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Joystick problem

Hello all
I love my tornado but i have some problems with the joystick ( it become hard to use).
I someone know where buy replacements parts i will be the happiest !
Please help me
PS: sorry for my English ...

Someone already posted such a question and posted back the part number when he found it. Just poke around, it will be in the first couple pages of the forum.
I recommend to use compressed air to blow out any dust &c and maybe use some graphite lubricant (use a hard pencil on a nail file if you simply can't find any, catch it on paper).
Some madman reported using WD40 to good results. I don't recommend that, except as a last of last resorts.

I've tried wd40 and now I have no problems with joy. It works like brand new one

Tanks you for yours answers. I will try WD40 ( I have bottle ).
Also I was incapable to find the part number in the forum. If someone can help me.
I keep you in touch with my WD40 experimentations :d

What is WD40 , i have the same problem with my phone

smae problem
What is WD40 , i have the same problem with my phone

i dont realy now how to open the phone to clean but i dont remember wish thread they posted a lin do anyone no that link

bestsever, check it out. http://smartmania.mobilmania.cz/forum/viewtopic.php?t=4707

for WD40 info look at : http://wd40.com/Brands/wd40.cfm
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I tried today wd40 in my phone whitout open it ( i protected keyboard and screen) and it's better but not perfect. I think i will open it, maybe I will wait to find the OEM part.
Other way ?

I see no problem with opening it to clean out any possible dust or crap.
You can buy cans of compressed air, similar in shape/system to WD40, but only shoot air. This will blow any dust out, but you need under the thumbstick to clean it right.
The cans can be expensive, but think of it as an investment. After you clean out your phone, open your PC case and blow out the power supply and the fans for CPU and video card. Dust collects like crazy...
If you are crazy enough to use WD40 (which I do NOT recommend), do:
ensure tht only your stick is being sprayed
clean with a dust free wipe or swab throughly before reconnecting to the mainboard

Works fine with WD40 without open tornado but keep somes problems
Everything fixed with application of "contact" !
This is a spray that you can buy in electronics or sono shop. It use to restore contact in linear potentiometers.
My Tornado word as at first day !

Sticky Stylus?

Ranomly, my stylus won't "slide" into the slot smoothly. It gets half way in and then a lot of pressure is required to push it all the way down. I took the battery out and used a flash light to see any obstructions, but I can't see anything. Am I missing something?

I've just started having the same problem. The stylus gets very tight in it's slot, hard to push in, and even harder to pull out.
I would love to hear if anyone has found the cause of this.

mfarlow said:
I've just started having the same problem. The stylus gets very tight in it's slot, hard to push in, and even harder to pull out.
I would love to hear if anyone has found the cause of this.
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Yeah, it's a real BEYOTCH to pull out. (that's what she said)

I figured out the cause of this when it happened to me a few weeks back.
Take a look at your stylus, you will notice that the plastic end cap can/has pulled(s) away very slightly from the metal base. This, less than a millimeter change, causes it to get caught on the stylus sensor within the holster.
Solution :
Try your backup stylus and see if that slides in fine. That is what worked for me.
No amount of playing with the sensor seemed to fix it.

This happened to me my first week of having the Raphael. It was due to some build up of plastic, or bent plastic at the end of the slot. To fix it I took my stylus and kind of rotated it pushing it outwards along the sides of the stylus slot.
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Humm, none of this is working for me. I'm going to try my other stylus, but I'm not sure. I took a bright flashlight and shined it down in the slot and I can't see anything stopping the sytlus from going in smoothly.

there might be the switch for the stylus come out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432014&page=2
maybe that will help?

Yeah, my stylus is getting stuck too within the first week of getting it. I can see where the sensor is supposed to come out, but it doesn't look like there is anything there, so why would it still be getting stuck?

[Q] LCD Glass unsticking

I have had the nexus 5 for about 6 months now, and i'm starting to notice a part of the glass coming off. The area around the volume buttons to the center of the screen makes a sticking sound when pushed down on, and i can feel it pushing in a little bit. It's most noticeable on the edge directly next to the volume buttons. There are no visible cracks as far as i can tell. Phone works fine besides this. Should I be worried and replace the screen or just let it be? I don't notice it if i don't push down too hard.
Never had this happen to me on a phone before. Thanks!

That definitely shouldn't be happening.

Mind sharing a photo?
Freshly baked from my Nexus 5

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Mind sharing a photo?
Freshly baked from my Nexus 5
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It's not very visible and pictures don't show the problem.
It feels like the glue in that area is just dried up in that area and isn't holding down the screen correctly. but its only a small area so right now its not too big of a deal.

argran said:
It's not very visible and pictures don't show the problem.
It feels like the glue in that area is just dried up in that area and isn't holding down the screen correctly. but its only a small area so right now its not too big of a deal.
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Ask for google support, they will replace it. Mine was losing the back cover letters and google replaced it

Hi all. Wasn't sure if I should reply to this old thread or start my own...
I have a Nexus 5 that's over 2 years old. So no warranty. It looks like my screen is starting to come off in the bottom right corner. I think it's just the glass. Take a look at the attached pic/video and let me know what you think I could/should do. You can see I can move it by pressing on it.
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It works fine otherwise. Touch/display etc seems all fine. I don't care about this problem if it stays as-is, but I'm worried it will get worse and come off further.
I'm thinking a bit of super glue would do? .

Thinking the same…

[Q] No signal after screen replacement: Damaged motherboard?

I was doing a screen replacement on a Nexus 5 and a small part from the motherboard fell off.
3 pictures to illustrate the problem here:
http://min.us/mKOC4FQe6F0HI
Afterwards, the mobile connection was a lot worse than before. Now, 2 weeks later, the phone's connection has become unusable and it constantly shows no service. Only very rarely does it have any sort of connection (Edge/3G/H/4G).
Questions:
1)What is the part that came off? (see album above) My knowledge is a bit limited but I'm quite sure it has to do with the connection? I notice there are 3 other parts exactly like this spread over the motherboard.
2)Can I repair it? Do I glue it back on? Do I solder it on? Does it somehow click on? (I have tried if it clicks but this part is so tiny it's almost impossible to really handle
3)Based on my explanation, do you think this tiny part is the only cause? The phone still had some connection at first but it got worse. I'm also planning to order replacement antenna cables to see if that helps.
Thanks in advance!

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In my case.. I had to replace the charging circuit Cuz it was 'broken' as described by the cellphone shop.. It has connections to the antenna.. Now phone is fully working.. Before that though, I tried different sim cards with different companies (bell Rogers and fido) all worked on my phone except my carrier sim card (mobilicity). After replacing the circuit I just mentioned everything works fine. Cost is 25$

Needs solder it's an rf trimmer /radio frequency. It's vital to an ariel of one type or other. If you want to risk a bodge assemble everything except the back and hold it in place with bluetack. If it works I was going to say epoxy it but don't. Get someone to solder it. It's easy to do if you have the skills.
Oh vital it's right way round and has now been turned. There should be a slot for tuning it.

How do i fix broken button solders joints? (Reviving a dead Nexus 5X with baking)

Hi forum,
a friend of mine gave me his completely dead Nexus 5X (no important data) and i wanted to see if i can revive it. I baked it in an oven according to information online and now at least it charges properly but i think i burned the (power) button solder joints. (Summary)
With dead phone i mean really dead. No lights, LED, screen or any sign of life.
Since there was nothing to lose i looked up an iFixit teardown and disassambled the phone until i had the motherboard on it's own.
As according to various online guides / posts i removed the heat cover / heat sheet of the CPU and those other elements (probably GPU? i don't know what they are), then covered everything but the CPU die with aluminum foil and heated the CPU with a normal old hair dryer for about 2 minutes.
To my surprise it actually showed the charging icon and attempted to boot once (it had a boot loop previously) but after about a minute it went back to completely dead.
Then opened the phone again and took out the board, put it on baking paper inside a glass thingy that you use for baking and put it in a ~180°C pre-heated oven for about 9 minutes.
Once everything cooled down after 30 minutes i reassembled the phone and it actually charges normally without any problems.
Unfortunately the phone does not seem to react to any (power) button(s).
From the reference images from iFixit i think that baking the board probably blew off / burned some sort of resistor (i have no idea what it might be) which you can see in all the images in detail.
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(Credit: iFixit.com)
Now look at one of the pictures i took:
You can view this image and all the other photos i took in this imgur album:
https://imgur.com/a/tST5V
Here's an image containing the important close up photos edited onto the overview image so you can see details without guessing where it is on the board. I had to remove the background to make the jpg be accepted by imgur.com:
https://imgur.com/a/0gOg2
Any and all ideas and recommendations are appreciated, i might edit this post to include microscope pictures tomorrow.
Regards, Daniel