Through the magic of time-lapse photography, we are able to show you this simple 42-day repair procedure in just 10 minutes! j/k, great vid - don't think I'd have the nerve to tackle it though.
Lol, good one Jeff! Changing the whole board is possibly a tad more expensive but a LOT easier than microsoldering. That said, I am looking forward to trying to reinstall the old charging port on the board I just pulled out of my Galaxy S2 tablet. I will use solder paste instead of wire solder.
I have done this crap before with a surface pro, cracked the first screen, second time round got it lol....really erks me they make this shit this way...
It's been a couple months now since I've bought this tablet and it is great. ru-vid.comUgkxAxiUS5CgVC3j8FwNOHt037zhsquGQpXv The tablet is responsive and runs well. There were a few times that the tablet did an awkward thing where it would detect pen on at all times and wouldn't register finger press, but it is usually fixed by closing and opening either the screen or app. This is highly likely due to my excessive use for drawing which caused this and wasn't really very big. As I mostly enjoy using the tablet for drawing (and some light gaming), I would comment from that aspect that there is definitely more accurate pressure and drawing using a PC device and drawing tablet, however i find the moveablity of the tablet more enjoyable to draw on. Like how you can physically rotate and move a piece of paper around or even draw casually on your bed.All in all, as a tablet it is good, and as a drawing device can be good depending on what you want from a drawing device. It is definitely good enough if you just want to use it to take notes. For typing though I can't comment on the keyboard as I did not get the keyboard.
Anyone know if the component that the screen is glued to is rigid enough to prevent a broken screen from flexing, becoming inoperable, when trying to remove the screen assembly? I think the charging port on my Galaxy Tab S2 is shot...and probably the battery is dying. I was going to replace all three but the tablet works fine...when I can get it to charge. So, I decided to replace just the charging port & battery. Thanks for any info you can offer.
To do this you need a good soldering iron with a very small tip. A digital temperature adjustment is a must. You also need the thinnest solder you can find. If you have the right tools and a magnifying glass its not as hard as it looks. If you make a mess you can do like they did in the video and use a braided wire to wick up the solder and start over.
Eric, Watch a vid or two about solder paste. utjason8 is correct in that it is not as hard as it looks. With a lot of patience, flux, and solder wick it can be done. I am going to try the solder paste as it looks to be easier. Suggestion, DO NOT GO CHEAP ON THE SOLDER! There are ebay sellers that sell small amounts of good solder (Kester) for us non-professional electronics guru's. Trust me, microsoldering with cheap solder can be VERY frustrating and still end up with a bad solder job. I am doing this repair on my SM T-813 Samsung Tab and have watched a LOT of videos on screen replacement, battery replacement, and charging port/board replacement. My tab has a cracked screen, worn out charging port, and 5-6 year old(?) battery but still works great when I get it to charge. You can also spend about $15 for a new charging board and skip the soldering completely. I did that just in case my heat gun/solder paste/flux circus doesn't go as planned. Final word of caution, TAKE YOUR TIME REMOVING THE SCREEN ASSEMBLY AND BACK COVER. Tab S2's have some components under the left side of the screen (basis camera at top as you look at tab) that you DO NOT want to hit with whatever you are using to pry your tablet open with. Do yourself a favor and watch vids about charging port/board removal, battery removal, and screen removal. I know it sounds like overkill but I have not found one single vid that has all the tips and tricks. Good luck!
Bart I've soldered for 30 years but never got good at it. I like your idea of blaming the solder though that's what I'll do next time I botch the job. I think soldering is like anything else you practice it a lot to get good and I only do it a few times a year
@@bonerici Lol Eric. Blaming the solder was my second choice. Blamed the wife initially...not a good idea. She can talk back, the solder can't. At 71 I too have used a soldering iron a few times and you are right, practice makes perfect...or at least passable. Quite honestly never thought much about the solder, after all, solder is solder. Evidently not true according to those that know something about solder. Some of the Yt vids on microsoldering talk about using the RIGHT solder and how it brought fellow solder'ers back to the practice after giving it up. They were blaming the solder gun, it's tip, the neighbor's dog, etc. for bad solder results. Figured I'd buy a little Kester solder and paste for my charging port repair. I already don't know what I'm doing so I thought no reason to make it worse if there is a difference in solder quality. Anyhoo, having a good time taking my Samsung tab apart. The good thing is it still works after taking the screen and the back off. So maybe there is hope.
I just bought one for $14. I think I would have to get pretty lucky to pull off the soldering shown in this video first try without messing anything up! Just removing the screen will be difficult enough for me.
You can't get to the charging port from the back, there are screws under the screen that you can't remove unless you take the screen off. It's a major PITA.
This tab s2 has terrible design and those design engineers didn't think about this. You can get to inside without removing screen. screen is OLED and super fragile. way too much risk for amateurs to attempt this.
My charge port melted/burned up! The idiocy of the tablet in design is that it discharges (in use) faster than it can be charged, so it cannot be used continuously. That encourages the user to leave it plugged into the charger! So a bad charge circuit is more likely to happen and more likely to burn something. I'll never buy another tablet with this charge behavior.
I think when this tablet gets older and the batteries start to go, it just takes so much current to charge now bad battery that there's no way for it to charge anymore while you use it.
@@bonerici I think you are right. That is what mine is like. I watched this video because I figured I would replace both the charging port and the battery since I think both are contributing to very slow charging times. I think I will just buy a drop in replacement part though, since I saw that they were only $14 on Ebay, rather than attempting that soldering job. :)
@@bonerici If you have a 3d printer you can lay it on the heated bed for about an hour at 70c. Its a lot safer than the heat gun and provides evenly distributed heat.
utjason8 is correct. If you have a heated surface on which you can control the temperature it will work. I don't have a 3D printer so I considered using a heat gun, hair dryer, halogen lamp and toaster oven. Heat gun worked great. I kept it moving around the perimeter of the screen and would test with the back of my hand. When screen was uncomfortably hot I knew it was ready. Worked the edge up with a thin piece of metal until I could get a piece of thin (24mm) plastic I cut from the front of a package from the recycle bin under the screen. Then I worked the plastic around the top, right side, and bottom of the screen. I would put a drop or two of Isopropyl alcohol on every so often. When it got hard to move the plastic I pulled it out and heated the screen. I inserted some carton banding, again from recycle, that I cut into 1" lengths as I went along opening the screen so the screen would stay separate from the tablet. I did not do the left side of the screen as that is where a lot of the SMD's are and you don't want to hit those. With patience I was able to separate the screen assembly from the tab. Happy to say the screen worked fine after separating...because it was cracked in many places before I started this project.
Well you would have to be idiotic to try this as you would end up destroying the tablet much better to phone a pc repair place and get a quote maybe even contact samsung or the company who made your tablet
@@bearwitty9690 I know right. "Hah you chose a video that presents misinformation and now you're to blame instead of the person putting out misinformation".