Hi all. I cracked my screen and being unable to find any guides i decided to go at it alone.... The result was mixed. While i managed to replace my cracked screen with a new one i accidently ripped off one of the solders(not sure if that was the correct term) that connected the internal head piece to the flexi board and now i cannot hear anything. I have tested it by ringing another phone and playing music through it and then pressing on the broken circut i am able to hear the music. My question is what would i use to stick it back together?
I didn't take it back to be repaired in the first place because i bought it unlocked and the phone comes from eastern europe.
I hope this is in the right place.
Any help would be wonderful. Cheers
well if it is a loose solder joint then you need to resolder it back to the board. As it sounds like you are unfamiliar with the terminology, you may also be unfamiliar or uncomfortable with doing this yourself. My appologies if this is not the case. Any rate I would find someone that does xbox or Wii or small electronic repairs and chip replacement that can solder it back on. Some of those pins are tiny.
If you push on the connection and it works, then it just needs to be resoldered.
Good luck, let us know how it goes.
hi InRBigness,
Thanks for the reply. Yes this is the first time i have done something like this and we all have to start somewhere. I have just started to use this site and have found it very helpful.
I also find that i am a hands on person but not a technical person. So saying that i am confident in trying. Thankyou so very much for the advice and ill let you know what happens.
Just tried melting the metal that was already on it using the solder and it works great again. Crystal clear. Thanks again for your help.
so, just wondering if anyone has took their desire apart? im not scared to do it particularly as im a PC technician, and take laptops to pieces quite often, and cant imagine it being harder, just smaller, but just wondering if anyone has done it?
my camera stopped working a few months back, no camera, no led, no matter what ROM i use. a logcat reports that it attempts to start the camera, but it doesnt respond, so im thinking something may be loose? if thats possible?
If you've ever disassembled HP laptop it would be easy as cake for you. It might be an issue with connectors because led is not working also, but you can always order a new cam since it's not that expensive.
nlooooo said:
If you've ever disassembled HP laptop it would be easy as cake for you. It might be an issue with connectors because led is not working also, but you can always order a new cam since it's not that expensive.
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ok, i may have a little look later then
Nothing like a detailed teardown guide to help you out.
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-tear-down
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Nothing like a detailed teardown guide to help you out.
http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-tear-down
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excellent, i've just ordered my torx screw driver set, cheapo ebay ones, hopefully be here tuesday, then im at it!! haha
thanks for the tear down.
Let us now how it went!
Well today i came to home as usually and i started to charge my gnex with the default charger. After 5mins i came back to my room and i noticed the smell of smoke, i looked up at the gnex and the mini-usb was ultra hot and i couldnt touch it and the gnex was ruined i couldnt turn it on and it didnt charge. Well i took it to warranty and they said that they will fix it in 1-2 weeks. Well my problem is that the phone was unlocked and i had custom rom on it. Earlier 2011 i got Huawei u8800 and got some display issues and it did go to warranty without problem. What do you think?
Odd that it ruined the entire phone. This happened to me 2 weeks ago and I literally just replaced the USB port myself, cost $10 on amazon. I don't doubt your statement, I just find it odd as the USB port is part of the daughter board, separate for the main motherboard. You can see on my bad daughter board the only thing that fried was the port it self, it didn't spred to any where else in the phone.
Hope Samsung takes care of it for you though! Good luck.
good luck, most of the time they dont really care for a device this old, it has been discontinued afterall so i am sure samsung wont have many parts in stock anymore.
but yeah like i said, most of the time they dont really look, so if your luck is good and didnt run into one of those guy whos very anal and serious about their job, you should be fine lol.
Well im afraid of the bill that may come to me, it can cost really over 100 euros if they have to order parts from somewhere else you know... well i really hope that the asshole worker doesnt fix my device...
So I know this is nothing new but Im just so MAD!
My charging port burned while I was charging it. What the hell!!!
I take very good care of my phone & never put it through heavy usage, just the normal calling, texts and a little bit of Internet.
So my question is, where do I go from here. Can Samsung fix my problem. Or will they just turn around an say "Not Our Problem buddy" lol
But seriously this suck big time..
I'll try to upload some pictures asap.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ps. I Don't have insurance through my provider.
I paid the phone in Full.
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gonzalez. said:
So I know this is nothing new but Im just so f*@#king MAD!
My charging port burned while I was charging it. What the hell!!!
I take very good care of my phone & never put it through heavy usage, just the normal calling, texts and a little bit of Internet.
So my question is, where do I go from here. Can Samsung fix my problem. Or will they just turn around an say "Not Our Problem buddy" lol
But seriously this suck big time..
I'll try to upload some pictures asap.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Ps. I Don't have insurance through my provider.
I paid the phone in Full.
Sent from my SGH-M919 using xda app-developers app
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You can swap out the charging port yourself relatively easily.
Use this video guide. It's VERY thorough. It shows you how to COMPLETELY disasemble the S4. You will find that you have access to the charging port pretty soon in the dissasembly process.
I think you have to swap out that entire circuit board that the charging port is connected to. I mean you could desodler the port and solder a new one one, but that's a lot of work for minimal gain when you can buy the entire assembly for $8.
They are all over eBay.
Here's 1 example. I searched for S4 Chargine Port
http://www.ebay.com/itm/New-Chargin...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item3a88d3b1c9
I think you are looking at maybe a 10-15 operation on the phone here with an $8 repair.
That's assuming that the fried charging port didn't blow something else out. But were I a gambling man, I'd bet that it somethign else did get fried it would be localized to something else on that lower circuit board and you need to replace that whole peice anyway.
The S4 is remarkabley easy to break down and change defective parts on. So don't get too upset. This is an easy fix.
Hey thanks for the reply I feel a little better now, actually a lot better.
You somehow built my confidence up & I may just fix it myself. First thing I gotta do is open up the hood on my s4 lol and go from there.
Thanks for the ebay link.
Oh one more thing, you mentioned something about a video? I see no link to the video.
Surprisingly S4 is still up an running just like any other day. Amazing I know! But sucks that I wont be able to charge it
So I gotta find a cheap replacement in the meanwhile. Anyways Im getting off topic now.
Thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it...
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Get a wireless charger pad & receiver it uses different pins away from the usb plug. For file transfers use wifi
gonzalez. said:
Hey thanks for the reply I feel a little better now, actually a lot better.
You somehow built my confidence up & I may just fix it myself. First thing I gotta do is open up the hood on my s4 lol and go from there.
Thanks for the ebay link.
Oh one more thing, you mentioned something about a video? I see no link to the video.
Surprisingly S4 is still up an running just like any other day. Amazing I know! But sucks that I wont be able to charge it
So I gotta find a cheap replacement in the meanwhile. Anyways Im getting off topic now.
Thanks again for the reply I really appreciate it...
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My bad....i cant link it from my phone.
But look at my profile and look for Threads Started By Skipjacks.
Like the 3rd or 4th one down is a thread on fixing a broken proximity sensor.
The link to the video is in the first post. I used the same video for the proximity sensor guide. It is a complete tear down video of every component on the phone.
Watch it and you will see how easy it is. The electronics are simple. Its getting the plastic case off that is the hardest...took me almost a whole minute!
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
Sometimes I do brilliant things, but this takes the cake. My G3 was having charging issues - wasn't charging at all. It looked like one of the connectors on the charging port was broken. So a friend tells me that his brother puts his damaged motherboards in the oven to reflow the solder. So, like a dummy I look around online amazed at all the success stories, take my phone apart, and carefully cook my motherboard for supper.
I did 385F for 8 min, waited 20+ min to cool, wrapped everything except the charge port in foil, all that. So when I put it back together....nothing. Occasionally a blank blue screen appears then goes away.
So, cam I do anything to bring back this phone that was awesome before a lost my head?
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Sometimes I do brilliant things, but this takes the cake. My G3 was having charging issues - wasn't charging at all. It looked like one of the connectors on the charging port was broken. So a friend tells me that his brother puts his damaged motherboards in the oven to reflow the solder. So, like a dummy I look around online amazed at all the success stories, take my phone apart, and carefully cook my motherboard for supper.
I did 385F for 8 min, waited 20+ min to cool, wrapped everything except the charge port in foil, all that. So when I put it back together....nothing. Occasionally a blank blue screen appears then goes away.
So, cam I do anything to bring back this phone that was awesome before a lost my head?
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and just when I think I've heard of everything...
reflowing is for, in general, gaming systems/boards which no longer use lead based soldering, and have grown older and connections may go bad/brittle.
Your G3 is way new.
JeffDC said:
and just when I think I've heard of everything...
reflowing is for, in general, gaming systems/boards which no longer use lead based soldering, and have grown older and connections may go bad/brittle.
Your G3 is way new.
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Just when you think you saw and heard every dumb things... Wow
SENT FROM MY D852 G3 RUNNING CM12.
shahkam said:
Just when you think you saw and heard every dumb things... Wow
SENT FROM MY D852 G3 RUNNING CM12.
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shahkam,
reflow-
... "is a process in which a solder paste (a sticky mixture of powdered solder and flux) is used to temporarily attach one or several electrical components to their contact pads, after which the entire assembly is subjected to controlled heat, which melts the solder, permanently connecting the joint. Heating may be accomplished by passing the assembly through a reflow oven or under an infrared lamp or by soldering individual joints with a hot air pencil." wiki or someplace
We (military/DOD) have equip 'reflow'ed (repaired) all the time. Newer boards, including gaming consoles, which no longer use lead based solder, considerably more. Comparatively, older (lead based) boards are much more durable and the connections remain stable/intact much better/longer.
reflow.
WOW
Next time use a microwave
Well it'll make a good coaster for my coffee. Darn expensive mistake there.
Baking th MOBO
My LG G3 died last night. First I got the blue screen, then the looping startup blue screen, then... nothing could not get it to power up at all. I got on some online forums and read about baking the MOBO. Since my phone was bricked and about 18 months old, I figured, what do I have to lose? I didn't think it would work, but I was desperate. I removed the MOBO and baked it in a Pyrex dish at 360 degrees for 10 minutes. Took it our and let it cool, reassembled the phone and it has worked great ever since. It was a very counter-intuitive thing to do, but the whole reflow thing makes sense when you think about it. Still, I'm getting a new phone.
350 for 10 got my G3 going again after the blue screen. Going on a week now : ) Thanks!
Follow up... Died at 3 weeks got a v20
Baking the motherboard on the phone sounds ridiculous but it worked for me. I removed the 12 screws, pulled the board and baked it. Remember the short screw goes next to the lens. Phone is still working after 4 days but I have ordered a newer phone.
So I did not believe a second it could work, but as the blue screen of death happened to me 2 days ago... As I ordered a OnePlus3T, what did I have to loose???
So I baked !!!
And my G3 is back !
Maybe it is only about reconnecting properly the 4 connectors, maybe it's the baking... but hell, it worked !
even thinking of trying that for my sim card issues...
Hi! Um I had vertical lines on my G3 32gb and I put it in the oven for 10 minutes on maybe around 170-180 celsius or maybe a little more than that and after it cooled down I put it back together and it won't power on or charge...it's just black...soooo did I completely kill it or is it fixable...the CPU and memory is getting hot when plugging the phone into the wall socket...Thank You!
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Hi! Um I had vertical lines on my G3 32gb and I put it in the oven for 10 minutes on maybe around 170-180 celsius or maybe a little more than that and after it cooled down I put it back together and it won't power on or charge...it's just black...soooo did I completely kill it or is it fixable...the CPU and memory is getting hot when plugging the phone into the wall socket...Thank You!
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You most probably totally melted and killed it.
You should never put a phone/motherboard in an oven.
There was a thread about this here just a few days ago...
From the threads I have read sometimes it works, sometimes you kill it. But from pretty much what everyone has said that has done it, it is a temporary fix. I bought a brand new unlocked D851 motherboard on aliexpress and replaced mine. It cost me $95.00 but to me it was worth it to basically get a new phone. I figure the first board lasted me over 2 years and I paid over $700 for the phone. $95.00 more to last me 2 years or until I decide to get a new phone seemed worth it to me.
ijr150821 said:
Sometimes I do brilliant things, but this takes the cake. My G3 was having charging issues - wasn't charging at all. It looked like one of the connectors on the charging port was broken. So a friend tells me that his brother puts his damaged motherboards in the oven to reflow the solder. So, like a dummy I look around online amazed at all the success stories, take my phone apart, and carefully cook my motherboard for supper.
I did 385F for 8 min, waited 20+ min to cool, wrapped everything except the charge port in foil, all that. So when I put it back together....nothing. Occasionally a blank blue screen appears then goes away.
So, cam I do anything to bring back this phone that was awesome before a lost my head?
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It worked for my G2 D802. I was totally surprised...
The problem is that during manipulation I managed to dislocate a tiny Smd capacitor C5004. Does anyone know how to solder it back? It's about half mm width... )
It works- 360 degrees for 10 mins, placed on tin foil on baking sheet, and then let it cool on top of stove for 35 minutes
I backed,
think my toaster wasnt very hiqh quality - might have used incorrect power
anyway, motherboard is dead - make sure your oven temp control is presice! do not go above 160C
Now I am going to bake the hell out of my dead note 4! Only if I get oven somewhere.
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This is a good thread to stop by when you need a good laugh. If you read it on the internet, it must be true! :laugh:
carlosgap5 said:
even thinking of trying that for my sim card issues...
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it's been a while since you have posted your comment, but did you try to reflow your phone? mine has a problem with the SIM card and i tried every other solution except for this.
not sure if i should try this and risk damaging a phone that could otherwise be used for multimedia purposes.