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I've been waiting for week to get my materials to make the home made stylus, finally the most important piece arrived. This took hours to get it to work right. It was a lot easier to get a working stylus for an iPod Touch, but after some tinkering, screaming, sweating and fails I got a pretty good working one. Check out my youtube video (sorry for the bad quality, did on a digital kodak camera very baaad):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujdsEt5zX8I
http://lifehacker.com/5836870/build...n-the-cheap-with-a-ballpoint-pen-and-a-sponge
Here one I read about, don't know if it would work or not though.
I just use a chop stick. Must be hundreds of them floating around my house of different styles, materials, points. Same at work just not so many. I hang on to one for a while, lose/misplace it and it'll take me a day or two to settle on another. No muss no fuss.
Quick question, can you please tell me where you got all the materials?
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Quick question, can you please tell me where you got all the materials?
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The most important piece, the conductive foam, I got it from ebay. Just search conductive foam, I got a 4" x 4" still have more than half left. I'm thinking that the wire and metal casing are unnecessary, so any pen or pencil casing should do. What I have discovered so far is that the Nook stylus I made requires a large surface, like you see in the video. I wanted it to be really thin at the beginning that's why it didn't work, since the NC screen isn't as responsive as we would all want.
Anyways, the wire I used, I got it from an old coaxial cable (TV cable). Also, I got the idea from this video, which is a lot more instructive than mine...I just wanted to test it in the NC:
http://youtu.be/4YE8rGuLCtU
I think im going to try a sponge before i get conductive foam.
Very nice! Did you tried to slim the tip of conductive foam?
What is the notebook software are you using on the video?
Harlley Sathler said:
Very nice! Did you tried to slim the tip of conductive foam?
What is the notebook software are you using on the video?
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At first I was trying to get the tip to be the thinnest possible, so it would mimic a ball point pen, but apparently the LCD in the NC need a bigger surface to respond to touches. I was able to get a thin version working on an iPod Touch 3G no problem. I'm going to try to make a new following the video that inspired me, I just need a more flexible wire to make it. Anyways, the app I used is called Handrite
I'm not sure why you'd go to the trouble when you can get a stylus for a couple of bucks on Amazon...
Because of curiosity and creativity and inventively spirit?
These are what moves us, geeks, ahead. I did some styli myself and be proud of this.
Crwly said:
I'm not sure why you'd go to the trouble when you can get a stylus for a couple of bucks on Amazon...
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Most of them dont work very well with the nook.
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I'm not sure why you'd go to the trouble when you can get a stylus for a couple of bucks on Amazon...
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This experiment cost me less than 2 bucks, since I used everyday materials around the house. The only thing I had to buy was the foam, which I still have more than half left, maybe for making more or using them for other stuff like transporting cpus xD
Edit: Oh and you might find the foam in everyday electronics too, like HDD casings, tv remotes, etc. So you could get a working (proven to work on NC) stylus for free.
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This experiment cost me less than 2 bucks, since I used everyday materials around the house. The only thing I had to buy was the foam, which I still have more than half left, maybe for making more or using them for other stuff like transporting cpus xD
Edit: Oh and you might find the foam in everyday electronics too, like HDD casings, tv remotes, etc. So you could get a working (proven to work on NC) stylus for free.
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Where exactly in remotes, like where the battery goes?
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Where exactly in remotes, like where the battery goes?
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Not quite sure I remember reading it somewhere. I have seen some in an external hdd casing, it helps to reduce static
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http://lifehacker.com/5836870/build...n-the-cheap-with-a-ballpoint-pen-and-a-sponge
Here one I read about, don't know if it would work or not though.
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it works and it was really easy to make
Yesterday I had my Nook sitting open on my desk, and plugged in my phone.
The cord dragged over the screen of the Nook, and the keyboard happened to be open. Everywhere the cord touched it tapped a letter.
I tried it again with the cord plugged in to AC, but not the phone...and nothing.
Plugged the phone back in, and was able to tap keys again using the cord.
Maybe we could get a battery-operated stylus that just runs power down to the tip .
I'm thinking triple-a battery, small insulated wire down to, then acting as, the tip, and simply return up to the other end of the battery.
No clue if this would be bad for the screen or not, but as long as it's a low level of power, can't see why it would be.
We have some very creative people here who have the skills to not only make something like this happen, but regulate the flow of power through the wire from the battery.
My thought is that since the screen isn't so great for a stylus on the Nook, maybe enhancing the tapping power of the stylus would help.
For anyone who has no clue what they are doing but wants to try anyways, DO NOT use exposed wire, and in any event i'm not responsible for what happens with the use/misuse/abuse of this information.
Any thoughts on this?
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Maybe a small triple-a flashlight would make a good starting base for this project, a lot of them go real cheap anymore. Just do away with the light itself, and replace it with a wire. You get a switch already built in and all that way.
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That was interesting, but I must ask, will a powered stylus perform any better than bought ones or homemade foam ones?
I tried it again with the cord plugged in to AC, but not the phone...and nothing.
Plugged the phone back in, and was able to tap keys again using the cord.
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Without the phone, there is no current flow on the cable, and no magnetic field around it, and so, no capacitance distortion.
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Without the phone, there is no current flow on the cable, and no magnetic field around it, and so, no capacitance distortion.
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Yea, this I didn't know until I found out by accident. I had always just assumed there was, but now know that unless something is drawing power it's in a static state.
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That was interesting, but I must ask, will a powered stylus perform any better than bought ones or homemade foam ones?
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That is the question that I posed. If no one else is curious enough to find out, i'll get around to this eventually.
I have a handful of pen-light flashlights floating around here, it would be a simple matter to replace the led with a wire and find out.
When I find time to solder one in i'll let you know how it goes. My job is taking up way more time then i'd like in my life at the moment, so who knows when that'll be.
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I have a handful of pen-light flashlights floating around here, it would be a simple matter to replace the led with a wire and find out.
When I find time to solder one in i'll let you know how it goes. My job is taking up way more time then i'd like in my life at the moment, so who knows when that'll be.
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If you replace the LED by a wire, you will get a short-circuit on the batteries, what means that even if it works as a stylus, you will get your batteries hot and discharged very quickly.
Not to say that is dangerous if the batteries get hot!
Another way would be apply the Ohm's Law and calculate a resistor to replace the LED, but I don't know if this idea (a powered stylus) would be an energy efficient circuit...
I noticed this today, on the train with phone charged and kept getting a tiny electric shock on my arm when holding phone with left hand and putting right arm on an arm rest which I'm not sure what it was made of. They were just little sharp pains.
Then made a call and the shock was going through my ear which was a little painful. I removed the charging cable and everything is now fine.
Obviously this should happen. I'm using a charger I bought from eBay from a UK company, its a mercury charger (usb741uk). Need to see if the same thing happens with my genuine HTC charger.
Wonder if it's the charger or the phone.
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Something similar happens to me if I'm holding my phone while it's charging and I'm also touching my heater (don't know if that's what it's actually called in English) that's made out of cast iron. This also happens with other phones (one s, galaxy nexus).
My guess is that by touching something metallic you "complete the circuit" and the current passes through you.
It's absolutely normal.
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No its not, they would never pass certification if you received a shock whilst using it on charge
Buy a decent charger...............................................................
L0rdNels0n said:
No its not, they would never pass certification if you received a shock whilst using it on charge
Buy a decent charger...............................................................
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This is correct, it appears the charger is not properly isolated from the mains, there's no way it would pass British certification.
Throw it away and buy a proper one.
The charges I am using are official ones that came with the phones and they still give me a little jolt if I touch cast iron fixed to the wall. These are both htc and Samsung official charges. This even happens when i hood the charger from me wireless router with my bare hand and use my bare knee to touch the heating element.
So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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The charges I am using are official ones that came with the phones and they still give me a little jolt if I touch cast iron fixed to the wall. These are both htc and Samsung official charges. This even happens when i hold the charger from the wireless router with my bare hand and use my bare knee to touch the heating element.
So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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The issue is not related with the charger... It's only related with static electricity happening on your body. If it were from charging the the shock should have been continuous.
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So... If you get a very minor jolt in the part of your body touching the grounded element, I'm gonna stick to "it's normal".
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Stick to what you want, but it's not normal. Maybe you should seek the advice of an electrician, the wiring in your house has a ground problem.
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The issue is not related with the charger... It's only related with static electricity happening on your body. If it were from charging the the shock should have been continuous.
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I give up.
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Yup. Very wise. Coming from a family of certified electricians I am well aware just how seriously this should be taken (my brother condemned a Warburtons factory for less, shut it down for weeks!)
Some people think they're immortal until the red mist descends because of an electric charge passing from one hand to the other.
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There have also been reports of faulty chargers , usually cheap copies of oem model that have electrocuted users, causing a fatality.
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Is it cold? I know when it's cold, you conduct electricity way easier. It hasn't gotten cold where I live yet, so I can't justify my answer. I'm assuming it's the metal around the phone. Meaning I should ask, do you have a case? Try putting on a plastic case and see if you still get a shock.
This is quite interesting and I hope it doesn't happen to me. Because I have a polyester jacket and I get massively shocked during the winter. LoL!!
P.S. When you're getting out your car during the winter and don't want the door or anything to shock you, touch it with your key first. Sometimes you can see the spark. That's how you know it would have hurt.
Sorry about the extra. I just don't like getting shocked. LoL!!
Static electricity would cause one spark, not a series like the OP described.
I had something similar happen to me when I was charging my iPhone 4 through a USB port on my friend's PC. When I picked up the phone (touching the metal band around the sides) there was a pulsing sensation through my hand. He'd never experienced it because his phone was plastic cased. He shrugged it off as a dodgy electricity supply but I remained paranoid whenever I had to touch the phone again.
I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal
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I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal
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I had the same problem with my M7. First the charging port became really flimsy; the phone would only charge when the charging cable was positioned in a certain way. After that I began to feel a constant static electricity when the phone was charging. It was strong enough that I could feel it all over the phone. As soon I disconnected the charging cable it stopped.
I tried grounding myself to something to see if it would stop and it never did.
After I got a new M7 the problem went away. My guess is that the charging port is suspect.
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I had the same problem with my M7. First the charging port became really flimsy; the phone would only charge when the charging cable was positioned in a certain way. After that I began to feel a constant static electricity when the phone was charging. It was strong enough that I could feel it all over the phone. As soon I disconnected the charging cable it stopped.
I tried grounding myself to something to see if it would stop and it never did.
After I got a new M7 the problem went away. My guess is that the charging port is suspect.
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Interesting.. earlier this week my charger nearly caught on fire-- sparks, smoke, all that good stuff. I've been noticing over the last year or so that the quality of chargers has seemed to get worse and worse-- at least in the US. This was the first time I'd ever seen anything of the sort happen, and here there is a thread that is (sort of) about that subject. Were either of you (who recently posted) running Android 6.0-- just out of curiosity? My M7 uses up a ton more power on Marshmallow and runs significantly hotter than it did on Lollipop... hopefully that will change as the OS develops.
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I know this is an old thread but its all i could find online. im usung an HTC M8 and have been for the last year and half. when i plug it into the wall charger and hold the phone in my left hand (not sure if it matters which hand) and touch something metallic/grounded with my right hand i get a slight nipping feeling, if i move my hand up and down i will get the nip more as i'm making and breaking connection. i decided to try a multimeter to see whats going on, so i hold a probe with my phone in my left hand and put the other probe to earth and i get between 140 and 115v ac. surely this is not normal
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There should only be 5 Vdc reaching your phone, if you get 115 Vac then your charger is for sure faulty.
Video explaining the setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiYrk_LPF4
Video in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIya1NEXy4Y
Picture of the setup: http://i.imgur.com/cb3to1M.jpg
I was bored on a long weekend and decided that the universal car mounts with the arms (you know the ones I'm talking about - these pieces of junk http://i.imgur.com/f2zZcCs.jpg ) plus the necessity of plugging the phone in manually was ENTIRELY too much trouble.
Ok, not really... but that was my excuse for putting together a little DIY project!
It turns out that the LG WCP-300 wireless qi charger fits perfectly inside a gutted Schosche Vent Mount (this guy: http://i.imgur.com/rRpZO78.jpg ). I had to cut out quite a bit of little plastic pieces, but the charger is held very securely once the mount is gutted.
Next, I bolted a secure, flat platform to my A-pillar trim piece (the pillar to the left of the windshield) and mounted a flexible arm suction cup mount.
From there, I hard-wired a 2amp usb charger using a fuse-tap and ran the cable up through the dash and out between the A-pillar trim piece and the dashboard. This cable is plugged into the wireless qi charger.
So now, when I get in the car, I just set my phone on the charger, the magnets hold it securely in place, and it charges wirelessly!
It's totally awesome and is definitely the most expensive car mount I've ever had - but it's SO cool!
Total cost: Around $40 for the mount, another $40 for the LG WCP-300 wireless charger.
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Video explaining the setup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUiYrk_LPF4
Video in action: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XIya1NEXy4Y
Picture of the setup: http://i.imgur.com/cb3to1M.jpg
I was bored on a long weekend and decided that the universal car mounts with the arms (you know the ones I'm talking about - these pieces of junk http://i.imgur.com/f2zZcCs.jpg ) plus the necessity of plugging the phone in manually was ENTIRELY too much trouble.
Ok, not really... but that was my excuse for putting together a little DIY project!
It turns out that the LG WCP-300 wireless qi charger fits perfectly inside a gutted Schosche Vent Mount (this guy: http://i.imgur.com/rRpZO78.jpg ). I had to cut out quite a bit of little plastic pieces, but the charger is held very securely once the mount is gutted.
Next, I bolted a secure, flat platform to my A-pillar trim piece (the pillar to the left of the windshield) and mounted a flexible arm suction cup mount.
From there, I hard-wired a 2amp usb charger using a fuse-tap and ran the cable up through the dash and out between the A-pillar trim piece and the dashboard. This cable is plugged into the wireless qi charger.
So now, when I get in the car, I just set my phone on the charger, the magnets hold it securely in place, and it charges wirelessly!
It's totally awesome and is definitely the most expensive car mount I've ever had - but it's SO cool!
Total cost: Around $40 for the mount, another $40 for the LG WCP-300 wireless charger.
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Nicely done, looks really good, thanks for sharing
Joe.Cole1: What magnets? Are there magnets in the WCP-300?
I really like this idea.
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Joe.Cole1: What magnets? Are there magnets in the WCP-300?
I really like this idea.
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I purchased some neodymium rare earth magnets from Home Depot. Not sure of the exact ones, but the ones on the phone mount are fairly large, while the ones inside the case are, by necessity, much smaller.
There are no magnets in the WCP-300 - I found that putting magnets on it - at least in my case - made charging not as consistent. It may have just been some other factor during my testing, but there you have it. The magnets are around the WCP-300 and around the wireless charging coils in the phone itself (I popped off the cover attempting to place the magnets inside the phone initially).
Hopefully that answers your question!
Very awesome man. I'd totally pay 100 bucks for that set up if a company made it like that. How much time from start to finish did it take you about?
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Very awesome man. I'd totally pay 100 bucks for that set up if a company made it like that. How much time from start to finish did it take you about?
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I'd say it only took me an hour or two of solid work, but I was running to Home Depot and back over the course of a day and also testing/trying out different stuff before I found the solution that worked.
All-in-all, well worth the time/money!
Is ur Lg a wireless charger? I mean charged wirelessly
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93fuelslut said:
Is ur Lg a wireless charger? I mean charged wirelessly
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Yes, it's a Verizon Wireless LG G2 which has Qi wireless charging built-in.
What's your thoughts on this phone? I'm thinking of this or the moto x but I hear bad things abt this phone. So what's
Ur thoughts on this phone
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What's your thoughts on this phone? I'm thinking of this or the moto x but I hear bad things abt this phone. So what's
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Nobody is going to see or want to reply to your question here. There are posts dedicated to the pros and cons of the phone elsewhere.
nice car mount dude. hope to get this one also.. :good:
do the magnets interfere with your gps/compass?
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do the magnets interfere with your gps/compass?
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Great questions. The ONLY thing they interfere with is the compass... the phone always thinks it's pointing north. However, I only use navigation, and direction is determined by GPS, not by compass, so I don't notice the difference.
well nice try indeed.
but i have my doubts about those magnets corrupting the flash storage and the compass alignment during use. imagine s.o. putting stronger neodym there. that blows the electrons into space lol. also destroying the carinterior is bad ....
well nice try indeed.
but i have my doubts about those magnets corrupting the flash storage and the compass alignment during use. imagine s.o. putting stronger neodym there. that blows the electrons into space lol. also destroying the carinterior is bad ....
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Well, it's a good thing he's not forcing this on the general public then. It's only one option. Looking forward to seeing your solution.
Thanks Devs. From my VZW G2.
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well nice try indeed.
but i have my doubts about those magnets corrupting the flash storage and the compass alignment during use. imagine s.o. putting stronger neodym there. that blows the electrons into space lol. also destroying the carinterior is bad ....
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Well, the car interior was not destroyed. I used a trim piece that costs $24 to replace.
If you could point me to a study or some proof that the magnets are bad for my phone, I will take them off in a heartbeat! As it is, I can deal with the compass not working.
I doubt these guys would be in business if magnets were bad for your phone. http://www.amazon.com/Cradle-less-Q...e=UTF8&qid=1382805684&sr=1-1&keywords=imagnet
Nice work OP.
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Well, the car interior was not destroyed. I used a trim piece that costs $24 to replace.
If you could point me to a study or some proof that the magnets are bad for my phone, I will take them off in a heartbeat! As it is, I can deal with the compass not working.
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well i dont know the physics behind very well, but i think when bad things come together and somebody uses a very heavy magnet the induction voltages could outrage and lead to misbehavior or destruction. but it seems like the have to be really strong to do even little damage.
But neodym magnets can of course cause severe damage to other sensors or metallic parts in the cellphone. Like the vibrator e.g. ... :silly: i think as long as the magnetic fields arent moved with high speeds nothing should happen to the flash memories.
the car interior wasnt destroyed ? didnt you cut or screw the A-pillar of the car ? ....
Look nice :good:
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well i dont know the physics behind very well, but i think when bad things come together and somebody uses a very heavy magnet the induction voltages could outrage and lead to misbehavior or destruction. but it seems like the have to be really strong to do even little damage.
But neodym magnets can of course cause severe damage to other sensors or metallic parts in the cellphone. Like the vibrator e.g. ... :silly: i think as long as the magnetic fields arent moved with high speeds nothing should happen to the flash memories.
the car interior wasnt destroyed ? didnt you cut or screw the A-pillar of the car ? ....
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I guess you missed it. Yes, I bolted it to the A-pillar TRIM PIECE, which, as I pointed out, is $24 to replace if I ever decide to get rid of it.
Not sure how magnets affect the phone in the long run (so far, nothing out of the ordinary), but I guess I'll be the pioneer and let y'all know if something goes wrong!
Hey guys,
i have a little issue with a ~3 years old m7 that my grandma used (got replaced with a new one at that time cuz of pink camera issue). Two weeks ago it was charging overnight on a charger while being low on battery, than the main fuse in the house broke and naturally the charger was stinking of burnt. She than still used it afterwards until the m7 turned off ( i assume the battery was empty at that point). Than my dad tried to charge it up with his charger at which point the red led came on and charged for a few minutes and than turned off, the phone wouldnt turn on and w/e charger/cable (that are known working) he tried, the m7 wouldnt charge. After approx. 1 week i got to the phone, tried all the possible Button combinations (before connecting it to the power) but nothing happened. As a last resort i connected it to an Aukey 70w charger with AI Power and QC3 support, to my astonishment the red led turned on, the display turned on and it showed the "new battery charging screen" for about a minute or so. After that i just moved it from one spot to another and it suddenly turned off again (so i thought, that maybe the connection on the usb port is bad), so i reattached the cable and the red led came on again for about a second and turned off again. After that whatever i tried (different cables, chargers, warming the phone on the heater, cooling it in the fridge, again button combos) nothing happened.
Interestingly enough i have a few chargers that emit feeping sound (since they were new), the sound differes if they are just plugged into the wall socket or if they are plugged in and a (known working) device (like my phone) is charging. If i connect the m7 to those chargers they change the feeping sound same as when i connect a working device.
Im not particularly keen on opening the device up, but does anyone have an idea what could be the reason. I even tried readjusting the "USB charging plate" with a thin needle, as well as scrubbing the contacts a bit with the needle, naturally to no avail...
Thanks for ideas.
PS the phone was S-on, but unlocked and running 4.4.4 stock rooted android, if i remember correctly.
I sugest you to order new charging port (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...0.H0.Xone+m7+mi.TRS0&_nkw=one+m7+mic&_sacat=0). It's only few bucks and worth to try.
I had charging problem cos the port was not so tight anymore- it did charge only when I set some suppurt to the cable.
When the microphone died, I ordered the plate, Swaping it was super easy and after that everything works perfectly!
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I sugest you to order new charging port (http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_fro...0.H0.Xone+m7+mi.TRS0&_nkw=one+m7+mic&_sacat=0). It's only few bucks and worth to try.
I had charging problem cos the port was not so tight anymore- it did charge only when I set some suppurt to the cable.
When the microphone died, I ordered the plate, Swaping it was super easy and after that everything works perfectly!
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Thanks for the fast reply. Im not rly sure its the port as it appears to charge (judging) by the fact t hat those chargers change their feeping.
alternatively fo you have a decent teardown video/manual/tutorial how to open it?
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Thanks for the fast reply. Im not rly sure its the port as it appears to charge (judging) by the fact t hat those chargers change their feeping.
alternatively fo you have a decent teardown video/manual/tutorial how to open it?
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Yeah found that one myself too. Does it really go so easy? He basically just uses the metal pry tool to cut between the plastic of the back and the front. Is no heating necessary? How to close it than?
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Thanks for the fast reply. Im not rly sure its the port as it appears to charge (judging) by the fact t hat those chargers change their feeping.
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Yeah found that one myself too. Does it really go so easy? He basically just uses the metal pry tool to cut between the plastic of the back and the front. Is no heating necessary? How to close it than?
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Yes, it IS so easy
He din't cut it apart, there are thiese pins that hold it together.
No heatin needed.
After that jou just push it back together.
Ofcourse you have to bee careful, not to rush.
There are planty of videos of dissambling M7
Tarx100 said:
Yes, it IS so easy
He din't cut it apart, there are thiese pins that hold it together.
No heatin needed.
After that jou just push it back together.
Ofcourse you have to bee careful, not to rush.
There are planty of videos of dissambling M7
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Ah, ok. Thanks. I thought it's glued as well... Might order one of these metal spudgers from ifixit...
crnkoj said:
Ah, ok. Thanks. I thought it's glued as well... Might order one of these metal spudgers from ifixit...
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I dissambled mine with regular small knife, after that you need screwdrivers, that are included when you order the plate with tools
Do you have that to? It's a tiny tiny bit loose all four directions. Original cable. No problem with the connection. Its snug when inserting and pulling out.
Checked with my Samsung S5. It has more play, so I guess it's ok.
That's by design.
As long as the connection is good, there's nothing to worry.
Thank you! That's relaxing to know.
Remember the standard USB plugs, and when you try to plug them in, they get caught on the housing, but you think you put them the wrong way and rotate them, just to notice they're actually the wrong direction now?
That's to prevent that.
4rz0 said:
Remember the standard USB plugs, and when you try to plug them in, they get caught on the housing, but you think you put them the wrong way and rotate them, just to notice they're actually the wrong direction now?
That's to prevent that.
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Yes, all too good. Why the S5 wireless charging is great! Wireless charging doesn't matter very much with the XZ1C because of the USB-C.
Have ordered Wsken magnetic cables to be on the safe side. The USB on my Acro S went broke a long time ago.
I had a magnetic cable, but it stuck out too much for my taste.
Tried to modify it so that it goes in further, but destroyed it in the process.
I'd love to have a flat one, tho.
Was is Wsken? It has great reviews on Amazon. Cannot order from Amazon. Doesn't ship to my country, so I ordered from Ebay.
Flat magnetic cable? Got to check that.