Opened up an old PC on a stick to see what I could do to improve wireless signal and ended up breaking off what appears to be a part of the wifi antenna however I have no idea what it is correctly called, a few google searches and I come up short. I want to know what the part is called so that hopefully I can find out how to reattach it.
The part looks like a gold color pin that pushes in, sort of like a micro plunger. When the case is put back together there is a metal plate on the case that makes contact with this pin to create an antenna of sorts.
I would just solder it back on but I can't make out any metal contact left to solder to on the spot where it broke off from.
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Howdy mate,
That's a surface mount pogo pin, Lson is a company that makes them, you could probably salvage one if you could find an old car kit or phone charger from the late 90's. You could also replace it with a piece of springy steel from a battery terminal but that might affect the antenna wavelength.
Tetsuo
Thank you!
That is exactly correct
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Hi All,
I put this question on MODACO (the place of how to take the JamIn apart!) for a week but got no reply - so I hope someone here can help me!
http://www.modaco.com/USB-damaged-t255421.html
I had the famous earphone-spring switch stuck & my phone always tried to use the earphone.
Thanks to the wonderful tutorial from Iain, I managed to open the case & fix problem.
Unfortunatly, something went wrong while using the hot air iron - Now I've no USB connectivity!! - It's charging but no AS connectivity!
I want to check a component placement.
there is a place for a diode near the USB socket on the PCB - there's no diode on my phone only a silk screen label indicating that a diode should be there - and I think that the hot air iron blow the diode away.
Would anyone please check his phone - post a photo of the PCB on both sides of the USB connection or send a schematic or a circuit diagram for the prophet.
Unfortunatly I don't have a digital camera other than the one on the phone
Thanks for yor help
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Hi all,
Any help?!?!?!?!?!?!?
Just bought a "brand new" HTC HD2 online and I am questioning if the usb cable is the original one. The end that plugs into the phone is really hard to shove in and fitment just doesn't look right to me. I need something to identify if I have the right one and not being scammed. On the end that goes into the phone there is an "Arrow" image and other side no arrow but oddly the only way it fits, is the arrow facing downwards.
Hope someone can help me out. TIA
PS: This is a USA T-Mobile one if that matters
Some plugs fit more snugly than others. Does the phone charge with this plug? If yes, then it is the right plug. I havn't personally tested it that it would even fit, but if the micro side of the plug is a rectangle then it's possibly a Micro-ab USB cable (but I doubt it).
Here's a pic:
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Your plug should look like the Micro-B with slighly sloped edges on one side.
Micro usb like all other variants of usb, are not usually close enough in size/shape to fit any other adapter.
Hi,
I'm thinking of removing the Camera unit from my phone as camera mobiles are not allowed in my office.
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-4G-Teardown/4977/1
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Samsung-Galaxy-S-I-9000-Teardown/7122/1
http://www.ebay.in/itm/Opening-tool...4?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_203&hash=item416585c42c
Based on this, I'm confident that I can remove the camera from the mobile. But after removing the entire chip, will the phone have any trouble in booting?
I mean, while the phone is booting, will it be looking for camera unit and will fail in booting if there aren't any camera units found? I know this doesn't make any sense, but still I don't want to take any chance....
XDAians please shed some light on this topic! Also if you have any tips on removing camera, please share your information.
Thanks
Removing the camera is very easy if you know how to take the phone apart (don't break the tabs on the chrome trim).
And the phone will boot just fine.
This is my first time removing the panel. Hope it is as easy as you say.
And I'll look out for that tabs on the chrome trim.
i have changed the Mainboard a few weeks ago.
The hardest work was to split the cover.
Here the guy use a tool
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i suggest to use your fingernails.
Second, there is a small white cable between mainboard and the board in the bottom.
Don't crush it, when you reassemble the phone.
Can i replace the front panel of my note 3 ? I got 2 small dents/scratches exactly where i put the two red dots on the below picture. They are very small but pretty annoying in alot of light.
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Can buy new fascia's on eBay and on some phone shops yeah, fitting them may be tricky though.
If I was you I would get bumper case to avoid future scratches and cover existing one and would be really afraid to make things worse, while replacing that panel, than what it is now, but I'm not you.
Personally I find it dumb that users can't swap exteriors by design when phones are bounded to be scratched one way or another. For myself I could care less if my phone got banged up to the max if I knew I can simply self replace the entire exterior except the screen for like $20.
You can buy parts and replace them yourself, can you do it yourself as good as factory without messing anything up is the question. I don't know what exactly is involved in replacing this particular plate, but it seems some disassembly is almost given and there are wires, connectors etc. you need to be careful. It's not like iphone where you have to disassembly whole screen to replace stupid battery.
Hi guys, so after reading another thread on here I managed to get my phone charging. Like others I managed to catch the lead while charging and it damaged the USB-C plug on the lead, just enough so that (at first) it simply wouldn't charge. I managed to get charge by forcing the lead in a touch and having in the "right place" and of course, not touching the phone while it charges. I also wanted another lead so I could charge in the car.... but of course, it also doesn't work if the USB-C lead is plugged in upside down (sic)
I purchased replacement leads thinking the first was broke, the next didn't work either.
This is as some have pointed out because the USB-C socket on the Maze Alpha is sunk in further by about 1 mm. So no standard made lead works.
SO I took one of the other leads and trimmed off about 1mm of the rubber/plastic (See red line on image)
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Image link : https://ibb.co/kmD0QK
and it works perfectly. So I trimmed my existing official Maze Alpha lead and that also works perfectly now too.
Of course, if you wish to do this, don't buy one that has a metal shroud or surround on the base of the plug. Please also be careful not to cut yourself.