Taking apart a Sharp Wizard (With pics!!!)
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OK, so I was bored, and needed something to do. I look over at my Sharp Wizard OZ-290H pda that I got from a liquidation place. "Hmmm, that's probably the only thing I havn't taken apart" I think to myself. So I take it down stairs and get the camera and two size screwdrivers and get at it. I took pictures so that I could post it up here.
Alright, let's get down to business:
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Here is the original unit (note the battery cover already off):
And the back (with the battery cover on):
After I removed the screws the PDA wouldn't come apart at all! Luckily their were some big holes on the side that the battery cover "covers" . These let me stick in a flat blade screwdriver and pry it. Their were quite a few clips holding it together. Anyways, here is the front side of the board with the LCD:
And the back of the board (note the wires that attach to the little beeping speaker:
This is all I have done with it so far. I havn't removed the LCD yet because I fear I will tear the two ribbon cables (yes their are two! one of them you can't really see in the photo and is on the top of the board and the other is covered in that blue tape that you see. I think one is for the LCD and one is for power and the backlight, but that's just a guess)
Also, when I took it apart a little piece fell out and I don't know what it is. The PDA functions without it though. Maybe someone can tell me where it goes?
That's all for now! I think ocassionaly I will post threads like this about taking stuff apart because I do it so often.
Alright, let's get down to business:
----
Here is the original unit (note the battery cover already off):
And the back (with the battery cover on):
After I removed the screws the PDA wouldn't come apart at all! Luckily their were some big holes on the side that the battery cover "covers" . These let me stick in a flat blade screwdriver and pry it. Their were quite a few clips holding it together. Anyways, here is the front side of the board with the LCD:
And the back of the board (note the wires that attach to the little beeping speaker:
This is all I have done with it so far. I havn't removed the LCD yet because I fear I will tear the two ribbon cables (yes their are two! one of them you can't really see in the photo and is on the top of the board and the other is covered in that blue tape that you see. I think one is for the LCD and one is for power and the backlight, but that's just a guess)
Also, when I took it apart a little piece fell out and I don't know what it is. The PDA functions without it though. Maybe someone can tell me where it goes?
That's all for now! I think ocassionaly I will post threads like this about taking stuff apart because I do it so often.
Last edited by blackbox_dev on Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:07 pm, edited 5 times in total.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
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as I said, I was bored. I just thought somebody might be interested.
also, does anybody have any good ideas I could hack into this thing?
also, does anybody have any good ideas I could hack into this thing?
Last edited by blackbox_dev on Fri Mar 10, 2006 5:08 pm, edited 1 time in total.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
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Just paste the links without the IIMG tags. You're trying to post URLs that go to web pages as images. What you want to do is copy either the "Direct Link to Image" URL or the "Thumbnail for forums (1) string. For the direct to image URL, put it in the image tags. For the thumbnail, just paste the string as-is without tags and it will work.
I edited your post to fix all the links to be URLs. You'll have to re-upload the images (or re-generate the code for them if you have an ImageShack account) again to get the right code.
I edited your post to fix all the links to be URLs. You'll have to re-upload the images (or re-generate the code for them if you have an ImageShack account) again to get the right code.
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OK thanks, I rehosted all the images using thumbnail for forums (1).bicostp wrote:Just paste the links without the IIMG tags. You're trying to post URLs that go to web pages as images. What you want to do is copy either the "Direct Link to Image" URL or the "Thumbnail for forums (1) string. For the direct to image URL, put it in the image tags. For the thumbnail, just paste the string as-is without tags and it will work.
I edited your post to fix all the links to be URLs. You'll have to re-upload the images (or re-generate the code for them if you have an ImageShack account) again to get the right code.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
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No, it still works, I put it back in the case and everything minus that one piece that fell out.
So, i'm still asking. Does anybody have any ideas on what to hack this into?
Oh, and if anyone was wondering why I would do this and you think it cost me a lot? Well to let you know I got it for $19 CAD refurbished at a liquidation store.
So, i'm still asking. Does anybody have any ideas on what to hack this into?
Oh, and if anyone was wondering why I would do this and you think it cost me a lot? Well to let you know I got it for $19 CAD refurbished at a liquidation store.
I'd imagine right now you wish you were a cuttlefish...
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