First of all thanks a lot for sharing this. I have been able to get my Dell Streak tablet to life with this. Earlier the original port that came with the tab was broken due to wear/tear, charging it was very difficult. It would charge only when the charging cable was connected partially and in a particular angle. After I read this, I went in for the 4 wire operation (!) and I have been able to get the 4 wires attached and put the device back. Since I am not so good with soldering, I tool the pictures from this forum to a mobile repair guy who was good enough to follow the instructions and help connect. So far so good!
Now, when he was putting the whole thing back after soldering, I had a bit of doubt lurking in my mind --- did he solder the green and white wires to the right spot ( I think I showed him clearly but since he was sitting at his work station I could not physically verify) and secondly, he did run into some issues when trying to put it all back, esp since he had removed the motherboard too with the screws and had to put it all back. He did put it all back and the final ribbon connectors were slightly troublesome but he managed to get them ( though I think on the widest one in the center, he had to shove and push a bit and I had a feeling that it may have not gone in fully and correctly). Anyway, when it was all put back, it looked good and was charging and also powered on ... and so I thought it was a good job done and came home.
Now I discovered an issue!!! --- while it charges well the tail that has been attached at the bottom with the USB port, works well, I am not able to get it to play any audio or video file. This includes any youtube video, songs, movie files etc. I tried few players from the Android PlayStore but none worked for playing the audio/video files. Also there is just NO sound!!! Not even through the headphones! So, I am left wondering what could be the issue. Can the ribbon connected not fully and properly seated cause such an issue. I am not able to find why. I then factory booted it .. put some update package which was suggested as some folks have encountered audio issues but that seems to be of unrelated cause.
I am not an expert but have some basic electronics understanding and am baffled. Otherwise anything which does not require playing video/online video or any audio .. the tablet works fine.
Any help/inputs will help. I can try to open it back and try to re-seat the ribbon cable if there is any suggestion that it may be cause but I wanted some guidance before opening it again!!
Thanks again!!
Now, when he was putting the whole thing back after soldering, I had a bit of doubt lurking in my mind --- did he solder the green and white wires to the right spot ( I think I showed him clearly but since he was sitting at his work station I could not physically verify) and secondly, he did run into some issues when trying to put it all back, esp since he had removed the motherboard too with the screws and had to put it all back. He did put it all back and the final ribbon connectors were slightly troublesome but he managed to get them ( though I think on the widest one in the center, he had to shove and push a bit and I had a feeling that it may have not gone in fully and correctly). Anyway, when it was all put back, it looked good and was charging and also powered on ... and so I thought it was a good job done and came home.
Now I discovered an issue!!! --- while it charges well the tail that has been attached at the bottom with the USB port, works well, I am not able to get it to play any audio or video file. This includes any youtube video, songs, movie files etc. I tried few players from the Android PlayStore but none worked for playing the audio/video files. Also there is just NO sound!!! Not even through the headphones! So, I am left wondering what could be the issue. Can the ribbon connected not fully and properly seated cause such an issue. I am not able to find why. I then factory booted it .. put some update package which was suggested as some folks have encountered audio issues but that seems to be of unrelated cause.
I am not an expert but have some basic electronics understanding and am baffled. Otherwise anything which does not require playing video/online video or any audio .. the tablet works fine.
Any help/inputs will help. I can try to open it back and try to re-seat the ribbon cable if there is any suggestion that it may be cause but I wanted some guidance before opening it again!!
Thanks again!!
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