Not sure if hardware questions are allowed here, but my vibrate motor (I purposely avoided using the term vibrator) is making a chirping noise now, and I'm wondering how hard it is to replace. I saw some YouTube videos on replacing the screen, but nothing specific to the vibrate motor. I build/upgrade my own PCs routinely, and also repair my laptops, cars, a/c unit, or whatever else needs fixing, so I'm not scared to work on my cellphone either.
I know what happened to cause the noise. I sprayed some electrical contact spray into the mini-USB port to clean it out, and apparently some of the spray got into the vibrate motor as well. Doh!
Probably should still be in Q/A , but anyways. If you can work on a PC, or have worked on a PC Mother Board. Then replacing the motor should be no issue. It's fairly straight forward. It will take you more time to get to it, then to actually replace it.
prboy1969 said:
Probably should still be in Q/A , but anyways. If you can work on a PC, or have worked on a PC Mother Board. Then replacing the motor should be no issue. It's fairly straight forward. It will take you more time to get to it, then to actually replace it.
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Probably most similar to working on a laptop with all the layers involved. PCs are easy to open and work on. On laptops, you have to remove the keyboard before doing anything else, so similar to having to remove the panel underneath the battery on a cell phone first. The biggest problem may be finding a schematic of where the vibrate motor is located. So far, everything I have seen is about changing the screen, so they don't mention the vibrate motor.
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Probably most similar to working on a laptop with all the layers involved. PCs are easy to open and work on. On laptops, you have to remove the keyboard before doing anything else, so similar to having to remove the panel underneath the battery on a cell phone first. The biggest problem may be finding a schematic of where the vibrate motor is located. So far, everything I have seen is about changing the screen, so they don't mention the vibrate motor.
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Just open the phone. I'm sure you'll see the motor. Usually they're of a bigger shape and size
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I opened one up for you. I've attached some pics for you. What you want to replace is what the arrow is pointing to
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Very helpful, thanks!
Your very welcome . Always here to do my part.
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No-go on replacing the vibrate motor. It's soldered into the board, and too risky to heat it up because it's so close to other connectors. The battery and USB connectors are right next to the vibrate motor, and you don't want to melt those connectors by accident. I guess I'll have to live with the squeak. I've already turned off all Haptic feedback responses, and am just leaving vibrate on for ringing and messaging notfications.
There are places that will replace parts like that for you around here. But where you live IDK. You could ask at an electronics shop. See if they have any people they could recommend.
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There are places that will replace parts like that for you around here. But where you live IDK. You could ask at an electronics shop. See if they have any people they could recommend.
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That was actually the advice I got from one of those shops. Very nice and knowledgable guy. He popped the back and removed the board while I watched. He said he could try it, but that it was very risky and he wouldn't advise it. I suggested spraying some WD-40 into the motor, but he said it would leave a white residue everywhere from the propellent gases of the can, and possibly corrode some of the plastic parts, which made sense. He did blow some regular compressed air into it, but that didn't help. He didn't charge me anything.
It was kinda cool when he booted my phone and saw the flash screen (a spinning blue bee at the time). It started a whole discussion about rooting.
That's definitely the route I would go. I've seen the repair shop around here do some really delicate work. They have some specifically designed equipment to get the job done. But I've seen them work on everything from a Motherboard for a CPU, to an OG EVO. A Spinning Blue Bee you say
TEAM MiK
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prboy1969 said:
That's definitely the route I would go. I've seen the repair shop around here do some really delicate work. They have some specifically designed equipment to get the job done. But I've seen them work on everything from a Motherboard for a CPU, to an OG EVO. A Spinning Blue Bee you say
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The Spinning Blue Bee works well, but apparently the bee has a problem with the WeatherBug. :laugh:
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Hello Everyone, Today I was riding my bike on such a beautiful day, i was listening to my music, i had it in my case and when i was crossing the street the phone had fallen on the road, i went to turn around to get it but i was too late, a freaking car had rolled it up. its a shame ive only had this phone for 3 months and i managed to screw it up, first time this has ever happened, i always baby my phones and this happens, it sucks so much and im so pissed. the funny thing is everything still works except the screen, so i was able to use my mobiler to see what i was doing on the phone so i could backup everything, hopefully i should be able to get a new one though
our thoughts will be with u and ur phone.
hopefully u will find a new phone soon.
sorry about your loss, was it insured?
Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
Aww man, that sucks. RIP
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Damn that sucks, I would be sick to my stomach.
No offense to your personal preferences, but I can't understand why people use cases. Just about everyone I know that uses a case, has had their phone fall out or they drop it while taking it out of the case. My buddy even had his phone pick-pocketed while in a bar. They bumped into him and unlatched the case, kind of funny though.
I just put my phones in a pants pocket all by themselves.
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Same here. In the pocket, screen towards leg.
I've had all four of my HTC devices survive that way
I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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I am sorry to hear of your loss. Can we see some pics?
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My God MAN!!! Have you no Soul!!! Guy's just lost a loved one and you want to feed your voyeristic hunger with PICTURES!!!??
Remember...all good phones go to heaven.
Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Edit: Would be interesting to view pictures so we can learn from this experience . That way, we can learn to safeguard our phones from faulty cases, asphalt and, oh yeah, Priuses.
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Uh huh, you couldn't resist either huh?
damn that sucks... i feel for ya and your poor poor phone...
Well I Took Some Pics of the Aftermath. Here are the Graphic Images
Ouch!
I had this nightmare scenario occur to me as I jumped on my bike to ride to the office. (finally warm here - even just for 2 days)
I put mine in a holster on my backpack (www.chromebags.com)...and only listen to music with one ear of my Discovery 855.
sorry to hear that, i too was riding because of the amazing weather, i was using the htc audio dongle which got ran over too but survived
OMG!!! lol...I can't look!!!!
Damn so sad lol.... not even the Invisible Shield could have prevented this!
Bahhh best of luck with your next one!
JFlitt
haha hopefully i should get a replacement soon, but ya if i do i will get a much better case, i wish i could get a bulletproof case for this thing, the funny thing is the screen was what got rolled up first and it did not crack whatsoever, the motherboard, camera, keyboard, sim card + memory card slot, speaker and all the buttons still work, the lcd has no cracks just a pressure mark. that touch screen is tough.
I know it is some serious wishfull thinking but have you opened the thing up and make sure your ribbon cable connecting the screen top half hasn't just been pull apart from the bottom half? Looks like the phone twisted pretty much around the slidin rails (understandably), but if everything works ok except you have no screen at all, I would be opening it up and checking the ribon cables. I have seen a service manual floating around somewhere, can't remember if it was here, but it gave instructions on openning the Raphael up
i have opened it up, i put it back together, but the thing was i didnt know how to take out the lcd panel so that i could see the wiring on that, the lcd cable attached to the motherboard was tightly connected. i basically got almost everything out of the lcd assembly except the lcd itself. the wire itself looks perfectly fine. its all good though, i will have a parts phone, i should hopefully be getting a free replacement soon
yesterday in class my teacher literally took my phones from my hands when i was texting. i thought she woudl just keep it til after class
(this is college mind you)
she then walked to the window and tossed it out. i was in shock i didnt even know how to react
luckily it was grass and no damage but still what the hell do you do in that situation
I have 2 broken xt720's that I need to make one good one out of. I cant find anything on the web about how to disassemble this phone. I have repaired many iPhones, radios, computers but I just would like a guide on how this phone comes apart before attempting it. Thanks
Nobody even attempt to do it? I havent even looked at it yet...
seems like you'll be the first one to bodly go where no one has gone before
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you'll be our hero
please post lots of pictures and details after you open them up
Thanks
Will do. Thanks
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I have 2 broken xt720's that I need to make one good one out of. I cant find anything on the web about how to disassemble this phone. I have repaired many iPhones, radios, computers but I just would like a guide on how this phone comes apart before attempting it. Thanks
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I think I can get original Motorola guide for service centers on disassembling XT720. Will try to do it and will post the results here.
Took mine apart today...
its fairly simple and only 6 screws
two are exposed
two are partially exposed near the bottom
and two are hidden (under 8.0 xenon sticker and the other is under a screw sized sitcker in the corner by the lense)
Yeah I ended up just doing it. It wasnt bad. But I needed to changed the earpiece speaker which is attached to the line in jack, power button, and volume keys via a ribbon that is sticky taped around a thin edge of the case. It was a *****, but not that bad. Sorry I didnt take any pics. Too impatient.
Had the misfortune of breaking one of the SIM slot pins.
Hope you guys could help out here. How to remove the screws under :
a) Speaker Grill without damaging the grill
b) Stickers (beside the camera and the 8.0 label) without damaging them
thanks
danny
Both are sticky taped on. Grab under an edge and peel off.
Took apart mine yesterday and replaced the LCD , now the phone is not powering up , will take it to a shop here to see what happened
Xjester said:
Took apart mine yesterday and replaced the LCD , now the phone is not powering up , will take it to a shop here to see what happened
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Where do you get something like an XT720 fixed in isl? Blue area? Or do you take it somewhere in pindi...
HELP!!
Ha no one made a video of the disassembly yet!! I'm too scared to READ instructions and do it!! Can one of you please post a video just showing how to take the screws out..??!!
Thanks in advance
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harleyhemant said:
HELP!!
Ha no one made a video of the disassembly yet!! I'm too scared to READ instructions and do it!! Can one of you please post a video just showing how to take the screws out..??!!
Thanks in advance
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FOUND IT!!!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WCVqEMZbU0
Xjester said:
Took apart mine yesterday and replaced the LCD , now the phone is not powering up , will take it to a shop here to see what happened
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Hi, I have disassembled XT720, replaced digitizer then assembled back but I have to same issue - phone is not powering up. So I revert old digitzer back but the same ... I'm really sure that I make all of processes very precisely, no connectors are unplugged, everything is on right place ... everything is like before.
Is there any thing what I missed? Thank you for feedback.
nosretep said:
Hi, I have disassembled XT720, replaced digitizer then assembled back but I have to same issue - phone is not powering up. So I revert old digitzer back but the same ... I'm really sure that I make all of processes very precisely, no connectors are unplugged, everything is on right place ... everything is like before.
Is there any thing what I missed? Thank you for feedback.
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same happened to me...and some problem was with power button, but I didn't bother with it
try to connect charger and see what is happening
(I think that if you connect computer and phone it will boot up)
Not entirely sure this is a good place to post it, but I was going to fly on an airplane, read a few pages of a PDF at the airport, got on the plane, then went to turn my EEE Tablet back on after takeoff, and the entire screen looked red-shifted:
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It seems all black pixels are red, though other colors are more or less okay.
I'm at a loss for what it would be. Is that a hardware problem or a software problem? Going into recovery, though, everything was also red; a friend of mine said it was probably a bad cable.
Does anyone have any advice, or has seen something similar? I'd feel really silly if I restored to stock, sent it in, and it was just some setting on an obscure settings page I accidentally changed.
Try the force power off method (10-12sec power button hold). If still getting the issue try a hard reset from the android settings. If it still does it, it's a hardware issue and you'll need to return or RMA it. Could be quite a number of things causing this strange issue. Bad cable connection, overheated gpu, glitch in the matrix, etc.
EDIT: just noticed you said 'restore it to stock'. Could also be a dodgy rom you installed. So yeah reflash a stock one.
Wow.. that's bizarre. Seems like it's a hardware thing to me .. try doing a factory reset? Do you have any accessibility related applications installed?
You mentioned it happens in recovery, what about when booting? The first Asus screen?
If so, its most likely hardware. But still try a stock flash
You didn't by any chance subject your tablet through any magnetic equipments at the airport did you?
Anyway, a search with Google with the keywords "red pixels black background" gave general results that the graphics processor has malfunctioned. You may have to get an RMA for your tablet.
Looks like a magnet got it to me.....
maby the xray machine fukkd up the sensitive ips, or maby the pressure change. this is the first ive seen of this
Did you go through the metal detectors with it before handing it over to be xrayed?
possible multiple stuck pixels?
try looking for an app to "unstuck" the pixels.
Or try youtube(Search fix stuck pixel video or something like that) and play a video in full screen. run it a few times and maybe itll get those suckers to light on and off and eventually fix it.
good luck
Speaking of airports..
Never traveled with a laptop/tablet. Do you HAVE to submit your device through the xray machine, and if so, is it a potential risk to the unit?
It's either the GPU output or the cable. It's hardware. It's broken. It's not magnetized (that's dumb-it doesn't happen to LCD) nor are those stock pixels. If it happens outside of the OS, it's not software.
RMA
sassafras
turbulent28 said:
Speaking of airports..
Never traveled with a laptop/tablet. Do you HAVE to submit your device through the xray machine, and if so, is it a potential risk to the unit?
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Yes, you have to submit it if they ask. No, it won't harm it.
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It's clearly stated on TF manual:
There are three main types of airport security devices: X-ray machines (used on items placed on conveyor belts), magnetic detectors (used on people walking through security checks), and magnetic wands
(hand-held devices used on people or individual items). You can send your Eee Pad through airport X-ray machines. But do not send your Eee Pad through airport magnetic detectors or expose it to magnetic wands.
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So I guess it's the magnetic detector.
majedev said:
It's clearly stated on TF manual:
So I guess it's the magnetic detector.
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Manual schmanual. There is nothing in this device that is sensitive to the magnetic field emitted by the metal detectors at the airport.
If it had a hard drive or a CRT screen, then maybe.
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sassafras_ said:
Manual schmanual. There is nothing in this device that is sensitive to the magnetic field emitted by the metal detectors at the airport.
If it had a hard drive or a CRT screen, then maybe.
sassafras
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ahh, the internets, where everyone is an expert.
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Clearly not a frequent flyer.
I walked thru a metal detector and nothing bad happened to it, it's not a very powerful machine.
Edit: Maybe it has become self aware like that Droid bionic and it's trying to figure out how to kill you with no moving parts. Careful when you plug it in.
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ahh, the internets, where everyone is an expert.
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anyone who knows how to Google at least.
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Disclaimer : I am not responsible for any damage you do to your phone during this modification, and I am not held liable if your warranty becomes VOID.
If you would like your capacitive buttons to be a different color, other than white, or even if they are too bright and you want to tone them down a little, then this is the mod for you...It does require taking the phone apart, so if you are afraid of doing this and voiding your warranty, than stop now and wait till your warranty is over...I did this for my EVO 3D and made a write-up for it the other day, and today I got around to doing my wifes 4G, as you can see in the pics, it took me 12 minutes...
You will need your EVO 4G, some transparent vinyl, or any other material you can think to use, some ppl have used tape and different kinds of films, a T6 torx tool, a small phillips screw driver, and a razor blade or scissors to cut the material...
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Once you turn off your phone and remove the battery cover, there are 6 screws that you need to remove with the T6 torx tool...There is a sticker on the middle left screw that tells the techs whether or not it has already been opened...
Once those have been removed, you need to take off the back of the phone, you can use a safe plastic tool to do it, or I just used my finger nails, some ppl have even said they used the battery cover...Then there is a small phillips screw in the top right corner that needs to be removed...
Once you have that done, you need to pull up the PCB board from the right to access the LEDs that you need to cover, be careful when doing this as you have ribbons that are still attached and can be broken...In the first pic you can see the LEDs and in the second pic you can see the vinyl that I placed over them...
Once you've done all that, put it back together and enjoy...
fix pics plz, would like to see end result before tweaking it.
dcmasta said:
fix pics plz, would like to see end result before tweaking it.
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What do you need me to do exactly? If its too dark I will take another pic tonight for you...
Wow. Thanks for sharing! Don't think i will do this...but a lot of detail. Good DIY project
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Here's a better picture of the lights...
Good instructions but all the pics are blank reading this on my evo.
"Hell don't want me"
selders59 said:
Good instructions but all the pics are blank reading this on my evo.
"Hell don't want me"
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I've looked at this thread on my EVO 3D and my computer and I can see all the pics fine...Not sure what's going on or how I could fix it...This thread has a couple more examples in it, I made this walkthrough as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174384
creektrack said:
I've looked at this thread on my EVO 3D and my computer and I can see all the pics fine...Not sure what's going on or how I could fix it...This thread has a couple more examples in it, I made this walkthrough as well...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1174384
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The only way to see the pictures is to go to the android central forums and log in to their forums. You're linking to the bigger version on the other forum and can only see them by logging in.
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The only way to see the pictures is to go to the android central forums and log in to their forums. You're linking to the bigger version on the other forum and can only see them by logging in.
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That explains it...I will fix it shortly...
EDIT: Pics have been fixed...Please confirm..
I know they make rainbow led's that change color, does anyone know if they make rainbow smd's? i loved how my nextel i930had the rainbow led going all day.. would love to have the same affect on the evo! if not i have lots of blue red orange and green smds left over, maybe il spice it up!
EDIT: here is a thread where they've done the same with a few different color combos
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/141064-evo-4g-rainbow-led-modification.html
civicsr2cool said:
I know they make rainbow led's that change color, does anyone know if they make rainbow smd's? i loved how my nextel i930had the rainbow led going all day.. would love to have the same affect on the evo! if not i have lots of blue red orange and green smds left over, maybe il spice it up!
EDIT: here is a thread where they've done the same with a few different color combos
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/htc-evo-4g/141064-evo-4g-rainbow-led-modification.html
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You can not use RGB LEDs because the phone itself is not capable of using them...You can however change the LEDs individually to get the effect that you posted...The reason I haven't done that yet is because if something happens to the phone, Sprint wont take it that way, so it' easier to just remove some film layed over the LEDs...But they should be size 0603...
Awesome! I've already done the edge scraping (to add a red 'racing stripe' around the outside of my battery cover), so I'm not sure which color to do this. My phone is green-themed (PlurStarAlpha, though if a MattedBlues port comes out I'm definitely using that), with a visibly red case. I suppose I could strip the case of internals, sand, and paint the red racing stripe green...but then the camera ring would be red still, as would the plastic underneath the kickstand.
I don't know what to do!
Attached is a picture of the motherboard.
I have made a circle on one part of it. As you can see, there is a blue thing to the right - before, there were 2 blue things next to eachother. But the left blue thing is now gone, I don't know where... But seems like it has fallen out somehow...
Is it possible to solder this together? Or do I need the blue thing there?
When trying to use the motherboard, everything works very well - EXCEPT the touch screen, I cannot do anything because the screen doesn't feel my fingers (nowhere on the screen). And no, I have no clue if this is the reason for the touch screen not to work, but that's my guess as it worked good before.
Any help would be much appreciated, I don't have much knowledge about soldering and so on, as you might already have understood from my description above...
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I would highly suggest that you do not try soldering if you don't have any previous knowledge or experience. As for if the "blue thing" is needed or not I am unsure because I myself know little about what each piece does on the board. But as far as the touch screen issues goes, if the touch screen worked before the blue piece came of, it most likely has to do with it. If it didn't (or even if it did work before), try finding a second device that is the same as yours (or if its cheap and you can afford it order a new lcd/digitizer for it) and try connecting it to that motherboard and see if it works, if so problem fixed, if not, you may be able to take i to a phone repair place and have it fixed, though most times getting a new motherboard/device would be cheaper.
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I would highly suggest that you do not try soldering if you don't have any previous knowledge or experience. As for if the "blue thing" is needed or not I am unsure because I myself know little about what each piece does on the board. But as far as the touch screen issues goes, if the touch screen worked before the blue piece came of, it most likely has to do with it. If it didn't (or even if it did work before), try finding a second device that is the same as yours (or if its cheap and you can afford it order a new lcd/digitizer for it) and try connecting it to that motherboard and see if it works, if so problem fixed, if not, you may be able to take i to a phone repair place and have it fixed, though most times getting a new motherboard/device would be cheaper.
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Thanks for the reply.. I have actually ordered two other "broken" phones, so I will receive them in a week or something... And I will do exactly what you suggested, to try another motherboard and see if it is a problem with the screen or motherboard. I am very sure it is the motherboard though, because the lcd and digitizer worked great just before I discovered that.
Would still appreciate answers regarding soldering this, if that is possible or not.
Solder motherboard, possible?
Robinjoeh said:
Thanks for the reply.. I have actually ordered two other "broken" phones, so I will receive them in a week or something... And I will do exactly what you suggested, to try another motherboard and see if it is a problem with the screen or motherboard. I am very sure it is the motherboard though, because the lcd and digitizer worked great just before I discovered that.
Would still appreciate answers regarding soldering this, if that is possible or not.
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It seems like your missing a resistor . you can simply measure the values on the existing component and order the same value on digikey. let me know if you need help with soldering
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It seems like your missing a resistor . you can simply measure the values on the existing component and order the same value on digikey. let me know if you need help with soldering
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Ah, a resistor! Not easy to know when you have no clue what it is...
How do I measure the values on the existing component? I don't really think I need any help with soldering, but pretty much everything before that... Haha
Thanks!