Broke my USB port, anyone ever replaced one?

[fatkidkustomz]

Unfortunately, while trying to troubleshoot the "no connection" issue, I managed to tweak the USB port and broke off 2 connectors inside it. I thought I had insurance, but I was mistaken, again, just my luck. Luckily though, it still charges, although it shows USB Connected, even plugged into the wall, and it charges at a lower voltage.

So.... has anyone ever attempted this? I'm not bad at soldering, but this stuff is TINY. My brother builds circuit boards and deals with electronics at his job, so I've got the "know how", just not the experience on something like this.

Any tips? Or should I not even attempt it? Or try to find somewhere to do it for me?

 

[bluevolume]

You haven't had the phone for a year yet, so you are still under warranty. Take it to the Verizon store and they will get you a refurb.

It doesn't even matter if you bought it on Craigslist or something, they will still do it. Just be brief and don't share any more info than you have to.

 

[Jmac9]

You haven't had the phone for a year yet, so you are still under warranty. Take it to the Verizon store and they will get you a refurb.

It doesn't even matter if you bought it on Craigslist or something, they will still do it. Just be brief and don't share any more info than you have to.

+1. MFG warranty covers this.

 

[fatkidkustomz]

How is that going to go over with the whole rooted thing? I can't get it to connect to my computer at all, so I can't Odin back to stock.

 

[Jmac9]

How is that going to go over with the whole rooted thing? I can't get it to connect to my computer at all, so I can't Odin back to stock.

If you can't connect, neither can they.....and they won't. If you start trying to solder and screw up then you've got nothing left to stand on.

Not saying 100% garauntee they won't check, but honestly, why would they check root status on a broken usb port.....it'll probably get thrown in a box and sent back to the factory or dumpstered.

Just make sure they swap SD cards for you.....or keep yours.

 

[anon(94115)]

How is that going to go over with the whole rooted thing? I can't get it to connect to my computer at all, so I can't Odin back to stock.

Have you done anything else to it? CWM, Rom, theme?

 

[atomD21]

The people at the Verizon store don't get paid enough to really care. So long as it looks like the Fascinate when they boot it up, you're good. After all, no software hack is going to physically break your USB port.

 

[newbie4ever]

if your phone still works you should be able to get insurance on it and collect in a week or so

 

[Sheepdog Elite]

if your phone still works you should be able to get insurance on it and collect in a week or so

There's a limited window to activate insurance. They're doing an "open enrollment" right now, but you have to wait 45 days file a claim.

 

[fatkidkustomz]

Have you done anything else to it? CWM, Rom, theme?

Yeah. My phone was stock long enough to get a full charge. Then it got the full treatment. So the boot animations are different and everything.

Anyway to go back to "stock enough" without Odin?

 

[triddirt]

Yeah. My phone was stock long enough to get a full charge. Then it got the full treatment. So the boot animations are different and everything.

Anyway to go back to "stock enough" without Odin?

Remember you still can mount your sdcard on a pc stand alone so anything you can flash with CWM is still available to you. To undo the most obvious..

+1 on the they probably won't care. Especially if you can physically see that something is broken on the port.

 

[Heath276]

There's a limited window to activate insurance. They're doing an "open enrollment" right now, but you have to wait 45 days file a claim.

Hey how do i get more info on this nothing is wrong with my phone but i kick my self in the head for not getting it when i got my phone.

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[fatkidkustomz]

Remember you still can mount your sdcard on a pc stand alone so anything you can flash with CWM is still available to you. To undo the most obvious..

+1 on the they probably won't care. Especially if you can physically see that something is broken on the port.

Right, but you can still see the superuser icon in the drawer though. Or is there a way to delete that too?

Also, you can't see that it's broken. 2 of the tabs broke off and fell out. But like I said, when you plug it into any charger it goes into USB mode so Or should be obvious that there's a problem.

 

[Jmac9]

Right, but you can still see the superuser icon in the drawer though. Or is there a way to delete that too?

Also, you can't see that it's broken. 2 of the tabs broke off and fell out. But like I said, when you plug it into any charger it goes into USB mode so Or should be obvious that there's a problem.

If you use LP, you can hide the app from your drawer.

 

[fatkidkustomz]

If you use LP, you can hide the app from your drawer.

How about ADW? I guess worst case I could d/l LP if I had to.

 

[Chris3D]

What baseband (modem) version do you currently have loaded?

If you really wanted to get back as close to stock as possible, this should work:

First, download this: http://adrynalyne.us/files/kernels/DL09_stock.zip This is the stock DL09 kernel.

Next, download this: http://gunsforgeeks.com/Fascinate/DL09_stock.zip This is the stock, bloated, odexed DL09 system.

Put your SD card into a reader, copy these over, reboot into CWM (assuming you have it installed) and flash both. At this point, you should be on stock DL09. You'll have the SuperUser app installed, but you can always long-press on it and delete it.

You can either stop here and fairly safely assume no one at a Verizon store will notice any system/baseband mismatch (if there is one), or you can do the following:

Download this: EA28 update This is the EA28 update. Place this on the root of your SD card, reboot into recovery and choose "apply update from sdcard". Hopefully this will install (not completely sure if the CWM recovery will install standard official updates).

Assuming that works, download this: ED01 update This is the full, official ED01 update, which will include everything - ROM, kernel and modem. Put it again on the root of your SD card, reboot into recovery and install. If all goes well, you'll be completely on official ED01.

One word of warning, be careful with these last two steps. I believe as of EA28, the recovery will be overwritten on the first boot. The EA28 doesn't include the kernel, so it shouldn't happen, but the ED01 does, so after you install that, you'll definitely loose CWM and be stuck where you are, for good. Also, these both include modem delta patches, so not the complete modem file. I would check with Adrenalyn, DroidX or the others to see what they think about this - it may be safer to just stop at the DL09 kernel and ROM than risk messing up your modem by patching older versions over newer versions. But this all depends on what modem you currently have installed - if you happen to have DL09, then you should be good to go.

 

[fatkidkustomz]

Thanks Chris. Awesome answer. I'm on EC01 right now. Does that change anything?

 

[Chris3D]

Thanks Chris. Awesome answer. I'm on EC01 right now. Does that change anything?

Hmmm, doesn't really change anything. The only issue you'll face is the mismatched baseband. No one has yet released a completely stock (odexed and all) ED01 that's installable using CWM, so the DL09 route is the only way to go if you're that concerned.

You could just download this: http://adrynalyne.grdlock.net/bamf/roms/ed01_stock.zip This is the stock ED01, but it is deodexed and you'll still have a non-stock (EC01?) kernel and it's non-stock boot animation, which might be a giveaway if they restart the phone.

Again, I'd send Adrenalyn or DroidXcon a quick note asking what they think of the issue of the EA28 and ED01 updates as it pertains to the modem. If they don't see an issue, that should get you totally official. If they do, or don't know, I'd just flash the DL09 kernel and ROM and leave it at that. At that point, you should still have CWM, and should be able to reflash up if need be, but at least you'll have a stock kernel, stock boot animations and the totally stock rom. I can't imagine anyone at Verizon will notice the baseband...

 

[Chris3D]

Also, since you will be replacing the phone, and they shouldn't give you any trouble since it is a hardware failure, it may not matter if the modem gets screwed up by patching old over new. As long as it appears stock (as in kernel, rom and even if the baseband doesn't work, is at least reported as ED01), it shouldn't matter. Might be a good opportunity to experiment, but of course, that's up to you.

 

[Chris3D]

Actually, give me a little while, I'm downloading the EC01 modem and will install it and then step through my instructions. I have all the files right here and am curious if it'll work. Since I can still Odin, I'll be able to flash a new modem if it gets screwed up.