Thursday eve I replaced the screen on SWMBette's Moto E phone, but it did not turn out well. The new screen is beautiful and indistinguishable from the original screen, to my eye. Was about $50 from some outfit in Hong Kong, and I'll give them a good rating for the quality of the screen and fast shipping via DHL.
Unfortunately, the socket for the main antenna broke completely off the main logic board during disassembly. The soldering job must have been poor, as I've taken a few other cell phones apart and put them back together and never had this issue. It didn't take any unusual amount of force to come off, but when I tried to put it back together, I realized that the socket was not on the board but was still in the end of the little cable. I made a clumsy attempt to re-solder that tiny sucker back in place, but no joy with my equipment. Special soldering station needed here, I think the proper tool has built-in magnification and uses hot air instead of a hot tip soldering gun? I did discover during my search for the screen that Motorola has decided to make their factory repair parts available via retailers, so that DIY guys and gals can make quality repairs. Unfortunately this model phone is too old I guess and not many factory parts are still available. I searched around a bit for a replacement logic board, but haven't found one yet. New replacement cell phone is on the way from eBay, only $90. Identical model, so now if she breaks the screen again, I can use this one. ------------- Max Charleston SC _______________________________________ http://www.okiebenz.com To search list archives http://www.okiebenz.com/archive/ To Unsubscribe or change delivery options go to: http://mail.okiebenz.com/mailman/listinfo/mercedes_okiebenz.com
