Help I need a replacement power switch..... thingy

[underarock]

This whole saga started when the USB port on my wife's Incredible got to be loose and would no longer charge. We weren't able to get it replaced under warranty (not "normal wear and tear" apparently), so I decided it was worth the risk to try to solder it myself.

I got it reattached and working. However, in the process, I managed to knock off and lose a small plastic piece from the power/sleep switch. It's a small, T-shaped gray bit, very small, maybe 1/16" if that much. It sits between the actual switch (which is recessed in a small box attached to the motherboard and the button that's exposed to the outside of the phone.

So I have a perfectly good phone that can't be powered on. (At least, not while it's got the back screwed on.) Is there anywhere I can get one of these little thingamajigs? Any clever suggestions for making some kind of substitute?

Thanks for any thoughts you have.

 

[sdrawkcab25]

Try here:
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-droid-incredible-take-apart-repair-guide.html
Or if don't like to browse:
http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-incredible-droid-power-button-replacement.html

 

[underarock]

Try here:
HTC Droid Incredible Take Apart Repair Guide
Or if don't like to browse:
HTC Incredible Droid Power Button Replacement

Thanks for the tip! It looks like that's power button you press on the outside. But this place definitely has a greater variety of parts than most that just sell replacement screens, so I wrote to see if they have the bit I need.

 

[sdrawkcab25]

Might have to buy the whole housing:

http://www.repairsuniverse.com/htc-incredible-droid-full-housing-assembly-replacement.html

 

[underarock]

That won't help... it's attached to the motherboard, so if it comes to that I'd need to find a motherboard--maybe a hosed one I could scavenge the switch from.