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shotgunefx · 06-07-2007, 06:49 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

I hate it when that happens

I was ok with the soldering & I could do all the buttons if I need to, did you ever build your display in on your car?

Can't find my torx, do you have a 10K resistor handy? If so, can you try it with the 68uf cap?

I found a cool java rc simulator here

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=31

If you scroll down, you can enter your own values. My first instinct was 100k and 10uf, which seems like it would work. But I goofed around trying to find a value that would work with the cap you had on hand.

PURDooM · 06-07-2007, 10:35 AM

In response to serial VS usb question...

Some of the USB cables can also charge your phone while they are plugged in right off of the USB port.

Quote:

@purdoom

you say you need a serial cable to access gps features by a computer, would you then be able to use it with any generic gps software?

As far as I know. That seems to be the gist of the discussion on the internet. To switch from modem mode to NEMA output, there is a gps output option on the phone.

Slavic38 · 06-08-2007, 12:40 AM

Was looking for an application that would give voice navigation instructions and work on i455.

I found this adware/freeware amazegps, but I don't know if it will work on i455:
http://www.amazegps.com I'm assuming it would work with an integrated GPS even though the site says it requires a bluetooth GPS.

I also found Navlet which is available under the GPL License
http://www.navlet.org "Navlet is able to send the GPS data to a server via an HTTP connection." Perhaps someone may use this to get the GPS data available to the PC. There's also http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/GP...va-28752.shtml which may serve the same purpose.

Not free:
http://wayviewer.en.softonic.com/java

shotgunefx · 06-08-2007, 08:33 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by Slavic38

Was looking for an application that would give voice navigation instructions and work on i455.

I found this adware/freeware amazegps, but I don't know if it will work on i455:
http://www.amazegps.com I'm assuming it would work with an integrated GPS even though the site says it requires a bluetooth GPS.

I also found Navlet which is available under the GPL License
http://www.navlet.org "Navlet is able to send the GPS data to a server via an HTTP connection." Perhaps someone may use this to get the GPS data available to the PC. There's also http://handheld.softpedia.com/get/GP...va-28752.shtml which may serve the same purpose.

Not free:
http://wayviewer.en.softonic.com/java

Well, I'm not a PPP expert, but if the phone is hooked to the pc, I don't see why you couldn't point it to localhost for the outbound server.

turbocad6 · 06-08-2007, 09:42 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by shotgunefx

Can't find my torx, do you have a 10K resistor handy? If so, can you try it with the 68uf cap?

I found a cool java rc simulator here

http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=31

If you scroll down, you can enter your own values. My first instinct was 100k and 10uf, which seems like it would work. But I goofed around trying to find a value that would work with the cap you had on hand.

10k resistor looks like a short to the phone & puts it in flight mode, **** I was surprised, I had to go all the way up to such a high resistance, but the phone is very sensative, a 40k resistor touched across the power button starts the phone

10uf won't be long enough of a button press, I was getting hit & miss results with even a 47uf, which is why I went with the 68uf. I have a wide range of caps & resistors & I have narrowed it down to where I'm at now, up or down doesn't make it better from my findings, although I'll admit I was kinda rushing & I didn't spend all day playing with it either...

shotgunefx · 06-08-2007, 09:59 AM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

10k resistor looks like a short to the phone & puts it in flight mode, **** I was surprised, I had to go all the way up to such a high resistance, but the phone is very sensative, a 40k resistor touched across the power button starts the phone

10uf won't be long enough of a button press, I was getting hit & miss results with even a 47uf, which is why I went with the 68uf. I have a wide range of caps & resistors & I have narrowed it down to where I'm at now, up or down doesn't make it better from my findings, although I'll admit I was kinda rushing & I didn't spend all day playing with it either...

I'll definitely have to spend some time playing with it. Though the cap itself isn't that important, it's the RC.

I was thinking backwards on the last numbers. Trying 300K with a 10uf gives a similar charge time, but the discharge rate is much faster. (Assuming the sim is accurate

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shotgunefx · 06-09-2007, 08:49 PM

I got the torx bits, but I can only see 4 screws on the phone. (2 top, 2 bottom), Feels like there is something mid way still holding it together. Anyone know if there are more someplace?

I tried checking out the pics at the beginning of the thread but getting a 404 on the relevant ones.

turbocad6 · 06-09-2007, 09:20 PM

it's a bit of a pain in the ***, after all the screws are out, the 2 halves are still snaped togeather, there are 2 slots a bit more than half way down from the top, there are locks there that need to be pryed, a small slot driver inserted just right & you may not make any marks, be careful cause the ribbon cables are short, if it snaps apart & spreads hard you could rip one.

turbocad6 · 06-09-2007, 09:23 PM

actually it's about 2/3rds down from the top, you can kinda see them in my first picture, there like hooks kinda

shotgunefx · 06-09-2007, 09:54 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

actually it's about 2/3rds down from the top, you can kinda see them in my first picture, there like hooks kinda

That did the trick. I marred it a little but don't care. My suggestion for others is don't use a screwdriver two tiny either.

Once I got it apart, I cut off those tabs

How did you get the front off all the way? Did you remove the ribbon cable?

turbocad6 · 06-09-2007, 09:59 PM

yeah, they get pulled straight out, use a tiny driver undernieth them & push stright up away from the board, putting them back in is just lining them up & then pushing straight in to the board, no funky locks or anything, thaty little foam pad on the end is what holds it in when assembled

if you want to take the lcd ribbon out it's the same, to dissasemble the lid you have to remove the insert on the big lcd side, it's glued in but pops out pretty easy...

turbocad6 · 06-09-2007, 10:02 PM

these ribbon cable plugs have a limited amount of times you can unplug & replug them, I mean a few times or so is ok, but there not rated for continuious insert & removal, if you inserted them like 20 times they can start to deteriorate, just fyi

shotgunefx · 06-09-2007, 10:04 PM

Quote: Originally Posted by turbocad6

these ribbon cable plugs have a limited amount of times you can unplug & replug them, I mean a few times or so is ok, but there not rated for continuious insert & removal, if you inserted them like 20 times they can start to deteriorate, just fyi

Not even going to bother. I hate ribbon cables

turbocad6 · 06-09-2007, 10:16 PM

no man, these really are a piece of cake, no chance of having a problem, more cables get damaged by NOT unpluging them, they come straight up off the board like the way a processor plugs in,it much safer to unplug them than pulling on them the wrong way, trust me

shotgunefx · 06-09-2007, 11:01 PM

I've got the wires soldered. A bit tricky for these shaky hands, especially since I used 30ga Kynar wire. For the moment, just left the leads hanging out of the phone and put it back together so I can start playing with cap values.

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