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Nextel

How to dismantle a Nextel IDEN Connector

nextel_conn_0.jpg This post is written primarily for the benefit of mongo after his comment on this post. I figured it would benefit everyone. Therefore I am posting it here instead of a personal email to him.
He requested where he could get a nextel connector with a pigtail, with every signal pin available, to allow him to charge the phone, use the PTT switch, the earphone and microphone signal.
I cannot provide a source for a connector with a pigtail, although I can provide instructions for making one. Those instructions follow.

Charging USB/Serial Cable For Nextel Phones

USB to Serial ModuleOk you all may or may not remember my Nextel phone cable hack posts, Here and Here, but I have one more up my sleeve, "The USB Serial Cable" now you all might say what the heck how can it be USB and Serial at the same time. Well Click on the more link to find out how. It uses this cool chip from FTDI Chip.

Nextel USB Serial Cable

Charging USB Cable For Nextel Phones

This is for those of you who just want a connection to Download, games, ringtones, or even use your phone as a laptop modem. This Cable will also charge your phone through your USB port.

If you already have a USB cable that doesn'g charge just add a wire from the 5 volt pin to pin 3.

THIS WILL NOT WORK FOR GPS.

Nextel USB Cable, Schematic
Its a very simply interface... Wires only

Nextel USB Cable, Schematic

I find myself wondering why when I use the serial cable on my Nextel phone for long trips why the battery dies so quickly. Well after some investigation and some previous knowledge I know why.

Well it starts with the fact that the GPS receiver is actively looking for and receiving signals. The next fact that I found through some investigation, soldering wires, and buzzing out circuit boards, was that the phone is not only powering its internal workings but also the external circuitry for the RS232 Driver Chip. Even though there seems to be circuitry in place to shut down the chip when it is not in use. It never is not in use when the phone is in NMEA Output mode. Well both of these add up to some major power draw for the phone battery.

Nextel Serial Cable Mod Schematic

Nextel Serial Cable Mod Schematic

Schematic for Nextel Cable Mod

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