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"Possible" SIM MOD

Ok First Off I will State These Things First To Get it Out of The Way.
Q&A:
In No Special Order
Q: What Kind Of Mod Is This?
A: A Physical Mod Of The Hardware & Or Software.
Q: Will I Need To Take Apart My A500 To Do This?
A: Yes And You Will Likely Void All Warranties With Acer By doing so.
Q: Will This Void Repair Coverage With Acer?
A: Yes See Above.
Q: Have You Tested This Mod?
A: No But Theoretically It Should Work.
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By Attempting to Do This MOD In Its Current "State" State Meaning "Not Tested" You Agree To Hold Only Yourself Liable And No One Else "Not Poster Of This Or Anyone Of The XDA Community" If Damage Occurs To Your Device.
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Currently This MOD Is Experimental And Just A Idea That Should Be Do-able Regardless.
P.S. If You Would Like To Help By Testing This Out And Are Some-What Comfortable Disassembling Your Device And Know How To Solider To Chip Boards, Mother Boards, Etc. Please PM Me With A Request And Ill Give You Some Extra instructions Beyond Anything Here.
(W.I.P.)What You Will Need So far (W.I.P.)
ACER IconiaTab Model A500
A Cheap Prepaid Cell Phone With A SIM Slot in it
Solider
Tools To Take Apart Both the A500 And Cell Phone
A way to Take The SIM reader Out Of the Cell Phone
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What You will generally Be Doing is Taking the SIM Reader From The Cell Phone and Attaching it To SIM Reader Spot On The A500 Board.
ATM I Dont Have Enough Info To Provide Step by Step or Detailed instructions on How To Do This But It Should Work If Anyone Figures This Out.
Any input comments Suggestions are welcome

sweet! Can we also solder in an fm/am radio?

I believe you are going to need more than just a sim reader, like a 3g radio/modem. If you search on here, somebody has already converted their a500 to an a501 by installing a 3g modem and sim card reader in his 500.
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396156

are you serious
This has been discussed several times.as this would be awesome if it could be pulled off.
With that said there is more to a similar card capability then just the slot.There are many required support hardware chips.not to mention the support software.But I will not mention there is no connector where the micro card slot goes.and no card.
So sell your a 500 and buy a a501.
Or get a main board from one that has been damaged check eBay.
Sorry to drop the bad news first.
Xo

darkensx said:
What You will generally Be Doing is Taking the SIM Reader From The Cell Phone and Attaching it To SIM Reader Spot On The A500 Board.
ATM I Dont Have Enough Info To Provide Step by Step or Detailed instructions on How To Do This But It Should Work If Anyone Figures This Out.
Any input comments Suggestions are welcome
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You should have researched even a little bit before you came to this, it's like you didn't even try: it's mentioned hundreds of times here on forums that A500 does not have 3G modem at all, there are plenty of pictures of it being taken apart and you obviously could've checked your own A500, too.
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cruise350 said:
I believe you are going to need more than just a sim reader, like a 3g radio/modem. If you search on here, somebody has already converted their a500 to an a501 by installing a 3g modem and sim card reader in his 500.
Here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396156
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If you'd read the thing you'd notice that he can't get it to work.

I have a hard time taking this seriously, and but for s&g could you post some of your more detailed instructions?
PS who wants the cost of an extra data plan? I'd rather be tethering my phone anyway.

Cheaper and less work to buy an a501
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erica_renee said:
This has been discussed several times.as this would be awesome if it could be pulled off.
With that said there is more to a similar card capability then just the slot.There are many required support hardware chips.not to mention the support software.But I will not mention there is no connector where the micro card slot goes.and no card.
So sell your a 500 and buy a a501.
Or get a main board from one that has been damaged check eBay.
Sorry to drop the bad news first.
Xo
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You are so "hard core" tonight...

Moscow Desire said:
You are so "hard core" tonight...
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She's just badass 24/7

WereCatf said:
She's just badass 24/7
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And you have a "mean streak" as well
Poor n00bs....

guys i simply stating this as an idea also i said untested meaning i have no proof it works any how ..
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darkensx said:
guys i simply stating this as an idea also i said untested meaning i have no proof it works any how ..
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk
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Yes, we know. We were just having some fun.
Why so Serious? (Heath Ledger, God rest his soul)
So, don't take it badly, they were just having a little fun.
In actuality, it has been thought of several times before. A novel idea, true in sense, but way too much trouble and cost.
But, I have an a501, so it is all moot.
Welcome to xda

Moscow Desire said:
Yes, we know. We were just having some fun.
Why so Serious? (Heath Ledger, God rest his soul)
So, don't take it badly, they were just having a little fun.
In actuality, it has been thought of several times before. A novel idea, true in sense, but way too much trouble and cost.
But, I have an a501, so it is all moot.
Welcome to xda
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No I know Your Just Having Fun I just Thought I Just State That its Mearly an idea. For The People Who *cough* Dont Read Threads Closely

darkensx said:
No I know Your Just Having Fun I just Thought I Just State That its Mearly an idea. For The People Who *cough* Dont Read Threads Closely
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HA HA!
But seriously, I can understand some 500 users. You look at your SD slot, and have this nice empty space for a SIM right next to it Temptation.

Moscow Desire said:
But seriously, I can understand some 500 users. You look at your SD slot, and have this nice empty space for a SIM right next to it Temptation.
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Men and your obsession with filling every hole you see with your thingies!

WereCatf said:
Men and your obsession with filling every hole you see with your thingies!
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Did you ever think they had anything else on there minds.And im almost Never bad.. But when i am I try to be very good at it.
Kinda like my stupid shoulder/hand...I been very sad and depressed last few weeks. Doctor told me i would likely never go back to my Job. Im so bored i see nearly every post on this forum as well as others .
have a great holiday weekend everyone...
Today is my 19 year old sons Birthday. GRRRR IM Getting so very old.....
And OP please dont take it personal i can see how one would that if the casing slot is there the hardware must be able to be added.. But the real reason that slot hole is there it saves them money from building two casings.. Acer could have made some type of blank to cover it instead of tape...

WereCatf said:
Men and your obsession with filling every hole you see with your thingies!
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You are so bad....
And it has nothing to do with "filling a hole", But more so, using all hardware to it's optimum efficiency.
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erica_renee said:
Today is my 19 year old sons Birthday. GRRRR IM Getting so very old.....
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The signs of "old", are in 2 places.
1, when the brain convinces the body it can no longer function.
2, when the lubricating fluids no longer flow.
As long as the previous 2 still work, hell, no problem.
Happy Holidays!

Weirdly Dead SGS3

This is my friend's SGS3. It was working perfectly normal till today.
Then after pressing the power button(the phone was locked), it didn't respond.
I tried to go every way I could. No download mode/ Recovery mode.
The phone was stock.(Never touched for any mod, not even rooted).
But now it just keeps rebooting irrespective of the mode I try to boot into.
Even with the power cable in, it just shows the battery bar and just keeps rebooting.
This is really irritating. The phone is hardly 4 months old.
It's a type of sudden death. But a weird death where the phone hasn't died nor is it alive.
I can go to the service center as I didn't have any modifications done, but it is really annoying that so many SGS3's die so quickly.
Any responses will be appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nLF_v17t8

I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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frictionbuster said:
This is my friend's SGS3. It was working perfectly normal till today.
Then after pressing the power button(the phone was locked), it didn't respond.
I tried to go every way I could. No download mode/ Recovery mode.
The phone was stock.(Never touched for any mod, not even rooted).
But now it just keeps rebooting irrespective of the mode I try to boot into.
Even with the power cable in, it just shows the battery bar and just keeps rebooting.
This is really irritating. The phone is hardly 4 months old.
It's a type of sudden death. But a weird death where the phone hasn't died nor is it alive.
I can go to the service center as I didn't have any modifications done, but it is really annoying that so many SGS3's die so quickly.
Any responses will be appreciated.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z1nLF_v17t8
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Maybe it's a stupid question, but did you try removing the battery?

FDisk80 said:
Maybe it's a stupid question, but did you try removing the battery?
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Yes. Even in the video you can see I tried to remove but the phone just keeps restarting.
Its annoying as hell!
I've loved Samsung since SGS1 and now this is really disappointing!

DroidModder said:
I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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Anything you can suggest?

frictionbuster said:
Anything you can suggest?
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See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35481235#post35481235
I suspect your only option now is a Tier 3 warranty repair :crying:

Probably you getting the 1st batch S3 as well.
This out of sudden dead was famous in S3 now, mine also happen on 16/Nov/2012.
See this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1993044

Welcome to the exclusive club......
.....of user with a quite expensive paper weight!!
I will go to my "nearest" (it's a 100 mile trip!) service station Monday next week and hope that they fix it very fast!
Just take yours to the service station indicated by Samsung in your country and it should be fixed at no cost!
Good luck!!!!
// Ohamn
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DroidModder said:
I think I know the issue, I would need to see the device though
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Also keen to know what you know mate!!!
// Ohamn

Ohamn said:
.....of user with a quite expensive paper weight!!
I will go to my "nearest" (it's a 100 mile trip!) service station Monday next week and hope that they fix it very fast!
Just take yours to the service station indicated by Samsung in your country and it should be fixed at no cost!
Good luck!!!!
// Ohamn
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Also keen to know what you know mate!!!
// Ohamn
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Yeh just when I though I'll do that the phone came to life out of nowhere.
It stared booting up.
I don't exactly know what the problem was, but now it seems to be fixed *hopefully*. :fingers-crossed:
Thanks everyone.

frictionbuster said:
Yeh just when I though I'll do that the phone came to life out of nowhere.
It stared booting up.
I don't exactly know what the problem was, but now it seems to be fixed *hopefully*. :fingers-crossed:
Thanks everyone.
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Lucky "bastard"!!!! :laugh:
Guess that you have been really good this year and that Santa gave you an early present!!
Good for you!
// Ohamn

[Q] Samsung USB jig and Nexus 7

I don't know if this friend of mine made a monumental discovery or is just plain stupid. He told me he used a Samsung USB Jig to get in download mode on the Nexus 7 when he couldn't flash through the usual method. I tried explaining to him that the USB jig can't work on it since the JTAG connector is configured differently, but he insists that it worked.
So, since I don't have the device myself I need to ask you guys. If you have a USB jig at home, please try iton the Nexus 7 and post the results. I suppose that if you have one, you know how they work.

Interesting story, I'll try
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Nope, nothing happened.

Well, I can't say that I'm surprised. Thank you!

He took an extra dose of stupid that day
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Wow... Also, it has nothing to do with the j-tag connector. It is the bootloader. So both of you are more or less wrong. Your friend is a lying idiot and you are just misinformed.
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Has anyone successfully gotten their cracked screen fixed?

Hello,
I was just wondering, has anyone successfully gotten their cracked screen fixed through a third party? And if so, what was the estimated cost and time to get it done? I know this will vary from place to place but just wanted to get a general idea.
Unfortunately, I cracked my phone a couple of days ago, and since I didn't purchase nexus protect, I'm kinda lost on what to do. I'll probably start calling some local places, but I fear that many, if not all, will tell me they won't be able to fix it. Anyways, just trying to figure out the game plan so if anyone can shed some light on their experience, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance!

I'm afraid the price won't be cheap if you let it be fixed by third party. Probably over $200+ cause I find the price for the screen assembly is $130+
http://www.etradesupply.com/huawei-nexus-6p-lcd-screen-and-digitizer-assembly-black.html

hijacking the thread, my rear glass had shattered last Friday somehow. I'm also looking to find a service vendor that might provide repair services in Geneva, Switzerland. No luck so far.

Why don't you just insure your phone.

Any idea how to recover data from Broken Nexus 6P?

Abdullah Akbar said:
Any idea how to recover data from Broken Nexus 6P?
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plug it into your computer ?

Abdullah Akbar said:
Any idea how to recover data from Broken Nexus 6P?
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How broken is broken?
You don't backup???

Soulfly3 said:
plug it into your computer ?
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Cant Access, its locked...
It turns on, everything seems fine, but the display wont work, when I connect to PC, I cant access drive, may be thats because of lock screen password.
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tech_head said:
How broken is broken?
You don't backup???
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No I dont

Sprint Note 7 Recall

I have edited the title now that it has gone to a full recall. As I get more information, if any, I will post it here.
9/15/16: Formal Recall after announcement by CPSC
http://www.samsung.com/us/note7recall/
9/13/16:
http://www.usnews.com/news/business...sung-quick-fix-for-note-7-is-no-full-recharge
9/10/16: Sprint Announcement Update
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/samsung-galaxy-note-7-update.htm
9/10/16: Samsung Announcement Update
http://www.samsung.com/us/note7exchange/
9/9/16:
http://news.samsung.com/us/2016/09/...ommission-in-response-to-note7-battery-issue/
Initial Info
http://www.sammobile.com/2016/08/31/galaxy-note-7-shipments-have-been-delayed-for-quality-testing/
Samsung US
http://news.samsung.com/us/2016/09/02/samsung-establishes-u-s-product-exchange-program-galaxy-note7/
Sprint
http://newsroom.sprint.com/news-releases/sprint-update-on-samsung-galaxy-note-7-exchange.htm
Samsung Global
https://news.samsung.com/global/statement-on-galaxy-note7

Recall incoming!
http://www.androidauthority.com/reports-samsung-considering-note-7-recall-battery-pack-blame-714126/
For the few with this issue, I hope they offer some sort of compensation for our troubles.

http://www.sammobile.com/2016/09/01/galaxy-note-7-recall-will-reportedly-be-announced-soon/
I am a little confused by the article if it means a select market or a global recall.
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xbmoyx said:
http://www.androidauthority.com/reports-samsung-considering-note-7-recall-battery-pack-blame-714126/
For the few with this issue, I hope they offer some sort of compensation for our troubles.
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Well, it looks like you post answered my question.
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Wonder if the issues are actually caused by cheap or defective chargers? I haven't had any issues with mine, it does not even get that warm during charge.

BlueFox721 said:
Wonder if the issues are actually caused by cheap or defective chargers? I haven't had any issues with mine, it does not even get that warm during charge.
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My battery gets so hot on Quick Charge, you can't hold the device. I had to turn the setting off, and it seems to help.

randallwaydemartin said:
My battery gets so hot on Quick Charge, you can't hold the device. I had to turn the setting off, and it seems to help.
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That sucks... what charger are u using?

BlueFox721 said:
That sucks... what charger are u using?
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The charger that came with the device or the Samsung Quick Charge for the car.

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Yep, just posted about this (accidentally) in the Q&A forum. It will sure be interesting to see how all this shakes out. I don't want to give up this phone, though... What a financial disaster for Samsung, but they can probably stomach it.

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Damn...this will really suck. I'm pretty sure the turnaround time to get a new Note 7 will be bad. I use my spen a lot and I created a bunch of notes with he new Samsung Notes app which isn't backwards compatible with any of the other note phones.
Even if I backup to the cloud, what other device can I use to view Samsung Notes?

It looks like we will all be getting new phones...
https://news.samsung.com/global/statement-on-galaxy-note7

mhill1986 said:
It looks like we will all be getting new phones...
https://news.samsung.com/global/statement-on-galaxy-note7
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I wonder how that will work. I'm okay with waiting for the Sprint store to get them in stock and then I go exchange it, but if they want me to send it in then wait for a replacement, that's a no go...

Considering I already shattered the back of my note 7 I wonder if they'll be nice enough to give me a new one...
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This kind of scares me though. Sometimes my phone gets unbelievably hot while charging specially overnight. I wake up because I get burned by my phone and have to disconnect it from the charger so it can cool down.
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tony0691 said:
Considering I already shattered the back of my note 7 I wonder if they'll be nice enough to give me a new one...
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This kind of scares me though. Sometimes my phone gets unbelievably hot while charging specially overnight. I wake up because I get burned by my phone and have to disconnect it from the charger so it can cool down.
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That is not normal. My note 7 is perfectly cool (battery temperature below 90 F) while charging overnight.

All of the major news outlets are picking up on the recall: http://money.cnn.com/2016/09/02/technology/samsung-galaxy-note-7-recall/
Has anyone asked or heard anything from Sprint? I'm guessing we won't hear anything until all of the details are worked out. I've kept an eye on my phone and no overheating thus far...
According to a different article that I read as of yesterday (9/1) 35 devices out of the 2.5 million or so sold have experienced the issue. Percentage wise it's a very small risk. Just be careful and don't use cheap aftermarket chargers... (I know, I know, several were reported to use the Samsung charger).
Personally I wonder if it's a scaling problem (i.e. battery size) with their fast charge technology... This is the largest battery they are fast charging as far as I know. (I did NO research to verify any of this).

mbmike29 said:
Personally I wonder if it's a scaling problem (i.e. battery size) with their fast charge technology... This is the largest battery they are fast charging as far as I know. (I did NO research to verify any of this).
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I've wondered the same thing. It's amazing (and nice) how fast these batteries charge, but I'd be okay if it was 25% to 50% slower. That would still be pretty quick.
Even better yet, use a battery that can handle the current fast charge rate.

My phone charges cool also but i don't wanna worry about future issues, the phone is fairly new
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Wow..
I called the Sprint store I got my phone from and they said don't bring it in because Samsung is replacing the phone directly. It sounds like the carriers are not going to take responsibility for any issues.

SMH
I love this phone. But how will samsung give us new phones? I called my local sprint store and they said don't bring it in? Are we supposed to be without a phone for some weeks or more? It is crazy, to think most of us just got this phone a few weeks ago.