I recently dropped my 8525 hard enough to throw battery out of phone. I reinserted battery and started phone. Though I lucked out as everything seemed to work until I couldn't make a call. During boot I get "no GSM" instead of a battery version. I have done a hard reset, but it didn't help. I going to try to install a new ROM and if needed try to flash a new radio.
Anybody else have this problem? I am afraid it is a hardware malfunction in the radio.
If I cannot get this to work (I have already bought a new phone) I will be more then willing to donate (just pay for shipping) the phone to anyone who would like to work on it or test things on it. I have one half good battery and one good battery as well. Like I said everything seems to work but the actual phone. Let me know if you want it.
meh, that is not good news my friend, hope you get it fixed!
if it is a no go however, i wouldn't mind taking it off your hands
best of luck,
tbae2
Try to reflash original or stock rom. Go with the carrier rom you are supposed to have. It might work as there have been reports to indicate this.
Hope it works for you.
Cheers...
I have recently gone through similar problems, there are numerous things that can cause the NO GSM error on post. So here is the complete solution:
1. Some hard drops can jostle the antenna connection on the board, (a dodgy way of testing if this is the issue is to give the phone a shake and a few soft resets, the NO GSM error will sometimes disappear and state your radio version). There are numerous service manuals that describe how to disassemble and reassemble your handset (read the forums). It sounds scary at first, but so does not having a working phone (be sure you are out of warranty first). You will want to get some electronic circuit board cleaner and give the area around the golden clip on the top left (back facing up) a good spray (while you are at it, why not clean out some dust scroll button detritus). Then dry and reassemble, taking care to force the antenna all the way into the clip.
2. If step one really scares you or you are still in warranty, skip straight to here. A program called mtty (i use vers 1.42 , check the forums) can be used to interrogate the board logic from the bootloader, there are numerous tasks that can be used to clear registers and check gates for errors (for lack of a better word), the wiki has a great entry on all these.
3. A reflash of the radio and maybe even the os isn't a bad idea either... although remember that the latest radio may not be the best for your area/network (READ THE FORUM on this too)
Let us know how you go with it all, and good luck
if you need any further assistance PM me.
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Try to reflash original or stock rom. Go with the carrier rom you are supposed to have. It might work as there have been reports to indicate this.
Hope it works for you.
Cheers...
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This was my idea last night as well. Froze on bootloader. I tried to also Install new radio but also a no-go. I am now downloading a new ROM without radio to see if I can get something other then bootloader. I will keep posted.
I can take the phone apart if I need to, I will make it a last resort. I am not afraid to though as I already have a new phone.
Seeing as I still cannot figure out how to make a ROM to contribute (vista and lack of programing skills) This would be a way I can assist If it would be more useful to someone here not dismantled I would like to look into it.
Update:
The radio hardware must be bad. I cannot flash a new radio or any rom with a radio. Schap's EM6 is working fine. I am going to look into discodergenson 's suggestion of taking the phone apart.
Schematic Diagram
Hi, I have a HTC 8525, with the same problem, doesnt start phone module.. anyway, in my phone, the sim card is not detected. Anybody have schematic diagram for this model? Or any other htc model, for reference.
I think this problem can be caused by dry solder in the driver of sim card, must identify it.
Thanks in advanced
(Sorry for my bad english)
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Hi, I have a HTC 8525, with the same problem, doesnt start phone module.. anyway, in my phone, the sim card is not detected. Anybody have schematic diagram for this model? Or any other htc model, for reference.
I think this problem can be caused by dry solder in the driver of sim card, must identify it.
Thanks in advanced
(Sorry for my bad english)
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I don't think a bad SIM card connection is a problem. Without a SIM card the phone still needs a radio connection to make 911 calls.
also obviously I only have a t8 and higher, not a t6 which is needed to take phone apart. I will update when I get phone apart.
@All,
As a celebration for my 1000th post, I decided to open a new thread based on Tweakman's idea, which seemed to work very well in the Development and Hacking Section. The idea is simple, a single thread for all Questions, Problems, and Concerns regarding Blue Angel. This includes, but it is not limited to:
[highlight]*Problems with Flashing.[/highlight]
Can't get your device in bootloader? Did it freeze during flashing and now it doesn't get past the 4 colored screen? Are you a complete noob and need some guidance as to how to flash? Etc.
[highlight]*Have questions about which Rom is best?[/highlight]
[highlight]*Want to install software but don't know if it is compatible with your BA[/highlight]
You get my point. All the questions that I have seen/answered over the past couple of months are just repetitions of posts, threads, and things that are readily available on the wiki or in other threads. However, people are either lazy, don't know what a Wiki is / where to find it, or just flat out don't know how to search (or read the forum rules for that matter). Having something general (in this case a sticky) that says "Hey, if you have a question, you can ask here" should draw enough attention and start minimizing the number of new threads and posts opened by users (both new and seasoned). This way, we will be able to keep the development threads a little cleaner and smaller... hence making the site's search function work a little better in the process.
@Seniors,
Kinda like the Q&A team, I will need your help in trying to keep the influx of questions to a certain level by answering them as we see them. None of us are logged in 24/7 (or at least some of us aren't ), but if you guys see a question, please try to answer it. I know that xplode, Chef_Tony, markanthonypr, red_hanks, sun_dream, imatrix, +Que_PPC, motisu, and others normally try to keep this under control, but if we centralize it and contain it, we will have a cleaner forum.
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Siemens SX66 BlueAngel Q&A, Help
You know very well you can count on us. Great idea mate. Also congrats on your 1,000's post. I've added a few "tags" to the thread. I hope some others do the same to. Tags help users to find what they are looking for when they use search.
hi
hi specialists
my friend has Blue Angel,he has strange problems.
in (sounds & notification),it didnot saved after changing any parameter,we tried by reflash the rom again,but nothing changed,also we reinstalled radio 1.15 but no change,also the ring tone of the msg is discontinue or irregular when played,and some times didnot wake up (of the device) when recieve a msg.
this is strange issued problems but in mine (BA) every thing is ok,this problems only in my friend (BA),I mate PDA2K.
any ideas?any suggestions?
thnx
notice:when we down grade to wm 6.1 every thing is ok
homam_france said:
hi specialists
my friend has Blue Angel,he has strange problems.
in (sounds & notification),it didnot saved after changing any parameter,we tried by reflash the rom again,but nothing changed,also we reinstalled radio 1.15 but no change,also the ring tone of the msg is discontinue or irregular when played,and some times didnot wake up (of the device) when recieve a msg.
this is strange issued problems but in mine (BA) every thing is ok,this problems only in my friend (BA),I mate PDA2K.
any ideas?any suggestions?
thnx
notice:when we down grade to wm 6.1 every thing is ok
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Hey homam,
Thanks for kicking things off
First of all, which OS were you having problems with? This is important because it could have been a bug in a rom that could have been fixed in a later version.
@mark,
I know I can count on you, buddy I need help from the mods as well though. I cannot redirect posts to here and/or close threads
My BA, keeps turning on from standby, by a light shock! I maen, if you press the Power button, and then you knock gently on it's back, it turns back on!!
I've set to "Lock all buttons except the power button", However, I still have this issue.
Well, I must confess that once it dropped off of my hand, and it's the result of that...
Any ideas?
by "it turns back on" i assume you mean it wakes up from stand by, it doesn't really start like after a soft reset, right?
since the BA's only battery activated wake-up is in the cradle and we are not talking about soft reset, my first guess is, the battery is not to blame.
have you checked whether you can use your camera at all time? i mean, the camera_detect does not usually run at all times but if the camera connector is a little lose, from now and then it could "discover" the new camera hardware and wake up, that is unlikely for normal devices, but if yours had a crash before...
you could refer to this site for checking possible hardware reasons:
http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/mda3/disassembly/
the hardware things aside, there are also many possible software reasons for the device to wake up on:
- update of titanium weather
- automatic email checking
- cell broadcast
- if bluetooth is on
- if beam is on
- automatic update of any software...
plus of course the usual:
- incoming call
- incoming text message
- incoming mms
- upcoming calendar event...
so please check the possible software wake ups first to make sure this is really a hardware issue, because that would be a shame, that could be tricky to solve.
or let me put it this way, if it is really the moving that wakes it up, you have the first BA with accelerometer
EDIT: last but not least, it could only be a bug, maybe a hard reset or change of the rom could also be a way to go, since spontaneous waking up is a known bug for BAs
Chef_Tony
If there was only a way to hack the hardware and make this work at least on Edge. I can live with everything else, but its a shame paying for a full unlimited Internet service and only getting G connection Sighhhhhhh
Ok, I had to let that frustration out !!!!!!
Chef_Tony said:
by "it turns back on" i assume you mean it wakes up from stand by, it doesn't really start like after a soft reset, right?
since the BA's only battery activated wake-up is in the cradle and we are not talking about soft reset, my first guess is, the battery is not to blame.
have you checked whether you can use your camera at all time? i mean, the camera_detect does not usually run at all times but if the camera connector is a little lose, from now and then it could "discover" the new camera hardware and wake up, that is unlikely for normal devices, but if yours had a crash before...
you could refer to this site for checking possible hardware reasons:
http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/mda3/disassembly/
the hardware things aside, there are also many possible software reasons for the device to wake up on:
- update of titanium weather
- automatic email checking
- cell broadcast
- if bluetooth is on
- if beam is on
- automatic update of any software...
plus of course the usual:
- incoming call
- incoming text message
- incoming mms
- upcoming calendar event...
so please check the possible software wake ups first to make sure this is really a hardware issue, because that would be a shame, that could be tricky to solve.
or let me put it this way, if it is really the moving that wakes it up, you have the first BA with accelerometer
EDIT: last but not least, it could only be a bug, maybe a hard reset or change of the rom could also be a way to go, since spontaneous waking up is a known bug for BAs
Chef_Tony
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Wow! Tony! I really appreciate your complete answer. I mean it.
Yes, as you correctly assumed, I meant wake-up. It just wakes up and continues the routine WinMo operation; no soft-reset occurs.
It's less than a year that I've replaced the battery with a new one. I remember all the funny things used to happen when the old battery was dying. But non of them were similar to this one.
It can't be the Camera. Well, I'm able to use it all the time, and the "camera_detect" has been always loaded in the processes whenever I've checked it. About the looseness thing, ummm, I'm not sure. I tried to knock on it to see if it's more sensitive than other parts. I think the upper part of the device is more likely to wake it up by an easy hit (like knocking). but it's the whole upper part, not only the camera section nor the camera button.
Unfortunately, the software possibility, is unlikely to be the problem:
I've used many ROMs on my lovely BA which 3-4 times of them taken place since the wake-up problem.
The software and the usual reasons you counted, do wake it up. but shakes, too.
Finally, to be honest, I'm agree with you! This is the first Blue Angel with accelerometer. yeaaah! I did it!
I bet my friends that I can wake my BA up, without touching any buttons or screen! It's fun this way, but I comes to be annoying when I put it in my pocket or just put it on a table! and it wakes up... consider the forced battery consumption, unwanted screen taps if I don't lock the screen. God bless A_C! and... .
I know it's a hardware issue (((((
@raizaM: My Thought.... Have you ever taken it apart? One of my BA's had 3 loose bolts inside. All 3 were from what I think is the Radio/Antenna part at top. However, in my case, I had a rattle going inside. Thats why I put it apart. You might have something loose inside, causing a connection to arc when you knock on your phone. If you do deside to open it, there is a tutorial on the wiki on how to.
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@raizaM: My Thought.... Have you ever taken it apart? One of my BA's had 3 loose bolts inside. All 3 were from what I think is the Radio/Antenna part at top. However, in my case, I had a rattle going inside. Thats why I put it apart. You might have something loose inside, causing a connection to arc when you knock on your phone. If you do deside to open it, there is a tutorial on the wiki on how to.
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Hey mark!
I had that same issue a while back, but with only one screw (also from the same area as yours).
@raizaM
Just to knock off Chef_Tony's theory out of the table completely, try to erase camera_detect.lnk from \Windows\startup and SR your device. If Chef was right, then your issue might be gone. However, I would follow markanthony's advice and take it apart in case Chef's idea doesn't work.
Oh man, your not my hero anymore LoL.. and here I thought I would be the only one with a mechanic inside my phone.
markanthonypr said:
Oh man, your not my hero anymore LoL.. and here I thought I would be the only one with a mechanic inside my phone.
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Well, it kept me entertained when my BA would run out of juice
Thanks for your kind advices.
Actually, I tried to remove "camrea_detect" from the startup once, but any way, I gave it a shot again... no success...
Frankly, I'm a lil bit afraid to take my lovely BA apart... :-s... What if... :-(
But, I guess sooner or later I need to do so. so what the heck... lets do it.
Maybe I'll do it tonight. Guys please help me through it. I don't wanna loose my Angel!
Ton'y link provided in the previous posts, would be my start:
http://www.land-of-kain.de/ppc/mda3/disassembly/
any more advices?
raizaM: You're not going to go that far deep. Only remove the cover. If you look at picture #4 on that link, the top green area has about 6 bolts all around it. Those were the ones that were loose on mine. 2 of them were rattling inside the phone. I still can't believe they didn't cause a short circuit. You don't need to go down into the camshell area. Do you use the sliding keyboard? If so, you could have a bad flex cable. But, don't worry about tha for now. Just remove back cover and carefull inspect for loose bolts. Don't over tighten them.
all the master please help, my BA strange,,,,, the screen suddenly go dead after actived wifi or playing game, its suddenly dead, and i must push power button to turn it on again through proses like softreset, that in battery power. but if i conect in charger power mode, i turn wifi,playing game, its normal, the BA still on and working normal,
please2,,,,,if someone knows the problem please help, im desper now....
loryshoe said:
all the master please help, my BA strange,,,,, the screen suddenly go dead after actived wifi or playing game, its suddenly dead, and i must push power button to turn it on again through proses like softreset, that in battery power. but if i conect in charger power mode, i turn wifi,playing game, its normal, the BA still on and working normal,
please2,,,,,if someone knows the problem please help, im desper now....
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It seems that you have the backlight settings set to dim/turn off too fast. Go to \Settings\System\Backlight and modify the settings in there (particularly the ones labeled "On Battery Power"). Then, soft reset the device (stylus on the bottom).
Hope this helps.
markanthonypr said:
raizaM: You're not going to go that far deep. Only remove the cover. If you look at picture #4 on that link, the top green area has about 6 bolts all around it. Those were the ones that were loose on mine. 2 of them were rattling inside the phone. I still can't believe they didn't cause a short circuit. You don't need to go down into the camshell area. Do you use the sliding keyboard? If so, you could have a bad flex cable. But, don't worry about tha for now. Just remove back cover and carefull inspect for loose bolts. Don't over tighten them.
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egzthunder1 said:
It seems that you have the backlight settings set to dim/turn off too fast. Go to \Settings\System\Backlight and modify the settings in there (particularly the ones labeled "On Battery Power"). Then, soft reset the device (stylus on the bottom).
Hope this helps.
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not the setting, it got black scren, its dead screen after running wifi or application, suddenly goes dead, black screen,.
Have you tried with another battery? It sounds to me like your battery is about to die. It won't hold the heavy battery consumption of Wi-Fi and heavy CPU usage while on Games. Try with another battery. Also make sure you followed Egzthunders suggestion to change your Power Settings. If you still need help, post back and include more info about your device, such as, what version of Windows are you running and how old/new is your battery.
Hi friends,
Please give me advices on this situation.
I bought a HD since 05/2009. I installed many cooked ROMs and it still fine until now.
When i've turned off the screen with power button and then turned it on, the screen still black, but i still can touch on it and it vibrate each time i touch. I tried to soft reset by push reset button at the back, pull out the battery .... The screen is always black, but the phone can start up and vibrates when i touch on the screen.
I thought the screen consist of 2 parts, one for displaying and one for touching. And the displaying part is died.
Then i connected it to PC in order to re-install with the ship ROM, and so strange, the screen work again right after i plugged the cable. But i still re-installed it with the ship ROM. But the error came back many times in few days later. And sometimes the method "connect to PC with cable" didn't work.
When feeling hopeless, i left the phone alone in some days and the screen suddenly works.
And now it has just turned back again and i dont know if it will be back or i must have it repair. (There is no warranty service for HTC in my country.)
Thanks for reading, i know that my English is terrible.
Check the backlight adjustment. As ridiculous as it may sound, with a rom I had it sometimes went to zero light on its own. Plug it and make sure that all settings are to maximum light, with the automatic function disabled, and see if it happens again.
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Check the backlight adjustment. As ridiculous as it may sound, with a rom I had it sometimes went to zero light on its own. Plug it and make sure that all settings are to maximum light, with the automatic function disabled, and see if it happens again.
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Thanks for your advice. I will do as you said and do pray
snowinjune said:
Thanks for your advice. I will do as you said and do pray
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It's not work, ;(
snowinjune said:
It's not work, ;(
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This happened to me once and I removed battery and left phone overnight. In the morning I insertedbattery again and problem hasn't materialised since.
However, if your issue keeps returning it looks like you would need to get phone fixed under warranty as it sounds like a loose connection between motherboard & LCD screen
Fallen Spartan said:
This happened to me once and I removed battery and left phone overnight. In the morning I insertedbattery again and problem hasn't materialised since.
However, if your issue keeps returning it looks like you would need to get phone fixed under warranty as it sounds like a loose connection between motherboard & LCD screen
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I'll try with your advice . Thanks
Yeah but the fact that sometimes plugging the device to USB brings it back sounds like software to me. Anyway, I hope you find a way to fix it!
Fallen Spartan said:
This happened to me once and I removed battery and left phone overnight. In the morning I insertedbattery again and problem hasn't materialised since.
However, if your issue keeps returning it looks like you would need to get phone fixed under warranty as it sounds like a loose connection between motherboard & LCD screen
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So sad, the issue occurs again when i need to make an important call. It drives me crazy because i were on the street and i must went to a post office. Then i realized that i do not remember the phone number.
I must get it fixed at weekend then i may sell it away. I'm dreaming of HTC Leo but maybe i will come back to my old iPhone 2G until Leo's price drops.
Thanks all for your help and listening.
Sorry to hear of your problems
If it was me, I would send the phone away on warranty and just use your iphone in the mean time.
snowinjune said:
So sad, the issue occurs again when i need to make an important call. It drives me crazy because i were on the street and i must went to a post office. Then i realized that i do not remember the phone number.
I must get it fixed at weekend then i may sell it away. I'm dreaming of HTC Leo but maybe i will come back to my old iPhone 2G until Leo's price drops.
Thanks all for your help and listening.
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I'm sorry, but I think you have the same problem I had, the only solution was to send it to Tech center.
Take a look at this post (in french cause, i'm french ^^) http://htc-touch-hd.forumactif.biz/problemes-hardware-f6/sav-ici-on-parle-du-sav-t4061.htm
It describe all the symptoms I had, with some pics.
Hope you will fix it
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I'm sorry, but I think you have the same problem I had, the only solution was to send it to Tech center.
Take a look at this post (in french cause, i'm french ^^) http://htc-touch-hd.forumactif.biz/problemes-hardware-f6/sav-ici-on-parle-du-sav-t4061.htm
It describe all the symptoms I had, with some pics.
Hope you will fix it
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Thanks for your helpful info. I used google translate to read the post i found these info:
HTML:
Failure diagnosed by the technician:
- Pas d'allumage - No ignition
- Connecteur kit pieton deffectueux - Headset connector scientifically sound
- Defaut esthetique. - Cosmetic defects.
Pieces remplacées : Parts replaced:
- Carte mere - Motherboard
- Etiquette de violation - Etiquette violation
- Etiquette font de poste - Labels are post
- Nappe Systeme. - Tablecloth System.
I live in Vietnam, as i known there is no HTC warranty service in Vietnam. I bought this phone on a trip to USA. Base on your experience, i think i may pay a lots to fix it in VN. I will bring it to a repair shop at weekend and ask for the cost.
Ha ha, bad luck for me.
My HD2 with Clean Desire bricked through normal usage (calling, txt, 3G, etc...) a while ago. I looked far and wide throughout the internet in hopes of finding an answer. Apparently, my phone short-circuited, resulting in it turning into a sexy-looking brick. The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic. Problem is, I don't know HOW to short-circuit ANYTHING. Could someone give me some advice?
tarik_9812 said:
My HD2 with Clean Desire bricked through normal usage (calling, txt, 3G, etc...) a while ago. I looked far and wide throughout the internet in hopes of finding an answer. Apparently, my phone short-circuited, resulting in it turning into a sexy-looking brick. The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic. Problem is, I don't know HOW to short-circuit ANYTHING. Could someone give me some advice?
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I don't know where or who told you that you had to short circuit your HD2 to unbrick it bit that will not unbrick a HD2. I do know what you are talking about as I just had to look it up today as someone asked me a question about a Samsung Vibrant. With some Samsung devices you can use what is call a test JIG and plug it into the USB of the device and force it to boot into recovery/download mode and then you can flash a ROM back to it via ODIN. This is a fairly new technology for mobile devices.
But HTC phone can not do this you still have to do it the old fashion way and use a JTAG, Riffbox, and a adaptor to unbrick the device. This requires taking the main board completely out of the device to hook the JTAG to it. You then connect the JTAG to the Riffbox and the Riffbox to your computer then you resorrectcthe SPL and put the device back together.
Sorry but this is the only way to bring a bricked HD2 back from the beyond
tarik_9812 said:
The solution was to re-short-circuit it and it will turn on like magic.
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lolololololololol....
You'll never believe this...
I tried doing everything (except short-circuiting) and almost gave up. My parents came over my house yesterday and my dad had a look at it. He then literally bent the phone (not to the point where it damaged or reshaped anything) and...
...IT TURNED ON!!!
Once again, I wouldn't blame you guys for not believing me, but it worked. So if your HD2 is damaged to the point where there's nothing else you can do, just try bending it
(Actually, don't try this. I'm not held liable if your paperweight snaps in half.)
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You'll never believe this...
I tried doing everything (except short-circuiting) and almost gave up. My parents came over my house yesterday and my dad had a look at it. He then literally bent the phone (not to the point where it damaged or reshaped anything) and...
...IT TURNED ON!!!
Once again, I wouldn't blame you guys for not believing me, but it worked. So if your HD2 is damaged to the point where there's nothing else you can do, just try bending it
(Actually, don't try this. I'm not held liable if your paperweight snaps in half.)
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I am... what.
That's genuinely impressive.
I have 2 HD2's running android 2.3.5 using the CyanogenMod-7-09222011-Nightly-Desire[TyphooN_v3.6.5-MAGDLR build#GRJ90
My phone never has any issues, but my wifes phone has crappy signal. 2 bars to no bars to no network at all.
I looked at every setting on both phones and noticed her radio was an older version. Ah Ha! I said. Let me flash it with the same version I have and that will be fixed. NOPE.
My basband version is 15.42.50.11U_2.15.50.14
hers I forgot, I know it was a lot older.
So I downloaded the radio (same as what I'm using) and booted into the 3 color screen 2.08.HSPL. From there I connected her phone to my computer and ran "CustomRUU.exe" with the RUU_signed.nhb file.
It went to 100% and all seemed to be fine. It rebooted and I can look into the settings/about phone and now the baseband versions are identical.
But hers still has the crappy signal, most of the time.
I've downloaded older radios and tried them 4 different ones and all act the exact same way as hers did in the beggining.
Now I don't know what to do. I've even started from scratch. Using HD2 NAND toolkit wipedTask29, reinstallled MAGLDR v1.03 by Cotulla and HSPL.
Not sure if anyone needs anymore info to help me.
I've searched and searched and no one seems to have this issue.
Could it be a ROM? Did something not flash correctly?
I am a NOOB but have friends who walk me and taught me these things and even they are confused.
Thanks.
Turn off that better device (or only wifi), check does second works better.
Or replace places of devices.. maybe something disturbance signal.
At last.. maybe try other, older radio - newer not means best.
done that. Since I'm at working with one SIM card as I'm testing, my other (good) phone is turned off.
Also tried older radios.
I also just noticed that instead of "H" or "3G" or "E"(edge) i get a "G" for my data. Just to add to the other crazy stuff.
If you search in the android general section there is a post about how there are a few little connectors between the main board and the phone body that of the phone has been dropped or taken apart can lose their connection leading to poor reception. I'll see if I can locate it and post you a link.
And here you go, check it out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180
Sent from my HTC Desire HD A9191 using XDA App
I had the same exact problem with my phone. I researched it and finally found the answer here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180
It worked wonders.
Wow, Thanks so much, I will try that.
It's funny, before I read this I was messing with her phone and it fell backwards and the signal jumped up. Unfortunatly it didn't last long.
I also noticed the way she puts her phone in her back pocket!. She did this with her old iPhone (which is a lot more rigid) with no issues.
Now I'm guessing that she bent it to the point where as you have found that the contacts are not making good contact.
I'll try this fix and reply what I find.
Thanks a million again
steviie8, click the above link and try it for yourself, it really works ! I fixed mine in 15 mins and now my weak signal HD2 gets full bars, miracle has happened
It worked!!!
Thanks guys,
Unfortunately, I snapped the one contact off, I resoldered it worked fine.
Unfortunately, in the process of dismantling, I cracked the LCD.
I put everything back together and see a nice black circle in the corner.
I'm on my way to get the new part. So let that be a lesson to all of you, When they say the contacts are weak and easy to snap off, they mean it.
My problem from the LCD was do to not having the proper plastic tool to take the phone apart. Live and Learn.