hi
the headphone tip brook inside the socket
how to remove it ?
HTC care in my city said they can't fix because that require to replace the whole board
I would take a small drill bit, small as you can get, for metal drilling and drill it carefully into the broken tip only until it grabs. Disconnect the drill and pull out the plug. Drill bit diameter should be half the size or less as plug. Steady hands and patience are required, but this will work.
Drilling would be a good way to go, especially if you have a precision tool and a very small bit. Perhaps a Dremel and a 1/32 bit. You could then try inserting a paper clip with a very small amount of powerful glue in the hole that you drilled.
I have seen other say that super glue on the end of a Q-tip (all cotton removed) will work. Careful to use a small amount of glue.
One other option might be a small hollow coffee stirring straw. If small enough you may be able to warm the end and then force it around and down over the end of the jack. Then pull slowly with a twisting motion.
Good luck! Let us know how it goes.
A dot of super glue on the remaining part might do it. Again steady hands and care must be used.
l7777 said:
A dot of super glue on the remaining part might do it. Again steady hands and care must be used.
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i did that , but it didn't pull the part
i think it stuck
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I'm OK with taking things apart and putting them back together. Are there screen shots of someone taking the Blue Angel apart and fixing the stylus clip?
Please post
or even a video clip?
DIY Blueangle fix
Hi,
I had been using HTC BlueAngle for almost 2 years and very happy with it.
When I first got it, I dropped it the next day. The stylus holding clip was broken off. At first I tried to put tapes around the stylus to hold it in place.
It didn't work out at the end and I opened it up and put a piece of foam in the stylus tube to add fiction and avoid it fall out. I worked nicely.
I still love my BA even I am using HTC Universal most of the time.
Cheers
I have the same problem. Nice tip, thanks, I'll consider it too.
u dont have to do all that, the main reason it becomes loose is the bit of plastic that is attached to the frame gets weak... just open the back with the specialist screwdrivers which can be bought off ebay for nomore than £5 and either superglue it back into the correct place or just rest something like paper to make the plastic bit stick out a bit more so that the stylus gets a tighter fit....
go for the quick fix...just stick a 3mm width masking tape on the top part of the stylus and it is good to go. adjust the width of the tape according to how tight you want your stylus to be in place. HTH
Alright so I think I have success with the using the touchstone inductive charging dock and palm pre coil on the Incredible 2. I unfortunately dont have a camera other than the one on my phone so I will have to update this post with pictures later.
The process was fairly simple seeing as HTC did most of the work for us by exposing the 4 pins below the battery.
The top two pins are positive and the bottom two are negative (I believe as it is working for me)
I taped the palm pre coil directly to the inside of the battery cover. The top solder point on the palm pre coil's chip is negative and the bottom solder point is positive. I ran two thin wires down to the 4 posts and soldered them on. I put putty in between the 4 posts and solder points so that no flexing and shorting would occcur. The 4 posts are springy so the wires were able to move and shut the phone off on me on more then 1 occasion.
After putting the battery cover carefully back on the phone I was able to magnetically stick the phone to the touchstone without having to sand or shave the plastic. Phone has been charging for a little over an hour now and it appears to be working. Ill keep this updated in case anything changes
HOW-TO
Follow along in the pictures.
Step 1:
Remove the Inductive coil and magnets from the Palm Pre battery door. If you use the original sticky piece you can put this directly on the inside of your battery door (same way it looked on the palm pre)
Step 2:
Solder a thin black wire to the top solder point on the inductive coil chip.
Solder a thin red wire to the bottom solder point on the chip
*Note - I taped my wires down so they wouldnt bundle up and cause the back to pop up. The antennas for the cell radio are built into the battery door so if the case sticks up any you will notice a drop in reception
Step 3:
Solder the red wire to both of the two top pins.
Solder the black wire to both of the bottom two pins
Step 4:
I put putty (wall hanging blue stuff) over the solder points and in between the wires so that neither solder point would touch. If it happens the phone will shutoff and you will have to remove the battery and replace it to get the phone back on
Step 5:
Test before replacing the battery door - It is such a pain to get the cover on and off you mine as well make sure it works the first time
Step 6:
Replace the battery door and make sure it sits snug - shouldnt stick up at all.
Step 7:
PROFIT
And we have success. Overnight charging didn't produce any adverse results. Charges to 100% battery is draining at a normal rate today.
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Awesome dude. Hopefully you can post pictures soon. Time to go order a touchstone and the battery cover
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I would love to see pics/a guide for this, especially since you can get both the Pre Touchstone and the inductive case for so cheap now. ~$12 not including shipping on Amazon.
I wonder if it would at all be possible to use conductive glue instead of solder, so that you wouldn't melt any plastic by accident as shown in the pictures. lol
this is great! thanks for the pics and the clear step by step tutorial. my parts are all coming in friday. can't wait to try this out. this will be great if it works the way yours does. hopefully i won't mess up anything.
Try try try again...
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I wonder if it would at all be possible to use conductive glue instead of solder, so that you wouldn't melt any plastic by accident as shown in the pictures. lol
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Ah yes. Well this was a majority my fault. The soldering tip was too large and I ended up resoldering the wires two or three times do to the flexibility of the pins. Thats when i decided to put the putty between the solder points. unfortunately the damage was already done. Ive been having issues with the phone prior to doing this install so I will probably just exchange it under warranty anyhow.
Solder glue isnt a bad idea - I may pick some of that up for the replacement phone.
This looks great! Awesome work! Just picked up a Inc2. Got tired of my DX. Do you think this would work with an extended battery/door? Would definitely love to have this working.
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This looks great! Awesome work! Just picked up a Inc2. Got tired of my DX. Do you think this would work with an extended battery/door? Would definitely love to have this working.
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Entirely depends on how much room is between the extended battery and the battery door. The pinouts and traces wouldnt change.
Ive never been a big fan of having an extended battery so I dont have one lying around to test with. Im sure if you cut a quarter of sheet of paper and then folded it 3 times it would be about the same thickness. You could slide it in there for testing.
hmm.. soo.. tried it.. be careful when doing this! i have no idea what i did wrong, maybe it was the heat from the iron (even though i made sure to lower the temp on my iron) but my phone no longer charges even through the usb. thankfully i have an extra battery with an external battery charger. but yeah this sucks.. thankfully i'm upgrading sometime next month so i'll just have to suck it up switching out batteries every time my phone dies but yeah, be careful when doing this.
EDIT: to make matters worse, it didn't even work. i'm assuming those 4 pins are pretty finicky, and that's probably where my problem lies.
EDIT2: tried to remove all excess solder from the 4 pins and now my charging is working again.. really wanting to try it again but don't want to risk messing something up more permanently this time. ahh!! don't know what to do. i already have 3 touchstones on their way. eventually i'll have to try it again. just seems like soldering for those 4 pins is gonna be a bit tricky.
Not to hate, but why hack up and solder to your phone like that? What's wrong with USB charging again?
I'm not seeing the benefit to this considering one user already broke his.
so i'm gonna try it again.. but, any tips on how i should solder the wire to those 4 little pins? that's defintiely where i messed up the first time. i'm not sure exactly what i need to make sure of when i'm soldering it.
Custom Connector
You might consider using a piece of perf board cut to size and grooved for the wires.
The stuff I use is pretty thin, but you copuld allways shave it down.
Then some of that DAP brand tacky putty to keep the board on the pins until the back is positioned.
Kind of like a mini SIM card. Then the warranty is still intact and the pins do their work.
Edit:
If your bent on hardwiring it, tin the wire (find some ear bud wire, the kind that you have to scrape to get the solder to take) first using a low rosin core very thin (0.025”) solder non lead free if you can find it.
Once the wire is tinned, form the end of the wire into a ring using an opened up paper clip.
Use a low temp soldering station to heat the wire and get the solder to flow to the terminal from the wire, adding only enough fresh solder to get the flow started.
Remember to cleanup the area with very little fluid and a Q-tip. These LCD screens are effected by too much alcohol and the rosin will etch the circuit if left dirty.
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If your bent on hardwiring it, tin the wire (find some ear bud wire, the kind that you have to scrape to get the solder to take) first using a low rosin core very thin (0.025”) solder non lead free if you can find it.
Once the wire is tinned, form the end of the wire into a ring using an opened up paper clip.
Use a low temp soldering station to heat the wire and get the solder to flow to the terminal from the wire, adding only enough fresh solder to get the flow started.
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I like the ring idea. i'll have to try that out
cac2us said:
You might consider using a piece of perf board cut to size and grooved for the wires.
The stuff I use is pretty thin, but you copuld allways shave it down.
Then some of that DAP brand tacky putty to keep the board on the pins until the back is positioned.
Kind of like a mini SIM card. Then the warranty is still intact and the pins do their work.
Edit:
If your bent on hardwiring it, tin the wire (find some ear bud wire, the kind that you have to scrape to get the solder to take) first using a low rosin core very thin (0.025”) solder non lead free if you can find it.
Once the wire is tinned, form the end of the wire into a ring using an opened up paper clip.
Use a low temp soldering station to heat the wire and get the solder to flow to the terminal from the wire, adding only enough fresh solder to get the flow started.
Remember to cleanup the area with very little fluid and a Q-tip. These LCD screens are effected by too much alcohol and the rosin will etch the circuit if left dirty.
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Awesome idea. I kind of wish I would have done it this way. Im getting a replacement soon anyway since the metal around the outside of the screen has separated and began to lift up. I may go with the sim card idea instead. that actually sounds a bit safer and more aesthetically pleasing.
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shoman24v said:
Not to hate, but why hack up and solder to your phone like that? What's wrong with USB charging again?
I'm not seeing the benefit to this considering one user already broke his.
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Well on a lower level it can be considered innovation. Making a product do something it wasnt intended to do in the first place. I find hardware hacking to be just as much fun as software hacking.
Not to mention on those dark drunken nights when i have a hard time plugging the phone in, now all i have to do is plop it on the touchstone and i have a fully charged phone come the next morning.
Note - I tried installing this in the car using a USB adapter but it doesnt power the touchstone enough. Im looking for a dual usb to single micro usb to see if that works any better.
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...ryDetails&archetypeId=12663&accessoryId=47610
Then all you need is a wireless charging pad.
that adds bulk and costs way more than this mod though.
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You might consider using a piece of perf board cut to size and grooved for the wires.
The stuff I use is pretty thin, but you copuld allways shave it down.
Then some of that DAP brand tacky putty to keep the board on the pins until the back is positioned.
Kind of like a mini SIM card. Then the warranty is still intact and the pins do their work.
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having a hard time imagining what that would look like..
shoman24v said:
http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/...ryDetails&archetypeId=12663&accessoryId=47610
Then all you need is a wireless charging pad.
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The bulk is what i was trying to get away from. Not to mention I had one of these already lying around from my Nexus 1 days - when this was actually a really cool mod. Im not a fan of thick devices. If you look at the one from Verizon you realize it adds some significant depth to the phone. I would however like to get my hands on one so I can see how their wiring is done.
Yeah it is noticeably thicker. Not sure how I feel about the price lol.
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bik2101 said:
that adds bulk and costs way more than this mod though.
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having a hard time imagining what that would look like..
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This is single sided copper. You might want to find double sided with plated through holes.
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To the OP,
You might want to re-up your pics without your ESN...
The fingerprint might pass tho...
Seems there are many people in my situation....
You are not alone... and I hope to help....
http://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote2...yone_whose_headphone_port_on_their_note_isnt/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393130
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ote-2-headphones-problem-filled-static-2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD1_vXsXAgI
Possible Fixes...
Hitting your phone with your knee... barbaric but works... for a few seconds... DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM
Buying a new headphone jack port.. get one on ebay for under 6 bucks. you will have a new headphone jack DOES NOT FIX PROBELM
Tightening screw on back of phone... this will temporarily fix
My theories and ideas... There are not enough screws in the area and not enough pressure to hit the contact points (grounds) that the phone sandwiches between the front and back of the phone.
When driving the slightest vibration, breaks that contact, causing the headphones to have static.
I need to something that would....
1. Can bridge that gap and carry a current...
2. a Buffer that will fill that small gap, and reduce vibration...
The fix Cut a small ribbon of aluminum foil,, fold that ribbon, over and over till you have a tiny square that will fit in the space pictured below. Poke a hole in the tiny square with a sewing needle, and make it wider with a tooth pick.
Now the screw that goes through this hole usually screws though the back of the case... were going to bypass the back of the case and scew this directly into that hole. With the hope of adding more pressure to the area and reduce vibration.
See picture below.
http://i.imgur.com/v6TwpZG.jpg
plasticslug said:
Seems there are many people in my situation....
You are not alone... and I hope to help....
http://www.reddit.com/r/GalaxyNote2...yone_whose_headphone_port_on_their_note_isnt/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2393130
http://forums.androidcentral.com/sa...ote-2-headphones-problem-filled-static-2.html
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD1_vXsXAgI
Possible Fixes...
Hitting your phone with your knee... barbaric but works... for a few seconds... DOES NOT FIX THE PROBLEM
Buying a new headphone jack port.. get one on ebay for under 6 bucks. you will have a new headphone jack DOES NOT FIX PROBELM
Tightening screw on back of phone... this will temporarily fix
My theories and ideas... There are not enough screws in the area and not enough pressure to hit the contact points (grounds) that the phone sandwiches between the front and back of the phone.
When driving the slightest vibration, breaks that contact, causing the headphones to have static.
I need to something that would....
1. Can bridge that gap and carry a current...
2. a Buffer that will fill that small gap, and reduce vibration...
The fix Cut a small ribbon of aluminum foil,, fold that ribbon, over and over till you have a tiny square that will fit in the space pictured below. Poke a hole in the tiny square with a sewing needle, and make it wider with a tooth pick.
Now the screw that goes through this hole usually screws though the back of the case... were going to bypass the back of the case and scew this directly into that hole. With the hope of adding more pressure to the area and reduce vibration.
See picture below.
http://i.imgur.com/v6TwpZG.jpg
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Is this fix still working for you? I have been trying to figure out this problem for a month now. The only reason I came across this post is because I did a generic search for headphones... Thanks so much for posting this. I thought it was the liquidsmooth rom because it did not start until after I flashed it.
Hi guys.
I just tried this fix with no success.
Maybe my problem is that I do need a new port.
But the worst part is that after assembling everything back together, my hardware buttons stopped working (home, back and menu)
Any clue on why, and how to fix it?
Thanks.
As of recently, there is a loose contact on my charging port so the cable connection isn't realiable anymore. If I don't plug in the power cable just right, the phone won't charge. Has anyone had this problem or does somebody know how Oneplus handles these issues?
That's the reason I bought the 5t insted of the 6. You can repair it very easy by yourself: Some onlineshop
This can happen as lint builds up in the port. Have you made sure the port is clean? I typically use a small needle to clean mine out. You might be surprised how much debris builds up in the port and prevents the cable from being fully plugged in. This is not unique to the 5T obviously it happens to all devices.
If its clean then it could actually be the port. If you use a metal needle (I do) just be careful around the USB pins. (Avoid them).
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This can happen as lint builds up in the port. Have you made sure the port is clean? I typically use a small needle to clean mine out. You might be surprised how much debris builds up in the port and prevents the cable from being fully plugged in. This is not unique to the 5T obviously it happens to all devices.
If its clean then it could actually be the port. If you use a metal needle (I do) just be careful around the USB pins. (Avoid them).
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I second that.
Had the same problem with my Moto G3, fixed after cleaning the USB port. Now I regularly clean the USB port and headphone jack on my 5T (and also the USB C connector on the dash cable). I use a sanded toothpick and small pieces of paper folded in half right at the corner.
I have discovered the mint build up on my last phone (U11). I thought it was a faulty port, and it was full of pocket lint. Safest method for removal is a wooden tooth pick so you don't risk shorting out connections with a metal pin. You may have to widdle it down a bit with knife if it's too big to pick stuff out. You will be amazed at how much comes out
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I have discovered the mint build up on my last phone (U11). I thought it was a faulty port, and it was full of pocket lint. Safest method for removal is a wooden tooth pick so you don't risk shorting out connections with a metal pin. You may have to widdle it down a bit with knife if it's too big to pick stuff out. You will be amazed at how much comes out
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Ive always worried about a toothpick breaking especially after thinning it down. I know in the past Ive even used a small amount of cotton soaked in alcohol wrapped around the needle to clean the contacts. I wish somebody would make something specifically for this purpose. I'd gladly order small plastic picks for this? Anyone come across such a thing?
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Ive always worried about a toothpick breaking especially after thinning it down. I know in the past Ive even used a small amount of cotton soaked in alcohol wrapped around the needle to clean the contacts. I wish somebody would make something specifically for this purpose. I'd gladly order small plastic picks for this? Anyone come across such a thing?
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You can try to cut a toothpick-shaped piece of plastic from something like a ~0.5mm thick plastic packaging (like in the attached photo). Tried it before and worked like a charm.
Thank you guys, solved my problem!
Hey,
Got some dirt inside top speaker grill, any ideas how to clean it? The holes are too small to use a toothpick or needle
Compressed air.
I thought about that, but this could damage membrane inside, don't really want to destroy speaker.
I have used the canned compressed air. I'm just careful to not point it directly into the grill, but instead I do it at a 45 degree angle and not too close to the grill surface.
did it work? no changes in sound later?
Maybe try a little cleaning slime?
Before it gets really dirty
By rubbing with fiber clothes,
Adsorbed by static electricity, it will be somewhat clean
mikhalek said:
did it work? no changes in sound later?
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It works to my satisfaction. I use a soft bristle toothbrush to lightly dislodge any large grime and then run the compressed air at a 45 degree angle. The typical dirt that mine picks up is from placing it in my pocket - so lint and such.
Cleaning slime actually worked. Thanks to all.
I did it too! Thank you so much for the advices!