Nexus 7 Faulty Charge Port & Battery

[@davidlegault9745]

Hello John, I don't know how I missed this video - I check regularly. Oh well, better late than never. Great video my friend and the microscope camera was really awesome. Those ribbon cables are so delicate and easy to break. I hope you and your Mum are keeping well. Regards, Dave

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Hi Dave, Good to see you 👍. Perhaps KZbin notifications failed for you, I know it has happened to me a couple of times where guys have uploaded vids and I've not had any notification. It's quite frustrating, but it did used to be a whole lot worse so at least they're getting it sorted it out. Thank you as always for your kind comments my friend. Yes Mum & I are fine thanks. I hope you guys, Bear inc are all doing fine too 🙂 Regards John

[@DextersTechLab]

Nice fix John. My parents had the same issue with theirs, was broken connections rather than the socket being damaged, just reflowing the socket worked a treat.

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Thanks Mark 👍 Glad you got your parents one sorted out too. I think the ports on the Nexus are particularly susceptible to failure as the port itself doesn't fit snugly into the space it has in the case, so there's loads if wiggle room for it. Cheers friend John

[@zx8401ztv]

Smashing repair john :-D There is no way that socket will come off, solid as a rock. i watch a bloke called Sorin, he repairs all sorts of electronics, he loves good flux and hot glue. I've used hot glue to fix the broken laptop casing around power sockets, modern machines are so thin and brittle :-(

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Hi Harv. Yes I like Sorin too 👍. I don't always agree with some of his repair methods but he certainly does get things sorted out to help his customers. He seems like a good guy too. And yes I agree, most modern electronics are not really made to last. Well unless you pay a fortune for them, and even then that doesn't guarantee quality. Cheers friend John

[@zx8401ztv]

Yep all very true indeed, but as you said he gets most things working ;-). He does a few bodges but i've done them on stuff that wasn't worth the money to do a propper repair. Like multi voltage STK regulators in old vcr's, the 12 volt output was missing and a new multi voltage module was 30 quid, not worth it!. I tapped on to the raw d.c and fed it to a good old 7812 regulator, then the output was wired to where the 12 volts was needed. Worked a bloody treat :-D But it was a bodge, and never failed, a professional bodge ha ha :-D

[@OrbiterElectronics]

@@zx8401ztv Yea sure Harv, I've done'em too mate. Personally though I just wouldn't be happy about handing such repairs back to customers. Perhaps I'm way off though. For all I know he may forewarn folk that such repairs are only to get them by to save them some money, which is fair dinkum 👍 John

[@robbieaussievic]

..... I thought of Malcolm McDowell in 'Star Trek Generations' , but that was 'Soran' Just subscribed to 'Sorin'.

[@Zone1242]

Nice work John. It'll be a while before I'm at that level but I'll enjoy the journey :-) Cheers, John

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Thanks John. Hey I bet we'll be seeing you soldering 01005's down in no time with that new microscope 👍 Cheers John

[@TheDefpom]

Tip for getting glue off things like batteries, put ipa on it, it softens it

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Thanks Scott, good tip 👍. I actually use flux remover sometimes.. but everything gets slippery 😯 Cheers John

[@PapasDino]

John - Would it have been useful to temporarily tack down one of the smaller pins at the beginning just to keep them aligned? I don't have a lot of experience with these connectors so it's possible that would put undue mechanical strain on the port...just wondering? Thanks for sharing, great job as usual!

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Hi Dino.. Yes.. That is the usual way to do them, especially on ports that have loosely fitting pins which never seemingly stay where you want them to be. As you say though mechanical strain is the main thing to avoid and as long as it's minimised with the port being stable either way is ok for me. As this one was pretty stable though I guess I just decided to be a rebel :) Cheers friend John

[@MrGeekGamer]

I have a Samsung tablet I believe requires a new battery. I was considering throwing it out, but maybe I'll try and attempt a repair after watching this. You mentioned that 400C was high for a soldering iron, but I have very poor results with my iron unless I have it set to 350C. What sort of temperature is a "normal" operating temperature, in your experience?

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Hi. For me a 'normal' temperature for general purpose soldering using 0.5mm solder wire is around 360°C. However soldering larger wires or circuits with large ground planes requires more heat, as larger areas will just draw the heat away from the iron tip reducing its temperate. Which then makes soldering more difficult.

[@pan_kat1083]

where did you get that battery from / price ? I own nexus aswel and im worried when its gonna fail

[@OrbiterElectronics]

Hi Pat.. Got it from Ebay.. If you're in the UK this is the seller link.. www.ebay.co.uk/itm/For-Asus-Google-Nexus-7-2nd-GENERATION-Internal-Battery-Part-With-Free-Tools/362732866360?ssPageName=STRK%3AMEBIDX%3AIT&_trksid=p2057872.m2749.l2649