Transplanting a StarTac's soul

Mike W. <[email protected]> wrote in
news:[email protected]:

> On 30 Nov 2005 18:41:58 -0800, "royc" <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>The "soul" (ESN) of the later model StarTACs resides in the RF board.
>>This is the board that the charger plugs into. If the RF board is in
>>good shape, you can swap it into another similar StarTAC and
>>essentially have a brand new, already activated working phone,
>>complete with phonebook.
>>
>>For excellent StarTAC disassembly instructions with photos, go to:
>>
>>http://ridge.trideja.com/wireless/stapart/
>>
>>I have used these instructions to successfully replace a failing
>>keypad/display board on my son's StarTAC.
>>
>>royc
>
> Really fantastic suggestion for board swapping.. thank you. In looking
> at the pictures, I am not sure if the problem I'm having is on the RF
> board of the other one. Specifically, the phone will not charge when
> plugged in.. I have to use a second startac as a "charging mule".
>

So what's wrong with that? I'm doing the same thing with my 'tac. I
have three mules; one in my car, one at home and one at my office.

Thanks for this refreshing thread on one of the best phones that the
wireless world has ever experienced.

My son had a Samsung camera phone and it died when he went into the
swimming pool. I offered him one of the 'tacs that I have as a spare
and (gasp) he turned it DOWN!

Oh well, kids. They don't know what they're missing.


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royc wrote:

>If you can't afford the V710 or work for an employer that prohibits
>cameras in your workplace, the V262 (or V260) is a credible replacement
>for the StarTAC. I tested an unactivated V262 for several months
>before activating it and giving up my StarTAC a few weeks ago. Other
>than a bad manufacturing lot that had earpiece volume problems, the
>phones (I have 3 in service and 1 spare) are reasonably well built. I
>haven't experienced any rebooting, freezing, display, keypad or
>charging port problems with these phones. The speakerphone and voice
>dialing are very nice features that the StarTAC did not offer.
>
>The V262 has a better receiver than the ST7868. The V262 is less
>likely to drop from digital to analog in a weak signal area. Also when
>you roam out of your home area, the V262 scans and switches channels to
>find the next preferred carrier much faster than the StarTAC. The
>transmitter in the V262 is equal or slightly better than the ST7868 in
>digital mode. I haven't done much testing in analog mode, but the V262
>is usable in analog mode. My wife has forced her V262 to analog mode
>to make calls when she was at a remote camp that was too far from the
>tower for reliable digital reception. Like all analog calls in weak
>signal conditions, there was noise, but we could carry on a
>conversation.
>
>royc
>
>
it should prolly be able to take calls in a room full of computers emit
RF, eh..

my startac couldn't pick up a reception and causes a battery drain while
trying to find a signal and signals tend to get cut out if you're in
area where the walls are very thick..

Rich wrote:

>Mike W. <[email protected]> wrote in
>news:[email protected]:
>
>
>>On 30 Nov 2005 18:41:58 -0800, "royc" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>
>>>The "soul" (ESN) of the later model StarTACs resides in the RF board.
>>>This is the board that the charger plugs into. If the RF board is in
>>>good shape, you can swap it into another similar StarTAC and
>>>essentially have a brand new, already activated working phone,
>>>complete with phonebook.
>>>
>>>For excellent StarTAC disassembly instructions with photos, go to:
>>>
>>>http://ridge.trideja.com/wireless/stapart/
>>>
>>>I have used these instructions to successfully replace a failing
>>>keypad/display board on my son's StarTAC.
>>>
>>>royc
>>>
>>Really fantastic suggestion for board swapping.. thank you. In looking
>>at the pictures, I am not sure if the problem I'm having is on the RF
>>board of the other one. Specifically, the phone will not charge when
>>plugged in.. I have to use a second startac as a "charging mule".
>>
>>
>
>So what's wrong with that? I'm doing the same thing with my 'tac. I
>have three mules; one in my car, one at home and one at my office.
>
>Thanks for this refreshing thread on one of the best phones that the
>wireless world has ever experienced.
>
>My son had a Samsung camera phone and it died when he went into the
>swimming pool. I offered him one of the 'tacs that I have as a spare
>and (gasp) he turned it DOWN!
>
>Oh well, kids. They don't know what they're missing.
>
your son went into the pool with the cam phone?

Dilbert Firestorm <[email protected]> wrote in news:dndmn4$vj4$2
@news.datasync.com:

>>My son had a Samsung camera phone and it died when he went into the
>>swimming pool. I offered him one of the 'tacs that I have as a spare
>>and (gasp) he turned it DOWN!
>>
>>Oh well, kids. They don't know what they're missing.
>>
> your son went into the pool with the cam phone?
>

Not by his own hand - he was pushed. His loss. Use a brick, is what I
told him.


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