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Official Dock for the G2

Not sure if anyone here has seen this:
http://forums.t-mobile.com/t5/T-Mobile-G2/Finally-an-official-Dock-for-the-G2/td-p/711507
Looks nice.
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Looks good but I like the one I bought that charges the extra battery at the same time...this one doesn't seem to do that except charge the phone

collins521 said:
Looks good but I like the one I bought that charges the extra battery at the same time...this one doesn't seem to do that except charge the phone
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I was planning on getting one of those, with an extra battery. But damn this one looks nice. I wonder if my phone (with chromatics skin) will fit.

Yeah looks like a tight fit....
I have an otterbox on mine and I knew going in that would probably eliminate a dock from my future, but I'd be curious if I could still lay it in there.
I doubt it, but would appreciate a review!
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cdrk said:
I was planning on getting one of those, with an extra battery. But damn this one looks nice. I wonder if my phone (with chromatics skin) will fit.
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I have a stealth guard and it fits just fine in my dock, the skin/screen protector type things will fit in the docks I'm sure....cases won't I'm sure

Finally!! Now we don't have to hack one up ourselves... haha. And at $20 I'm willing to buy it.

Sweet! Now about that official car dock...

Looks nice! Bummer though it won't support if the phone has a case on it. And that's a nice price as well

heybobitsme said:
Sweet! Now about that official car dock...
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That's what I am [im]patiently waiting for...

I popped into my local T-Mobile store, no luck. The helpful salesperson told me that they only stock these in the "playground stores." Anyone know how to find a "playground store"?
I have a Question for those who have this dock: Does the phone know it is in this dock? Does it automatically go into dock/clock mode? I have the generic dock with the battery charger on the back, but the phone just thinks it is on an AC charge.

Queue515 said:
I popped into my local T-Mobile store, no luck. The helpful salesperson told me that they only stock these in the "playground stores." Anyone know how to find a "playground store"?
I have a Question for those who have this dock: Does the phone know it is in this dock? Does it automatically go into dock/clock mode? I have the generic dock with the battery charger on the back, but the phone just thinks it is on an AC charge.
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what the hell is a playground store? shouldnt any tmobile store that carries phones and accesories carry this? it would only make sense.

what the hell is a playground store?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgHS1p-qH14
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JOjceXCPnGk&feature=related
Theoretically, you should be able to get anything at any store. But this is a new item, not even listed on the TMO website. I'm guessing the playground stores get the cool stuff first.

collins521 said:
Looks good but I like the one I bought that charges the extra battery at the same time...this one doesn't seem to do that except charge the phone
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I would be wary of these if I were you guys.
I bought one of these just the other day for my Desire Z. It says that if you want to charge both the extra battery, and the phone at the same time, that you have to use both cables, but the phone registers a charge taking place when you use just the cable that is designated for charging the extra battery behind the phone.
Also, when my Desire Z is docked, using one or both of the cables, my touch screen stops responding. Every once in a while if I sit there tapping it over and over and over it will register something, but it is extremely rare. Then, after taking the phone of the dock (and it had only been on it for a few minutes) it started wigging out. Things getting clicked that I didn't touch, changing from one screen to another without me touching the phone, scrolling by itself intermittently, etc. I ended up having to do a restart, then switch off, take battery out for a few minutes etc to get it to start working properly again.
I won't be touching these dodgy 3rd party docks again.
Hopefully they will come out with an official HTC Desire Z dock outside of the U.S.

Hey mas_
I have one of those "dodgy 3rd party docks". I only have used it with the permanent USB cable, plugged into my HTC AC adapter. It seems to work fine this way.
As an experiment, (if you're willing to put your phone back into the dock) try touching the metal ring with your thumb, then touching the touch screen. There's a thread somewhere about this, but the touchscreen is not as responsive when you're not holding the phone. (e.g. it is in a dock)

Mas_ said:
I would be wary of these if I were you guys.
I bought one of these just the other day for my Desire Z. It says that if you want to charge both the extra battery, and the phone at the same time, that you have to use both cables, but the phone registers a charge taking place when you use just the cable that is designated for charging the extra battery behind the phone.
Also, when my Desire Z is docked, using one or both of the cables, my touch screen stops responding. Every once in a while if I sit there tapping it over and over and over it will register something, but it is extremely rare. Then, after taking the phone of the dock (and it had only been on it for a few minutes) it started wigging out. Things getting clicked that I didn't touch, changing from one screen to another without me touching the phone, scrolling by itself intermittently, etc. I ended up having to do a restart, then switch off, take battery out for a few minutes etc to get it to start working properly again.
I won't be touching these dodgy 3rd party docks again.
Hopefully they will come out with an official HTC Desire Z dock outside of the U.S.
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My generic dock works without problems with the DZ. Only the dock clock thingy doesn't trigger on.

Queue515 said:
Hey mas_
I have one of those "dodgy 3rd party docks". I only have used it with the permanent USB cable, plugged into my HTC AC adapter. It seems to work fine this way.
As an experiment, (if you're willing to put your phone back into the dock) try touching the metal ring with your thumb, then touching the touch screen. There's a thread somewhere about this, but the touchscreen is not as responsive when you're not holding the phone. (e.g. it is in a dock)
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Hey Queue515, thanks for the response.
I'm not so worried about the phone not registering touch so well when docked, as I am worried about the behaviour of the phone after using the dock. It was actually quite disturbing, holding the phone not touching the screen at all and seeing it scroll by itself, select items, change screens, etc. There was even some flickering distortion of images (just a single item on the screen, not the entire screen).
I would hate to have something permanent happen to the phone.
I would also like to point out that my phone normally doesn't need to be held for the touch screen to work flawlessly. I can just set it down, and do presses and swipes just fine without holding it or touching the metal ring. Both when it is flat, and when I prop it up against something.

I haven't had any issues with the dock and have been using it daily for the past two months, the whole touch screen not responding doesn't have anything to do with the dock. It's the way the phone is designed cause if you have the phone laying down on the table and if you try and touch the screen without touching anything else on the phone it won't work 99% of the time. There was a big long thread about it and once you put your finger or something on the phone and then touch the screen it works 100% of the time. I've experienced this with the dock and it's no biggie, I'm willing to bet the official dock from TMo will act this way as well

Mas_ said:
I would be wary of these if I were you guys.
I bought one of these just the other day for my Desire Z. It says that if you want to charge both the extra battery, and the phone at the same time, that you have to use both cables, but the phone registers a charge taking place when you use just the cable that is designated for charging the extra battery behind the phone.
Also, when my Desire Z is docked, using one or both of the cables, my touch screen stops responding. Every once in a while if I sit there tapping it over and over and over it will register something, but it is extremely rare. Then, after taking the phone of the dock (and it had only been on it for a few minutes) it started wigging out. Things getting clicked that I didn't touch, changing from one screen to another without me touching the phone, scrolling by itself intermittently, etc. I ended up having to do a restart, then switch off, take battery out for a few minutes etc to get it to start working properly again.
I won't be touching these dodgy 3rd party docks again.
Hopefully they will come out with an official HTC Desire Z dock outside of the U.S.
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You're referring to the 3rs party correct, not this official one?
sent from my V I S I O N.

collins521 said:
I haven't had any issues with the dock and have been using it daily for the past two months, the whole touch screen not responding doesn't have anything to do with the dock. It's the way the phone is designed cause if you have the phone laying down on the table and if you try and touch the screen without touching anything else on the phone it won't work 99% of the time. There was a big long thread about it and once you put your finger or something on the phone and then touch the screen it works 100% of the time. I've experienced this with the dock and it's no biggie, I'm willing to bet the official dock from TMo will act this way as well
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I actually addressed this in my post, down at the bottom.
I don't have to touch my phone anywhere or hold it anywhere else to get the touch screen to work. I am doing it right now. It is laying down on the desk, and I am using ONE finger to navagate around and select items. I do not have to touch the casing or anything else. I also do this in the morning when I am using it as an alarm clock. I keep the phone propped up, plugged in and charging. When it goes off, I reach over and use ONE finger to tap the snooze button. Works perfectly every single time, no phone holding needed.
And yes PatrickHuey, I was referring to the 3rd party one, not the official one.

Mas_ said:
I actually addressed this in my post, down at the bottom.
I don't have to touch my phone anywhere or hold it anywhere else to get the touch screen to work. I am doing it right now. It is laying down on the desk, and I am using ONE finger to navagate around and select items. I do not have to touch the casing or anything else. I also do this in the morning when I am using it as an alarm clock. I keep the phone propped up, plugged in and charging. When it goes off, I reach over and use ONE finger to tap the snooze button. Works perfectly every single time, no phone holding needed.
And yes PatrickHuey, I was referring to the 3rd party one, not the official one.
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Huh odd..mine doesn't hardly let me use it when it's on the table laying flat so I think nothing of it lol

My Touchstone charging case hack [UPDATE: Not Recommended]

IMPORTANT UPDATE: After a month of running this, I have concluded that the Palm components are not compatible with this phone. I was getting frequent reboots and eventually some instability of my phone. A couple of times my phone went temporarily dead and would not revive until I plugged it into the wall. I'm leaving this up in case others want to try it, but be aware you may be asking for trouble.
Lots of people have hacked the Palm Touchstone inductive charging setup for their phones, but I've seen nothing specific for the One XL. I used this thread by android94301 to get started. It's good for background and applies for the One X up until he starts putting it in the SIII back. Go and read the OP, as I won't repeat much of it.
I used the charging case approach because I did not want to open up my phone or make any permanent modifications to it. I wanted something simple, removable, and non-destructive. I used a TPU case because a) it's flexible enough to accomodate the charging coil and b) it's what I had. Plenty of other cases ought to work.
I would not advise attempting this project unless you're pretty handy with a soldering iron. You have to solder all the parts together or your won't get a good connection, and it's hard enough even then.
The Touchstone base will not work with a phone charging cord or the USB port in your computer because it needs more than 0.5A. It will, however, work with a tablet charger--at least it worked with my Nexus 7 charger--so if you've got a spare, you can save a few bucks and use that.
What you'll need:
-a charging back from a Pre or Pixi--I used the Pixi; be aware the Pre coil has the polarity reversed.
-a soldering iron
-some thin wire. I used two different colors to keep the polarity straight.
-some method of keeping the leads in contact with the pogo connectors.
-a multimeter to check your work. You'll want to repeatedly check whether you're getting 5V from the charging coil, because it needs to be aligned correctly with the base.
-a utility knife, wire cutters, and small needle nosed pliers
1. Start by carefully removing the coil assembly from the back. Peel the tape off, and keep the silver tape--you'll need it later. Using a sharp knife, very carefully pry the coil up from the adhesive. Pry out the four metal discs (be careful here--the Pixi back is quite flimsy, and I ended up punching the precision screwdriver I was using through the back and into my finger).
2. Once you've got everything free, place the case on the base and arrange the coil and discs so everything is in position. Check voltage with your multimeter. (Note: I ended up reversing the arrangement of the coil in the final version--it doesn't make a difference which way it goes.)
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3. On the copper tape attached to the coil, you'll see two square contacts. Solder a wire to each one. On the Pixi, the contact at the end is + and the other one is -. Note that in this photo, red is + and black is -.
4. This should take you 10 minutes, tops. Now comes the tough part. By far the hardest part of this hack was getting a good connection with the pogo contacts. I came up with a workable approach, but you may want to try something else. Whatever it is, it needs to keep pressure on the leads to keep them in contact. Simply taping the leads to the contacts does not work, however.
What you see here is a piece of circuit board cut from an old 2.5" SATA hard drive adapter. I used it to fabricate a little pogo pin board by removing all but two of the connecters with my soldering iron. I pushed the remaining two through the board a bit further after melting the solder, then soldered the leads to the pins. You may note that the wires are reversed from the previous photo--this is because I accidentally soldered them in the wrong arrangement on the board, and immediately after this realization, the black wire broke off the coil. So I just unsoldered the red one and reattached them so the board would get the correct polarity. Again, check your work throughout this process to be sure you're getting a charge at the final connection.
5. Tape or hot glue everything into place. I taped my pogo board directly onto my phone just to make it easier.
This isn't quite the final product. I'm going to move it to an opaque case, and I'm going to try shaving down the pins on the pogo board because it's a bit thicker than I'd like. Still, it all works.

hmm, your images are broken.
Or they require a dropbox account I guess.

qberty said:
hmm, your images are broken.
Or they require a dropbox account I guess.
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Hmm, that sucks.
That might explain why no one replied lol.

I've done the same thing ( buy a touchstone and a pre back)
I've gotten to the stage that the circuit board is removed from the phone back and I've soldered on 2 wires.
I'm having real difficulty trying to get a reliable connection to the pogo pins as they are so small and in a stupid place!
Would really like to see your photos to give me some inspiration but I can't. Any ideas?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app

tinytom21 said:
I've done the same thing ( buy a touchstone and a pre back)
I've gotten to the stage that the circuit board is removed from the phone back and I've soldered on 2 wires.
I'm having real difficulty trying to get a reliable connection to the pogo pins as they are so small and in a stupid place!
Would really like to see your photos to give me some inspiration but I can't. Any ideas?
Sent from my HTC One X using xda app-developers app
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I'm going to try to fix the links. I thought they were working because I can see them fine, but that's probably because I'm logged into Dropbox.
Edit: I think they're fixed. Someone let me know if they're still broken.

Their fixed, I can see them clearly. A question on inductive charging... It's wireless charging right but what is it charging from? In the last picture I don't see a pad or anything

WhatTheAndroid? said:
It's wireless charging right but what is it charging from? In the last picture I don't see a pad or anything
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The Touchstone base. It's actually quite small. Maybe 2" round and 1" high. Not much bigger than the coil in the first pic.

Someone who knows what there doing should make some of these and sell em.
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dustinhayes93 said:
Someone who knows what there doing should make some of these and sell em.
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It wouldn't be that hard. You can get pins that are designed for pogo contacts for next to nothing, and building a little contact board for them wouldn't be complicated. I just went with what I had because I didn't feel like waiting on another parts order.

Update:
After a week or so on this thing, I'm mostly happy but I have noticed one interesting thing. It charges fine up to around 90-05%, but it simply won't charge to full. Once it gets over 90% or so, it starts waking up every few minutes but never gets to 100%.
I think what may be going on is that the chip controlling the voltage from the induction coil is not completely optimized for this phone (which should hardly be surprising). So when it goes to trickle charge as it gets close to being full, the chip gets confused and stops the current, then kicks it back on when the phone keeps drawing on it. This causes the phone to wake up as the charges goes off and back on again. This cycle keeps repeating, thus preventing it from ever reaching full charge.
It's not a big deal for me as the difference between 100% and 95% is not that significant. Still, if you like everything to work perfectly, this may not be the mod for you.

iElvis said:
Update:
After a week or so on this thing, I'm mostly happy but I have noticed one interesting thing. It charges fine up to around 90-05%, but it simply won't charge to full. Once it gets over 90% or so, it starts waking up every few minutes but never gets to 100%.
I think what may be going on is that the chip controlling the voltage from the induction coil is not completely optimized for this phone (which should hardly be surprising). So when it goes to trickle charge as it gets close to being full, the chip gets confused and stops the current, then kicks it back on when the phone keeps drawing on it. This causes the phone to wake up as the charges goes off and back on again. This cycle keeps repeating, thus preventing it from ever reaching full charge.
It's not a big deal for me as the difference between 100% and 95% is not that significant. Still, if you like everything to work perfectly, this may not be the mod for you.
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Do you see the phone flipping between charging and not charging? I wonder if that's what I was seeing when I tried it on my phone. I was always nearly fully charged. I wasn't sure if it was my phone being picky or if there was something wrong with the charger. Same thing happens in my car charger too.

Valohtar said:
Do you see the phone flipping between charging and not charging? I wonder if that's what I was seeing when I tried it on my phone. I was always nearly fully charged. I wasn't sure if it was my phone being picky or if there was something wrong with the charger. Same thing happens in my car charger too.
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I haven't watched it closely enough. It just seems to wake up repeatedly while sitting next to me on my desk.

Okay no worries, I'll try it again when the battery is a bit lower and see if it responds.

So no dice on the low battery test. I guess my phone is just picky

I tried this afternoon. In fact, it rebooted when I left it on the battery screen to see what would happen. I've had this happen more than once, and I'm starting to suspect the mod is responsible. It only happens when the phone gets up to 95% or so.
I would be careful about that car charger, if it seems to be inducing issues. At least two people I know of have had their phones hard brick while on their car charger.

Ok i purchased all the necessary items, but my Coil is different from the one you have in the pics.
take a look,
so i am a bit confused.
anyone able to help

rinnycoop121 said:
Ok i purchased all the necessary items, but my Coil is different from the one you have in the pics.
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Is that a Pre back? Looks like the power contacts are those two metal squares on the right.

Hi i'm sorry but it looks like the images are broken again. Can you maybe email them to me/pm or something? Really want to try this out...

This seems fairly straightforward
However, did you consider putting the coil in the actual One XL body? I have no idea how thick the coil and/or controlboard is, so I have no idea if that would even fit remotely.
It would also solve the pogopin problem, as there are some pads you can solder to (where the pogopin board is) inside the casing.
I just hate cases

piotrus22 said:
Hi i'm sorry but it looks like the images are broken again. Can you maybe email them to me/pm or something? Really want to try this out...
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Hmm, I checked on another computer that's not connected to Dropbox and they're still there. Might be on your end. Anyone else not seeing them?

[Q] Help. My tf300 is dead

1. I dropped the tablet from approximately 50cm above a hard surface.
2. Initially, I thought it was no big deal, so I proceed to try turning it on.
3. Something was odd; the tablet did not boot at all. It's NOT stuck on Asus logo. All I can see was black screen, completely unresponsive.
4. So I tried to hold power for 30sec, reset, hold reset for 30sec... nothing worked. :crying:
5. I figured, 'something must have gone wrong with the hardware when it dropped'.
6. Thus, I opened the tablet & carefully tried to find out what went wrong. (And I really hope I didn't break it even more in the process...)
7. And here I am stuck with no more idea.
WHAT I FOUND OUT:
LED indicator flashes twice when I press power or when I connect charger. Edit: It only flashes twice if I have charger connected. Nothing happens if it's disconnected from charger.
PC does not recognize tf300.
I have no warranty.
Please help me. Thank you!

Aqueouss said:
1. I dropped the tablet from approximately 50cm above a hard surface.
2. Initially, I thought it was no big deal, so I proceed to try turning it on.
3. Something was odd; the tablet did not boot at all. It's NOT stuck on Asus logo. All I can see was black screen, completely unresponsive.
4. So I tried to hold power for 30sec, reset, hold reset for 30sec... nothing worked. :crying:
5. I figured, 'something must have gone wrong with the hardware when it dropped'.
6. Thus, I opened the tablet & carefully tried to find out what went wrong. (And I really hope I didn't break it even more in the process...)
7. And here I am stuck with no more idea.
WHAT I FOUND OUT:
LED indicator flashes twice when I press power or when I connect charger. Edit: It only flashes twice if I have charger connected. Nothing happens if it's disconnected from charger.
PC does not recognize tf300.
I have no warranty.
Please help me. Thank you!
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Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2

elesbb said:
Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Pad TF300T using Tapatalk 2
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Thank you. I thought about that, too. But I cannot do anything because I have no idea which connector is which...
Can you anybody tell me where the disconnection might be? (location of battery related port?)

Aqueouss said:
Thank you. I thought about that, too. But I cannot do anything because I have no idea which connector is which...
Can you anybody tell me where the disconnection might be? (location of battery related port?)
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Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Disassembling+Asus+tf300+Tablet/11794/1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_JRLd7lPv8
Good Luck!!
Erik

ricco333 said:
Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
Good Luck!!
Erik
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Thank you, I fixed it!
I simply disconnected the battery connector and reconnected it, and everything magically started working again :victory:

I seem to have the same issue
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Not much to go from, but it sounds like the battery is disconnected.
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ricco333 said:
Here is a couple of things you can do, it already does not work so what the hell, it can't get any worse. Drink two shots of Grey Goose and check out these links.
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Good Luck!!
Erik
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Aqueouss said:
Thank you, I fixed it!
I simply disconnected the battery connector and reconnected it, and everything magically started working again :victory:
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Hi guys, I am having a similar problem. My device won't turn on unless the charger is connected. The battery display says 94% but if I unplug it, it immediately shuts off. It is like using a laptop with no battery connected, being powered by the charger only. I think it might be the same case as the OP here?
Well, looking at the photo tutorial and the video, I am still unsure about the exact location of the battery connector. Could you point it out more clearly for me? My tablet is out of warranty and I'd like to give it a shot at DIY, but taking the least possible risks.
Thanks!!

rmvieira said:
Hi guys, I am having a similar problem. My device won't turn on unless the charger is connected. The battery display says 94% but if I unplug it, it immediately shuts off. It is like using a laptop with no battery connected, being powered by the charger only. I think it might be the same case as the OP here?
Well, looking at the photo tutorial and the video, I am still unsure about the exact location of the battery connector. Could you point it out more clearly for me? My tablet is out of warranty and I'd like to give it a shot at DIY, but taking the least possible risks.
Thanks!!
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It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.

graphdarnell said:
It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.
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Thanks, I will take a look at it tonight as it is just outside the warranty period
Hopefully this will solve the problem. I will post back when I try.

graphdarnell said:
It's located underneath the copper shield. You need to lift it off to see. The connector is visible in plain sight. Just follow the wires coming out of the battery. But if you're still under warranty and don't want to break the seal, you can resort to Asus customer service.
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Well I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery connector, but it didn't work. To make things worth, the touch screen is no longer working. I am getting desperate... Can you point me in the right direction for, at least, getting the screen to work again?

rmvieira said:
Well I tried disconnecting and re-connecting the battery connector, but it didn't work. To make things worth, the touch screen is no longer working. I am getting desperate... Can you point me in the right direction for, at least, getting the screen to work again?
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Well, don't panic just yet. Try to remember if you'd done anything (flashing, loading or playing around with software) or anything had happened (tab drop etc...) before the tab started acting up. AFAIK, the TS board doesn't fail that often, but is fragile and thus prone to physical damage, especially the connectors and cables. The least movement in the wrong direction would wreck it. Pushing the cables in at the wrong angle would bend the pins beyond repair, to give you an idea. And you should've disconnected the battery or turned the service mode switch off before even touching anything.
At this point, my guess is either the battery is dead (not charging)*, or some weird software is screwing up the reading. Apparently, the main circuitry is intact since you can turn the tab on with the charger attached. If you can access recovery, and assuming you have CWM (TWRP requires touch), you can try wiping the battery stats.
Regarding the touch screen, there are a few possibilities. Check the surface of the mainboard if there's anything that's burned. Check the cables to make sure you did not displace any of them while pulling or pushing the battery connector. If you reconnect the cable or boards make they are seated correctly. Don't pull on the amber ribbons coming out of the digitizer. Last time I checked, the green part pasted to the face of the touchscreen can detach with the force you use to peel a protective screen off your tab. I kid you not. Above all, do not force a cable in, do not snap them in. They should slide in easy if you do it at the right angle. If nothing is damaged, I wouldn't worry too much about it now.
If you have access to a keyboard, you can go into the /etc/firmware/touch/ folder to see what's in there. This only shows the correct info if you're on stock rom. Then note the model of the touchscreen printed on the white sticker on the ribbons.
Again, turn the service switch off first.
* not charging could be caused by the battery itself or the chip controlling it on the mainboard. But we want to examine the obvious first.

wow this trend really old.
...just rediscovered my old asus transformer n upgraded it android 7 and gave it to my niece...
lonq story short she dropped it. and now the device dead. I opened it and reconnected the battery and still the screen looks dead.
when I connect it to the laptop, windows detects it and even shows it's charging
... did I miss something or? everything looked connected when I opened it
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[Q] Need expert help, is it bricked/savable??

I have a TF101 that will not charge or power on. I rooted it a month ago and it was running great. My wife lost the charger and had plugged in the tablet USB cable to a cell-phone charger , I found plugged into a week later to the phone charger, unplugged and attempted to turn that tablet on, it flickered on for a moment and then died (loading screen) :silly: ya stupid right?. I them found the right charger and plugged in the tablet and the light indicating that it is charging does not come on. I look and looked online for help. I'm pretty sure its not a charging problem as I did the freezer trip on the charger box nothing, I bought a new charging cable and charger off Amazon, nothing. Still not coming on when plugged in or anything (That is why I don't think its just a battery issue from what I have read.) The connection on the tablet looks ok on the bottom and both the old and new charger will power up and charge the keyboard dock just fine. Has the tablet been bricked dead?? Nothing I can do??
Thanks for your help and reply on this your all awesome
P.S I also tried a slow charge through the usb port on my computer over night and left the tablet plugged into both chargers over the course of two different nights. No luck.Also can't get into (Apx mode) the volume up and power held down for 15 sec does nothing.

Looks like you're stuck. You'll have to make a decision whether to buy a new battery or not. A colleague of mine solved a similar issue with a new battery off ebay, but it doesn't mean there isn't another hardware issue.
When you say the charging light does not come on, you mean on the dock right? The tablet itself doesn't have one. Did you try to just charge the tablet without the dock? Did you try to open the dock and flip the switch?

Lethe6 said:
Looks like you're stuck. You'll have to make a decision whether to buy a new battery or not. A colleague of mine solved a similar issue with a new battery off ebay, but it doesn't mean there isn't another hardware issue.
When you say the charging light does not come on, you mean on the dock right? The tablet itself doesn't have one. Did you try to just charge the tablet without the dock? Did you try to open the dock and flip the switch?
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Yes the charging light on the dock does come on I thought I saw what looked like a light on the tablet. So the dock is charging and working just fine.
A battery like this? (I would put the URL but its not letting me since I'm new.
I'm not super good would opening stuff up how hard would the battery be to replace? I did see a thread on opening the unit itself looked complex. Also Any more trouble shooting I should do? I may just buy a replacement off ebay and sale my old one. Also can you tell me if its bricked or not or whatnot? I just don't want to put out fifty bucks for a battery and not have it work

Well if it won't turn on, it's difficult to troubleshoot further. The general rule is: As long as you can get it in APX mode, it's not bricked; with hardware issues as the only exception. In theory, it should power on with an empty battery (and start the charging process), but I have no idea about a dead battery or how the unit is made to handle such cases. Give it some time I'm sure someone else here can answer that question from experience.
Replacing the tablet battery is not too hard, but it's a long task that requires patience and some tools. There's some videos on youtube and others about how to open the unit safely without damage, and decent tools are cheap assuming you don't have precision tools. By opening it you can troubleshoot it a little more. Inspect the battery for physical damage, like being oversized, which means it's likely dead. If it looks in good shape, try disconnecting and reconnecting it to the board; sometimes reseating a connector solves the issues. Also look for any obvious damage inside while you're there. Even if you don't know much about electronics, an obvious burn mark on the board is never a good sign.
If after all that it still won't power on, then yes you could check out ebay. Just make sure lots of people have bought the same from this buyer (the more the better) and they gave positive reviews for the product (stuff like "still works after a year"). Make sure it specifies it supports the tf101 and it should be fine.
Honestly from what you described in the original thread, I wouldn't be surprised if over-amp or something like that damaged the battery. Hopefully it's only the battery but as I explained, it's rather hard to troubleshoot. From personal experience developing boards like that, there are usually protections in the device to prevent damage in case of over/reverse voltage/amp. Depending where the battery is connected in the circuit sometimes it's protected sometimes it's not. I have no idea how Asus do it so take it with a grain of salt.
Can you provide said phone-charger specs? Volts/amps/exact model?
Edit: P.S. The device or dock will not charge through USB. You need the actual wall charger.

Lethe6 said:
Well if it won't turn on, it's difficult to troubleshoot further. The general rule is: As long as you can get it in APX mode, it's not bricked; with hardware issues as the only exception. In theory, it should power on with an empty battery (and start the charging process), but I have no idea about a dead battery or how the unit is made to handle such cases. Give it some time I'm sure someone else here can answer that question from experience.
Replacing the tablet battery is not too hard, but it's a long task that requires patience and some tools. There's some videos on youtube and others about how to open the unit safely without damage, and decent tools are cheap assuming you don't have precision tools. By opening it you can troubleshoot it a little more. Inspect the battery for physical damage, like being oversized, which means it's likely dead. If it looks in good shape, try disconnecting and reconnecting it to the board; sometimes reseating a connector solves the issues. Also look for any obvious damage inside while you're there. Even if you don't know much about electronics, an obvious burn mark on the board is never a good sign.
If after all that it still won't power on, then yes you could check out ebay. Just make sure lots of people have bought the same from this buyer (the more the better) and they gave positive reviews for the product (stuff like "still works after a year"). Make sure it specifies it supports the tf101 and it should be fine.
Honestly from what you described in the original thread, I wouldn't be surprised if over-amp or something like that damaged the battery. Hopefully it's only the battery but as I explained, it's rather hard to troubleshoot. From personal experience developing boards like that, there are usually protections in the device to prevent damage in case of over/reverse voltage/amp. Depending where the battery is connected in the circuit sometimes it's protected sometimes it's not. I have no idea how Asus do it so take it with a grain of salt.
Can you provide said phone-charger specs? Volts/amps/exact model?
Edit: P.S. The device or dock will not charge through USB. You need the actual wall charger.
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The phone charger that it was plugged into was a Galaxy S charger. 5v===0.7A. Doesn't seem high enough to have done anything...but I'm definitely no expert. (Literally)
Sounds like its a good idea to open it up then to check on the battery, if burned or oversized then I will buy a new one (As long as I don't see burnt marks) If the battery looks fine I'll try the reconnect. And cross hy fingers. Thanks for all your help so far. Any advice on where to buy the tools? Deal Extreme good for that Amazon?

No tools are required, ands its easy to get into just be carefull pulling the bezel off as the tabs that hold it on are quite weak (i broke a couple when i ripped mine apart in anger lol) after that their is about 10 normal screws until its open. It could be the case that the battery just needs to be unplugged and re-plugged in.
Its a strange problem you have there, the power output from that charger is less than half of what the standard asus charger outputs, if something is fried id call concidence as ive plugged my tf101 into various ac-usb adaptors with no troubles. Its a complete guess at this point but its almost like your tablet is suffering from the 0% issue thats common in the docks, where it refuses to charge if completely drained (afaik with the dock this is fixed by disconnecting and reconnecting the battery)
Also did you get an official asus charger as a replacement? a few of the cheaper ones dont even output enough voltage to fast charge the tf101.

Interesting problems - no wifi card detected, battery lasts 2-3 hours

Model: SM-P900
OS: 5.0.2
This is an interesting one I think...
Summary
On my Note Pro 12.2, wifi cannot be enabled - it says 'turning on... ' but never actually turns on. Also, battery life (2 different batteries now) is about 2-3 hours with no apps installed or used, even if the device is on standby or totally powered off.
Background
I bought a used SM-P900 from a local guy who gave it to me for a good price because he said the devices wireless stopped being able to connect to his wifi network at home.
I took it back to my place, did a factory reset, and lo and behold everything came up fine. I could connect to my wifi network, the device was very quick and nice to use, and the battery seemed to last a good long time. I used it for a couple of weeks without any problems at all, and then one day it started having problems with the wifi connection.
Wifi issue
The unit would connect to my wireless router, but it wouldn't actually transfer data. The download arrow would flicker, but the upload arrow would not. Every so often the device would drop connection entirely, then automatically reconnect after a few seconds. Reconnection would still have the same problems - the device appeared connected, but would not actually transfer data.
After poking around the forums I decided to do another factory reset (also tried deleting cache as well). This didn't fix the issue, though it did cause a new symptom - the wifi card could no longer be found at all.
Wifi Issue #2 - wifi stuck at 'enabling'
Factory reset number 2 resulted in the device being unable to turn on wifi at all. Going through the initial setup after the factory reset, the screen where you connect to your wifi network just showed 'Turning on... ' (I think that's the text. Device isn't in front of me at the moment).
After this, regardless of any steps I take, I cannot enable wireless (or bluetooth) at all. I move the sliders and the 'turning on...' message shows for a few minutes, then the slider automatically moves back to the grey off position.
And now the battery...
After this, I noticed the battery seemed to be discharging at an alarming rate. The top back of the device would also get unpleasantly hot, and the battery would discharge at around 30% per hour - even though I'd not installed any applications at all on it, let alone run anything. This was also after I'd put it into power saving mode.
Figuring I'd come back to it the next day, I charged it up until bedtime (charge around 95%), did a complete power off of the device, and then went to bed. 5 hours later I work up and... the device was totally dead. Could not power it on regardless of anything I tried.
Flat battery, no power on... so I replaced the battery.
I bought a new battery and installed it, and now the device powers on again. Battery discharge rate is fearsome - if I power it off completely, it loses about 25% per hour. Oddly enough, if I just have it on standby it loses slightly less - around 20% per hour. This is with no applications installed (default after reset).
Tinkering with it, installing battery / CPU / process explorer apps I cannot see anything that is using much in the way of system resources. Battery capacity doesn't seem to be being reported correctly (around 3800mah) and discharge rate seems to be between -1000 and -1200
Apps I used:
CPU-Z
CPU Monitor
GSam Battery Monitor
System Panel Lite
Note: I bought a wired USB network adapter so that I could install apps on the device, since wifi is totally broken.
Troubleshooting steps tried:
Clear Cache + factory reset = cannot enable wifi (cannot find card?). Battery run flat and died.
Factory reset (x 4 or 5) with new battery installed = no effect - battery life only 2-3 hours with no use. slightly worse when device is powered off completely.
re-install OS ( Used 5.0.2 Netherlands ROM from Sammobile + ODIN) = no change
re-install OS (Used 5.0.2 Switzerland + ODIN) = no change
downgrade OS (Used 4.4.2 United Kingdom + ODIN) = no change
upgraded OS (Used 5.0.2 Netherlands + ODIN) = no change
I cannot get the wifi to enable regardless of what I do (bluetooth is the same).
I cannot get the battery to stop discharging at a very high rate, regardless of what I do (disable all non-core processes, try and track down anything using significant system resources, etc)
I've got a bunch of replacement parts on the way from China (LCD cable, charging cable, sensor cable, etc) just on the off chance it's a hardware fault with something other then a motherboard component... but does anyone have any ideas? Anyone seen this type of thing before? Wifi cannot be enabled, very high power use even after factory reset and nothing installed?
Any help at all would be very much appreciated.
Donovan.

Just a follow up - I figure I might as well keep my troubleshooting notes here, in case they end up being useful to anyone else in the future.
I've been suspicious that the issue with the battery life is caused by the wifi card problem, rather then being a separate issue. I've tried to disable anything even vaguely related to the network in the OS, just to see if it was something constantly trying to connect or sync even though I had the wireless and bluetooth disabled, as well as airplane mode on.
Not much seemed to be having an effect, but I did notice a setting last night called 'sync'. Yes, I'm new to android...
anyway, disabling sync seemed to have a dramatic effect on the battery life. It's still discharging much faster then I'd expect, but now it looks like the battery will last around 7-8 hours instead of 2-3 hours that I'd been seeing. Also, the unit doesn't get as hot around the camera as it was before.
Note, this is with the device on standby OR powered off entirely, and no applications running and power saving mode enabled.
So back to the wireless problem.
Does anyone know where the wifi chip is on these things? It doesn't look like it's a socketed component, so I'm assuming it's soldered onto the motherboard... but I can't seem to find it.

All Samsung tablets, wifi is built on board. A factory reset won't solve the problem, you have to change main board. A used one may be around $90 on Ebay.
Quick discharge in Galaxy Note Pro and others, mostly caused by cracked battery connector. A re solder this connector will fix the problem and it takes only under 5 minutes.

Definitely sounds like a hardware issue, particularly if both batteries experienced significant drain when in full power off state. There should be practically no drain when fully powered off and even standby drain on a fresh factory reset with sync off should be minimal.

I looked over you post on this issue in another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/unstability-caused-hardware-software-t3142081) and I'll pull out my inspection and soldering gear and take a good long look tonight. I'll update this thread once I've done so. Thanks for the tip!
Beut said:
All Samsung tablets, wifi is built on board. A factory reset won't solve the problem, you have to change main board. A used one may be around $90 on Ebay.
Quick discharge in Galaxy Note Pro and others, mostly caused by cracked battery connector. A re solder this connector will fix the problem and it takes only under 5 minutes.
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dkaardal said:
I looked over you post on this issue in another thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note-pro-12/help/unstability-caused-hardware-software-t3142081) and I'll pull out my inspection and soldering gear and take a good long look tonight. I'll update this thread once I've done so. Thanks for the tip!
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This is what a Samsung Repair Center will do to fix this problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59573206&postcount=100
It Works. Battery connector replaced. Smoooooth
After 2 visits to Samsung , my unit finally works fine.
Motherboard and LCD were changed first time. But issue persisted.
Second time, battery connector was replaced. Since then it has worked very very smoothly.
I doubt they actually replaced the battery connector as it takes a lot of works than just re solder the connector. Replace the connector requires the main board has to be completely removed .Re solder is simple as they only need to disconnect the battery cable and do the rework from the top of the connector.

Just a quick update. I've not had a chance to pick up some small soldering iron tips to do the resolder job, but I did take a very close look at them with a magnifying glass and they seemed fine.
Then I remembered I had a 20x loup and took another look - looked a little less fine, but reasonable. I did notice that one of the pins seemed to have a break in the solder though... which is rather odd, considering how solder flows. So I bought one of those little USB microscopes that Beut mentioned in one of his other threads and took another look. I'm still tinkering with the thing to figure out how best to use it, but I got a few pics.
The solder doesn't look all that bad... but it's definitely not perfect.
Hmm... it seems I can't post links to the pictures yet as I don't have enough posts to my name.

Trust me it looks fine but the trouble is from there, not just this tablet but others all have the same problem.
Look at the white female connector, it's also the source of problem if positive cables ( red ) and negative cables ( black ) don't make good contact
with six pins of black male connector. I see the trick of disconnect and reconnect battery cable many people do to fix intermittent power or battery quick
discharge, the problem is from loose female white battery connector.
You know how to solder so the fix is easy: put a little solder over red and black cables where they make contact with male connector.
You need a knife to cut these small plastic on the white female connector like this one:
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This is an example of bad contact, the pin of male connector is between the opening of the tip of battery cable.
Look at two on the right side, two pins sit in the middle of the opening:

I'll give that a try as soon as I can get some wee little soldering iron tips. My local electronics store (Maplin) seems to be out at the moment. Hopefully I can figure something out this weekend and at least try your fixes!
Thanks again for your help!

Just exactly the same problem I have with my gtalaxy note pro 12.2 and I am looking for the solution.

I had exactly the same problem.
In the beginning, it was just a periodic disconnect.
After I have tried everything else: Factory Reset, USSD-Codes, other ROMs, Battery exchange, it got worse, so that no WiFi/BT enable was possible anymore.
When I read this thread, I started to examine the connector, I figured out, it was loose.
Then I re-soldered all the pins. But the problem got even worse. With a microscope I found out that the solder pad of PIN 3 was broken - unrepairable (because underneath the connector).
With a little speculation and a bit of courage, I guessed where this pin should continue.
I have drawn a wire between and started the pad. It had WiFi/BT from beginning and kept it stable !
I did the soldering using magnifying glasses, a 0.4 mm soldering point. But the heat is melting the plastic connector very quickly. And even very little shaking hands are too much for precise working. This is a job I cannot recommend to anyone. Will end up in more damage than repair.
The wiring was too strong and broke the part where I soldered it onto after a little bending.
I wonder, why it happens quite often, people have this problem. Maybe its a weak design which lets pin 3 broke after touching the battery connector.
Now, knowing the root cause, let me think, it was a raising connection resistance in the beginning.
(I would like to post a picture, but its not allowed to new users)

My tablet has all the exact issues. Just looking for an update from dkaaradal. Were you able to fix it??
Thanks!