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cameraless Version

does anyone know if there is / will be a cameraless version of the Touch Pro? Or any of the newer phones that is... Treo Pro, Omnia, Diamond, etc... I'm still stuck at Hermes level by Cingular. Does AT&T still make versions without cameras?

Why do you want a camera less version? Why not just get the normal one and not use the camera?

Because he works in a place (or goes to a school) where camera's are prohibited, due to there being sensitive documents (or children) about.

Maybe it helps,when you put a piece of sticky tape on the camera chip under the cover disable camera icon in album,turn off touchflo and delete camera shortcut from programs,so all access to camera app will be disabled. If someone will ask,if you are able to take pictures with it,just give him for a test to take the picture. Or make a small triangle from black plastics and stick it on the alluminium one. Yes,but what with the 3G camera?

Thats correct. A place where cars are around that noone has seen yet. A camera would cost me my job, not even a cameraphone with deactivated camera is allowed. So the AT&T (or until now Cingular) phones where great, because I could show them, they are *manufactured* without camera (though I know the modul is just pulled inside and a black cover where the lens was). Of course it's a real pita to find those on ebay, and from someone that ships to germany too

Mercedes, BMW or Audi I wonder

@TomasNM: in case they ask, I have to prove that the phone was manufactured without camera, i.e. you can order or buy it somewhere. Of course I can fake the camera be gone, but when I have a HTC something for example, I need to be able to show that there is one without camera (like nokia E51 for example).
@NLS: Audi.
there's quite a demand for phones without camera, but it's more or less ignored by companys. Only one so far besides Nokia I know is Cingular, and that was only because they couldn't get their video network to work

Yes,I was in april at BMW in Germany for a bussinesstrip. Everywhere is taking photos strictly disallowed,but I needed some to take(of ours machine for documentation),so I just did it with Olympus camera,not only with HTC Hurricane(my bussiness phone). Everybody thought,I am crazy,but I didn't care. Hahaha. Sorry La....ut. Anyway,our machines are for the welding of already-known parts of BMWs and my pictures was without those parts,so no secret things goes out(if someone wants to ask).

BMW is quite easy on cameras, and in Audi manufacturing part noone cares also (everyone I know that works there has a cameraphone). Though I work in the technical development area, and it's quite different there... There are several cases of termination of work contract...

Considering how difficult it is to get a phone now that doesnt have a camera. Cant you just explain the situation with your boss?

TauTau said:
Thats correct. A place where cars are around that noone has seen yet. A camera would cost me my job, not even a cameraphone with deactivated camera is allowed. So the AT&T (or until now Cingular) phones where great, because I could show them, they are *manufactured* without camera (though I know the modul is just pulled inside and a black cover where the lens was). Of course it's a real pita to find those on ebay, and from someone that ships to germany too
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Pictures, or it didn't happen!
LOL, J/K

What about physically removing the camera and making a little cover to cover the hole. Ive heard of people doing that. Ive also heard there are companies that will do it for you if you don't have the skills. When I worked at 3M it was worse,we simply were not allowed to have phones of any kind in the plant at all. At our plant,we had could have them in the offices,up front but not in the actual manufacturing facility.
If I did that with say,my mogul,I think I would get one of the 3rd party extended batteries with the cover that doesnt have the markings that indicate there is a camera. That way,I would have a phone,with no camera,and a little plastic or rubber plug over a hole,where there is no camera. (rubber plug might be better,that way if someone really thought there was a camera,you could pull out the plug and show them,nothing there. )

There will be a cameraless version, why is everyone douvting it? The 8125, 8525, and Tilt all have had cameraless counterparts.

I'm not doubting, I have asked the bad thing about it, is you have to wait ~2 generations of phones until they pop up on ebay....
(and explaining such a situation to the boss of 30.000 ppl that you maybe saw once on TV is a bit difficult)

pflatlyne said:
What about physically removing the camera and making a little cover to cover the hole. Ive heard of people doing that.
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There are some Qteks around, with pushmail and everything, but only for upper management. They just have a sticker on the camera, but they are registered with numbers. Also there's a department that has camera phones in an isolated area, those are the ppl that work on bluetooth in the car etc., but again everything registered. Since I'm external, i.e. working for a company that works for that company, there's no way to get in a situation to be *allowed* to have a secured camera phone.

I the case of the Touch Pro there are 2 cameras that need to be removed / disabled, making it even more difficult to do oneself to the satisfaction required.

Ill send you my Nokia 2110.... and in return I get a pic of the RS8?

no need for the nokia
http://www.auto-motor-und-sport.de/news/auto_-_produkte/hxcms_article_504320_14204.hbs

NutsyUK said:
Considering how difficult it is to get a phone now that doesnt have a camera. Cant you just explain the situation with your boss?
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HP Ipaq 614. Not as cool as the Rapahel, but still a reasonable phone. Without any camera!
Eriol

Maybe this will help/guide/... you: click.

Identifying a HTC clone ... and fixing it.

I recently bought a HTC touch phone and i suspect it is a Chinese clone but i really dont know. They all look the same to me (the phones). After searching Xda it appears to be like the HTC Elf100 and dopod S1. Is there a definitive way to tell the exact model? The phone was purchased from a website called Deal Extreme.
I would like to know if it is possible to extract the ROM from the phone and save it onto my computer for back up.
More importantly (and the reason i am here) is that the screen is malfunctioning in that the colours are all very faded and there are black lines across the length of the screen wherever there is text or icons. There is a severe flicker when the backlight is set to anything other than full brightness. For the first three days the screen was crystal clear and the colours very vibrant. The only changes made were installing some third party softwares and applying a screen protector.
I have uploaded an image here:
http://www.ibj.co.nz/vlt/CamScreen.jpg
I am trying to isolate the problem down to software or hardware. If it is hardware i will order another screen or digitizer and replace it and if it is software i will begin to look down that path, perhaps flashing the unit with more up to date ROM.

Tell us one thing, is the serial number in the following format? -> HTxxxGxxxxx, if Yes you have have original HTC Touch, if No, you have a nice Chinese clone.
If the back of the device underneath the battery looks like attached picture, you have the clone on your hands. you will have to ship it back to DX for replacement or repair.
Regards

Just from looking at the front of your phone, yes you have a clone

Yep CLone
OK Thanks for assistance. I have a clone here. DX offered to send me a replacement screen if i can locate one on their website. I would have thought they would know if they have one in stock but apparently not.
Can anyone think of a way to find what sort of a screen i would need to replace this one? I am told that the original HTC screen will not do, perhaps different pin outs.

Replacement screen
So i guess i am just sh#t out o luck then? The retailers can't find a replacement screen. Can the ridgy didge screen be modified to fit a clone?

Don't know. Since it's a clone they can have used whatever LCD, with whatever flex connector. But one thing for sure is that you wont be able to use original HTC Touch LCD.
Best option is to ship back to DX for replacement.
Regards

[Q] SGS GT-i9000 ... list and reference of electronic parts

Dears folks,
I'm in search of a list of the references of the electronic components/parts of the Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000.
In particular the reference of the main speaker (see pics attached) part since I've broken this part while replacing my broken LCD screen/digitizer.
I failed to find any OEM/electronic parts suppliers selling this.
Any idea ?
Thanks beforehand.

The SEC part number for QSP01 speaker module is GH59-09408A.
It will cost you around 25-30€ I recon.

Would anyone happen to know where to get a gps antenna? Its the sticker-type just beside the speaker.
I can make a small donation for whomever finds a such antenna.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

rkantos said:
Would anyone happen to know where to get a gps antenna? Its the sticker-type just beside the speaker.
I can make a small donation for whomever finds a such antenna.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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The antenna assy is not sold separately.
You need to buy the whole middle frame.
Price is about 25 euros.

Richthofen said:
The antenna assy is not sold separately.
You need to buy the whole middle frame.
Price is about 25 euros.
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Well, where can I get the middle frame?

@ Richthofen
Thank you. Huh same question as "rkantos", any idea where to buy GH59-09408A online ? Failed to find it on eBay.

you might try these folks http://www.globaldirectparts.com/
they're in Texas, USA

Thanks Larryccf. Unfortunatly, not in their catalogue.
I'll have a look straight to korean "suppliers" ...

Okay, I did some further investigation and found out that this "rear speaker" is manufactured by a Korean company named Bluecom.
The reference of this "speaker module" is HQS151135P ... which is to be found inside the plastic ****.
Hope this help for future "unlucky" like me when disassemblying the SGS.

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for a website where I can buy a special spare parts for my galaxy s!
This part is the mic, the physical button and the two touch buttons.
All this components stay in the same part
If you know what's the reference number of this part or where I can buy it, you may give me this.
thanks boys.
Jika

jawad_449 said:
Hi everybody,
I'm looking for a website where I can buy a special spare parts for my galaxy s!
This part the mic, the physical button and the two touch buttons.
All this components stay in the same part
If you know what's the reference number of this part, you may give me this.
thanks boys.
Jika
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For the 2 touch buttons ... lookout on eBay with the following keywords (I cannot give the direct link since I'm limited in my profile account here) :
"Flex Cable Keypad for Samsung Galaxy S i9000 wTracking"
... quite not sure it includes the mic and the "plastic" button at the bottom of the phone, tough.

Thanks itdoe. I'm just looking at this and there's the mic, that's exactely what I'm looking for! That's maybe the solution for my physical button which lost his sensitivity and the two touch button which doesn't work ...
But I have one more question :
Do you know where I can find the wire connecting this part and the mothercard? (like in the pics).
That's a standard cable or that's a spacial Samsung cable?
Someone know what's it utility?
I ask you that because I disconnect this cable and everything works in my phone only the two touch key.

After some investigations, I found what's this wire. That's the network cable which work like your hearset for the radio in your Galaxy S. That's in fact an antenna! (maybe for bluetooth too, but I'm not sure for that!)
If that can help someone

Anyone have info on the part number for the front facing camera?

TheBrandonWRX said:
Anyone have info on the part number for the front facing camera?
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The front facing camera is in the same module with the main camera.
The part number for this assy is GH59-09400A.
The price is around 40-50 euros I recon.

Hello,
i need the spare part: microphon/antenna
Do you know also the part number and where i can find it?
Thanks for help.
gb16928

gb16928 said:
Hello,
i need the spare part: microphon/antenna
Do you know also the part number and where i can find it?
Thanks for help.
gb16928
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The microphon and antenna stay on button flex cable ...
You can find it on Ebay (search : "GENUINE SAMSUNG KEYPAD FLEX RIBBON CABLE FOR I9000" )

I think I've the one million dollar question ...
I wondered if someone know where I can find the power flex cable welded on the mothercard to remplace my cutted flex cable ... (or eventually this reference).
If you havn't any information about this one, do you think it's possible to use an other flex cable model?
thank you for your answers...

To bad there is no answer to the real flex cable or the middle part. By my own stupidness i destroid the flex cable. I think I must buy a new SGS then all my holiday pictures and videos are in the broken phone. So the new Samsung Pad must wait...

Thanks, my i9000 is ok now

Chinese knockoff Note 2; poor reception because it has no antennas!

Hi folks. I wanted to share some pictures I took of a phone which you may have seen before, but I found some interesting stuff inside.
I ordered a "Samsung Note II (chinese copy)" from AliExpress. I knew that it probably wasn't going to be the genuine article.
I've been unable to get good reception on it, even on wifi with my AP in the same room. I took the back off the phone, only to find out that the thing has no antennas inside it!
(see pictures)
The spring contacts exists for where the antennas are supposed to go, but then there are no antennas inside the middle cover!
Contrasting to how the Note II actually is arranged in teardown videos.
Sure enough, it's really an MTK6577 internally, and finding a driver for the serial device that pops up when plugged in was pretty hard. I had to search for the USB hardware device ID, which brought me to an XDA page about a HaiPai phone.
It's also pretty funny that it came with a hacked version of AnTuTu Benchmark installed that had all the faked information in there about cores, resolution, Flash size, etc.
Now if only I could find a magic middle housing piece that actually had proper antennas that matched the spring landing contacts on the phone board ....

I also bought NOTE2 clone. It's dual core MTK 6577 but everything work great. Signal is great.
BTW how can we make sure the MTK model is really match with they advertise?

natdanai said:
I also bought NOTE2 clone. It's dual core MTK 6577 but everything work great. Signal is great.
BTW how can we make sure the MTK model is really match with they advertise?
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Well, I'm jealous. This phone without antennas is basically useless, and the seller is giving the runaround and won't give me a refund. I may as well have just put my $170 in a pile and burned it.
I managed to mostly uninstall the hacked version of AnTuTu benchmark they had on there to mis-report the specs. I believe if you drop it into service mode, there is a page that will let you see the actual specs of the phone. With the phone off, hold Volume Down + the button at the bottom + the power button, and the phone will go into a service mode instead of booting up normally, and there is an option to give hardware details.
Does your NOTE2 clone also have the Samsung fake branding on it? It is a fake samsung, or something that roughly similar to a NOTE2? I'd be really interested to see you take it apart, and see if there are any antennas in the middle housing part, where mine are missing.

[Q] Invisible Earpieces?? Are these real??

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/Cove...d-For-Induction-Neck-Loop-spy/1713145428.html
I just found these while doing random Google search. can anyone tell me if this is real. and it's so cheap I think I might buy one. It says on the website it works using bluetooth and works with phones? I found pictures of people wearing it it's smaller than the ear-hole you need to push it in a little deep and it's completely invisible. you have to pull it out with that antenna thing coming out. and just 10$?? this kind of technology should be atlease 100$ if its legit? I need your help?