help! broken charger, need an alternative charger

[m!kelcz]

Hello all xda members!

Well about 2 weeks ago I tripped over my charger and my Xoom fell off my desk....right on the wimpy pin that charges the Xoom. It didn't break but it bent pretty bad and would only charge if I put pressure on it; because it had a small crack in the shell of the pin. Well....today I put some solder around the shell and it worked pretty well....until it got a couple wiggles and didn't charge again....so,more solder, and some more.....and more until I noticed the plastic on the pin melted....whoops hahah. So I cut the end off the cord because I was pissed. Now I have a charger with + and - coming out....I tried to find a pin charger the same size laying around...but no luck.

So I was thinking since my charger is screwed can I make my own dock charger using the two gold contacts at the bottom?

Here's a picture of my idead

 

[m!kelcz]

Also I need to know what gold plate is + and what is -

 

[runandhide05]

Also I need to know what gold plate is + and what is -

well, need someone with a dock and a volt meter and that would solve that, I know of one guy who has a dock, let me check and see if he has a volt meter.. I'll get back with ya

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[Mjamocha]

Also I need to know what gold plate is + and what is -

If I am understanding correctly - Your Xoom is fine right?
If yeah, just get another Dock from EBAY. If I'm wrong
my bad. I see you like the DIY way.

 

[m!kelcz]

OK good new, I found the polarity. It goes / USB - HDMI - ground - 12v /

 

[m!kelcz]

If I am understanding correctly - Your Xoom is fine right?
If yeah, just get another Dock from EBAY. If I'm wrong
my bad. I see you like the DIY way.

Yea my xooms fine. Just the skimpy little pin charger broke. So I gotta make my own dock

 

[m!kelcz]

OK so after being highly frustrated And a mixture of chronic boredum. I decided to use my skills to build my own dock. Took me about an hour and a half. But here's what I got.

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[runandhide05]

Looks good, can we get a close up of the charging/dock pins

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[m!kelcz]

Sure, I only integrated the charging pins for now since that's all I needed but tomorrow I might integrate my homemade OTG cable that would be neat.



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[runandhide05]

Looks good

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[Tweak_four17]

Sorry to bring this dead thread back to life, but my charger just bit the dust on my xoom and I was looking at doing something similar to this, cut the end off and convert the charger into a dock. What did you use for the charging pins in the last picture?

Thanks!

 

[madgerald]

Sorry to bring this dead thread back to life, but my charger just bit the dust on my xoom and I was looking at doing something similar to this, cut the end off and convert the charger into a dock. What did you use for the charging pins in the last picture?

Thanks!

are you UK based?

i have a few spare chargers... happy swap you one for beer money?