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[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _nibbler:
Hey hey,

I just connected an USB-A connector using enameled copper wire. I tested every wire if they are connected and changed the data wires to ensure that they aren't interchanged.

Baaaaad news everyone: Nothin happend. No charging, no driver installation on the PC, even no error message on the phone or the PC.

So, my thoughts: The small BGA-IC (or sth. on the PCB around it) seems to be defective, but this is required for the function. So the solution to remove this IC seems to be the only way to repair the phone.

But if it really is the charger-IC, I won't remove it. The uncontrolled charing of LiPos is...ähm...let's say kacke...or even dangerous!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McKebapp:
So... Still my suggestion: Bump that damn thing out...

Even if its a security thing....

If one charges his battery in an external charger, nothing should happen.

And its maybe possible to flash the phone at a lower battery state.

Atm USB flashing is the only way to get higher Android Versions installed on that phone.

I'd say, even a "worrying" solution is better then no working USB / flashing ability....
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] franzfume:
Yes

Youre' right...I dont really care about charging, I have a wall charger and 4 battery to deal whit.

So for me the only reason to have USB fixed is just load the new OS.

Tried 2.1 in my mini and work really well, much better than 1.6 but for me the Mini is just too small to be really used.

;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pentiumvi:
hey nibbler, did you manage to desolder the orignal USB socket? If so, what kind of solder tip did you use?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] McKebapp:
As far as I know/remember, he is using a 100W solderstation with up to 5mm chisel formed solder tips for such things.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _nibbler:
Nö ^^

The 5mm thing is much too large for this purpose.

I'd try to desolder it with a hotair rework station.

However at the moment I haven't tried it because I'd like to repair by changing as few as possible.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flumps:
I think its an issue with sony phones. i had a sony ericsson vivaz and the usb mount inside the phone broke off completely. and ive just had my x10 replaced because it wouldnt charge anymore and while i was in the shop taking it back someone else just happened to come in with the very same problem! if you google it there are loads of people with the same kind of problems with all of sonys phones that use the micro usb connector
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] advocatus diabolis:
Hi.

I have the same problem, the cell charge without problems, but when I connect

to the PC does not recognize usb device.

You could solve this problem?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pentiumvi:
Hey nibbler, I tried using a hotair rework station but wasn't very successful... I managed to get all the surface pins off, but the 2 through hole ones at the top just won't come out... Stupid lead-free solder...

You said that the phone still does not charge after you applied the mods? I'm going to try and solder another USB socket to the phone and see if I can update to 2.1 that way.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] davidmit:
This problem really is a PITA, bad play from Sony Ericsson. Anyone found any clever 'fixes' yet? ie 'put your phone in the oven, tap your heals together 3 times and voila!'??

Wheres the innovation
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] johndub71:
Perhaps its not dry joints aka poor soldering but the socket itself. Just hope that its not a sony designed part, but a off the shelf connector.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _nibbler:
I tried to repair the phone again, but it doesn't seem to work well.

Now the phones LEDs flash for a second after connecting to the PC, but the PC shows an "unknown USB error" no matter how the two wires are connected (tried it for hours!). For me it seems as if there is something more defective...meanwhile that sucks!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lexwon:
I am not sure but sony started gluing usb connectors from week 21 of 2010 (will confirm date tomorow). If you have problems with charging or usb trasmision and your phone was manufactured before that date send it to repair centre and they will sort this out under warranty.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _nibbler:
Since I desoldered the IC and tried to repair the phone, I don't think there is any warranty left ^^
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] guess.whoo:
so for now there is now way how to repair it?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Keshukas:
I heave same problem

Change usb cable
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] _nibbler:
I tested it with 2 different PCs and 4 cables...
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
wowzers... i got my phone in december this year from rogers.... i hope its not affected. if it is, poop on u SE... poop on u.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fightingroost12:
poop indeed
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ridwanr:
having the same problem. no charging, no usb connections. guess have to resort external chargers. damn.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidneylopsides:
Had to book my X10 in for repair as the USB stopped working, nothing at all. Just checked the job status and there's a note - 'not charging connector not glued down, pads off pcb' and it's been set as RTM. I take this as a good sign, it's a week 17 handset, and normally pads off PCB gets classed as BER (beyond economical repair) by our engineers.

Looks like SE are repairing the ones without glue.

Sent from my C64 using a flux capacitor.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Abu_Bakr:
How to

Does anyone know how to solder a new usb port on? any step by step guides with pictures or videos. It would be very helpful thanks.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NikonD90:
My X10 is broken .. AGAIN! It died yesterday, no charging accepted (or sporadic charging at best). This time it lasted for 3-4 weeks before it was broken again. This is my second new (?) motherboard.

So it will be going to service for a month again :(.

Have I mentioned that this is my last SE phone? I think I have ... to bad on such a neat phone.

It looks like it's a design flaw in the phone and no update seem to be available or ever be considered SE's official position not to support the phone any longer. Basically we X10 owners are all doomed.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sidneylopsides:
Well mine has been exchanged by SE and will be back tomorrow, not bad considering I know it broke when I dropped it while charging and saw it land on the connector.

What do you mean officially no longer support the x10? They've not said that...

Sent from my C64 using a flux capacitor.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hawkysoft:
ok for all people when u get ur phone,

at both sides of the mini usb port on your phone there are 2 little pins they have to be pushed to the side! if this hasnt been done well by se's factory ;) than u can do it urselve with a nail or needle... these pins are used to hold the port on its place....

have fun ^^
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ecip:
Can someone confirm this?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kunalgahlot:
I broke my USB too,but not sure i did or not,it was charging at night,next morning it showed no charging..i tried to charge it but no use...the usb was not recognizing cable at all

got a replacement from Orange France
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ferrum Master:
If there is no overfilling glue for uUSB, so the phone is an early revision... you may bring the phone to your warranty repair service, they should swap it... at least thats what's ordered for them (me) do... :p :D
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ralphodog:
How long did the whole warranty replacement process take for everyone? Mine is still functioning, but I can tell the USB is failing (I have to tilt it against something for it to charge).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sev8177:
I have recently discovered that the USB receptacle on my x10 has become loose and some of the soldered connectors have worked loose. I have been unable to charge the phone or update to android 2.1. Ive been charging it via the wall charger.......the one that u have to take the battery out of the phone.

Just hope i can re-solder it.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
i think my micro usb is broken to. phone won't charge or connect to pc, not even with new battery. so is disambled my phone and my usb isnt welded so very well as the one posted on page 1 - 2. which points do i need to weld?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
i really don't get it, i looked at the weld points, and its all still welded together. so why wont my phone charge? i tried with other battery and it didnt charge either
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokerok:
BUMP !

I have a x10 mini, and I have almost same issue but my micro-usb broke outside of PCB.

Strange isnt it.

At first i had like wobbling USB cable then suddenly I see that it's not charging neither is USB on PC working. Insides of Micro-USB are broken.

I'll see what carries says :)))
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellconn:
hi, I have same problem here , my usb connection not detected even in device manager nothing happened when plugged. But its charging just fine. Only usb connection error which make me impossible to update it or transfer files via usb.

I have opened mine, and it seems it was manufactured after that date because mine is glued on usb port, like in the picture. But it still has problem anyway :(

I also have read gsmlondon and ansari solution to fix charging problem (but not connection problem). Do anynone knows, will it also fix this usb connection error?

Please see between those two picture (in attachment), there is wiring scheme difference on right side (which is reversed). Which one is correct?

Im curious as well, if anyone knows how to update the firmware/os via Wifi or SD card.

any helps appreciated..

thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
mine is'nt glued together, i'm going to my local sony center, i hope they can fix it quick.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellconn:
Lucky for you, it seems that the glue is very hard to remove.

Any ideas to remove it withouth breaking the board?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
why do u wanna remove it?

i tried to weld it, but i didn't started cus it was so tiny. i just went with my phone to fix it, probably replace it. it's the safest thing to do
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CMoney87:
This is actually a common problem

The end of the cable that connects to the phone is easily defromed and will no longer make contact with the phone. This happened to my phone and I found that it would work if the phone was elevated (so the weight of the cord puts tension on the connection) and set with the screen side down. When using it on a computer you might need to keep a little pressure on the basckside ofthe connection (push with your finger on the part where the cord goes into the terminal end from behind). The only full solution is a new cord (i got a gold plated high quality cable for about $30 usd).
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dellconn:
Mine was new AT&T usb cable, so i dont think that was a simple broken cable problem..
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
how much time does it took with you guys before you got an replacement?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s.zero:
Thats what I would like to know too, I have the option of sending it back too, hoping they would send me a brand new device, so I can sell it and mabye get a desire HD
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANZAC:
I had mine back within days. It was much quicker than they led me to believe.

Apart from the connector issue why would you want to sell?

My signature needs updating and my thanks meter is running on empty!

;)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] t_a_x_2:
I have a similar problem on my brother's xperia it do not charge on the wall charger even tough my galaxy s does, the peria only charges if is conected to the usb port on a computer and the cable is tensed.

I suppouse is a bad ground connection tthis weekend i will open it up because i bougth it trough ebay last year and now the phone is in Colombia so good bye Rogers warranty
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] luypie:
i handed him in on th 4th of march, and still doesnt have him back :( **** belgium
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diament:
OMFG!

As in topic I can't believe it happend. I'm so mad! As many others I got the USB connector problem. It's my first phone I bought without warranty and what? Bang! Here we go. It's the first time I will need the phone with warranty. Something which can't be fixed. Great! Thank you Sony Ericsson! You made my day! :mad: You made my year quarter. What I did? What happened? Nothing. I alway treat any hardware gently, especially phones. It just stopped working. Maybe not fully but it did. When I connect phone to PC nothing happens. I mean no charging and no prompt to set USB for mounting SD card. What happens is the LED only brights up. Nothing more. Charging works only with charger but it's very very slow just like it was charging from PC. So charging whole battery takes almost all day. Now i'm waiting for it to loose any ability to charge and for USB fully stop working. Superb! Splendid!!! $^&%&*#^&*(

:mad:

I used it for 4 months, 4 months of flawless work and use. When I bought it, it was just like new.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ANZAC:
There are threads on this site that show you how to repair it yourself, with pics... therefore don't despair cause lack of warranty is of no consequence!
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sonnydye:
ANZAC, can you link to the threads? Search isnt working for me, and I'm desperately needing repair on my xperia
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylc1010:
Ok so I have the same problem USB port not working..

but I brought a battery charger to recharge the battery

but my phone is stucked in Android 1.6...

is there any other way to upgrade andriod without using the USB port???

And I dun want to sent it back to the manufacturer so they give me a new one.

I am very bad with the mechanic thing so I dun think i will be able to fix it myself.

Any idea?

using Wifi to update or something like that?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Hanzo.Hasashi:
can't you update OTA (over the air)? like using 3g or HSDPA?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylc1010:
Nope it doesnt work cause the android version is 1.6 that could be the main reason i cant do it ota.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miniGT:
Mines gone too. Do you think se repair centre will kick up a fuss if I sent it in on UK generic firmware as it was originally Vodafone UK (obviously cant flash it back now) has anyone been in this situation before.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] markiepuk:
Hi miniGT,

Mine broke a few months back and I had the swedish 2.1 running on it (should have been O2-UK 1.6) took it into the O2 shop and got a new phone back within a week- no mention of the wrong firmware.

Hope that helps.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] miniGT:
Thanks for the reply hopefully Vodafone will also overlook it
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] diament:
The time has come.

Yup, today morning it stopped working completely. Nice.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Amylizzle:
This has just happened to my X10i too :(

Emailed SE's UK support centre, will see what they have to say.

EDIT: Got an email back from them already with awesome news. Even though my phone is second hand and I have no proof of purchase, it's still in warranty and they're sending me the stuff to send it back to them.

I just emailed them with a description of the problem and all the information written under the battery, though I'd imagine they probably just use the IMEI.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] waheedxda:
is it possible for you to upload the pictures again with good quality? me having the same problem i even dissasembled and just had a quick glance and then back ressembled , didnt had any idea wat to do , but i know that mine one is not serious , when i hardly or randomly pushing connector it charges until i hold it when i leave it wont , i even saw that 4 middle small connectors came up from smd and also dont know wether it is broken only connection or peirced from smd so your assistance would be helpfull thanks!:confused:
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ylc1010:
I have unlocked the sim lock my phone does that void my warranty??

And if I send it to them do they send me a new one??If they do, I will have to unlock again?? I dont want to spend the money to unlock again....

anyone have any idea?
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jacobfogg:
Hey Guys, sorry if I should not be posting a new post here. I am new to windows devices... I am trying to help my brother out. He has a Touch Pro2 and has convinced his boss to allow me to hack it for the sake of speed and stability. I am looking at the mirage of ROM's here... just as many here as there are in the Android Dev side of things!!!

So my question is, what is going to be the best rom to start with? I am not looking for fancy features... I AM looking to speed up the device!

So my question is... what is the best ROM for the sake of Speed and Stability???

I need this device to run as fast as it can... without overheating... I am not so worried about battery life as he, and the rest of his guys, have and use car chargers most of the day.

Thanks for your help!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] jacobfogg:
Anyone??? I tried XYC Clean, which seemed good, but it crashed after two days (won't boot up)... trying "Sprint Lovers" next... any opnions would be a great help!
[Touch Pro2 CDMA] MrBeOTP2:
mighty rom !
[General Questions and Answers] fayzaparveen:
asus m930 need update rom

because my mobile was not power on normally it is go to boot mode only when they tried to upgrade that mobile become that condition at last day pls help
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karoodee:
Hi!

I'm currently switching between two roms, OpenDesire and a rooted froyo stock sense rom. I kind of miss some stuff in both of them.

Now i'm looking for a way to combine these two. Is it possible to get the sense mail and the calendar app to work on od? Or the stock android lock screen and caller id to run on a sense rom?

Thanks in advance

karoodee
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
You can't use Sense apps in a non-Sense ROm as they're Sense apps - they NEED Sense to run
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] karoodee:
I thought maybe you could put the parts of sense that these apps need to run into a non sense rom :-/
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ouglouck:
As mentionned by EddyOS running Sense programs on stock ROM is not possible.

But running Stock apps on Sense ROM is possible ( espacially, as you asked, stock android lock screen and caller id to run on a sense rom).
[Epic 4G General] CwickStylz:
I've had a an EVO since day one & absolutely loved the phone, but being the phone junkie I am, I had to grab an Epic as well & not so sure about my decision. I mean I can always fall back to the EVO, but there are a lot of nice benefits of the Epic...

- The screen is absolutely gorgeous(thats a given)

- I'm 50/50 on the physical keyboard & actually find I use Swype just as much

- The Hummingbird destroys the Snapdragon

But, battery life is even worse than on the EVO sadly. I mean I even have my home screen pretty much all black, as that supposedly uses zero power & can barely make it through an 8 hour work day with light use. Also, it just feels cheap compared to the EVO. I mean if I drop this thing once, I'm sure it's toast.

If I could see some Froyo on this thing that might give me more incentive to continue using it vs. the EVO!

My question, when is Froyo going to drop?
[Epic 4G General] ravizzle:
According to samsung uk it is end of september. Not sure if it includes epic, but it does say all networks so im assuming they mean all, not just UK networks.

source: http://twitter.com/samsungukmobile/status/19827474965
[Epic 4G General] navoid:
if you dont like the phone for the above reasons now. Froyo is not going to change it.

Froyo and subsequent updates may change gps, and 3g data usage, and increase speed. But there wont be drastic increases in battery life. It will feel the same in your hand.

Basically go back to the Evo.

I on the other hand like the phone a whole, and overall way happier with this then the evo. I'd like froyo, but it aint keeping me up at night.
[Epic 4G General] CwickStylz:
I've only had the Epic for 5 days now, so I am still going to give it some more time. It's my hope that with a nice Innocase from Seidio it'll feel more solid & maybe what I'm looking for is not just Froyo, but more backing from the community with lots more selection on ROMs.

It seems like there doesnt seem to be much interest from members on creating custom ROMs, at least anywhere near the level of the EVO. I mean, I think there's literally one person working on a ROM currently that I am aware of...
[Epic 4G General] ravizzle:
I doubt that we will get as much roms as evo, however I don't think we will be left in the dust either. As for why there is only one rom dev rite now is because we don't have a way to flash n restore roms yet. Once we get that I bet development will boom.

Sent from my Epic 4G
[Epic 4G General] bobdude5:
i think thats whats going to send me back to the evo..custom roms, kernels, sense. i wish htc had a super amoled, humming processor, 30 fps 720p, 60 fps screen, and an awesome keyboard :/..for sprint
[Epic 4G General] Aridon:
Better than half of the evo roms are to remove sense and its framework. Fortunately touchwiz is very easy to remove but in the end that means we have less need of roms.

What do people ask for on the evo forums?

Aosp dialer. Got it

Remove rosie. Never had it

Sense widgets. Launcher pro plus

Fix the input lag. Don't have it

Fix the fps. No issue here.

Swype apk. Preinstalled.

Why is scrolling laggy? No issue on the epic.

The epic needs a radio update (the evo had 3) to help with reception and battery, a gps firmware upgrade and a fix for the file attaching lag on 3g.

Other than that its a pretty solid device.

The evo has far more that needed fixing and even on froyo still doesn't feel as fast as the epic on 2.1. The evo needs custom roms because the shipping version ****ing sucks.

We will get roms and kernels. There are already two kernels out and roms will come once the recovery is fixed.
[Epic 4G General] NeonMonster:
While I love my Epic, I still haven't fallen IN LOVE with it like I did with my Nexus.

But there isn't any other phone on the market that appeals to me, and definitely nothing else on Sprint that I'd choose over the Epic.

I'm not one of the people who thinks *froyo will fix ALL PROBLEMS* but I AM hoping 2.2 comes out by the end of September and hopefully some gps and system tweaks.

We can only hope.
[Epic 4G General] hydralisk:
This ^^ a million times over. he pretty much hit the nail on the head.

The Evo NEEDED custom roms. Like whoa. There were SO many issues with it. I rooted that beast ASAP to get that phone up to speed. I haven't rooted my Epic yet. I have no need to. If you don't like touchwiz, load up Launcher Pro. It will be faster than Launcher Pro on the EVO with 2.2 (I know, because I have an EVO with Cm6 sitting right next to me).

The Epic will have rom support, dont you worry. And we will get 2.2 eventually.... but I'm in no hurry. A small fix for the GPS would suit me just fine. Maybe a radio update. Lord knows the EVO had enough radio updates and OTA updates to get it where it is now.
[Epic 4G General] tatoniss:
I'm getting great battery life. Try juice defender, got 20 hours before I needed a charge. I made 3 calls, some texts, light web use, and listened to pandora on my way to and from class.