help please I have been stopid!

badcompany · 11 Apr 2013 at 19:15

last night I plugged my xperia mini pro into charge and have somehow mashed up the mini USB connector to pulp ( might be cos I was bit drunk) so now I cannot charge it.

how can I fix this problem or not being able to charge phone as I quite like this handset and its still in good nic
thanks

cjgardens · 11 Apr 2013 at 19:42

Buy a new port and repair it. Google is your friend

da_mic_1530 · 11 Apr 2013 at 19:46

Aha ironic thread title

badcompany · 11 Apr 2013 at 20:05

cjgardens said:
Buy a new port and repair it. Google is your friend

not to sure I could solder I am a clumsy oath when it. comes to stuff like that

mrgubby · 11 Apr 2013 at 20:25

badcompany said:
not to sure I could solder I am a clumsy oath when it. comes to stuff like that

My daughter killed the USB port on her phone, I bought her 2 spare batteries & a mains charger from fleabay

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cjgardens · 11 Apr 2013 at 20:28

Looks like the usb port is attached to the mother board so you only got a few options

1 buy a new port solder it on
2 buy the same phone with broken screen and swap mother boards or buy a mother board
3 sell phone and buy another one.

Rroff · 11 Apr 2013 at 20:32

mrgubby said:
My daughter killed the USB port on her phone, I bought her 2 spare batteries & a mains charger from fleabay .

This is likely to be the easiest way around it tho there are people who can fix stuff like that for a fairly nominal fee.

Rusty! · 12 Apr 2013 at 10:03

You could always go all out and do this: http://blog.chupasweb.net/archives/502

Bromhead · 12 Apr 2013 at 16:52

Give the phone beer, it's probably not broken, just thirsty.

tom_e · 12 Apr 2013 at 16:54

Bromhead said:
Give the phone beer, it's probably not broken, just thirsty.

This, failing that grab a couple of batteries and a battery charger as already mentioned.