The phone gets slightly warm when charging, so I was thinking about easy ways to cool down the phone.
Given that I want to use a case, and most cases had a hole around the mod pins anyway, I put aluminum foil between the phone and case as shown
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Because the style shells, mods and cases block heat convection/ conduction I thought that this was an ok solution. However, I now often get error messages that mods are not correctly attached. So I stopped using this method.
Any thoughts, opinions or other methods about phone heat?
Thanks!
herecomestheline said:
The phone gets slightly warm when charging, so I was thinking about easy ways to cool down the phone.
Given that I want to use a case, and most cases had a hole around the mod pins anyway, I put aluminum foil between the phone and case as shown
https://ibb.co/iJGVxF
Because the style shells, mods and cases block heat convection/ conduction I thought that this was an ok solution. However, I now often get error messages that mods are not correctly attached. So I stopped using this method.
Any thoughts, opinions or other methods about phone heat?
Thanks!
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Copper tape might work well for this, or aluminum tape.
It's way less hot after the 7.1.1 update though.
But if it is conducting electricity as well, I will still get the Moto Mods error message right?
Still afraid of the 7.1. update
herecomestheline said:
But if it is conducting electricity as well, I will still get the Moto Mods error message right?
Still afraid of the 7.1. update
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Yes, you'll get the mod error, you're shorting out pins, and possibly the phone (actually the moto has surprisingly good shock prevention to mainboard... even when you're trying to do it intentionally)
If you don't want to short it out, and you feel it's getting too hot, thermal TAPE is likely what you need. But you'd still needs some kind of heatsink in addition. and either way you instantly remove the ability to use Mods without removing it completely. I've never experienced a major heat issue with my Moto, so I'm not quite sure the concern. Both my Galaxy S6 and S7 get far more hot when charging.
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I dont know anything about electronics but.... Can an power bank case be modded by attaching the wires of the inductor module to the male micro usb part of the case .... http://www.dhgate.com/product/3000m...battery-case/140149386.html#s1-8-1|3772011264 I think something like this would be a good candidate.... or better yet is there a case for n7000 like the iphone ones that act like a dock with built in speakers....etc it would be even better
Note: if any one goes commercial with this ... I want a cut of the action..... LOL
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I dont know anything about electronics but.... Can an power bank case be modded by attaching the wires of the inductor module to the male micro usb part of the case .... http://www.dhgate.com/product/3000m...battery-case/140149386.html#s1-8-1|3772011264 I think something like this would be a good candidate.... or better yet is there a case for n7000 like the iphone ones that act like a dock with built in speakers....etc it would be even better
Note: if any one goes commercial with this ... I want a cut of the action..... LOL
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I just bought exactly that case with modding in mind, as built-in battery is almost non existant. I'm waiting for Palm charging kit and soldering iron - will be reporting progress or failure as soon as possible.
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After some dremel action and removal of original battery.
The hole needed to be a little bit bigger than battery, to allow some space for sliding into "craddle" inside the case without breaking anything.
With said battery for comparision. Producer claims it's 3000 mAh. I respectfully disagree, after few days of regular charge/discharge cycle this sleeve battery as able to add about 30% to original Samsung cell. Not good enough.
So I jammed in extended Mugen pack and am a sort of crossroads here.
I can connect to the cases old wiring another battery pack or wireless charging coils or maybe, somehow, both. Anyway, it's work in progress and at least my Notes usb port is save >]
On semi related note, this is tempting..
Any updates?
No update still now.
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First, I'm not a current owner of a Z3C but I'm planning to buy it in 3 months because of it's awesome camera, battery and Hi-res audio support
I just started this thread because, since the poor Sony costumer service , and my paranoia about the "hidrofobic coating" getting messed up with salty/chlorine water of the Z3C. I found this:
I'm new so i can't post links but just go to seashell.hk and look in the products tab for the iPhone 5 case housing
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IMG (1)
Ok ok i Know it's for iPhone 5/5S/5C BUT! when you check what comes in the package, you found this beauty: IMG (2)
So, as you can see comes with a cushions set, so you can customize the position of the phone into the case, and as this image indicates:
It's a huge difference in the camera position, a plus for this case it's that you can download the camera app to properly use the Seashell Case, based on the theory of align the Z3C on the case, I guess the physical buttons will not fit the Seashell´s camera app buttons
Sounds funny why I started the thread, but I´ve seen a lot of users complaining about how their phones died after two or three submersions on sea water, or in the other hand people who it's happy because never have failed after shooting underwater, and of course I don't want to be the unlucky one...
Finally I found this case:
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Seems practical since it's a standard case almost look as a daily use case, but I found a problem, and it's that the case have a blurry section of the plastic, and as it's not a firmly shaped plastic that covers the cameraa as the first case I presented you I guess you can't take nice shoots underwater
Just wash it with freshwater once you get out of the pool/sea.
Nothing to worry about, and most of all, nothing worth spending money in.
AFAIK the Z series does not use hydrophobic coating for water proofing, but instead uses a plain old waterproof cabinet where the water never gets to the sensitive parts in te first place. Where have you seen that it used hydrophobic coatings?
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AFAIK the Z series does not use hydrophobic coating for water proofing, but instead uses a plain old waterproof cabinet where the water never gets to the sensitive parts in te first place. Where have you seen that it used hydrophobic coatings?
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They might use them for the speaker, mic, headphone jack and other "holes" that are necessary in the case.
I'm still not sure how it happened, but I somehow managed to crack my camera. Not just the lense like everyone else due to heat issues, but the actual camera.
So I figured I'd replace it myself instead of paying someone 100$+ to do it, and then have them charge me double for the part.
I made a pretty bad screw up the first time and broke the cable going to the power/volume buttons when initially opening the casing, and didnt realize until after I had replaced the camera.
I just got the new SD card reader/button cable in yesterday, and finished replacing it about 5 minutes ago. But the phone still will not boot.
I double checked all of the flex cables/signal cables to be 100% sure everything is plugged in properly, and not broken.
All of the flex cable protectors are back in place etc., but it just won't boot. the charge indicator won't even turn on when I plug it in.
I followed the video shown https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RRJAHbnYmQ to take it apart initially, then followed it backwards to be 100% sure I wouldn't miss anything when putting it back together.
The only thought I have, is that Im having issues getting the case to snap back together completely.
That's when I noticed the pieces shown in the pictures below.
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This is my first time actually working on a phone, but from what I assume, they look like some kind of spring based switches that will sever very important connections if the phone isn't completely put back together, with the case holding these raised parts down to complete a circuit.
I'm not sure if that's my problem, or if I somehow managed to screw up something a lot more important.
Can anyone at all shed some light on this?
Edit: Another thought just occurred, would I be able to use my UH-OH protection for this, even though technically speaking I'm the one that caused it to become completely non functional by opening it and attempting repairs on my own? Should I drop the thing in a bucket of water for a while first to claim UH-OH?
Hello. Some weeks ago I sent my Nexus 5X to the technical assistance with the problem I described here https://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-5x/help/brick-apparently-reason-t3680715. Now they told me that they won't repair it under warranty because they found traces of liquid/oxide inside it, so they are sending it back to me unfixed. Now I find this odd because the only encounters it has made with water were in the form of small quantities dropped on the screen (the amount you can drop by moving a glass in the air too quickly) which I dried immediately and the symptoms seemed to point to a bad contact. Anyway the repair center provided an image in which seems that actually some liquid has made it inside the case, but I can't recognize which part of the phone it is. Here's the image:
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So the questions are: which is the part in the photo? Do you have an idea about how could have a liquid made it inside the phone (I think that is unlikely that it was by dropping something on the screen)? Do you think that the problem I experienced is compatible with a water-induced short circuit or any other damage by liquid?
Thanks in advance for your answers and explanations
I actually thought that was a picture of the shipping box before I read your post. I took mine apart to where I could pull the motherboard off, and there definitely wasn't blue tape holding something down. The only thing I can think of is that is maybe the back of the screen. Which would be after pulling the metal frame off.
Check out these pictures. If you go all the way toward the end steps, you can see you get all the way until there is mostly the metal frame inside the plastic and stuck to the back of the display without seeing anything that looks like your picture.
Their picture honestly seems to be an entirely different phone. But of course they may have changed assembly and parts at some point. I would take it apart when you get it back, take pictures and if nothing looks like the picture they sent, see if you can appeal or whatever. Maybe you can just point to the 3rd party teardowns and ask them to point out where they claim the picture is from.
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/54403
https://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Nexus+5X+Teardown/51318
I think it's under the battery, the blue part looks like the battery adhesive but it's normally black,
It was was to get behind there it would of had to enter via the simcard
Does anybody else have the issue that the gold ring around the camera is fading a bit? The top is almost like silver now. It is still gold on the sides though.
Curious if others are having this issue aswell.
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It' called wear and tear and is dependent on your personal usage. Ever seen a glass with gold decorations? You'll see that they will come off someday so it's likely to happen on all mix 2 camera lenses as well. But to answer your question directly: No, my mix 2 is still good because I leave it in a micro fiber bag and avoid touching the gold ring because your acid mantle of the skin will not doing anything good to that ring.
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It' called wear and tear and is dependent on your personal usage. Ever seen a glass with gold decorations? You'll see that they will come off someday so it's likely to happen on all mix 2 camera lenses as well. But to answer your question directly: No, my mix 2 is still good because I leave it in a micro fiber bag and avoid touching the gold ring because your acid mantle of the skin will not doing anything good to that ring.
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Of course, I know that. Just did not think it would happen this fast (3 months without case). Was just wandering if others have this as well.
Also did not know this could happen to 18 karat gold as the phone has that advertised.
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Of course, I know that. Just did not think it would happen this fast (3 months without case). Was just wandering if others have this as well.
Also did not know this could happen to 18 karat gold as the phone has that advertised.
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I have the phone since launch and have used it a long time with a case without camera protection, so it has been on surfaces a lot. It's still 100% gold for me, not a single sign of wear.
Still all gold for me, using it with th stock case.