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Cell phone modding |
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This is a modification I did to my old cell phone |
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I bought a used Sprint Touchpoint phone from eBay |
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After only a few days of use I ripped it apart. |
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I vinyl dyed the green case to a shiny black. |
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I changed the backlight to red. |
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I installed an LED into the antenna. |
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I then replaced the external antenna jack with a push button switch. |
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The antenna connection was restored using some PCB repair tape. |
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The button installed |
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The +volt trace had to be carefully routed to the battery. |
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I measured 3.7volts on one of the battery contacts. |
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The trace then makes contact with this trace. |
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The LED is practically hidden. |
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Until you press the button. |
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The LED is very bright and make a great key-hole light. |
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The plan was to change the keypad LEDs to red also, but the phone was replaced before then. |
