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Hi Ive been watching these forums for a few weeks now, and now its time for my first post. Ive had an xda2i for six months now, but unfortunately ive broke the screen. I know how to replace this but am unable to find anywhere that sells spare parts for this model, does anybody know of a supplier. Before you tell me to send off for repair, ive already been quoted £165 to repair it and i dont think this is good for me as i only paid £99 for the xda2i new and i could get the exec new for £150. Please help if you know where i can get this part. Many thanks
ArgyleMoss said:
Hi Ive been watching these forums for a few weeks now, and now its time for my first post. Ive had an xda2i for six months now, but unfortunately ive broke the screen. I know how to replace this but am unable to find anywhere that sells spare parts for this model, does anybody know of a supplier. Before you tell me to send off for repair, ive already been quoted £165 to repair it and i dont think this is good for me as i only paid £99 for the xda2i new and i could get the exec new for £150. Please help if you know where i can get this part. Many thanks
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Evening, on eBay you can get the screen for £77 shipped from Taiwan, not sure if its simple to replace, do not know if soldering is required. I have opened Xda 2 to replace housing before so not hard to get to
Heres is an eBay search link:
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sea...ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=
Where can you get an exec for £150 new?
Exec for 150?
From tiscali mobiles on an o2 contract, i ordered last week and im still waiting, although since i ordered the price has gone up slightly. It was cheaper for me to do this than getting my xda2i repaired. I still have six months to run on my current contract, but ive give that sim card to my misses instead of her PAYG sim. I am checking my order daily, but still no news although they say next delivery date should be 10 October. Fingers Crossed
Evening, on eBay you can get the screen for £77 shipped from Taiwan, not sure if its simple to replace, do not know if soldering is required. I have opened Xda 2 to replace housing before so not hard to get to
Heres is an eBay search link:
http://search.ebay.co.uk/search/sea...ga10244=10425&ftrt=1&ftrv=1&saprclo=&saprchi=[/quote]
Thanks for the link, i may just buy one.
I dismantled my xda2i last night to see if the screen from my ipaq would fit, unfortunately the ribbon connection (if thats what its called) wouldnt line up, so put the xda2i back together with the broken screen.
So i dont see a problem or any soldering required to fit the new screen if i buy one, unless anyone knows differently. If anyone has experience in this department then i would appreciate you knoledge. Thanks
very cool...ive got the same problem and if it can be fixed with approx 100 pound i wouldnt mind payin it...for now i got a 3100 to use off ebay for 20 pounds...anyways let me know if youve ordered one
I have got a spare screen for my IIi just incase and there is no soldering involved.
Daz.
Where did you get your spare screen from? How much did it cost? and am i right in believeing that it is just a case of dismanteling the unit poping in the new screen and reasembling?
As i said before i dismantled and reasembled last night and the unit fired up no probs?
Thanks
I bought the whole phone for £100 for spares.
Yes afaik you just dismantel, put the new screen into place and attach the ribbon cable(it actually snaps into place) then reassemble.
Daz.
wicked...you made me one happy man
ordered one but just as i was tryin to open it...theres these weird screws...can someone tell me what are they called and where i could buy a screwdriver for that kind of screw plz?
cheers
Hi,
They are call TORQ screws and you will need a TORQ 6 Screwdriver to undo them they are available everywhere even on ebay, do you know how to take the camera cover (black bit) off?
I downloaded the service manual for the XDA2i from a link that someone put on this forum, that will show you how to dismantel and reassemble your PDA. Im sorry i dont know where this link is but someone else might be able to add it to this thread.
Ive orderd my screen and am just waiting for delivery.
ftp://xda:xd[email protected]/Himalaya/Himalaya-Service-Manual/
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m4mad try this
cheers mate, that was great...I owe you one
Thanks so much Mila81, i got new screen today and replaced in 10 mins, no problems at all.
Bad connecter and repairing / O2 customer service
Hi all, how are you ?
I am fine but not my XDA IIi.
I purchased it from UK but I live in Austraia now.
I've been using the device only for 2 months, but now it has a problem, which is "can charge but cannot sync" through original cradle and charger.
And it cannot be even charged by using non-original (third party) USB charger or retractable sync cable.
I just have been using it with normal care, did not drop or broke or anything..
I found that USB connecter looks one of the weak point of the device itself and to fix it , cost almost all the amount of purchasing new device through this forum.
I really think that this problem should be covered by warranty but just because my device came from UK so that service centre here in Australia told me as long as O2 UK allow me to use warranty here, then local service agent can fix it with the warranty.
So after a long chasing , at last I contacted UK service center, repair center , and customer service. ( i called there from Australia as they don't have any email contact!)
As I expected, I could not expect much support from them.
They told me to send it to my friend in UK and ask him/her to bring it to O2 shop in UK. But still not sure to be covered with warranty......
I wish I could have good skill of soldering or fixing up electronical skills.... then I can open it up and fix it as there are some instructions to open up XDAIIi....
Anyway, has anyone have same problem and succeeded to fix up XDA IIi connecter ??? (Not XDA II as I found some quote in this whole forum... )
is anyone able to suggest the best way for me?
Thank you for reading long comment and listening my sad mumbling.
Regards
Tama
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tamanegi said:
Hi all, how are you ?
I am fine but not my XDA IIi.
I purchased it from UK but I live in Austraia now.
I've been using the device only for 2 months, but now it has a problem, which is "can charge but cannot sync" through original cradle and charger.
And it cannot be even charged by using non-original (third party) USB charger or retractable sync cable.
I just have been using it with normal care, did not drop or broke or anything..
I found that USB connecter looks one of the weak point of the device itself and to fix it , cost almost all the amount of purchasing new device through this forum.
I really think that this problem should be covered by warranty but just because my device came from UK so that service centre here in Australia told me as long as O2 UK allow me to use warranty here, then local service agent can fix it with the warranty.
So after a long chasing , at last I contacted UK service center, repair center , and customer service. ( i called there from Australia as they don't have any email contact!)
As I expected, I could not expect much support from them.
They told me to send it to my friend in UK and ask him/her to bring it to O2 shop in UK. But still not sure to be covered with warranty......
I wish I could have good skill of soldering or fixing up electronical skills.... then I can open it up and fix it as there are some instructions to open up XDAIIi....
Anyway, has anyone have same problem and succeeded to fix up XDA IIi connecter ??? (Not XDA II as I found some quote in this whole forum... )
is anyone able to suggest the best way for me?
Thank you for reading long comment and listening my sad mumbling.
Regards
Tama
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A friend of mine attempted to repair the USB/Cradle connector on his XDA IIi and completely killed it. I know this isn't what you want to hear but please be very careful if you take this job on yourself or you could render it useless.
Daz.
i think the cheapest way to get it fixed is to send it to imate repair center in dubai...O2 shop will just send it to their repair center in uk and will charge you £17 just to send it there...it be cheaper jus to contact the repair center yourself it be cheaper and faster
thanks for the comments
Dear Cadburys Man,thanks, oh sounds really Risky
and
Dear m4mad,
Dubai,,, oh ,, not familiar at all but I will try to find O2shop according to your advice,
thanks for your comments!
Tamanegi
I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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why would you flash a touch diamond rom when your device is a kaiser?
CraZyLiLbOy said:
why would you flash a touch diamond rom when your device is a kaiser?
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Duhhhhh.....'cause he wanted to kill his device!
sherpa said:
Duhhhhh.....'cause he wanted to kill his device!
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lol....................
Blueangel69 said:
I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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Touch diamond isn't all that great. It's lyk a Nokia platform on a PDA, why'd u flash it to a kaiser anyway ?!
About the raw materials, you can easily get the main board (for cheep) through any cellphone spareparts shop online through google . As far as repair is concerned, its as easy as performing a hardware upgrade for your pc; un-plug--> plug. If you're still scared, you can google for a stp by stp instructions.
Blueangel69 said:
I killed my Kaiser by flashing a Touch Diamond ROM to it.
Sent it to repair service and they say the Mainboard needs to be replaced,but the price for repair is ultragious .
I realy need the device,it was a big help in my confused life style.
Can anyone tell me how can i fix it myself. Or where i can buy a mainboard. Or where can i send the device to repair for a cheaper service?
Sorry i have started a new thread,but i think this is a serious matter,cause HTC TyTN II is not a toy"I know i done to it the same as to a toy" and its expensive. Please help.
Thanks in advance for all your help guys.
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your not the only one with a confused life style
Not dead,just sleeping
_Alex_ said:
As for where to purchase parts, I'd normally tell you to go here: http://www.pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~HTC_TyTN_II-972~area~home.htm but they don't have motherboards.
Your best bet might be to buy something from eBay with a cracked screen, because the motherboard, cpu & chipset is usually the most expensive part, and if you fry that it's usually easier to just buy new...
Hope this helps!
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Thankx Alex.
I knew that wise words and advice would come out of the inner you.
I went to Mike Channon Home Page and left a message there,im still waiting for a reply.
I will go get the Device from the repair shop tomorrow. Ididnt accepted the price.
I will try and fix it myself,as i have the hability to fix Electronic things as PCs,Laptops,Mobiles etc,thank GOD.
Im low on economic status,but i will try Ebay my friend.
First Kitchen i used was the one with all your OEM Packages. So i love your work.
Hope you keep up in the good path of life .
For some of the others, should ignore any inconscient reply.
Of course i didn wanted to kill my Device. I just cooked HTC Touch Diamond ROM in a Kaiser Kitchen,added some Apps from the ROM i cooked based on C. Stu ROM to make it more colorfull,more alive to our eyes. But it went wrong,and if Man doesnt commited mistakes,so there wouldnt be positive results. Test we need. Mistakes have to occur in order to get better things.
People in Ethiopia have a more confused life than me. Im not an egocentric person, but cool .
I always learned things the hard way .
While I changed my screen I broke the keyboard connector on the mainboard. The brown plastic closing mechanism broke to parts. Any clue where I could buy a new one and if it is possible to change it (solder?)?
CraZyLiLbOy said:
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he cooked the rom first ... and i'm guessing something didn't go right. OFCOURSE he just didn't straight flash a diamond rom .. he's a cook so i think he knows better than that.
The only thing I can say you:
Great Avatar......
There is always a Solution
raccna said:
While I changed my screen I broke the keyboard connector on the mainboard. The brown plastic closing mechanism broke to parts. Any clue where I could buy a new one and if it is possible to change it (solder?)?
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Im sorry for what append to you device. It doesnt make us feel good.
What did realy append ?
What part do you need ?
I have the solution for that. If you need a new Mainboard i can get it for you.
I dont make crazy prices. Probably a new device for the price of a Mainboard,thats what ive done,but im searching for a Mainboard supplier thought .
If you want to know more PM me.
Hi Thesire
thesire said:
he cooked the rom first ... and i'm guessing something didn't go right. OFCOURSE he just didn't straight flash a diamond rom .. he's a cook so i think he knows better than that.
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Nope,i didnt straight flashed a Diamond Rom.
I knew i had to cook it. But forgot that i had to Port XIP and probably SYS from a Kaiser ROM to the Diamond one, or the reverse.
Im still on the learning process. But as you must know,Time is the Master.
And learning and take actions till they come correct its a bit time consuming. And i dont have much time these days.
I learned the hard way. I believe thats one thing that will never appen again .
Im waiting for my new Kaiser to arrive. Couldnt find a Mainboard supplier yet.
But i can get Kaisers for less then the price they asked me in the repair shop.
I have a quick question, if I am about to buy a Kaiser in Spanish all that I have to do is flash the phone with an English ROM and I'll have a regular Kaiser correct? Please help quickly because I don't have much time to buy this phone.
carltmac said:
I have a quick question, if I am about to buy a Kaiser in Spanish all that I have to do is flash the phone with an English ROM and I'll have a regular Kaiser correct? Please help quickly because I don't have much time to buy this phone.
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yes .......................
I also have one more question, the phone that I am looking to purchase has a Z key missing, is there any way (and if so how or where and how much) to get a new Z key for the phone?
Thank you so much for all of the help.
carltmac said:
I also have one more question, the phone that I am looking to purchase has a Z key missing, is there any way (and if so how or where and how much) to get a new Z key for the phone?
Thank you so much for all of the help.
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ebay is your friend my friend ... search for replacement keypads for kaiser. And secondly why don't you buy from someone here??? alot of kaiser users are selling their kaisers as they are switching to the fuze or someother new phone for htc.
hell I would love to buy from someone here but the thing is people are looking for a lot more here then on EBay right? Like I mean I am looking at them on Ebay for like $200? If some one can offer a deal around there I would much rather buy from here.
parts replacement
It seems to me the two best sites I have found for Kaiser parts, are CNN.CN and cellulardr - both sell the keypad
To bad.. After a lot of good times with my XDA2s, today my XDA2s died (droped it in the lake) I did manage to get it back, but to much damage has been done :-(
So.. I needed to order a new phone, and I'm happy to say that it's a HTC HD2
I will need to wait some more weeks before I get it, so for now I'm using an old Nokia thngy..
Thank you all for having me here.. (I did read a lot of good stuff here).
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To bad.. After a lot of good times with my XDA2s, today my XDA2s died (droped it in the lake) I did manage to get it back, but to much damage has been done :-(
So.. I needed to order a new phone, and I'm happy to say that it's a HTC HD2
I will need to wait some more weeks before I get it, so for now I'm using an old Nokia thngy..
Thank you all for having me here.. (I did read a lot of good stuff here).
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I'm very sad(as you)
My BA is loss display cable.I have not money>>>>Sold it.
Don't forget BA,I ,you,our-My BA Family..
About BA Display
Hi there,i have a BA with cracked display,so now i'm looking for the same and saw that you have a non working BA,and thinking of selling it to me for a reasonable price.
Contact me on [email protected].
Will be greatful.
Regards!
you dugg up quite an old thread there, and from what i am to understand from the last post, it has already been sold, but i am sure, you'll find a used BA somewhere, the marketplace of this forum or ebay maybe.
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
Vapaus00 said:
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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Maybe.
If you don't mind facing a ***VERY*** high chance of getting ripped off by someone selling you THEIR bricked mainboard.
If you want a surefire way to fix it, I suggest you read everything in this thread before going out and getting yourself ripped off: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048
yeah it can be risky..i fixed my friends by replacing it with one i found on craigslist for like 40 bucks. It turned on but had an unresponsive touch screen but from the looks of the housing, it seemed like they tried to change it which may have been the reason. Luckily there was nothing wrong with the motherboard and it worked.
Buy a j-tag and un-brick your current board.
As linked above by lbcoder: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=591048
No no
Thanks everyone for your replies. The board I'm buying is good, it's new not from another phone, I just wanted to make sure that it's the motherboard that needs to be changed not some other piece like the daughter-board or whatever.
It's definitely the motherboard if you're hard bricked. If it's not too late, I'd suggest trying craigslist or something along those lines. You might find a phone with a cracked screen for around the same price as the motherboard. Extra pieces and a nifty little battery charger that resembles a working G1.
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I'm from romania, there's nothing on craig's list. Thanks for assuring me that it's the motherboard.
Vapaus00 said:
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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if youre in california and wanna drive ill sell you my g1 its got a few scratches from being dropped but thats it. its still running perfect like when i bought it. i only want $120 for it cash. but you gotta hit me asap in my email [email protected] to buy it cause my cousin said hell buy it for a 100 and thats my fam price so if u come with the full 120 then u got it with a 4g sd card, and wall charger. with the original head phone jack set.
B6gSix said:
if youre in california and wanna drive ill sell you my g1 its got a few scratches from being dropped but thats it. its still running perfect like when i bought it. i only want $120 for it cash. but you gotta hit me asap in my email [email protected] to buy it cause my cousin said hell buy it for a 100 and thats my fam price so if u come with the full 120 then u got it with a 4g sd card, and wall charger. with the original head phone jack set.
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umm.......
Vapaus00 said:
I'm from romania, there's nothing on craig's list. Thanks for assuring me that it's the motherboard.
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Moved as not Development.
How do you know its good? Because they SAY so? It may shock you to find out, but most people selling stuff on ebay LIE ABOUT IT!
Vapaus00 said:
My old thread about a bricked G1 is not getting any new replies and I need an urgent answer. So I have a hard bricked G1 - no recovery nothing and I need to know if replacing the motherboard with this one < http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Dream-Mothe...d=ViewItem&pt=Cell_Phones&hash=item3caee067e9 > would solve the problem for sure. Thanks in advance
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dude g1's are 99$ without a contract brand new just go buy a new one....