Hi everyone,
This is my first post to this group and it is a request for guidance. I gave my beloved XDA 2 to my elder brother, hoping it would be of good use to him. It became his favourite, but one fine day, he just thrusted the power connector into the XDA 2's power socket, bending and eventually breaking the first three pins..
I tried putting them back on, but instead, got the whole socket assembly out of the PCB in an attempt to pull out the connector... now the XDA is without a power connector...
Any advice on getting a replacement socket in India/UK will be sincerely appreciated.
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So this morning... I woke up and accidentally dropped my phone, stepping on the cable at the same time, bending the wire. Now, every time I connect the wire, it would curve downwards, making it lower than the straight middle position, so I have to push it up to trigger the charge. Here's my question: Do you guys think the charging port broke along with the wire? Or can I just buy a new wire to replace this?
Another question...When I use my super short backup Nokia wire, it does move up when I push the wire up, but doesn't budge when I push down. Does this happen to you guys?
macboy3000 said:
So this morning... I woke up and accidentally dropped my phone, stepping on the cable at the same time, bending the wire. Now, every time I connect the wire, it would curve downwards, making it lower than the straight middle position, so I have to push it up to trigger the charge. Here's my question: Do you guys think the charging port broke along with the wire? Or can I just buy a new wire to replace this?
Another question...When I use my super short backup Nokia wire, it does move up when I push the wire up, but doesn't budge when I push down. Does this happen to you guys?
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Get a brand new cable. This happened with my nexus. Very annoying.
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Hey
i spilt water on my phone, a samsung galaxy nexus i9250 and i did the mistake of charging my phone after a few hours.
Now the phone doesn't charge at all. But everything else works perfectly without any problems. i have to remove the battery and charge it using a wall charger and put it back to use the phone.
i opened up the phone and found out that the IC socket on the main board which is used to connect the Charging Port Flex Ribbon and the connector of the ribbon is burnt.
i ordered the charging module off ebay, but its of no use if the socket on the motherboard itself is burnt. (6 pins of the socket soldered on the motherboard)
I just wanted to know if its fixable and if it can be fixed, can someone tell me where i can get the part.
I live in india where the phone wasnt released.
Thanks in advance
PS : I have been a silent member all this while and i would like thank all the members for their continuous effort in helping out other members.
Thinking about repairing your galaxy SIII charging port? Forget it. Unless you are some kind of wizard with a soldering pen, you aren't going to be able to do this. Took my GS3 apart yesterday, and quickly found out that it's more probable that I'd burn a hole in the motherboard. lol. So i just wanted to post this to ward off people from wasting their time and money.
WindroidApps said:
Thinking about repairing your galaxy SIII charging port? Forget it. Unless you are some kind of wizard with a soldering pen, you aren't going to be able to do this. Took my GS3 apart yesterday, and quickly found out that it's more probable that I'd burn a hole in the motherboard. lol. So i just wanted to post this to ward off people from wasting their time and money.
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Time to invest in an external battery charger? I hardly ever use the charging port... I just swap my two batteries out. For me USB is for hooking up to the computer and that is even a last resort. Most times I just use dropbox unless it is gigs of info I am transferring.
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Time to invest in an external battery charger? I hardly ever use the charging port... I just swap my two batteries out. For me USB is for hooking up to the computer and that is even a last resort. Most times I just use dropbox unless it is gigs of info I am transferring.
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It would be possible to get by that way for a while. My wife had to do this for about two months when she broke the USB port on her Evo before she could upgrade to the GS3.
It might actually be easier to build up one of the wireless charging mods for the S3 rather than try to repair the USB connector.
The OG HTC EVO used to have a lot of charging port issues. I used to be able to fix them when I worked for sprint with a rubber baking mat and a heatgun.
Go to any home/kitchen store and buy a small baking mat, its a thin heat resistant rubbery material that you can put in the oven and such.
Open the phone up to expose the charging port.
Cut a small opening in the baking mat the size of the charging port and lay it over the phone leaving the hole over the charging port (the mat protects the rest of the board)
Take your heat gun and warm up the charging port, moving the heatgun around to keep the heat spread without overheating.
I used to do this for about 30 seconds or so, heatguns get real hot so it doesnt take long.
Put the phone back together and profit
The heatgun gets hot enough to melt the solder and reconnect the charging port. This doesn't work 100% of the time, depends really what the issue is, but it saved us from replacing a lot of phones!
I have one but I'm just gonna take it to sprint and pay 35 bucks, then build up a wireless charging mod.
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And yeah, it's the port not the solder. But thanks for the suggestion!
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Hi guys.
Recently, I had to change out my micro usb charging port because the previous one stopped working. I don't know if it had to do with heat issues and messed up the soldering. Sprint said it was because of water damage, but I'm very very protective of my phone and have yet to have any contact with water in it.
When I got the piece, I figured that I would make a video on how easy it is to replace the piece. I've never contributed to this site, so I figured I'd like to do something
I ordered the flex piece from this site for $11.
http://phonepartsusa.com/product-ty...te-2-l900-charging-port-flex-cableflx-sam-681
Never done something risky like this before, but it sure was rewarding getting it done. In the mean time, when I waited for the piece to come through in the mail, I bought a charger from Ellis batteries for $15 and a separate battery. I wonder if I can return it :3.
Hope it's helpful
tormsto also
djinnerman said:
Hi guys.
Recently, I had to change out my micro usb charging port because the previous one stopped working. I don't know if it had to do with heat issues and messed up the soldering. Sprint said it was because of water damage, but I'm very very protective of my phone and have yet to have any contact with water in it.
When I got the piece, I figured that I would make a video on how easy it is to replace the piece. I've never contributed to this site, so I figured I'd like to do something
I ordered the flex piece from this site for $11.
http://phonepartsusa.com/product-ty...te-2-l900-charging-port-flex-cableflx-sam-681
Never done something risky like this before, but it sure was rewarding getting it done. In the mean time, when I waited for the piece to come through in the mail, I bought a charger from Ellis batteries for $15 and a separate battery. I wonder if I can return it :3.
Hope it's helpful
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Alot of my friends had this issue, and so did I, luckily I was covered by warranty. But I was f***ing heartbroken when it happened. When/if this crap happens again I will know to find your post. This is freaking awesome!
I almost feel like samsung knew they put fragile ports and crap in the phone because from what ive noticed most of the components are attached with ribbon cables instead of soldered. I ordered a new headphone jack due to worn out pins, and I wont be suprised if I have to replace the usb port one day.
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Alot of my friends had this issue, and so did I, luckily I was covered by warranty. But I was f***ing heartbroken when it happened. When/if this crap happens again I will know to find your post. This is freaking awesome!
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Awesome It was a crap feeling that I had to dish out $50 for a battery and charger that was only temporary (guess I'll be using the extra battery as a means of emergency power, especially when going downtown)
m4xwell - I think it sort of goes both ways. Essentially, the pieces being easily replaced was in fact a smart idea. Of course the downside is that the pieces are a little more fragile as you said. Thing is, with the constant wear and tear in plugging in the charger, I would imagine that the ports would get worn out in a matter of time. I feel micro usb vs mini usb has some weird differences, with the micro usb being more fragile. My old nokia and LG flip phone had zero problems with the charging port. Guess the dinosaur age is still king
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Hello, it's first time to post something on this forum
Well let me get to the topic, I have a Kindle 1st generation and after 2+ years of using I noticed that I have issues with charging, the cable is pretty much sensitive for moving and if it's moved it looses contact and my kindle doesn't recharge.
I looked in previous topic which was about soldering and stuff for USB port, but I think my problem is here is different since I took look on the port from outside and I saw that the little thingy which goes into the cable jack is broken.
So is this actually possible to be fixed, my kindle recharges but I'm not kinda able to recharge and use at same time since it wont charge properly so I have to leave it..
Thanks in advance, waiting for your replies, regards, acid.
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If a different charger doesn't charge it, it's the USB port.
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Yep it's the USB port.
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You can get a new board off EBAY and swap it out for your faulty one. Unless you have the correct soldering equipment and 'know' what your doing, it's a b!tch to fix. Have replaced the board twice in the Wife/kids kindle. 1st time I used a set of feeler gauges to pop open the cover, but the 8$ kit you can also get on ebay makes it SO much quicker and easier. I added a bit of epoxy around the USB port this time to help prevent breakage by children again.
For around $25 you can have your Kindle's USB charging port replaced. Search ebay. I just had mine fixed.