microSD plastic cover - Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III General

Feels flimsy, has anyone's cover come off yet? I'm afraid if I keep opening it it'll fall off one day. I usually eject my card to plug it into my computer everyday.

No reason to take it out since the Kaiser has USB 2.0 its really fast. I have noticed that the plastic Tab covering the MicroSD card is very soft and your finger nail will dig into the plastic and make it look all worn :/ so I try to leave mine in all the time and just use WMDC if i need to do anything

Yesterday I tried opening mine up for the first time. Tried opening it from the wrong end. Now the upper edge on the right side is bent outwards.
I'm sure spare parts will be coming out soon. Question is how to remove the current one and securely get the new one in...

My right side will not go all the way in since i too think i tried to open from the wrong end. However...it doesnt seem to be able to be pushed all the way in and may just have come that way. Anyone elses right side stick out a tad?

Thank goodness I read the manual before putting in my card - I would not want to have a damaged Kaiser (even if just visual).

But, transferring via, let say ActiveSync is so slow ... What do you mean with the Kaiser has USB 2.0 and it fast?
I dont know about WMDC (because I use XP ...).
Btw, I use toothpick to open it all the time.
austinsnyc said:
No reason to take it out since the Kaiser has USB 2.0 its really fast. I have noticed that the plastic Tab covering the MicroSD card is very soft and your finger nail will dig into the plastic and make it look all worn :/ so I try to leave mine in all the time and just use WMDC if i need to do anything
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gogol said:
But, transferring via, let say ActiveSync is so slow ... What do you mean with the Kaiser has USB 2.0 and it fast?
I dont know about WMDC (because I use XP ...).
Btw, I use toothpick to open it all the time.
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Same for me here using activesync 4.5 I need more than 20 minutes to transfer 700Mb
How many time do you need to transfer 700 Mb?

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ExtUSB port seems broken...

The ExtUSB port on my tytn2 seems to be broken, or something.
When I plug it into my computer it is no longer recognised, and doesn't even start to charge anymore.
Similarly, if I plug in any sort of charger, then the device will not do anything.
In an effort to charge it, I did the following. I removed the battery, thereby switching the device totally off, put the battery back in and then attached a mains charger. At this point I got a solid red LED at the top where the signal/charge LED is. I left it like this for 2 hours and came back to it. I switched it back on and it had fully charged the device - yet I still could not get it recognised by anything.
So what's going on here - is it broken or is this a software issue.
Ignore the reflash bit. How am I supposed to do that if I can't get USB working? Stupid question sorry. Still, I've tried a hard reset and still nothing, so I guess it's knackered huh
EDIT: Replacement is on it's way for tomorrow. Puts an end to that saga I suppose!
HTC's miniUSB port uses traces for contacts instead of pins, which I can't even begin to express how ridiculous that is. To make matters worse, the soft reset pinhole is located right next to it so one slight jab of the stylus, car keys in your pocket etc and you're screwed. You may have done it without even noticing.
Flashing roms is out of the question, but you can use PocketController to make it look as stock as possible through wifi. Another alternative is to take your device to a college/university micro-electronics lab where they will fix it for a small donation or free.
dazultra2000 said:
Ignore the reflash bit. How am I supposed to do that if I can't get USB working? Stupid question sorry. Still, I've tried a hard reset and still nothing, so I guess it's knackered huh
EDIT: Replacement is on it's way for tomorrow. Puts an end to that saga I suppose!
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Best of luck, but it might not be the end of your saga. When it gets to servicing, if they notice something was jabbed in the miniSUB port, they could come at you with out of warranty fees.
I have insurance on my phone. It's covered for accidental damage anyway.
Yep. Figured that out the hard way. Accidently stuck my stylus into the USB rather than the reset hole.
If you're lucky, you may be able to "push" the traces on the bottom side of the connector back in place... only one side of my connector was bent. Then I gently connected and re-connected a mini-usb connector.
dazultra2000 said:
I have insurance on my phone. It's covered for accidental damage anyway.
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Where are you getting insurance ? I can't find anywhere.
Thanks,
DLD
With Orange! Orange Care. Has done me proud a few times in the past, like when I crushed my SPV M2000 on the day I got it! Or when someone dropped my SE K700i in a pint of beer.
New phone is here and instantly I have noticed a couple of things:
1) Different type of battery, as already reported by some people. It's the Dynapack that doesn't quite fit properly.
2) Screen seems brighter and more colourful - again, as reported by some people already
3) The screen tilt is much stiffer (which is good cos the old one was really loose)
4) MicroSD cover feels of better material.
5) Whole thing feels so much quicker - but that's probably just because I've not loaded anything into it yet.

USB not working on my Tilt

Hi all,
Yesterday, Activesync quit working on my Tilt. I figured it was something I did as I had to install a new software on my PC that is an addon to Outlook and thought this had screwed up Activesync. Uninstalled and reinstalled Activesync, but no change. Then realized that when I plug my phone in, I never get the USB connected sound (nor the disconnected, or error sound for that matter). Took a look at the USB ports on my PC and they don't show anything connected when the phone is plugged in. I tried all of the USB ports, and no change. Also used 3 different USB cables, and still no difference.
This morning I pulled out my old Wizard and hooked it up and it immediately was seen and Activesync connected to it. So this is definetly an issue with my Tilt device.
I've done a hardreset on the phone, and even reflashed the current rom (Confused Stu's Mobile Vista v1.3). Still no change. I just put it into the Bootloader screen and it shows Serial (and not USB) when its connected. Tried doing this with the USB cable plugged in when I bring it up in bootloader, and also by unplugging and plugging it in while in the bootloader. Always says serial...
I'm going to put the official AT&T Ship rom on my MicroSD card and try flashing that to see if things change. If not, I'm looking for any other ideas before I call AT&T to do a Warranty exchange. So any and all ideas on this would be appreciated.
BTW: The charging light turns on when the USB cable is plugged in, so I know the cable connection (or part of it) is there. But just can't get my pc to recognize the phone, nor the phone to recognize its plugged in...
Hey man. Long time no talk. Does your USB port look damaged at all. I made the dreadfull SR in the dark once and pressed what I thought was the SR hole which turned out to be the USB port and slightly bent it. I gently straigtened it back up and all works fine now/currently. Knock on wood. Just an idea.
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Hey man. Long time no talk. Does your USB port look damaged at all. I made the dreadfull SR in the dark once and pressed what I thought was the SR hole which turned out to be the USB port and slightly bent it. I gently straigtened it back up and all works fine now/currently. Knock on wood. Just an idea.
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Hey Thanks P1T. It doesn't appear to be damaged, but now that you mention it the other night I did similar and was trying to do a Soft Reset and I think i punched into the USB port. Hadn't even thought about that. Will have to take a look at it closer later today and see if I screwd up some of the wires in there.
Yeah I've pretty much come down to this being a hardware issue now (I was hoping a rom flash might clear the issue, but that doesn't appear to be the case).
Anyone have a stock AT&T rom .nbh file easily downloadable? I have the .exe files for flashing from the PC, but not just the .nbh that I can flash from my SD card. Looks like I have to get this phone ready for an exchange.
mfrazzz said:
Hey Thanks P1T. It doesn't appear to be damaged, but now that you mention it the other night I did similar and was trying to do a Soft Reset and I think i punched into the USB port. Hadn't even thought about that. Will have to take a look at it closer later today and see if I screwd up some of the wires in there.
Yeah I've pretty much come down to this being a hardware issue now (I was hoping a rom flash might clear the issue, but that doesn't appear to be the case).
Anyone have a stock AT&T rom .nbh file easily downloadable? I have the .exe files for flashing from the PC, but not just the .nbh that I can flash from my SD card. Looks like I have to get this phone ready for an exchange.
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check my site. quite a few "untouched" roms in there. You could open up your .exe and pull out the .nbh file.
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check my site. quite a few "untouched" roms in there. You could open up your .exe and pull out the .nbh file.
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Ok, on custom roms, thats easy, as I can usually use rar or zip tools to pull out the .nbh. But that doesn't appear to be the case on official roms. Am I missing something on getting the .nbh out? Or do I need to use a dumping tool, or what? Sorry, really haven't touched official roms much that haven't already been pulled apart
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Ok, on custom roms, thats easy, as I can usually use rar or zip tools to pull out the .nbh. But that doesn't appear to be the case on official roms. Am I missing something on getting the .nbh out? Or do I need to use a dumping tool, or what? Sorry, really haven't touched official roms much that haven't already been pulled apart
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Checking one now. Report back in a few.
Edit:
Dadgummit. You would know that the one I chose to tray and extract the .nbh out of had already been done. Just my luck. Anyways, here is a link to the original shipped Cingular rom.
Originally shipped ATT Rom Cingular WWE 1.57
Edit 2:
Ok, I opened the factory rom .exe file and just extracted the .nbh file just as if it were a cooked rom. Hope it helps and Good luck on the return. Here is a link to factory rom .exe I used.
CINGULAR_WWE_1.62.502.0_radio_sign_22.45.88.07_1.27.14.09R2_Ship
mfrazz, if you need anything else, pm me or find me on msn. Good luck.
Just to give an update... I'm one really ticked off AT&T customer right now...
I purchased my Tilt at the end of November and received it in December due to it being backordered (thats really not important). So i've had this phone for 4 months... I've spoke to AT&T and HTC and HTC tech confirmed what I already knew, and thats the USB port on the phone is not working (most likely a bent pin is my guess. I'll be looking at it later under lights and a magnifying glass). Anyway, HTC has me talk to AT&T Warranty. AT&T Warranty proceeds to ask me to take the battery out and look at a small rectangle just above the USB port in the battery compartment. I do and tell her its pink... So now I'm being told my phone is water damaged, so its out of warranty. $400 to replace it (and HTC is telling me about $350 to replace the motherboard since thats what they do for USB issues). Talk about a scam... My phone has never been exposed to water that I know of. The AT&T rep even told me that just having the phone in a bathroom near where you take a shower could be enough to turn this pink and put you out of warranty!!! This is unreal...
So I paid $250 for this Tilt about 4 months ago, not it can't connect to a PC, and thats it. And on top of it, I'm stuck in a 2 year commitment because of this. Yeah, they have my by the balls and they know it.
Guess I'll go see about finding an electronics repair place to see if they can look at the usb port. Loved the phone, but this just sucks and makes me question buying another HTC device (or is this little rectangle an HTC thing or is it an AT&T thing)?
Needless to say, I'm livid over this whole mess, and seriously bummed.
Hi mfrazzz,
if your reason in connecting to USB is only activesync, just use bluetooth It's still a bummer though that you can't connect and charge at the same time on one USB cable.
Ok so is there anyway to get it fixed. I have a similar problem exept that at times my USB does not even charge my phone. I can get it fixed by moving it around until the LED Turns orange and I notice that it starts charging. THEN I have to put something on top of it so that it won't stop charging or move.
So what other options are there for replacing the USB Port? I don't have insurance on this phone by the way.
pfcsabre said:
Hi mfrazzz,
if your reason in connecting to USB is only activesync, just use bluetooth It's still a bummer though that you can't connect and charge at the same time on one USB cable.
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Yep, realized last night that BT was going to be my option for doing ActiveSync (just never think about BT for that purpose). Guess i'll be going out today to pick up a BT adapter for my laptop.
BTW: I did find a place that will repair the USB for $80. I've seen a couple of posts here in XDA-Dev from people that have used them:
http://pocketpctechs.com/main~unit~...lt+full+service+repairs~item~75H00465-00M.htm
I may look at that option if I have further issues with the port. But right now its charging fine.
starmena said:
Ok so is there anyway to get it fixed. I have a similar problem exept that at times my USB does not even charge my phone. I can get it fixed by moving it around until the LED Turns orange and I notice that it starts charging. THEN I have to put something on top of it so that it won't stop charging or move.
So what other options are there for replacing the USB Port? I don't have insurance on this phone by the way.
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Your only other option is to fix it yourself, by either gently re-aligning the pins or replacing it if it is too jacked up to gently re-align.
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Your only other option is to fix it yourself, by either gently re-aligning the pins or replacing it if it is too jacked up to gently re-align.
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Yeah. I'm not good with microelectronics (so my replacing it, isn't going to happen. I'd gladly pay $80 for someone more capable than me... ) I've been messing around with the pins some and still can't get it to connect. I've about given up on getting this working (without sending it in for repair) and am looking to order a BT adapter today from NewEgg:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16833242001
There are cheaper ones, but I want small so I can just leave it on my laptop...
One possible work around is I've contacted the AT&T rep for my company and she is looking to see if she can work around the system and get me a replacement. I just moved into a new position at work, and I'm supporting customers using mobile phone to connect to some of our products. I'm hoping there is some extra pull with that to circumnavigate the system... Don't have my hopes up, but if she can pull some strings, I may come up with a refurbished phone at least.

dumb question...looks like 2 external 2 gps antenna ports?

I dont have the phone here (its the gf's) but when i had the battery cover off it looked like there were 2 identical ports next to each other. one is labeled GPS on the back cover but the other doesnt open to the back cover. whats that one for? is that for an external wifi antenna? that'd be tits!
also, does anyone know if the current 3D driver plays nicely with the 6.1 update from AT&T? i dont see THAT rom mentioned on the class action website.
now some other questions...
any time frame for a 2D driver?
how long till theres a nice linux distro that'll run on it (i know the cpu is relatively weak compared to even lowend desktop and mobile cpu's that linux currently runs on)
and finally...how drop tolerant is it? my gf has butter-fingers sometimes and doesnt keep it in a case (imma kill her for that one). i'd like if it survived till she got tired of it or till its outdated enough that she moves on...because then i get to play with it ALL i want. i'd LOVE a nice portable internet device with gps capability for free, but will it ever be bootable without a sim card or a calling plan? i hope that oneday it will be!
huzudra said:
I dont have the phone here (its the gf's) but when i had the battery cover off it looked like there were 2 identical ports next to each other. one is labeled GPS on the back cover but the other doesnt open to the back cover. whats that one for? is that for an external wifi antenna? that'd be tits!
also, does anyone know if the current 3D driver plays nicely with the 6.1 update from AT&T? i dont see THAT rom mentioned on the class action website.
now some other questions...
any time frame for a 2D driver?
how long till theres a nice linux distro that'll run on it (i know the cpu is relatively weak compared to even lowend desktop and mobile cpu's that linux currently runs on)
and finally...how drop tolerant is it? my gf has butter-fingers sometimes and doesnt keep it in a case (imma kill her for that one). i'd like if it survived till she got tired of it or till its outdated enough that she moves on...because then i get to play with it ALL i want. i'd LOVE a nice portable internet device with gps capability for free, but will it ever be bootable without a sim card or a calling plan? i hope that oneday it will be!
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The 2nd port is for the cell phone antanna I here that if you use it, it can sometimes get stuck and cause you to have to always use an external antanna to get service
Im an electrician and the 1st day I got my phone I was on top of a 5' latter and the case got hung on something and opend causeing the phone to drop about 7' to a tile floor,dident hurt mine (thank god) but I wouldent recommend droping it the screens are fragile
I dont think anyone knows if or when were getting the 2d drivers
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The 2nd port is for the cell phone antanna I here that if you use it, it can sometimes get stuck and cause you to have to always use an external antanna to get service
Im an electrician and the 1st day I got my phone I was on top of a 5' latter and the case got hung on something and opend causeing the phone to drop about 7' to a tile floor,dident hurt mine (thank god) but I wouldent recommend droping it the screens are fragile
I dont think anyone knows if or when were getting the 2d drivers
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thanks for the fast reply and your drop sounds like it was pretty harsh. by zeus himself im going to get her a case. she works in cars all day and leaves it in her pocket or out on the workbench, the camera glass is already all scratched to hell from her pocket. i swear she makes problems for me to fix them...
speaking of, when i updated it to wm 6.1 i had made a backup using sprite, then i restored the backup after the wm6.1 update. well i did a dum dum and restored EVERYTHING the backup saved! so this caused all kinds of errors and problems and she was very pissed and instead of letting me fix it...she drove 30 minutes in the rain to the att store with me being pulled behind her by my ear (almost literally). some chubby guy played with the phone for about 45 minutes and then said 'i've never seen this before, its totally broke. the wm6.1 update you installed wasnt compatible' i told him it was the official one from the att website to which he said 'yea well its not for THIS device, you'll need to send it in for warranty'...yea OK. so NOW my gf is STEAMED! we go to get some chinese takeout. while waiting the 15 minutes i do a hard reset and only restore the contacts list. i hand her the phone and say 'the warranty dept is done with your phone ma'am'
she likes 6.1 much better and with some tweaks from kaiser tweak it runs pretty quick! the only thing that still pains me is the page tearing due to lack of 2d driver

Tilt 8925 SD Card Issues related to slide..

Hello all!
My SD card doesnt always recognize.
Ive tried multiple roms radios and spl's to figure out this problem as well as a multitude of work arounds and registry tweaks..
After days and days of searching around and physically playing with this thing I figured out that it would recognize my card fine if i inserted the card and slide open the keyboard.. if it gets closed the card shows up but times out and as soon as i slide open the keyboard it refreshes..
Should I assume is a problem with the ribbon cable? Not sure what to do at this point..
Thanks for any suggestions!
Definitely sounds like a loose connection or a bent pin. It wouldnt be a radio issue btw. Maybe try getting into the guts fully using the service manual pdf and checking out your suspicions with that ribbon cable is your next best task.
Thanks for the reply! I was afraid I would have to go into this thing Could be worse right!?
Not really.
Lmao! Thanks for the upshot! I guess you may be referring to opening this fancy little gizmo.. Ouch! Glad to be at xda-developers
not sure if this points in a different direction.. but after tinkering ive discovered that the card reads 100% when the phone is in landscape!
could still be a cable. but it works fine if i just barely slide the keypad out about a 1/4 of an inch. kinda points me back to software but im not too sure.. Im looking to exhaust resources before i tear this thing apart..
Thanks again for your help!
Still sounds like something is loose inside or the faulty ribbon, some sort of bad connection anyway. It can't be much fun having to use the phone in landscape all the time.

Laptop Keyboard Ribbon... keyboard or motherboard?

Hi guys. I took the Toshiba Keyboard out of my Toshiba A505 laptop so I could clean out the fan and glue some usb drives back in place. I was successful at doing that. But after putting things back together, the keyboard doesn't work right.
Looking around it seems I damaged either the ribbon that connects the keyboard, or the (gulp) connector permanently attached to the motherboard. I ordered a new Toshiba Keyboard and am waiting with fingers crossed. Was wondering if you guys could help me determine which it is to help me sleep better. Here's the facts as well as I can tell...
1) Initially taking out the ribbon I didn't realize it had the little lock feet. I just pulled carefully until it came out.
2) Putting it back in the same way, all letters worked except QAZ.
3) Took it out and put it back in the same way again. All letters worked. But then I realized I forgot to reconnect the touchpad, so I undid and redid it one more time while I took care of that. In doing this I shorted the computer and had to restart (probably shouldn't have done this with the computer on... oh well).
4) Once again all letters work but QAZ.
5) Took it out and put it in a few more times. At some point noticed the lock feet and started using them properly. Fewer letters are working. Only a handful work now. If I push on the ribbon while I play around, I can get more letters to come up, but not usually all of them. Attempts to use tape to achieve a similar effect were not successful.
6) Feeling a bit desperate, tried putting some tin Compatible Parts around the ribbon to help the connection. That didn't help. It shorted it like before. Put it in place with computer off. No short this time but didn't work.
7) As for the condition of the ribbon, it looks ok as far as I can tell. There was a crease in the middle of it initially but that was always there. It is a bit creased towards the end where I was pushing it in. Doesn't look like any of the lines in the ribbon are interrupted. The ends might be a bit scratched... reminds me of the little teeth in a Nintendo cartridge.
So anyway. Wondering which you guys think it is.
Feeling really stupid right about now. Hopefully I'm just $20 keyboard stupid and not motherboard stupid. I don't have any money.
Hello, any help yet?
fanqiexiaoai said:
Hi guys. I took the Toshiba Keyboard out of my Toshiba A505 laptop so I could clean out the fan and glue some usb drives back in place. I was successful at doing that. But after putting things back together, the keyboard doesn't work right.
Looking around it seems I damaged either the ribbon that connects the keyboard, or the (gulp) connector permanently attached to the motherboard. I ordered a new Toshiba Keyboard and am waiting with fingers crossed...
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Hello,
I'm having the same problem and made a thread about it. I'm wondering, have you gotten help for this problem? Was it ever solved?
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