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Howdy /diy/ such a lovely day (AusFag) i though i would start a thread...
My Aunty bought two of these Dell Streak 7's for her kids and surprise surprise they both got broken.

Unit 1 the charger was ripped out on an angle and totally mangled the dock connector

Unit 2 was dropped and screen is smashed.

I was asked if i could fix them so i took the good screen from unit 1 and installed it on unit 2 with the good dock connector which made one good working tablet so now I'm left with unit 1's mangled dock connecter and unit 2's smashed screen.

Anything i can do with this thing?

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>> No.403867

Solid work with the repair!

What style connection is it? Could you replace the screen with a cheaper one and hardwire a usb in to the dock connection and therefore have something a bit more usable? from memory the dock is only a usb connection anyway

>> No.403868

>>403866
Lol, maybe not, I don't know enough about these tablets....

I don't know where you are, but the weather's shit down here

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you could salvage that wireless board to fix a laptop or something

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Ok, so i did not notice earlier but the screen assembly is NOT glued YES!! and a digitizer on ebay is $50 but I'm sure i could find it cheaper

>>403867
Cheers :)
not sure of the connector but looks like i won't be needing to buy an lcd now just the digitizer.

>>403868
It's nice and stinking hot here in Gympie atm

>>403872
Good idea but i already have a few laying around

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I'm just gonna keep posting pics of my progress anyway.

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Charging the battery

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Well it's charging...

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>> No.403974

>>403875
droped? holy fuck man, that thing looks like it went to a death metal concert

>> No.403980

>>403974
>death metal concert
Driven over at a death metal concert

>> No.403983

>>403974
I can't remember the last time I was raped to pieces at a death metal concert... Do you even listen to death metal?

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>> No.404050

good idea to only patch the data lines through and forget the terible stock connector

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>> No.404052

>>404050
Yeah. I really don't know why they bother with such a weak connector..

>> No.404054

now just use sugru to patch the hole next to the connector.

>> No.404065

>>404054
Interesting stuff, i was just planning on using thermo plastic

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Not pretty but it will keep dirt and crap out

>> No.405556

>>404065

Yeah that's a better option. You can colour the polymorph with various things to match the plastic.

>> No.405558

>>405556
I actually ordered some coloring pellets but they will take ages to arrive so white will do for now.