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Hi everybody.
2 weeks ago my MDA PRO has decided to get DIVING license and rendered itself completely useless. I have taken it to the t-mobile shop since I am still in guarantee period (well I did dry it with the hair dryer)
So t-mobile sent it off to their aftersales department and today they called me and sayd that they are declaring the device Total Loss and that it is not covered by the guarantee since they found evidence of liquid. Anyhow it does not help to argue with the lads there (especially if it is true)
But the reason I am writing this is: I am going to fetch it on monday(I meant the wrek) is there something I could do with it besides taking it apart and looking what's inside? Any suggestions are welcome
suggest it rained on the way to the shop, so that's when it got wet?
I had an ipod go like this a month or two back. Nothing I could do could get it going again, including leaving it in the airing cupboard by the hot water heater for a week.
That sucks! I took out insurance on my o2 EXEC out of fear of that.
they can see on the residu if it was clear water like rain, salt water or water from a pond.
when you have insurrance lose it or maybe they will steal it from you, thieves cant see if it is broken in advance....
good luck :twisted:
No need! My insurance covers accidental damage.
insurance (maybe off topic)
Hi mates,
I was just wondering where you guys get the insurance from. I tried to find one and couldnt get any insurance.
Thank you
H
Ah, I'm with o2's Insurance Gold Monthly package, which I took out when I bought my Universal from them. (As an o2 XDA Executive)
mate easy peasy
ok,get ur pda then post it with postal insurance .post from your workplace to your home,you can say that you went on holiday from work and left your device and a work mate had to post it to your home as you were away
take a pic of it all of before hand and in tact viusaly(you can say he did this pic as the company has had probs in past with damages and its policy to take pics of all fragile goods prior)
when it arrives at home jump up and down in the bugger till its mashed or locate a pic of a mashed pda the exact same
then claim it was done during transit with your postal recipet and pic evidence
cant say i have done it and it works out fine :wink: :wink:
I'll add the Disclaimer:
JaceUK, his wholly- or partly-owned subsidiaries and affilliates take no responsability for anything that happens to your device while undergoing these procedures. Do NOT try this at home, I repeat: Do NOT try this at home.
No really, Don't.
OK guys...
I have gone today to pick up the wreck and tmobile has made me an offer I gould not resist. My subscription has another year to go till sept. 2007, so if would prolong my subscription for another year they in the same rate plan they were prepared to give me an MDA Vario for free. Of course I took the offer.
Then when I cam home and was setting up my MDA Vario and waiting for the sync to finish I opened my broken MDA-PRO which had a huge yeloow sticker on it saying that there is oxidation found indside and that this device is unrepeirable... What do you thing I hit the power button and the device woke up battery was low I loaded it and the device is still running. All my data was intact. Thank god it did not happen in the store...
Anyhow I am going to see how long it works.... keep you posted
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!!
THAT is brilliant.
Now for goodness sakes insure them!
I know isn't it?
I was with a friend who actually was the first one to notice that the device works in the store and he was shouting: "It Works, It Works" I almost shot him... Luckily the clerk was bussy with something else and did not hear
But it is absolutely Brilliant
Oh And I have also an official Letter from T-Mobiel that states that my device is a total loss and is beyond repair
Churchill said:
Oh And I have also an official Letter from T-Mobiel that states that my device is a total loss and is beyond repair
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LOL...Lucky you, My friend also had a MDA Vario that fell in a puddle and he dried it out and the next day it started working again. Guess there is hope hahaha
OK..
The device is working and I think I am going to keep the big yellow sticker saying that there is OXIDATION found in the device and that it is unrepeairable LOL
Anyhow the battery is screwed up, it depleetes too fast. After a 1 minute long phonecall to my voicemail I am down from 90% to 60% so this can not be good.
ANYBODY who's Universal died and they can not revive it PLEASE let me have your battery....
if you think it's worth it, but yourself a new exec battery, can't be that expensive. So which one are you going to carry around now? The more powerful but semi-reliable Pro or the mediocre Vario? >:>
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OK..
The device is working and I think I am going to keep the big yellow sticker saying that there is OXIDATION found in the device and that it is unrepeairable LOL
Anyhow the battery is screwed up, it depleetes too fast. After a 1 minute long phonecall to my voicemail I am down from 90% to 60% so this can not be good.
ANYBODY who's Universal died and they can not revive it PLEASE let me have your battery....
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That oxidation sticker could mean they saw some corrosion on a power regulator or somesuch which is shorting and killing your battery. I wouldn't use it further, I'd open it and scrub the board with an old toothbrush and some IPA.
This problem is more than your battery IMO but it's cheap enough to buy another to test it out.Lend you battery to another universal owner if you know one and see if it flattens so quickly in their device.
Richard
jaceuk said:
mate easy peasy
ok,get ur pda then post it with postal insurance .post from your workplace to your home,you can say that you went on holiday from work and left your device and a work mate had to post it to your home as you were away
take a pic of it all of before hand and in tact viusaly(you can say he did this pic as the company has had probs in past with damages and its policy to take pics of all fragile goods prior)
when it arrives at home jump up and down in the bugger till its mashed or locate a pic of a mashed pda the exact same
then claim it was done during transit with your postal recipet and pic evidence
cant say i have done it and it works out fine :wink: :wink:
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I got a good luagh from that one. LMAO. "jump up and down in the bugger till its mashed" And that was the best part. Poor lil bugger!!! :twisted:
Well the battery depleetes too fast and the device would not sync on any PC (I have tried 5). So I have opened the device and saw the OXIDATION myself, just like fluffcat1 suggested with a dry tooth brush I have cleaned the whole thing and put it back together, and now everything is perfect, although the battery still depletes too fast.
Since I am between jobs now I am not going to spend money on a battery but simply use the device as a navigation system. I got the Brodit holder and all. So this is going to be a great navigation, large screen...
Already installed the latest AKU 3.2 ROM and installed TT5 with ! GB SD card completely full wit the maps of most of the wester Europe. From now on I am going to keep the thing in the car so my wife does not have to complain about the small screen of the TT5 on her Nokia 6680. Sounds like a perfect situation.
I still have the MDA Vario (which I aplanning to give to my little brother) and the QTEK 8500. Plus in the end of september I can prolong my subscription and get myself the long awaited TyTn or MDA Vario II (does anyone know when will it be available from T-Mobile Netherlands?
i am watching my dad's cat this week while he is on vacation, last night i had my at&t 8525 on my lap while working on my laptop. the cat wanted to get on my lap and i said no. not wanting to give up he jumped one last time claws out. the cat jumped on the screen of the 8525 and cracked the screen. my dad refuses to help me out with the phone at all saying accidents happen. my question to you all is what should i do about the phone, replace, wait for 8925, chance a warnty exchange by saying its a power problem or pay the $200 or more to get the phone fixed at HTC?
second question, what to do with the cat?
You've broken only the digitizer or also the lcd?
If you don't know the way to answere to my question is:
can you see pictures on the screen but when you tap on it nothing happend or the phone does wat he want?
yes?
OK! you've broken the digitizer.. 25$ and then you have to change it with your hand.. it's not difficult but the first time it appear complicated and if you're interested i can post you the whole sequence (note: you've to solder a flex cable)
If you can't see anything on the screen or you see a large scratch like black ink you've to change the lcd+digitizer pack.. 100$ or someting less maybe (80$). The full pack (lcd+digi) is very easy to change, without solder or moving.. there is only srew and connector to open.
Let me know.
For the cat: have you got a car? do wat you have to do and then go to your dad with the corpse and say: "accidents happen"
Bye
replace lcd
SegiRoPi said:
You've broken only the digitizer or also the lcd?
If you don't know the way to answere to my question is:
can you see pictures on the screen but when you tap on it nothing happend or the phone does wat he want?
yes?
OK! you've broken the digitizer.. 25$ and then you have to change it with your hand.. it's not difficult but the first time it appear complicated and if you're interested i can post you the whole sequence (note: you've to solder a flex cable)
If you can't see anything on the screen or you see a large scratch like black ink you've to change the lcd+digitizer pack.. 100$ or someting less maybe (80$). The full pack (lcd+digi) is very easy to change, without solder or moving.. there is only srew and connector to open.
Let me know.
For the cat: have you got a car? do wat you have to do and then go to your dad with the corpse and say: "accidents happen"
Bye
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how do i change the lcd and digitizer, the i need a new one because its broken please post how to and where to get the parts, i will give a big tip if it works. i posted the pictures in a zip file, they are about a half a meg a peice so sorry for that but the carnage is bad.
What are you 9 years old still ? You're like a kid runnning to "mommy" saying... "mommy, I broke my toy... what do I do now ?!? will you buy me another one ?".
You have a broken phone. Your options are limited. Why are you asking us what to do ? Do you want us to make a decision for you ?!
Fine... Buy another 8525!
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What are you 9 years old still ? You're like a kid runnning to "mommy" saying... "mommy, I broke my toy... what do I do now ?!? will you buy me another one ?".
You have a broken phone. Your options are limited. Why are you asking us what to do ? Do you want us to make a decision for you ?!
Fine... Buy another 8525!
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look the 8925 is comming out in a few days, and i dont have the money, but if i just had to buy another one i would go for that one, if i can fix it for cheap i want to do that. the reason my father is even involved is because its his cat, i would drown the thing but its not mine.
this is for the cat.
Dont know what to do about the phone, but here is something funny that you can try on the cat.
Instructions.
Get and empty can of favorite pop ( coke or pepsi )
Put in empty can 3, 4 or 5 little rocks or something that mekes noice when inside can. ( tape the can oppening if you want for lasting pleasure )
Get plastic bag, the ones you get when you buy your groceries.
Put the can with the small, rocks inside the groceries bag.
Grab cat and put each loop of the plastic bag on each of the rear legs of the cat. ( make shure the cat legs dont get untied from the loops of the bag for lasting pleasure )
Hope it helps, let mi know if it worked.
( by the way this is not going to harm the can in any way. but it will be super funny to see )
dude.. your phone looks bad... i agree with SegiRoPi's advice on what to do with the cat..
From what I have read, there's no hope for the phone or the cat! If U don't want to do the bag trick, then get it a pair of cement shoes and go to the nearest bridge...
FIX maybe
galaxys said:
From what I have read, there's no hope for the phone or the cat! If U don't want to do the bag trick, then get it a pair of cement shoes and go to the nearest bridge...
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i found a site with instructions hot to take the phone apart, and i have a bid in for a new LCD and DIGITIZER. we will see what happens, its a hell of a lot cheaper thn HTC fixing it at 200+ then add tax.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=330161697587&ssPageName=ADME:B:BCA:US:1123
http://www.youtube.com/jp.swf?video...efault.jpg&t=OEgsToPDskJLucEHEEQoR0Z4gEkEhgvl
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the cat jumped on the screen of the 8525 and cracked the screen.
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lol, judging by those pictures...can you really expect people to believe the pressure of a cat did that, you had to have atleast jumped up freaking out, and the device hitting something hard caused that, come on now....
Step off, CD... I'd say a cat could certainly do that kind of damage by standing on it (mine could, anway).
That aside, I've replaced a screen and it can be done, although it's by no means for the faint of heart. It's pretty much a complete teardown to get to it.
Oh, and the LCD is definitely broken so forget about replacing the digitizer only (which I wouldn't advise anway unless you're really good with a soldering iron).
Is the cat still alive?
There are several places you can get a digitiser/screen kit (a quick search should find some links). You can download the HTC service manual and other useful info from Mike Channon's web site http://michael-channon.spaces.live.com/.
As for the cat, I think you know where to poke the broken parts
this is the second thread Ive read this morning which has some "smart arse" replys, I mean how constructive is
What are you 9 years old still ? You're like a kid runnning to "mommy" saying... "mommy, I broke my toy... what do I do now ?!? will you buy me another one ?".
You have a broken phone. Your options are limited. Why are you asking us what to do ? Do you want us to make a decision for you ?!
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if you dont like the question just walk away dont fill the thread with nosence but i guess it gets the old post count up yep?
Agree with ratcom. Lay off the guy, he has had a bad enough day.
(this post too is a blatant attempt to increase my post count)
Get a new screen or pay to have it repaired. Considering it's your dad's cat and you were doing him a favor, he should at least pay some of it. That's what a responsible pet owner would do anyways.
As far as the cat, its hard to blame it as its just doing what your dad has let it do for however long he has had it. When a child has bad behavior, do you blame the child or the parent who has allowed the bad behavior over time?
Fixing the issue
i told you all in post nine how i was going to fix it, and the cat jumped with his claws out and hit the screen. i had a day to cool off and i found a way to fix it and its cheap. i gotta say thank you to the guy who said it could be done and peeked my intrest, and the guy who posted the link to the service manual.
the cat is unharmed, after all he is just a kitty, i will post a picture later in an edit
this is'nt the cat in question?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-IKFBkOJciw
stroths said:
Get a new screen or pay to have it repaired. Considering it's your dad's cat and you were doing him a favor, he should at least pay some of it. That's what a responsible pet owner would do anyways.
As far as the cat, its hard to blame it as its just doing what your dad has let it do for however long he has had it. When a child has bad behavior, do you blame the child or the parent who has allowed the bad behavior over time?
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Lets be honest - who cares who's (what's) at fault - it's still a CAT - poke the broken glass up it's bum n tell it not to do it again...
shave it or snip one side of its whiskers shorter than the other.
I have'nt been using my hermes lately on account I cannot charge it (all the little prongs inside the mini usb on bottom of phone got all messed up so I cannot connect to active sync or computer at all) My question is what is the easiest way to flash a rom from the sd card I know quite a bit about roms and such just never have tried to do this sorry I did not search too awful hard thanks if you want to help me
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I have'nt been using my hermes lately on account I cannot charge it (all the little prongs inside the mini usb on bottom of phone got all messed up so I cannot connect to active sync or computer at all) My question is what is the easiest way to flash a rom from the sd card I know quite a bit about roms and such just never have tried to do this sorry I did not search too awful hard thanks if you want to help me
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http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
I'm still gonna start with the obvious response. Use the search. Its designed to help you! And if you're gonna tell me searching for something as simple as flashing via SD card is hard.....then DAMN! Try this thread:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_SDCardFlashing
Thanks for the quick reply I forgot about all the love thrown around this place a Little more friendly over at modmyi but hey thanks for all your trouble
If you flash a new Rom don't you still have to charge it?
Well I had 2 8525's one to keep stable and one to test out all the new Roms on but one got broke in half screen got broke off and then a few days later the other ones connector went to **** so I used the half phone to charge up batteries LOL currently rocking the ever so hated iPhone but love the things that are going on over here now I'll definately get flamed thanks for all the help guys if it's anything at all the iPhone is hacked all to **** or as much as I could still waiting to get touch pro but kind of low on funds right now thanks again
If you have the 2, why don't you make 1 working phone out of the 2 "broken" phones?
Wouldn't that be easier than stuffing around with the batteries, all you'd need to do would be to exchange the mainboard from the one where the LCD has been broken off to the case where you have bad battery connectors.....
Cheers...
I think I actually tried that it's been quite a while do you know if I have to take the screen off to get to the motherboard
4 screws under the battery cover. then 1 screw on mb. Use the HTC service manual to take apart successfully. You shouldn't need to go further than taking off the back. There is a ribbon cable that needs to be taken off the mb, its sealed in under tape. Easy enough to get off.
Cheers...
thanks for the info I will do as soon as I get a chance thanks for all the help
Hi all,
This is the first time u can see this in the world,
and i want to post it in my love forum, XDA-Developers
First attached pic is the Schematic of Buffered Wiggler JTAG cable..u can buy it online for example on Ebay or make it yourself...
Second attachment describes BA's JTAG pins...u can see pinout of JTAG on the mainboard...
Unbricking:
1- The maximun lenght of the ribon cable is 40cm .. so 30cm is enough
2- Soldier wires from JTAG header to pinout and connect it to ur pc's parallel port...
3- use a JTAG software (like H-Jtag or JTag) to flash newbootloader to ur device ...
Too late for April Fools day !!!
manufacturers pictures though (10/10)
Unbufferd cable LOL <answers on a post card to . . .
hTC's mid run (BA), assembly line test jig @ 2003/4 AnnoDomine. - <PostMaster, returns an error . . . / TimeTravel ?. . >
Where do you get the plug for the lower connection, what (PCsettings FireWall . . . ) are Via LPT ? (Yes power the unit/or use the "force luke") (pity the middle battery connections are Anonymous !)
Okay, what goes on other side of "30cm(MAX) ribbon cable [2x IC's PROM/[email protected] figment.Co.My.Imagination.TheEither], mounted on VeroBoard (with a number of 100Meg Resisters.Only", R O F L M A O . . .
got me for nearly 30ish seconds - Pity you hav'nt a green [donate here ] Button. . . .
Buy this persons partner (they may need it more) a pint!!
nICE .
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manufacturers pictures though (10/10)
here ] Button. . . .
Buy this persons partner (they may need it more a pint!!)
nICE .
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Of course it is ! when u have a insane resolution picture of a mainboard u don't need to take a picture again ! or maybe u do things on and on in ur life !! he he !
Discovering JTAG pins are simple ! u can download Intel® PXA26x Processor Family Electrical, Mechanical, and Thermal Specification datasheet ! Load the cpu from mainboard and find the test points with a Multimeter !! not so hard !
after finding pinouts u can show it on ur picture (maybe that's hard for u and u like to do everything on ur own !! R O F L M A O !! he he he he)
U're not going to flash PROM or EPROM ! AFAIK we're going to burn 3Volt Intel®Advanced+BootBlock FlashMemory(C3)Stacked-ChipScale PackageFamily (In other word we're going to flash Intel RD38F1010C0ZTL0's boot block via Intel PXA263 (THE PROCESSOR)'s JTAG interface!)
Another subject u must notice is RESISTANCE measure unit is not MEG ! Meg (MegaBytes) is the measure unit for computer data ! imagine a lamp! it can be on or off ! computer based on this fact ! an eletronic circuit can be on of off ! this means 1 or 0 this call bit ! a bit can be 1 or 0 ! in binary logic ! so they call 8bit, 1byte ! so 1MB= 1024 * 1KB = 1024*1024byte = 1024*1024*8= 8388608bit ! so i told all of this to inform u that measure unit of resistors is Ohm and those resistors in the schematic are 100ohms
of course middle battery connections are anonymous ! they're for battery measurement ! but u can power on ppcs with power supply without using that pins!
U can build a buffered wiggler urself for about 5$ or less ! i built one myself
these are JTAG pinouts ! if u have good idea about programming through jtag tell us, i don't want to miss a party
They would buy u a wife ! so u won't be a chatterbox again
I was reading all of ur posts, U're cool & funny ! God bless u ... Lets have fun outta here !
and that's better for u to ask admin to change ur user ID's font color to Green (R O F L M A O) =))
My apologies borteh - honestly.
As you have pointed out, You actually do know what your on about.
I ( Assumed an April Fools, type post, and finding out I'm wrong, leaves me with no hesitation to say I'm Sorry - I'm Wrong )
I am still sceptical about The process, but that's in my nature.
May your god, go with you. _d.b_
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As you have pointed out, You actually do know what your on about.
I ( Assumed an April Fools, type post, and finding out I'm wrong, leaves me with no hesitation to say I'm Sorry - I'm Wrong )
I am still sceptical about The process, but that's in my nature.
May your god, go with you. _d.b_
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Gr8 ! add me on ur Y! messenger, so we can work together!
I'm looking to root my sharp rouvo v but am having trouble finding anything on the phone other than what it says on the box when you buy it ...seems like everything I try to do with it is blocked by one error or another then I have to spend days trying to figure out how to fix it to find some jenky "method" you have to use like it's a darn game to these manufacturers ..like anyone wants to spend three days wondering why the phone they purchased is messed up with malware and how to fix it ..lime everyone wants to be an android hacker ..some people are out there that would like to use they're phone to recieve calls and make texts ...not everyone wants to know what a goddamn bootloader or root is to make a damn call ..rediculous ...just fix the damn problem they make no everyone cares how to rebuild a cellphone and I cerntainely didn't sign up for that when I bought one ..if I wanted a job in it I'd be doing it already Jesus ...
Whoop turn it off and turn it back on that fix the problem ...not ....never worked for anyone and certainly not me ..it's like they just give the stupidest answers and act like they have no clue what your talking about lime it's impossible for a android to get malware ...it's annoying ...bout to just not have a cellphone if this so the crap I have to go through to get it to work
Type in sharp rouvo v root where it says it'll show me my method of rooting I ha e to use ..followed by a week of constant downloading and showering the Internet for drivers buy a windows computer , another phone , to get another error but now the PC I bought just for this is broken too ...from the malware on my phone so tell me how is that ....cause I can nnectex them ..well the manufacturer said plug the phone Into the computer and use fastboot ..whatever the front door that is so that was another week gone reading about what it is and how to use it to get a waiting on device erorr ..didnt work ..not only that the PC is so badly screwed off it won't turn on ..so now I'm out hundreds of dollars all over a stupid as a cellphone and run around I've been put through .I just wanted a damn new phone what the hell is alml this crap