can plz any one tell frm where to buy magicians lcd flex cable
dont think you can buy one on its own, you have to buy the entire LCD assembly to replace it.
I suggest looking for dead XDA mini's and taking the cable off that.
Whitemoo
Probably I have the same problem. I'm looking for a possibility to extend the existing flex connection between display and mainboard. Why? I'd like to separate the display and assemble it separately from the mainboard.
My search for a possibility to enhance the flex cable was not successful till now but I have 2 links which could be helpful probably.
Display datasheet
FPC Connector datasheet
Maybe this helps you to get further information?
Klaus.
Wow, your links are very interesting! But an extension cable could only be built by industrial machines because you can't mold the little contacts by yourself. I haven't heard of a cable like this being produced.
The only way to show the display on an other screen I think would be to use one of the applications that let you control the pda from a connected pc. A little tabletop pc would be pretty cool for this...
MfG, Mike.
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HEy I have an MDA but about a month ago my usb port broke and is loose inside the phone.
I want to know if this phone can be saved in any way
I have a LOT of contacts and other important info left on the phone and I need them badly.
the battery is dead and I need to know if to call it quits on this phone or not
maybe I could charge the battery through another MDA but i still need all those contacts to be transfered and its way too much to individually get.
please shed some light on what I should do
Maybe get a new battery and connect through bluetooth?
Repairing a HTC Wizard USB Connector
HEy I have an MDA but about a month ago my usb port broke and is loose inside the phone.
I want to know if this phone can be saved in any way
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Yes, it can be saved!
The same thing happened to me and I fixed it. What you need to do is get
a soldering iron
some extremely thin silver solder (I used .015 dia. Radioshack 64-035e)
some desoldering braid (Radioshack 64-2090)
a continuity tester (the more needle-like the probes, the better!)
a tiny flat head screwdriver (1mm I think).
All this is available at RadioShack or can be found for less online.
Take the phone apart. This is tricky. Read the HTC repair guides available off of this site.
ftp://xda:[email protected]/Wizard/Docs_Tutorials/Wizard_Service_Manual.pdf
I can do it with a tiny flathead screwdriver instead of the torx that is recommended.
At this point, go on youtube.com and watch some videos on how to do surface mount soldering at home with a normal soldering iron. I found this to be helpful and confidence inspiring.
One thing I did was use the file on my Leatherman tool to sharpen the soldering iron tip to a sharp point. This helped get to the tiny nook that you will be soldering.
Find the loose usb connector in the phone. Its probably in fine condition. The reason why it broke is that HTC did not use enough solder to hold it to the board. Its not likely your fault. In the old days we called this a 'design flaw' and an organization called the 'BBB' would instigate what is called a 'product recall' for what we casually referred to as a 'lemon'.
Now, solder the four corners of the USB connector to the board. It probably won't be hard to put it in its original place. Don't leave a cold solder joint... make sure the dolops of solder are nice and shiny.
Then carefully proceed to solder the pinouts on the connector to the traces on the board. This is easier than it looks because the thin solder will flow right onto the traces under the connector.
If you accidently short two traces with solder, then use the desoldering braid to suck it up. Be extremely careful not to lift hard on the braid and pull up the traces. This did not happen to me, but I was careful.
The thing to know is that the USB connector has 5 pinouts but the USB standard only uses 4 of them. Google Mini USB connector pinouts and study which pins go to which wires: http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml
When you think you have succeeded at soldering, use the continuity tester on your multimeter to check your work.
Check for short circuits between the traces.
Plug a mini-usb cable into the phone and carefully check continuity from the far end of the USB cable, to the trace on the motherboard of the phone. All four wires on the USB cable should match to the corresponding traces on the board. This is pretty logical when you are actually staring at it. But just in case, what I am saying here is, take one conductor of the continuity tester and place it on one pinout of the usb connector on the phone. Take the other conductor of the continuity tester and put it on the corresponding wire insider your 4 pin USB-A cable connector. If you hear the multimeter beep, you succeeded.
These diagrams show which pinout goes to which wire: http://pinouts.ru/Slots/USB_pinout.shtml
If everything checks out. Reassemble the phone, and see if it charges with the wall charger. If it does, then see if you can get it to sync with ActiveSync. If the phone doesn't show up in the device registry (or the MacOS X System Profiler), you definitely have not soldered it properly. Be sure the phone is on of course.
PS. Finally, was it all worth it? Well, it was great to get my data back, now its time to go get an iPhone! I mean really, all of this hacking is not worth your time. The iPhone is a far superior cell phone in every aspect. Who wants to screw around with installing half-baked ROM files and buggy M$ platforms? I digress.
PPS. I was able to do all this with MacOS X running VMWare Fusion, Win XP SP2 running Active Sync. So you don't even need a PC!
you tell us to make sure the phone is off way at the end i found this, but is this considered service mont? http://youtube.com/watch?v=KdWCffSdpuE
There 2 things I could add to the instructions above,
1 when I solder surface mount or tight connections I use lots of solder resin (like a acidic primer that cleans the surface as heat is applied, can be cleaned with isopropylene[alcohol]). This really makes the solder flow good to the contacts then use solder wick to suck up any extra solder that may present a problem.
2 You can sign up for mail2web.com and sync your pda with there exchange server, works wonders, I can flash my phones and all of them always have the same full contact list with all the emails, calender etc......
hope this helps
resin and alchohol do the same thing?
OKay I have a wizard with a Broken Power/mini-USB port and one with a broken screen would it be eaiser to replace the USB port or the screen?
I don't have an issue doing it I replace the screens on laptops all the time this can't be much harder.
Anyone got an exploded view so I can figure out which way to go or know where I can get what looks like a t2 Torx (maybe smaller)
i would say.. replace the mother board... there's one connector from keyboard and one for screen, that's it i think...
how to DISMANTEL
tnx to Link removed - no longer valid, where you have a lot's of guides about dismantling your qtek good luck!
Be careful when you remove the top of the case where the power switch is. It's easy to break the little switch soldered to the motherboard. (not that I've done it or anything )
In the middle of disassembling my Legend to replace a bad digitizer, I broke the ribbon cable connecting the power button to the PCB. I haven't reassembled it yet, but I can't see how it's going to work.
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(Sorry I can't post links because of post count.)
If anyone knows what the best way to repair this would be, I would be most appreciative. Thank you.
EDIT:
It seems this is the piece I need to replace.
tinyurl.com/28a7t9u
tinyurl.com/36yj5tw
Anyone know where I could go about finding one of these? The part number turns up nothing on Google.
I would find a service center and ask there, or I would solder it , it's just two wires....
But be sure you purchase a part with the ribbon cable on it, what I've seen it didn't look like it was there...
Good luck...
Called HTC service center. Unfortunately they don't sell parts direct.
I thought about soldering it, however the ribbon broke so close to the base that I am not sure I would be able to get access to the conductor.
Anyone have a trashed Legend that I could buy for parts?
I can't charge my beloved hd2 anymore. Apparently the USB connector broke off Opened it up and as soon as I unscrewed the main board the USB connector just fell out. Is it even possible to fix this??
Yes should be repairable, either exiting USB socket can be resoldered or a new one can be obtained & soldered to board.
If you can't do the soldering a local repair shop can do it & cost should be low as you doing time consuming work of strip & assembly.
Not a big fan of the micro USB, the mini was far better in terms of reliability & connection capability (extra pins could feed audio & video)
Epoxy resin or PU40 could be applied around USB socket after successful repair to help support it during use (not too much or may hinder future repair) ... factory implementation of this sockets attachment is cheap to be polite.
Thanks for the prompt reply mister b I was just concerned coz I thought it was just one pin that came loose that would be quick to resolder, with maybe a little residual left over on the board for me to work with, but when I saw there was nothing left on the board at some pin connection points I got really worried. Thought I'd have to replace the whole board to get it fixed lol. Don't know much about these things so I'll probably be getting it to a repair shop. Thanks again
Yeh give it to a trusted shop as board is a bit chewed up & if they are successful try & support usb socket via adhesive as the board fixing repair may not be as strong as original & original was not that good
I need help with broken lcd flex cable connector on motherboard!
I want to now is another connector fits for Trophy
Nothing?
Nobody knows any solution?
I had this happen on my Touch Pro2, but the cable still worked fine after inserting it. Maybe try a bit of electrical tape on top? I don't know if the facing side on the Trophy connector (the side that is broken has any data carry over or not?)
It's some pretty high level damage to do either way.
I try, but not work.
I hate to say it, your out of luck. :/ Unless you can find someone that can do awesome high level soldering and has access to the parts to replace it... that's it. HTC might repair it at a cost, since the phone isn't under warranty anymore, but you'd have to contact them and ask them if they would and what the price would be.
I buy one with broken LCD and Touchscreen and now I have a working Trophy.
Only thing is to change stock ROM with custom ROM.