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Magician Radio issue

Hi,
I recently had a Magician shipped which seemed fine the first day of use, but at the end of the day, the gsm radio icon showed me a no reception, or 'service unavailable' message...
Now, after upgrading the Rom's (several used) and Radio update to the latest one (1.13 as far as I can see), I don't have any reception or 'service' at all...
The gsm radio always shows the '!' marker...
Anyone any idea where to look?
Loose cable, loose or bad antenna, software/rom issue?
Any ideas are welcome!
This device will be my test-unit for xanadux, but I want to make sure it's functional before testing stuff and debugging things that will never work because of a hardware or firmware issue...
Thanks guys!
Great work, super forum!

this is clearly a hardare malfunction. your device may not be identifying the sim card.

thanks for the quick response, but I don't think it's the SIM-slot that is causing me troubles... The SIM card can be read without any problem, and the pin code is asked and aknowledged by the phone. Once in a while I get coverage, but it always looks like 1 bar maximum, while my Trinity is lying next to it, same operator, and all 5bars of coverage notification are there, so it's not that I'm in a dead zone or black spot where there's no cell coverage at all.
I checked the upper back part (after removing the plastic casing top) and checked where the antenna is connected. Once, while holding and pushing onto the metal part that looks like the antenna extension, I got (just for 5 seconds that is) a connection, and signal level of 1-2 bars, but that dropped and stopped after a few seconds already...
I think it's a connection issue of some kind, internal antenna or the connection to it, but I'm not that keen on taking the unit apart to find out it's not that easy to sort the issue out...
Any help, info, ... can help...
Thanks!

the metal plate just below the top-backside plastic panel acts like the antenna.On top side of it there are two legs which connect to the mainboard.try cleaning the two spots on mainboard and the contacts of antenna.
well, i can say this because i solved this problem once this way.
good luck.

Well, I tried what you mentioned: scratched and cleaned the squares on the pcb, straightened the connecting metal parts from the back plate, cleaned all contacts: no solution...
Any other ideas?
Possibly a sort of switch which makes the device choose between internal or external antenna? What external antenna might fit?
Thanks guys!

Well,
I got my hands on a 'broken' I-mate Jam (got stuck between the car door, screen is totally broken, pcb is fine) and replaced the antenna block: FULL RECEPTION...
at least, for half an hour.. after that: reception dropped, and again left me with the "!" mentioning "no service"
I tried switching the pcb's but for some odd reason, the screen didn't come up good... The backlight didn't turn on and the screen was all striped and smeared...
Is there a difference in pcb versions, connectors, screens?
I thought Magcian = Magician, but now I'm thinking there are different models around there...
Bon... so I'm looking for a pcb of a Qtek S100 now... to switch that one with mine, and see if that helps...
really strange the reception was 'perfect' for about an hour, I even succeeded in making calls with it! No jitter, no drops, perfect reception, and then: BONK, over with it... nothing left...
Any ideas on this one, or any ideas on how to get the I-mate's pcb working in my Qtek?
Thanks guys for the info and help!

Bluetooth and Wifi won't work!!!!!

Hello;
It's been like a month that I have this problem, my bluetooth won't connect and neither is my wifi. The wifi sometimes connect with like one bar, the signal strength is awful and you have to be like 1 feet away of the router because if you move farther it disappears. I have tried to boost this in the settings by better performance but it doesn't make a difference.
In the other hand the bluetooth is not working at all, I tried to connect to my laptop and is like there's no bluetooth device in the area, tried it with my headset and get the same thing.
It's really frustrating cause this two features are very important for my daily use of this phone, so if someone now what to do please let me now.
Appreciate it!

Same here!
I have the exact same problem and apparently by the lack of posts anywhere on the internet nobody has an answer.

im having EXACTLY the same issue. im gonna open it up and see whats up.

The answer might lie within?
Try this link? What you're looking for might be somewhere in amongst these threads? http://forum.xda-developers.com/search.php?searchid=48353718&pp=25:confused:

can you repost that link? its saying search is down..
edit: working now.

???
I get a "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms." message.
???

nothing worth noting on the link. im gonna send mine back to htc..

I'm hoping someone will get to the bottom of this as i miss my wifi.
All was working fine on my phone until I had to take my phone apart because the plastic led shield had come lose and was touching the vibration device causing a strange noise.
So i managed to get the phone apart and push the led plastic cover back into place, i didn't touch anything else. I put the phone back together and all worked fine until i tried the wifi. Nothing, it turns on but stays as scanning and never finds anything even if its right next to the router.
I was advised in another thread that one of the cables might have come loose as i took the phone apart so i opened it up again but couldnt see anything wrong.
I'm just wondering if its a software issue somehow. As i never touched any part of the board, or antenna etc whilst it was apart and like i've said i couldnt see anything out of place or loose. Whether a hard reset will solve the issue i dont know and its a pain to do really.
I haven't tried bluetooth, but considering it looks to work off the same antenna that too might have broken.

maybe solved
find bttrayce.exe or bttrayce.lnk in windows folder
run it and check them
copy lnk file to startup folder
restart
this is for wi-fi too .

I've run bttrayce.exe and the ink file is in the start up folder.
This hasn't made any differance.

enable wifi n mode using registry editor like total commander or resco, go to:
HKLM/Comm/BCMSDDHD1/Parms/11nModeDisable = Change from 1 to 0
or, install bsb tweaks and enable wifi n mode.....
or, the best answer is to flash a new radio-improves bluetooth, data, wifi and call signal

malanga3 said:
Hello;
It's been like a month that I have this problem, my bluetooth won't connect and neither is my wifi. The wifi sometimes connect with like one bar, the signal strength is awful and you have to be like 1 feet away of the router because if you move farther it disappears. I have tried to boost this in the settings by better performance but it doesn't make a difference.
In the other hand the bluetooth is not working at all, I tried to connect to my laptop and is like there's no bluetooth device in the area, tried it with my headset and get the same thing.
It's really frustrating cause this two features are very important for my daily use of this phone, so if someone now what to do please let me now.
Appreciate it!
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did you hard reset and the problem persists? then it is a hardware issue, send it to htc.
Hopper81 said:
I'm hoping someone will get to the bottom of this as i miss my wifi.
All was working fine on my phone until I had to take my phone apart because the plastic led shield had come lose and was touching the vibration device causing a strange noise.
So i managed to get the phone apart and push the led plastic cover back into place, i didn't touch anything else. I put the phone back together and all worked fine until i tried the wifi. Nothing, it turns on but stays as scanning and never finds anything even if its right next to the router.
I was advised in another thread that one of the cables might have come loose as i took the phone apart so i opened it up again but couldnt see anything wrong.
I'm just wondering if its a software issue somehow. As i never touched any part of the board, or antenna etc whilst it was apart and like i've said i couldnt see anything out of place or loose. Whether a hard reset will solve the issue i dont know and its a pain to do really.
I haven't tried bluetooth, but considering it looks to work off the same antenna that too might have broken.
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so wait, you take the phone apart, put it back together, then it doesn't work, yet it isn't your fault? I hope you didn't screw up the void sticker covering the one screw when you did this, because you obviously damaged the the wifi cable in some way.

Obviously i'm aware that what ever has happened is my fault, my point was that if i'd taken it apart and knew i'd done something that might have damaged the board etc then that's fine I would be able to pinpoint what it was, but as i didnt do anything really especially to the main phone just the back case it's just a little odd.
Void sticker is fine.

seems like an antenna problem, there is a cable on the side of the phone with the volume rockers, there will be a cable going to the top board to the bottom board this cable attaches and can be removed. try to remove then reattach the cable
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cL-jnUKufC4&feature=player_embedded
the cable is on 2:38 of this video.

Right I took my phone apart again this morning to double check everything. I noticed the cable attached at the bottom as mentioned in previous post. It lifted off a bit too easily, so I positioned it correctly and pushed it back down, my WiFi now works. So that was my issue.
So my advice would be if both your Bluetooth and WiFi do not work, it is more than likely the cable is lose. (more likely if your phone has been a part obviously)
Thanks for everyone's help and advice on here.

I had the same problem with my GPS. I took the phone apart and found that the GPS unit was connected to an amplifer via two gold prongs. The connection was not flush, so I stretched the prongs abit (not too much) to improve the connection and put the phone back together. The problem was now fixed.
From memory I think the bluetooth and wifi worked on the same principle, and I think the amplifier states what its function is.
Hope this maybe some help.

[Q] Where is the antenna?

I had to open my atom life because the touchscreen wasn't responding.. And then I accidentally dropped the phone while I was trying to put the phone back together.
Everything still worked okay, apart from the network signal, which does not give anything, not even a single bar. Could someone help me pinpoint where the antenna is? I fear that it might have disconnected somehow when I dropped it, but I sincerely do not know where it is.
I really don't know what the problem is, and if you could suggest on what could be done, I'll gladly try it.
Thank you so much, and I hope you guys could help me with my problem.

[Q] WIFI problems after screen replacement

Hello Guys,
I just got my HD2 from repare, had to change the screen since it became unresponsive.
After I got it back, installed both WP7 and Anrdoid on it, I found out that the phone is not detecting any wifi networks. I tried in both WP7 and Android, and both of them do not detect any wifi networks. So it looks like when they changed the screen, they messed up WIFI connectivity. I'm guessing they might have forgotten to connect one of the connectors.
I am planning to take it back to them, but I was wondering if any of you knows which connector is for the WIFI, and if its easily visible once I take the back cover off, since I already done that before.
Thanks in advance

Hi dude,
if a connection is a problem and you even going to find it don't do it yourself.
it's a pretty small and gentle stuff, so you must know what you doing and how to connect them. Obviously you will need some serious tools.
my guess if you had all that - you already been doing this and not asking here.
so advice - not touching anything, not making it worse.

Best case: the connector came loose (which is not all that uncommon). It's the connector on the black wire on the top right side of the main board.
Worst case, they broke off a contact (which is also quite common).
Either way, don't try to repair it yourself but bring it back to the repair shop. If they accidentally broke off a contact then that requires a professional repair.

Thanks guys.
After some tests, I found out that the phone does detect wifi networks, but have extremely bad reception. I have to be very close to the wifi router for it to detect the network.
Any idea what might be causing this?

wessamzeidan said:
Thanks guys.
Any idea what might be causing this?
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Like I said, either a loose connector or a contact has broken off. That will give you about 1 bar of reception while sitting next to your router...

Droid-X and signal strength

hey all i have two droid-x that have had default froyo 2.2.340 and also the newest OTA 4.5.596 and also CM7 which is what they both have.
i have had them setup exactly the same way when i run these tests.
on my (lets call it "the good droid-x") it has great wifi and cell phone radio reception
on my (lets call it "the bad droid-x") it has crappy wifi and cell phone radio reception
you can tell something is not right when they are sitting side by side with the identical software (as mentioned above)
i am guessing its a bad antenna connection and that the wifi and cellphone radios use the same antenna.
i did not check with BT but for sure 100% the wifi and cellphone radios are about 1/2 of what im getting with the good droid-x
could someone please pull up a picture and circle what they think the antenna might be so i can try and see if i have a break?
it could be also that maybe the chips are not getting enough power or something but the phones function the same it seems so i dont know.
if someone could shed some light it would be great
i switched batts and battery covers and that didnt do anything either.
thanks

just wanted to give an update
there was some connections crossing in the phone that should not have been
i cant believe phone did not blow up on me
the led connectors were all touching
dont ask me how the phone kept functioning but i seperated those 3 big led connectors and now everything is working good

Very glad to hear you found the problem. Where did you get this bad unit? Is it possible someone had already opened it up?

zehkaiser said:
Very glad to hear you found the problem. Where did you get this bad unit? Is it possible someone had already opened it up?
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most definately
this was what it was when i got it
http://iowacity.craigslist.org/mob/2443460199.html
i checked it out at a walmart parking lot...everything worked but i didnt really notice that the signal strength on the gps, wifi and cell radio were really CRAPPY to put it mildly.
so i replaced the screen (was hoping that might have been part of the problem)
powered it all up and everything was functioning the same as it was (crappy)
so i thought it must be the antenna must have came loose or something
couldnt find any info on antenna...many of you know i been asking in here and phonearena and in irc but no one seems to know the exact location
so i decided to switch the motherboard out with my good droid-x and guess what it did the same thing.
so that told me it was on the motherboard for sure
so i got my magnifying glass out and found some bad areas right away
seperated the crossed connectors and put it back together and BAM
has a better signal then my good one
im a happy camper now
i have 2 droid-x`s
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i circled the area in RED those led connectors were pushed into each other and the little standoff was smashed down.
if it would have been like the old camera FLASH`s where they charged up...i would have hated to see what would have happened to me when i took a picture
BOOM!!

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Hi m16-maniac! i need the photo to fix my dx, the link its out, please send me to [email protected] or post here. VERY VERY THANKS.