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[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
I did look a bit on eBay and saw that they have several sellers with the USB connection part but just a hand full of sellers with the power button..

Charging port: http://www.ebay.com/itm/HTC-One-M7-...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item1c3605f450

Power button: http://www.ebay.com/itm/Power-On-of...e_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item2a358eaddd

Links are here just as a reference for those that wish to find those parts. I do not endorse any of the sellers nor I have bought them yet to vouch for the quality of those parts.

Now, accepting defeat, I'll leave the One without charging. It seems that the usb is completely busted and it's not charging anymore. Before I could see the phone charging while it was off but now the phone is trying to turn itself on after a while plugged to the charger and turning itself off right before a complete boot. The phone than stays off for about a minute just to start itself again and turn off. I'll buy the parts in a week or so, after the credit card is paid (Xmas killed my balance, and that balance was already near red).. I'll post the updates when I get the parts.

Then I'll make a video changing the USB port and reporting back if it did work (or not)..

Also, sorry for the delay in answering your questions but it seems XDA wasn't sending the emails to report back on new posts..

[MENTION=4376475]FangorX[/MENTION], I never had your issue before the water damage so you and your friends have either an awful electric grid or a lot of moisture to bust the usb charging port.

EDIT:

Estimated a total of US$71.63 for parts to fix the phone and make it black.

List:

- Black Housing: US$21.99 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/301036534416

- Black top/bottom: US$10.99 + $1.99 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/121129095366

- Black SIM tray: US$3.99 + $1.47 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/171205604062

- New power button: US$9.62 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/350871598710

- New proximity sensor: US$9.98 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/171203387823

- New charging port: US$11.94 - http://www.ebay.com/itm/331076373474

This is just a preliminary estimate. I'll see if I can find other sellers with similar prices and free shipping to drive the cost down before closing in on any of those items.
[One (M7) General] SmIzUrF:
Try and see if this helps 2 or 3 of the problems

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nothize.free.nodock&hl=en

Helped my Htc G2 when it had a wonky charging port, should help atleast the loud speaker and car mode problem.
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
I'll try it when/if I charge the phone. Also, the phone isn't rooted yet..

Thanks for the app tho..
[One (M7) General] madnav:
I had similar issue with charging port as well as power button.

This issue stopped after around 5days (which is when i think it completely dried off. It was not completely wet, i thing water only enter through charging port and power button.. all over vents and grill must have something stopping liquids from entering (like superglue)

I would suggest giving it a few days more. The screen it not breaking the way you are opening it; however, it sure is painful to watch that screwdriver scratching on the edges of this phone.
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
Since I'm going to change the case I'm not worried..

About waiting to dry it out, I left it drying for more than 2 weeks.
[One (M7) General] elvisypi:
Hope you manage to fix it. Thanks for keeping us posted!
[One (M7) General] muayyadf1:
Thank you for sharing your approach, it makes things look much easier now.

When times comes for changing the color. I will go with this method but I will start with heating up the back cover to loosen the glue.

Good luck!
[One (M7) General] ferincr:
Great video!!! Thanks.

My phone (even though never got wet or even humid) got the chrging issue.

I'm getting fed up with HTC using these (I guess cheap rusting usb ports) My HD2 had the same issue few years back and I killed it trying to fix it now the same issue with the One ...

Mine still charges as long as is connected to a wall charger but if I connect it to a PC gets into "USB Host mode" and it wont charge. After that I have to reboot to be able to charge from wall charger.

Since I've never been successful at repairing any of my previous cell phones hopefully this one stays alive until I buy a new one which I don't know what yet (but I can assure you it won't be a HTC).

Then I'll try replacing the USB port on this one that way if I screw it up I have another phone to rely on.

I'll start looking for those tools...

Thanks again,
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
You don't need to heat up the back of the phone, just the sides. That's where the glue resides.
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
After a much needed time to gather the necessary evidence and see how the phone fares after the damage I can be sure of 2 things. The notification led is dead and that the power button is acting weird at weirder times (sometimes the phone will stay working for weeks and all the sudden it would start its random reboots). The charging port is now working but for how long?

TL;DR, bought a power button, a charging port and a notification/proximity sensor.

Items bought:

Power Button: http://www.ebay.com/itm/131038944320

Proximity Sensor: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141080892213

Charging Port: http://www.ebay.com/itm/141114163557

I bought used parts, yes, but why? Because I'm still unaware of a great microphone or proximity sensor that comes from an OEM so I won't take chances.

Also, if it comes from the US than the shipping won't take more than a month (compared to 3 to 4 months from China).
[One (M7) General] kocheko:
Many things are impossible.... but repairing this phone is not one of those things... and its not enought to replace flex ribbons, u have to remove every water rest left behind, u can clean the mainboard with Isopropyl alcohol and a toothbrush :)
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
I sure will, but as far as I have uncovered, those parts are the ones that have issues after more than a month of the water damage.
[One (M7) General] marcmicalizzi:
Awesome! I wonder how difficult it would be to change the internal storage? :)
[One (M7) General] Heisenberg420:
Cmon now, we all know there's only one reason to take ur smartphone into the shower.....
[One (M7) General] Uhuhu:
For that I have a tablet.. :cool:
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Just swapped out my silver HTC One speaker grills that were scrated and dented with brand new black grills. Will post pics tomorrow. Was super easy. ???

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[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Please post pictures of how you did it and the parts required.I need to change my speakers, both of them have been acting weird, and the top one is barely audible. I also was thinking of changing my housing to black.. Why didn't all of us by black in the beginning? :confused: :(
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
No, I only did the grills, not the actual speakers. Swapping the physical speakers would require much more work, as you'd need to remove the back plate. (Not too hard though) (bought from: http://www.ebay.com/itm/271365031797?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1497.l2649

I have no connection with the seller, i am just a satisfied customer.

He also sells silver grills as well...)

To remove the grills, i used a new, thin and sharp razor blade. I started to remove the bottom grill first. I started at the outer corners of the phone to loosen them up. Once both sides were loose, i gently applied pressure up across the grill until it eventually popped off.

The top grill was a tad tricky, as there is a screw that attaches the top grill to the back of the phone. What I had to do is pry the top grill the same as the bottom, but also had to break it off. After breaking the original top grill there was a tiny piece still there where the screw was. Since it was only a tiny piece, i was able to twist it off and unscrew it.

Once you have your top grill off, be sure to remove your lense cover for your front camera and your light sensor cover and place them on your new grill. Also, since there is a hinge for your top grill to screw in, and it is hard to screw in without a complete disassemble, simply sand the back lip of the top grill down so that it sits lower.

Now it was time to apply an adhesive and stick these grills on...

I used this: http://www.lowes.com/pd_105458-68-00105_?PL=1&productId=3006177 (You might want to use a smaller brush to apply it with, otherwise,apply slowly and carefully!) Apply it directly on the phone where the grill will be placed. Make sure to only apply on flat surfaces and not in any ports. I recommend doing one side at a time. Apply the grill and hold down for about 20 min. Once done, do the same to the other side, and enjoy! Unfortunately i was too excited to wait and document this procedure, but i assure it's easier than it sounds. I'll edit this post to show what pics i do have though... (i did take a few of the broken parts...)
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Looks neat!! Good job!. Any gaps etc? Also, how easy will it be to open for you since you've glued the grilles back together? I was thinking more in the line of buying a black front+back housing, and a new pair of speakers, and first heating up and opening the back, then disassembling the front housing from all the parts, and then using the new parts. Would be more oem-like., plus I don't want to break anything, even intentionally:p
[One (M7) General] thegh0sts:
would be highly impressed if someone could build an entire HTC ONE from replacement parts.
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
AFAIK, you can't get a replacement motherboard. Otherwise, entirely possible, one could just buy a One for parts online and bring it back to life!
[One (M7) General] thegh0sts:
would be cool if it was possible to get a motherboard from ebay or something.
[One (M7) General] Johann12911:
No video ?
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Should be pretty easy to get em off quite quickly. No gaps and previously, with the original grill, the top speaker grill stuck a bit out to the left so running my finger across the left side, I'd hit a lip so it wasn't smooth.

Haha yeah, I thought about doing that but wasn't ready for that. Should be easy though. I want to get the gold backing.

Sent From My HTC One! ?

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Also, anybody know where I can get a new volume rocker? My silver one is kinda worn and bent from me improperly putting it back in. I'd like a black one.

Sent From My HTC One! ?
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Volume rocker comes along with the back housing. Currently, all black ones on etradesupply are out of stock :(
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
EBay it bro, etrade is expensive with there shipping and import fee.

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[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Found this, but I'm not sure I trust the seller.. It's around 37$

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[One (M7) General] Rydah:
100% positive seller feedback...

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[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Oh yeah lol! I didn't see that.. Anyways, I'm speaking to him, he just sent me these pics.. I guess I'll be buying from him
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Lol nice. Let me know how it goes. I'm kinda bummed I got to buy a full body to get the volume rocker.

Sent From My HTC One! ?

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Never mind, found some. (: https://www.gounlock.com/details.php?itemId=10912

Sent From My HTC One!

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Sent From My HTC One!
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
Can i change just the volume rocker and do i have to open the phone in order to do so? Or it's some kind of simple swap?
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
It's very simple. (: I plan on placing an order today. I'll record it when I get it. Probably be two weeks cause of shipping though. ?

Sent From My HTC One!
[One (M7) General] robinmobile:
does anyone know what the The green and blue tool are called? i like to experiment with broken things.
[One (M7) General] Tardeaux:
They're called "spudgers".

The ones that come with phone repair kits are pretty awful and wear out quickly (often destroyed in a single use).

These little guys are infinitely better:

http://www.amazon.com/3M-SP3010-Nylon-Spudger-Tool/dp/B001DD1UJS
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Hi, so I went to the shop where he sells the housings and other stuff (Yeah! No eBay) and saw them.. He's offering it to me for about 27$ (front+back housing, black color) problem is that he has the AT&T and sprint versions only.. I know that the AT&T version will fit perfectly, but it's got the logo on the back, which is a big giveaway that I've changed the housing (in case I ever need warranty), and the sprint one has no logo (although PN07200) is written on the back.. Now I'm not sure if the sprint one will fit perfect because it's CDMA. What should I do now? Here are the pictures
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Hmmmm, I'd think they'd fit the same, just labeled different. What kinda shop would this be called? Where you located?

Sent From My HTC One!
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
I'm from Mumbai, India. You should just see the markets here, insane stuff. This shop is in one market full of mobile phone spare parts/accessories, it's the same seller who I mentioned on eBay.. He's got many many of those housings, but the black ones are either sprint or AT&T. The silver ones are international though.. I'm a bit concerned that the front housing that the motherboard etc is on, could be slightly different because it's the cdma version, and I might not notice it until I open mine.. I'll most probably get it, but I'll be doing the conversion after my exams are over (2 more weeks :'( ) also looking out for the speakers.. If anyone finds a combo for top+bottom, please post..

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Since I've got my exams coming up anyways, I think I'll send my phone back and get the speakers repaired, so then I have a perfect phone which just requires a perfect housing..
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Ahhh, I forgot I'm in the international One forum. I have a Sprint HTC one. Haha damn, wish we had shops like that around here. (Southern California)

Sent From My HTC One!
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Went and bought it today! It's the sprint one, but the shopkeeper assured me that inside it has the same structure as the GSM. I'll be sending my phone in to HTC this week for speakers (couldn't find any locally) and the when I get it back I'll replace the housing :D
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
Nice. Yeah, i thought they would be. I ordered my volume keys the other day, should be here no later than Saturday.
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
I'd very much like to replace my silver housing with a black one too, but it seems very difficult ..
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
I'm tempted to swap to the gold housing and I on the other hand think it looks quite easy actually. Just make sure you have the time.

Sent From My HTC One!
[One (M7) General] Shan89:
Where you from cuz I wanna swap my black one with the silver one ( got bored of the color ) lol :P ?
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Can we swap phones :eek: :D :D. Btw, even separating the front and back housing is such a damn pain :/. Gonna go buy some guitar picks today, any other ideas? (I've already got a small spot of damage on the plastic because of my razor :( ) I used a hair dryer and then took off the volume button, that was easy, but the front and back just won't get separated :(
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
I'm from Bulgaria..
[One (M7) General] Shan89:
Ewwwwwwww we're neighbors lol but still not close enough , it's cheaper to exchange my one then the ticket to meet up with you lol.
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
Over this past winter break I found two on ebay that had poofed out and damaged batteries. I bought replacement batteries and decided that well, if I'm tearing the things completely apart why not change their colors? So I bought red housings for me and blue for my wife. It took a day or two and I thought I broke them a few times, but now all is working great! The blue one isn't all put back together yet though since I'm waiting on a camera for it since it had the purple tint issue.
[One (M7) General] Hoffmanns:
Nice color combination
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Amazing work! Looks really neat! Any tips? Any tutorial you followed? Waiting for my phone to come back from the service center with its speakers repaired, gonna convert it to black then..
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
Can you film it, because i'm also waiting for mine to come back and i intend to make it black as well :D
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
I used this for tear down:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qZFAsgjCunc

and this for reassembly:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5KNmDeJ4Ww

Tips?

Have a hair blow dryer or heat gun handy. You'll need it to take the screen off the front. You will also need it to take the back off, and also the speakers and battery. be sure to use heat on your newly repaired speakers because I didn't on the blue one and the top speaker has a little plastic case around it that is glued into the frame, I didn't know that and so when I took the speaker out the little case shattered and now it the speaker sounds terrible. I'm waiting for that to come in too. But on the red one, I learned and used heat and it popped out, I put it in and it sounds great.

Be sure to connect the little metal piece at the bottom back into the right place. (Minute 3:12 in the second video) because I didn't at first and just about short circuited my phone and it wouldn't charge etc, but I managed to fix that.

The sim port is just set in there from the front behind the screen, just peel back the foam and swap it in.

(minute 14:05 of https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yyfuBhWbhtE)

Be sure to go slow and don't rush. there are lots of little metal pins that ground to the back casing and can easily be broken off.

I also didn't set the vibrator in right in the red one before I put the red back housing on, and so I had to tear it open again, which was sad since now one side is all torn up. but with the case on it can't even be seen anyway. So don't put that back casing on until you know very single thing works! Wifi, data, calling, texting, speakers, both microphones, cameras, charging, on and off, screen, proximity and light sensor, vibrator, everything you can think of because once the back case is on, you don't want to remove it unless you have to.
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Well, so I've already got a problem.. The housing that I bought has the front and back attached, so I'm gonna have to take that apart. Without damaging it at all. Lets see.. I'll try using a hair dryer for 2-3 mins on the back and then using a razor to get a little separation and then something plastic to go further.
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
They sent it to you attached? Bad decision on their part. the heat on the assembled phone was because of adhesive. I'm not sure you'll need heat on on the the two casings . I don't think there will be adhesive, just the little clips on the inside.

Also when you move the screen over, if your front housing on the new black one has the screen adhesive around the inner edge (which it looks like it does), be sure to take every single bit of adhesive off the screen before mounting it in the new housing that has the new adhesive. otherwise the screen will not be flush. Happened to me on the blue one and I had to carefully heat and pry it up and finagle with the adhesive until I got it flush. That was not fun.
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Thanks a ton for the advice! I was wondering if the blue plastic on the front is needed later, otherwise, I can just take that off, and carefully work from inside as well as outside..
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
The blue plastic on the front is for the adhesive. I would leave that on that while you get them apart that way the adhesive doesn't get dusty/ruined while you pry the housings apart. You can't get to the clips inside front the front anyway, just from the sides.
[One (M7) General] n1234d:
Okay, so best way to take them apart is a razor? And best place to start from is the volume button? I'll try doing it without heat, but won't heating it help, seeing that the aluminium would expand slightly?

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Okay, using a razor is just a very bad idea, makes scratches on the plastic. I'll be doing it with a few cards/guitar picks tomo.. Please feel free to leave any more tips, it's 1 am here, so Ill be signing off for now..
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
I started on the sim tray side. I popped out the sim tray, then took my knife and slowly pried into it. lifting up on the top plastic part and then pushing out on the bottom one. once you get the clip below the sim tray unclipped, just keep slowly moving down. then once those clips are detached ( you might need to insert something behind your knife as you go since the clasps will try to re-clip as you go) and then pry the top and bottom clips. once you get about half of all the clips un-clipped (so the sim side and the top and bottom clasps) it should just come out and you wont even need to touch the volume rocker side.

I did the sim side since if there was a side I was going to mess up, I wanted to mess up the side I would use less (seeing I use the volume buttons more than opening the sim tray)
[One (M7) General] Rydah:
My replacement volume keys just came in. I'm at work right now, but will be on my lunch break in an hour. Kinda excited to swap it out with a set of black ones. (:
[One (M7) General] J-Pod:
Well the new camera came in and the wife's One is all pieced together and works great. That is except for the vibrator. I think I left a piece of tape in there and now the vibrator is very weak. :crying: But oh well, it still works and she said that'd be fine. It's nice that they're both finally done! :D
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
can u explain how to do it?

I'm thinking of ordering a new back cover and swapping my current one ..since i don't care about the current one, is it hard to remove and put the replacement one? Anyone? I saw few videos how to open it, but i'm afraid i might damage the phone itself.
[One (M7) General] Ivanovic:
I dropped my One a couple of days ago. No serious damage, only scratches on both aluminum and LCD but I d like to fix it sometime. Any suggestion regarding genuine frame+LCD part for a black HTC one?

Στάλθηκε από το HTC One μου χρησιμοποιώντας Tapatalk
[One (M7) General] UltraNoob:
The use of heat is unnecessary. I just opened up my one to swap the back housing for a black one. All i used was a couple old credit cards i had lying around and guitar picks. Start from the right side by the volume rocker and keep moving up around the top of the phone until the sim slot with the credit card. This should release the clips at the top 1/3 of the phone. You should be able to remove the volume rocker pretty easily once the clips are free. Leave the credit card at the top under the speaker grills so that the clips will not reattach. Now grab a guitar pick and try to pry it in just underneath the volume rocker. Once you have some entry just keep moving down and releasing a couple more clips. You should just be able to remove the back cover now.

Just be careful around the sim try part. I applied too much pressue and broke the little piece of plastic that aligns the sim tray with the slot. It was not such a big deal for me as i was replacing the housing anyways.

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On another note this is what the HTC One looks like in a black/silver hybrid AKA the storm trooper HTC One

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I also just noticed that my back housing was the same one that n1234d had. Which means it was a sprint back housing. Well i have the Rogers HTC One (GSM) and the housing fit perfectly
[One (M7) General] Bocko92:
So you just pop out the old one and pop the new one right in? As simple as that? Any suggestions on where i can get a silver housing ?