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Any tips for stylus retention?

Both mine and the wife's Exec's now have loose styluses, is there any way to fix this?

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Deaks100 said:
Both mine and the wife's Exec's now have loose styluses, is there any way to fix this?
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My Wizard's always done this. I've had it apart and couldn't fix it, so have settled for using a couple of turns of sellotape around the tip end of the stylus. Do it neatly and you can't see it, and it works nicely.
Ric

i put two small pieces of insulating tape in the hole where the stylus goes... it seems to hold well. i have attached a image. good luck

Deaks100 said:
Both mine and the wife's Exec's now have loose styluses, is there any way to fix this?
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Hi, you can try one of these. Bee usiing mine for ages now and it's great. http://www.boxwave.com/products/styraballpointpen/styra-ballpoint-pen-stylus-i-mate-jasjar_723.htm
These are available from UK (mobilefun I think)
Regards
Mav

mavrik64 said:
Hi, you can try one of these. Bee usiing mine for ages now and it's great. http://www.boxwave.com/products/styraballpointpen/styra-ballpoint-pen-stylus-i-mate-jasjar_723.htm
These are available from UK (mobilefun I think)
Regards
Mav
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Hi,
It looks the same size - does it really stay in place more than the original, if so I'll get one!!
Thanks Matt

Tape: £1.39
Time out from work to craft the end of the tape to suit the exec: £4.50
The look on my other half's face when I prove the stylus will stay put: Priceless.
For most things you can use your Mastercard, for everything else, there's insulating tape.
P.S. I used black so it doesn't look so conspicious... is it vain or just the geek in me?
Best wishes,

i just wrapped a little tape around the stylus, just where the plastic meets the metal, works great, had it in situ around 4/5 months now

matt1971 said:
Hi,
It looks the same size - does it really stay in place more than the original, if so I'll get one!!
Thanks Matt
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Not dropped out of my Exec yet. Funny thing is, I didn't think it would last long so I also bought a pack of 3 stock Stylus. Never used them. Hope I never will.
The new one has been in since Dec 06, used daily, and still going strong.
Regards
Mav

my stylus wud come out as if cheese but then i lifted the black part little up and now it stays in it place

Best thing is to actually get one of those 3-in one styli. They are actually a little thicker, which means they stay in a lot better. Mobile Fun sell them. Just google them and fine oneone.

I found the sim card slot!!!

The other day I was messin around with my sdcard and I scratched the area on the side of the microsd slot and through the plastic thing covering something it said sim card
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andslide said:
The other day I was messin around with my sdcard and I scratched the area on the side of the microsd slot and through the plastic thing covering something it said sim card
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Did you even TRY to search the forum first?
Old, old, OLD news. Don't try to put anything in there, it's just a hole and you'll lose your SIM.

andslide said:
The other day I was messin around with my sdcard and I scratched the area on the side of the microsd slot and through the plastic thing covering something it said sim card
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WOW THIS IS SO GREAT!
Kidding... Did you check the forums?
This was discovered like on day one, in addition it's just the slot with no tech underneath, so if you try to put a sim card in it it will get lost inside the device and never be seen again.
In addition this has nothing to do with android development of the device ;-)
Cheers ;-)

andslide said:
The other day I was messin around with my sdcard and I scratched the area on the side of the microsd slot and through the plastic thing covering something it said sim card
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lmao.. I hope you didn't put a sim card in there. It's just a open hole to the inside of the case. Anything you put in there will just rattle around the inside of the tablet. The wifi models DO NOT have the cellular device installed.

but is it usable though?
EDIT: nevermind.. stupid question

omg this is great guys, I just found a hole on the side of my tab that my USB drive can fit into!

n1nj4dude said:
omg this is great guys, I just found a hole on the side of my tab that my USB drive can fit into!
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The whole USB drive!?

WishRyder said:
The whole USB drive!?
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I accidentally the whole tablet!

while this seems funny (well yeah it truly is) I had the back off of mine the other day (I took pics meaning to post them on iTweakit,com).
It got me thinking what was "missing", as in how hard would it be to add "the part" acer puts in the 3g version, there were no connectors, or non soldered points I could see, so I assume its a different logic board.
Anyways if you did happen to loose your sim card in that "hole" you can remove the back by carefully using a spluddger (this is a plastic screw driver intended to prevent marring the plastic) to gently pry it away from the clips. The thing is screw-less. I started around the dock connector, after the first "pop" the rest detaches fairly easily, you can use your fingers to continue prying. As a warning, remove your microsd card b4 attempting as it sits in-between the back and the logicboard.
Also I caution not to mess around with the microsd slot, I somehow damaged it slightly so it won't keep the card in unless I try to "click" it in about 20x at slightly different angles, so as far as I'm concerned I have a 48gb tablet now, as I won't be removing the sd card very often! At one point the card launched out (microsd slots are famous for such launches cause of the spring pressure), popped me in the eye ouch!

Yes, you have to be careful about sd.. I broke my sd card when disassembling the device (left the stupid thing inside). Anyway, with scissors or a screwdriver you can fix your sd slot. Usually any problems happen because it gets bent and either the card gets stuck or is too loose

Interestingly enough, there does seem to be a strange void space next to the battery, with two screw slots. Perhaps someone with a 3g model could take some pictures of their devices internals?

sp3dev said:
I accidentally the whole tablet!
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Quote of the year

Anyone up-to-date on how a sim card connects internally? Could this port be hijacked for another purpose? If it's just empty space with blank solder points we could throw in another card reader (SD) or some other random piece of tech.

somewhere deep inside, I still wish the title was really true!

Doc_rockulus said:
Anyone up-to-date on how a sim card connects internally? Could this port be hijacked for another purpose? If it's just empty space with blank solder points we could throw in another card reader (SD) or some other random piece of tech.
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I suggest you try it and tell us how it goes.

FloatingFatMan said:
I suggest you try it and tell us how it goes.
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A 3G modem is supposed to be installed into the pci-express slot. On the wifi-only models the slot is not soldered and probably the pcie controller as well, although I didn't look for it.. But there's a lot of space inside so with some mad skills you can solder a usb hub and connect it between the pcb and external usb port..

This post is still near the top of page one. Stop it, please... I chuckle every time I see it

tholmewood said:
This post is still near the top of page one. Stop it, please... I chuckle every time I see it
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Bump.

can a badly inserted sim affect phone performance

I know I know what a noob question we have here ! it's just I am new to nano sims , I received my galaxy s7 edge yesterday, I took my old sim today to a near mobile shop to have it cut and when i went home i tried to install it but it didn't fit inside my phone I tried with some pressure but it just didn't so I had to cut a little bit more of its width and apparently I went so far now its length fits in the sim holder but its width is short...what I want to say is the sim doesn't stick to the holder it's loose , I took the holder out several times to make sure that the sim didn't fall inside the phone and it didn't, I am a little bit obsessive can a loose sim card affect phone performance? causing lag, bad signal, whatsoever?

MementoM said:
I cut mine at home and mine also needed to be shaved a bit for it too fit and now it's smaller and also does not fit in the sim tray perfectly. Mine still acts the same I get better network speed with an AT&T phone and a little less with an international model. I wouldn't be to worried. You should see my SIM card its trashed it looks uneven and the gold data part is all scratched up.
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thx for your reply, mine is not that bad tho, but this cannot affect performance right? and by performance I don't mean only network performance I mean performance in general

No. Never. Absolutely not. It's not even a legit chance.
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MementoM said:
I've never noticed any oddly performance issues with my SIM in phones.
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that why I indicated that I am noob,I am kinda ignorant when it comes to smartphones

Brava27 said:
No. Never. Absolutely not. It's not even a legit chance.
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OK thank u for your help

i9506 GPS not working at all

Hi All,
I have an i9506 previously stock 4.42 (Hungary I9506XXUCNI1 firm), later switched to I9506XXUBNA2 then 9506XXUDOJ2 which now serves base for kyasu's 13.0-20160323-SNAPSHOT-ZNH0E-ks01lte.
A month ago I realised that the GPS finds position really-really slow - if it finds any after 25 km ride.
Even if it is able to find the position, it looses quickly.
Waze and iGO Primo are unable to work / navigate.
I shortly switched back to stock ROM but the problem stayed.
Do you think that a custom ROM could have something to do with the GPS problem?
Any tips how to narrow the root cause possibilities?
Maybe the GPS hardware is faulty? In 1,5 years the phone had no more than 5 ground hits. In theory this could cause a faulty GPS...

That is caused by the GPS not making contact with the antenna on the chassis of the phone.
I managed to fix it myself by unscrewing the back and removing the whole back panel off (by carefully I clipping the frame). The GPS antenna is located on the top left corner. Carefully using a flat screw driver bend it up and then put the back plate back in and screw it in tightly ensuring that you don't over tightened and crack any of the plastic.
After that, the phone would get a GPS lock within seconds.
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Yeah, exactly. In the meantime I asked Samsung support for a repair. They replaced the whole middle plastic part of the phone (including the antenna).
It seems that problem is solved.
Thank you!

Zephael said:
Yeah, exactly. In the meantime I asked Samsung support for a repair. They replaced the whole middle plastic part of the phone (including the antenna).
It seems that problem is solved.
Thank you!
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Was it free repair?

MrAndroid12 said:
Was it free repair?
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Yes. However, the Knox bit was not checked. I put back the original firmware, with T-mobile logo.

Zephael said:
Yes. However, the Knox bit was not checked. I put back the original firmware, with T-mobile logo.
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Oh, that's great seeing the phone is well over 3 years old.
tbh, I don't think many people even use that knox crap
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MrAndroid12 said:
Oh, that's great seeing the phone is well over 3 years old.
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Mine is 1,5 years old. Extended warranty ends in november. So I still have some time

Water damage - suggestions?

I had my shiny new Axon 7 for less than 24 hours when I left for vacation with my family. We were at a lake with a fishing pier when my 2 year old nephew took a spill off the pier. I jumped in after him, and all is well with him. But my phone was in my pocket. I immediately put it in rice and didn't touch it for 2 days.
When I took it out, it was completely dead. Thinking that maybe the battery just died, I charged it, but nothing. Then , later that night, it stated making sounds for notifications (must have been hooked up to wifi). It became obvious that the phone was on and working, but the screen was dead.
The next day, the screen came back to life and everything looked normal.
So I put my SIM card in, but it doesn't pick up a signal. The phone definitely recognizes the card, but nothing happens. I switched it to the second SIM tray, but the same thing. The signal bar on top is just a blank triangle. I even tried a second SIM card from my work phone just in case.
Any suggestions or am I toast?

fungo45 said:
I had my shiny new Axon 7 for less than 24 hours when I left for vacation with my family. We were at a lake with a fishing pier when my 2 year old nephew took a spill off the pier. I jumped in after him, and all is well with him. But my phone was in my pocket. I immediately put it in rice and didn't touch it for 2 days.
When I took it out, it was completely dead. Thinking that maybe the battery just died, I charged it, but nothing. Then , later that night, it stated making sounds for notifications (must have been hooked up to wifi). It became obvious that the phone was on and working, but the screen was dead.
The next day, the screen came back to life and everything looked normal.
So I put my SIM card in, but it doesn't pick up a signal. The phone definitely recognizes the card, but nothing happens. I switched it to the second SIM tray, but the same thing. The signal bar on top is just a blank triangle. I even tried a second SIM card from my work phone just in case.
Any suggestions or am I toast?
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The A2017G has one 'liquid damage repair' withon 2 years with the VIP warranty thing. If you send the phone though, be prepared to be 2+ weeks without it (at least two months ago they didn't have replacement parts/phones, so they left everyone waiting for a lot of time), but you might as well have luck. If you have an a2017U i don't know.
You probably have some water on the SIM tray slot though. Get the tray off and leave it one more night on rice, maybe it solves itself

U need to do a ultrasonic clean. Al connector must be cleaned with gasoline and u need to check every component for oxidation even under heat shields.

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The A2017G has one 'liquid damage repair' withon 2 years with the VIP warranty thing. If you send the phone though, be prepared to be 2+ weeks without it (at least two months ago they didn't have replacement parts/phones, so they left everyone waiting for a lot of time), but you might as well have luck. If you have an a2017U i don't know.
You probably have some water on the SIM tray slot though. Get the tray off and leave it one more night on rice, maybe it solves itself
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Thanks - I believe I have the a2017U, which I understand is the US version. I'll give the warranty suggestion a try as I've got nothing to lose.

wallor77 said:
U need to do a ultrasonic clean. Al connector must be cleaned with gasoline and u need to check every component for oxidation even under heat shields.
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Never heard of this. I assume this is something a local cellphone repair shop would offer?

fungo45 said:
Never heard of this. I assume this is something a local cellphone repair shop would offer?
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I am a local cellphone repair shop that's why i was telling the procedure to help. I repaired couple of water damaged devices. U can do it without ultrasonic cleaner but u need medicinal gasoline that is a must and toothbrush. U need to clean whole motherboard without heat shields and u need to clean all connectors. U need to check shortage as well

Just chatted with customer service. The Passport 2.0 coverage covers water damage, but need to pay $80 deductible. Fine with me! Only problem is that I am not the original owner (bough it on Swappa) and the warranty is not transferable. I've got a message into the original owner to see if he'll help me out. Fingers crossed!

Was able to track down the original owner - great guy. We called ZTE together and was able to file a warranty claim. I paid $85 and they're sending me a new phone.
All good!