imagine there is a broken s6 i ternational version laying around, afaik they have an unlocked bootloader.
what chip or chips would need swapping in order to turn my sm-g920v into a sm-g920f (international/unlocked bootloader, i think.)?
That's a very crude and basic solution for an extremely complicated problem. You'd have better luck trying to use JTAG to rewrite the memory registers, but considering how the bootloader works, you'd have to get it perfect or the phone would never live again.
I imagine you could buy an international version for parts and swap the motherboard, but with that kind of money and time you're better off just buying a used device in decent shape.
socal87 said:
That's a very crude and basic solution for an extremely complicated problem. You'd have better luck trying to use JTAG to rewrite the memory registers, but considering how the bootloader works, you'd have to get it perfect or the phone would never live again.
I imagine you could buy an international version for parts and swap the motherboard, but with that kind of money and time you're better off just buying a used device in decent shape.
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Can you direct me to which model has CDMA support? so far I can only find the Verizon model (SM_920V).... thx
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Is it possible to buy the LTE modem myself and install it to make it work?
Anyone knows the brand & model # of the modem?
The reason I asked is because I am in Hong Kong and not able to ship the unit back for upgrade.
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J
Dude, that would be risky to try a self Upgrade. If you mess it up, your warranty is toast. Contact Motorola and ask them if there is anything that can be done because you are out of the country.
I think that should be possible if you findma way to obtain the module. check ifixit.com, they have a guide with some images. All you need to do is remove the two screws located near the usb- and power connector, after that you'll be able to slide down the aluminum part of the back cover. you'll find a dummy-mini-pci-card which needs to be swapped with the 4G-module.
I'm not sure on the software-side though, I suppose that flashing a MZ602-rom is enough, but who knows...
I was setting this phone up to give away (for free) to someone as their first smartphone. But a bad charging port fried the phone. Does anyone have a phone to donate? I would take a complete phone or just a motherboard... or even a broken phone to salvage the motherboard from. Right now eBay doesn't have any that look like they would be usable (they don't power up). If you are willing to donate a working phone, I'll take pretty much anything!
Hey, thanks to anyone who can help me in any way!
If you know of anywhere I can find a replacement for very cheap, that would be great too!
Just curious... if I switch the motherboard, are there any problems I could have since the IMEI doesn't match the one on the motherboard?
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Just curious... if I switch the motherboard, are there any problems I could have since the IMEI doesn't match the one on the motherboard?
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Shouldn't be a problem. One thing though, some carriers like to pick on people about their IMEI so make sure you keep your original somewhere safe.
Thanks for the reply. I will be sure to write it down and keep it on a post-it right on top of the old one!
Ok, ive given up hope of un bricking my tf300, and probably will never buy another asus product after this. My question is, should i replace the motherboard in mine, or put my screen and digitizer in another tab that i can buy for about the same price as a motherboard? Which would be the easier swap, and can someone like me without any special skills even accomplish this kind of thing? Oh yea thank u all for ur help in the past!!
Either is an easy fix, but I stole the digi/lcd combo and the TS board from my TWRP bricked 16GB to replace the cracked digi on a recently acquired 32GB model. I should be able to recoup some more from the non-logic board parts remaining, enough to more than make sense over buying a logic board alone. The battery, TS board, and good LCD alone might take care of it. If not, then maybe including all the little parts and cables inside will. Even if it is more effort to post and sell all that stuff, it should add up to more than selling a parts tablet with a broken digi and bricked logic board.
But then, I've had many tablets apart, and I'm decent at repairing them. Someone who has never had one apart might find either path daunting.
If doing the repairs yourself isn't a good option, you could always take the tablets to a cell phone repair shop, assuming there's one near you. Replacing the screen on a tablet is similar enough to a smartphone that they shouldn't have any problems. There's also a chance that they fix tablets anyway since they're kind of like big smartphones in the way they're assembled. And since you have your own parts, the repairs shouldn't be too expensive.
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Hi, this is the situation. I finally managed to brick my Moto G (XT 1063) and there is nothing I can do to get it back (need unavailable single image for bootloader 5.x), so I found a cheap solution to my problem. I decided to buy a damaged Moto G (broken LCD) and get a functional motherboard from it.
However my concern is it's comparability with my phone. I can not only buy XT 1068 (dual sim) since I am in Europe and wonder if it is going to be possible to put it together. I plan to use my housing and all the parts except for motherboard.
So, anyone with some input, possible or not, issues and so on...
Thanks!
Wouldn't it be easier to just replace the screen on the broken one?
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Wouldn't it be easier to just replace the screen on the broken one?
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In essence that's what I plan to do, my question is, will it fit? Thanks for a reply.
So it looks like my eMMC got fried after failing to write to all of the partitions from fastboot. Now, since my country doesn't have a whole lot of shops that are willing to replace a single SMD chip from the board I was left with going through laptop shops and finally found one that was willing to replace the chip. The only catch is that I'm left with sourcing the chip. On that note, I was left a bit of confused about the eMMC chips, specially after that 64GB mod.
Now, I have a 16GB Nexus 5 and from looking at the ifixit site, I can see that it is using a SandDisk SDIN8DE4-16G chip. Normally, for the repair, I would buy the exact same chip, but after seeing that I can "upgrade" I was thinking about getting the 32GB version of the chip i.e. SDIN8DE4-32G since the price is similar. Is that the chip from the 32GB Nexus version? Also, I didn't want to go the route of the 64GB since I didn't ivestigate as much into the compatabilaty of other ROMs with that chip.
So my questions are the following:
Should I go ahead and buy the SDIN8DE4-32G chip? Is the upgrade process that simple?
The second question is: Can I put in any eMMC chip in there and not just the SDIN8DE4-32G chip i.e. a faster eMMC 5 chip and how would the process differ (if at all)?
Any and all input is welcome, specially from the people that have some experience with SMD HW repair.
EDIT 1: Ok, after some research, I see that the 32GB version of Nexus does in fact use the SDIN8DE4-32G chip.
Depending on what they are charging you, you might be better off just replacing the whole motherboard with a brand new one from eBay for like $80US
Sorry I can't help with sourcing the actual chip.
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Depending on what they are charging you, you might be better off just replacing the whole motherboard with a brand new one from eBay for like $80US
Sorry I can't help with sourcing the actual chip.
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Yeah, I agree that that would be the easiest route, but it's the most expencive one. The 32GB Nexus 5 chip can be found for around 15$ (inc. shipping) and the shop would charge me another 25$ for the soldering so it would still be at like a half the price of a new board, and any repair above 50$ just doesn't make sence since I can find a used Nexus 5 16GB for 100$ and sell this one for parts for around 50$.
Am curious how did this adventure end
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Am curious how did this adventure end
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Sadly not the way I've hoped. I sold it off for parts for 30e and got a used one for 70e.
All in all a good deal, but still on the 16GB version and looking to upgrade to a new phone since there are some limitations of the 32 bit CPU architecture.
Was looking at the Motorola X4, but it doesn't support project Treble out of the box, so I think I'll wait a bit more until Android 8.0 phones come to market.
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Sadly not the way I've hoped. I sold it off for parts for 30e and got a used one for 70e.
All in all a good deal, but still on the 16GB version and looking to upgrade to a new phone since there are some limitations of the 32 bit CPU architecture.
Was looking at the Motorola X4, but it doesn't support project Treble out of the box, so I think I'll wait a bit more until Android 8.0 phones come to market.
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That sucks