As seen on Techrepublic the 510 and 511 have the same Motherboard:
"Same case and motherboard for Wi-Fi only and 3G models: Acer is clearly using the same case for both the Wi-Fi-only A510 and the 3G-enabled A511. There’s a space inside the A510’s case for a cellular card and an empty spot on the motherboard for a SIM card slot."
Has Acer left the cellular card holder empty to make it impossible to have 3G feature on A510??
If so, we can just solder a holder to have 3G on A510 enabled (with A511 firmware)!!!
experto1 said:
As seen on Techrepublic the 510 and 511 have the same Motherboard:
"Same case and motherboard for Wi-Fi only and 3G models: Acer is clearly using the same case for both the Wi-Fi-only A510 and the 3G-enabled A511. There’s a space inside the A510’s case for a cellular card and an empty spot on the motherboard for a SIM card slot."
Has Acer left the cellular card holder empty to make it impossible to have 3G feature on A510??
If so, we can just solder a holder to have 3G on A510 enabled (with A511 firmware)!!!
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No.
And I say again.... no. This was covered indepth for the 500/501 series tablets.
When you solder any device to a mainboard, you have to have factory type soldering devices. Or, you overheat and destroy any nearby circuits. Not to ,mention you would have to buy at least 2 components, possibly 3.
As with the 500/501, they use 2 different GPS radios. So that would have to considered also. Otherwise, the Rom won't work correctly.
End result.... pay the extra money and buy a 511. It will be cheaper.
(I think the same dude made the same video for the 500 a year ago, and said the same thing.)
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I think you are talking about this A500 thread but keep in mind that A500/501 and A510/511 are different devices. Don´t try to compare the incomparable.
Soldering is not such a big deal. A soldering needle, the right temperature and a steady hand can do that too
If it would just be the card holder I would give it a try.
But what are the other 2 or 3 components?
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Hi all,
JUst looking at moving over to a smaller device for a while. I have another Ameo coming soon and I was wondering if anyone would be interested in purchasing my current model.
Its got some small scratches on the front (not the screen) where the keyboard has rubbed the paint away, 1 on the left above the keyboard and 2 on the right, one above the front facing camera and 1 under the vueflow button (usual) and the charger died yesterday so I have been charging VIA USB.
Apart from that it is a:
T-mobile Ameo. CID unlocked running AP4.00.
It has Igo and TomTom on it both with Euro maps.....the errrr unregistered versions....
I got most of the bits that came in the box apart from the charger.
Comes with the 4-1 Cable for USB host TV out etc.
A TINY little USB hub for it and a mini Trust Wireless mouse.
A 512 Mini SD card
Headset
Spare Stylus
That little Bag thingy (which I found very usefull)
and I still the have t-mobile box with all the bits and docs
PM me if there is interest.
I would accept trade in if anyone has a decent laptop for sale. (I would pay up to a few hundred more for a trade up to a decent Core2 Duo or T64 with dedicated Nvidia or Ati graphics......)
I recently bought a Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3G very cheap because the SIM card reader was broken.
When I received it, I tried to insert a SIM card but it couldn't enter in full, so I suspected ther was some strange thing inside the hole.
I opened the tablet, looked at the SIM card reader and as I suspected, a tiny piece of plastic (probably a broken bit of the reader itself) was inside. I removed it and now the card enters correctly and locks.
The bad news is apart from this piece of plastic, also two of the pins that connect with the SIM chip were broken and the even more bad news is that the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 10.1 3G seems to be the only Galaxy tablet with the SIM reader (and also µSD reader) soldered to the main board instead of in a separate connected piece.
So I want to ask if anybody knows where to buy a replacement card reader to solder in place of the broken one. I have seen in eBay card readers for the Note 10.1 that are identical except they are in a separate connectible piece (see picture) so I suppose I could desolder it from its small board and solder it in the main board of the Galaxy Tab, but I would prefer to find just the piece for the Tab so I don't have to desolder it from any board.
Also, I live in London, so probably an e-shop in the USA wouldn't be adequate for me due to the postage price.
Hope i can help
Have u looked on ebay for an original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 chip? Not the tab 2.
noahthedominator said:
Have u looked on ebay for an original Samsung galaxy tab 10.1 chip? Not the tab 2.
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The tab 1 10.1 uses a separate pcb connected with a flex cable, as does the Note 10.1. It looks like the Tab 2 10.1 is the only model that has the card reader soldered to the main PCB
jedikalimero said:
The tab 1 10.1 uses a separate pcb connected with a flex cable, as does the Note 10.1. It looks like the Tab 2 10.1 is the only model that has the card reader soldered to the main PCB
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check for galaxy tab plus
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check for galaxy tab plus
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Already tried searching for ANY Galaxy. In fact, I tried searching for "SIM card" (in replacement parts sections, of course), but the only readers I found ready to solder are of a different kind, with the pins distributed 4 at each side instead of all 8 at the bottom (see picture comparision).
I finally bought the piece at the picture of my original post, so I will need to desolder it from its PCB in order to solder it to the mainboard of my Tab.
... Only to find out that just today a new listing appeared in eBay that sells exactly the connector I need alone and for half the price!!!!!
(still, this one is from China, that means one month waiting and the one I bought is from UK so I should receive it tomorrow)
Hello everybody...
Anyone knows if is possible convert a normal N910c in a dual Sim version of Galaxy Note 4 N9100? I just thinking, if is possible of course, change the the normal flex part that hold one Sim card for a new one with a double Sim card holder and change the middle housing too, for the same as N9100 uses to fit the new parts. On eBay I find this two parts, anyone have some idea if this is gonna work? Is necessary some firmware implements? The Note 4 is a awesome smartphone and I noob here just thinking if this go work with it.
Thanks people. You're the best.
The parts on sale in eBay. I can't post the links to this part here, noob haha, but if you wanna know who are this part, search on eBay for "OEM Double SIM Card SD Card Holder Flex Repair For Samsung Galaxy Note 4/N9108W" and "For Samsung Galaxy Note 4 N9100 N910F N910X Battery back Full Housing Cover Door".
That's all.
Mmm not really... at least not with these parts. There's a chance to convert it but I'm sure that you would need to buy the main dual-sim pcb and the back housing itself. The double sim flex will not work in the N910C mainboard. Cheers!
Do you think I need a new mainboard to this work? I was thinking that Samsung use a universal mainboard and add new components to her to build the different models...
Well first of all both N9108W/N91000 are snapdragon variants while our N910C is an exynos one. If you're able to snap the dual sim board in the PCB, you will still need to use a dual sim-enabled firmware, and the only available dual-sim firmwares are for snapdragon processors so it will not work in your device. That's why you should buy a N91000 Snapdragon pcb and swap your Exynos one. Cheers!
Ok, I understand it, not worth the effort, is more easy change between models and I don't need to do this... But it was curious if this would work. Thanks!!!
There is actually a dual sim adapter for that. It's available for most phones, I used it for my Note 2 but the flex cable was too thick so it kinda bulged when I forced the adapter under the battery cover.
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There is actually a dual sim adapter for that. It's available for most phones, I used it for my Note 2 but the flex cable was too thick so it kinda bulged when I forced the adapter under the battery cover.
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I know those adapters, but you need switch with them to receive the signal of one or another operator, right? Or both sim works the same time?
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I know those adapters, but you need switch with them to receive the signal of one or another operator, right? Or both sim works the same time?
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I THINK they work together. I can't confirm it as those adapters works on stock roms and I was using custom, so there was some issues trying to detect the sims.
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Hello everybody...
Anyone knows if is possible convert a normal N910c in a dual Sim version of Galaxy Note 4 N9100? I just thinking, if is possible of course, change the the normal flex part that hold one Sim card for a new one with a double Sim card holder and change the middle housing too, for the same as N9100 uses to fit the new parts. On eBay I find this two parts, anyone have some idea if this is gonna work? Is necessary some firmware implements? The Note 4 is a awesome smartphone and I noob here just thinking if this go work with it.
Thanks people. You're the best.
The parts on sale in eBay. I can't post the links to this part here, noob haha, but if you wanna know who are this part, search on eBay for "OEM Double SIM Card SD Card Holder Flex Repair For Samsung Galaxy Note 4/N9108W" and "For Samsung Galaxy Note 4 N9100 N910F N910X Battery back Full Housing Cover Door".
That's all.
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simply not possible
Nope, unless you are a software developer and can alter the stock firmware for your N910C to support the use of dual SIMs.
Hey guys,
i will come back to the Topic from the opner.
i have the Galaxy Note 4 SM-910F with a Snapdragon 805 CPU, in this case i think that can be work.
But i thik the firmware / baseband must be changed to the firmware from the N9100 / N9108W.
Perhaps also the kernel?
Hi everybody,
You may or may not know that many Samsung phones have ms-147 ports that can connect to extrenal antenna.
The Samsung Galaxy s4 is perfect, but at 100 pounds second hand, its expensive.
Does anyone know of any Chinese phones that are preferabley LTE or even 3g that have external antenna ports? If not ms-147 then something else that I can adapt to an SMA female.
I'm desperate, i really need to source phones that can do this that aren't as expensive as the s4.
Thanks for your help
Zabben
P.S. or any cheap Lte phone I can open up and add my own antenna ports would be great... as long as the phone is rootable and cheap
My phone is broken now .. I wanna buy a budget model ( around $100), I saw a phone called geotel A1 which is a rugged handset and the specs seems fit me and what is most important is the price is really low, does anyone know this phone? what about it ? Appreciate it.
Or do you guys have any recommendations ? Thanks!
I'm using this phone. Well can't expect much on this budget model. 8GB Internal Memory, 1GB RAM, can expand until 64GB SD card and is running on stock Android Nougat 7.0! So far I have no issue using this budget phone. I use it to track jogging, cycling beside this I use it for smartphone photography too!
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My phone is broken now .. I wanna buy a budget model ( around $100), I saw a phone called geotel A1 which is a rugged handset and the specs seems fit me and what is most important is the price is really low, does anyone know this phone? what about it ? Appreciate it.
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I bought 50 pieces of this phone for my field technicians in my telecom company.
Here are my observations.
The phone is very good for the price. (around 65$)
The phone has a very clean rom, absoltuely no bloatwares at all. Android 7.0 has a bunch of cool options, gestures etc ...
It is pretty fast for a 1 Gb of RAM and there's space to install apps, despite the 8 Gb of ROM (4,2 Gb available) which is not fantastic but minimal.
Battery life for 3400mAh is pretty decent, that's promising for the future.
It is very tough too.
The cons are for me principally focused on 1 thing: the waterproof membrane on the mic and the earspeaker.
You need to drill the 2 membranes if you have sound troubles.
You can do this externally without disassembling the smartphone.
Last thing, you have to use the original USB DC cable. The original is bit longer than other micro USB cables.
Purchased one of these for use in the US. Hardware is solid and chunky with buttons which take a strong press but it is usable. Unfortunately my network (straighttalk/at&t) won't give it service! Same sim works fine in other phones.
Anybody have luck using this phone on At&t?
Probably sending it back if it is at all cost effective to do so.
Oops let me answer my own question... A little research shows that AT&T dropped 2G this year and does not support the 3G bands on this phone.
No wonder they are cheap!!
Avoid this phone in the US.
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