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[Q] Opening lower case plastic flap

Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?

Wonder is it where the battery placed? Perhaps there are website trying to disassemble One S to see is it easy to replace the internal battery.

If you are referring to the tiny hole at the bottom of the phone, that hole is the mic. Wouldn't advice on putting anything in there

lol its the microphone. in almost all devices it is locates there

Funniest sunday topic
You made me laugh... I remember first iphone users were talking about " OMG one of two speakers under the phone doesnt work OMG OMG "...And someone told them " It is mic ! " LOL....

psych0t1c said:
Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?
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I don't yet have the HOS. But I can tell you that the little hole in the bottom of the HOS is the phone mic...
And be aware that doing what you intend to do will eventually void your warranty... but go right ahead... it's not my money if you screw things up...

I have taken apart enough devices to know what I am doing (except for the stupidity of not considering the mic hole because they have becme so invisible these days that its easy to just forget about them heh...).
I changed broken digitizers on DHD and did a complete disassembly / reassembly of a Desire Z that took an Soda bath and both devices work to this day. I am just hell of curios regarding the PCB layout of the One S, mainly for the storage question (soldered or aftermarket slotted microsd mounted under the hood)
And FYI, under the lower flap is just another boring antenna and another plastic cover, no more screws like behind the top flap. Do't have the right tools here to go any further without actually risking damage, but after easter I will have a closer look at it in the company. Unless iFixit comes out with a disassembly tutorial faster than that hehe.
Warranty? Well warranty. I've had a few devices now from HTC and none ever had to go to service. And with the knowledge of how to fix it comes the option of just paying for the OEM spare part from some retailer later on and fixing it yourself in 1 day instead of sending your phone in and waiting on it to come back for 1 week or 10 days.
But thanks for the hint, I might have actually forgotten about that.

Self dust-repair gone a bit wrong. Can you help me?

Hi xda, so I got tired of having dust under my screen and decided to try to fix this myself, I used many disassembly videos and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479734&highlight=dust as guides, initially I didnt open my phone completely, and used a hair dryer to heat and loose the glue, I guess that wasnt enough, then I finally separated the glass from the screen and procedeed the cleaning, everything good.
Then when I pushed the glass and realized there was a little space between the glass/lcd and the plastic frame (look at pic), tried to put the back cover in again and noticed the right side of the phone, the plastic one was kinda lifted and barely fitted my back cover again, reopened and realized this (look at pic) it seems that the main frame and plastic frame (pic again) got a bit separated, when I was trying to lift the glass i heard some cracks there, I tried pushing it gently but I dont want to damage the lcd, next thing im gonna do is disassemble it completely and hit gently the lifted side of the frame with a hammer so it fits flush again, before doing this, Do you have any sugestion or advice? Has this happened to you?
Also since I dont have a proper heat gun and I'll be using a hair dryer I would thank you if you know and can tell me what areas of the lcd are glued to the main frame, pic attached, if you know you could use paint to point them.
Im a bit worried about the tension the phone is getting with the cover on, I hope only the main frame is getting it... as the phone is pushed to its side (0.5-1mm maybe) I cant plug my headphones and i get slightly worse overall signal. Thank you in advance for any help.

Dom42 said:
Hi xda, so I got tired of having dust under my screen and decided to try to fix this myself, I used many disassembly videos and this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1479734&highlight=dust as guides, initially I didnt open my phone completely, and used a hair dryer to heat and loose the glue, I guess that wasnt enough, then I finally separated the glass from the screen and procedeed the cleaning, everything good.
Then when I pushed the glass and realized there was a little space between the glass/lcd and the plastic frame (look at pic), tried to put the back cover in again and noticed the right side of the phone, the plastic one was kinda lifted and barely fitted my back cover again, reopened and realized this (look at pic) it seems that the main frame and plastic frame (pic again) got a bit separated, when I was trying to lift the glass i heard some cracks there, I tried pushing it gently but I dont want to damage the lcd, next thing im gonna do is disassemble it completely and hit gently the lifted side of the frame with a hammer so it fits flush again, before doing this, Do you have any sugestion or advice? Has this happened to you?
Also since I dont have a proper heat gun and I'll be using a hair dryer I would thank you if you know and can tell me what areas of the lcd are glued to the main frame, pic attached, if you know you could use paint to point them.
Im a bit worried about the tension the phone is getting with the cover on, I hope only the main frame is getting it... as the phone is pushed to its side (0.5-1mm maybe) I cant plug my headphones and i get slightly worse overall signal. Thank you in advance for any help.
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I wanted to try it myself, but didn't have the guts. Sorry to hear your problem.
The guide said "5. Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory."
It seems to me that you have put the same double tape. I suggest you remove the LCD again, clean the old tape and apply a new one.
Good Luck!
Edit: Does your touchscreen work well?

elvisypi said:
I wanted to try it myself, but didn't have the guts. Sorry to hear your problem.
The guide said "5. Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory."
It seems to me that you have put the same double tape. I suggest you remove the LCD again, clean the old tape and apply a new one.
Good Luck!
Edit: Does your touchscreen work well?
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Dont be afraid of trying, i was also scared at first but bah, 1. There's no official htc support in my country 2. I dont trust repair houses. 3 I wont wait 2-4 weeks for something relatively easy. So why dont try by yourself?
"Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory" I dont have double sided tape at hand right now, getting it in 2 days, however thats not the problem, the glass sits flush and tight even with the old tape, the problem is that as i said my phone somehow got wider and the back cover is hard to put. Thanks, im gonna need good luck.
Oh and yes my touchscreen works perfectly.

Dom42 said:
Dont be afraid of trying, i was also scared at first but bah, 1. There's no official htc support in my country 2. I dont trust repair houses. 3 I wont wait 2-4 weeks for something relatively easy. So why dont try by yourself?
"Clean off all the crappy double sided tape from the factory" I dont have double sided tape at hand right now, getting it in 2 days, however thats not the problem, the glass sits flush and tight even with the old tape, the problem is that as i said my phone somehow got wider and the back cover is hard to put. Thanks, im gonna need good luck.
Oh and yes my touchscreen works perfectly.
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There's no HTC support in my county either. Maybe it got wider because of the heat. Even though the glass sits tight I suggest you change the old tape, cause that's what let dust in the first place. The guide said also smth about silicon, did you apply it?
Was it difficult to remove the LCD with the hairdryer? I don't have a heatgun.
LOL, seems I'm the one doing the questions now.

elvisypi said:
There's no HTC support in my county either. Maybe it got wider because of the heat. Even though the glass sits tight I suggest you change the old tape, cause that's what let dust in the first place. The guide said also smth about silicon, did you apply it?
Was it difficult to remove the LCD with the hairdryer? I don't have a heatgun.
LOL, seems I'm the one doing the questions now.
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No it didnt got wider because of the heat, when i was trying to open it i forced the bezel/metal main frame (4th pic) so it unclipped. Getting the double tape tomorrow. No way im gonna put silicon, ill put just 4 tiny squares of doublesided tape, i would rather clean it monthly than that, also i keep it always clean, it just had the dust before (second hand).
Yes, it was very difficult to remove the LCD, dont even try this without a heatgun, i was lucky to not mess something else duh i even crushed the LCD cable a bit, but it works normally. Only solution now is to get a new main frame.

Dom42 said:
No it didnt got wider because of the heat, when i was trying to open it i forced the bezel/metal main frame (4th pic) so it unclipped. Getting the double tape tomorrow. No way im gonna put silicon, ill put just 4 tiny squares of doublesided tape, i would rather clean it monthly than that, also i keep it always clean, it just had the dust before (second hand).
Yes, it was very difficult to remove the LCD, dont even try this without a heatgun, i was lucky to not mess something else duh i even crushed the LCD cable a bit, but it works normally. Only solution now is to get a new main frame.
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Thanks for the advice. I hope you manage to fix your phone

HTC ONE S - Dropped phone and now no GSM connection. Plz Help

Hi, I have a HTC ONE S. I recently dropped the phone from waist high.
Ever since, the phone been having spotty connection.
My SIM card is fine because i tried it in another phone.
I called TMOBILE and it is not on their end.
I am sure its a hardware problem.
How would I find the internal GSM Antenna Cable to make sure its connected right? I saw a video on how to disassemble the phone but it does not show where the Antenna is.
Please help.

Tumbz said:
Hi, I have a HTC ONE S. I recently dropped the phone from waist high.
Ever since, the phone been having spotty connection.
My SIM card is fine because i tried it in another phone.
I called TMOBILE and it is not on their end.
I am sure its a hardware problem.
How would I find the internal GSM Antenna Cable to make sure its connected right? I saw a video on how to disassemble the phone but it does not show where the Antenna is.
Please help.
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Pop off the bottom plastic cover and look at the metal terminals that connect the mainboard to the inside of the plastic cover which is essentially the antenna. Do the same with the top cover. Behide the top cover here's six terminals in total to, the left, right, and above the camera. I don't remember how many there are behind the bottom. Take a small screw driver or toothpick or tweezers etc and push the terminals outwards from underneath (gently) so that they stick out more. Then replace your covers and see if that helps.

djsubtronic said:
Pop off the bottom plastic cover and look at the metal terminals that connect the mainboard to the inside of the plastic cover which is essentially the antenna. Do the same with the top cover. Behide the top cover here's six terminals in total to, the left, right, and above the camera. I don't remember how many there are behind the bottom. Take a small screw driver or toothpick or tweezers etc and push the terminals outwards from underneath (gently) so that they stick out more. Then replace your covers and see if that helps.
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THanks. Ill try that and update you. Im at work right now. Ill try when i get home.

I put the sim tool pin in the upper microphone

hey guys , so i just put the sim toolkit in the wrong hole (upper microphone) and i feel like i click something something like popping i dont know how to explain , i read that the upper mic is for noise cancellation , so did i just damage my mic?? i have upper and lower mic my device is oneplus 6
i need your help guys , thanks

You probably damaged water resistance

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NateDev said:
You probably damaged water resistance
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but it will affect the noise cancellation? because its for noise canceling

Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...

vigneshnallamad said:
Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...
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Wrong hole gets you into trouble every time. I've ended up on the couch a few times. A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow, gasket I mean of course.

vigneshnallamad said:
Sorry but couldn't control... You just put it in the wrong hole... Answering your question, u would have damaged a rubber gasket covering the mic, nothing more than that...
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hmm ok so nothing happens to the noise cancellation??because theres no way to test it , should i return the phone or just live with it ? thanks for your reply

crixley said:
Wrong hole gets you into trouble every time. I've ended up on the couch a few times. A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow, gasket I mean of course.
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A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow , i didnt understand this sentence , is there a waterproof damage or noise cancellation?? or its just a rubber? thanks brother

mohdz91 said:
A rubber definitely helps cushion the blow , i didnt understand this sentence , is there a waterproof damage or noise cancellation?? or its just a rubber? thanks brother
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Lol was a pun of sorts, but there is usually something blocking the microphone. A lot of times that actually make the hole curve in a bit to avoid the potential for damage in this situation. On my essential phone the hole was actually right next to the sim slot and there was a similar thread as this about 10 pages long. I wouldn't be overly concerned tbh.

Lol. I thought I was the only one. I did the same thing. It's all good, nothing has happened to my device. I just won't allow water near anymore.

CraigUK87 said:
Lol. I thought I was the only one. I did the same thing. It's all good, nothing has happened to my device. I just won't allow water near anymore.
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i dont give a f*** for the water , the whole device is not water resistance anyway , but am worried about the (noice cancellation) or the mic function it self because i feel like i click on something or pooped something lol

Got the same when I was using a HTC U11.
And then I sold it.

Thechnically, puting the simm tool on the upper mic hole wont affect anything because it's a straight hole and the there is a 90° angle and the the grill then the speaker which is attached to the motherboard, so i don't think you damaged anything
See the video of jerry rig everything at 2:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z47gXtbXjw&t=250s

Chinaroad said:
Thechnically, puting the simm tool on the upper mic hole wont affect anything because it's a straight hole and the there is a 90° angle and the the grill then the speaker which is attached to the motherboard, so i don't think you damaged anything
See the video of jerry rig everything at 2:17
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Z47gXtbXjw&t=250s
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as the video , maybe i just damaged the water resistance?

mohdz91 said:
as the video , maybe i just damaged the water resistance?
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how could you damage the water resistance if the sim tool is straight and the water resistance is in a parallel plan lol

Chinaroad said:
how could you damage the water resistance if the sim tool is straight and the water resistance is in a parallel plan lol
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lol ok am stupid

Question My pen is stuck!

So I went to unclick it, it clicked inwards but is stuck in the housing, I don't know if there's any spring release mechanism to push it out etc. but it's now stuck in the body and clicked in...

strange, it wouldnt be a spring as in coil, but would be a piece of formed plastic that clicks and locks, afaik, you'll have to try and lever it out with a sewing needle or something to examin the fault in the end of the pen

For a moment, I read the title wrongly .
Anyway, instead of trying anything yourself, pay a visit to the service center.

The pen housing is incredibly tight that a sewing needle etc doesn't have enough clearance to pass through to try and leverage the clicky part out, I think it might be a trip to the service center sadly. I've seen YouTube videos of people sticking something to the end of the style to try to remove it that way but then I'd need to replace the pen... which I don't want to pay for lol.

Okay I actually just used some 3m tape to stick to the end of the stylus and pulled it and it came out! Lol
My pen is no longer stuck!
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I've worked out why the pen gets stuck, the clicky part has failed and doesn't always click down or click back up, which means the pen cannot be ejected on its own from the housing. Hopefully it'll be as straight forward as getting a replacement pent.

nugget123 said:
Okay I actually just used some 3m tape to stick to the end of the stylus and pulled it and it came out! Lol
My pen is no longer stuck!
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I've worked out why the pen gets stuck, the clicky part has failed and doesn't always click down or click back up, which means the pen cannot be ejected on its own from the housing. Hopefully it'll be as straight forward as getting a replacement pent.
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They will replace it for free just contact samsung

use sewing thread. it'll work...