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BlueAngel permanent stylus fix

As many of you know, the BA stylus tends to loosen over time. Mine was falling out, so I busted open the case and fixed it redneck style.
Tools needed:
a) #6 torx driver
b) sharp diagonal cutters
c) x-acto or similar sharp knife
d) patience
Have a look:
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Back up your stuff! Your backup battery doesn't last that long - about 30 minutes max. When I finished and put it all back together I was at 1% lol.
Remove the sim, SD card, stylus and battery.
Remove 4 screws on back of case under battery (peel away the 'warranty void' sticker haha) and 2 screws on sides of case near the top.
My case was very dirty, I cleaned everything with cotton swabs and alchohol - especially near the camera.
I used a small pair of very sharp diagonal cutters to create a hard rubber shim, then tuned it with a knife.
Placed behind the original plastic detent, the shim acts like a spring and retains pressure against the stylus.
I used an old rubber thingy I found in the garage. Just make sure it's not too hard
I had to repeatedly close the case, check the tension, and adjust the shim. Finally I got it super nice. It feels like new.
Tune the length of the shim to match the BA case. This way it will be retained in the proper location and won't shift around. Mine could be a few mm longer if I were super anal.
Use loctite on the case screws. The side screws on my O2 XDA IIs were loose, in fact I noticed one had fallen out. I looked in my pants pocket and LOL there it was! If I hadn't done this mod at this exact time, I would have lost that screw. Weird, no?
Anyhow, hope someone finds this helpful. Enjoy!

on my BA, instead of using a rubber thingy since that plastic thingy which was supposed to keep the stylus in place broke in half when i tested its springiness with my screwdriver hehehe. so what i did is i just lined the stylus cavity with my trusty duct tape. voila, tight as a barely legal babe. just one reminder, make sure you have the buttons lined up properly when you screw back the cover, especially the volume up/down buttons... mine was locked at the down setting... would correct it as soon as another event forces me to open up again the BA

Worked like a charm! Many thanks!

Alternative fix
Great suggestion...although I came up with another option, less stressful than pulling my BA apart.
Using the standard stylus, soak the plastic end in boiling water for a while (it doesnt go soft, just a bit more flexible) and then bend it slightly as shown. With a bit of tweaking, you can get it so that it has just enough interference to stay in, yet easily slide out. Its just the end plastic bit thats curved and I had to glue the threaded end of the plastic that screws into the metal body before this as it was loose from earlier attempts to bend the plastic without heating it.
Tried it with the combination pen/stylus which dont have a long plastic end....bit more difficult as I tried to bend the aluminium body....which resulted in a 2 piece stylus (ie broken)
HTH

Another solution
A very simple solution is to put a bit of sticky tape in the black part of plastic spare of your Stylus. It will not move of the BA

another alt fix
I found that if you are going to take your BA apart to fix the stylus capture tab you might try to put some silicone in between the back of the tab and the side wall you will have to let it dry for about 24 hours before inserting your stylus again but this should correct the problem of it wearing out and becoming loose.

ok... I've adopted this solution...

Custom steel and plexi desktop dock - $5 easy DIY!

Just something I played around with, feel free to make your own and improvise...
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Features:
-substantial, industrial materials
-access to all controls (yes, even volume)
-integrated charging cord
Required tools:
-utility knife/olfa
-screwdriver
-drill
-some kind of superglue
Materials:
-4.5" heavy-duty steel hinge ($1.50 like-new at Urban Ore)
-4.5" x 3" x 1/4" piece of Lexan or Plexiglass ($2 or less, TAP Plastics)
-2 rubber feet (~1in deep, ~1/2"diameter) ($1.50, OSH)
-2 small wood screws with finishing washers, a few tacks (cost negligible)
-(optional) 90-degree MicroUSB cord (Prices vary - I have one of these http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B001AR4NC8/ref=cm_cr_rev_prod_title)
Loose DIY Guidelines (no guarantees, do your own measuring!)
1) Slice a 1/4" disk off the bottom of each rubber foot with the knife.
2) In one of the foot pieces, carve out a slot for the usb cable so the metal prong sits flush with the surface, secure with tacks and glue.
3) Drill holes in plexiglass and rubber disks slightly smaller than wood screws.
4) Line up and screw together as shown in picture, putting glue between the rubber pieces and the plexiglass. (Screw > Washer > Hinge > Rubber Disk > Plexiglass > Rubber foot) and you're done.

Nice, functional, industrial and easy to make

care to sell me 2 of these? thanks.

I'll PP you 15 bucks if I Can buy one..
I'm lazy...

Knether said:
I'll PP you 15 bucks if I Can buy one..
I'm lazy...
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Aw c'mon, you guys can't be *that* lazy ... I'm not selling them, just sharing what I did in the hope I'd inspire some other people to do the same (or one-up me...)

That is awesome... and it's collapsible!

Yes, yes I am *that* lazy.. I'm not good with my hands in building things, nor finding parts like that. I rather just pay somebody to do it.
Now, it was a computer, and programing a program in C# or in Java, then I'd do it.. lol

Very impressive! I'm going to have to try this out.

DR Fankenstein would be proud!! I think it may need some knockers though.

Very nice. Now I have a project. Gonna try to find all the parts at home depot. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Incredible

Spray paint the metal base black and it'd be pretty sexy

WhosToBlame said:
Very nice. Now I have a project. Gonna try to find all the parts at home depot. Thanks
Sent from my HTC Incredible
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Let me know if you find the parts at home depot - the sources in the OP are too expensive if ordered through the mail, and I live in the middle of nowhere.
Especially let me know if they cut plexiglass!

Finally got around to making a couple of these for me and my wife. Each one cost about $15 (purchased all supplies except micro USB at local giant home store), with the plexiglass driving the price by far. If you have access to cheap plexiglass then you can make them for much cheaper. Or if you make a bunch of them the price goes down quickly (had to buy a large sheet of plexi).
The only modification that I made from the OP instructions is that the rubber foot without the USB cable mounted has a larger woodscrew in it and is not glued.
See attachment.
Keep in mind it helps to have a ROM that will rotate the screen, i.e. non-stock. Didn't realize this when I built my wife's, so hers mounts sideways. Oh well.

I am not trying to sell anything, but I have purchased another guys cradle via:
androidforums. com/incredible-accessories/ 132210-custom-made-incredible-dock-15 .html
Still cannot post links yet so sorry, but I added spaces to the link above to get it posted here.. Sorry..
Its actually very nice. My only gripe with it is that it is very very light... So light then when I pull my phone out, the whole cradle wants to lift up.. So, I milled four holes (one into each foot) and added magnets... Now it stays put on my metal shelf.
What you have done though is fantastic. Its nice and simple but still has a great look about it. Nice job!

i luvit...

Very simple and effective. I like it!
Thanks for sharing

I finally made one too
It took me some time to get all the parts (micro-usb cable was on backorder) but i think it came out pretty decent.

Awesome job man. Very creative.

Beautiful job! I'd buy one of those if you were selling.

Kudos, sweet idea and excellent execution. A rare combination for do-it-youselfers, I luvit too.

Poor man's desk stand

Hi Folks,
may I introduce you poor man's desk stand:
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This construction is open source. Feel free to use and improve it as you like The only constriction is, you have to post it (photos) on this thread, if you rebuild and improve my poor man's desk stand.

yet another nice idea
DN41

I love these I always make one when someone suggests one, I've got like six littering my desk

Push this thread

haha sound tha like mate just wantz painting or graffn up

that's awesome... no charging thoug... but still... at that price...

try this....
PS: Its not me in the video !!

Cool idea I think a lot of people became poor cause of the expensiveness of the HD2

GoGo Stand
Saw this thread and just had to tell you about my friend's site that addresses this very thing. His nick is Envador, and he's become very well known for his computer case mods. Aside from that, he came up with an idea for a phone/stand and he calls it the GoGoStand. you can check them out at
http://www.gogostand.com/
They fit in your wallet and are literally the size of a credit card.
I have 4 of them.

Lord60 said:
Saw this thread and just had to tell you about my friend's site that addresses this very thing. His nick is Envador, and he's become very well known for his computer case mods. Aside from that, he came up with an idea for a phone/stand and he calls it the GoGoStand. you can check them out at
http://www.gogostand.com/
They fit in your wallet and are literally the size of a credit card.
I have 4 of them.
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Awesome for just $5

Great job dude,
I have in my mind something like this, could you please post the measssurements of the base of your coarton dock?
I'm looking for an angled micro usb data cable so I can attach it to the dock and charge it at the same time, also I think I can get it covered with FIBERGLASS and then paintwith some glossy black spry paint..
That's what I have in mind, just need to start with the meassurements.
Thanks for all!

Lord60 said:
Saw this thread and just had to tell you about my friend's site that addresses this very thing. His nick is Envador, and he's become very well known for his computer case mods. Aside from that, he came up with an idea for a phone/stand and he calls it the GoGoStand. you can check them out at
http://www.gogostand.com/
They fit in your wallet and are literally the size of a credit card.
I have 4 of them.
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i saw this on this on the interweb around last summer. it was not this nice, the guy had posted how to make this yourself with a template. i made one from the side of a milk jug. it worked ok. i since bought the EB with kickstand so i tossed it. i dont always use the EB so i placed an order for these things. thanks for throwing this thing out for us.

Wire stand variation allowing charging & headphones
Hi all. I decided to make a version of the paperclip desk stand that would allow me to keep the charger plugged in and listen to headphones. You will need:
- 1 plastic coated wire clothes hanger OR ~ 60 cm of coated wire - not too heavy gauge or it will be hard to bend.
- Pliers
- Cloth to grip wire with to avoid damage from pliers
- Paper to put template on
- A ruler and pen
Method: Rule a 29cm line on the paper. Starting at the left hand end, mark the following positions on the line - 6.5cm, 11.5cm, 14.5cm, 19.5cm and 28.5cm. Hold the left hand end of the wire up against the line and transfer the marks to the wire, including the 29cm end which is halfway. Turn the wire, keeping the 29cm mark in line with the end of the ruled line and transfer the marks from right back to left on the remaining ~30cm of wire. Use the pliers to trim the excess wire off the end of the wire. Now, starting in the middle of the wire, bend the wire ~75-90 degrees at the 28.5cm marks - there should be about a cm of wire between the bends. Next, bend the wire into a hairpin bend at the 19.5cm marks. Then bend the wire ~85-90 degrees at the 14.5cm marks. This makes two 5cm "legs" at the back of the stand. Bend the wire ~85-90 degrees back down at the 11.5cm marks. Then make hairpin bends at the 6.5cm marks. Using the cloth and pliers, grip the 4 "hairpins" and squeeze the wires as close together as you can get them. Last, grip the short front ends of the wire and bend them outwards to avoid scratching the phone. Voila - a stand that can hold your HD2 while it's charging (pretend my old iPaq in the pic is the HD2 I used to take the photos )
Note: it isn't super stable, but it isn't intended to be.
Note 2: the other stand is "one I prepared earlier" from an over-the-door hanger. More stable, but doesn't have room for the charging cable.
My new hobby - creative accessories for the HD2

Samsung Galaxy Tab Dock (quick) Teardown notes

This is my first post and already I see that this has been posted to the forums. But the deed is done so I'd like to share my thoughts anyway. -Unfortunately I just found out that I'm not allowed to link to the pics until post #8 so maybe I'll come back and post them later. Anyway...
I'm in the process of integrating a galaxy tab into my car's dash and needed a way to power it, have usb access, and get audio off simultaneously. The stock RCA adapter doesn't have a charging mechanism or USB. But the dock seems to cover all the bases with charging capability, 30 pin connector, and audio line out (I won't be using the HDMI). I ordered one and promptly cracked it open.
This picture (would) show the top case (if I could post the pic), the guts and the rubber mat that I peeled off the bottom. Much to my surprise it was screwed together with actual screws and just popped right open.
At first I thought the big metal thing was a shield but I think its mainly there as a weight. The weight helps to make the device feel more solid but really its the same plastic you find anywhere.
As for my project, I need to extend the section that connects to the tab. That section is attached with a standard 12 pin ribbon cable that I can easily solder on wires or make an FPC-FPC cable extender if I'm feeling fancy

TunaCanyon said:
-Unfortunately I just found out that I'm not allowed to link to the pics until post #8 so maybe I'll come back and post them later. Anyway....
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I'm very interested in seeing this. I think I can post photos if you would like to PM or e-mail a link or the photos to me.
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I think I'm good now. Here are the pics
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If anyone needs this, disassembly is very easy. Just peel off the rubber bottom and expose the 4 small phillips screws. Use a knife or very thin flat blade to separate the bottom plate from the cover. There are 2 tabs on each side holding it together. If you force the top outwards on the long side you can disconnect them and start to wiggle it out. Be careful not to damage the connectors since they portrude through the top housing. After that its just some tape on the shield/weight, 3 more screws and you're done!

TunaCanyon said:
This is my first post and already I see that this has been posted to the forums. But the deed is done so I'd like to share my thoughts anyway. -Unfortunately I just found out that I'm not allowed to link to the pics until post #8 so maybe I'll come back and post them later. Anyway...
I'm in the process of integrating a galaxy tab into my car's dash and needed a way to power it, have usb access, and get audio off simultaneously. The stock RCA adapter doesn't have a charging mechanism or USB. But the dock seems to cover all the bases with charging capability, 30 pin connector, and audio line out (I won't be using the HDMI). I ordered one and promptly cracked it open.
This picture (would) show the top case (if I could post the pic), the guts and the rubber mat that I peeled off the bottom. Much to my surprise it was screwed together with actual screws and just popped right open.
At first I thought the big metal thing was a shield but I think its mainly there as a weight. The weight helps to make the device feel more solid but really its the same plastic you find anywhere.
As for my project, I need to extend the section that connects to the tab. That section is attached with a standard 12 pin ribbon cable that I can easily solder on wires or make an FPC-FPC cable extender if I'm feeling fancy
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I'm curious to see how this comes out. Please post pics when you can. I personally don't want to dock it because it means I have to take it out of my case each time and have though about just taking the dock apart so that all I would have to do is plug in the connector and be able to leave it in the case at the same time.

i have a galaxy tab in my car.
The solution for it was the standard samsung car dock, which has input for the included car charger.
The audio is provided via bluetooth to the car through Blackberry Stereo Audio Gateway, meaning that to my AUX in jack in my car i have hooked up this device which is also powerd up via USB and the music from samsung plays through bluetooth to my AUX in.
This was by far the cleanest setup i could do. there are no hanging wires or visible wires involved.

My plan is to take it up a notch. I want to tap in to my car's instrument bus and be able to reset the trip counter/mileage/etc and control the tab with the steering wheel buttons. It'll be a couple months before that happens...
Anyway, I ordered a bunch of stuff from digikey to extend the ribbon cable without having to cut anything.

very interested in this. any progress ?

Another thread resurrection
I note that the PCB has some solder pads on it saying Gnd, Tx and Rx, I don't suppose you (or anyone else) has had a look to see what these are connected to?
I'm just wondering if these are connected to the serial lines as it would be a lot easier to solder to these than the innards of a chopped up cable.
Anyone tried this?

Amazing project!! Great info
Sent from my EVO 4G Supersonic

headphone socket

Hey everyone, I'm having trouble with my headphone socket. Im only getting sound through the left earphone, unless I push really hard forwards with the Jack.
This leads my to believe that the socket itself is loose and has moved... after sending my incredible for repair(returned with about 5 of the screws off the back missing)
Does anyone know if its possible to simply remove the back housing. Then reposition and tighten the socket again? Or even get a replacement one to stick in it, as well as replacement screws??
Btw I can't simply send the phone in for repair again, its a long story haha.
Thanks in advance
Sent from my Incredible S using xda premium

Are u sure its the socket?? Did u try other headphones?? Maybe your headphones wires a lose at the end which is very normal!!
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk

you should try another headphone or another device
if headphone socket is fine then you should send your device for repair again

My Inc S has the exact same problem as the OPs. I've tried many different headphones and they all have the same problem so it is the phone itself. I've returned the phone for repair once already and told them about this problem but it wasn't fixed. I just sent my phone in for repairs the other day so hopefully they'll fix it this time.
I'll let you know if they do repair it, or you can try your luck on your own and send it in if you want. I would be interested in an answer to the OPs question as well though.

pheonix2468 said:
Does anyone know if its possible to simply remove the back housing. Then reposition and tighten the socket again? Or even get a replacement one to stick in it, as well as replacement screws??
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I opened the phone once, and sadly, the socket looks something like this
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so to replace it you need to desolder and resolder back

thanks

I had it as well, was fixed by htc the first time i've sent it in though,
now i am familiar with electronics and i can say that with a good amount of certainty that the socket itsself is probably not broken, if you push foreward you are actually pushing a pin that is giving bad contact on the pcb. if you can solder and are willing to open your phone , it's just a small job to resolder the pins of the HP socket on the PCB. you dont have to take it off or swap it, just heat the solder points with a solder pen (20 Watt or less) untill the solder melts and reestablishes contact. This happens because most headphonejacks stick out a bit (especially with large oheadphones) and if a little force is applied on in (eg: from being in your pocket or whatever) it acts as a lever , amplifying the force inside the phone and breaking the tiny solder points of the female jack. This stuff is very common with phones and MP3 players, and i have fixed loads already (when out of warranty)
good luck with it

Thanks everyone, I've tried plenty of headphones and they all work on other devices.
It definatly seems as though it's come loose, and I'm out of warrenty with a year left on my contract, I'll grab the soldering iron out later and let you all know how that goes.

I too had the same issue. Had to send it to HTC to get it repaired

actually it's an issue of all inc s decices. i had the same prob n my friend too

Hey guys,
Inc2 here. The headphone Jack has a few metal tabs that (over time) stretch inwards thus losing contact.
I ASSUME NO RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE FOLLOWING, PERFORM AT YOUR OWN RISK:
Using a Torx-bit (T5?) to remove the back housing will allow you to access the headphone Jack.
Use a fine-tipped flat head screwdriver to gently push inwards on the tabs.
Afterwards get a Q-Tip and squeeze/twist one end (making it smaller in size) and dip that end into rubbing alcohol, squeezing again to remove excess fluid.
Insert into the headphone Jack and twist in a Clockwise motion until the contacts are clean.
Reassemble and enjoy
TA4S

I don't know why