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Who can fix these thigs in the London area?

Last night, the USB socket on my Wizard broke.
I plugged in the USB cable to sync/charge and noticed that the orange led didn't come on, so I unplugged the cable and the USB socket came with it, out through the casing. I gently gripped the protruding socket and removed the cable, not the socket rattles around a bit on the inside of the case and doesn't work.
I assume it just needs resoldering. Is there anywhere in/near London that can do that while I wait?

Id personally recommend doing it yourself, or even taking it to just a small independent home electronics company. its not too difficult

help pls, phone not charging ( not battery point)do i take phone apart?

need help please people.
my phone hasnt been charging properly for a few days now, to get it charging now i have to get one of my missis hair bands and wrap it round my phone and then round the usb cable so it stays in , although today it doesnt want to charge at all now .
ive noticed that the connection in the phone is loose and you can move it round a litle bit,
now the bit i need help with , is do i take the phone apart and try to fix it.?. im thinking of doing this but unsure about taking phone apart ( dont think my phone is under warrenty anymore,) and im guessing the usb connection on the phone is fixed onto a board.
is it worth me trying that or should i just take it to a repair shop ?

take a dry toothbrush, give the usb port a good scrub. dirt often builds up in the bottom of the port and stops the usb plug pushing deep enough to get a good contact.
Have a good inspect of the usb port, bright light and magnifier is good, see if you can see buildup, or a bent connector, or somesuch.
Also look at the usb plug on the cable, its uncommon but not unknown for the metal outer enclosure to open slightly, and make for a weak contact.
Sometimes a cable simply doesn't fit well for no obvious reason, , i have a generic cheap ebay cable that will only work when angled up or down, like yours, but looks perfectly fine, and feels to fit the socket, while the HTC cable works perfectly, so i know its not the port.
If it all looks good, then chances are you have a dodgy connection from the usb port to the mainboard, which will get worse every time you wiggle and bend the cable to get it to work. In this case, you COULD try a repair, but there have been reports on here of some repair shops pronouncing it too fiddly to replace teh usb port, and a new mainboard would be the only other option.
edit - just reread your post and seen that you can wiggle the port. Broken solder, gotta be. Its not an easy solder, so if your a dab hand, then go for it, if not, see above.

Hi iainbp, heresandyboy had this same trouble in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903977 from post 16.
It looks tricky!
Just a thought though, I recently bought a cheap phone charger with multiple interchangeable heads for different phones. The microUSB one became difficult to charge with and it took me a while to realise that the metal bit at the end had detached from its plastic casing, and when I plugged it into the phone it just got pushed back into the casing. (got my money back)
Possible with yours?

Usb c Charging Port loose

I am using the cable provided and an Anker cable. When I put the cable In the phone it stays just fine but defiantly wiggles from side to side. I am worried it will damage stuff inside. Anyone else have this issue.

photodude56 said:
I am using the cable provided and an Anker cable. When I put the cable In the phone it stays just fine but defiantly wiggles from side to side. I am worried it will damage stuff inside. Anyone else have this issue.
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it's normal, I can confirm because I have usb-c ports on pc and they are same as on phone - wiggly. as long as you cant pull it out with no effort it's ok.

trasheris said:
it's normal, I can confirm because I have usb-c ports on pc and they are same as on phone - wiggly. as long as you cant pull it out with no effort it's ok.
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I was concerned when i was charging the phone and the cable came out at a small angle and not straight out?

photodude56 said:
I was concerned when i was charging the phone and the cable came out at a small angle and not straight out?
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how small? it moves ~1mm total in both directions. it looks almost straight, I think. if you can move it more then it might not be normal.

I posted about this a few weeks back with this problem. The type c port on the phone is loose but if you can move it left and right and don't feel comfortable I would exchange it. I had this problem and had to exchange mine, Also note not all USB type c cables are the same. Cheap manufacturers will not adhere to the groveless type c male design ( like the weird zig zag on the older USB cables) that will damage the port.
However,The Anker cable you have is probably the Anker power line USB type c to 3.0 and from experience it's a decent cable but no quick charge 3.0 due to the cable adhering to official type c specs which do not allow it to pump so much amps to the phone.
Hope this helps sorry if my grammar is horrible it's like 5 am

Yeah, I have the same thing. I just think ZTE left the port "loose". It fits way tighter on my oneplus 3..

Axon 7 usb type c charging
Hi, I 've bought a new Axon 7 (128gb 4gd Rom or A2017 model). When I shut the phone down and insert usb type c in the port(in one fell swoop and in one push)it starts charging and it shows a battery shape that above it is written "quick charging" in chinese language, but again when the phone is shut down and this time first I insert half of the usb type c in the phone's port and wait until the phone vibrates then I push the other half of the usb type c in the port and this time it also shows a battery shape but above it is not written quick charging in chinese language and also it is actually not charging at all and is stuck at a certain battery percent. I just wanna know if your Axon 7 is and acts the same as mine so please try it and tell me?(I think this issue is because of usb type c cables and nothing is wrong with the phone cause I've seen Lg g5 acts the same when I tried it)

MicroUsb socket broken a direct wiring fix working for old phones.

Attention do this at our own risk as it may damage our phone.
My used samsung galaxy pocket-neo was becoming impossible to charge causing me to break the adapter cables with constant wiggling and balancing acts to get it to work. I took it apart and the micro usb socket looked like an extremely difficult soldering job to replace.
The solution I am using for more than a month with no adverse effects is to cut the plug off and strip the 2 power wires at one end of an old usb cable. There are 4 different coloured wires, red, black, green and white. The green and white wires transmit data, whilst the red and black are the power lines. Red is positive, Black is negative. The sleeve of the cable has a metal mesh which is not necessary for my purposes so I electrical taped it back onto the cable.
The next step is to remove the battery of the phone: I have only done this on phones with removeable batteries. The ones I have used have three terminals; one is plus and one minus, the middle one is for a thermistor in the internal of the battery so that it doesn't overheat. Check the plus and minus with a tester to be sure and look at the way it mounts into the phone. The corresponding terminals in the phone are where I connect the wires.
Now here is the complicated part, - or negative(black) goes to the one negative copper pin in the back of the phone. The positive +(red) wire however needs to bridge the other two pins for reasons that I would like to find out. The white and green wire got taped up seperately to avoid short circuits and I replaced the battery to hold the wires firmly in place and closed the back of the phone. Plug the phone into a charger or external power pack (DC 5v) and it will work fine with no overheating, I suggest this be monitored for a while as it may vary with other hardware.
There may be better ways to do this, as far as I can tell in my case I am not actually charging the battery, instead the phone is running directly from the external power source. The strange thing is that the software(CM11) battery icon slowly discharges and after about 10 hours tells me I need to charge the battery but never turns off and when I restart it is immediately back up to full.
I have tested with a normal cable and the micro usb is still working even though it is still only working when I constantly wiggle the cable, I have cleaned it and as far as I can see its not going to ever work properly.
It would be good to know why the battery does not chargewhen using this method. I imagine it has to do with the internal workings of the phone that control the charging, discharging and battery temperature.
Making the old hardware live longer.

Replacing the micro usb is doable with a hot air gun a pair of tweezers, a clunky spring loaded solder sucker, a flux pen and two pairs of 3.5 x magnification reading glasses. You dont need any fancy rework station or microscope, assuming you have steady hands, reasonably good eyesight, and some soldering experience. I just tried this myself yesterday and fixed and Ace 3 and two S3 mini boards from my junk pile, and while it was a little tricky, it didn't require any brain surgery skills, just care, patience and some previous smd soldering experience.
Proceed as follows, mask off all of the surrounding components with kapton tape, apply lots of flux from your flux pen, then heat the plug carefully, pointing the hot air across the plug and away from the rest of the board. Grab the (hot) metal can of the USB plug with the tweezers, and gently lift it. Only remove the plug when all the solder is melted, and it feels loose, to avoid pulling off any tracks. Remove those tracks, and the phone is for the bin. Next, clear any holes that are required to mount the new plug, take care at this stage, as it is imperative that the replacement plug sits flush on the board otherwise the pins on the plug, wont touch the pads on the board, and worse still, you wont get the case back on at the end of the process.
To fit the new socket, clean the pads... no really clean them.... now make sure they are clean, and then flux them and tin them. Fit the new plug, and check that it sits flush to the board. Tack down one metal lug only on the can of the new plug. Check again that the pins are lined up, and carefully drag solder them. Check for shorts. Check again... clean the pads and check again. If you are happy, tack down the remaining three lugs, make sure they are flush and that there are no blobs of solder on the tops of them. Clean the board again. Test... Profit
Total time including additional swearing, re-cleaning... re-re-cleaning and re-fitting.. about 30 minutes and two strong coffees.
The replacement USB plugs are readily available on ebay typically around the £2 ($3) mark, but there are several different styles, and they are different, so make sure you use the correct one for your board.
Now back to your question... why does your battery not charge when you tack the wires to it... simple... it is trying its best not to explode. The USB port provides 5V, but the battery needs between 2.8 and 4.2 vots.. depending on its current state of charge, and this is what the charge controller chip within the phone provides. Anything else and the protection circuit kicks in.
I suggest if you don't fancy repairing the USB plug yourself, you get one of those cheap "universal" usb phone chargers from China, they cost about the same as the replacement USB plug, but are (marginally) less likely to blow up your battery.

itsthatidiotagain said:
Now back to your question... why does your battery not charge when you tack the wires to it... simple... it is trying its best not to explode. The USB port provides 5V, but the battery needs between 2.8 and 4.2 vots.. depending on its current state of charge, and this is what the charge controller chip within the phone provides. Anything else and the protection circuit kicks in.
I suggest if you don't fancy repairing the USB plug yourself, you get one of those cheap "universal" usb phone chargers from China, they cost about the same as the replacement USB plug, but are (marginally) less likely to blow up your battery.
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Good description of the soldering job, the samsung pocket neo is very small but I look forward to having a go at fixing it properly one day, I dont yet have a magnifying glass or solder sucker, but I want to get them. Without these tools the job would be near impossible.
Little update: the phone is charging, I have disconected it and it holds its charge nicely, the internal software just doesn't register the trickle charge it is recieving, I have loads of old chargers and new usb cables and my old second hand phones micro usb port is way too damaged to work anymore with any charger. I use it as a modem principally, so it is connected every day and providing wifi to multiple devices and has no problems with over heating. Now nearly two months have passed and it works fine. Using this method it is possible to completely remove the battery as well. The phone is running directly off the 5 volt power with no ill effects.
It would be convienient to connect it directly to a pc in usb debug mode occasionally, and this is a very good reason for eventually fixing the usb plug.:good:

Help OnePlus 5 doesn't read usb-otg and pc doesn't recognize it

hey.
i have oneplus 5 its rooted and twrp installed
i erased syetem
now i can't install any system
my pc doesn't recognize it
i enterd Qualcomm mod but it doesnt recognize it
i tried to plug a usb drive it doesnt read it
i replaced the connector and usb flex it still doesn't read it
please help me
Is there any way to copy system to twrp without usb ???
thank you

hamzah93 said:
hey.
i have oneplus 5 its rooted and twrp installed
i erased syetem
now i can't install any system
my pc doesn't recognize it
i enterd Qualcomm mod but it doesnt recognize it
i tried to plug a usb drive it doesnt read it
i replaced the connector and usb flex it still doesn't read it
please help me
thank you
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try with both side (turn cabel)
try to oush it in hard know it sounds stupid
i know it sounds stupid but i have 1 o+5 and i changed also everything allready and tryd bunch of cabels/chargers (all oem) and same **** , charge works only in 1 position too, dashcharge is just luck sometimes works sometimes not
something dies on the mainboard on that circuit
after flexchange now contactfail but still only 1 side active even that the phone recognize connection

I changed the usb flex and connector on mainboard
It charge but no data transfer

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Might be hardware. The USB board is not soldered but connected to the manboard. Open the case and fixate. HTH

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does the dashcharge take some wiggling to activate? @hamzah93 @KaszasM it basically means there is lots of lint in the USB-C port. USB C is known for that. Use toothpick with the sharp edge to rub inside the USB-C port to remove the lint. keep going at it for sometime as the lint is really stubborn. i had to use a safety pin and rub constantly for 2-3 minutes to get the lint out. however using metal is not suggested until you know what you're doing.
Cheers

nikk95 said:
does the dashcharge take some wiggling to activate? @[email protected] it basically means there is lots of lint in the USB-C port. USB C is known for that. Use toothpick with the sharp edge to rub inside the USB-C port to remove the lint. keep going at it for sometime as the lint is really stubborn. i had to use a safety pin and rub constantly for 2-3 minutes to get the lint out. however using metal is not suggested until you know what you're doing.
Cheers
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most of the times its just the connector , i changed a few already ,
maybe he didn't placed well by the change or it's already **** product.
you must push all the way down once i even needed to polish the edge of the usb too, that it matches into the backcover.
in my case as i made from my phone in a hot moment a 1 + "fold" a needed to change beside the battery display backcover, even the smd connector on the board .
but all if them is still fine even the last wich i mentioned in the first post above , now with the new smd ?
take your phone to pieces and free the usb port and try your charger / even better any usb otg.
if it works the trouble is 100% that u must push "down" in the backcover let the red isolation ring dissaper in the cover , if not worked with "free" usbport order 1 more

I changed the connector many times
I ordered one more flex cable and dashboard
I will chang it will replay
Thank u

i had the same issue. i just cleaned the charging port with some water ( i took the risk as it is splash proof) and a cloth and its even dash charging now. But do it at your own risk. i do this often when the problem occurs again.