Droid2(A955) Motherboard in Droid1(A855)

PS4AndroidHacker · 11th October 2011, 06:50 AM

Droid2(A955) Motherboard in Droid1(A855)

Seen a thread somewhere on the net about this and thought I'd post it in this section seeing as how it would be an accessory upgrade I suppose. If anybody has any more info or specs on this let me know and let's get it up on here for reference. I'd like to give it a try and see if it will bring better speeds and performance for the A855. I'll keep my search up again and try to get the info on here.

PS4AndroidHacker · 08:00 PM

Success

Ok guys and gals,I have tracked down some info on putting a Motorola D2 (A955 or A956) motherboard into a D1. It has been done and I'm posting the sites for the breakdown and info on it showing that it can be done. I just got a good used D2 off of EBay this morning for $50 and supposedly the screen doesn't work on it. If I can't get the screen to work I will implant the D2 motherboard into my D1 and possibly the keyboard as well. The designs are exactly the same and everything fits. I hope you all find this informative and hope somebody will give it a try as well! Enjoy!

http://www.pcworld.com/zoom?id=203022&page=1&zoomIdx=1
http://www.emoiz.com/motorola-droid-2-tear-down
http://www.ifixit.com/Guide/Installi...erboard/2981/1
http://www.ifixit.com/pdf/ifixit/guide_3508_en.pdf

tennyleaz · 2nd November 2011, 08:55 PM

If droid 2 to droid 1 is possible, can I have a droid 2 keyboard for droid 1?
That is, put my droid 1 motherboard into a droid 2 lower body, and remains the droid 1 screen?

taptaptouch · 5th November 2011, 05:01 PM

Any sites with the 2 to 1 switch working with photos or videos?

MuF123 · 16th November 2011, 01:13 PM

anyone here on forums that done this?

PS4AndroidHacker · 6th December 2011, 08:16 AM

No I have not found any videos yet but I will make one when I get ready to tear apart my D1. I have had my D2G torn apart about 2 months but have been busy. I'll let you all know when I begin.

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taptaptouch · 7th December 2011, 12:03 AM

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Originally Posted by andy_lowe02

No I have not found any videos yet but I will make one when I get ready to tear apart my D1. I have had my D2G torn apart about 2 months but have been busy. I'll let you all know when I begin.

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Will it work with a global? does'nt that need extra space for the sim slot?

tclayson · 13th December 2011, 03:13 PM

This is very interesting... might be well worth doing. Please post updates when/if you get this underway.

Just out of interest why wouldn't you just replace the screen in the D2 with the screen from your D1?

What implications will changing the hardware like this have for software compatibility?

XtriFe · 18th December 2011, 01:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by taptaptouch

Will it work with a global? does'nt that need extra space for the sim slot?

Hi. I believe this would not be an issue as I have swapped motherboards from my Motorola Milestone (GSM) to a Motorola Droid (CDMA) and it fit perfectly fine. Put my sim on and worked great. I dont have any experience with the Droid 2 and D2G though, so I'm just guessing really.

gwl123 · 18th December 2011, 07:50 PM

I'm looking to do this with a milestone and a d2g. I can't seem to find any milestone 2 on ebay but I see tons of d2g for cheap.
Also does anyone know how to switch the home and back becouse there in a different place on the d2g. I think there's a button replace app but I'm not sure
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