Charging port possibly bent or broken, how can it be fixed? Where?

"Abu Zubair



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Would highly advise to have the port professionally repaired!

Having sent home over 500+ (yes that's right 500 plus) Kindles with USB charging problems, I have found many customers who have wiggled the port so hard that pin 5 (+5V) if you count from the back of the USB port

(looking from the back of the port with the motherboard off)

5 4 3 2 1

+5V Data Data NC/internal data available used line Ground

shorts out with pin 4. This caused in several Kindles permanent damage to the charging circuitry.

Even after I reinstalled a brand new port (I would say in about 10 Kindles) plugging in the charger then shuts down the Kindle and it will continue to charge, but it shuts down drawing .6 amps (on inline ampmeter) and once pulled from charger, pushing the on/off button brings it back to life, working well (in most cases.)

So, the bottom line, is DO NO TRY WIGGLING, PUSHING, TWISTING THE CHARGER INTO THE PORT, you run the change of shorting those pins.

DESIGN FLAW: This port has only two prongs going into the mother board pcb, and two surface mount.

SOLUTION: RESOLDER OR REPLACE AND RESOLDER, THEN I APPLY AN AERO-SPACE BONDING ADHESIVE TO THE SURFACE MOUNT PADS, CURING UNDER HOT-AIR.

DO NOT GOB SUPER-GLUE ON THOSE PRONGS. SADLY I HAVE SEEN SEVERAL DIY ATTEMPTS THAT SHORTED ALL PINS AND DESTROYED THE MB.

SUPER-GLUE IS NOT AN IMMEDIATE SOLUTION TO THE USB ACHILLES HEEL PROBLEMS THAT PLAGUE USERS TODAY.

Any questions, kindly email me a

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Hello everyone , your issues can be fixed , what i did was dismantle my device and checked out the micro usb. The most common problem is that the micro usb may somehow unattached from the chip . It can be fixed depending on the damage and if it can be reattached . The damage is from most likely shoving your charger in too hard or it having a shortage, causing you to adjust your charger in ways that creates more problems for the device itself

"just repaired one it was a toughie here's what was done:

1. Followed the guide to opening the case

2. Removed the screws on the board and flipped it up to get underneath

3. found that the port was ""perfectly broken""

""Perfectly"" in that the USB port was off and the 5 pins was still intact.

now here was the issue, trying to solder all those pins on the board which couldn't touch and on top of that are extremely fine

but here's how i solved it i simply melted solder on the board, and swiped the solder iron on each point where the pins were to touch.

i placed the micro USB port on the board, placed my soldering iron on each tip long enough for the solder underneath to melt and amazingly it worked.

Pointers

1.Don't think that by soldering all the pins together it will work, it wont.

2.This is an arduous process if your not too skilled

3.Magnifiers go well with this

oh on pointer 1. when i say solder together i mean allowing the solder to ""melt"" on all of the pins"

you can stand the kindle up by its charger and it may charge. you will probably need a blackberry or phone charger that is short and thick. if this doesn't work go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1YNo1-2NO... to take it apart go to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPuTaeSyI...