I have a Nokia N900 mobile phone with a failing USB port. This is a common failure on the N900 and there are instructions online showing how to fix it but I dont have any soldering gear so I am unable to fix it myself. Is there anyone out there who can help me fix my phone? I am more than willing to pay money to cover time involved (and any supplies that are used). And I am able to come to the Tuesday Open Night next week (or alternatively I am willing/able to go to just about anywhere in Brisbane/Gold Coast that is reachable by public transport)
I have tried a number of “repair” shops in Brisbane but no-one seems to do that kind of fiddly board level SMT work anymore, just component replacement (e.g. broken screens etc)
If there is anyone out there who can help me (or point me to a shop/repair place/organization/entity who can help me) it would be most appreciated.
That definitely looks doable, it’s fairly common for microusb smd plugs like that to be poorly soldered on or the pads being too small (like in this case).
We have the gear at the space to do this, drop on in on a Tuesday night
Good to know that there are still people in this world who can do actual board-level soldering work and wont just say “sorry, the PCB is faulty and we cant get a new one, you need a new phone” (whilst pointing to the large display of new phones on one side of their shop)
Question: Does the hackerspace (or someone who will be there on Tuesday) have really small screwdrivers (I believe you need a Philips Size 00 and a Torx T6 or so) to he the phone open?
Though my concern is if the USB port is failing I hope that the thin traces out of the USB haven’t broken.
As soon as they break, it becomes a much nastier job
Yeah I hope they haven’t broken off.
I note that when I plugged my phone in to recharge it just now it took a couple goes before it actually started recharging (indicating the USB is definatly getting worse)
