Buying Electronics Over Ebay?

Ebay is the devil.

I say this purely from my standpoint. Ebay is so addicting. I will spend hours of my life browsing ebay items. I will then buy an item which I have never inspected physically and wait for it to be mailed out to me. I would highly advise you don't make this mistake. I have had many problems with electronics being sent out to me D.O.A. To save yourself time and the trouble, don't do it. DON'T DO IT!

I've bought many cell phone parts off ebay and have had to wait 3 months for them to be shipped out to me. I sometimes get wrong items for no apparent reason. If you have the patience to save a couple of dollars, then be my guest.

The truth be told

I/C Chip Inside!

When you buy a charger for your cell phone make sure it has an "I/C Chip" inside.

An I/C Chip is a chip that prevents any overcharging. The I/C chip uses a simple internal sensor to detect the battery's power capacity. Once cell phone battery is fully charged, the charger automatically switches to stand-by mode.

If you ever buy another charger, make sure it has an I/C chip inside. Got I/C? This guy does.

Phone not charging?

Hello, I'm here to help you out with your phone not holding a charge. There can be three problems with your phone. Those three problems can be any one from your charger might not be working properly, your battery might be overcharged, or your phone could have a faulty charging port.

The cheapest problem to diagnose is your charger. See if you can get another charger and see if your phone will charge with that charger. If it does, that means you just need to buy a new charger. Chargers can die relatively easy and quickly. A new charger would only set you back any where from 10-20 dollars.

If a new charger isnt the problem, see if your battery is distended. You can tell by removing the battery and seeing if the battery bulges in the middle. This bulge is from overcharging. Overcharging is when you leave your phone charged in overnight and leaving it on even when your phone is already fully charged. Most of the newer phones don't run into this problem but I see this problem a lot too. Common symptoms of your battery being overcharged is you only get 5 - 10 minutes of talk time on your phone. Your battery might say that its completely full but when you use your phone, the battery dies out almost instantly. In this case, you need to buy a new battery. A new battery will set you back anywhere from 20 - 30 dollars.

If neither of those solutions helped, you need to buy a new phone. This is because you have a faulty charging port. Since the charging port is located on the main board, repairing is often expensive. Most of the times, repairing would be just as expensive as buying a new phone.

I hope you keep this in mind the next time you ever run into this problem. This might save you the trouble to diagnose this problem or have someone mis-diagnose this problem.

Guilty Gear for Wii

The fighting game Guilty Gear XX Accent Core will be released by 505 Games for the Wii in February 2008 according to Digital Spy. Guilty Gear is a 2D fighting game like Street Fighter 2 that has over the edge animation with great graphics.
The game will utilize the wiimote control for attack moves while the nunchuk will be used to move the fighters around.
This might be fun, but personally I’d like to see someone release a fighting game like Mortal Kombat where you strap multiple wiimotes around both hands and ankles so you can control punches and kicks with your hands and feet.
Yes, I realize that this has “bad idea” written all over it, but it’s saturday and a man can dream of a world where he is placed in the virtual shoes of Subzero or Scorpion, can’t he? Yeah, I guess it is a really bad idea. Just like getting drunk and falling asleep while your friends are still around.

This guy is pwned!