I've managed to disassemble and reassemble my phone many times now. I've replaced the touch, lcd, and now the housing.
Unfortunately, my last venture costs me my camera. I really don't use it that much, however I'd like my phone fully functional.
The small black latch that clamps down the flex cable of the camera on the board snapped off and now I've lost it, so gluing it back is out of the question.
Can someone please give me a glimmer of hope that there is a remedy for this. Has anyone ever had a similar problem with any other sort of hardware?
Thanks for the help.
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Hello XDA-ers,
My motorola milestone's camera has stopped working for a long time now. I was wondering if there was a replacement part I can buy to fix it. I tore my milestone apart and i noticed that the ribbon is ripped.
I found some places online but I don't know how reputable they are. Anyone have any suggestions?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks again,
lilhugo
It sound like a very strange issue to me - could you please describe more how exactly did you manage to rip that flex cable aparat inside of your phone?
MuF123 said:
It sound like a very strange issue to me - could you please describe more how exactly did you manage to rip that flex cable aparat inside of your phone?
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Seeing how he tore his milestone apart, I wouldn't be surprised..
Actually....This was a hand-me down cell phone from my brother. He had dropped it, and it got ran over by a car. Thus this destroyed the glass. The glass was held together by a invisible shield, and the camera stopped working as that point in time. I eventually had the glass fixed by a family friend. When he was taking apart the phone to replace the glass, he checked out the camera because I told him of my issue. It turned out that the camera had a small tear in the flex cable. Even though the lens isn't cracked, i'm sure the camera piece is broken as well.
He fixes phones for a living, so I trust him. Not to mention he ordered the replacement glass for me and put everything back together for me. He just can't seem to find the replacement camera part from his suppliers. =/
So technically I didn't tear the phone apart myself, but I was there to witness it and i know it wasn't my family friend's fault.
It was pretty interesting to watch, since I was too much of a wuss to do it myself.
Thank you for the help,
lilhugo
P.S.
The phone works fine, outside of indents in the keyboard. Even the camera app sort of works, but it just shows a black screen. If I try to do anything in the camera app though then it FCs.
Hello. I bought an used Milestone in bad condition: heavily damaged housing, non-working side buttons and touchscreen. I have replaced side buttons flex, housing and digitizer, but the touchscreen doesn't work anyway. I've noticed some suspicious places on the motherboard, I've rounded them in the second photo. Looks for me like some parts are missing.. What are these parts and can they make digitizer non-functional? Thank you
The flex between two halves of the phone looks suspicious too. I've ordered a new one and waiting for it to arrive. I hope that helps, but if not.. I don't know what to do
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Hello. I bought an used Milestone in bad condition: heavily damaged housing, non-working side buttons and touchscreen. I have replaced side buttons flex, housing and digitizer, but the touchscreen doesn't work anyway. I've noticed some suspicious places on the motherboard, I've rounded them in the second photo. Looks for me like some parts are missing.. What are these parts and can they make digitizer non-functional? Thank you
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I'm not sure what specifically those areas of the motherboard do but I have a bricked Milestone motherboard in a drawer so I thought I'd take a photo to show you that yours is normal - as far as I know nothing is missing from those areas! From their size I'd say they were just connectors for small components, maybe on the other side of the board... Anyway, see attached. If you need them I can take photos of other parts for you to compare with.
Thank you! I hope that it's ok. Now I'll just have to wait for my flex to arrive. I really hope it will help
the other day my power button stopped working and, since it was past my warranty, i took the phone apart and sprayed some CRC QD electronics cleaner on it to fix the problem. in the process of taking it apart i forgot to take out my sim and sd card and the tray where they fit in came off with the back casing. i put the little ribbon thing on the bottom back in the hole it came out of but it must be messed up because now my phone doesnt recognize my sim or sd. i dont have much experience working with phones and i could find no help online for proper instalation of the sim tray. can someboy tell me how to fix this?
also the speaker and vibration stopped working after my lock button repair but i dont believe i touched any wires connected to that. is it just a coincidence? possible that the cleaner got in there? how can i fix it?
obviously the sim card is my priority right now but any help would be appreciated.
thanks!
I would suggest looking for either connexion2005 (aka mobiletechvideos) or AdamOutler. Both of them are very knowledgeable in the hardware of the Captivate, and I would guess that either of them could help you out with your situation.
I just so happen to have a couple of the SIM/SDCard circuit boards. I'll have to find them. I ordered a few of them while researching UnBrickable Mod. The circuit board is held on with double-sided tape on top of a metallic shield. It's very easy to replace. Anyway, PM sent.
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I just so happen to have a couple of the SIM/SDCard circuit boards. I'll have to find them. I ordered a few of them while researching UnBrickable Mod. The circuit board is held on with double-sided tape on top of a metallic shield. It's very easy to replace. Anyway, PM sent.
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Do I really need a new part? I'm not certain but nothing seems to be broken and everything is intact. It feels more like something is just out of place and not making a connection. If it helps to understand what I'm trying to say I could post a pic for you to evaluate.
The part is cheap and easy to replace.
ok ill try get my paypal in order and get that to you as soon as i can. do you have an idea for why my speaker and vibration isnt working?
Actually I figured out the problem. I took everything out piece by piece and it was just a loose connector under the logic board. Sorry for bothering you with a stupid mistake but thanks for all your help and suggestions
First time poster here and wanted to start by saying thanks to the members on here who have spent countless hours teaching others how to root, unlock, flash custom ROMs, etc. Your guidance has provided lots of fun in the Android world.
Recently, the LCD glass screen had shattered on my HTC One, and I had purchased a replacement front and back. Upon transferring the motherboard + the secondary chip to the new housing, I accidentally broke off the flex cable connectors for the LCD screen and SIM card. Upon completion of reassembly, I crossed my fingers as I pressed the power button, only to be met with the initial power-on vibration and no image on the LCD. Unfortunately, I can't verify if the SIM slot is working without the LCD, but I'd assume it isn't.
Anyway, thanks for listening to my story. I've supplemented it with pictures indicating where I messed up. The first picture is the motherboard. Compare the two connectors contained in the red circle. The left one has the white tab, while the right is missing its white tab. The second picture is the SIM connector to the secondary board. As you may notice yet again, the white connector is missing. If anyone has legit/illegit solutions to this problem, I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks in advance!
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First time poster here and wanted to start by saying thanks to the members on here who have spent countless hours teaching others how to root, unlock, flash custom ROMs, etc. Your guidance has provided lots of fun in the Android world.
Recently, the LCD glass screen had shattered on my HTC One, and I had purchased a replacement front and back. Upon transferring the motherboard + the secondary chip to the new housing, I accidentally broke off the flex cable connectors for the LCD screen and SIM card. Upon completion of reassembly, I crossed my fingers as I pressed the power button, only to be met with the initial power-on vibration and no image on the LCD. Unfortunately, I can't verify if the SIM slot is working without the LCD, but I'd assume it isn't.
Anyway, thanks for listening to my story. I've supplemented it with pictures indicating where I messed up. The first picture is the motherboard. Compare the two connectors contained in the red circle. The left one has the white tab, while the right is missing its white tab. The second picture is the SIM connector to the secondary board. As you may notice yet again, the white connector is missing. If anyone has legit/illegit solutions to this problem, I'd love to hear from you.
Thanks in advance!
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unless you have high soldering skills, you should go to a repair shop to get these pcb connectors replaced or even send it to htc. I highly doubt htc will replace the connectors but may replace the entire main board which probably won't be cheap at all.
or the other solution if its to expensive, buy a ''for parts or not working'' M7 from ebay and remove the motherboard to service your phone. (i.e a unit that have a cracked screen but still able to boot) Don't forget it must have a clean imei.
btw I don't understand how you managed to broke that connector tab, it should unlock easily with delicate force with a precision screwdriver..
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unless you have high soldering skills, you should go to a repair shop to get these pcb connectors replaced or even send it to htc. I highly doubt htc will replace the connectors but may replace the entire main board which probably won't be cheap at all.
or the other solution if its to expensive, buy a ''for parts or not working'' M7 from ebay and remove the motherboard to service your phone. (i.e a unit that have a cracked screen but still able to boot) Don't forget it must have a clean imei.
btw I don't understand how you managed to broke that connector tab, it should unlock easily with delicate force with a precision screwdriver..
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Thanks for the help, appreciate the honesty.
I'll chalk it up to inexperience, with this being my first attempt at phone surgery. Hopefully the second attempt will go much, much smoother.
Will keep an eye out for HTC One's with a cracked screen!
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Thanks for the help, appreciate the honesty.
I'll chalk it up to inexperience, with this being my first attempt at phone surgery. Hopefully the second attempt will go much, much smoother.
Will keep an eye out for HTC One's with a cracked screen!
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I know exactly how you broke it off. There's four of those connectors and two of them have a different type of flip. It's silly. I have the exact same problem too.
Did you end up getting yours fixed?
So, dropped my phone. Now the mic doesn't work. Most likely need to replace it. Can anyone steer me in the right direction? Anyone replace the mic before? Where can I find it besides eBay since most of those parts are fugazi.
Hey, I haven't taken apart a Note 4 before but I've taken apart a few other android phones to replace parts.
The mic on the Note 4 is on the same board as the USB and the two capacitive buttons on the bottom of the phone. So this repair does involve basically taking the whole phone apart.
You have to seperate the back of the phone and then really gently remove the glass and screen in order to get to the charging port. This video explains it very clearly: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FRkI0w8AITQ
The hardest part for me is always the glue, you MUST heat the phone up in order to soften the glue enough for you to gently pry off the back and screen.
As for the part, just buy this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Samsung-Galaxy-Note-4-AT-T-N910A-USB-Charger-Charging-Port-Dock-Flex-Cable-/111687783759?hash=item1a011c554f:g:EKoAAOSwNSxVcStr Buying from Ebay is fine, just always look at where the seller is based and is shipping the item from, in this case Florida. Usually the only time problems arise is with overseas sellers.
Hope I helped a bit.
Hey thanks for the help. I really didn't want to take the screen apart because of what you said. I have done screenrepair before and its very hard if not impossible to get that factory feel even from heating it up from my experience. Thank for your help