Hello. I have an HTC One M8 motherboard with a messed up ribbon cable connector for the digitizer (motherboard side). I've attached a few pictures to better show the problem, but they are very blurry sorry about that. In short, a couple of the pins are broken off to the point where they are not making contact with the cable itself. This causes the y-axis of the right side of the digitizer to be fundamentally unusable. Not possessing any soldering skill to speak of, I have spent hours searching for someone who is capable of doing this type of work, and have yet to find anybody. Does anybody here the tools/skill to do this? Or where could I go to get this fixed? Thanks for your time!
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Hello. I have an HTC One M8 motherboard with a messed up ribbon cable connector for the digitizer (motherboard side). I've attached a few pictures to better show the problem, but they are very blurry sorry about that. In short, a couple of the pins are broken off to the point where they are not making contact with the cable itself. This causes the y-axis of the right side of the digitizer to be fundamentally unusable. Not possessing any soldering skill to speak of, I have spent hours searching for someone who is capable of doing this type of work, and have yet to find anybody. Does anybody here the tools/skill to do this? Or where could I go to get this fixed? Thanks for your time!
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I would guess only HTC could fix that ...and they may even pitch it in the trash, and just change motherboards
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Hey everyone,
A While ago my usb connector snapped off (WOOHOO) not
I have taken a picture of it and am wondering if anyone thinks that a brand new connector could happily be placed in there, it was a really enjoyable phone and would hate to loose it
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that looks workable. i could probably get a leg attached on the second land there and make it work. just find someone that knows surface mount soldering. the only questionable leg is the second from the right. could have been pulled up. take a better picture of that and repost if you can. even if it's gone though. there's still hope. make sure the four corners get a solid soldering. they are your primary anchors.
chasmanian said:
that looks workable. i could probably get a leg attached on the second land there and make it work. just find someone that knows surface mount soldering. the only questionable leg is the second from the right. could have been pulled up. take a better picture of that and repost if you can. even if it's gone though. there's still hope. make sure the four corners get a solid soldering. they are your primary anchors.
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Ok will get the pics for you when i get back from work
cheers
i also think one of the legs may be attached to the usb connector actually i still have that, will get better pictures anyway.
Hi, the same thing happened to me tonight. :/
although I don't I would have the knowledge of getting it back on.
I just paid them
Pocket Pc Techs and I will hopefully ship my phone out later today.
Can anyone give me any feedback on this company??
I can fix that for you if you need it sorting out, it wont be the first I done and I'm sure it will not be the last. PM me if you are interested.
I think there is something wrong with a connection or with my screen. I can see everything clearly, it's just that the whole thing has like a purple hue / green hue that streaks and changes, kind of like an aurora you see in the sky, when I nudge the top part of my phone (screen part). I took a screenshot and I examined it on my computer, and it shows a perfect picture with no purple. Therefore it has to be my screen.
Do you guys know what's wrong with my phone, and how I can fix it? I am very hand with soldering and such.
Looks like this (not my phone, but the artefacts are identical:
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Might be the ribbon cable between the screen and keyboard parts of the phone. Especially your description of the colors changing when you nudge it.
where can i purchase one?
And does anyone have a link of a DZ teardown?
EDIT:http://tjworld.net/blog/htc-desire-z-tear-down
But I still don't know where to find the replacement cable.
I have the exact same issue with my phone.
Here is the cable on Amazon
I'm just about to buy one myself.
-Nipqer
and as for the T5 Torq screw? Any old hardware store?
convolution said:
and as for the T5 Torq screw? Any old hardware store?
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Yup. Or you can get a kit with all the required tools online at eBay, Amazon and other places for less than $10 (just did a search for "phone tools" at both those websites, and got plenty of hits). I personally haven't taken apart my Z. But having taken apart other electronics (like iPods), its handy to have the specific tools (such as the plastic tool in the teardown guide) and can result in less/no damage to the casing.
So I successfully replaced the lcd on my optimus G...unfortunately I unknowingly broke the battery connector during the process (the female part soldered to the board).
Took me a while to realize what was going on, the phone was heating up and turning off randomly.
Anyway, it looks like the rightmost solder pad has lifted away from the board and the battery connector. Be REALLY careful when removing this thing people!
By chance does anyone here know where I might be able to jump this connection to? This solder pad seems to go nowhere - or at least not that I can see.
Thanks
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richieroo said:
So I successfully replaced the lcd on my optimus G...unfortunately I unknowingly broke the battery connector during the process (the female part soldered to the board).
Took me a while to realize what was going on, the phone was heating up and turning off randomly.
Anyway, it looks like the rightmost solder pad has lifted away from the board and the battery connector. Be REALLY careful when removing this thing people!
By chance does anyone here know where I might be able to jump this connection to? This solder pad seems to go nowhere - or at least not that I can see.
Thanks
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hey u ever fix this issue? I have the same problem right now. Fixed the screen broke the battery connector lol.
I did not. Gave up and ended up getting a new board and giving it back to the owner. Wish I would have tested the new one before I gave it back. Perhaps there is a jumper we could have used.
Did you break the same pad?
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i've broken these two connector in my one x how can i fix this? can i buy a replacement part or anything else?
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No, you need the entire motherboard if you want them back... however i would try to solder them
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i've broken these two connector in my one x how can i fix this? can i buy a replacement part or anything else?
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No need to change motherboard. I did the same when I opened my HOX and broke them.
What I did to repair was that I went to a simple phone service and soldered Nokia pins connector and as a result I got even much better connection.
Try it and see.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43848329#post43848329
mqazimi said:
No need to change motherboard. I did the same when I opened my HOX and broke them.
What I did to repair was that I went to a simple phone service and soldered Nokia pins connector and as a result I got even much better connection.
Try it and see.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43848329#post43848329
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for example i have a nokia 3110, can i use it? where can i find the connector pins inside it?
Well, if you open it up you will see planty of pins connectors and yoi can use any of them.
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i tried a few things, soldering new pin, cable and etc. it's a little better for now, but just a little.
The charge port on my phone went bad and needed to be replaced. The replacement went smoothly but now it I have no bluetooth or wifi antenna. I get maybe 1 bar indicated if I am a few feet from a wifi hub and bluetooth isn't working at all. I thought it might be something to do with the new charge board so I replaced it again with the same results. If anything it might be even worse now. Any tips on what I should be looking for that is wrong?
Sounds like you broke one thing fixing another . If it's physical damage you need to go backwards and check all your steps and see what happened.
If software issue try reflashing modem.
Pp.
I found the problem and it, which is a simple one, The fix though I think is going to be difficult. A very, very small capacitor is missing from the board. I must have hit it during the charge board change. If I knew the value of the cap I could probably solder a new one on. I have no idea how to find that out though. Here is a picture of the missing part.
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A lot of internet digging has turned up the spec on the missing cap-
Samsung part #2203-006665
0.0022NF,0.25PF,25V,C0G,0603, C-CER,CHIP
That particular number is out of stock everywhere but I was able to find an equivalent from DigiKey.com
Samsung #CL03C2R2BA3GNNC
Digi-Key #1276-1403-1-ND
I bought 10pcs @ 2 cents a piece.
Good luck with the soldering,
In case that doesn't work for you maybe this will work for you.
Pp. Lol
Soldered in the microscopic capacitor yesterday and phone is back to 100%!