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can any1 help me out here i just bought an 8525 for 80 off a co-worker he didnt want it because it keeps turning off on him i think its a few loose connections...theres a bit of play in with the battery but anyhow changed batteries same thing so any one know what part i should be replacing and also where i can get parts for this phone. i have tried looking on the site that i use for my other phones but all i find are screens and black housings so if you guys can help me out i'd love it
anyone im looking at it right now and all seems well and i tested the battery on a different fone and everything is green just cant figure it out. also just found out that my jogwheel is broken
That could explain why the co-worker sold it to you for 80 bucks.. .. you might be able to find parts on Ebay .. see if anyone is selling one with a busted screen or something..
thats exactly ehy i got for 80 i knew what it was just hoping for an easy fix i do repairs tho so no biggie just gotta find the parts thanks ill start looking once my ass friend gets off myspace!!!
It can't be a "loose connection" unless the solder from the battery connectors came loose because he battery connectors are connected right to the board.
thats one thing i noticed also the prong look like they have been squished down almost flat instaed of < they are more - but not that bad and there is quite a bit of playu from the battery compared to my good 8525 oh well maybe i can come up on a third and swap out parts. thanks for the help guys any other suggestion i have already kinda fixed the prongs. and now the phone wont even turn on this suck but i know this can be fixed
hey does any1 have a broken hermes they wouldent mind getting rid of i need parts or if ppl wanna be nice to me and my thin wallet and donate their old broken hermes to me i would really appreciate it
Gyngabread Man said:
hey does any1 have a broken hermes they wouldent mind getting rid of i need parts or if ppl wanna be nice to me and my thin wallet and donate their old broken hermes to me i would really appreciate it
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I dealt with a similar case a while back. Going off randomly. In his case it turned out it was the battery connections. They had lost some of their spring tension and he was unwilling to try bending them out a little for fear of causing more damage. In the end we decided that he would try placing a strip of card between the battery and the casing on the side opposite to the battery connections. ie. to press the battery more firmly against the connectors. How thick it would need to be would depend on how squashed the connectors are.
It worked for him and he decided just to leave it in place.
Mike
@Gyngabread Man
If you cant fix it let me know. I need the vibrate motor. And no im not kidding
for those interested out of boredom me and a co-worker decided to take apart his nexus s
so without further adu here is a step by step photo tutorial breakdown
break down continued
series two of the break down
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all pieces broken down
I'm scared to take mines apart, haha. But it does look fun and interesting to find out what's inside.
Haha. Cool.
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As a Sprint Technician, this is by far my favorite thing to do. Even if it isn't necessary, I always dismantle phones and rebuild them just for the hell of it. Many times it'll often fix a lot of small glitches due to faulty assembly in the factory. (i.e.- touch screen bugs, dead keys on physical keyboard, speaker static, etc)
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I wouldn't mind learning on how to do that kinda things. I'm a full on techy person, but I don't have the experience on doing that. But I do learn quick though. I would be happy to be a sprint technician. Ha.
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I love how open this phone is. Standard #00 phillips screws, and no warranty sticker!
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All Samsung phones are like that. Very easy to dismantle them and interchange parts. HTC phones are next in line for ease of modding, although it requires the star tip screwdriver which can be tricky to get your hands on. They do although use tamper dots on one screw to know if you opened it, but you can order those online and put it on a screw head to trick it. Sanyo use the triangle tip and quite frankly are made of **** parts so half the time something falls apart when opening it delicately. Motorola is kinda finicky. Blackberry and Palm you aren't even able to open without destroying something, they don't play nice.
Tip to keep your phone running well: open it every few months, use a stiff paintbrush and gently clean all exposed copper with rubbing alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it completely. This helps keep electricity flowing smoothly without interruption by corrosion. It can also prevent shorts and lower heat. Just don't turn it on with any alcohol still on it or you'll fry the phone and don't brush too hard and knock anything off.
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I work at an industrial supply company. We're the ones who ship the screws and tools to the manufacturers.
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shoot send me some tools heck It would make it alot easier to dismantle certain devices for break downs
HEY! How'd you get my mousepad??
Thanks for the pics though!
cybertang said:
shoot send me some tools heck It would make it alot easier to dismantle certain devices for break downs
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Let me know what you need, ill put in an order for 'em. 10% over cost.
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Story of my day everyday. As a corporate Sprint tech I take apart around 50+ phones a day.
It's become next to nothing to open any small electronic now...and a few big ones haha.
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing a tear down for liquid damage in my sleep.
I've done it for 7 years now and have been such a good harvester that I've kept my exchange rate down to 18% constant due to my efforts.
so.... did you see why people are having issues with signal?? is there a crappy antenna? etc.
tearing apart a sprint phone is easier than building lego's if you actually feel like doing it.
just don't tear the ribbon.
TheNexxuvas said:
Story of my day everyday. As a corporate Sprint tech I take apart around 50+ phones a day.
It's become next to nothing to open any small electronic now...and a few big ones haha.
Sometimes I feel like I'm doing a tear down for liquid damage in my sleep.
I've done it for 7 years now and have been such a good harvester that I've kept my exchange rate down to 18% constant due to my efforts.
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thats whats up! going 2 years strong here. 3rd party 50+ phone a day aswell down to 23% taking phones apart is like cake now too and it got me thinking i need to touchstone my nexus like i did my epic
now if only slate was more useful..
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Antenna is fine, just software bugs. Miscalculation of available signal causing the phone to think it doesn't have signal when it really does. There's a fix in the works already.
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do you know when it will hit the streets?
thanks!
ck
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I do everything within my power to harvest parts and build up a stock of pieces I need, but we can't do any micro-soldering and the damn Evo charging port effs up my exchange rate consistently. Can't harvest motherboards so bleh. A lot of the powercycling problems and such as well are caused by faulty circuits and once again cannot be fixed. Do you have any tips?
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None anymore, there was the old Palm circuit board switcharoo, but the newer models don't offer that. I harvest like a mad man though, even Pre sliders, pre earpieces on the top board/screen and things that many are too afraid to harvest (Blackberry tour/bold screens).
Soldering kits are being pulled from the stores too, since we've been scaled back to only soldering old pin charger ports (I still solder wires for earpieces and vibe motors) and those are now defunct.
If blackberry and htc hadn't screwed us over by taking away our soldering efforts with their models, we'd still be doing them today, but, thems the breaks. Hurts both techs and customers but maybe down the line they will rethink it and go with the soldering machines that are used at the warehouse to put new ports on. I'd dance a bit of a jig that day. And I absolutely hate the new standard mirco usb ports, absolutely too small and too fragile and they are on every phone now. Need to go back to mini usb, which was much sturdier. I haven't charged a phone on a cable in years. Cadex or Wall dock chargers for me.
Gives me better battery life, and since I always run 2 batteries I go to work everyday with a fully charged one. Can't beat it.
Well, is it possible to replace the wifi radio in my Nexus S 4G?? The low range and disconnects are killing me! I dont mind voiding my warranty.
d94 said:
thats whats up! going 2 years strong here. 3rd party 50+ phone a day aswell down to 23% taking phones apart is like cake now too and it got me thinking i need to touchstone my nexus like i did my epic
now if only slate was more useful..
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Ha! Slate my friend is garbage!!!! Lol
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ddpacino said:
Well, is it possible to replace the wifi radio in my Nexus S 4G?? The low range and disconnects are killing me! I dont mind voiding my warranty.
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Radios and chipsets are embedded into the circuit boards now, they aren't on a socket like CPU's on a computer motherboard, so no, sorry, that's not a removable/replaceable part.
Help
newalker91 said:
All Samsung phones are like that. Very easy to dismantle them and interchange parts. HTC phones are next in line for ease of modding, although it requires the star tip screwdriver which can be tricky to get your hands on. They do although use tamper dots on one screw to know if you opened it, but you can order those online and put it on a screw head to trick it. Sanyo use the triangle tip and quite frankly are made of **** parts so half the time something falls apart when opening it delicately. Motorola is kinda finicky. Blackberry and Palm you aren't even able to open without destroying something, they don't play nice.
Tip to keep your phone running well: open it every few months, use a stiff paintbrush and gently clean all exposed copper with rubbing alcohol and then use compressed air to dry it completely. This helps keep electricity flowing smoothly without interruption by corrosion. It can also prevent shorts and lower heat. Just don't turn it on with any alcohol still on it or you'll fry the phone and don't brush too hard and knock anything off.
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Seeing that you are a repairs technician for sprint, I was wondering if you would be able to help me with a micro USB problem on my nexus s 4g?
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1197502
Includes FREE worldwide shipping. Is this too good to be true? I'm keen to give it a shot, but can't seem to find a brand-name or anything. According to the seller its compatible with our phones, but I'm always sceptical of no-name-brand Chinese things, especially if it could damage my precious.
Don't think its branded at all. Their return policy seems pretty good. Seems as though you would only have to pay for shipping if it's not an error on their part. I assume DOA's and the thing breaking down within the warranty period would constitute as free return paid by them. Post a review if u decide to try it.
I received mine today but for some reason I only seem to get 94% charged and won't go above it... I'm still trying to find if anyone else is having this same issue but nothing at present...
Some of us on xda ordered some it's some post down from this one they said they got and it works I'll get mines tomorrow. I ordered it on the 7 of January
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Unlike the other one, this one (for $35) seems to be one of the WPC certified chargers, although I am not sure if it means much.
Link to WPC site: http://www.wirelesspowerconsortium.com/products/details/125/qi-wireless-charging-pad
Link to manufacturer site: http://www.uway-qi.com/Productsshow.asp?ID=32
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I received mine today but for some reason I only seem to get 94% charged and won't go above it... I'm still trying to find if anyone else is having this same issue but nothing at present...
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Is the blue light overly bright and annoying? Are there beeping sounds? Is it easy to get it to charge, or does it only charge when placed in a certain way?
Sorry for the barrage of questions, I'm thinking of getting one of this if it works.
Placed my order. Figured its worth the risk at that price.
Unfortunately I'm in South Africa so I don't expect it to arrive in less that 2 weeks.
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Is the blue light overly bright and annoying?
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The green light has been annoying me more to say it has power, the blue one is covered by the phone when it's charging.
Are there beeping sounds?
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There is a beep to alert you when the phone is placed on it and to advise of charging.
Is it easy to get it to charge, or does it only charge when placed in a certain way?
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The phone needs to be placed upside down, in the case of the N4 the bottom of the phone is towards the power plug end of the Qi.
I'm thinking of getting one of this if it works.
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I've been looking around for something else. Seems to be once above 94% it won't charge anymore. Charging via USB works fine to 100%.
Sorry for the barrage of questions,
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No problem
What about the charging range? Is it any good?
Because on other Qi chargers, a lot of people complained that they lose connection when knocked a centimetre off centre.
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Don't think its branded at all. Their return policy seems pretty good. Seems as though you would only have to pay for shipping if it's not an error on their part. I assume DOA's and the thing breaking down within the warranty period would constitute as free return paid by them. Post a review if u decide to try it.
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I ordered one, for 27€ it's worth a try. Will probably open it up and dim the leds a bit.
There we go I like this price I think i can chance I can gamble for that type of money.
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What about the charging range? Is it any good?
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You can move it around a bit but not too much, it'll work sideways, longways, etc. and I've also got a case on without an issue.
Maybe once you remove your case, it will charge over 94%.
I am just kidding.
Considering ordering one.
Thanks.
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You can move it around a bit but not too much, it'll work sideways, longways, etc. and I've also got a case on without an issue.
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Has anyone looked at the one labeled just "Qi Wireless Charger"?
It's white, and I don't like that, but it's completely flat, so it'd probably fit the phone better...?
Better as in, if you have to turn it around, then it'd be better, since with the large one, the casing seems to be raised at the top, whereas the standard one is completely flat, so flipping it around wouldn't really be that big of a deal.
random1204 said:
Has anyone looked at the one labeled just "Qi Wireless Charger"?
It's white, and I don't like that, but it's completely flat, so it'd probably fit the phone better...?
Better as in, if you have to turn it around, then it'd be better, since with the large one, the casing seems to be raised at the top, whereas the standard one is completely flat, so flipping it around wouldn't really be that big of a deal.
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seems good, the title says it all
US plug / works with all Qi capable devices inc. Nexus 4 & Nokia 920T/820T
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More info in this thread already started about the fasttech Qi chargers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36093590
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dk20005 said:
More info in this thread already started about the fasttech Qi chargers http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=36093590
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This is not the same charger as the one being discussed in that other thread.
To repeat the OP, this is the charger discussed here:
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1197502
Mine arrived today. My early thoughts:
1.) It feels pretty cheaply made, but its a simple device and I can't really fault anything about it as far as build quality goes.
2.) The Nexus 4 has to be placed upside down for charging to take place. Bit of a shame, but no reason why you can't just use the pad itself upside down instead.
3.) Unlike the comments from another poster here, I was relieved to see my phone charge to 100% without any problems.
4.) The flashing blue LED is annoying and doesn't seem to do anything other than flash continually whether it is charging or not. I'll probably open it up and kill it, and/or simply tape over it with black tape.
All in all, pretty happy for the price paid, and glad to be able to reduce the wear and tear on the microUSB port.
StNickZA said:
This is not the same charger as the one being discussed in that other thread.
To repeat the OP, this is the charger discussed here:
http://www.fasttech.com/products/1197502
Mine arrived today. My early thoughts:
1.) It feels pretty cheaply made, but its a simple device and I can't really fault anything about it as far as build quality goes.
2.) The Nexus 4 has to be placed upside down for charging to take place. Bit of a shame, but no reason why you can't just use the pad itself upside down instead.
3.) Unlike the comments from another poster here, I was relieved to see my phone charge to 100% without any problems.
4.) The flashing blue LED is annoying and doesn't seem to do anything other than flash continually whether it is charging or not. I'll probably open it up and kill it, and/or simply tape over it with black tape.
All in all, pretty happy for the price paid, and glad to be able to reduce the wear and tear on the microUSB port.
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Why does it have to be upside down?
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Why does it have to be upside down?
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Sorry, when I say "upside down", I don't mean face-down. Rather, the charging port needs to be at the top. Obviously that's where the sensor / coil lines up best with the phone; can't think of any other reason.
FYI, use the code "LAUNCH" for 5% off. Credit goes to samlikely in another thread for this.
With this coupon, this charger comes to $33.13 shipped!
Alright, let me keep this simple. I was charging my Nexus 4 on my wireless charging orb yesterday. I did not notice that it was slipping off the orb since I was eating, and by the time I finally noticed, it fell to the ground. When I picked it back up, I noticed that the back of the phone was cracked. The crack on the backside was pretty bad that it actually affects the camera; when I try to take a picture, I noticed that there is a really bright area on the bottom of the picture (most likely from the cracks). I bought the N4 from day 1 and got it a week after, so I don't think calling Google Play support would help me there. If I call LG and explain to them that the cracks were caused by the phone slipping off the orb, would they allow me to send it in for repair under the limited warranty provided along with the phone?
UPDATE: I just called LG and just asked for how much it would be to repair it. Did not explain or anything. They told me that it could be $140-200; could be more, could be less. Is there any other cheaper alternatives to getting the back cover fixed? I really don't want to pay that much, but if there is nothing I can do, then I might as well.
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Alright, let me keep this simple. I was charging my Nexus 4 on my wireless charging orb yesterday. I did not notice that it was slipping off the orb since I was eating, and by the time I finally noticed, it fell to the ground. When I picked it back up, I noticed that the back of the phone was cracked. The crack on the backside was pretty bad that it actually affects the camera; when I try to take a picture, I noticed that there is a really bright area on the bottom of the picture (most likely from the cracks). I bought the N4 from day 1 and got it a week after, so I don't think calling Google Play support would help me there. If I call LG and explain to them that the cracks were caused by the phone slipping off the orb, would they allow me to send it in for repair under the limited warranty provided along with the phone?
UPDATE: I just called LG and just asked for how much it would be to repair it. Did not explain or anything. They told me that it could be $140-200; could be more, could be less. Is there any other cheaper alternatives to getting the back cover fixed? I really don't want to pay that much, but if there is nothing I can do, then I might as well.
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Seriously Doubt LG will repair it without cost... Mainly because you shouldn't have set the phone so close to the edge of the table/desk when it was being held up by rubber and magnets. Its not impossible for it to slip off.. Specially IF you have a case on the phone, which reduces the strength of the magnets grip.
No cheaper way to get it fix other than through LG.. At least none that I have found.
There aren't 't any magnets in the orb that hold the Nexus 4. I've heard the back late is easy to change. Maybe you can find one cheap on ebay or somewhere else and change it yourself.
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Could you please edit the title of your post? This is very misleading. The orb did not damage your phone. It's sudden stop on the floor is what damaged your phone.
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Could you please edit the title of your post? This is very misleading. The orb did not damage your phone. It's sudden stop on the floor is what damaged your phone.
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+1. Thanks
grubbster said:
Could you please edit the title of your post? This is very misleading. The orb did not damage your phone. It's sudden stop on the floor is what damaged your phone.
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Agreed
Should be I'm not that bright and leave the orb on the edge of my desk... Doh! Lol
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TheIntruder said:
Agreed
Should be I'm not that bright and leave the orb on the edge of my desk... Doh! Lol
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Gravity ftw.
@OP I'm gonna suggest you do a search for replacement back. Don't take me wrong, not trying to be a prick. I'm driving and wanted to let you known there might be an alternative. There are 1-2 threads, one guy asks people to pm him to buy the back. Also I think its simple to replace it by just removing the two screws. One thread a guy mentions he sent his back to LG and it cost him $64 total and two weeks. There are backs online about $35-50.
Hope that helps
Um so about a month ago i was charging my Note and I placed it on my desks keyboard slide-out tray but the Note fell and landed directly on the charging port with the cable plugged in and it looked like it bent the port internally since the cable no longer sits flat or stiff. I am willing to open the device and fix it since my warranty is shot since I rooted it lol. What do you guys suggest?
Can you provide a picture? hard to say without knowing what exactly you mean.
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Can you provide a picture? hard to say without knowing what exactly you mean.
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Alright lol this is when i mess with it to get it charging:
Now when it goes stright in like it should:
Side view:
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Alright lol this is when i mess with it to get it charging:
Now when it goes stright in like it should:
Side view:
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well, I think your options are probably pretty limited. Personally i would probably give it a shot, but you could also send it in to evga and pay for them to fix, probably $100+ or bring it to a local place to try it?
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