after 4 months of use I'm already getting a loose micro usb port... time to break out the needle nose pliers
anyone else got a loose port ?
also same thing on my wd passport, they need to make these connectors a little better like a socket for a wrech
And how do you make it tight again?
You don't. It means you have broken micro solder joints and it is only a matter of time before the port fails completely.
Well that sucks
the actual female connector isn't loose... what the deal is when I put the micro usb in my phone it just falls out easy after I plug it in and then go to move the phone around...
what i had to to was crimp the female part on the phone just a tiny bit so that the usb sticks without falling out
same for my portable pass port ... I gues after awhile of stciking and pulling it gets loose
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My MicroUSB port feels loose when I plug in a cable, is there anybody else that has the same issue or is it just mine.
Mine is also a little loose, although it's not the physical microUSB port that's loose, just that the plug wobbles in the jack.
Yeah thats what I meant. I think motorola might have made the port shorter so it takes up less space but sticks out. My otg adapter always wiggles around a LOT. And it disconnects if I don't hold it in a certain direction
I am mounting a Galaxy Tab 3 7.0 on the dash of my car to replace the craptastic system the car comes with (nissan leaf)
anyway I want to avoid a fugly power cable floating around. what I am looking for is a normal full size plug usb to micro usb cable that looks like THIS PLUG on this qi wireless unit
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Wireless-Un...l_Phone_PDA_Chargers&var=&hash=item258fe5398e
ie it full inserts into the micro usb socket without sticking out more than a mm if that and is thin and flat so I can fold it around behind the tab and make it vanish somewhere out of site
problem is I need this in the form of a USB cable. just with that flat thin cable and that super ultrat compact micro usb plug on the end
suggestions?
One of these might work for you:
http://www.amazon.com/Vojo-Magnet-M...2313475&sr=1-2&keywords=vojo+magnet+micro+usb
http://www.amazon.com/Cellet-Micro-Samsung-Motorola-Smartphones/dp/B009PBNPOS
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1JG5HGJYWGFM445KBSMP
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0..._m=ATVPDKIKX0DER&pf_rd_r=1EZ7VGS4MEQYX2RYK0K7
http://www.amazon.com/AViiQ-Ready-C...sim_cps_1?ie=UTF8&refRID=1WK9Y9AHCFC18TB8SC8A
http://www.accellcables.com/products/micro-usb-2-0-thin-cable
I feel like eating flat noodles now...
Good luck!
Sadly those are all huge. Its not the cable that is to large. It is the plug itself thst goes into the micro usb socket that is too large and will stick out too much.
I will try to find my uni qi pad to take pics.
Ah right I understand, sorry about that.
Maybe you can try taking the plastic apart yourself and use this one - http://gizmodo.com/impossibly-thin-charging-cables-no-thicker-than-a-pair-1458889908
This one has a sideways connector so the wire goes to one side instead of straight downwards, not sure but it may save you a millimetre or something haha... - http://www.amazon.com/StarTech-3-Feet-Micro-USB-Cable/dp/B0045JHJDS
It is indeed surprisingly hard to find a wire with a thin connector/jack!
Hello,
So I have the following Samsung Multimedia Dock, which was working fine since a year or more. It was used pretty much regularly with Galaxy SIV (either with stock or extended battery ). I guess after prolong usage and atmosphere condition the solder point on the micro USB connector internally got dry and got detached. Hence it stopped working.
Hence when opening it to have a look inside, I lost the sequence of 8 wires connected to the micro USB connector on both sides (4 on each side). The pins on the micro USB connector are marked numerically 1-8 , however I cannot see the same number on the main PCB, so I am at a loss to understand how to get them solded again , in which order and sequence.
It is I guess a 11 pin micro USB connector because the dock had HDMI, Audio Out, and USB in (OTG) connections and power charging all at the same time.
Case cracked open and the main PCB and micro USB connector are apart.
Close up of the PCB
PCB and microUSB
MicroUSB connector call it side A (4 small pin out number from 1-4)
MicroUSB connector call it side B (4 small pin out number from 5-8) (I was able to see which wires were connected on this side so I marked this side with a blue marker and did the same with the 4 wires loosely held on this side after detachment)
PCB wires close up. Total eight wires. Starting from right the order is Black->Yellow->Green->Red->Yellow->Black->Red->Green, each of the wire needs to go to a pin 1-8 on the micro USB connector.
I know there are no published schematics for this PCB and 11 pin Samsung connector, however I am relying on the electronic expertise of the gurus around to help and guide me.
Thanks for your guidance.
Hi all,
I am trying to mod my old tf300t and keyboard dock into a dex dock for my note 9. Im not worried about the tablet portion as i can get a lcd controller for the panel. However ive been soldering and desoldering for the last 3 days. I am trying to leverage the docks kb controller and add a usb connection or modify the dock port into a usb.
I have looked at the various pinouts but cannot get the keyboard working.
I dont care about audio or sd card or the extra usb port.
Any help or pointers would be great.
Here is a mockup of the pinouts i have soldered based on the pinouts i found
Ive been trying to test it on an old s7edge incase i wire something wrong. It detects a regular keyboard but when i try this nothing...if i use the wall charger i see that the dock is charging but still nothing at the dock connector. Ive been trying with a usb 2.0 cable. Connected to the d+ d- vcc ( all 3) and multiple grounds and i pinned the sense pin to ground as well.
I have also tried to open the charge cable and solder the usb to the data pins on that both with and without ground. And use a 5v plug and the original asus plug.
The dock port is basically garbage at this point so if i plan to use that i need to use the 2 20 wire connectors and map the individual wires .
I have managed to get the s7edge to detect that something is connected. However i then resoldered the pins to try more as it wasnt working. So i need to go back to the beginning to try again. I believe my issue was due to the otg aspect of the usb. Im using an adapter for the phone but i also tried to wire the connector the same way. Ill take some pictures of it later if i can get it working
So not sure if anyone is following this thread but i have made progress.
I have totally butchered the original 40 pin connector and now am tapping into the 40 individual wires that connect the main board to the connector pcb. I can get my s7edge to detect that the usb connector is attached but it keeps telling me that a high power usb device is attached and that it needs an external power source.... so today i busted out the multimeter and i believe i connected one of the usb host vcc connections to the other vcc connections so i separated this. I also believe that the s7edge has some usbotg voltage issues so im going to test it with an old macbook pro with windows to see what it picks it up as. When i get some more time i will try to trace the other wires there might be something else needed
Maybe
Nice job, I'm not particularly knowlegdable in electronics but I remember there is a battery portion in the dock? Maybe it causes some error during otg?
As times goes by your micro USB will be more and more loose to fit your Android. It will not click on the connector and the charging of the battery will not start.
This is the thing to do:
Apply a sligth pressure on the sides of the male micro USB connector, that will compress the micro USB from side to side, and it will fit your Android again.
You can do this with a set of pliers or a vise.
If you go to far just press from top to bottom until it fits.