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[Q] htc pure

I am trying to take apart my htc pure. I cannot get the part down by the stylis to release. there is a small body part still in place after removing the battery cover and the torx screws. has anyone taken one of these apart willing to give me a hint?
thanks in advance for any clues

got it apart. turns out there is a little plate just under the front nav buttons (will post pics later if possible) that needed pried off to reveal 2 other screws. I got the speaker to work, kind of. it has a lot of crackle to it. now I have a few questions I am not sure on.
how can I tell if the unit has previously been modded, should I search the rom revision on the forum?
if it has been modded, possibly just a bad radio file has been loaded, I kinda doubt that but could that be possible?
lastly, does anyone have any idea where to purchase a replacement ear speaker? I have searched high and low. only found one new they wanted $85.00 for just the speaker. Gee, little high.
I have seen dead units on ebay for $40.00, thinking that may be my only option now.

Crack my screen please help!!!

I bought a Sensation and the other day my screen cracked when I dropped it, so i bought a screen digitizer replacement but it did not come with instructions =[
I'm freaking out because I have no idea how to do this and I spent 45 dollars to replace it! Can someone please help!? PLEASE! =[

Vinny702 said:
I bought a Sensation and the other day my screen cracked when I dropped it, so i bought a screen digitizer replacement but it did not come with instructions =[
I'm freaking out because I have no idea how to do this and I spent 45 dollars to replace it! Can someone please help!? PLEASE! =[
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Got a good picture of the backside of your new screen?
Connections,etc?

The Radius Kid said:
Got a good picture of the backside of your new screen?
Conncetions,etc?
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http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00597J4I8
thats what im working with.... does that help?

Vinny702 said:
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00597J4I8
thats what im working with.... does that help?
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That shows me the connector strap....but all is not lost.
I opened mine.
There's two small screws up top on either corner.
Two just below the battery pocket on either side and two on the bottom corners.
It looks like there may be a hidden one in the battery pocket,next to the contact terminals,under a round dot sticker.
They look like they may be #4 Torx head .. just a guess.
Get those out [remember their positions] and it should be fairly easy.

The Radius Kid said:
That shows me the connector strap....but all is not lost.
I opened mine.
There's two small screws up top on either corner.
Two just below the battery pocket on either side and two on the bottom corners.
It looks like there may be a hidden one in the battery pocket,next to the contact terminals,under a round dot sticker.
They look like they may be #4 Torx head .. just a guess.
Get those out [remember their positions] and it should be fairly easy.
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after that will the screen come off or is there a technic for doing that?

Vinny702 said:
I bought a Sensation and the other day my screen cracked when I dropped it, so i bought a screen digitizer replacement but it did not come with instructions =[
I'm freaking out because I have no idea how to do this and I spent 45 dollars to replace it! Can someone please help!? PLEASE! =[
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take it back to the shop and get it fixed?

If you lived in the Oklahoma City area I'd say bring it in to my shop & I'd get you all fixed up(I'm a phone/computer/game console repair tech) but I dunno what area you're in, so... Replacing screens is generally pretty easy but I REALLY recommend you take it to a phone shop if you don't know how to do it. These phones are extremely delicate & you could break it VERY easily with one wrong move. But if you insist on doing it yourself, this should hopefully help you out some with getting it apart- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WG7gt1EnN3w It's kind of fast & ****ty, but it's the only teardown vid I could find.
FYI- digitizers are stuck on with special double-stick adhesive that holds it in place over the LCD, so make sure the one you bought came with a new piece of adhesive because you can't reuse the old one(unless you're VERY careful) & the screen won't stay on w/o it. You'll wanna use a heat gun on a low setting or a hot hairdryer to get the old digitizer off too. And of course, be mindful of dust.

I just did exactly this repair and took some footage while doing it. Excuse the crappy voiceover.
On youtube.com go to watch?v=T5bWl73O9ss Or just search for HTC Sensation Screen Repair
Apparently my old account was disabled so I had to sign up again. Now I can't post a single URL. Hope someone else can make that linkable.

bronson2 said:
I just did exactly this repair and took some footage while doing it. Excuse the crappy voiceover.
On youtube.com go to watch?v=T5bWl73O9ss Or just search for HTC Sensation Screen Repair
Apparently my old account was disabled so I had to sign up again. Now I can't post a single URL. Hope someone else can make that linkable.
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This one?:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T5bWl73O9ss

if you've never done that before, I suggest (as I do to all my customers to save pain and money) find someone with knowhow, and kindly ask to look over their shoulder. this has worked for me on many many occasions. I know know how to windshield chip repair for one (although completely unrelated)

Where to buy a replacement keyboard?

I need to replace the hardware keyboard in the Q. Reason is the 'b' key doesnt click much anymore, it has almost no travel when typing on it. Where can I buy a genuine replacement? Is it also difficult to replace?
Please, let me know if you can.

here you go ;
http://www.etradesupply.com/oem-motorola-photon-q-4g-lte-xt897-qwerty-keypad.html

This will not help you... Photon Q's keyboard is build in such way that there are golden circles with golden dot inside - each button has its own. Then, on those golden pads, there is a sticky film with metal caps which, when you press, they connect the dot with the circle around it. So presumably the thing that got broken on your phone is either the metal cap (it can get worn...) or it somehow moved (rather impossible). So the thing you want to buy is the sticky film (white foil) with metal caps. If thats not it, then you need the motherboard...
If I didn't explain it clearly, check the photos, for example in Cornholio GSM hardware mod thread

Thanks for the advice. Indeed, I believe that's the problem. Where to find a replacement for that one?

I've seen those replacements for XT894, which is the same. Search for that one and you will find it on Ebay.

Die Bruine said:
I've seen those replacements for XT894, which is the same. Search for that one and you will find it on Ebay.
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....remove button foil, clean it and stick it back...
test it and let me know

How do I dismantle without breaking it? I can access the battery and the soldered SIM... what should I do to proceed further?
Thanks

antonyfirst said:
How do I dismantle without breaking it? I can access the battery and the soldered SIM... what should I do to proceed further?
Thanks
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on youtube is Photon q Disassembly video

someone still need a replacement?
i work in a wearhouse that have cooperations with Motorola.
we have a lot of spareparts but i never needed them for now.
iam not sure if we have xt897 replacement keyboard because its not released here.
and the letters and numbers on the keyboard are only sticker i think.
but i will ask

Hi there, the keyboard sticker with metal pads would be handy spares, but do you have access to the slider ribbons? These are a wearing part - the one that joins the screen to the base.
I'd like a few of those!
Sent from my PHOTON Q using XDA Free mobile app

we have every little screw, rubber sealing or what ever. but iam the first of our company that asked to buy things intern.
some guys in our office need to contact motorola first and ask for permission. we will know more in a few days.

smoking weed can affect (mistake post)

Sounds good - I need 4x ribbons, 2x screens & digitizers, 3x batteries.
See what you can do - I'd take more if you can get it.
Sent from my PHOTON Q using XDA Free mobile app

Nexus 5 screws

Can somebody help me finding replacement screws? I stupidly lost some while taking the device apart and cannot find them anymore. Can somebody provide me with a webshop link where I could buy them or the exact specifications? Are there any German retail stores which might have them in stock? So far I haven't had any luck

If you have access to other cellphones, the screws from the other phones may fit in the Nexus 5.

Sorry but this is a bit funny (no offense) but in my case it's opposite sometimes and i end up with left over screws.

fcisco13 said:
Sorry but this is a bit funny (no offense) but in my case it's opposite sometimes and i end up with left over screws.
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No worries, none taken But how do you do that, they don't multiply by themselves
Now I actually followed the advise and took out some screws from an older phone. Hadn't thought that this would actually work. They're not perfectly identical but they fit well enough. Now I feel a bit stupid that I haven't come up with that idea. Thanks for the advise!

Display replacement and troubles

First, sorry my english. If anything is incomprehensible, ask me.
Not long ago I dropped the device and fell to a gravel, not defended by the ?Gorilla Glass. It became a spider web. Essentially, the device was working, sensing the touch, and the display was relatively intact in just one spot a little pressed. I ordered a replacement part from here, because the glass also fell and because it couldn't stay. I chose express delivery, stuff arrived within 1 week. I have made it difficult to disassemble the device because the back is glued together. It didn't want to come down, I tried all kinds of plastic tools they had given and what they were, but the glue was so strong that they all broke (I'll be curious to know how to put them together). I had to use a paper cutter, because it is sharp and goes into the gap. Unfortunately, the breakdown at the corner is slightly visible, but it must be as much trouble. Luckily the adhesive came out of the battery. (I will also have to order it from somewhere for rebuilding ). The main panel also came out of the house nicely. If we are already here, I removed the unwanted heat conductor paste and replaced it with quality Grizzly.
The display did not want to come out, it glued to the frame so strongly that it was impossible to remove it. I managed to do it in pieces, and I licked the remainder for half an hour. Worse, there is something new, no matter. Then I realized that the new one had no glue, and that the old one could not be removed because it was not an adhesive, but something like a very thin siloplast. I have injection needles and black silo, so I can make up. No loudspeaker lattice was added. I hope I can take the old one somehow to stay together. And here comes the black soup:
I plugged in the cable and turned the phone on (not screwed up with just a few screws to hold it). I have a picture, I started to calm down. Need to unlock it, but don't works, it don't feel my finger. Nowhere. If I remove the factory foil, either. I looked at the stuff in more detail. The photo already shows that something is wrong in the lower right corner of the display. The original has a large square-shaped Synaptics S3330 chip, the touch panel controller (like Mi 5). However, this is missing from the replacement device, with a much smaller IC of "S20A X705E24". I have no idea what it is, but it is also suspicious that a ribbon cable goes below the original and there is nothing there. But on the site of the seller there is also the ribbon cable in the pictures and it is highlighted as "Multi fingers touch chip". This may be some great big scam. However, if it have a Touch controller IC and something that is supposed to work in principle, then the Synaptics driver (kernel module) is loaded on Android. I suspect that then this IC should get the kernel module somewhere and should be loaded to work with a rooted device. But I also thought that I would try some other rom (AOSP, LineageOS) and see if it would go with it, but chances are that Recovery would not work with a USB mouse + keyboard. Maybe there are different hardware versions of Chinese and global versions? Because it is possible that Chinese (or eu) would work.
I wrote to the seller that the stuff wasn't working, he said I would remove the connectors with an alcoholic cloth (of course he didn't help). Until then, the time was up to 15 days, so I can't start a dispute. He asked me how he could help, I wrote to him that I didn't know but I needed another display in this device. I wrote to him that he might be able to return my money or send another display. He said that if I stood at 75% of the cost then he would send a new one. At first I would have gone into it, but now that I've examined this and it turned out, I wrote it and sent the picture as well. I don't expect anything good.
I found another seller that is already fitted with the frame (minimal more expensive), maybe there shouldn't be any fun with gluing, I could do better if this is not solved this way.
What do you think about this whole thing?

That gold one is dor mix 2,and that black one is for mi mix 2s, right?