Hi All: Sad to see so little activity on this list; specially when the talk of the town is the 'making' of VT into a high-tech, investor-friendly, magnet. I'm surprised there's no chatter on this wire anymore.
Nevertheless, I though perhaps before doing the post to CList I'd start my adventure here by asking if anyone has the soldering skills needed to re-bond the micro-usb port on my Nokia N900; which did the dirtnap last month. It used to charge/data fine and I don't trust myself to get it right. Below are salient points slurped from netsearching. Any references forwarded are mightly appreciated. Hope tech is treating all of you well, Rion ................................................... http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=249 02-16-2012 A while back, I noticed that my wall charger's plug was rather loose and it would wiggle. I thought it was normal since i'm used to some USB plugs being loose in other devices. (I never realized it or cared too much of it, but I realize now that my phone would have to have the plug a certain way to get a charge). Fast forward a good few months, and my USB cable would get very touchy with charging (even touching and moving the cable slightly would get a charge-notcharging-charging sound quickly as the cable would move. Now, it won't even realize that it's plugged in. I think the USB port might be slightly crooked too. ................................................... http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=248 RION:this http://213.128.137.28/showpost.php?p=1142072&postcount=2475 ................................................... http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=245 while solid soldering USB port isn't very hard, it also isn't trivial. I would not like to send my N900 to someone that got just "basic" soldering skills - really. ................................................... http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=244 The port is not loose, the tiny connector in the middle is broken. recreating connection via battery pads is relatively easy. http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=243 for repairing a detached socket i recommend to install the new socket upside down . the pins are more accessible to solder http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=242 Fix you USB before and after it breaks http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=75920 http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=241 Well my turn, my usb connector came off, but the funny thing if i push it back in and hold it in a certain angle the contact still seem to allow the device to charge... i have now completly turned it off to save battery, so i can somehow backup my data... any sugestions how to do this let me know. Soldering really is the only way forward and a permanent fix. http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=238 -> pad images http://213.128.137.28/showthread.php?t=37107&page=237 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
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