Ha anyone found a good MicroSIM adapter that works well with the vivid? I want to be able to switch back and forth between my iphone 4.
I tried with my existing adaptor (soft plastic, that is normal SIM thickness with a thinner inset for the microSIM to rest inside) and nearly got the SIM stuck inside. Due to the design of the Vivid's SIM slot, Isuspect that any added thickness will cause problems. The sticker-type adaptor may work better but is not reusable.
Has anyone found a good solution?
Go to amazon and search micro USB adapter. It's like the second or third down. There's two adapters for like $1.34. They work perfectly
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i have the same issue i am looking for a solution as well
Best solution I've found is to cut the sim and use NO adapter, just a piece of tape to pull it out. Sometimes it takes a couple of tries to get the position right but its easy to remove, and i can even remove without pulling the battery.
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OK. So I dropped it and the the black piece for the antenna and where the stylus goes broke off, and I lost it....the case is also super scratched all over and a small piece broke off at the bottom where the SD card plugs in....
so I need..
Stylus
Case
Antenna plastic piece??? (I have the sping thats inside)
Also, is there some type of like antenna upgrade or something? to get better reception? my reception is crap....
Thanks guys...
iif you guys can hook me up with like, some links to where I can find these parts that would be great!!!
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Hi I have a pw10b1 gets good reception ...has leather case, usb cradle, car adapter , international adapter for power cord, problem with ear phone jack...have towiggle it to make it work. I am willing to sell it cheap just dont use it anymore. [email protected]
Does anyone know where i can get a dock for the HTC Legend? Looking to put it on my desk. Something like this would be perfect:
It seams the dock for Nexus one or desire, but this two phone have three connection pins (to charge the battery) in addition to the micro USB connector and I think, expecially for the form factor, that we'll never see a dock for Legend.
Sorry David67 but the Desire does NOT have three connectors.
It only has the one (USB connector) - exactly the same as the Legend.
I have so far been unable to find a dock for my Desire or my Legend but would be very interested to hear of any "out there".
There are now several docks from several different sellers on ebay. Mainly this version:
http://cgi.ebay.com/USB-Base-Dock-C...UK_Mobiles_Accessories_RL&hash=item1e5ba07d1e
and this type
http://cgi.ebay.com/HTC-Legend-Andr...ewItem&pt=PDA_Accessories&hash=item5ad90428e6
Second one is "better looking" with the chrome detailing, but from what I can tell from the pictures the Legend won't sit flush fit the cradle, almost hovering on the usb connector. The first one seems like it allows the Legend to sit firmly in the cradle/dock.
There's a dock (or 'sync-charge cradle') on Clove under PDA Accessories --> HTC --> HTC Legend. It looks quite nice.
Plenty now also on eBay
I bought one off ebay, works perfectly. Leaving ur phone hanging by the tiny little micro usb port seems precarious though, but what can u do...
If you buy from an HK seller (or China), make sure to pay the extra $1 to have it shipped via registered airmail, much faster and basic tracking number
I bought a Proporta cradle ... working fine and useful!
I went to an office supply store, bought a metal business card holder, bent it to the appropriate shape, put it on my desk, then put the phone in the holder. The USB plug is still exposed so I can charge it too! Total cost = $2.50 Canadian.
Docks are cool, but I think they're generally way too expensive.
jaStrom said:
I went to an office supply store, bought a metal business card holder, bent it to the appropriate shape, put it on my desk, then put the phone in the holder. The USB plug is still exposed so I can charge it too! Total cost = $2.50 Canadian.
Docks are cool, but I think they're generally way too expensive.
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Did the same thing
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The bent card holder sounds like a great idea. However, I am uncertain of what the card holder you used looked like. A photo would be very helpful to those of us who might like to follow through on your idea.
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LSM1 said:
The bent card holder sounds like a great idea. However, I am uncertain of what the card holder you used looked like. A photo would be very helpful to those of us who might like to follow through on your idea.
LSM1
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I used something like this.
I got this one, it's a perfect fit and looks good too.
http://shop.smartphoneworld.nl/index/p/30/id/2501/gid/62/htc-legend-cradle.html
Hi All
My friend has used a sim adapter within the sim tray (he had a nano sim from having used in an iPhone 5). He cannot now remove the sim tray, comes out a couple of mm and gets stuck.
The phone has been sent to HTC UK for repair and they are quoting him £200 (!) to fix. He's asked them to return without fixing.
Any ideas on how a DIY repair may be carried out? I'm wondering if removing the top and bottom speaker grills, afters applying some heat, will allow access to screws to allow the screen etc. to be removed?
Any advice appreciated!
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Hi All
My friend has used a sim adapter within the sim tray (he had a nano sim from having used in an iPhone 5). He cannot now remove the sim tray, comes out a couple of mm and gets stuck.
The phone has been sent to HTC UK for repair and they are quoting him £200 (!) to fix. He's asked them to return without fixing.
Any ideas on how a DIY repair may be carried out? I'm wondering if removing the top and bottom speaker grills, afters applying some heat, will allow access to screws to allow the screen etc. to be removed?
Any advice appreciated!
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get some pliers and yank the thing out clean
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get some pliers and yank the thing out clean
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He did use quite a lot of force to try to pull the tray out, but it seems to be catching something on the inside. I think if we try what you suggest we'll send up with with 2 pieces, with one stuck inside.
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He did use quite a lot of force to try to pull the tray out, but it seems to be catching something on the inside. I think if we try what you suggest we'll send up with with 2 pieces, with one stuck inside.
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if you remove the screen etc i doubt youll ever get it back on. its probably just the adapter which is misplaced and preventing the tray to come out, try wiggling the phone about and trying to pull and push at the same time. be prepared to order another adapter and maybe another sim card too
Seems like the nano SIM has fallen out of the adapter?
Get some fuse wire, one pack will have varying gauges of wire, make a loop with the wire, shove it in the slot, shuggle it about.
Good luck!
Take it to a local phone repair shop and see what they'd charge.
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I suggest not forcing it off. Look at the ifixit disassembly force pulling it might lead the plastic injected mold to break and you wouldn't want that to happen.
Damn! Sim has fallen out the adapter for sure. And if that's the case then your friend is probably screwed. Since the sim probably came off the adapter, the adapter might now be stuck on the pins that read the sim card.
Same thing happened to my friends sgs2 which I'm about to fix soon. The only way I was able to remove the sim was by prying it out. That resulted in one of the pins to break off and now it doesn't read the sim.
See the picture below for reference. You can see the 3 gold pins on the left side of the sim tray exposed. There are also 3 more under that metal piece to the right, which is the actual tray. You can see there's 4 holes where you can see 2 gold pins showing through and one is missing. There supposed to be 6 pins total. 3 on the left and 3 on the right. That's the one pin that got stuck on the sim adapter. I'm afraid this is probably the same problem you have.
I suggest your friend sents it back to htc and let them take it out. They will have to open up the device to do so.
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This happened to me with the One. Use a super thin razor blade (the kind that you use on the old school razors), stick it in through the side, and pry toward the side that it's supposed to be installed. Do the top and bottom little by little. Eventually it will come out enough to grab with a pair of small needle nose pliers.
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This happened to me with the One. Use a super thin razor blade (the kind that you use on the old school razors), stick it in through the side, and pry toward the side that it's supposed to be installed. Do the top and bottom little by little. Eventually it will come out enough to grab with a pair of small needle nose pliers.
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This is on the right track. I have used plastic lamination that I cut, paper, cardboard, a piece of tape folded over so it's not sticky. Something that will bend and allow you to slide in between the sim card and the pins or whatever is holding it. You can then wiggle the tray out and then shake the nano card out. I have done this before it can take hours of playing with it. Finding the right object that you can slide in there is key. Also look for any pictures you can find of a teardown to give you an idea of what is holding it and where you need to slide something in to free it. The key is patience do not force anything or something will break. It will be long and tedious this I promise.
Does that make sense?
Try an auto feeler gauge set from Halfords for a selection of shim thicknesses, then trial and error.
Thanks for all your suggestions.
Currently waiting for HTC to return the phone (for a £25 charge due to not proceeding with a repair). Once back will try to put into action what has been suggested.
Thanks again,
Yeah i had a similar experience with sim adaptors. Don't use them. (as you found out they just get stuck). I would take a really thin blade or something and push up on the sim tray (you said that it comes out a bit) .Thats how i freed my sim on another phone.
PS: DONT remove the speaker grills. This phone is pretty much impossible to put back together once you take it apart.
Just want to chime in and said that I bought the noosy nano sim adapter off of Amazon and my sim tray got stuck as well. The tray was only stuck when there was no nano sim in the adapter. When I placed the microsim adapter with the nano sim it worked perfectly, for me at least. I wanted to keep the micro sim adapter in the tray because I was afraid of losing it.
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Just want to chime in and said that I bought the noosy nano sim adapter off of Amazon and my sim tray got stuck as well. The tray was only stuck when there was no nano sim in the adapter. When I placed the microsim adapter with the nano sim it worked perfectly, for me at least. I wanted to keep the micro sim adapter in the tray because I was afraid of losing it.
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Could you post how you got the tray out with the adapter in? I have the same adapter and can't seem to get it. THANKS!!!!
I ejected the sim tray as far as I can then slid some very thin lamination into both sides of the tray then prayed and pulled. Did this with and without the nano sim in the adaptor and realized that it was the micro adaptor without the nano sim. Busy of luck buddy.
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Could you post how you got the tray out with the adapter in? I have the same adapter and can't seem to get it. THANKS!!!!
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I actually finally got it just as I was about to give up! I used a blade from a straight razor. The pins that contact the nano sim are what got stuck. For future reference you have to push it in fairly hard on the side of the tray towards the back of the phone. and if like me you are using something narrower than the tray, it has to be closest to the top of the phone.
The pins that are sticking are on the back top of the adapter. It seems the pins are straight so they snag when they are in the opening of the sim adapter.
Haha congrats.I was a little frantic first but finally got it as well. As long as you don't scratch it up any thin item probably works.
So getting a micro SIM from your carrier(free) and not damaging your $600 phone trying to use a nano SIM would be the best solution.
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Need suggestions
My SIM tray is jammed. I got this ugly thing over 2 weeks back and feel like hell. I tried removing my SIM card check for data service in my other SIM but it didn't came out. I tried quite hard till my fingers started paining. I tried with a paper clip. My SIM is working fine without any issues but next month I will be travelling to India and hence will be required to change my SIM. I read about this a lot and seems like there is no repair for HTC ONE. Can you guys please guide me over this ... :crying::crying::crying:
I have been looking for a way to expand storage on my Note 5. It would seem quite easy to fabricate a short extension cable. One end would be a low-profile right-angle micro-usb connector such as those used in the stand-alone NFC charging coils. A short ribbon cable could then wrap around the back of the phone, terminating in a micro-sd socket. It would be a simple matter to install this and tuck it into the back such that a skin could hold it securely against the back of the phone.
I am surprised that I cannot find such a device anywhere. It would not be difficult to build if one could find the parts, but I have been unable to locate a source for the micro-sd connector. Note that those attached to NFC coils only have power pins, so they are not usable.
Does anyone have any suggestions?
I like your idea...alot!
What we would essentially need would be this:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Bulkorder-50x-Type7-Luxury-Long-Micro-SD-TF-MemoryCard-Extension-Cable-Linker-/171114855998
But with a male down angle micro USB connector instead of a "male microSD" connector...
how about this it very fast http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-connector-Android-Devices-SDDD2-064G-G46/dp/B00RBGYGPG
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how about this it very fast http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-connector-Android-Devices-SDDD2-064G-G46/dp/B00RBGYGPG
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I want something with zero profile. I am frankly amazed that this product does not exist.
Agreed. Submit a patent . So obviously missing in the market!
I wouldn't even consider "hacking" your own flex cable unless you are very skilled at working with flex print. It can be quite challenging. But, I agree with this topic here, a nice flat cable to wrap around with a microsd socket that could be tucked under any medium size case would be great. Even better if cases came WITH the option for a microsd card seeing as how Samsung decided it was wise to give the S6 128gb and the Note5 64gb...
I have lost mine and i am wondering if anyone knows where to get a SIM ejection replacement for this phone model. I am also wondering if the paper click opening works on this phone like on other phones
You can use pretty much anything that fits in a hole and is stiff enough.
You can find them on AliExpress. Search for
High Quality Dustproof Plug For iPhone Smart Phone Anti Dust plug 3.5mm Earphone Jack & Sim Card Needle Mobile Phone Tool Tray
https://www.aliexpress.com/item/Hig...plug-3-5mm-Earphone-Jack-Sim/32772242390.html