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Help Assistance in disassembling the triumph to insert new charge port

JokaLo

JokaLo

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Ok, short and sweet as possible, I have a triumph with a bum charge port, possibly abused from the past user, and I have a junker with a grade a port, I wanna disassemble them and fix up the one I have service on, apart from the correct start bit what else would I need to know? I'm sure I can remember how to assemble it, but could I easily break my phone in this process?
 
i have never taken my phone apart, but i suspect since the charging port is a usb port there will probably be more than a dozen of connections soldered on to the main circuit board. most connections would be tiny, i would say soldering these connections with a soldering gun would be near impossible, especially since space is a premium and if you tried you would like over heat some near by component.

but hey if it dont work now, then you sure cant break it any further.
 
There's a thread on here I'd deft. Look into, called pic of MT mobo or something

If I recall the picures correct I think the charge port is directly attached to the main
board via micro solder


So yes you could destroy your phone attempting this


And I've never done it but I think micro soldering requires specialty tools.


A better bet may be if your going to disassemble the phone, you can try to really bend the tensioners so the connection is better, but that's only if its loose, if the ports shot then that of course wont help lol
 
Well let me just toss this idea, the phone I'm trying to fix has service, the other one doesn't, could I swap boards and everything connected to the USB charge port? And it still be service able? I'm not sure how integrated everything is to each

I could always just pay the $15 to switch to the other phone, but I like to learn and be nifty
 
JokaLo said:
Well let me just toss this idea, the phone I'm trying to fix has service, the other one doesn't, could I swap boards and everything connected to the USB charge port? And it still be service able? I'm not sure how integrated everything is to each

I could always just pay the $15 to switch to the other phone, but I like to learn and be nifty
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no.
If you swap the board, It's basically switching phones. All you would have left would be the screen and case, pretty much.
 
Just swap phones. If u mess your current even further you'll be out that phone, and the phone you would have taken the port from.
 
I agree... swap phones.

Repair is definitely doable, but if you decide to attempt it, just order a new port. It won't cost much and you won't chance screwing up a second phone removing a working port.

If you haven't ever soldered surface mount components, I think this is not a good learners project.

You'll need a soldering iron with a very small tip, and probably a bench light with a magnifying glass. Also, you can buy plastic pry tools to pop the case without marring up the edges. May also need a tiny (no 5) torx driver.

Here's and idea of what you'll be looking at... different phone, but pretty much the same process, aside from disassembly.
How-To: Replace a mini USB port (on your cellphone) - Hack a Day

If it were me, It'd switch phones first, then order a new port and go for it.
Good luck.
 
thangfish said:
If you haven't ever soldered surface mount components, I think this is not a good learners project.

You'll need a soldering iron with a very small tip, and probably a bench light with a magnifying glass. Also, you can buy plastic pry tools to pop the case without marring up the edges. May also need a tiny (no 5) torx driver.
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I've done surface mount work and it's not an easy job byno means....nothing like regular solder work.

58n65
 
You can't do it.

My charging port busted on my Triumph, I found two places nearby that specialized in circuit board repair, they looked at it and said it wasn't worth the effort. apparently there is heat resistant glue on top of the solder connection, which inhibit the ability to desolder the old port. Both repair places said that due to proximity of other components it would almost certainly destroy the phone to try and get that glue off, and even if they did, and soldered a new port on, it wouldn't be on very well, and would probably break after a few insertions of the USB port.

Both had the phone for a couple days a piece and after disassembling and examining the phone and the port, both said it couldn't be fixed reliably and gave me the phone back. And these were places that do this for a living, and have the equipment to do it right. If they can;t do it, chances are we couldn't.
 
It's impossible, I've been soldering for over 40 years and there is no way that I could accomplish it. It doesn't cost anything to swap phones online and even if you had to call Virgin just tell them that there was a problem with the site and they'll waive the fee. Unlike most carriers Virgin isn't into nickel and diming their customers.
 
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