expedia x10 wont charge

[pantomime horse]

hi
as title suggests my sons expedia x10 won't charge
for a few weeks he had to have the charging lead propped up to enable the phone to charge
now it won't at all
I know its not the charger as I tried to charge it with mine and also his charger charged my phone
guessing its inside the phone
my wife took it to a local phone repair shop who said it would have to be sent back to sony ericsson for repair which would cost more than the phone is worth.
any clues folks

[Jim.Mahoney]

The charge socket has pulled away from the printed circuit board probably due to rough handling.

You can't do these without a high temperature soldering iron.

See if you can find a small independent dealer who will probably welcome the job!!

[pantomime horse]

The charge socket has pulled away from the printed circuit board probably due to rough handling.

You can't do these without a high temperature soldering iron.

See if you can find a small independent dealer who will probably welcome the job!!

should have added
if you push the power button, the red light flashes 3 times
guessing that verifies it?

[Jim.Mahoney]

should have added
if you push the power button, the red light flashes 3 times
guessing that verifies it?

The three flashes could be a software error... But also a flat battery!

A cheap way around the problem is an external charger. I assume that you get these in the UK?

The battery clips into the device and you charge the battery outside of the phone! These are usually less than ?5 and can charge almost any Li-ion or NiMH cellphone battery...

[pantomime horse]

The three flashes could be a software error... But also a flat battery!

A cheap way around the problem is an external charger. I assume that you get these in the UK?

The battery clips into the device and you charge the battery outside of the phone! These are usually less than ?5 and can charge almost any Li-ion or NiMH cellphone battery...

cheers mate

ordered 2 new batteries and an external charger last night on flea bay for under a tenner including postage
I would never have thought of that
thanks again

[Canker_Canison]

Guess I'm running late again.

The 3 flashes will be due to the flat battery.

The external charger is the only solution.

We don't know anyone in our local area, or in Manchester the unlocking & repair capitol of the uk, that is capable of repairing the micro usb charge port.

[pantomime horse]

from what I have read
the only other solution would have been a new motherboard
for which SE would have charged over ?100

[trippleface]

If it is still under warranty, bring it to the store.
Thats what i did to my x10

[teerak2uk]

Guess I'm running late again.

The 3 flashes will be due to the flat battery.

The external charger is the only solution.

We don't know anyone in our local area, or in Manchester the unlocking & repair capitol of the uk, that is capable of repairing the micro usb charge port.

I can repair them but depends on the condition of the board

[Jim.Mahoney]

Sadly, 90% of people rip the pads off from the PCB.

[Canker_Canison]

I can repair them but depends on the condition of the board

Would that be with an infrared thermal gun & lots of heat shielding?

I keep being asked about repairs to USB ports, but I just don't have the heat or pin-point tip capable of even attempting such a job.

You are the first person I know of that can repair a port.

[Jim.Mahoney]

I had a phone come in last week...

The customer had had it repaired somewhere else... They had used so much heat that you could smell burnt PCB even with the phone over a meter away!

Personally, I've only ever used the two iron method. One running at 480C to mount the socket and another with a really fine point at 320C to solder the pins down that I have previously covered in flux.

It's not great but far better than toasting PCB with hot air!