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Getting no signal after a hard fall

Anyone can help me, my TyTN fall from my home stairs and I can't get signal after that.. I checked at the "Device Information" in the setting and it shows no Radio ROM.. so I try to install the radio ROM but im getting error during the installation.. I believe it is the hardware faulty and appreciate if anyone knows what is it and where can i get the replacement of the hardware..
FYI.. my TyTN can still be operated, its just cannot get the signal..
Thanking everyone's help in advance....

i'm not sure if you resolved the issue or not, but i'm selling an AT&T 8525. I'll sell it to you for $300 shipped as long as you live in the usa.

I'm not familiar with the insides of the phone, but there are a few options. 1, open it up and find out what's wrong. There could be a connector or circuit that broke and would only require minimal effort to fix. 2, find out if HTC can repair it for you through non-warrenty repair. 3, buy another phone online(like through ebay) that's only good for parts and use it for repairs.
Of course, if you don't feel up to opening it up, you could always find a friend or repair shop that might be willing to try.

ok one of these days i am going to write a book on how to re-attach antennas as the one in the TyTN is similar to the herm100 i presume
you cant miss it, its a big gold rod that slots into a V clip on the main board, a serious jolt could pop its loose, but it wont take much to pop back in, just be careful when you put the cover back on

Yep, there it is top left
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And here it is disconnected.
However, I'm not convinced there is sufficient space available for that pin to disconnect while the casing is in place. My fear is a more destructive M/Board fault.
Mike

he could have shatterd the V clip off the board

It's more likely the golden connector from the picture got disconnected than that a board or chip broken. It would require the CASING to break in order for the board to break.
Open it up, take a chance. It's not so hard, just scary the first time.

alkizmo said:
It's more likely the golden connector from the picture got disconnected than that a board or chip broken. It would require the CASING to break in order for the board to break.
Open it up, take a chance. It's not so hard, just scary the first time.
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We could take bets on what it is! No that wouldn't be fair would it
I agree it's worth opening up to check the connection. Depending on how hard the fall was it could be a variety of things. Don't agree that the motherboard can only crack if the casing breaks though - I've seen many examples of cracked m'boards and hardly a scratch on the case.
The OP seems to have disappeared anyway!
Mike

Thanks for the replies.. i've just been busy lately..
Will try your suggestion later to check the golden connector 'coz i've been opened it up many times already so its not a scary things to do for me...
will report back the results

hey again mates..
I already check on the golden connector and it seems fine.. everything is in contact and no physical crack was found or whatsoever...
I believe my TyTN is having the same problem with the one in this thread because I have similar symptoms like
1/ i can't flash radio back (the process hang in a middle of the flashing progress).
2/ there's no Radio & Protocol version in the "Settings->System->Device Information"
3/ no IMEI in the "Settings->System->Device Information"
Anyway, Is there a way to write the IMEI no. for the TyTN? maybe if there is an IMEI no. in the TyTN then can I flash the radio ROM.. i think.. and its worth trying (if possible) . or maybe its a hardware problem like in the thread above...

same wif my herm100 hard fall and no more signal
think tat is crack in gsm chips,u just look forward on gsm chips to replace ur old 1,then should be fine and work well ^^

Please Help Me Someone - Broke My Antenna

I really hope, this is not one of your usual questions to you and if it is, i really don't care, cuz i am really in big trouble and i need you'll to get me out of this mess i myself created...
When i changed my housing and a new LCD for my Kaiser, i did all acording to the manual i got here... i really did'nt want to bother anyone and did all by my self...
So, i started to change the housing... and... behind the battery cover, over the battery it self, there is the antenna... WHAT I DID NOT KNOW, that the sticker it self, that covered the plastic was the antenna, God damn, so i removed it, with no idea of what i just done... and... the antenna sticker landed in the garbage...!
How you all figured it out by now, i don't have any coverage... but i LOVE this phone... AND... belive it or not, but ebay.co.uk and other ebay sites do not supply these parts... can anyone help me out? I don't know what to do...
I hoped that maybe some of you got a broken one and you dont need that part... i cud buy it from ya...
Please reply as soon as possible... i'm really in a deep mess...

as far as i remember the sticker isnt the antenna?
http://cgi.ebay.com/OEM-internal-an...ries?hash=item3a51ad3e52&_trksid=p3286.c0.m14

Here's the antenna
http://cnn.cn/shop/tytn-iitilt-antenna-cover-p-2483.html

I don't get it...
So it cud be that the sticker has nothing to do with the antenna ... So where cud be the problem...?! Any ideas?
What i can gather from the service manual, you must get those 4 golden contacts 2g4... and i am 100% shure i did that... is there something more i can do?! Maybe i missed out on something...
O, please give me a clue - oh, holy guru's of Kaiser...

However...
I've ordered one of those OEM antenna covers... ... hopefully i get it to, but in any case ... i pay'd with paypal... so ... lets hope that it really was somenting IN the sticker, that i broke...
Yeah...
But still... want to get some ideas, what else cud there be wrong...! Thanks again!

That does not make sence, your battery does not normally have a sticker on or over it. I wonder if the sticker was one of those antenna extenders that is supposed to help cell phone reception. Here is a pic, and this is not normally part of the phone:
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If you do not have reception, chances are you left something unplugged (I think the top circuit board over the screen. The one with the ear speaker in it), or it came unplugged when you reassembeled everything. I recommend slowley taking everything apart, then following step by step in reverse, put everything back together and make sure all connectors snap in. See of that works and good luck.

Problem solved!!! ))))))))
First of all, i guess you'll got me a little mistaken... I ment wen you hold the phone vertecaly, than not on the battery it self, no, over it... there is the GSM antenna which is JUST A STICKER... and yes... the antenna IS the sticker!
So, bottom line, i bought my self a new antenna (very BIG thanks to jasonchan ) and thank to my dumbness, now we all know thet the sticker that is on the antenna plastic is the GSM antenna and i really suggest to all of you, DONT REMOVE IT ...
BIG thanks for the support, you guys. Don't know what i would done without you!

Hey Mark Wild,
I too need to replace the housing on my phone. I want it to look brand new. Which one and where did you get your replacement housing? THanks.

The hole next to the Flash...FACTS!

I found out today after taking apart my DHD's (one is north american ATT the other is from softbank Japan). The hole IS NOT just for easy access to the cover, there is in FACT a second microphone for noise cancellation, I know this was a hot topic in the past and it is true. I know because one of my phones has it and the other does not. In fact i've been told numerus times that people can hear alot of wind noise with my Softbank DHD, I never had this problem with my ATT handset.
As you can see the little black box is missing form my Japanese Phone, at the bottom of that is a small microphone
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Sh*t,my sim-free DHD doesn't have it...Oh well,I'll survive!
Nice find though man!Well done!

I don't have one either However, no one has complained of background noises when I call them.
How do you remove that cover? Mine is always bulging out.

Nice find.
My DHD doesn't have this second mic and my girlfriend is always complaining of background noise when it's windy outside.

I have it <3

That's actually a really cool feature, I am glad to see HTC putting something as simple as that in, that I am sure would actually have some effectiveness without adding much cost.

ozaghloul said:
I don't have one either However, no one has complained of background noises when I call them.
How do you remove that cover? Mine is always bulging out.
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If you have the hole its as simple as inserting a pin and turning towards the left until the cover pops. DO NOT turn toward the right or you WILL snap the cover.
If you DONT have the hole, its a lot more difficult (I scratched my phone) but you need a VERY thin flat head screwdriver to insert into the right side of the cover and ply SLIGHTLY to get a little space *jewlers would work great* then get something larger so you dont bend the cover, pry SLOWLY until the cover pops off.
WARNING: I find this very difficult to do without scratching your phone.
PS. The reason I pulled my cover was to clean the gps contacts and bend them upward for better contact. It worked great for me so if you take your off, do yourself a favor and do this.

On one of the disassembly videos, they used a tool from inside the battery slot to push it off from inside, I certainly wouldn't attempt to remove it without a very good reason.

do you think it is possible to identify the part and retro-fit one?

rossysaurus said:
do you think it is possible to identify the part and retro-fit one?
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Honestly no.

[Q] HTC desire hd broken.....

Hi happy new year i have desire hd bought from ebay broken im using it fo 2 weeks now as daily driver so soft is okey but hardwarly it has some broken parts the camera the headphone speaker and the speeker doesnt works.I havent yet give it to service so im asking you guy how hard can get this for repair:
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How hard to fix? Nothing to fix. Fixing such phones is replacing broken parts with new ones. Case is for replace (made of aluminium, expensive probably), camera module probably for replace (it's all in one assembled together), camera led seems to be for replace too. Replacing that all is 30minutes and pretty easy. Look for parts prices on net.

Well I went to a HTC service in my city and they tell Me that they have to change all motherboard if I want to fix it and that will cost me as much as new phone and they have to do it cuz my phone is bougth from from another countrey and the don't have the software for fixing it so I'm stucked.
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

Whoever told you that is a moron. If the phone is booting the motherboard is fine. What they have to replace is the volume button ribbon cable assembly. It has the board that the camera and speaker/headphone jack is mounted on. that part is about $40 USD. The camera is about 15 USD and the back casing is about $50 USD. And why would they need software to replace a flex cable assembly. Don't do business with them.

Does it all work fine?
replacement LED flash lens covers and Rear battery covers are very cheap to buy
there are many videos on youtube "Desire Hd Disassembly" that tell you how to open it up, its just a few screws to remove the back cover,
main problem with opening the dhd is the warranty void stickers and to get to two of the screws you need to remove the sticker near the battery that has your IMEI/ serial on it, and its hard to stick back on

[Q] Part of touchscreen dead

Hi,
A part of the touchscreen of my milestone suddenly become unresponsive.
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If i press inside the red area (including home button) it wont work and its just like i pressed the near side, like icons in the left or right of that red area.
I tried full data wipe, cache and dalvik, tried flashing newer sbf and no good.
Do you guys have any idea on it?
Thanks

Bad news bro.
I'm pretty sure its a hardware problem, the screen must be damaged...

So i need to replace it?

e7zip said:
So i need to replace it?
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Better to get a new phone =D

a new phone is your option coz replacing the screen would cost you alot while you can get a better phone in a few bucks more!

New screens are available on amazon for 12 pounds (at least I spend this much)
However It may be a signal cable. They starts from 30$ on ebay

There are disassembly videos on Youtube.
I had a similar problem and I did the replacement two months ago and it works.
I bought the screen digitizer with tools on eBay.
Be sure That you have a torx3 beca use it didn't came on the tools! ;P

I had the same problem... I sent to the Moto Assistance and the had to change the touchscreen for a now one.
Good luck!

Not the cable. If the cable was damaged, it would shut down the entire screen. It's a problem with the digitizer. Hopefully for you it's relatively easy to exchange it, but you'll damage the camera sticker, the top panel of back side, above the battery and the speaker grid sticker (all of those are glued to the phone) in order to open it. Doesn't matter the way you take them over, you'll always damage it. Might wanna buy some of these on ebay too, although I'm not sure they sell it.
I had the exact same problem with my first M2, it was still under warranty but Moto took sweet 15 days to exchange it, and they returned my phone with a stuck volume rocker. Had to send it again, they took more than 15 days this time, so I asked for a replacement.
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