XDA ii - connector damaged

[saquib]

Hi,

Bottom connector is damaged. XDA repair centre UK want to charge me £180+ for replacing the connector and the mainboard. I have told them to return it unrepaired.

The phone functions fine. I am aiming to buy a spare battery, so I can just swap batteries instead of charging and synch using Bluetooth.

Questions:

1 - best supply of batteries in the UK (cheapest/quickest)
2 - can I repair/replace the connector myself?
3 - why do they want to replace the mainboard, as the phone functions fine?

If I was to sell, what is the best price I could hope for, as I am thinking of replacing with PDA and seperate phone?

Thanks all.

[Rudegar]

2 - can I repair/replace the connector myself?
that would depend on your tech skills if you got hold of a connector
or a broken xda1 or 2 you could solver it off and replace it that is
if it's only the connector itself

3 - why do they want to replace the mainboard, as the phone functions fine?

if it's only the connector then most likely because they cant aford having a guy sit and solver broken xda's so they work and it's cheaper and easier for them to push a new module at the costomers

[saquib]

Thanks for that quick reply.

2 further questions:

1 - Who can supply the connectors in the UK or abroad? Someone mentioned on the board that an IPAQ one is the same as the XDA's?

2 - Anyone in the UK who can fit these things?

Thanks!