Alright, here's the deal. I have an iPhone 3G that was dropped in water for a few seconds, and I took it apart, cleaned it out, and got it to "work" again. It connected to iTunes and charged the battery, but I was having issues with the screen giving a good image (it was pretty dim and was flickering). As I was working on it, one of the little wires in connector 1 broke off. I wasn't going to give up, so I found the wire and tried to solder it back on (pretty tiny for a solder job, but hey, might as well give it a shot). Once I got it on, i was shaping it and the **** thing popped off and I couldn't find it. I won't have small-gauge wire for a few days so I'm weighing my options before I continue. So here are a few questions...
My background in building circuits is basic, so does anyone know how possible it would be to use the screen in another system? For example, use it in my car as a screen for my old powerbook G4 that had a cracked screen? I took off the display after it broke so now it's nice and thin... It still recognizes DVI and S-video- could i use the screen and run "Boxee" off of that?? How tough would that be to set up? (Digitizer, screen, etc.)
When I go back to resolder this guy, I'm going to see if I can find someone with slightly more experience than me (read: a LOT more experience and a steady hand). If this description fits your skill set, then on a scale of one to ten, how difficult is this going to be? (the wire ripped clear off the board, so I'm not sure if there's much of a contact tab- again, I'm more of a novice when it comes to soldering so I'm not sure what kind of damage that caused)
Does anyone know where I might be able to find a pinout of connector 1? If I'm unable to get a wire attached, is there anything else I can do with it? I'm open to suggestions, but I'm really hoping to either get the phone function working again or use it in my car.
Finally, I'm sure this question is answered elsewhere but a quick google search failed to find anything: If a current AT&T customer puts his SIM card in a working iPhone, will it still be able to be used as a phone, or does it require activation with each SIM card? If all works out, I hope to slide my SIM card from my RAZR into this baby and use it without an iphone dataplan.
Thanks!
- Brian
My background in building circuits is basic, so does anyone know how possible it would be to use the screen in another system? For example, use it in my car as a screen for my old powerbook G4 that had a cracked screen? I took off the display after it broke so now it's nice and thin... It still recognizes DVI and S-video- could i use the screen and run "Boxee" off of that?? How tough would that be to set up? (Digitizer, screen, etc.)
When I go back to resolder this guy, I'm going to see if I can find someone with slightly more experience than me (read: a LOT more experience and a steady hand). If this description fits your skill set, then on a scale of one to ten, how difficult is this going to be? (the wire ripped clear off the board, so I'm not sure if there's much of a contact tab- again, I'm more of a novice when it comes to soldering so I'm not sure what kind of damage that caused)
Does anyone know where I might be able to find a pinout of connector 1? If I'm unable to get a wire attached, is there anything else I can do with it? I'm open to suggestions, but I'm really hoping to either get the phone function working again or use it in my car.
Finally, I'm sure this question is answered elsewhere but a quick google search failed to find anything: If a current AT&T customer puts his SIM card in a working iPhone, will it still be able to be used as a phone, or does it require activation with each SIM card? If all works out, I hope to slide my SIM card from my RAZR into this baby and use it without an iphone dataplan.
Thanks!
- Brian
