CDMA Touch Pro Teardown!! - Page 3

Insoc · #21 (**permalink**) 12-20-2008, 06:31 PM

Did this find anything else out, like why KB lighting is uneven or why some phones speakers are compromised, or maybe why the hardware KB is so slow compared to a software KB, screen edge sensitivity? Have any DIY improvements been found?

THANKS!!!!

P.S. I saw a AT&T Fuze today, and I must say, that much of the phone looked to be a better build quality then the Sprint TP. Not every aspect of the phone (The KB was the same) but remove the back cover and see that it is a better plastic, look at the inside, the speaker, the antenna layout, just all of it looked better, the sides of the phone looked better without the chrome, the screen did not have a sensitivity issue that I could find... Just thought I would share, I would only expect someone who has seen one to understand what I am saying, wish I had one to compare...

**gator352** · #22 (**permalink**) 12-20-2008, 06:32 PM

All I know is that seeing the insides of a TP is like seeing your own guts hanging out after an accident. Nasty! Makes me cringe but cool as he**! I know you guys will figure out the FM deal! I have faith in all you guys in here!

BigDiesel07 · #23 (**permalink**) 12-20-2008, 06:48 PM

There is a registry edit in the Touch Pro Essential thread that increases screen sensitivity..I like seeing the pics personally Gator.. Always nice to know what it looks like on the inside..

neilson · #24 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 01:56 AM

Where's the heatshield?

**Baffles** · #25 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 02:05 AM

The BRF6350 bluetooth chipset does have FM radio on board. I don't know if the BL version might have FM absent or not, though.

sbux_jae · #26 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 02:26 AM

TP is sexy inside as it is on the outside.

ruined · #27 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 08:11 AM

Looking closely it appears the TP has the same configuration around the BRF6350 as the Experia does (which has the FM radio)....definately looks as though the nessasary hardware may be there, though there is not enough detail to know for sure.
TP:http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/image..._pro_pcb_2.jpg
X1:http://www.phonewreck.com/wiki/image...a_x1_pcb_1.jpg

dunawayc · #28 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 02:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tsowen

Yes, yes and yes lol!! From what I hade read up about it, it is in the bluetooth chipset.

I found this link which seems to confirm this:

http://focus.ti.com/pdfs/wtbu/ti_bluelink_6_brf6350.pdf

I can't find anything about the BRF6350BL so I don't know if BL just stands for TI's "Blue Link". Just guessing.

Chris

BigDiesel07 · #29 (**permalink**) 12-23-2008, 06:24 PM

The Experia is GSM though so it had a different chipset...

BigDiesel07 · #30 (**permalink**) 01-16-2009, 03:08 PM

A minor update... In the link posted on the OP, in the comments section, there has been talk about the connectors on the mainboard that look like antenna connections... I thought to update you all on this.. Might be informational...

Question asked...

Quote:

Hey, what type of connectors are those on the mainboard connection that look like antenna connections, do they have a specific name, or specific number?

Best information given....

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well, after calling around to several places it turns out that this connector is not:
and MC connector
nor a U.FL connector
or even the more exotic MS-147 connector, even though it is the closest to that.

and

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don’t know for sure but they look like standard MC-card connectors in the pictures, you probably want a MC-card to SMA pigtail i would guess depending on what kind of antenna your thinking of connecting to it.