Nokia 7190 Autoslide conversion

[cain]

anyone know anything about this? I know the gist of how it should be done, but if anyone can offer any good advice on the soldering, that would be awesome. Oh yeah, I already googled and came up with nothing

 

[PunDogg]

i really have no idea what you are talking about?? a little info, would help, even if we dont; know what the solution is we may know someone who does

Dogg

 

[Semidevil]

what da H E double hockey stick is an nokia 7190?

 

[PunDogg]

Originally posted by: Semidevil
what da H E double hockey stick is an nokia 7190?

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Dogg

 

[andylawcc]

man, that's one archaic phone

and doesn'y it auto slide by default??? I thought there's a spring attached.

 

[JustinGoodie]

I've got an old 7160... and i've only heard very little about the conversion... on a side note, why would you want to use such an old phone anyways

and from what i know, the 7190 is basically the same as the 7160 except the 7160 is TDMA and no autoslide, whereas the 7190 has autoslide and is GSM

 

[PunDogg]

what is auto slide????

 

[cain]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
I've got an old 7160... and i've only heard very little about the conversion... on a side note, why would you want to use such an old phone anyways

and from what i know, the 7190 is basically the same as the 7160 except the 7160 is TDMA and no autoslide, whereas the 7190 has autoslide and is GSM

yeah i got the phone awhile ago and liked it because the slide actually protects the keys so i dont have to lock keyboard, and the 7190 is thinner than one of those flip phones. i am looking into converting it to autoslide because i have had the 7160 case for a long time and thought it would be cool to convert it now

 

[JustinGoodie]

if you can find one, I think that the "faceplate" of the 7190 fits on the 7160, but the hard part is the button to release it... which is on the back of the phone, towards the top.

 

[cain]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
if you can find one, I think that the "faceplate" of the 7190 fits on the 7160, but the hard part is the button to release it... which is on the back of the phone, towards the top.

i have everything, and i know how to do it. but since it involves soldering a capacitor off the board, i wanted to know if anyone's actually done it and give me some tips.

 

[JustinGoodie]

Originally posted by: cain

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
if you can find one, I think that the "faceplate" of the 7190 fits on the 7160, but the hard part is the button to release it... which is on the back of the phone, towards the top.

i have everything, and i know how to do it. but since it involves soldering a capacitor off the board, i wanted to know if anyone's actually done it and give me some tips.

ahhhh.... now it's a little clearer

well, hmmm..... i don't know anyone who's done that before, nor did i know that it required removing a capacitor from the board. but i would advise using some solder wick to get the solder out of there, but if you can get at it, just try cutting it off or maybe even just yanking it.

perhaps you could post a picture of said area on the board

 

[cain]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie

Originally posted by: cain

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie
if you can find one, I think that the "faceplate" of the 7190 fits on the 7160, but the hard part is the button to release it... which is on the back of the phone, towards the top.

i have everything, and i know how to do it. but since it involves soldering a capacitor off the board, i wanted to know if anyone's actually done it and give me some tips.

ahhhh.... now it's a little clearer

well, hmmm..... i don't know anyone who's done that before, nor did i know that it required removing a capacitor from the board. but i would advise using some solder wick to get the solder out of there, but if you can get at it, just try cutting it off or maybe even just yanking it.

perhaps you could post a picture of said area on the board

ah good idea, definitely will do later today

 

[cain]

blah, can't find that site with the pictures anymore, and i dont want to take the phone apart again.

 

[cain]

ok i just converted it and completely botched it, now the phone is missing the capacitor, but somehow it still works

 

[JustinGoodie]

Originally posted by: cain
ok i just converted it and completely botched it, now the phone is missing the capacitor, but somehow it still works

very nice... so you completely botched it, but it still works... something doesn't add up

 

[alkemyst]

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie

Originally posted by: cain
ok i just converted it and completely botched it, now the phone is missing the capacitor, but somehow it still works

very nice... so you completely botched it, but it still works... something doesn't add up

QFT

be more specific.

 

[cain]

Originally posted by: alkemyst

Originally posted by: JustinGoodie

Originally posted by: cain
ok i just converted it and completely botched it, now the phone is missing the capacitor, but somehow it still works

very nice... so you completely botched it, but it still works... something doesn't add up

QFT

be more specific.

it's a botched job in terms of the loss of the capacitor. the fact that the phone still works is probably a freak accident of some sort. gotta find a replacement.