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I'm was doing an LCD replacement and I tore the main flex ribbon cable, i was wondering if anyone could sell me a used one here.
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I finally received my spare Tab usb cable and a few microUSB SMD sockets and have successfully hacked them together to make a very portable adapter so that all of my existing microUSB cables work on the Tab as well. No more having to carry a different cable with me!
Nice work. How did you mount the female micro so neatly?
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A video of it functioning would be awesome. I am interested in making this as well. I actually want to create a full USB adapter. I know there is a schematic of the cable and what each one does. Its just a matter of wiring it up right. Perhaps you can make a how-to? what if you plug a USB thumb drive using a USB to micro USB adapter. Would that work?
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I don't know if it would do anything with a thumb drive or anything else that requires a host port. For a microUSB socket, there are 5 pins, of which 1 is unused when you wire it to a regular usb dock connector like this one. I haven't looked at the pinout posted, but it's possible that 5th connection is to toggle/enable host mode on the Tab. If I get a chance I'll plug in an external drive and see what happens.
As to how I shoehorned the micro socket into the dock port connector, it just required an X-acto knife and some super glue. Soldering on those tiny smd pins is a pain, so if I make another, I'll etch a small pcb and mount it that way.
Great work! Do you have any pictures of the inside of the adapter?
Unfortunately no. I will take pics of the inside of my next project, which is to make a dock connector adapter that'll break out into a microUSB port alongside of a miniHDMI (kind of how Samsung should've done it to begin with). I'll definitely snap some pics then, and post up the Eagle files if anyone's interested.
EDIT: Looking at the pinout thread, it looks like the HDMI dock has all sorts of stuff in there that I had assumed were inside the Tab. I'll probably make another microUSB adapter so I can prototype the pcbs.
EDIT2: For USB On-The-Go, it looks like the unused pin 4 (ID) just needs to be grounded to pin 5. I'll test that too.
Wow, this looks great. Have you thought about making a few spares and offering them up for sale? I would definitely be interested. Let me know
I'm currently trying to track down a supplier of the 30-pin connectors. Seems a very daunting task at this point, since I can't speak Chinese, and the majority of the component suppliers do. It wouldn't be cost-effective to purchase full usb cables with the connectors just to harvest the connector off of them. Also, to even test the OTG functionality would require a dock connector with all the pins (or at least pin 13 + the usb ones); most of the usb charging/sync cables only have 7 of the 30 pins. The only connector I know of that has pin 13 is from the HDMI dock, and that's an expensive way to test.
So once these connectors are more readily available, I'll look into making a batch.
Hi. A pin bent inside the micro USB like charging port on my Nook Color. Anywhere I can buy a new one and solder it in.
Still under warranty? Just get it replaced for free...
ninsei said:
Hi. A pin bent inside the micro USB like charging port on my Nook Color. Anywhere I can buy a new one and solder it in.
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No, you will have to exchange it.
So I have a cheap MicroUSB to USB Host dongle I have used with several of my phones and tablets, Including my SGS3 and Nexus7. It physically will not go into the port on the Note 2! I is like the little plastic flat pin thingy in the port is too wide for the slot inside the cable. I can't tell for sure. My other MicroUSB charge cables work fine, though. I don't get it.
It goes in part way but not fully connecting.
Kinda hard to see in this pic, but there seems to be an ever-so-slight difference in shape of the connector. Could have something to do with the cheap, generic quality of this adapter.
Update:
It's easier to see if you stack the Note 2 on another device so you have both ports next to each other. The plastic part that holds the USB pins inside the port (the "male" part if you will) is definitely wider than the one on the Nexus 7. May want to keep that in mind when ordering accessories. Does anybody have a confirmed-working MicroUSB to USB Host cable/adapter?
Hard to tell on my phone, but that black cable kinda looks like mini HDMI.
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Hard to tell on my phone, but that black cable kinda looks like mini HDMI.
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It's definitely MicroUSB and I have used it with my SGS3, Nexus 7, and several other devices. It just won't fit in my Note 2.
I have this cable and it works fine
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I bought it to use with my broken Nexus 7 but worked seamlessly with my Note 2.
I upgraded to the Note 2 from an HTC EVO, and the EVO's charging cable would not fit in my Note 2. Blew my mind. It's the only micro USB that hasn't fit it so far.
zack2491 said:
I upgraded to the Note 2 from an HTC EVO, and the EVO's charging cable would not fit in my Note 2. Blew my mind. It's the only micro USB that hasn't fit it so far.
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Interesting. I upgraded from an EVO 3D and the "official" micro usb cable that came with my EVO 3D worked fine with the Note 2.
The Note 2 does seem to have a deeper socket which makes it so some micro USB cable won't stay put in the socket all that well because the part that grasps the tip is a tick deep in the socket.
to pass the time i took the 11pin micro USB plug apart...
heres how they get 11 pins into a 5 pin hole...
So has my usb port broken off inside already: The cable has some wiggle and doesn't register if it's angled the wrong way, just like the original KF I had when the port's crap soldering broke off the board inside. Or is everyone's like this being as it's a cheapo $50 tablet? It still charges, luckily, but annoying as it's brand new.
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So has my usb port broken off inside already: The cable has some wiggle and doesn't register if it's angled the wrong way, just like the original KF I had when the port's crap soldering broke off the board inside. Or is everyone's like this being as it's a cheapo $50 tablet? It still charges, luckily, but annoying as it's brand new.
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send it back.
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