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Is it possible to replace the charging port on a android pad?
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Rukbat
Extreme Android User
Sure. All you need is the knowledge and experience to take the pad apart, remove the motherboard, unsolder the old port and solder in the new one.
Which is why most shops just replace the motherboard. Getting a really good tech (the solder points are REALLY close together) is difficult enough. Paying him for being in the shop 40 hours a week, when you really only need that kind of experience a few hours a week, is terribly expensive.
But if you have experience soldering on 0.1mm centers, on boards almost transparently thin, the part is available (for amazingly low prices - even in onesies they're only about a buck retail in the US. Probably a dime or less plus shipping from China. Look in eBay.)
Which is why most shops just replace the motherboard. Getting a really good tech (the solder points are REALLY close together) is difficult enough. Paying him for being in the shop 40 hours a week, when you really only need that kind of experience a few hours a week, is terribly expensive.
But if you have experience soldering on 0.1mm centers, on boards almost transparently thin, the part is available (for amazingly low prices - even in onesies they're only about a buck retail in the US. Probably a dime or less plus shipping from China. Look in eBay.)