How hard is it to replace a broken Sim holder? You can buy the daughter board online which has the Sim holder & MicroSD slot, but I haven't been able to find a video online that shows anyone removing or replacing it. How is the daughter board held on to the main board? One online store shows what looks to be a piece of double sided tape stuck to the back of the part.
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It should be hard man be gentle take your time and should replace nice and easy
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Care to elaborate why it should be hard, is there soldering involved?
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I meant shouldn't my bad I don't pay attention that late lol
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I just got a new inspire off Craigslist for only $280 (steal right) put my Sim in to test it out and its stuck. Given I'm coming from an iPhone 4 and using a micro Sim adapter that's probably why. I don't wanna just pull it out and ruin the connectors. I noticed the Sim slot seemes to be held down by only the back plate. Has anyone taken theirs apart? Can I just remove the back plate and lift the Sim directly out? If so what size torx will I need? I don't wanna break my phone especially for resale value at a later date. Someone please help
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jthornton71707 said:
I just got a new inspire off Craigslist for only $280 (steal right) put my Sim in to test it out and its stuck. Given I'm coming from an iPhone 4 and using a micro Sim adapter that's probably why. I don't wanna just pull it out and ruin the connectors. I noticed the Sim slot seemes to be held down by only the back plate. Has anyone taken theirs apart? Can I just remove the back plate and lift the Sim directly out? If so what size torx will I need? I don't wanna break my phone especially for resale value at a later date. Someone please help
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The micro sim must have slipped out of the adapter a bit and is now catching one of the prongs on the phone. I had this happen to me on my Captivate once and used a tiny screwdriver to push the pins back on the phone to slip the adapter out. I don't have my Inspire yet but from the pictures I've seen of the sim slot you may not be able to do what I did. Good luck.
I've actually used a pencil eraser to get sim cards out. The eraser actually gets some pretty good traction.
A pencil eraser? How does that work?
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Take it in to the att store. I'm sure you're not the first.
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I finally got it working! I had to use the usb port so I'll need to get a touchstone for work, home and car but it is pretty sweet. It is pretty straight forward, but the hardest part was cutting the usb in half and soldering on it. I used http://www.qianqin.de/2011/09/18/samsung-galaxy-s-wireless-inductive-charging-mod/ as a reference. The wiring for the (+) is in the pics, but for the (-) I just slipped the black wire through one of the small holes in the bottom of the back cover and sandwiched it between the sim card and the metal sim holder to gain a ground.
I know it's not elegant, but I just wanted to share. As far as I know no one else has done this with a sensation.
Wow, that's pretty cool man.
Nice work mate, I love seeing people experiment and come up with new things
Nice!
I think there was another person that tried but didn't get it working because he was using his stock cover and also said he couldn't get past some of the wiring. I forget but I think it had to do with the sd card being in the way or something.
But good job in getting it done!
Can something like this be done to keep from cutting the usb?
http://www.qianqin.de/2011/09/28/high-waf-inductive-charging-mod/
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Nice!
I think there was another person that tried but didn't get it working because he was using his stock cover and also said he couldn't get past some of the wiring. I forget but I think it had to do with the sd card being in the way or something.
But good job in getting it done!
Can something like this be done to keep from cutting the usb?
http://www.qianqin.de/2011/09/28/high-waf-inductive-charging-mod/
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Unless you have a industrial grade precision solder station I doubt it. The internals are too small and crowded unlike the HTC EVO or Incredible. Believe me I tried; my phone has been completely broken down around 4 times already.
Share the process
Show us how you did this ! post some in depth pictures or do a small tutorial or something... I gotta know lol
Anyone else got this working? I am looking at getting a micro usb male connector and a palm touchstone kit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1P-5-Pin-Mi...70?pt=Camera_Cables_Cords&hash=item27bf534f9e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Palm-Tou...303436?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43aa7faf0c
I was thinking of the same thing and I have the otterbox I was thinking of a way to attach the micro USB to the cover over the port.
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Anyone else got this working? I am looking at getting a micro usb male connector and a palm touchstone kit.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/1P-5-Pin-Mi...70?pt=Camera_Cables_Cords&hash=item27bf534f9e
http://www.ebay.com/itm/HP-Palm-Tou...303436?pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item43aa7faf0c
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That definitely would be easier than cutting into one, but the actual metal "plug" portion of the usb is too long. My pics are really blurry but I had to remove the pins, separate the inner plastic and outer metal, cut both in half and surgically bend the + pin into a square "J" shape, glue it in place, reinstall the metal casing and solder the pin to the wire without melting the plastic bit that holds the pin. It was a B!TCH!
Even though I cut the connector in half (actually closer to 2/5) it still sticks out just a bit unfortunately. There is a positive resistor inside the phone that could be used, but things are so tight that I doubt anyone short of a surgeon could solder to it.
nice job mate
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Instead of soldering and dealing with melted plastic, is it possible to use conductive glue? I have never used something like this especially if I am trying to send some decent power though this.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/No-Solderin...630?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item3f0f745c0e
i don't believe in god's i know believe in you!
wondering that how you gonna transfer your data to via usb?
I don't plan to transfer anything through usb. Everything will be transferred via wifi + astro.
Great job! Are you thinking of selling these? I'd buy one!
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Unless you have a industrial grade precision solder station I doubt it. The internals are too small and crowded unlike the HTC EVO or Incredible. Believe me I tried; my phone has been completely broken down around 4 times already.
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I'm in the process of doing the same thing to my Sensation. I wanted to make sure that the Touchstone charger would support the weight of my phone in it's case, so I took the short cut of using parts from a microUSB charger to route from the induction coil terminals to the charge port. I'm halfway through routing all the necessary connections to go through the board instead of the charge port. In the attached picture, I've highlighted 2 test points that will let you route your +5v line into the board. I'll use the metal housing of the sim card reader to attach the ground.
hxxp://i.imgur.com/koag4.png
Since the back of the phone is metal and its always going to be in a case I'm going to have to use pogo plugs or some other form of metal contacts to go through the back housing to allow me to pull off the case/back whenever I need. I'll have my charge port free to use over USB as well
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I'm in the process of doing the same thing to my Sensation. I wanted to make sure that the Touchstone charger would support the weight of my phone in it's case, so I took the short cut of using parts from a microUSB charger to route from the induction coil terminals to the charge port. I'm halfway through routing all the necessary connections to go through the board instead of the charge port. In the attached picture, I've highlighted 2 test points that will let you route your +5v line into the board. I'll use the metal housing of the sim card reader to attach the ground.
hxxp://i.imgur.com/koag4.png
Since the back of the phone is metal and its always going to be in a case I'm going to have to use pogo plugs or some other form of metal contacts to go through the back housing to allow me to pull off the case/back whenever I need. I'll have my charge port free to use over USB as well
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can you make a full tutorial ?
ti will help a lot of users
Once I finish it,I will.
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Im not sure what does this mod do ? Sorry for my noobness lol
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The inductive charging mod lets you charge your device by simply putting it on a base.
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I have 2 broken pins inside the sim card slot on my nexus s. I've read on some websites over the internet and even someone on xda that they were able to fix it by using aluminum foil. Does anybody actually know how to get this to work?
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I have 2 broken pins inside the sim card slot on my nexus s. I've read on some websites over the internet and even someone on xda that they were able to fix it by using aluminum foil. Does anybody actually know how to get this to work?
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Lol xD it is all about conductivity. You could do it with a paperclip maybe? Just make sure that whatever conducting material you use it makes contact with the right spots.
But how did you manage to do that anyway? XD
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I have 2 broken pins inside the sim card slot on my nexus s. I've read on some websites over the internet and even someone on xda that they were able to fix it by using aluminum foil. Does anybody actually know how to get this to work?
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Fold it in a tiny tiny slat of aluminum and press it where the pins were. Usually the pin wont break perfectly clean so you should be able to make contact still.
Once that is in, slide the SIM in. Voilà.
Just curious, for those who remove their SIM card frequently (eg; frequent travellers, have multiple SIMs), do you carry your original Nexus 5 SIM ejector tool around with you?
Being an iPhone user for years, I never had to worry as I can find paperclips pretty easily and they do the job... but on the Nexus 5, the hole for the SIM eject tool is so tiny...
i have successfully used cheap toothpicks that you buy from a grocery store.
I used a paperclip at times but was afraid of it breaking some times so I carry a Sim tool ejector right behind my case its very thin and I don't notice any bulk on it
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akmsr said:
i have successfully used cheap toothpicks that you buy from a grocery store.
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Toothpick? I thought toothpicks are usually thicker than paperclips?
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I used a paperclip at times but was afraid of it breaking some times so I carry a Sim tool ejector right behind my case its very thin and I don't notice any bulk on it
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The paperclips I have don't seem to fit...
I keep the tool from the N5 and the one from the Moto X on a keyring and keep them in a zipper pouch in which I also keep whatever phone I'm not using at the time, along with extra sim adapters. I swap between the two phones almost daily so I keep everything safe, handy, and in one spot.
I use the pin in my pocket knife. Seems to work fine, although you have to check them in when flying obviously.
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A staple pin will work too.
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Toothpick? I thought toothpicks are usually thicker than paperclips?
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the tip is usually very thin for couple of millimeters. thats all you need anyway.
is anyone's sim ejector hole small i tried to use the one that came with my iPhone 4 and it didn't fit a paper clip wont fit also. is the hole a different size?
i lost the original ejector.
markdapimp said:
is anyone's sim ejector hole small i tried to use the one that came with my iPhone 4 and it didn't fit a paper clip wont fit also. is the hole a different size?
i lost the original ejector.
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I use earrings.
booda3000 said:
I use earrings.
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Does yours fit a paper clip?
markdapimp said:
is anyone's sim ejector hole small i tried to use the one that came with my iPhone 4 and it didn't fit a paper clip wont fit also. is the hole a different size?
i lost the original ejector.
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No. Paper clip's too big.
So the nexus 5 only accepts like very small sized thinner paper clips and the original Sim ejector
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I find that 0.7mm pencil lead works well
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I find that 0.7mm pencil lead works well
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Lol Dam you're really living off the edge.. that thing could break and it could get stuck in there #YOLO Nexus 5
Cut any unuse cable and see there's like thin copper hair size wrap together. Each hair is about 0.4 to 0.8mm depending on the cable you're having.
It fit nicely.. Otherwise bring along your originall ejector pin in your wallet all the time..
booda3000 said:
No. Paper clip's too big.
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That's what she said
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air2k57 said:
That's what she said
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LG and Google Like it tight...
Anyways i went to a T-Mobile store and they gave me a defective returned nexus 5 that had the micro sim ejector and they gave it to me fo free!!! :good::good::good:
In a pinch, you can also use a staple. Just bend it out and it should work fine.
This just in!
I used a small paperclip yesterday. It was tight, but it worked.
sharp pointed end of a toothpick.
If you don't have the tool a sewing needle is usually handy and works better than a paperclip/staple.