My phone the Palm Treo 650 has an inferior audio jack. After constant use (in my case listening to MP3s), it fails and stops the phone's mic and speakers from working during a call.
I found an article on the internet on how to fix it. The fix required soldering. SO I had to go buy a soldering iron, thin solid core copper wire, and things like flux coated solder and a T6 torx driver.
Never having actually soldered anything (well once), I proceeded to take my Treo apart and solder a bridge in place on the headphone jack. After a couple of tries and reading the instructions and related blogs, and investing in some desoldering copper braid, I was able to successfully fix my Treo, despite my shaking hands!
I spent less than $20 to fix it. That certainly beats replacing my phone.
I was so damn excited I thought I would let everyone know! That and I am bored and figured I would post something
I found an article on the internet on how to fix it. The fix required soldering. SO I had to go buy a soldering iron, thin solid core copper wire, and things like flux coated solder and a T6 torx driver.
Never having actually soldered anything (well once), I proceeded to take my Treo apart and solder a bridge in place on the headphone jack. After a couple of tries and reading the instructions and related blogs, and investing in some desoldering copper braid, I was able to successfully fix my Treo, despite my shaking hands!
I spent less than $20 to fix it. That certainly beats replacing my phone.
I was so damn excited I thought I would let everyone know! That and I am bored and figured I would post something
