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Reset Button Lost- I finally fixed it. HTC... Bad assembly Quality !!!

Suddenly yesterday I can't insert the stylus in its place to the end. It stuck before it's fully inserted in my Diamond. Trying to explore the problem, surprisingly the RED dot of the reset button is not there. I'm going to disassemble the lower part of the phone to see what the problem is. However, I'm trying to find the lost reset button, but I'm searching for something that I don't know what it looks like.
Can someone be kind enough to post a photo of the reset button while taking the battery cover off?
Thanks a lot.

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Thanks you so much foryour swift reply. I'll start searching for it.
Mean while I founf this page for dismantling it but the part I wanted it's not clear as your photo. http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/razbor-htc-touch-diamond/index.html
Thanks again.

ahegazi said:
Suddenly yesterday I can't insert the stylus in its place to the end. It stuck before it's fully inserted in my Diamond. Trying to explore the problem, surprisingly the RED dot of the reset button is not there. I'm going to disassemble the lower part of the phone to see what the problem is. However, I'm trying to find the lost reset button, but I'm searching for something that I don't know what it looks like.
Can someone be kind enough to post a photo of the reset button while taking the battery cover off?
Thanks a lot.
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As you probably still have waranty you shouldn't disassemble it yourself. Bring it back to the shop you have it from and have them repair your device.

I Fixed It
Finally I was able to fix the problem. Thanks goes to SecureGSM for posting the photo.
After comparing the the photo to my phone and other photos I downloaded it form http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/raz...ond/index.html, I knew what was wrong and I'll try to explain it for the benefit of everybody.
What happen is that a small magnet piece (responsible for holding the stylus) is glued to the phone. And somehow, the it was pulled by the movement of stylus (in & out) and was stuck on the reset button and hide it. !!! very strange.
I had to dismantle the side plastic bar (where the stylus goes in) and re-glued the magned in its place. Then finally assimbled everthing back again.
I just can't believe that the the magnet is fixed with a very weak glue that goes off in less than two weeks of use.
In the attached images I tried to explain how I did it.

ahegazi said:
Finally I was able to fix the problem. Thanks goes to SecureGSM for posting the photo.
After comparing the the photo to my phone and other photos I downloaded it form http://www.pdacenter.ru/razborka/raz...ond/index.html, I knew what was wrong and I'll try to explain it for the benefit of everybody.
What happen is that a small magnet piece (responsible for holding the stylus) is glued to the phone. And somehow, the it was pulled by the movement of stylus (in & out) and was stuck on the reset button and hide it. !!! very strange.
I had to dismantle the side plastic bar (where the stylus goes in) and re-glued the magned in its place. Then finally assimbled everthing back again.
I just can't believe that the the magnet is fixed with a very weak glue that goes off in less than two weeks of use.
In the attached images I tried to explain how I did it.
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Thank you very much for your description of this problem. I experienced the same problem today with my stylus and saw that the magnet was sticking not on his place, but somewhere inside the backside cover.
I only want to know from you if you removed really all the parts inside the diamond to reach the original place of the magnet? Or is it enough just to unscrew just the 2 screws of the steel plate of the stylus holder?

I have fixed it now without unscrewing anything. You just need small fingers and much patience!
Of course it's better to use a new glue strip, but I used the existing one...
I will see how long it works till the magnet is again placed anywhere in the cover
Hopefully this will not happen again! You just have to watch out, not to use the stylus outside on the right side of the diamond.

I never knew the diamond had a soft reset button till now atleast

On the matter of build/assembly quality - is anyone else finding there pressure sensitive Enter/OK/Select (or whatever you want to call it) key slightly going deeper into the groove of the panel [Home,Back,Answer,End panel)? Mine is no longer sitting flush with the panel and I can feel that it has been 'pushed' in.

Brodit mount

Anyone used the brodit car mount for this?
It looks like it allows the x1 to slide out the keyboard which means it grips between the screen and keyboard, is ti going to put stress on the X1 sliding mechanism (whe closed I can imaging it pushes the screen away from the keyboard as It's between them).
Also, It seems daft to me that the phone slides in vertically and then you turn it sideways and plug in the mini usb cable, it should be landscape in the first place and you slide the phone in on it's side and it could have the mini usb as part of the cradle... Anyone know a mount like this?
This is their mount:
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and this is what I'd like to see:
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This is the very car mount that I'm looking at getting. I've had a Brodit mount before and it has rotation for the grip so you can choose which way around to have it. Chances are that I'll have it permanently in landscape as TomTom7 VGA landscape looks lovely.

Yeah, it'll be a good mount, but I'm just used to sliding in my phone and not having to pluig in a seperate cable for charging it (see how I added the usb charger to the photoshop I did?), I suggested it to brodit and they said no...

I just bought myself one of these, seems like a very good solid product so far.
It does indeed slide between the two 'halves' of the phone, it's a pretty snug fit but not too snug and it's on a ball and socket style joint so you can have the phone in any orientation you can think of!

I have one of these too and the bit where the phone slides in is very well precision machined so the phone slides in nicely but wont fall out. Landscape works fine and there is no danger in the phone falling out.
i mostly used tomtom in portrait mode as I think its more functional that way - more interested in whats ahead of you than to the sides and the status bar takes up too much of the screen real-estate in landscape mode.
Yes the power connector is annoying, and I found it fidly to get in at first, no I am used to it though I can insert the connector easily. I guess this is a draw-back in putting the connector on the side of the phone.
Although I can hear tomtom ok I find that using speaker phone in the mount is hard to hear somtimes, I think the speaker may be obscurred by the mount slightly, I might try drilling a hole in the mount to see if it makes any difference.

I'm using this mount and I love it. I like how the phone rotates so the keyboard is sliding down, so that the USB port is actually facing down, so its actually more convient to plug in the car charger. also makes texting on the go easy too but garmin displays nicely. Only thing I'm working on is either connecting the phone to my headunit for the phone speaker or getting bluetooth for my deck. I tried using the phone with speaker phoen while driving and its just not loud enough.

I too use this mount, I had to purchase a 2nd back piece as I had to move it from one car to another, but then ended up not using it because where it mounted is right where I put the switch for my DVD bypass, I instead ended up just screwing the X1 mount directly to the dash underneath the switch, It still came out looking pretty clean tho. If I had to guess, I'd say that they won't make a mount like the one you requested because the back part of the X1 mount with the wires in it I'm sure is used in as many different phone mounts as they can get away with. Making a new part specifically only for one phone would probably not be cost effective for them until the X1's sales approach Iphone levels.
That being said, I feel the need to show off a little, so here's a couple pics of my install:
The line in jack is coming out of the 6th (dummy) button and runs to the back of the radio. I'm considering shortening the power wire so I don't have to wrap it around the mount to keep it neat.
I'd be very interested to see how other people have integrated their X1's into their vehicles.

Hi,
Just picked one of these up and fitted to my existing Brodit mount over the air vents.
Whilst I have tightened up the screw holding the holder to the mount unit to make swivelling tighter it still rotates smoothly from portrait to landscape positions.
Phone fits in sweet as a nut although I have on a couple of times turned the camera on!
I think it is excellent. The only minor concern maybe the use of a non SE charger unit and I can see the battery getting quite warm!!
Des. . .

trinode said:
and this is what I'd like to see:
Thanks,
- Anthony
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I'd like to see this too!
I don't want to plug in a seperate USB plug and in the way anthony suggests it isn't necessary either.
it's a shame Brodit didn't pick up this idea as they make good car holders in general
Hopufully some other manufacturer will pick up the idea soon...

Installing Dell Streak 5 Housing not as easy as it seems...

Has anyone here installed a new housing on the Dell Streak 5?
It is NOT as easy to do as some phones are.
Here is the basic teardown by ifixit.com
http://www.ifixit.com/Teardown/Dell-Streak-Teardown/3512/1
They do NOT explain how to do the housing change in detail.
They do NOT tell you you have to take these parts off and swap them over:
The rear case houses 7 components that need to be transferred:
LED flash
Headphone jack
Loudspeaker (for speakerphone)
2 Antennas
2 connectors for battery shutoff
Some pop out, some have to be pried off, such as the two battery shutoff & 2 Antennas parts. They also have to be glued to stay in place.
(battery shutoff "red arrows" is what shuts the phone off when the back battery cover is taken off even if battery is still in place)
All pieces need care taking off as they can break easily.
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End results was nice, but I can see how one could brick this phone doing this.
I kept the black battery cover as to set it off and to look different.
I could not transfer the long speaker screen as it was thin and glued in place, so speaker shows.
Here is what it looked like before... kinda bland.
I hope this helps someone.

I'd done the same to one of my streaks and was able to take the speaker mesh to the new casing as well. I used a small exacto knife to get the mesh loose and attached it with a bit of white elmers glue to the new housing, it looks just like a regular streak.
I don't think those two contacts are battery shut off points since the streak has a separate switch to detect battery cover.
Also I just noticed that the camera lens is missing the inner ring, did you carry it over or do you have to get another one?

sanyokt4j said:
I'd done the same to one of my streaks and was able to take the speaker mesh to the new casing as well. I used a small exacto knife to get the mesh loose and attached it with a bit of white elmers glue to the new housing, it looks just like a regular streak.
I don't think those two contacts are battery shut off points since the streak has a separate switch to detect battery cover.
Also I just noticed that the camera lens is missing the inner ring, did you carry it over or do you have to get another one?
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Try starting up the phone without those two contacts...
I transferred the lens inner ring... I put it in backwards.
When I get time, I'll get that mesh out and reverse the inner lens ring....

battery door switch
You can start streak without battery cover if you hold down the switch (use flat piece of metal or something) which is behind the little slit nearest the earphone socket.
one of the tabs on the cover pushes down on this switch when the cover is attached.
It doesn't use those 2 contacts to detect the cover, I think they are just electrical ground for the battery cover.
cm7 allows you to operate the streak with the cover removed so you can unmount/mount sd cards.
it won't boot though because the bootloader detects the cover switch and doesn't bypass it.
Removing the cover doesn't disconnect the battery because you can charge it without the cover and the battery icon appears showing it charging when you plug it in with cover off.
If you put a bit of tape on this switch to permanently hold it down, you can boot and operate the streak without a battery cover at all.

warboat said:
You can start streak without battery cover if you hold down the switch (use flat piece of metal or something) which is behind the little slit nearest the earphone socket.
one of the tabs on the cover pushes down on this switch when the cover is attached.
It doesn't use those 2 contacts to detect the cover, I think they are just electrical ground for the battery cover.
cm7 allows you to operate the streak with the cover removed so you can unmount/mount sd cards.
it won't boot though because the bootloader detects the cover switch and doesn't bypass it.
Removing the cover doesn't disconnect the battery because you can charge it without the cover and the battery icon appears showing it charging when you plug it in with cover off.
If you put a bit of tape on this switch to permanently hold it down, you can boot and operate the streak without a battery cover at all.
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behind the little slit nearest the earphone socket? should not this be the slit behind the phone's port? i see a tiny 'pressure switch' behind it. i also suffer a sudden none-booting, no-charging scenario too and is trying to figure out what went wrong with my stock device.

Hey guys. My phone has been dropped a "few" times (with silicon casing on).
I was wondering which is the GSM antenna. I want to open it and see if they need better contact or something.
ifixit.com's teardown wasn't exactly informational for my question.
So, thanks in advance

Cryogen said:
Hey guys. My phone has been dropped a "few" times (with silicon casing on).
I was wondering which is the GSM antenna. I want to open it and see if they need better contact or something.
ifixit.com's teardown wasn't exactly informational for my question.
So, thanks in advance
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I thought it was the (semi)clickable plate with a copper thing at the right side. It has to be clicked on the motherboard. I hope you know what I mean.
A here it is:
http://www.dellstreakrepairs.co.uk/images/gsm antenna.JPG

Area of Touch Screen not responsive!!?

My speakers had become distorted or blown so i bought 2 replacement speakers, i took the phone apart and replaced the lower speaker but when i got to the top speaker i noticed that i had received the wrong speaker. As i wont be getting a replacement speakers for a few days i decided to part reassemble the phone , all ribbon cables have connected, have replaced some but not all of the screws and slightly replaced the rear case but not fully clipped it back in place as i want to be able to easily remove it again once the top speaker has arrived.
Upon powering the phone on i have notice that a certain area of the screen doesn't seem to be responsive any more, it seem to be a vertical area going down the screen where the 'W', 'S' and 'Z' keys are on the keyboard!. Is this because i haven't fully reassembled the phone or have a buggered part of the touch screen when taking the phone apart?

Have downloaded the screen touch test app from the appstore and ran my finger over the screen and you can clearly see where the screen isnt responding....
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Its a veritcal bar running the length of the screen and is perfectly straight!!. Any ideas what could cause this, have i note fitted something correctly back in and its putting pressure on this area of the screen ??

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Have downloaded the screen touch test app from the appstore and ran my finger over the screen and you can clearly see where the screen isnt responding....
Its a veritcal bar running the length of the screen and is perfectly straight!!. Any ideas what could cause this, have i note fitted something correctly back in and its putting pressure on this area of the screen ??
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most likely the digitizer is damaged or the flex cable is damaged

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most likely the digitizer is damaged or the flex cable is damaged
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Really? seems odd as i didnt have any real issues after getting the case off, everything else came apart easily so not sure how the digitizer or flex cable would have got damaged. Is the digitizer easy to replace?

BlockABoots said:
Really? seems odd as i didnt have any real issues after getting the case off, everything else came apart easily so not sure how the digitizer or flex cable would have got damaged. Is the digitizer easy to replace?
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I don't know if you replace the entire led + digitizer + glass all in one or not .. I have never disassembled the phone.
did you have to unhook the screen from the Motherboard ?

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I don't know if you replace the entire led + digitizer + glass all in one or not .. I have never disassembled the phone.
did you have to unhook the screen from the Motherboard ?
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Errr yeah that was a ribbon cable that came from the digitizer/screen to the main board...maybe its just not correctly inserted back in the socket. Odd thing is if i touch the area that seems to be unresponsive i can still get the screen to scroll up and down, just doesnt want to seem to work on the keyboard, If i try and press either the w, s or z keys it just presses the key next to it

Yeah this phone doesn't take to being taken apart very well

It sounds like you damaged your parts disassembling or reassembling the phone.

Not powering on after teardown and rebuild

Hey, looking for some help.
Basically I have an M7 (been happily married to it for nearly 4 years) and cracked the screen on it a few days back. Looked at some teardown videos and decided that id have a go at replacing it myself (new screen of ebay for £16, why not? Also decided that since id have the phone open I would swap out the camera module to try and rid myself of the purple). So long story short, i stripped it down, done everything I needed to do and assembled it all back together again and now when i press the power button nothing happens.
Tried holding it in for 30+ seconds, tried it with vol +/- buttons
When plugged into charge nothing appears on screen and no LEDs at top
When connected to laptop it registers usb connection but doesn't appear in device manager
Wondering if anyone could suggest some 'common' problems during rebuild that may be preventing it from powering on? I have been around all the ribbon connections, they all look good. The wires from the daughter board are all reconnected in their right places, the battery connection is plugged in, the power button too.
Any suggestions welcome

Update- okay so I've upgraded phone and this is still just lying around and I'm keen to get it going just for my own satisfaction more than anything else. The position I'm in now is that when connected to charge the screen displays the charging symbol and %. So my conclusion is that the screen in fact works and the battery is connected. So my next thought logically would turn to the switch? If the switch is busted this won't allow the phone to power up but is there a way to bypass the switch and see or do I just need to replace that part and see what happens?
Am I also corrected in assuming that if the battery is charging and showing the symbol and percentage that the motherboard is working or would it show that even if the motherboard was compromised?
Again any advice will be appreciated

hendo141 said:
Update- okay so I've upgraded phone and this is still just lying around and I'm keen to get it going just for my own satisfaction more than anything else. The position I'm in now is that when connected to charge the screen displays the charging symbol and %. So my conclusion is that the screen in fact works and the battery is connected. So my next thought logically would turn to the switch? If the switch is busted this won't allow the phone to power up but is there a way to bypass the switch and see or do I just need to replace that part and see what happens?
Am I also corrected in assuming that if the battery is charging and showing the symbol and percentage that the motherboard is working or would it show that even if the motherboard was compromised?
Again any advice will be appreciated
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I'm also thinking of a bad power switch, maybe the flex cable? Battery charging is handled by the recovery kernel so I don't see any reason to suspect a bad MB atm. It's always hard to help ppl in your situation, without being able to see the device. It can be anything that was damaged during the repair Afaik, there is nothing you can do to power on the phone without a working button.

alray said:
I'm also thinking of a bad power switch, maybe the flex cable? Battery charging is handled by the recovery kernel so I don't see any reason to suspect a bad MB atm. It's always hard to help ppl in your situation, without being able to see the device. It can be anything that was damaged during the repair Afaik, there is nothing you can do to power on the phone without a working button.
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Thanks for your input. Glad im thinking along the right lines at least. A new switch is only a couple of pounds so i'll take a chance on changing that if you reckon that the rest of the components should be in working order. I'll update on the outcome

So a new power switch was not the answer
Just trying to think where to look next. Sorry im still pretty much a noob when it comes to the actual inners of a phone but ive taken a photo and circled areas where I suspect there may have been damage.
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The small silver wire to the right of the camera unit, not sure what it does but it looks to be a link between the MB and DB. Pretty sure i kinked that while rebuilding.
The big flex to the left of the camera, this looks to be the main link between the MB/DB. Not sure if this is damaged but ive highlighted it as the outer edge is a little rough (not sure if this would be enough damage to stop it from working?)
Finally there is the bottom left flex. The one in the middle above the main battery connection. I done a little damage in the teardown and broke a bit of the clip (again not sure if this damage would stop it from working since the contacts seem to be fine). Not 100% on what this flex does but it looks like it serves the bottom end of the phone (usb terminal, mic, speaker etc...)
Once again all input welcome and appreciated,

hendo141 said:
So a new power switch was not the answer
Just trying to think where to look next. Sorry im still pretty much a noob when it comes to the actual inners of a phone but ive taken a photo and circled areas where I suspect there may have been damage.
The small silver wire to the right of the camera unit, not sure what it does but it looks to be a link between the MB and DB. Pretty sure i kinked that while rebuilding.
The big flex to the left of the camera, this looks to be the main link between the MB/DB. Not sure if this is damaged but ive highlighted it as the outer edge is a little rough (not sure if this would be enough damage to stop it from working?)
Finally there is the bottom left flex. The one in the middle above the main battery connection. I done a little damage in the teardown and broke a bit of the clip (again not sure if this damage would stop it from working since the contacts seem to be fine). Not 100% on what this flex does but it looks like it serves the bottom end of the phone (usb terminal, mic, speaker etc...)
Once again all input welcome and appreciated,
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Could be anything like a damaged cable, connector or even ESD damage. Btw I don't really understand why you didn't mentioned your damaged cable/connector before, I would replace parts that I know they got damaged during the repair before trying other parts...
Don't waste to much money on this, you can find the M7 for less than 100$ on ebay