I stripped one of the screws that allows me to get to the internals of the phone. I am wondering if anybody has any suggestions about how to remove it. I saw someone talk about super glue and a tooth pick dropping the supper glue in there and letting it harden the trying to screw it out. But any other suggestions would be appreciated.
Is it totally stripped? Using a screwdriver that is not correct may partially strip it but using the correct screwdriver can still get it out.
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Is it totally stripped? Using a screwdriver that is not correct may partially strip it but using the correct screwdriver can still get it out.
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yea its totally stripped which is why I was gonna try the glue method
Superglue won't do crap. Only option other than trying a different screwdriver is using a dremmel to remove the screws head.
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Superglue won't do crap. Only option other than trying a different screwdriver is using a dremmel to remove the screws head.
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its so tiny where should I start never used a dremel before I dont want to screw up my phone?
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Superglue won't do crap. Only option other than trying a different screwdriver is using a dremmel to remove the screws head.
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Yes what he said! A dremel is the best way. There's this lil ball grinder tool that would grind the head of the stripped screw off. Click here for pic. You can buy just one at most hardware stores. Buy one a lil smaller then the screw head if you can. The turn on the dremel and grind the head of the screw off! Basically you put the lil ball head in the stripped portion and grind out the center. The outer portion will come loose. The base of the screw will remain. Ask some friends to see if they already have a dremel. They are quite handy if your crafty!
Wear a headlamp for good lighting and go slow.
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Lol @ "leave only the shaft"
Yeah, your app is faster than my app. Sorry the pictures are out of order.
studacris said:
Lol @ "leave only the shaft"
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U beat me to it I was planning to go there dammit lol but Ill try the ball grinder......
and as far as price on a dremel should I buy off of amazon???? or are there places I can get it cheaper dont have a lot of side dough but I do want to get this fixed.
basically looking for a dremel recommendation lol just dont want to buy the wrong thing.
Thanks or all the help so far I really appreciate it.
You can use a drill. Find a bit that's the same size as the head of the screw, brace the phone good (extra hands are helpful) and drill off the screw head.
Do you have a Harbor Freight nearby? Or check their website. They have a dremmel like device that has the bits on sale just about all the time.
http://www.harborfreight.com/80-piece-rotary-tool-kit-97626.html
Harbor Freight = toy store.
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Harbor Freight = toy store.
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It is the Walmart of toy stores. :good:
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It is the Walmart of toy stores. :good:
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Cool Ill try out the drill first since I already have that just gotta look through and find the right size bit.
Be very careful with the drill. One slip and it is goodbye phone.
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what size torx screwdriver is needed to take apart the g1 (htc dream)? i would prefer to buy just the one that i needed instead of a whole set. TIA.
it might be 3
trust me buying an entire set is worth the money. i bought a 15 peice phone toolset with torx standard and phillips heads plus a few prying tools. i use that screwdriver set for my tilt, hermes, g1, and all my computers
Look on ebay for a torx set. I saw a large set with rachet end and tons of heads for 12.99 shipped or something. Came in a hard plastic case as well.
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what size torx screwdriver is needed to take apart the g1 (htc dream)? i would prefer to buy just the one that i needed instead of a whole set. TIA.
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You need T5 & T6 and some small Phillips and yes the pry tool is needed trust me you'll break something if ya don't use it.. i just finished putting my phone back together a few min ago ya can get a decent kit wit everything at harbor freight.. well except the pry tool but check they might have it i didn't look for it there since i had one already.
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You need T5 & T6 and some small Phillips and yes the pry tool is needed trust me you'll break something if ya don't use it.. i just finished putting my phone back together a few min ago ya can get a decent kit wit everything at harbor freight.. well except the pry tool but check they might have it i didn't look for it there since i had one already.
hey man is that your g1? and if so how did you customize it like that
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VR4Stryph said:
You need T5 & T6 and some small Phillips and yes the pry tool is needed trust me you'll break something if ya don't use it.. i just finished putting my phone back together a few min ago ya can get a decent kit wit everything at harbor freight.. well except the pry tool but check they might have it i didn't look for it there since i had one already.
hey man is that your g1? and if so how did you customize it like that
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Yeah.. it is.. i bought a housing from a white phone on ebay and mixed it into my black phone ^_^ i always liked the white but i just had to have it on release day *shrugs* any way yeah i mixed and matched the keys i personaly like the way it looks if you have the money you can allways go colorware http://www.colorwarepc.com/p-170-tmobile-g1.aspx
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Wow did not know they made color mods!!!! I want one not worth 125 though man that looks cool. and so I'm not complely off topic you can never have 2 many tools
@VR4Stryph
More photos please!!! Looks much nicer than I imagined. Kudos for being daring.
If I can't find a white memory card cover (see my other thread), I may have to do something like this!
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More photos please!!! Looks much nicer than I imagined. Kudos for being daring.
If I can't find a white memory card cover (see my other thread), I may have to do something like this!
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Will do when I get in tonight after the fight ^_^ ill just make another thread though. Sorry bout the hijack hehehe just excited about my phone
Try this one.
Anyone know how to crack this puppy open? I assume that those are two screw hole plugs on either side of the 30 pin port but I can't think of a way to get them out without digging into the plastic with a pair of sharp tweezers. If anyone can give some advice on how to open it, I'll gladly do it and take photos of the breakdown
http://dealextreme.com/p/professional-premium-precision-phone-disassembly-tool-7-piece-set-23050
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I already have the tools... but thanks
Then what's the problem?
Nothing. You were very helpful. Thank goodness you are here.
Yes, sarcasm will get you everywhere. Congrats on achieving your ends of getting ignored.
Ready your flame suit
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Anyone know how to crack this puppy open? I assume that those are two screw hole plugs on either side of the 30 pin port but I can't think of a way to get them out without digging into the plastic with a pair of sharp tweezers. If anyone can give some advice on how to open it, I'll gladly do it and take photos of the breakdown
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I'd love to see this baby undressed! Please, make it so
I'd rather see it blend.
The screen is glued on... You have to use a heat gun or blow dryer to soften the glue and then *gently* pry. I own a mobile device/computer repair shop and most mobile devices now are glued together. Screws make them fat. If you need help let me know.
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The screen is glued on... You have to use a heat gun or blow dryer to soften the glue and then *gently* pry. I own a mobile device/computer repair shop and most mobile devices now are glued together. Screws make them fat. If you need help let me know.
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Thanks for the info! would the screen be the first angle of attack? And If I were to remove the screen in that manner, would I need to clean the glue and apply a new coat?
Also interested in how this would be done... not that I'd do it right now. I've had this thing for about 48 hours with very little use and I can see a spec of dust inside the screen surface. I wonder if warranty would cover that? I'm sure Best Buy would help me out here.
I plan on doing a tear down with step by step guide in the next week or two... Ill post it. You have to use a heat gun and suction cup... Its not as hard as you may think but IT IS DEFINITELY NOT FOR BEGGINERS THOUGH AND SHOULD ONLY BE DONE IF THE GLASS/LCD/DIGITIZER NEEDS REPLACED. You can always message me for help/advice... Its what i do everyday.
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I'm sure it will be much appreciated when you do thanks alot. I love knowing how to get into my own hardware to do my own repairs
Im going to tear it apart today and make a step by step guide. Havnt got to it because of the holiday weekend... Ill post results. It may be a couple days (not sure what "security" features i may find) but ill keep you guys posted (and the hidden microsd thread too ;-) )!
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Im going to tear it apart today and make a step by step guide. Havnt got to it because of the holiday weekend... Ill post results. It may be a couple days (not sure what "security" features i may find) but ill keep you guys posted (and the hidden microsd thread too ;-) )!
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Thousands of us cannot wait to see the results. Hope you have someone to take pictures of your hard work, step by step along the way.
Good luck - You are very brave!
Looking forward to seeing the inside of this thing. Good luck.
this impending tear down is going to answer a very..........bothersome question from another thread.........that i cannot wait for it to go away
Cool. It should be interesting to see how this is done.
I hope ifixit.com does a teardown. I don't see why they wouldn't. They do a lot of devices, and this is the reigning king of HC tablets.
Was with some girls at the beach, one thing led to another and i dropped my phone in the sand...was kinda buried in it before i noticed after stepping on it.
phones perfect..just some grains embedded in the gap between screen and chassis along the edges like dirt gets stuck inside keyboard.
wondering how i can take it out.
can service center open and clean it up for me?
surprisingly body doesnt have any scratches and phone is perfectly working ...had it been iphone, would ve snapped into pieces after i stepped on it.
Buy a $5 keyboard cleaner and use it on your phone... It's only air so it won't do damage to your phone and do it while your phone is upside down...
Tech support will charge u an arm and a leg.
do u mean compressed air?
i have one of those lens blowers that i use for DSLR..but i doubt it ll work as sand is moist and stuck between the screen-chassis gap.
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I think u might be able to clean that sand with compressed air, but not with toys like u shown, or that thingie the other guy suggeested. I am talking about air compressors on fuel pumps for example, for blowing flat tyres. With that kinda blowing, it just might help.
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I think u might be able to clean that sand with compressed air, but not with toys like u shown, or that thingie the other guy suggeested. I am talking about air compressors on fuel pumps for example, for blowing flat tyres. With that kinda blowing, it just might help.
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well i might just go to a fuel pump then.
You could always open the case and clean it. Seems to be pretty straight forward. Check out some of the tear down vids on YouTube.
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You could always open the case and clean it. Seems to be pretty straight forward. Check out some of the tear down vids on YouTube.
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wouldnt that void my warranty?
seems easy to open up though.
i checked with nokia care and since there was a light leak on lcd at left bottom, they will do a repair on that plus clean up the dirt.
only drawback is that it ll take 3-5 working days...compressed air was $15 for a can and i dont think it ll remove the sticky moist sand
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wouldnt that void my warranty?
seems easy to open up though.
i checked with nokia care and since there was a light leak on lcd at left bottom, they will do a repair on that plus clean up the dirt.
only drawback is that it ll take 3-5 working days...compressed air was $15 for a can and i dont think it ll remove the sticky moist sand
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If Nokia is going to fix it for free, I would definitely send it back to them for repair. I can't believe the sand didn't destroy the Gorilla Glass.
So all those ants under my screen threads... I thought that's funny... too bad for those suckers...
Well karmas a b!tch
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I want to laugh at this thread, and yet...
Don't tempt fate....
On the real though... I tore it down to look at the digitized and display assembly, and there just isn't any way to separate the two without destroying it. Bummed out.
Gonna try and cook the sucker playing some nfs or rr3
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Wow, you can't do a warranty exchange? Surely ants under the screen is covered...
pour some sugar into the speakers and get the sucker to move towards it and away from the screen..LOL
I wonder where the ants are crawling in through? Around the screen somewhere? Through the USB port? Does someone fancy carrying out an experiment with their Nexus 10 and an ant lol.
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I wonder where the ants are crawling in through? Around the screen somewhere? Through the USB port? Does someone fancy carrying out an experiment with their Nexus 10 and an ant lol.
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Mind you, they are tiny... so either the usb or micro hdmi would seem like the Holland tunnel to them. It drives me batty.
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I was thinking about this last night. I wonder if you were to craft some sort of funnel that you could put on the end of a shop vac or automotive car was vac (because they are so powerful) and then put the small end of the funnel on/over the usb ports - could that ant be sucked, maybe not all the way out but perhaps out of view?
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I wonder where the ants are crawling in through? Around the screen somewhere? Through the USB port? Does someone fancy carrying out an experiment with their Nexus 10 and an ant lol.
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It must have been packed in at the assembly plant. if there was a crack or sort of `tunnel` that an ant can crawl in the screen from outside, you will most probably already see plenty of dust under the screen.
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I was thinking about this last night. I wonder if you were to craft some sort of funnel that you could put on the end of a shop vac or automotive car was vac (because they are so powerful) and then put the small end of the funnel on/over the usb ports - could that ant be sucked, maybe not all the way out but perhaps out of view?
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I'd be afraid of causing damage to the tablet by using a vacuum that powerful.
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It must have been packed in at the assembly plant. if there was a crack or sort of `tunnel` that an ant can crawl in the screen from outside, you will most probably already see plenty of dust under the screen.
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Highly unlikely. I purchased it in November...and they (there were two) appeared at the end of March. There is no other dust under the screen. The little guy died and will not shake loose now. Over time perhaps it will decompose enough that I can shake him to an edge. I broke it down as far as I could...but digitizer and display are one unit...and wasn't going to try and pry it apart. My stones are a tad too small for that.
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http://news.slashdot.org/story/13/05/18/1630228/electronics-loving-crazy-ants-invading-southern-us
Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
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ant farms be technologically advancing yo!
but seriously, i think the vacumn method might be the only way
Just wanted to know what you guys think about this.
The photos don't even do it justice. I looks a lot nicer in person.
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I also did my phones battery cover and the chrome bezel because it was messed up from scratches
Nice
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Thanks man didn't take to long either. Just layed it and used an exacto knife to cut around the band
I deicec to do my phones battery cover and the chrome bezel as well because it was messed up from drops. What do you guys think?
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Just wanted to know what you guys think about this.
The photos don't even do it justice. I looks a lot nicer in person.
I also did my phones battery cover and the chrome bezel because it was messed up from scratches
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Me like it long time. Where did you get the material?
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Me like it long time. Where did you get the material?
Note 4 using Taptalk
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I Purchased it From a Company Called Metro Styling.
You can Google them and find their site. they have a lot to choose from.
I purchased 3x 1squarefoot sheets. Came out to $10 with shipping.
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I deicec to do my phones battery cover and the chrome bezel as well because it was messed up from drops. What do you guys think?
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I really like the look of this! If I still had my s5 I would consider doing something similar. Really like how you covered the chrome bezel also
Thanks man I appreciate it.
I've gotten creative wrapping other things as well, I'll update and post photos of all the things I've wrapped tomorrow
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I've gotten creative wrapping other things as well, I'll update and post photos of all the things I've wrapped tomorrow
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Any followup on this? I want to see other stuff you've wrapped
its rely nice look, did it take long to make it? and did u wrap the band inside to? and hows the feel on it, and different on wering
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Any followup on this? I want to see other stuff you've wrapped
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Hey my Apologies man I've been extremely busy and haven't been on xda much as I've pretty much gave up on root for note 4. Ill post these after I get some good lighting to take the photos.
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its rely nice look, did it take long to make it? and did u wrap the band inside to? and hows the feel on it, and different on wering
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No this took about 10 minutes. I do not wrap the inside of the band. I cut a price of vynl the length and width of the watch leaving about a half inch every way. Cut that in half and laid it on each ending of the opening on the game for the watch (with the watch out). Heated it and then took an exacto knife to cut it how needed. Because it's not on the bottom or inside of the band it feels just as it would without it.