socket with mini USB, whereas its on the cable with micro.
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I use my Note II as a modem and I'm getting really annoyed with the included USB lead falling out - it feels like looking at it too hard will cause it!
The curve of the bezel stops the lead fully engaging
happens to me too
I think it has been designed this way so that if you trip over it you are less likely to cause the note to fall off of a desk or wherever its sat.
Me too. The usb lead comes out very easily.
I thought at the begining it was broken but its good to know it is not just me...
I have problems connecting it to a philips desk clock and charger I have...
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Definitely a thing to be careful of when using odin.. you do NOT want the cable to pop out mid-flash...
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I've trimmed a bit of the plastic casing off the cable to make it seat better. The side that faces the same way as the screen.
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nitrowing said:
I use my Note II as a modem and I'm getting really annoyed with the included USB lead falling out - it feels like looking at it too hard will cause it!
The curve of the bezel stops the lead fully engaging
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same here, I bought a charging dock on ebay (£6) so it's firmly connected when synching or copying data.
Don't know whether this is intentional or bad design, looking at the overall build quality though I believe it's the former.
I must have a weird note2. The cable fits snuggly and requires a small amount of force to remove it.
Admittedly I am not using the cable supplied with the note2 (I'm using the one that came with the GS3) so maybe it is the cable.
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I was bored so I thought of making a micro USB to USB calble for a flash drive or something.
So would cutting the wire from both cables and individually soldering the correct wires be that straight forward or are there less pins in the micro USB cables?
I could just be a cable from eBay but I thought of learning to solder stuff for future use.
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If you want to practice go for it. Just match the colored wires. But for a $1.99 or less.......
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I think you want an USB OTG (on the go) cable. If you want to make your own you just need to ground one of the pins so the phone detects the cable correctly. I did mine some time ago