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<blockquote data-quote="Topper" data-source="post: 853479" data-attributes="member: 186250"><p>Success</p><p></p><p>Yes I have managed to salvage the situation with the broken flip up connector.</p><p>(See photo for comparison with Micro SD card from phone)[ATTACH]57239[/ATTACH]</p><p>I managed this by thinking what the flip mechanism actually does. indeed all</p><p>it does is press the ribbon contacts down onto the pins with minimal force to</p><p>effect a circuit path on each connector[ATTACH]57238[/ATTACH] . I carefully thought about how I</p><p>could simulated this contact pressure and first tried finding a stiff but thin material</p><p>to insert on top of the connector after it had been inserted into the now</p><p>flipless connector. A lightbulb moment made me reach for my airfix kit</p><p>polystyrene glue, I placed a blob on the back of the connector and left for 36</p><p>hours to harden into a dome shape[ATTACH]57237[/ATTACH] . As I then inserted the ribbon connector I felt some</p><p>pressure but was able to pull the ribbon in using the ridge of the connector.</p><p>re-assembled for the fourth time and dadaaaa.</p><p>The least I have are the full contents of the phone which my daughter</p><p>had not backed up and hopefully the phone can be re-used now that</p><p>the touch screen is working.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Topper, post: 853479, member: 186250"] Success Yes I have managed to salvage the situation with the broken flip up connector. (See photo for comparison with Micro SD card from phone)[ATTACH]57239[/ATTACH] I managed this by thinking what the flip mechanism actually does. indeed all it does is press the ribbon contacts down onto the pins with minimal force to effect a circuit path on each connector[ATTACH]57238[/ATTACH] . I carefully thought about how I could simulated this contact pressure and first tried finding a stiff but thin material to insert on top of the connector after it had been inserted into the now flipless connector. A lightbulb moment made me reach for my airfix kit polystyrene glue, I placed a blob on the back of the connector and left for 36 hours to harden into a dome shape[ATTACH]57237[/ATTACH] . As I then inserted the ribbon connector I felt some pressure but was able to pull the ribbon in using the ridge of the connector. re-assembled for the fourth time and dadaaaa. The least I have are the full contents of the phone which my daughter had not backed up and hopefully the phone can be re-used now that the touch screen is working. [/QUOTE]
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