Hello , here i am again with questionable things that i did
BUT DONT TRY THIS AND BLAME ME LOL , Im just sharing what i did Unless you absolutely had nothing to loose and bored jusf like me
Years ago i aqquired A Z5 and upon diasembling it (to replace the screen ) i saw that they doubled the Heatpipe , it does really help with the heat . so that got me thinking , can i swap this pipe somehow into our little Z ? Just for the fun of it to see if it work or not
I began with making a rough sketch of how the pipe going to be fit
(At this point i didint realize that the cpu location is the same , so the pipe doesnt need to be inverted )
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So i bought a broken Z3 and diasemble it , but . to my sadness , the pipe is actually soldered directly to the aluminium panel below
(Sorry for out of focus )
My original plan was to seperate the pipe from the frame and manipulate it at my own will (the copper pipe is extremely soft . u can bend it with your nails )
But since it is soldered directly to the aluminium , time to use some brute force
(The aluminium plate was easy to seperate from Z3 metal case since it is only held by glue and clasp )
Since there is actually aluminium under the pipe , i cant bend it sideward to make it smaller in footprint , so i had to change plan and start gutting my Z inner frame ,
And make alots of cut
(Picture to be uploaded )
After that i just put the pipe into possition and tape it there
At this point i faced a second problem , the thickness of that pipe , will basicly adds another 1mm to everything. Which became a huge problem . motherboard mounting . as you all know , or may not know , XP Z motherboard is held by 3 sets of screw , 2 on the usb side and one at micro sd Side , while it screws normally in the USB side , it started to flex almost heavily when i screw in the last screw on the microsd side (as the pipe now sits in the middle of the motherboard, so screwing both side is like pulling it down with force) to compensate that flex , i added some sponge (or whatever that is ) to give bit of leverage so it doesnt flex and bend as much , I also bend the wifi antenna pins outward to make it longer so it still touches the other pin (because of that added height ) ,
Here is the result
With that out of the way . now comes the final problem , that pipe runs diagonally , which will add thickness to the battery too , how im i suppose to fit in the back cover ?
I ran out to the nearest shop to buy one of these
The tape has a thickness of ~2 mm i believe , in order to clear the battery , i had to stack around 3 of those ontop of another , and then im able to stick the back cover without any problem
In the end , DOES IT WORK ? , I dont know , i havent test it yet , also i did this on pure boredom , if it works it works lol
Video to be uploaded
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Hi, I've changed black housing on my magic for a white cover, I've got some problems with GPS and Bluetooth.
The first (GPS) doesn't work nothing, and the second (Bluetooth) sound very bad, I can't comprehend nothing about the conversation.
I don't know what is the problem maybe the antennas? somebody can help me please.
Greetings
potomac said:
Hi, I've changed black housing on my magic for a white cover, I've got some problems with GPS and Bluetooth.
The first (GPS) doesn't work nothing, and the second (Bluetooth) sound very bad, I can't comprehend nothing about the conversation.
I don't know what is the problem maybe the antennas? somebody can help me please.
Greetings
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and when you change them back everything works fine ?
Cover problem
markojan said:
and when you change them back everything works fine ?
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I did not change back. I'm still having the white cover. Some idea?
Thanks
potomac said:
I did not change back. I'm still having the white cover. Some idea?
Thanks
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it could be that the new one is from different matherials that somehow block the signal (iron threads , ferite threads...) , if you have the old cover you should check if the signal is better with the old one. If it is possible use the one from a friend ... just for tests ... its strange because the other ones sold should be tested to work with the phone....but it's all mass produced in China , so .... anything is possible
one more thing, do you use HTC stock ROM (vanilla) or did you flash some other ROM from this or any other forum ??
did you change the middle housing also? because you do know the gps antenna is a sticker stuck onto the middle housing you might have forgotten to take it off and put it on the new housing.
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did you change the middle housing also? because you do know the gps antenna is a sticker stuck onto the middle housing you might have forgotten to take it off and put it on the new housing.
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not likely. the gps reciever is under the sticker
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oscilators, condensators , ICs ... not likely to fit in a sticker
but as I said , maybe the new cover is from thicker matherial or some ferite-like one that chops the signals and they give bad reception (sending also).
Thank you for your answers.
I changed the front cover, the middle and back cover, also the leds, speaker and all keys.
The new housing is by TIM (Telecom Italia) could be the material as markojan says but I don't think so. I will try to change back all, and will tell you what happen.
Where is exactly the GPS antenna?
Thanks and see you
Both the GPS and Bluetooth antennas are in the sticker. Somtimes if you are not carefull peeling off the sticker from the old cover it could've damaged the copper etching which is in sticker which acts as antenna.
Try if you can get replacements (I didnt find any on a search). Alternatively try checking again and try replacing the copper with some aluminium foils used for packing foods. It should work fine.
Based on what you tell its certainly the antenna is damaged or not in 'contact' with board behind.
Good luck!
Problem solved, the gps and the bluetooth are working again. The problem was with the medium housing, the new one (white) has not got the two golden contacts, I supose this two contacts must be the antennas.
I've replaced the medium housing for the old black, and covered with front and back white covers.
Thanks
I was really struggling to spend around 15 euros on HTC stylus, so I tried and made my own. All you need is a long stylus - shaped piece of plastic, I used a long lego piece. Next thing you need is a piece of antistatic film you from your eg computer equipment ( around 7 by 7 centimeters) and some scotch tape. Next thing you need is around five minutes free time and you got a stylus.
1. Wrap antistatic film around eg. lego piece and stick it with scotch tape.
2. Optional - you can cut the end of film to give it some more regular shape and to get some more accuracy. It's done
It's crucial to remember to be touching the antistatic film itself while using stylu, otherwise it won't work.
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http://img821.imageshack.us/g/img20110419143055.jpg/
Good idea, but a photo would be nice.
i've tried a stylus and was less than impressed, but if it works for you that great
I used a old bic pen, wrapped aluminum foil around it, added #0000 steel wool to the tip, put on some tape, etc until it felt "right" and then it worked. You have to be touching the foil though.
I will try to upload photos so that can be visible in my post, but dunno how yet .
Stylus works great and is very accurate, but the fact is you have to touch the film while using it. But it's not a very big drawback I guess
Done with a bit more care that would look very acceptable - ghetto is fine for me, but if I left that on my desk the wife would "tidy it up" direct to the bin lol
I'm still trying to understand how capacitive screens works, but could you possibly make a stylus out of solid metal?
In which case, I have an idea for a design
some antistatic film, 1"x1" is enough
a little bit of sponge
a copper tube about 4" long and with an internal diameter slightly bigger than the following bolt
a bolt slightly longer than the tube
a nut for the bolt
tape
place the spongy material on the head of the bolt and drape the antistatic fil over top it.
tape it down to the sides of the bolt
insert the bolt inside the tube and use the nut to hold everything together. use lock-tight if needed, as you do not wish to damage the film.
optionally you could rig some sort of clip and put that on before the nut.
you can tweak the design as desired.
Capacitive screen works basically by detecting electrostatic load that human body produces.
I think only rule in making non-battery stylus for that kind of screen is to provide a load-conductive material and adjust it to connect directly the finger and the surface of the screen.
So basing on that konwledge I don't think that a solid metal stylus would work due to the lack of connection of antistatic film and a source of a static load. You can check it by just touching the screen with any bolt, or anything metalish at all.
I made my own in the beginning
Like many of us, I too tried making my own stylus to use on my iPod, but they always looked like junk and never worked much better. So like everyone else looking for the best, I bought and tried 90% of them and spent a ton of money dong so. Then I tried the STYLUS-R-US ones and wow! They make all other ones look pathetic, seriously. I bought their Terminator and it is awesome to the bone. No pressure a all to make it work. Not foam either. I'm not sure of their url but they have like a dozen so you can just search for stylusrusDOT anything and you'll find them.
I ordered a cheap desk stand from eBay, for the galaxy SII and the 4x HD fits perfectly!
I also customised a dock for my car, got fed up with trying to squeeze the phone into a rubbish looking universal mount, then connecting a trailing cable. So I hid the cables hard-wired behind the dash, and dremel'd the dock to shape, bent it with a hot air-gun, clamping it in a vice. Getting the connector to stay in place took a hot glue gun. (leaving a cavity underneath means I can still reach my headlight switch, not that i use it, I leave it set to on 100% of the time on the Volvo, as it makes no difference - the daytime running lights are set up to be the main dipped headlights anyway!)
I think now I've got a working prototype I'll buy another and redo it a bit neater. (The dock is only about £4 from china!) as the plastic has reacted a bit to the heat!
The dock is simply squeezed into the gap in the dash trim, it holds fine.
The phone jiggles a bit and it isn't angled towards the driver quite right, but it's fine, and certainly easier than having to fiddle the phone and charger in every time I get in the car!
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look great !!! cool man ^^
I Should add, people have commented on two things - firstly in a crash it's going to fly out very easy and be dangerous (Though surely any cheap phone mount will also! Only something like a Brodit will hold it very securely)
Secondly (and quite worryingly!) Perhaps the charging socket will wear out from sitting wobbling around?
Nice but isn't mobile blocking your air-conditioning channel?
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Yeah, but sitting in the flow of air wasn't a big deal for me. Most universal mounts mount onto a vent!
I since removed this! Firstly, the phone wobbles quite a lot - I was worried that the charging socket could get worn out.
Also, in the event of a crash it would fly around quite easily!
I now use a Clingo, but I modified it by screwing the tip of the ball-joint onto a Brodit base, so it's held next to my stereo
Hi, can you please give the url for the dock you bought ?
Thanks.
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Wow!! what a creative idea, charging and cooling at the same time. Good job.
@Ben-B can you post the ebay link? looks like a really good idea for us 4x drivers. I assume ANY S2 docks will do right?
Life'sGood said:
@Ben-B can you post the ebay link? looks like a really good idea for us 4x drivers. I assume ANY S2 docks will do right?
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I have one like this: http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Sync-Charge-Cradle-Dock-Station-Charger-For-Samsung-Galaxy-S2-S3-S4-i9300-i9500-/231021608377?pt=UK_BOI_Electrical_Components_Supplies_ET&var=&hash=item35c9f5fdb9
Though I've now added a shim of card (taped on the back part with black electrical tape) to hold it at just the right angle.
Just to clarify, I'm just talking about desk stands here, the car cradle idea was just me bodging a desk stand, but I don't use that any more.
I doubt a real G S2 car cradle will hold the 4x, the width would have to be the same and I'm sure it's not!
Hi everyone. Just thought I would share a link to a good teardown video.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoDAg8mYYz4&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Thanks for the video link. It's a much more informative piece than the iFixit teardown. Interesting that there's a reset button that has been covered up. I downloaded the video for future reference.
BTW, love the dude's narration. Have to check out his video feed.
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Edit: I'm wondering about the possibility of oxidation on the leaf contacts (which connect the three antennas) over time.
I love his video blog as well as his forum. I'm not sure about the leaf contacts... I know my HTC Evo 4g LTE has them for the antenna on the back cover as well.
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i kept thinking he was gonna pull a crocodile hunter move and be like LOOK AT THAT LETS SPIT ON IT :laugh:
That's an excellent video. Makes me feel like I know so much more about my nexus 7. More people in this forum need to watch this video. Google/Asus obviously went all out on this device. We see the proof in this video. They got top notch high quality parts for included stuff. I love the fact the battery is easily replaceable. Can't wait till 3rd. Party manufacturers come with their batteries THST will last even longer. The battery being easily replaceable is the biggest factor in increasing its longivity. Its easy for the user to replace. Even easier for Asus/Google techs to replace. Very efficient design. This is not some cheapo battery in here. Then the star of everything is likely the GPS/accelorometer integration in. One chip. This is a very high tech and high quality component. Worlds first and only 6 axis motion. Even has a built in processor for it. Then also dual mode GPS and glosnass reception. That component had so many great and complex features I can't even restate them all. Then by the headphone jack and mini or micro USB being separate, those are likely replaceable also.
What really interested was the possible reset holes he found. One being covered up. The other, on same side, right above 4 connectors, is another hole. Which is exposed and could possibly be another reset hole. Has anyone tried sticking anything in there to see if its one? Or will I have to be the first to try. What I'm hoping is THST its not a second mic hole. He only mentioned THST hole as a possible 2nd reset hole.
Brb, I about to see if it is one..lmfao. wish me luck!
Update: that hole is not a reset hole from what I see. I put something in there and pressed softly. Nothing happened. Pressed a little harder and still nothing. Kinda felt like pressing aagainst rubber as it had some flex/pushback. I didn't go extreme and really force something all the way. As it could just possibly be another mic hole and I don't want to punch a hole through it..lol
So the question now is what about the hole that's covered up by the case? If someone removes the back and test it out, they can confirm whether that one is a reset hole or not. If it is a reset hole, then we could easily mod/punch a tiny hole on the side backing to have it exposed and use when we see fit.
>So the question now is what about the hole that's covered up by the case?
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I would tape the back cover before drilling, in case the rubber shreds (I doubt it, but to be safe).
I know I might get blasted for this but, I wonder if in the future there will be a way to buy a camera and plug and play it to work. I Remember the old Samsung vibrant had an open space for an ffc and we ended up being able replace the camera with a int'l galaxy camera and it worked. I just think a tablet of this size is still good for picture taking.
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in this thread i will explain how to make external GPS antenna for our OP without epensice costs (it costs me less than a dollar :fingers-crossed
im not responsible for damaging your phone if u try to follow this !!!
Materials:
*screwdriver (i used 3mm but 1.5 mm is optimum) (i bought 2 screws flat and crossed for 0.5 $)
*a piece of copper wire about 10 - 12 cm and thin diameter (i used a wire of my old damaged mouse) (cost nothing)
Procedures:
1-take of the 7 screws at the back.
2-with a flat screw ..... at the top right sider (at mp3 jack) enter the screw and rotate slowly and carefully and the plastic back will open clip by clip. (try to be careful cuz of weak materials). (after taking off the back cover take care of volume rocker button and lock button as the may fall and lost!!!!!) (take the battery off to avoid short circuits)
3-locate the GPS antenna terminal at the plastic back and at the motherboard (ignor the ground terminal)
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4-at the plastic cover ...... put a piece of adhesive tape on antenna to be sure of its isolation
5-on the motherboard ....... put a piece of plastic adhesive tape on the marked area and pass the copper wire from the rubber piece as in the pic and make th wire get out at the area directly near the antenna (cuz it's opened at the back over)
6-reture the buttons in place and the back cover and tight the screws
7-cover the metallic areas over the SIM card and SD card and screw median to the camera by plastic tape to prevent touching of wires.
8-Now ............ u got the antenna :victory: :victory: :victory: :victory: :victory: >>>>>>>>>>>>u can bend it behind the battery cover but it won't make reception better as u thought >>>>>>>> OR >>>>>>>>>>>>> when u need it just take off the battery cover and get it out !!!!
http://youtu.be/KJ60A2bt6Sw
looks nice and the snr is good, congratulations for your work and thanks for the tutorial.
Very nice thank you
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what "rom" you use ?
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what "rom" you use ?
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Most likely a custom ICS Rom. Probably IZS made by Huexxx.
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rjunai said:
what "rom" you use ?
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official ROM ICS of UAE >............ but im now using IZS with the same results
it's APEX launcher
Other side
Can I ask, is that same looking thing on the other side (at right side) antenna too? For what is that antenna?
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Can I ask, is that same looking thing on the other side (at right side) antenna too? For what is that antenna?
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the antenna at the RT side (at Power button side) >>>>>>>>>>>> wifi/bluetooth antenna
And do You know, where is ground? on the left or on the right?
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jzak1083 said:
And do You know, where is ground? on the left or on the right?
Thanks
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the ground is the inner pole even for wifi/bluetooth antenne or that of the GPS .................. so u work with the outer pole for each
Thank you!