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[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] PapaDocta:
thanks for the guide..... very useful
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] sidney217:
Where can I find the 33meg pdf? I need to disassemble the device too...

regards
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
That is what I thought th first time I opened my MDA Compact! Believe me I am the very first one I did when the device first came out! After lots of research let me tell you this:

IT IS NOT THE CONTACTS! IT IS THE SPEAKER! The membrane is of low quality when you open the device and "fixing" the contacts it will only make it to work for a few phone calls up to a couple of days at most! The speaker is burnt by the high amount of volume the motherboard of JAM gives to the speaker! If you want to solve your problem then you ll have to find a Nokia Center and buy a speaker for a Nokia 6610! Nokia 6610 and HTC Magician have exactly the same speaker! The only thing you have to do is to change nokia's black cloth ribbon on the top of the speaker with HTC's black rubber get it into your magician and there you are! You have a perfect sound again! My only advise is to use the call volume just a click less than the maximum volume so you won't blow away your new speaker!

I dissasembled and reassembled my MDA compact more than 11 times trying fixing the contacts with no permanent result! After replacing the speaker with a Nokias's 6610 speaker everything seems to work like a dream for at least a month now! :wink:

Its much more easier to get Nokia's spare parts than HTC's! The speaker cost me 18euros!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] snorlax:
any chances you could post us nice pictures of these manipulations ?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] katsj:
I would love to do that but please I don't think that my magician could survive one more disassembly! :twisted: In case of replacing a friend's speaker next week who has the same problem I will make sure I get those pics! Magician is extremely easy to be taken apart! The only hard parts in the removing process are the upper backplate which has to be removed very carefully in order to be fitted back in its place afterwards and the front faceplate where you will need something very thin like a thin knife or even better a razor to take it away from the black plastic on the sides! :wink:
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] martido:
where is the link to the pdf

Hey guys,

I cannot see the link to the pdf. I need to disassemble my Jam too.

Thanx, Martido
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] martido:
Sorry, I found it. Just woke up....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deleted member 270932:
Oh, thank god, I'm not the only one, with this problem. But first i have two questions? Will i loose my warrenty when i open the device? Can O² discover that i opened it?

Did this contact fix solve the problem entirely, or not? Because katsj says the problem is the speaker!

Thank you in advance, such a great community:D!

Bauer

Edit:

I read the PDF File and i have to say .. this is simlply impossible! You can cause so much damage .... i dont know where to begin. One small mistake and you can't forget your PDA. I think this is highly to dangerous. Is there no easier way to solve the problem ... some ideas??

Or do the pictures lie and it isnt that complicated??

Bauer
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pietrucci:
My sound disappears during call...

Strange, during a call after a few minutes my sound disappears. I can hear the other caller, the other calleer can't hear me anymore...

But now I found a strange solution: when I pull up the volume button n the left a few times (it was already at maximum!) my sound is back!

Has anyone the same experience or a better solution?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deleted member 270932:
I think when you pull up the volume there is this small tone and you hear this tone from the loudspeaker.

After you hear the tone, you cant here anything again, right?

I'm driving really crazy, i loved this XDA Mini since this prob occured and i want to find a solution as soon as possible :( ! I really dont know what to do :(:(

When i push against sd-card slot from inside, i hear everything .. again, so this is just a really small prob ..

I hope sb. find a solution quickly otherwise ... i dont know :(

Bauer
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pietrucci:
I think it's a contact problem, so maybe the problem isn't that small... I don't want to open my device.

I don't think it has anything to do with the ROM or with the software.

(I wish it would, then there would be a solution in the end)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] swedbass:
I had this problem too and found a fix:

I assume that while you are making a call, there is no audio from the earpiece. While on the call, adjust the volume up or down with the volume slider button. if you hear faint beeps and faint audio right after the beeps, your earpiece is working but there is a software glitch caused by the headphone jack.

Reset your device. Make a call (i.e. to your voicemail) and make sure there is audio incoming. Connect the (wired) headset. Disconnect the headset and you shoud now hear audio from the earpiece. You may have to reconnect/disconnect the headset a few times.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jhapos_13:
thanks

thanks for the pdf. ill check it right away! :D
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Deep_Inside:
U ROCK

THX GUYS>>>U ROCK...........I was soo worried.....

thx again..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] dutchiesmokah:
Thanx dudes for the nokiaspeaker tip!

Just received my on ebay ordered nokia speaker and within a few minutes I fixed mine magician thanx to the pdf & already gainted knowledge on this page!

I bought this phone a year ago for a very nice price because of the damaged speaker and now at last I repeared it just for €3,- (instead of sending it to Orange risking over €100; I`m Dutch ya know ;) )
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] mlecho:
hi guys...pulling this one out from the past....my magician has all the symptoms above, but with no luck, the replacement speaker did not do the trick...any other ideas/details/downloads....anything to get the audio back???\

BTW, i can hear glitches of sound if i play with the volume tab. That is to say, if i push it up, i hear the tone "ding" and i can hear the voice on the other end for a split second! So i must be close, no????
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] chuniboy:
any one can send me the procedures?

any one can send me the procedures on how to disasemble xda mini? coz i cant dowload it on my computer.. tnx very mch! tnx tonsonjea@yahoo.com -apreciate it very much- tnx
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] donsby:
Disassembly - can you help me with instructions

Where did you find the instructions. PLease enlighten me (wet Magician...)

Regards Steen
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] max2k:
i want it too.. have some sound prob as well.. the phone when on have this yee yee sound....
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] aiva:
if u login, you will see the link above..
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] t-men:
Life-saver!

Thank you A LOT, this afternoon i dropped my qtek on concrete steps, killing it. After opening the case (decharging the battery in the process), checking wires, and closing it again, it works! You saved me from breaking the damned thing open 'the usual way' (involving knives and big screw-drivers) and killing it permanently.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] ninakaira:
let me see this..i really need it too
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] nasmith:
Just worked on the sound problem

Hi All,

I just bought a used s100 and had the sound problem. It would cut out on phone conversations. I came straight here and found the excellent PDF (thanks very much for that), and I took the s100 apart.

Actually, I didn't clean the contacts, I found the two screws at the top of the unit to be - not loose - but not tight, if you know what I meen. I tightened them firmly and I could see the circuit board making better contact with the speaker connectors. It seems to have helped, but only time will tell.

Anyway, I just wanted to say thanks, especially for the great PDF.

Cheers,

Nick
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jimiol:
i broke the phone?

i dissmantled the phone following the instructions , and ... 4 very small silver "contacts" and 1 small plastic shaped like "U" fell off.

I dont know where to put it , i cannot find them on the instructions, the problem is that i closed the covers and i tryed to open the phone, does not work, i also tried to charge it for 1 hour and the light stays red :(

Please assist ...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] jimiol:
ok

problem solved.

The new cover is 2 mm shorter the plastic that makes the switch to turn the phone on so a putted a small paper and it works perfectly, the main thing is that the new imitation cover is 3 times better !!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] w84100:
no sound even i had replaced the speaker

Hi,

has anyone any idea. I have replaced speaker using the manual of this thread. i cleaned the contacts. but nothing happened. The big speaker works and the cable connect with the headset is working fine.
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] tatila:
Works perfectly now :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] Yxskaft:
Gratislunch

Just tightening the two top screws did it for me! tnx alot!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] w84100:
try this

Hi try this ethod in this thread it helped for me.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=262311
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] me_guitarist:
I can't open the front cover....help plz!
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] HelixX23:
Thanks from germany :)
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] pcvet:
Not able to view PDF

I am not able to view or download the PDF

is anyone else having the same problem?

is there another link where this PDF can be found?
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] genosaide:
718, HI.

You may be surprised but my effort to find ways in replacing my i-mate jam housing recently pointed in these forum. I had currently joined the group. I was trying to download you jpeg attachment but werent able to after several tries. There may have been a problem with the link. Is it still available? Your help will be most appreciated.

Thank you very much.

Yours,

Geno
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] al1.2nite@msn.com:
i cant download this atatchment plz help ...
[JAM, MDA Compact, S100 General] theskybeblue:
link doesnt work

the link for mda-jam-.pdf is broken, gets never gets further than 80%
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreotak:
Hi,

couldn´t find anything related, but I got my Ouya today and I am stuck entering my credit card data. I own a credit card, but i will not enter it without knowing, how the folks over at Ouya are using them ( remembering the Sony desaster etc. )

Is there any way yet to skip this menu ? ADB or anything else maybe ?
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gianptune:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2340522
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreotak:
Thanks, that is a thread I found, but it doesn´t give any hint, how to skip the menu. I ended up, just using "test" credit card information from www .paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gianptune:
That thread mentions that you can "adb install" apps, including a different launcher. After you get a different launcher on there, double press button under the touchpad and it will act like you pressed the "home" button. Then you get a menu to select which launcher to use. From there, you are able to do a whole bunch of things without entering any credit card info.
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kreotak:
:rolleyes: is missed that part, sorry =)
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JLCollier2005:
I understand everyone's concern over credit card security, but I would be surprised if we had anything to worry about with the OUYA. Alternatively you can buy the prepaid cards and put them in there in place of a credit card, which is what I'll probably do.
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] May-C:
I've read that you can use a test credit card.

Gesendet von meinem Nexus 4 mit Tapatalk 2
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] razgriz1234:
sorry to ask this but whats a test credit card
[Ouya Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krankdroid:
paypalobjects.com/en_US/vhelp/paypalmanager_help/credit_card_numbers.htm

OP had the link in his second post.

it is just validated account numbers used for testing .

you can also use them to get to use the OUYA console you already paid for.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bdgarel:
Heres the backround on what i did to get wireless charging going...

1) get palm coil and touchstone. i bought this on ebay for 10$ (just search touchstone charging kit)

2) carefully remove the coil from the back cover of the palm phone. plastic cover first then the rest.

3) what worked easiest for me was to keep all the coil stuff stuck to the removable plastic piece holding everything together, then you can simply stick it in the back of our active covers. (make sure when moving the magnets all the positive sides are facing towards the dock)

4) Connecting it. I tried doing this a couple different ways and i eventually ended up pulling tiny copper wire out of computer speaker cable and used it like a twist tie on the phone terminals (then small amount of electrical tape to separate them...which worked out fine)*I attempted to do the same on the coil side of the connection but that was a bust so i ended up soldering it.. not my first choice but since its on the palm coil not my active I did it.*

5) you should be all good to go at this point

here are some pics too and of course if you some of mess your phone up...its not my fault

Video- http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvO01b1CKBk

feel free to pm if ya got a question me... I am leaving the country tomorrow night for a week, but ill try to get back to ya

happy modding:)

in the picture with highlighting yellow goes to left phone terminal(positive) and brown goes to right teminal (negative)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
This video seems very helpful with the process, just wish i knew which side was pos and which is neg http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jHw1QIPwkZU

EDIT: i see the pics thank that helps!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] kwhee07:
Use a multimeter...if you dont know how, you probably shouldn't attempt this hack and should wait for an aftermarket back plate to come out
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jt3:
Out of curiosity, how strong are these magnets? Am I going to have to make sure that my phone gets nowhere near my credit cards (and other magnetic cards, media, etc.)?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] bdgarel:
They are fairly strong but I have yet to have any issues with my cards...however I usually keep my phone in a separate pocket
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] kwhee07:
Have you tested the phones waterproof capabilities since you did this mod? I love the idea, want to do it, but im on the fence, as it seems it would make it very easy to make the waterproofing gasket fail with a small wire.... on the other hand, you dont have to take the back off, or open the charging port, so if it doesn't void the waterproofing, it could be even better
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jt3:
Obviously, if any wire or any part of the wireless receiver protrudes over the seal, the water resistance will be compromised, but that's not the only issue.

In the back panel replacement sticker on the back of the S4A, it tells you to press under the camera LED. Pressing there engages the rubber seal. The issue is that any of these non-oem wireless receivers is going to slightly lift the central portion of the back away from the phone. Thus, even if no part of the seal-line is breached, I still wouldn't trust that the seal could engage fully.

Don't get me wrong... I'm going to do something similar, since I'd rather have wireless charging. Still... until an OEM wireless charging backplate comes from Samsung, I'd assume it's an either/or situation. Wireless charging OR water resistance.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I will fix the wire issue by using copper tape. I'm excited to try it...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I am doing this mod tonight and I thought I would share some information.

See below for the information I have gathered:

Yellow lines = Copper tape- as you can tell it gets very cramped around the end because of the gasket. I may need to use a different path or wires like the OP. The important stuff to gather from this is which is positive and which is negative on both the phone and the palm pre touchstone.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] dajabec:
Nice idea, curious to see how this works out.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
Update

My copper tape has not arrived but I installed everything else. It does appear that the coil makes the rear housing push out which leads me to believe it will not do well to repel water away from the seal during extended use but I would prefer wireless charging

If you plan on using a case I would recommend ordering stronger magnets from supermagnets.com part number Disc - D1046. These should work well with any case and it will fit more snug because they are a lot stronger. I will update with photos once the copper tape is installed and everything is working.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] holysnikey:
Am I missing something? Why doesn't the Samsung wireless charging kit work or the wireless receiver tags you can get for the S4 so you can use a Qi charger?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
The battery door is different. In theory it will work but you would have to figure out a way to gut the back plate and that would be a lot harder than palm's touchstone mod. Or just wait for the active's wireless back plate to be released. This is a lot cheaper IMO $10 vs $30-150
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] holysnikey:
Ya I just realized this. But still do you think the wireless charger receiver tag could work? If you search on Amazon or Ebay "Galaxy S4 wireless charging receiver tag" there's the component which is stuck inside the back cover Samsung is selling. Except it can be bought for $10-20 and most likely can fit in the Active. I don't know because I have the original S4 but just trying to throw out some ideas. In theory if the tag works you can get it for $15 then use any Qi charger and you're good. While not quite as cheap it's only a few bucks more and much easier and looks way better probably. That is if it works of course.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
that would probably work... if i understand it correctly...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] holysnikey:
That's the image of what I'm talking about. The official back plate you buy from Samsung is just the battery door with that tag glued on the inside of the door.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
It probably will work but it will cost a lot more than this mod we are talking about. It will be a lot easier to install though
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I went ahead and order this 2, so we will see
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jdminpdx:
Same here. Amazon. 14.99
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] joshuadjohnson22:
I paid a little more because I wanted to get it this week. The cheaper ones come from China and may take a while. I now need a replacement back for my active, somehow with the palm mod one of my clips doesnt work any longer so under my volume rocker it is propped up. Excited to have wireless charging. Hopefully this week :)
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Denny770:
Nothing is cooler than wireless charging.

Here is a little known fact that even I didn't know until I came upon an awesome review by Droid Forums Moderator "MandyMakesApps", the Galaxy S4 is Wireless Charging "Capable" not Wireless Charging "Equiped". This bodes well for Samsung stock holders as this makes the purchase of their wireless charging back and wireless charging pad ($90) seem to be a pretty good buy. As Mandy stated I feel like there may have been a bit of deception in Samsung's marketing.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] pvtmatter:
My active charging solution

I recently bought a plain S4 receiver and charging pad from Amazon, popped the back off, inserted it, put some scotch tape on the terminals to hold it down and popped the case back on. It bulges the back a little but it seems to seal. Neverless, I don't intend to test the effectiveness of the water resistance function and it sure is nice to just place the phone on the charger and have it charging. No fumbling around to get the charging cord righ side up! I think the whole charging kit was under $47 or so. The instructions booklet is from Samsung too,
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AlbertoM:
Anybody get anything from Monster Watt yet?
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Avail211:
No, and it looks like they've taken the S4A off their site...
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] my-blue-snog-box:
I got this email:
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Avail211:
This makes me happy :D I thought it was about to be quietly swept under the rug, all references (except for 1) for the S4A have been taken off their site and we can't preorder it any more.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] AlbertoM:
W00t!
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] Philler1337:
Hey guys,

im quite new to this forum but have managed to get some experience with reading it due to all my problems with the SGS2.

Since today im a proud owner of the I9295 and im very interested in a safe way of charging my phone wireless.

I´ve read nearly the whole thread so far and i would like to know if there are any general informations (e.g. the release) about the official

wireless charging backplate for the phone.

Further i´d like to know if there is a "common" / "safe" inofficial way of using the wireless charging so far.

Can´t wait to see some updates.
[Galaxy S 4 Active General] jt3:
So far, there's been no indication from Samsung that they'll ever make an official charging back for this device. I'm a little disappointed in this as well, and they could surprise us, but I wouldn't hold your breath.

Answering your other question kind of depends on your definition of the word "safe." I'm going to assume that you mean "add wireless charging without compromising the water resistance properties of the phone." In that regard, no, there's currently no wireless charging insert that doesn't, in some way, compromise this feature. The closest we've got so far, was from an Indiegogo Campaign, put up by Wiqiqi (www.monsterwatts.com). It hasn't been released just yet, but supposedly, they received the product for final inspection to be performed on Monday, October 28, and were going to start fulfilling Indiegogo perks pretty soon. I believe they also have a way to pre-order it on monsterwatts. (EDIT: I'm not seeing the pre-order page anymore, but they now list the S4 Active on the same page as their S4 insert. It just doesn't come up in the list of available items when you click "Buy Now." I'm sure that will change once they're released.)

That being said, there are a number of inserts that work, if you don't care about the water resistance, but honestly, at this point, I'd wait for a week or two to see what Wiqiqi does.