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WANTED - broken XDA - need 22 (?) pin connector off the bott

Like it says - I want a broken xda with the bottom connector intact.
OR - I'd settle for the bottom connector on its own!
(the bit that the power/usb stuff plugs into ON the xda)
willing to pay - but not very much - so suggest the xda is very broken or insurance write off (i.e. blocked in UK).

sorry - its for an XDA1 NOT and XDA2!

Might be the same one, if so one off a SPV will be the same, also you planning of resoldering this on yourself as the last time I tried to do something like that (end connector on a A300) I more or less killed the phone (thank god for spare/dead hand sets ).

SPV - which version - do you know?
I was planning on soldering - but looking at it - it looks a bit hard!
Was going to 'try' just connecting the connections I need...
Power and USB - only about 5 things need soldering.
Even then, wasn't going to solder, was going to superglue in place, then apply liquid connecting fluid (silver based, used for repairing pcb's) using a very fine syringe (<0.2mm - narrower than the actual connections, using micro scope!
Any other suggestions on how I maight do this?
cheers
Roger

Sounds like you will kill your PDA too.
I suggest you resort to sync with IR.
Getting an IR adapter for your PC is a lot simpler and almost without risk.
Or can you not power it at all?

All version of the SPV as they all use the same one, glueing might be your best bet, but in time it will crack and then you will have to solder, try and find a phone repair shop near you and ask to see how much they will charge or get the part and phone up the XDA center and get them to do it. (go to your local O2 shop for the XDA centers number).

I just sold a complete working xda motherboard for £25, maybe that would be a better route for you.

XDA 2 Car Kit

Morning XDA world,
just thought I would report on the official XDA2 car kit sold by Tmobile in Germany.
Picked it up last week for 175 Euro's while I was over there.
Fitted it this weekend and it fantastic. As well as the usual connection of power/aerial/microphone, there is also two speaker outputs that can drive external units. A typical carphone speaker came with it so I have connected that and an exisitng one I had in the car.
I can now get my MP3 and TomTom voice commands in Stereo. The mini amp that is in the car kit is only about 12w but I have had to turn the volume down to 25% on the XDA otherwise it is too loud for normal driving. There is also a mute connection for the radio if it is required.
One question I do have, does any one know what would happen if I connect the speaker outputs directly to the speaker outputs of the car radio. Would I need a diode to prevent the signal from both units damaging the other, or is there another way. I dont want to use an FM unit or mix it in with the CD multi input connection.
thanks in advance.

i ordered mine a few days ago, i hope i have it today for 176 euro
and 6 euro shipping..
here are fotos of the original carkit
http://www.pbase.com/paiko/ppc3
(not mine)
thanks to paiko

Thanks for the pics, I'm looking for a XDA2 car mount and I have to say that this one is the best i've seen so far
SD card slot is blok? have you found that unpractical or you don't change SD cards to often?

anyone know where to source one of these (I am in the UK) ?

you can order it in germany for 176 euro
www.passiontec.de

Hi
Looks very simular to the one that O2 are going to sell in the Q2 04
http://www.xda-2.co.uk/accessories/peripherals.html
I have just ordered this one to use with my soon to arrive TomTom 3, its got extra wire that are not need with blue tooth but would pesume that it does not mater
http://www.totalpda.co.uk/product4738_0.aspx
steve

Looking for a Car Kit with a Cradle for the Siemens SX56.
I have seen most of the posts for the car kits and they look awesome. They blow away anything else I have found on the net or on EBAY by any means. Now my question is where can I get this same type of car kit for my Siemens SX56 in the USA, ideally Illinois. It seems that everyone that has an awesome car kit is in another country. Any help is appreciated.
Ideally the car kit would have a drop in fitting for the PDA. It should allow a clean fitted installation, which wouldn’t show any wiring and also allow me to integrate my PDA through my car speakers. It should have an external microphone that I can add in a clean fashion so I can use it to make calls and received them. Ideally the same kit like the car kits for standard cell phones only for a Siemens SX56 PDA.
You help is greatly appreciated!

akira said:
you can order it in germany for 176 euro
www.passiontec.de
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Sorry I cannot read German and I couldn't find it. Do you have a direct link to the actual page for the unit?
Ed

This looks really interesting, but I'm afraid my German is not too good. I guess that those of you who've bought one of these can understand the language better than me - so could someone please explain the difference between these:
Car BasicSet für MDA II [€170]
CarKit II [€200] (this appears to be the one in the photos above)
Navigate StarterSet für MDA II [€170]
NaviGate Car Kit Pro MDA II [€250]
I guess that the NaviGate kits include T-Mobile's (proprietary?) navigation solution, but it is interesting that the CarKit II also appears to include a connection for NaviGate. I presume, therefore, that all of the above kits present some sort of interface that any GPS receiver could connect to - but it would be greatly appreciated if someone could confirm what the interface is (RS232, PS/2, etc.)? I suppose detailed photos or installation guides would be helpful here.
Basically, I would like a cradle for my XDA2 that:
- outputs all audio through the car's speakers, muting the radio;
- provides for an external antenna; and
- connects to a (wired) GPS receiver suitable for use with TomTom3.
Maybe I'm too demanding! Is this asking for the world on a plate? I would've thought it was a fairly standard set of requirements... :?

Okay, so maybe I'm not being so demanding after all... according to http://www.my-xda.com/carkit.html :
"the Xda II carkit supports direct connection of a GPS unit - such as that provide [sic] by TomTom Navigator" (as far as I can tell, this implies that there is an RJ45 connector carrying both data and power; for the real techies, does anyone know whether the power is at 5V or 12V?)
I imagine that the kit they're referring to is identical to the T-Mobile CarKit II, which seems to be what you guys bought from Germany - in which case, is there really a spare RJ45 socket lying around for a GPS receiver? I can't get anyone at O2 to understand what I'm talking about (they don't even seem to be aware that such a car kit exists).
Exciting stuff. :?

But as far as the O2 link you provided goes it still only has an XDA kit for sale not yet an XDA II kit correct?
Ed

ednap said:
But as far as the O2 link you provided goes it still only has an XDA kit for sale not yet an XDA II kit correct?
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Well, the third paragraph says: "These carkit's are especially designed to fit Xda and Xda II respectively", which implies a separate kit is available for the XDA II - but there's no product code, price, or any mention of it in the O2 Shop.

nickety said:
a separate kit is available for the XDA II - but there's no product code, price, or any mention of it in the O2 Shop.
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I've just spoken to O2 - they're expecting it to be available from about 2-3 weeks' time, and it will be priced at £189. I've just pre-ordered one over the telephone (0800 389 4516).

Expansys like Carkit
Hi all,
just to tell you all it will be available at the end of May (I hope) here in Portugal a complete Carkit for the XDA2 (Carkit Pro) just like the one at expansys.com for around 155€ directly from the national distributor.
I'll tell you more as soon as i get more info on this.

Expensive from O2
I just spoke to the people in the two O2 shops in nottingham and both of them told me that the XDA II Car kit is available, but they have to order it in. They said the cost is £150 plus £99 fitting charge, and they'll only let you have one if they can fit it. Has anyone else found this or is it just O2 Nottingham being greedy?

The O2 accessories phone line told me that the kit required fitting, but that I'd have to arrange that myself.

Oh
OK. Seems like O2. hey're a bit poo for information here in Notts.
Has anyone, looked into making a cable to connect the XDA/XDA II to a car stereo? I've not got a stereo at the moment to test with but I assume that they have a standard layout of pins on the ack or something for phone inputs?
Anyone who knows a fair bit about car stereos and fitting phones to them can you leave me some extra info?
Also, with regards to the XDA I and II, do they have any reason why the same cable wouldn't want to be used for the two different phones? I've got a I and am thinking of getting a II but don't want to faff about with a cable for one and then find it's useless when I upgrade.
Will

That's the way.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/viewtopic.php?t=4348&highlight=connectors
Bit of searching and I found this. Any extra info still welcome.

Hello again all,
Pegasus said:
One question I do have, does any one know what would happen if I connect the speaker outputs directly to the speaker outputs of the car radio. Would I need a diode to prevent the signal from both units damaging the other, or is there another way. I dont want to use an FM unit or mix it in with the CD multi input connection.
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I am by no means an audio expert, but have had a little Google around since this is exactly what I would like to do myself.
I found a reply to someone else's similar question about connecting two different audio sources/amps in their bedroom to the same speakers. It seems that it's not a good idea.
I then found an automatic selector switch which runs on 12VDC. I think that you can connect your radio speaker outputs to the "AMP A" input and the Xda II carkit to "AMP B", thereby giving priority to the Xda II whenever it's trying to do something. Chop the mains plug off and you should be able to hook it up to the car's switched/accessory power supply.
I hope that helps.
Whilst I'm posting in this thread (again :wink, can someone please confirm what this carkit provides for connecting to GPS receivers? This photo that akira posted is very helpful, but it doesn't show clearly enough what type of connector #13 is... hopefully it's an RJ11 that will directly work with the TomTom wired receiver - can anyone confirm? If not, is there any chance of an exact description, or close-up photo with pinouts (perhaps this is in the accompanying documentation)?
Thanks!

The connection on the Car kit Akira mentioned is RJ11 for the GPS reciever. Unfortunately my GPS reciever is PS2.
I looking for an cable adapter from PS2 to RJ11. Any one can help?

PocketPCTechs Headphones Adapter - Caution

I'm not in the habit of complaining about ne1's products but this one takes the cake. This short note is just to warn my fellow forum members:
- In Feb 06, I got a new HP Hw6515 phone. I bought a bunch of stuff from pocketpctechs, screen shields, stylus and these headphone adapters that allows me to hook up my 3.5mm headphones and jacks to the phone's 2.5 mm jack.
- I have an 3.5mm aux input on my car stereo also and pocketpctech's angled 2.5mm/3.5mm adapter allows me to use the phones mic when I'm on the phone.
- One day, I find my phone's audio totally silent. Sure, it's probably the switch in the phone's jack which may get stuck occassionally and as commonly reported in these forums as well.
- Alas, that is not to be. This time the tip of the pocketpctech's phone plug has dislocated and lodged itself in my HP's phone jack. All attempts to remove it were furtile.
- The end result was a whole bunch of hassle, the phone can only be used with a bluetooth headset since that's the only thing that will bypass the phone's speaker output.
- I requested for a Cingular warranty replacement and they sent me a refurbished one. I was ticked off about the replacement but subsequent phone calls to Cingular did not yield any progress in getting a new replacement unit.
- I decided to sell the replacement refurb to a friend at a $200 loss.
- I called pocketpctechs and told them about the adapter, they apologized and sent me a replacement promptly.
- I then went out and bought a Cingular 8125.
- I was informed the mic won't work using these pocketpctech adapters with the 8125 but (a) I already have them and (b) the angled design places less stress on the phone jacks.
- Well, guess what? On week two, I took a call one evening and could not hear anything. That's right, I had earlier on, used another pocketpctech adapter, this time was the one in the car on my commute home. To my horror, I discovered the end tip of the pocketpctech adapter in my car was missing!!
- I attempted to remove the tip with an assortment of tools, screwdriver, wire e.g. to no avail as the whole plug itself was starting to loosen up.
- I later found out that one can access the plug from the battery compartment but at this point the plug was messed up.
Post-mortem
- I used the warranty service again and yes, I received a refurb one as well.
- I searched the boards for similar issues but have only seen one mention where the 'tips' may come off. I can only guess that with bluetooth, using the headphone jacks may not be too popular so folks may not have encountered this phone yet.
- I called pocketpctechs just to inform them about this 2nd incident. They asked me what I would need and I told them I don't want ne thing but just wanted to let them know so others don't suffer my fate.
- BTW, the $3 stick adapters I bought from a local electronic store are working dandy.
- The next day, I decided I will keep and use the refurb replacement one since it looks fairly new.
- I emailed pocketpctechs and requested for (a) replacement phone adapter (this time I will yank and pull to make sure it don't come off) and (b) a replacement write shield (except I would like the clear model).
- The following is her reply to my pain and suffering. Like I keep busted adapters lying around! If and when Cingular sends me a bill for repairing the phones after they discovered the tips lodged in the phone jacks, I'll be forwarding them on to pocketpctechs. I would be nuts to send them ne more money!
"We will send you one more PPCPADPT11. However, we will need you to send back all the faulty adapters you have received from us so we can submit them to our manufacturer. We need to have the faulty adapters back in our office before we can send you a third replacement. We have been making these adapters for years and never had this complaint. We need proof to show both my supervisor and our vendor so we can justify sending you three replacement adapters. Before we send you a third replacement, we will have our head technician inspect and test the adapter. It will not be faulty.
We will not be able to send you a C2 WriteSHIELD to replace the AG you orignially ordered. We can only send you what you ordered. If you would like a C2 WriteSHIELD for your Cingular 8125, you will need to pay for one. Please advise. "

I bought the one from boxwave and have never been happier
http://www.boxwave.com/products/dua...free-stereo-adapter-cingular-treo-650_550.htm
and yes i have an 8125

exstatica said:
I bought the one from boxwave and have never been happier
http://www.boxwave.com/products/dua...free-stereo-adapter-cingular-treo-650_550.htm
and yes i have an 8125
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Nice! I think I'll order two of these. Thanks.

No service and severed coax cable

Good news is I am now a proud G1 owner! Bad news is its busted . Everything on the phone appears to be in working order and I've loaded cyanogen's latest rom (which I believe includes the most up to date radio) but I still get no service and when I try to search for networks it responds back with an error. When I cracked it open I found that the UMTS Coax cable was severed. Being the reckless and stupid type I decided that this should be a quick fix and grabbed my soldering iron. A quick solder later and I still have no service and then realized I have no clue if this type of cable can be repaired with such a quick hack. Anyone care to chime in with suggestions or personal experience?
Thanks!

Nobody has an opinion? Not even a friendly hello?

well i can give you a friendly hello
what prompted you to open up the phone? was it a used phone or did you expect some damage inside? Can you give more details on the phones use prior to this?

I have the long and short coax cables, as well as the UTMS and GPS modules that attach to them if you are looking to replace. PM for details. The long cable is a pretty popular piece to be pinched or cut and they are not so easy to find.

Sorry for digging this back up. Just wanted to say thanks to the individuals who offered help but I opted to return the device since it was originally listed as in working condition and didn't want to deal with the chance that it was more than a cable issue.
Have a good day everyone.

almost a year later, but was wondering if anyone knows where i can get the 80mm UMTS coax cable.
i found this site carries them, but it's in Chinese and google translate isn't helping any.
http : // item . taobao .com/item.htm?id=2973124131
thanks

Need European plug for OEM adapter

hey, does anyone know where I can get the European (not UK) prongs for the OEM HTC adapter? I don't need the whole adapter, just the part that slides in and out. I'd prefer a US located business, but if anyone can provide a link to where I can buy this, that would be awesome.
http://www.travisgarrison.org/temp/adapter.jpg

I have not done a search for these, so I do not know if they are available, but my suggestion is just buy a standard USB plug charger with the pins you want, it will probably be easier to find in the US and a lot cheaper than a HTC plug.
Same voltage.
Amazon do them, but you can probably find cheaper elsewhere.
http://www.amazon.com/International...e=UTF8&s=sporting-goods&qid=1274803914&sr=8-2

Yeah, that's what I'll do if I can't find what I'm looking for but I'd much rather prefer the interchangeable route.

You could try one like this..
http://www.pangadgets.com/proddetail.php?cat=7&prod=MCWOADUSB&gclid=CLX5waql76ECFVVo4wodo3JFIg
It can be used worldwide, and as spare at home

Thanks everyone for all the helpful suggestions, but I'm really just looking for that specific part. I already have lots of alternatives if I'm unable to find it.

When I saw the plug that came with the HD2 I thought it was a great idea - the same adapter for everyone, and just swappable pins. Was a little disappointed there was no euro/US pins also in the box - that would have added, what, 5p maybe to the price?
Even more disappointing if they don't sell just the pin parts separately.

Only solution I know is to get the official htc travel pack you can find it here.
The eu plug will be inside there. Of course also the us and australian and a case and a charger and cable as well. In my opnion a bit overpriced. But the only solution I know.
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=195452

jan-willem3 said:
Only solution I know is to get the official htc travel pack you can find it here.
The eu plug will be inside there. Of course also the us and australian and a case and a charger and cable as well. In my opnion a bit overpriced. But the only solution I know.
http://www.htcaccessorystore.com/uk/p_htc_item.aspx?i=195452
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item in post #4 above is cheaper, does the same job, and I am sure you could get a set on ebay even cheaper.

malex1 said:
item in post #4 above is cheaper, does the same job, and I am sure you could get a set on ebay even cheaper.
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the item above is exactly what I'm looking for. I don't think you're understanding that the point I'm trying to make is that I don't want the whole charger but just to find the prongs that slide in and out. Yes, you're right that the OEM knock-offs will do the job, and are much cheaper, but that's not what I asked for.
With that said, I'm certainly not paying the price they are asking for the travel kit. I may be picky but I'm not as stupid as HTC seems to think their customers are.

I am also looking for this "HTC EU Plug for TC P300 International Travel Charger" (this was the description that I came up with)..

Thanks to czacha234 I found the plug adapter!
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=181506
I called the USA branch of expansys and they ordered it for me. It was $8.99. Kinda spendy but way better than the 40+ that people are charging for the whole kit.
http://www.expansys.com/p.aspx?i=181506