Xda Battery Connection

[BadKev]

Can anyone tell me the purpose of the 3 copper contacts on the back of the xda i guess it is the car kit connection or extended battery connection???

My friend has a xda which will not charge i guess he blew the charging circuit when he connected it to a ipag charger his xda works ok but cannot be charged, So i wonder if he can charge from the 3 copper connections on the back of the phone??? :shock:

[cruisin-thru]

I would be more inclined to dismantle the xda and test the circuit to find whats blown, how were you thinking of rigging a charger to the rear pins of the piggy back connecter?

[BadKev]

I was thinking if its the car kit connection then maybe he could get a car kit or if its a piggy back battery he could rig up a charger to the connections and charge it that way.

We have had a look inside but cant see anything like a blown protection diode or rectifier the only way he can charge his battery is to put it into another xda and thats a pain.

I just wondered what the polarity of the piggy pins was and what voltage is needed to charge the battery direct on these pins???

Maybe he can get wires(very carefully) under the rubber plug to charge his battery then he will have a working xda again.

Its a shame as he has the 64mb xda and i have the 32mb version but it looked the same inside no extra chips so i guess the chips just have more ram in them .
:D

[Wouter]

I think I also fried my XDA yesterday. It won't charge any more in the normal cradle. Is there anything else I can do besides sending it to O2 to get it fixed?

wouter.