There are 5 Pins right above the vibrating Motor, are they possibly a micro USB port? If so, which pin is what? I’d love to 3d-print a back-cover that could be used for external battery packs or other modules
Hi Gerrit, this has been discussed already, AFAIK. Just search the forum for “back connector”. Here is the pin layout (thx for that to Dirk):
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Hey there!
I have been having trouble with a broken USB port for use with charging the phone and since Christmas and New Year is around there was no way to get a warranty replacement in time.
I had to improvise and in the end I came up with a really quick and temporary solution, making use of the GPIO pins on the phone.
Someone released some information about them on GitHub and I did some probing myself.
The Pins are somewhat aligned like this:
(1) (2)
(3)
(4) (5)
Pin 2 is 5V DC input, P…
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This is the third iteration print. Second one fitted like a glove, but I had not added the buttons for the volume, power and camera yet. These are in this model and should work like a charm, but waiting on my own order to confirm this.
Feel very free to mix and match with colours, you can order both parts also separately. It replaces the default casing entirely.
Also, if you have a cool idea for some design I should make, post below!
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I’m no DIY guy mysef though, so I can’t tell if this will really help.
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Lidwien
April 5, 2017, 6:32am
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