The lcd connection that's on the main board of the phone has broken. Would I be able to have that soldered back on if I can find that small connector again, or would I have to buy the entire main board of the phone. And where could I find genuine Nokia N95-3 parts for this issue?

Hi,

Yes you can get a replacement part, but you will need a new main board. The socket where the cable line attaches is soldered to the main board. It can be re-soldered as long as it's just detached from the main board, or if it's broken a decent TV repair shop could probably get a new socket and solder it on for you. You can see in the image below where all the sockets are attached to the board:

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If it's broken or you can't get someone to repair re-solder it, This is the part you will need:

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Hope this helps.

Regards,
BElectric

soldering anything on a laptop Mother Board is risky: overheating, solder spilling over to other connections..... Check around the solder Joint with a magnifying Glass...use a Desoldering tool to remove excess solder

The small metal box is the tuner. The tuner has to be removed to replace the broken off RF connector. The connector has to be soldered to the tuner housing (metal box) and the leg of the connector has to be soldered to the circuit board, board has to be checked for cracks or if it is broken. If board is damaged the tuner will have to be replaced, if its available.

My son have the same model of monitor,It has the same problem. If you know how to remove the back cover of the monitor. On the main board power connector the solder are loose. Re solder the main board power connector that connect to your power cord, that will fix it. Hope this will help you.

HH

You need to remove the tuner from the main circuit board, resolder the cable connector to the metal tuner case, and resolder the connection inside the tuner from the connector center tab to the tuner circuit board.

Removing the tuner requires "solder wick," a copper braid that soaks up the solder as it melts so it can be freed from the board.

Resoldering the connector to the tuner case requires high heat from a soldering gun to get it hot enough fast enough to make the connection. A regular soldering iron won't do the trick.

If the connector has been broken off completely, replacements are available from a couple of on-line vendors (I use a company call MCM Electronics www.mcminone.com.)

If you are not comfortable with electronic soldering and working on TV's, you might want to get an estimate from a shop for this repair. It should be under $100, depending on the shop's rate.

mmm. a very small tipped soldering iron
while working under a mantis pcb magnifier.
you'll need a steady hand.....
don't however try to remove the sm connector, this will probably only wreck the pcb. try to use small wires to make the connections and bypass rather than try to rescue the connector.

Step one Take out battery!! to avoid esd (Electro Static Discharge that may ruin the new screen or fry your phone), there are four screws in the corners covered by a sticker material two over the speakers two under in the far corners hidden with stickers. remove those stickers with a sharp flat bladed eyeglasses screwdriver. use a #00 phillips head screwdriver to undo these screws. Look along the edges of the face of the phone you will see where the colored piece meets the gray piece. I used the flat bladed screwdriver and carefully wedged these pieces apart and used my finger nails to carefully separate without penetrating too deeply with the screwdriver (that may crack the internal screen). pull the cover off gently you will notice after you removed the keypad there is a metal cage housing the internal screen gently pry it from the side of the end key You will see a 7 by 3 mm box underneath with gold connectors do not touch these the oil on your fingers will prevent the screen from working properly this is the connection for the outer and inner screen to the mother board on your phone (right side from top view) it may take some effort as mine was tight you will see the screen and zif connector for the front lcd. also the outer speaker is soldered to the lcd circuit pad. Take a picture with a digital camera if you need to desolder from the old and resolder onto the new lcd (this is a pain in the ass and the pictures will help trust me!!!) lift the black clip on the zif connector and remove the screen ribbon while taking care not to pull on the earphone assembly use the flat head to remove the magnet and earpiece noting their orientation for later re installment. de-solder from the old lcd and re solder connection of these components to the new lcd. Place them back into their respective positions tucking the wireso that the cage will not pull on them when you push it down (there is a small gap but still be very careful) Place the zif connector ribbon in the holder and slide the plastic retaining clip back down. Flip the cage into its original position and push firmly into place. re-install the key pad and face plate. re install battery and power on. my screen didnt work at first. i had to press rather hard to get the pins to seat properly on the one and four button area after i closed everything up, where the part is i said not to touch, so dont be discouraged if you put it all together and neither screen works (I found this out after i got rather angry after all that work) This is all a very overwhelming amount of work but i learned a great deal. you may try ebay for a broken env or one with a bad ESN they go cheap <100$ and you can use the screen and speakers without soldering. That would cut the probability of failure by 75%. The contacts are rediculously small 1mm by 2mm super hard to solder properly but everything else was simple. screens are available for 30.00 on ebay they are new but again comes the soldering issues. wish lg would use some sort of pin connector instead of soldering these contact directly to the phone that would make this phone way more easier to fix. hope this helps good luck

If you are comfortable with opening up your system you could order the LCD from the manu. and install the new one. As far as the power goes. you may have knocked a connector loose (easy fix) or you either cracked the circuit board or broke a solder connection. You can do a visual once you have the unit open to see which it is. Again, if you are comfortable with a solder iron then reflow the broken solder connection or take a small piece of wire and repair the broken circuit board connection. (using the wire and solder to create a new "bridge") If you are not comfortable with this and it is not a loose connection you will probably need to take it to a reputable repair shop. The manu should have a list of authorized repair shops.

That's called the "F" connector and it attaches to the inside of the tuner, which is solder mounted to the main board. Main board has to be removed, tuner extracted from the main board and if the pc board inside the tuner is not damaged a new "F" connector can be soldered in place... At our shop we charge $60.00 for the repair and $2.50 for the part. I'm sure you'll find that's about average.
Bill

After you remove the tuner from the main board and remove the 2 covers from the tuner, straighten the metal side of the tuner where the hole is for the F connector. If you look at the PC board inside the tuner, there is a small hole in the board directly under the hole in the metal for the F connector. Usually there is a small piece of the old F connector's center pin still soldered in that hole. If it is there, unsolder it and throw it away. The new F connector will be soldered in place over the hole in the side and a small jumper wire soldered from the center pin of the new F connector to the little hole in the PC board directly under it. Be careful when soldering on the tuner's PC board because the parts are extremely small and close together, and lost SM parts and solder bridges are possible. Be sure none of the coils in that area have been squashed over, which is what I usually see when the costomer sticks something in the hole left in the tuner. If the coils are squashed, you can straighten them with a small pair of tweezers or remove them and rewind then around the proper size drill bit. Let me know how you make out.