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Creaking

Hey guys, first of all great forum. Anyway I was wondering if any of you guys get a small creaking sound when you tilt your screen up and down? Its really sad but these things kinda bother me. thanks

I don't, my tilts up fine. Your hinges could be getting rusty.

anyones tilt doesnt stay tilted??? =) like u tilt it up and then it will go back down..

no sounds
get it checked

is the mechanism adjustable as this may help....I would like to adjust mine because when I hold the case when it's closed it will go slilghtly ajar and seems like it should be tighter. Does anyone know how to adjust these?

Ok These are Springs that cause all this, the creaking, the ajarness.
And If I can offer some advise. If you do go trying to replace this part, which you can do. Please wear eye protection.

Lol replacing those would probably be hard and not a good idea, Tytn II looks to have a pretty complicated body.

mata_mosca said:
Hey guys, first of all great forum. Anyway I was wondering if any of you guys get a small creaking sound when you tilt your screen up and down? Its really sad but these things kinda bother me. thanks
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LOL, so funny. I recently received a replacement Tilt, and it had the creaking like you mentioned. I thought I was being crazy, but it really bothered me, so I called them and had them send a new replacement out. The new one no longer creaks, and
I feel much better

brian_v3ntura said:
anyones tilt doesnt stay tilted??? =) like u tilt it up and then it will go back down..
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Yeah, mine got really loose and wouldn't stay up, and it was also really sloppy, i.e. the screen would wobble back and forth when it was open. As it turned out I was able to fix it myself by popping the unit open, and inside the body there are 4 screws (once you get to them) that hold the hinges in and control their tension. I tightened the screws and have had no problems since. I got the disassembly instructions from the Wiki, they were in Russian but the pictures were explicit enough.

Could a Kaiser screen break without impact?

That might sound like a dumb question, but I could swear that's what happened to me. I was at my friend's Fourth of July party last night, and the screen on my Kaiser broke. But the thing is I have absolutely no idea how it happened, because it was in my pocket and I was standing. One minute it was fine, and the next minute I took it out of my pocket to find that the screen was destroyed. The only thing I can think of is that I was playing pool at the time, and maybe I leaned against the table, but I don't even remember doing that. And I know for a fact that I didn't bump hard into anything. This is just so mind-boggling to me.

Pandemic187 said:
That might sound like a dumb question, but I could swear that's what happened to me. I was at my friend's Fourth of July party last night, and the screen on my Kaiser broke. But the thing is I have absolutely no idea how it happened, because it was in my pocket and I was standing. One minute it was fine, and the next minute I took it out of my pocket to find that the screen was destroyed. The only thing I can think of is that I was playing pool at the time, and maybe I leaned against the table, but I don't even remember doing that. And I know for a fact that I didn't bump hard into anything. This is just so mind-boggling to me.
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i know alot of people walk around with their screen oriented in a way that the screen faces the environment. I personally keep all my phones and devices with screen facing my leg/body.
perhaps you walked into something like a truck tailgate or the corner of a desk or table?

frostedglcok said:
i know alot of people walk around with their screen oriented in a way that the screen faces the environment. I personally keep all my phones and devices with screen facing my leg/body.
perhaps you walked into something like a truck tailgate or the corner of a desk or table?
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That's what I was thinking the most likely scenario is, but I just don't remember that happening. I was just wondering if a crystal could have burst or something strange like that, but who knows, maybe I did bump into something and somehow didn't notice it.

The touch screen is very easy to destroy. I broke mine once about 6 months ago and it was not fun spending an hour taking it apart to replace the screen with a new one. By the way, good luck finding torx wrenches small enough for the inner screws, I had to use a 1.25 mm flathead screwdriver and rig it into the screws to undo them.

AnlCnt said:
The touch screen is very easy to destroy. I broke mine once about 6 months ago and it was not fun spending an hour taking it apart to replace the screen with a new one. By the way, good luck finding torx wrenches small enough for the inner screws, I had to use a 1.25 mm flathead screwdriver and rig it into the screws to undo them.
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Where did you find those wrenches then? And, more importantly, where the hell did you find a replacement touch screen?

Pandemic187 said:
Where did you find those wrenches then? And, more importantly, where the hell did you find a replacement touch screen?
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i believe you can find the replacement screens on ebay or cnn.cn . the torx wrenches can be found like screw drivers except they look like star heads.
looks like this
i have a similar set like this from home depot

screen w/ tools included ...
this is what I used.
-Guy

GuyIncognito said:
this is what I used.
-Guy
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wow, nice find!

So how hard is it to replace a screen for someone who's never done it before? And how much is $50 compared to how much you spent frosted?

check the wiki's for the instructions. should have a manual to take the kaiser apart.
i've never done it myself. i've just heard from my friend that he bought his on ebay for $100 a year ago. the deal guy posted looked good cuz it includes tools.

This is the screen I bought although it was regular price, $39.99 but on sale now for 29.99 with both torx wrenchs, and pry tools, although you still need a philips screen driver, any glasses screw driver will work for the philips driver. Pretty fast shipping also, I used the slowest one, low on money, and it came within a few days.
YouTube Video For changing screen.

I have replace my display today and works fine 50Usd. Change the display is easy look the istruction and do it very slow and calm....no coffee
http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/razbor_htc_kaiser/
http://www.mikechannon.net/page1.html
Good lucky

[Q] Some laptop assistance

Hello,
I know this is a forum for phones but it's the main forum I use so I thought I'd try here first but apologises if I'm wrong.
I have a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D-22E running Ubuntu. It overheats quite regularly. I've set up a script to tell me when the CPU gets too hot (currently it goes off at 95C - auto shutdown is 100C). I know 95C is way too hot but I can't use my computer in a way I like without letting it get that hot (iPlayer being the main thing I want to do).
I've been researching it and it seems to be most likely that the fan is clogged up. Now I've cleaned desktop fan's before but I'm a bit puzzled of how to get into this laptop. I've attached two pictures, one of the back and one of the front. On the back, I unscrewed all the little screws and nothing happened. I was kinda hoping it'd all fall apart but no.
Would someone with a little more knowledge on the subject me able to direct me what to do? The manual is useless and I've searched around but there isn't a specific guide. I'm not totally inept but some clues would be nice
Thanks in advance, Rowan.
P.S. Just being on firefox and using amsn and its running at 71C!

Ok well there are too ways
1.
Disassemble the whole thing then find the CPU fan, take it out clean. Very difficult, and also possibly end in laptop death (I did that to an old vaio, they attached the processor the the heatsink assembly by glue, clever...)
2.
You can get some compressed air in a can, blow that in the fan output port and it should dislodge some dust. But cannot be sure so if you do it while it is on the dust will blow out of the output.
You can also try blowing it into the fan input on the bottom, in your picture i think its the circle on the top right.
That should help the problem, i have seen myself that a 3-5 yr old laptop do have a large dust build up and therefore it ends up becoming more difficult to dislodge. I would go for the air can first and see what happens, if you fix it then great, if not then the only route is the disassemble one i am afraid.
Cheers

Canned air is good, but if you can get your hands on one, air compressor. Much more pressure. I have this a lot since I work at a computer repair shop. Also you would have to make sure the fan isn't dead completely. Also don't try to take it apart yourself. Trust me, I dod this a lot and it's pretty hard to take it apart without ripping cables and then actually putting it back together. It's a huge PITA. Also you can just send it to me and I'll fix it

Thank you for the replies guys. I am finding it difficult to get into. How do I even know what should come apart? I've seen guides where you go under the keyboard but I just don't know. But you've now given me second thoughts. My university will fix computers for free (apparently) so I may ask them to look at it instead. I've done this with desktops before as I said but it's my first laptop so I'm a bit of a novice. Is canned air something that I could find easily? I'd rather try sort it myself and if I took it in I'd have to leave it there which isn't what I'd want to do! It's only a year old so I'm not overly impressed! Thanks, Rowan.

Canned air is on ebay. You should be able to pull up the rear cover where you would access the ram and CPU, the fan should be around there. And being a year old will make no different to a clogged fan - it depends a lot on where you have it running, as it does with a PC.
Also, don't let it die at 100c, that is very bad for the CPU and you will be shortening the life drastically.

I'll try canned air then before I take it in anywhere. Seems too hard to do it myself by going inside. And I try not to let it die at a 100C but if I'm not concentrating then it can happen. Thanks, Rowan.

Even for short term get one of the external fan base things.

I open my Vaio every 6 months to give it a clean out and would recommend all laptop owns do as the main culprit for overheating is a clogged air vent.
That is similar to what I first pulled out of mine, the rectangular shaped dirt is like a felt strip that sits across the main vent so canned air will only work if there isn't that much blocking the vent in the first place, but if it's like in the image the laptop will need to be opened to get rid of it.
What model number is your laptop?

That looks like a hell of a lot! I think that will be my problem. Its a Toshiba Satellite Pro L300D-22E (unless you wanted anythign more specific?). Looks like I'll have to take it in somewhere then i can just keep it attended to with the compressed air that i've already bought now. If I took it in somewhere, any idea how much they'd charge for something like that?

rowanparker said:
That looks like a hell of a lot! I think that will be my problem.
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More than likely, that's about as much as I pulled out after the first 2 years of use, which is why I open it up now every 6 months to give it a good clean and keep on top it.
rowanparker said:
If I took it in somewhere, any idea how much they'd charge for something like that?
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Shouldn't be too much just to clean it out. You could have a look HERE, I've just had a look but there isn't a complete guide for your model, but it's worth having a browse.

Well i got extra fans (on a stand off ebay)..£3 and it never overheats! I too have a Toshiba (P300 16T)
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Well i got extra fans (on a stand off ebay)..£3 and it never overheats! I too have a Toshiba (P300 16T)
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Looks like something I should also invest in then!
I'll have a look around, and a think, and I'll get it sorted out soon.
Thanks for the replies!

Just an update. I was watching iplayer (QI for anyone concerned) and the temp was pushing 95C. My flatmate blew into fan and it dropped to 60-70 odd. Iplayer stopped and it dropped below 50C. Seems its sorted for now. I'll give it a go with the compressed air too. Cheers.

rowanparker said:
I'll give it a go with the compressed air too. Cheers.
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Don't allow fan to spin while using air. It will wreak havoc on the fan bearings.
good day.

chopper the dog said:
Don't allow fan to spin while using air. It will wreak havoc on the fan bearings.
good day.
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Thanks for the heads up!

[Q] Possible water damage to headphone jack?

Ok, so my Otterbox Defender-ized Captivate fell into toilet for the first time since I got over a year ago. Everything is working perfectly EXCEPT the headphone jack. I put it into rice for a few hours after I realized that the Defender took most of the water, but not all. The USB port works fine and I"m charging it now. There is no sign of change on the device's WDI, but the battery one has turned pink.
I can't find anything more than the occasional commentary on headphone issues, so I am making this post to specifically handle this situation. Anyone have any input or suggestions? Thanks.

I'm sorry, but this is like the 5th thread in here I've seen mention dropping the phone in the toilet. What is with people who need to yak on the phone when doing their business and why can't they keep hold of their phones? Y'all should be in a Microsoft commercial.

Miami_Son said:
I'm sorry, but this is like the 5th thread in here I've seen mention dropping the phone in the toilet. What is with people who need to yak on the phone when doing their business and why can't they keep hold of their phones? Y'all should be in a Microsoft commercial.
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I actually wasn't. I was trying to set it in my jacket and it slipped out of my hand. Thanks for being helpful.

My ex-wife trained me to always put the toilet lid down. Is that more helpful?

Ok, it looks like it has finally dried out. Now if only the camera lens will dry out (not even sure how water got in there) things should be ok.

Miami_Son said:
My ex-wife trained me to always put the toilet lid down. Is that more helpful?
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Nope, seeing as public bathrooms don't have lids. Look, I'm asking a serious question here, not that I'm expecting much from XDA given my last few serious questions. I'm glad I'm able to entertain you with my dilemma, but I would rather you not make it worse. Thanks.

Still begs the question why phone was out in the bathroom, public or not. Lol

ConeyKiller said:
Still begs the question why phone was out in the bathroom, public or not. Lol
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That's not helping, either.

Should I break the tab off the back cover?

I really hate that tab . But if I break it off... will the back cover stay on and I can just easily remove it from now on without the tool/pin/pen/ect.?

Try it? A replacement cover is pretty cheap. Just make sure you order one first.
Report back once done.

The whole purpose of asking was to try it without requiring a new back cover

smile_ppl said:
I really hate that tab . But if I break it off... will the back cover stay on and I can just easily remove it from now on without the tool/pin/pen/ect.?
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So then break it off. If it works then great if not then get a new one.
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smile_ppl said:
The whole purpose of asking was to try it without requiring a new back cover
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If that were the case, nobody would ever get anything done. Stop being a part of the ME generation and be a pioneer!

640k said:
If that were the case, nobody would ever get anything done. Stop being a part of the ME generation and be a pioneer!
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You know how to recognize a pioneer, right? They're the ones laying face-down on the prairie with arrows in their backs.

works fine
I just pioneered it.
it works fine and seems tight enough. You drop your phone and it's going to go flying though

kahnvex said:
I just pioneered it.
it works fine and seems tight enough. You drop your phone and it's going to go flying though
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Same here. I just got a D4 yesterday. Tried to get the back off to insert my memory card, failed with a pen and with a paper clip (no key, or whatever they call it, was included), took it to Verizon where they opened it up. They seemed surprised that that was all I wanted, haha. Didn't actually buy anything. Just walked out with the back cover and phone in separate hands. Inserted the card when I got home, searched to see if anyone had ever just broken that damned thing off, found this thread, did it myself...success! The back cover now works just like any normal one. It's as secure as the cover of my LG Revolution, or more, and no more hassle or ridiculous key to keep track of. And actually, I think because of the way the little hooks slide in, it's less likely to go flying off when dropped than the Revo's is.

You don't need a key anything to poke in the hole. Just finger nails to push along the top seam. Cover comes off quite easily.

Have you tried just pressing with all your fingers on the center of the cover and sliding down? I was at verizon today and thats what the lady who helped me did. Works just fine. I dont think ill ever stick anything in the hole again.
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I wonder if the precision with which the back is made isn't great so that different phones vary in the ease of opening. For me it didn't matter where I applied pressure, it just wouldn't open. And believe me, I tried it everywhere, and held in one hand, two hands, laying flat on a table, etc. But yeah, at least on mine it doesn't seem to need the tab at all. The back is still very secure without it.