Has anyone dismantle the G1 yet?

[DreamcastDC]

I was wondering if anyone dismantle the G1 yet? Like how some webpages took apart the iPhone to look at the insides.

[DaYuMu6ft7]

Shocked!

Why in the world would someone do that, this early on...

[Stone]

Dumb question. why not just chuck the **** in the garbage?

:D

Stone

[mixpix405]

Gadget freaks all over - for some reason, unknown to me - are always eager to be the first to disassemble the latest and greatest tech toys... It happens every time Apple puts something new out...

[kaysesoze]

if someone finds a site with it taken apart let me know so i can smack the crap out of my g1 where the antenae is located

[Jet]

Yeah me too, you can not imagine what i`ve done to my curve lol.

[TMOG1]

http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/news/online/2008/10/igoogle_3.jpg
http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/news/online/2008/10/igoogle_2.jpg

[mikeyrokschicago]

http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/news/online/2008/10/igoogle_3.jpg
http://i.cmpnet.com/eetimes/news/online/2008/10/igoogle_2.jpg


O wow, this is amazing! More, more, more! We can never have enough shots of a gadget's internals.

[TMOG1]

Found it here

http://www.rfdesignline.com/211600906;jsessionid=YV01ORQ50JJ1CQSNDLPCKHSCJUNN2 JVN?pgno=1

[juice]

AWESOME FIND!

Always cool to see what's inside our toys.

[madscientist]

If you want to hack the headset so that you can use quality earbuds you can find some good info on Makezine.
Here's the link:
http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2008/10/upgraded_g1_headset_use_w.html

This guy basically split open the mic portion of the headset and soldered in a new set of buds.

The reason I replied to this thread is because he includes pics of the inside of the headset so that you can do it too.

[TMOG1]

Vid: http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/

http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/thumb_430_and2.jpg
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/thumb_430_and3.jpg
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/thumb_430_and4.jpg
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/thumb_430_and5.jpg
http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/english/NEWS_EN/20081024/160067/thumb_430_and6.jpg

[DreamcastDC]

Cool video, the guy had a very hard time taking off the back cover..

[kertong]

I'd like to know how to take it apart, or at least get to the hinge mechanism, so i can tighten it up and fix the screen loosey goosey. :(

[nyijedi]

I'd like to know too. I currently have one G1 with a screwy keyboard and another with a dead pixel. If I could combine the two, I'd have a perfect G1 (which hasn't happened in 3 returns).

[pathogen]

look up the g1 service manual has complete tear down of phone.

[kertong]

look up the g1 service manual has complete tear down of phone.

Whoa, perfect. Thank you!

I'll tackle this tonight, and if there is some way to tighten up the hinge mechanism or shim it somehow, I'll definitely report back. :)

(hope I don't break my phone, haha)

[inportb]

<insert requisite note about warranty>

[krnboy503]

Whoa, perfect. Thank you!

I'll tackle this tonight, and if there is some way to tighten up the hinge mechanism or shim it somehow, I'll definitely report back. :)

(hope I don't break my phone, haha)

hope you get it to work

[scishock]

AWESOME FIND!

Always cool to see what's inside our toys.

especially living ones

[inportb]

Just remember to anesthetize them first.

[kertong]

Well, I got it all apart down to the hinge mechanism!

I found the cause of the loose screen. I'll take a pic of it later tonight. The L shaped metal bracket, that attaches the hinge action to the body, has parts of the swiveling arms (the grey shaped arms you see between the screen/chin bump when you open/close the screen), are bolted to that metal bracket with rivets.

One of the rivets has about 1mm of play in it. The grey swiveling arm moves up and down on that rivet freely, and allows the screen to twist up and down with a lot more give. I pinched down the grey swivel arm to the bracket to "simulate" a fully tightened rivet, and the play went away - not completely, but significantly.

Anyone know how to tighten these rivets? There are several across the swivel arms, and most seem snug and flush - except for one. :(

If the rivets can't be tightened (which may be the case), some sort of washer/C-clip to clip into the rivet to remove the play from the assembly might work..

[kertong]

Good news! (and bad) I fixed it!

The loose screen was fixed by hammering the rivet in. I took some pics - will pull it off my camera later tonight.

The screen is tight, snaps open, and stays firm and doesn't wobble if I shake it while open. Doesn't open as much when closed, either. It's great!

The bad news.. the reassembly is a bit tricky, and I seem to have broken the sd card reader in the process - it won't detect/see the new card! Oh, and it still creaks. But not nearly as much.

I'll start a new thread once I have the pics. I think a lot of people would be interested in this fix.

[inportb]

Hm... there's a little switch that enables the SD when the door is closed. Have you installed that properly?

[kertong]

Thanks for the tip inportb. Yeah, I see the little switch - but even if I press it down with the door, or a screwdriver, it still fails to see the card. dmesg shows that the sd controller is detected, but shows as eject state = 1. Hmm.....

[inportb]

Perhaps something's loose or disconnected.

[rynosaur]

Perhaps something's loose or disconnected.


Steve Jobs messed with your G1 while you were sleeping.