Repair Your Cell Phone

Reset Sidekick 2008 from Sick Sidekick Screen

admin — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 17:58:09 +0000

Recover the Sidekick 2008 from the screen with a picture of a sidekick who has x’s for eyes and stars over his head like someone punched him.

This screen will give you the option to select a language and to reboot the sidekick 2008. If rebooting it just keeps bringing you back to the same screen, follow the procedure below to help recover it. As with anything, there is no guarantee that this is always work.

To resolve this issue follow the steps listed below:

1. Remove the battery and the SIM card from the Sidekick 2008

2. Let the phone sit for 30 minutes without the battery and SIM card

3. Reinsert the battery and the SIM card and power the Sidekick on.

4. If issue still remains try it one more time but let the battery sit out for 2 hours (overnight is better)

If the above procedure does not work then you can perform a Sidekick 2008 Master Reset.

If the Master Reset and the above procedure do not fix your problem, you will need to call the T-mobile Customer Care number at 1-877-453-1304.

Originally posted 2009-06-18 06:20:34.

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How to Improve Battery Life on Your T-mobile Sidekick

admin — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:54:07 +0000

These tips really only work within the first week of use. If you’ve used the device for 2 months already, this won’t help as much but it will still help.

Keep in mind, by “training the battery,” I mean recalibrating the battery meter of your Sidekick:

1. The initial charge out of the box is crucial. The instructions state you should charge the device 6-8 hours upon initial start up. People get so excited by getting the sidekick that they yank it off the charger 3-4 hours later so they can go show their friends! This is a BIG mistake. Despite every urge to do so, let it charge at least 6 hours out the box.

2. For the next couple of days try and let your sidekick drain it’s battery completely before you charge it again. When you charge it, make sure it charges 4-5 hours minimum before you take it off the charger. Leaving it plugged in overnight is usually the best option.

After a few days, you’ll begin to notice an improvement in your battery life. The Sidekick now had a baseline for a fully charged battery and an empty battery.

Do this for 4 or 5 days and you will be set.

Here are some other tips to help get better battery life from your Sidekick:

1. Turn your LCD brightness down as low as you can tolerate.
2. Try and avoid being on all 3 IM clients at the same time for any extended period.
3. The music player is the second biggest battery drainer next to making phone calls. If you use the music player more than a few hours a day, you might want to consider a separate MP3 player.
4. Make sure to close out of the photo application when done. If you just “Jump” out, the device still keeps the camera rolling, draining more of the battery. Make sure you “Done” out of the camera app to be sure.
5. When charging, keep the phone on a surface that allows it to dissipate the heat. A desk top or table is good. On a pillow or a bed is bad! The hotter the battery gets over time, the less use you will be able to get out of it.

What if your Sidekick is not new and you want to get better battery life and this doesn’t help. You can get a new battery for your phone and do this procedure. New Sidekick batteries are about 10 dollars on eBay. Don’t pay 40-60 dollars for a new one from T-mobile

Here are some links to new Sidekick batteries:

Replacement Sidekick LX Battery Replacement Sidekick 3 Battery Replacement Sidekick Slide Battery Replacement Sidekick ID Battery

Originally posted 2008-10-18 18:47:52.

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How To Get Sidekick 2008 to Vibrate a Text is Received?

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:51:57 +0000

Someone asked this at Yahoo Answers.

how do i get my sidekick 2008 to vibrate when i get a text?

i just bought a sidekick 2008 and i cant get it to vibrate when i receive a text. all that happens is an icon shows up in the corner? and suggestions?
Thanks

Here is the Answer I gave:

You need to have the data plan otherwise it doesn’t vibrate or ring when you first get a text. Try setting your pending message alert to 2 minutes under sound settings so 2 minutes after you get the text it vibrates or rings.

I didn’t know that but know I do. I hope that it helps you out.

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Samsung Instinct SPH-M800 LCD Repair Guide

admin — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 07:48:18 +0000

Repair your Samsung instrinct yourself ans save some money. Cracked lcd screen, bad backlights white lines in your screen? Take your Samsung sph-m800 apart and replace the the lcd screen.

The parts are fairly cheap on ebay and there is a guide at the link below.

Picture guide to take apart the Samsung Instinct M800: Click Here to Access

Tools required:

Small Phillips Screw Driver
Small Flathead or exacto razor
A Safe Open Tool

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Fix a White LCD Screen on Your Sidekick

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:09:05 +0000

Fix White LCD Screen on Sidekicks

The LCD screens on the t-mobile Sidekicks and Danger Hiptops are fragile. They have a thin ribbon cable(flex cable) that mounts to the LCD screen that transmits all of the data and power. If you drop your phone or are rough with it, the cable can wriggle loose. If it becomes even a bit loose, it can cause a white screen.

How do you know if you have a white screen on your sidekick? Well, the phone works fine. It will make and receive calls, but it looks like the backlight is on to the fullest extent. The screen will be completely white and you will not be able to see anything else.

The good news is that I wrote a how to guide to repair this problem. The bad news is it only works 90% of the time. Sorry, but it is free! =)

If your Sidekick 3, Sidekick ID, or Sidekick II (2) has a white LCD screen, I advise trying this repair guide first. If it doesn’t work, you just need to replace the sidekick lcd screen. Problem solved.

The following guide may be able to help you. I have used it successfully on a Sidekick ID, a Sidekick II and a Sidekick 3. No guarantees, but it is worth a shot.

The following procedure uses a Sidekick 3 but the steps are the same for all 3 of the sidekick models mentioned above.

Items needed:

T6 Torx driver, size 0 phillips screwdriver, and a small flat tipped tool for prying. I prefer plastic guitar picks but a small screw driver works too. (if you do not have a t6 torx, you can buy a set of them from a Hardware store for about 5 dollars, or you can use the flat tipped screwdriver.)

Directions

1. Power down your Sidekick.

2. Remove the back cover and take out the battery.

3. Flip your sidekick screen halfway to access the two screws that need to be removed. One has already been removed in this picture. Remove the screws using the T6 torx driver. 4. While still holding the screen in the half flipped position, gently lift the screen up and out.

Warning

Be careful not to touch the copper contacts of the connector. The pins on the connector of the base unit are very fragile.

5. Put the LCD screen assembly upside down on a soft surface (to avoid scratching). There are 4 screws that need to be removed before your can removed the old lcd screen cover. You will need a size 0 Phillips screwdriver for these.

6. Remove the two screws shown below.

7.Remove the other two screws shown below. You will need to rotate the flex cable/spring unit to access one of them. 8. Flip the screen back over and gently pry the two corners on the bottom of the side with the flex cable.

9. Now that both edges are loose, grab the edge and gently lift screen backwards.

10. Now that Sidekick lens is off, the removal of the LCD screen begins

11. Gently pry one of the corners shown in the picture below by the red arrow. Use a plastic pry device, my favorite is a guitar pick. The LCD is held down by a very sticky adhesive and will take slow, steady prying and lifting. Do not move the screen to far away from the base. 12. When you get the LCD free from the adhesive, lay it down gently towards the flip assembly. See photo below for orientation. Be careful and do not pull LCD straight out from back housing as you may damage the flex cable.

13. Flip up the black clamp that holds the flex cable to the connector. See the red arrow below for location. 14. Now that the connector clamp is flipped up, gently reseat the flex cable into the connector.

15. Close the black clamp on the connector down to fasten the cable in place. Make sure that the cable is seated snugly in connector.

16. Once the cable is seated into the connector correctly, gently lay the LCD into the back housing as shown below. 17. Now install the Sidekick LCD screen cover in the reverse order. Put the screen back working from the top of the lcd.18. Once the cover is on, press down firmly on edges to make sure they are snapped into place.

19. Flip the LCD unit over and install the 4 screws you removed earlier. Be sure to rotate swivel unit out of the way for the one screw. Once the screws are in, it is time to reassemble the your sidekick.

20. Prepare the Sidekick LCD screen assembly for installation. Make sure the spring unit is rotated as shown below. Fail to follow this step can cause the screen not to flip properly. If it is not aligned as shown, rotate spring assembly until it is. 21. Rotate the LCD assembly until in the half flipped position and install in base unit. See picture in step 4 for the proper angle to install. Once installed, slowly release the screen and allow to flip into position.

22. Rotate the LCD screen on the Sidekick to the half flipped position and install the two screws removed in step 3 and tighten them down.

23. Test the flip action of your phone. It if doesn’t work right, remove screen and go back to step

24. Once the flip action is working, it is time to reinstall the battery and back cover.

25. Power up your Sidekick and see if the screen is fixed.

Don’t be discouraged if it does not work the first time. It took me a few times when I was trying out this procedure.

If it doesn’t work after a few times, then you should replace the LCD screen on your Sidekick .

They run about 30 to 40 dollars and are easy to replace.

Check the following links to see the availability of LCD screens for your Sidekick.

Sidekick 3 LCD Screens for Sale

Sidekick II (2) LCD Screens for Sale

Sidekick ID LCD screens for Sale (These are rarely available)

Remember steps 3 and 4, well that’s the procedure for replacing the Sidekick LCD Assembly on a Sidekick 3, Sidekick II, or a Sidekick ID.

Originally posted 2008-11-05 22:28:39.

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Sony K750i LCD Screen Replacement

admin — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:54:00 +0000

Repair your Sony K750i yourself and save some money. Cracked LCD screen, bad back light, white lines in your screen? Take the K750i apart and replace the bad lcd screen.

The parts are fairly cheap on eBay and there is a guide at the link below.

Picture guide to take apart the Sony K750i: Click Here to Access

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Sidekick 2009 Rumors

admin — Fri, 12 Feb 2010 14:06:13 +0000

So it looks some possible data about the Sidekick 2009 (real imaginative their T-mobile and DangerSoft) has been uncovered. Thanks to HipTop3.com for the information and the picture.

The codename for this is seems to be The blade. I Think this is looking pretty good at the moment. I am glad there is no mention about a touch screen. The Sidekick Software is intuitive enough.

Some of the new key features are:

- Facebook

- Twitter

- YouTube Mobile Access via browser

- GPS Location Based Search

- Turn by Turn Navigation

- Microsoft Live Local Search and Maps

- Blog publishing, editing, and management client

- Microsoft Outlook/Exchange synchronization

- Large (3.2 inch WVGA) screen with sharp 854×480 resolution

- Thin design

- 3.2 megapixel camera with autofocus, flash and video recording

Finally, You Tube on your Sidekick!! It’s about time. It is one the most requested thing people ask about.

No idea yet about when it is coming out. I imagine early summer time.

Stay tuned!

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Sidekick 3 Shows 4 Symbols on White Back Ground

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 09:56:03 +0000

Sidekick 3 stops booting with the 4 Danger icons on a white screen

This is a post for ChicaJessa05 that asked a question from the contact form

The procedure below will not always fix this issue. It is the best solution that I have seen so far.

1. Remove the battery from your device

2. Flip open the screen

3. With the battery removed, press and hold the “W” key on the keyboard. Press and hold it and don’t let go.

4. Put the battery in while holding the “W” key. This is a little tricky but you can do it.

5. Keep holding the “W” key

6. The Sidekick 3 will boot to a screen that has a picture of a SK with Xs for eyes and stars spinning around it’s head. Kind of like it just got knocked out!

7. When you see this, you can let go of the “W” key.

8. After a few more seconds you’ll see a screen that says “Sorry! Please restart your device by selecting the Reboot button. If this screen appears again, contact Customer Care.”

9. Click the Reboot button on the screen, and hope for the best.

10. Try one more time if it doens’t work. It can’t hurt.

This is a fix not a workaround. If your T-mobile Sidekick 3 boots properly after this then you should be fine.

I hope this helps the sidekick 3 owners out there.

photo credit: judy_breck

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How To Replace Xenon GR500 LCD Screen or Touch Screen

admin — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 07:53:42 +0000

This is a quick video guide showing how to replace the lcd screen on a Xenon GR500. If the Touchscreen is cracked and not the LCD screen then this video will show you how to replace that as well.

Why would you wan to replace your Gr500 LCD screen? Is your LCD screen cracked, backlight dead, shattered? Is the Gr500 Touchscreen lens cracked, broken or shattered? Those are some of the reasons why you would wan to replace the LCD or the touchscreen.

It is a fairly straight forward procedure and the parts are not all that bad. Expect 30 dollars for the LCD screen and 20 dollars for the touchscreen lens. See the parts that available on Ebay below the video.

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Cracked or Broken Iphone Screen Repair Deal – 99 Dollars

admin — Fri, 05 Feb 2010 07:47:04 +0000

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