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Better 3G and Reception Modification.

I'm only sharing this to give those with intermittent 3G data to improve theirs as well since I had such good success with it. I know it's strange, and if you don't have any issues with your 3G signal quality than there is no purpose in trying this.
To those of you who have done the hardware GPS fix, this is very similar.
There is another metal tab on the opposite side of the phone, it looks exactly like the one you bend up for the GPS fix.
I was having very spotty and slow 3G covereage, so was my fiance. It would just hang when trying to load websites or using the XDA app. The download arrow would take FOREVER before finally lighting up and going somewhere.
So I opened the phones and bent up that other metal tab, assuming it is the antenna for the phone. I have found out, apparently, it is the WiFi contact. But strangely enough, this has had a huge impact on my 3G consistency.
DarkSandz93 said he noticed two more tabs near the bottom of the phone. You might also bend those a bit to make a better contact. I don't have any pictures of them but With some looking you should find them. I can confirm this fix works without bending the ones on the bottom, but it Wouldn't hurt to try as it will only improve the weak contacts.
When I put the phone back together me and my Fiance's phone both have great consistent 3G and reception went up a bar or two.
I've been testing this for two days and it has definitely helped!
***PLEASE BE CAREFUL WHEN BENDING UP THE TAB, IT MAY BE FRAGILE*** Take it slow, Its almost flat when you start but you need to bend it up a bit to make a good contact with the antenna.
I'm not responsible for any damage you do to your phone.
Thank you AndroidMonkey for the pic.
Labeled is both the GPS on the left and the Antenna on the right. The one on the right in the one I bent up slightly to improve the contact and get better signal.
http://s305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/imitebewrong/?action=view&current=phone.jpg
DarkSandz93 said he noticed two more tabs near the bottom of the phone. You might also bend those a bit to make a better contact. I don't have any pictures of them but With some looking you should find them. I can confirm this fix works without bending the ones on the bottom, but it Wouldn't hurt to try as it will only improve the weak contacts.
Here is a video of my phone browsing AFTER the mod was performed. Before I could barely surf at all, it would take around 5 minutes to load ANY web page. The download arrow would hardly ever light up. These pages are not cached and are using my 3G connection.
I just want to clarify this fix did not improve my actual download speed (kb/s), but made my connection more reliable and steady. Fixed the hanging and having to reload constantly to try and get a connection.
Also, thank you Plato56, who came up with the original Hardware GPS Fix. I would not have ever tried this if it wasn't for KWKSLVR's thread.

UPDATED: I've tried this in many different areas now and it works great. No more waiting on the download arrow to light up.. kicks on and stays on
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I Thought that was the wifi contact and the cell antenna was on the bottom of the phone.
In any case.. I'll prolly give this a shot since the GPS fix worked so well for me. Instead of trying to bend it up though I think Ill follow the lead of some people in the GPS thread and place a small piece of rubberband under the contact. Dont wana have to solder due to breaking the contract a second time lol.

You might be right. I wasn't 100 percent sure it was the antenna. But In any case it definitely improved my signal quality on two seperate phones.
Please let me know if this works for you!
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I'm interested in hearing if anyone else tries it. This sounds very promising!
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sorry to go off topic, but is this real? - http://i305.photobucket.com/albums/nn210/imitebewrong/storm.jpg

Haha yeah that's real. I took that picture I think in 08. That storm produced a tornado that killed a few boyscouts near Omaha nebraska. I was driving to visit a friend in Omaha and I got hit with 80 mph winds while in my car! It was nuts.
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I can confirm this, when i did the hardware fix i noticed 2 of the same tabs at the bottom and the one on the left that the OP is talking about so i decided to bend ALL of them up and voila getting pretty good signal ever since

haha *sigh* I guess I'll give it a go! Taking the phone apart is a real B*[email protected]# though. I'll report back when it's done

darksandz93 said:
I can confirm this, when i did the hardware fix i noticed 2 of the same tabs at the bottom and the one on the left that the OP is talking about so i decided to bend ALL of them up and voila getting pretty good signal ever since
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Thanks for sharing, I'll post the option of bending the other tabs in the OP. Doesn't hurt to try.

yea sounds good but don't forget to mention in big giant bold letters to take EXTREME caution so as not to snap any of the connections off, don't want anyone coming back here to ***** at everyone because they made a stupid mistake.

darksandz93 said:
yea sounds good but don't forget to mention in big giant bold letters to take EXTREME caution so as not to snap any of the connections off, don't want anyone coming back here to ***** at everyone because they made a stupid mistake.
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Haha, good point. OP updated.

man i want to try this because i don't have 3g at my place when i'm holding the phone on the bottom. I'm just scared, really scared.

Alright I just tried the hardware fix and I can report that it has not improved my 3g connection dramatically. I'm not sure if I'm under placebo effect but I think it is helping a tiny bit with keeping the connection strong; could be wrong. Report back after some more testing.

I just want to clarify this fix did not improve my actual speed, but made my connection more reliable and steady. before I could barely browse, now i can very consistently go from page to page with no hanging or having to reload many times.

yupp...so the unthinkable ,while having a very heated discussion with girlfriend on instant messenger via computer ,i broke the little copper contact ,,,,
if your as dumb as me (argueing with girlfriend )while bending the little tabs, all hope is not lost i stripped some copper wire out of a phone cord and looped it through the little hole where the copper is attached to the phone twisted it together tight snapped the phone together and did some intense browsing ,seems to be working great

Unless you're using wifi this shouldnt do anything. The tab you are bending is used for wifi only. The tab that is used for cellular is on the bottom.

I tried this, and now my phone is out of commission. Might be a coincidence since I have been doing some modem changes but any thoughts on the matter would be appreciated. I posted in the Vibrant Q&A forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=949089

If everything is in place inside the phone and its just the screen you can get it into odin (Plug in USB and hold volume buttons while booting.) and then flash back to stock and warranty the thing. You dont even need to see the screen to do it, your computer should tell you if the phone is connected.
My instructions suck, try these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=848737

I did this too sometime last month and saw an improvement. I decided to take it a step farther like the a couple guys did in the GPS thread did. All 4 of the contacts now have a small drop of solder on them, filed down to the right height, and I am seeing improvements across the board (nothing dramatic, but more of consistency). I need to file 1 down just a hair more though.

Dropped my HD2 and now it gets horrible reception :/

So an irresponsible night of heavy drinking and dancing led to my phone making a crashing debut on the dance floor. I lost my battery cover, and I figured that's why my reception became so horrible and couldn't get data ANYWHERE.
I got a new cover, and still I get horrible reception. SMS won't work sometimes, I drop calls like made and data is terribly slow (Edge) if it even works at all. Sometimes 3g, gprs, or hpsda (is that right?) will work but only when I'm really close to a cell tower.
Anyone know wtf i did?

Sounds like you damaged the phones radio on the inside when it hit the ground.
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aari13 said:
Anyone know wtf i did?
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Yes... purely on speculation you broke one of the two brass clips that make attachment to the radio antenna on the rear case.
Nothing a quick look inside can't fix...
Good luck..

I like the sounds of that
I'll crack it open tomorrow. THX!!

WOOHOO!!!!
Turns out due to the soft case, i one of the antenna tabs was bend down. Bent it back and voila!
Thx guy! I give you internet wines, 12 internet goats, and i shall dance at your wedding!

Great to hear of your success. Glad my speculation turned out to be a validation.
Awesome

hmm, my gps stopped working a few mths ago when i dropped it, , , hope my repair goes as well as yours! (when i get around to buying a new screen)

[Q] USA t-mobile Connectivity Issues

I'm on T mobile in the usa and I'm using Nand Android, Hyper Droid CM7 2.01. I'am having issues with losing signal in areas I know I have coverage in but only shortly. It randomly goes in and out. I know this is an issue with TmoUSA. I was wondering if anyone in the usa uses a rom that does not have this issue or a solution? Thanks in advance for any help

I haven't noticed it in coredroid v1.6 but higher battery drain and more eye candy. Cymlx and the others were tested and had drops also.
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Yes, TMOUSA service drops in NYC area.
I'm glad you posted this question. I'm using Typhoon CM7 MADLDR (always the latest version) and notice a few day ago a radical drop in connectivity on TMOUSA in NYC Metro area. I spent the last couple of days revisiting all the reception points from SD ROM days (verifying APN, Phone setting in "WCDMA Preferred", searching network, etc) with no luck. Now with your post I think it may have been a system problem with TMobile all along.
It seems like the signal does not have as much strength as just a few days ago. I used to get full bars inside a building, but now no service. Out in the street I get random signal drops. Im not getting service in areas I know I used to get service before. I dont think it is ROM related, as it happened before I ugraded to 3.3.8.
Data is also very unreliable. In area's I had "H" or "3G", I'm only getting "E", or nothing.
Anyone hear of system issues with TMobile USA, northeast.
Edit- I've been using 2.15.50.14 Radio since the beginning of Android on my HD2.

I'm getting random drops, MAGDLR 1.13, Hyperdroid GBXv12. Southwest (AZ) I change to 2.15 radio, seems to have help slightly. I don't get complete dropouts of signal as often anymore, but seems unstable, going from 5bars to 2 bars. and constant switching between 3G and Edge.
Let me mention that my original HD2 was fine. My touch screen went out. After about a month to a month and a half of trying to figure it out (swapped, digitizer, didn't work, swapped digitizer+LCD, didn't work, swapped out motherboard, worked) I finally got it working again. I'm not sure if it's the different mother board that's causing my issues or if it just coincidentally coincided with some network issues TMo US's network has been having. (I did restore the phone to all my previous settings and radio ROMs)

I've had this problem for like two months or so. Its definitly my hd2 android cause I'll be around other people on T mobile and they may not have full bars but they with be pull 3g where I'm on E or nothing at all.

I figured out that my bad conectivity issues were caused by hardware problem. I say "were" because I fixed it.
It's a bad antenna connection. I realized I had a similar signal problems on my touch pro, caused by the main board contacts not touching the antenna pads on the back cover. I found pictures of a disassembled HD2 here on XDA and saw the same design. I removed the back of my HD2 and sure enough one of the contacts was bent low and not touching the antenna. I bent it back up, reassembled the HD2, and restored full bars!!
I think the contact was flattened when I dropped my phone.
Trust me, it's a very simple fix. I'll start a thread with instruction and and pictures if anyone wants it. There's an HD2 disassembly video and pictures available here: http://m.pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked . You only need to take off the back 4 screws and pry off the back with a flat plastic stick .
I'm writing this now on my HD2 connected by T-Mobile whete previously I had no signal.
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nonpaq said:
I figured out that my bad conectivity issues were caused by hardware problem. I say "were" because I fixed it.
It's a bad antenna connection. I realized I had a similar signal problems on my touch pro, caused by the main board contacts not touching the antenna pads on the back cover. I found pictures of a disassembled HD2 here on XDA and saw the same design. I removed the back of my HD2 and sure enough one of the contacts was bent low and not touching the antenna. I bent it back up, reassembled the HD2, and restored full bars!!
I think the contact was flattened when I dropped my phone.
Trust me, it's a very simple fix. I'll start a thread with instruction and and pictures if anyone wants it. There's an HD2 disassembly video and pictures available here: http://m.pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked . You only need to take off the back 4 screws and pry off the back with a flat plastic stick .
I'm writing this now on my HD2 connected by T-Mobile whete previously I had no signal.
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nonpaq,
You could have the answer I'm looking for! I've been posting all over the place looking for knowledgeable input on this exact issue (including here on XDA: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15423321&postcount=20).
As I mentioned in that post, after spending countless hours doing software-related troubleshooting to no avail, it occurred to me that there might be an internal problem with the phone. The problem is-- and quite unbelievably, considering all the other numerous resources for this device-- there isn't a whole lot of hard documentation on the HD2 cellular antenna circuitry. There's a bunch on the GPS lead, Bluetooth, WiFi, etc., but nothing on the main radio. The "official" HTC vids referenced above I've watched over a dozen times--nothing in there. All the HD2 tear-down threads with photos inconveniently ignore this part of the hardware. There's even 1 or 2 threads here on XDA in which I discovered someone erroneously labeled as the Antenna a part which is actually the Camera flash circuit.
I had pretty much exhausted everything and was about to give up, but your post could prove to be the light at the end of the tunnel.
So, before I relegate my phone to the recycling heap or sell it for parts, maybe you can journal the steps from your successful antenna "fix" (and some accompanying photos would truly be magnificent). BTW, I don't need fourteen pages of detail, just fleshing out the major points would do...
Not only would you be helping me immensely, but I've found quite a few others here on the boards with the same problem, therefore a lot of people would benefit from this guidance.
Many thanks in advance!

nonpaq said:
I figured out that my bad conectivity issues were caused by hardware problem. I say "were" because I fixed it.
It's a bad antenna connection. I realized I had a similar signal problems on my touch pro, caused by the main board contacts not touching the antenna pads on the back cover. I found pictures of a disassembled HD2 here on XDA and saw the same design. I removed the back of my HD2 and sure enough one of the contacts was bent low and not touching the antenna. I bent it back up, reassembled the HD2, and restored full bars!!
I think the contact was flattened when I dropped my phone.
Trust me, it's a very simple fix. I'll start a thread with instruction and and pictures if anyone wants it. There's an HD2 disassembly video and pictures available here: http://m.pocketnow.com/hardware-1/official-htc-hd2-disassembly-assembly-training-videos-leaked . You only need to take off the back 4 screws and pry off the back with a flat plastic stick .
I'm writing this now on my HD2 connected by T-Mobile whete previously I had no signal.
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I live in Dallas and I have been noticing the same thing for the last few months, thinking it was HyperDroid CM7 or maybe the radio 2.15 but I'm hoping this is what the issue for me is too. Will update and post tonight or over the weekend.

nonpaq
Thanks for all the input. I starting to think its a hardware issue like some have mention. I've change many roms, os and, radio to no avail. So that the only thing it could be, and I have dropped my phone a few times. nonpaq if you could please grace us with a simple tutorial, it would be greatly appreciated.

Bump nonpaq help please

I'm sorry I wasn't following this thread, so I didn't realize there was interest. I am on my phone now so I don't have access to photos to upload. Its actually a very easy fix on the HD2 because this phone is so easy to open. I will look for teardown photos to point out the antenna posts, and baring that I will just redo mine and take photos. Stay tuned.
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OK, I started a new thread to cover in more detail what I did for the hardware fix:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16076515#post16076515

Boosting signal easily

In brief it works.
If you look at Note stuff on ebay like me then perhaps you have seen those signal booster things. Looks like a sticker. Cause it is!
Ok it looks like crap. But I know that putting in an extra antenna could help if its then able to also transmit what it receives. Don't know enough to know for sure...
But for $2.90 I decided to try. It was a small metalic sticker that arrived. Instructions look like they were written 10 years ago for phones with antenna poking out the top.
Having seen teardown pics of the Note I figured out the antenna is on the bottom below the battery. I was at a hilly farm where there is only one tower and positioning is both sensitive and predictable. Perfect for testing.
I put the sticker over the antenna and was surprised to see it dropped the 2 bar HSPA connection to a 2 bar GSM connection. Putting the phone where I could normally get 3 bar HSPA was a 2 bar HSPA. Ok this confirms the sticker does actually affect signal. Now to place it correctly.
The instructions suggest placing behind battery in the same direction as antenna. I don't know if top should face left or right but I put it there.
Signal much better than first test and better than control. Able to get 1 bar in many places which was 0 before.
2 bar HSPA became 3 bar HSPA and 3 bar became often 4 bar :-D
I've ordered some more so I can experiment with orientation and also try multiple stickers.
It was worth $3 !!!

Measure dBm for us please

Could you give us a link to which one you bought and also some pics of where you installed it
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Measure dBm for us please
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Agreed, without that info I'm skeptical. I use an app called PhoneInfo for this.

Wow, welcome to 2001!!
I thought this cell sticker booster scam died a decade ago? No?

sounds like esoteric BS...
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I remember this when I was a teen with my first Nokia
GALAXY NOTE

intruda119 said:
I remember this when I was a teen with my first Nokia
GALAXY NOTE
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Lol me too... me too... I'd wanna see the readings before I get too excited not that my coverage is horrible it'd be nice to get a bit more of a signal boost everyone and a while.
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PurpleMelbourne said:
In brief it works.
If you look at Note stuff on ebay like me then perhaps you have seen those signal booster things. Looks like a sticker. Cause it is!
Ok it looks like crap. But I know that putting in an extra antenna could help if its then able to also transmit what it receives. Don't know enough to know for sure...
But for $2.90 I decided to try. It was a small metalic sticker that arrived. Instructions look like they were written 10 years ago for phones with antenna poking out the top.
Having seen teardown pics of the Note I figured out the antenna is on the bottom below the battery. I was at a hilly farm where there is only one tower and positioning is both sensitive and predictable. Perfect for testing.
I put the sticker over the antenna and was surprised to see it dropped the 2 bar HSPA connection to a 2 bar GSM connection. Putting the phone where I could normally get 3 bar HSPA was a 2 bar HSPA. Ok this confirms the sticker does actually affect signal. Now to place it correctly.
The instructions suggest placing behind battery in the same direction as antenna. I don't know if top should face left or right but I put it there.
Signal much better than first test and better than control. Able to get 1 bar in many places which was 0 before.
2 bar HSPA became 3 bar HSPA and 3 bar became often 4 bar :-D
I've ordered some more so I can experiment with orientation and also try multiple stickers.
It was worth $3 !!!
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plz post pics when you are finished with testing so we can see exactly where you put the sticker.
I bought one of these myself. from the tutorials Ive seen its seems that it must be placed on the antenna itself. & Notes antenna is placed inside the back case, so it has to be opened by unscrewing all those philips screws inside.

how about a link so we could all have a look??!!cheers!
edit: i just bought 3 for 1.55 pounds. almost 2 beers fot them.i'm just curious.i will leave a feedback when i get them.
here is one link :http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Mobile-...&otn=5&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=5949792537997759965

jvc.silence said:
how about a link so we could all have a look??!!cheers!
edit: i just bought 3 for 1.55 pounds. almost 2 beers fot them.i'm just curious.i will leave a feedback when i get them.
here is one link :http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/3-Mobile-...&otn=5&po=LVI&ps=63&clkid=5949792537997759965
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haha that's funny! I got a pack of 25 of those for like 10 euros about 5 years ago. I still have them around in some box. I guess I'll try it some time

measurements with and without please

I'm pretty sure that if you could boost your signal this easily and cheaply then phone manufacturers would just put them in the phone in the first place!

Allow good ol' Jade to bless you with his gospel of sensibility and reason:
It's snake oil folks.
Think about it... I have seen and used these little stickers in the past before, back in the old days. Supposedly they work using harmonic resonance attenuation. However, even if you make the signal appear to be stronger, you have to remember that there is a very big difference between signal strength and signal quality. A strong signal doesn't automatically mean a good signal. If anything, the little thing is creating signal interference which will hurt your overall performance, despite the extra bars.
Besides all of what I just said, don't you think that, if it's so cheap and it improves signal performance so well, Samsung would have included it in its original design?
Go buy a cheap beer with your $3. It'll be better, trust me.

^ Agree
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I stuck on on my Willie and guess what?
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I'd be curious to see if there is/was a way to boost the antenna signal. Kind of like how you can on wireless routers with modded firmwares.

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Agreed, without that info I'm skeptical. I use an app called PhoneInfo for this.
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I'll install that and give it a go later in the week when I'm back on the farm. I've ordered more of these stickers. If the new ones arrive in time then I'll happily do before and after dB measurements.
Here is someone selling 5 on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-x-Cell...Accessories&hash=item3cc148e1aa#ht_2266wt_745

Please... The least you could do before promoting crap is Google it. This has been proved wrong so many times in so many occasions over the years.
http://www.andybrain.com/2005/cellphone-antenna-booster-sticker-test-and-analysis/
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PurpleMelbourne said:
I'll install that and give it a go later in the week when I'm back on the farm. I've ordered more of these stickers. If the new ones arrive in time then I'll happily do before and after dB measurements.
Here is someone selling 5 on ebay:
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/5-x-Cell...Accessories&hash=item3cc148e1aa#ht_2266wt_745
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take my apologies in advance, but may you be interested in my new "dr.tml's new lifetime enhancer" as well?
this sticker (genuinely invented by me) will boost your life expectation at least by a few % by absorbing, amplifying and sending your bio energy back to you! especially usefull if you have some sort of disease...
i'll sell this "dr.tml" stickers for USD 10 pp, cash in advance!
if anyone is interested please let me know, i'll be more than happy to deliver!
ps.: soon i will have also the "dr.tml's new lifetime enhancer V2 ultra" ready!
the advantage of this ultra new sticker would be that it could separate between good and bad bioenergy, and thus only reflect the good-one to you! stay tuned...

[Q] nexus 7 WiFi problem

As I was walking my nexus 7 slipped out of my hand and fell on the floor. A couple of minutes later I tried to turn on WiFi, but it couldn't get a strong signal. However if I'm close to the router it connects. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

You probably only need to pop the back off, make sure it's not full of grit and fluff, and put it back on again.
Just run your thumbnail around under the back bezel, starting from the middle of a long edge - knives or screwdrivers won't do the plastic any good. Try to avoid touching components and contacts once you have it open. Static won't do the components any good, and fingerprints aren't great on spring contacts.
The cover will easily clip back on with gentle pressure at the edges.

Fuzzra said:
You probably only need to pop the back off, make sure it's not full of grit and fluff, and put it back on again.
Just run your thumbnail around under the back bezel, starting from the middle of a long edge - knives or screwdrivers won't do the plastic any good. Try to avoid touching components and contacts once you have it open. Static won't do the components any good, and fingerprints aren't great on spring contacts.
The cover will easily clip back on with gentle pressure at the edges.
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I did..but it didn't help :/

kittymoonstah said:
I did..but it didn't help :/
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I FIXED IT! I FIXED IT! Thanks anyway for trying to help

Out of interest, how did you fix it?
It's always good to put your solution at the end just in case somebody find the thread two years from now and it helps them. Also, I'm terribly nosy and like collecting fixes in my brain.

Fuzzra said:
Out of interest, how did you fix it?
It's always good to put your solution at the end just in case somebody find the thread two years from now and it helps them. Also, I'm terribly nosy and like collecting fixes in my brain.
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Well.. I'll try to explain it. It's rather simple. When you see the nexus 7 without its lid, search for the two little gold raised up thingies that connect with two little plates on the inside of the lid itself. I just raised them a little bit with my finger so that they could have better contact with the plates. Then just close it and voila. Im sorry for not being all technical with you xD

kittymoonstah said:
Well.. I'll try to explain it. It's rather simple. When you see the nexus 7 without its lid, search for the two little gold raised up thingies that connect with two little plates on the inside of the lid itself. I just raised them a little bit with my finger so that they could have better contact with the plates. Then just close it and voila. Im sorry for not being all technical with you xD
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Interesting. Do any of these spring contacts have anything to do with wifi signal strength?
I own 2 first gen nexus7 stock kitkat never rooted... Both suffer from wifi authorization issues and signal drops..
I just grabed one after reading this, its wifi as usual was not connected. I popped the back off and adjusted all the contact springs. I think there was 6 or 8 of them.. Anyway i got wifi connection right away.. A fluke? Or do any of these springs and the back cover effect wifi?

TKG26 said:
Interesting. Do any of these spring contacts have anything to do with wifi signal strength?
I own 2 first gen nexus7 stock kitkat never rooted... Both suffer from wifi authorization issues and signal drops..
I just grabed one after reading this, its wifi as usual was not connected. I popped the back off and adjusted all the contact springs. I think there was 6 or 8 of them.. Anyway i got wifi connection right away.. A fluke? Or do any of these springs and the back cover effect wifi?
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Sorry for this late reply. When I fiddled around with it there were only 2 springs.. :/

No . Problem either way my problem came back.
The fix came from setting up a different security option on the router.
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