Hi guys, I got this phone just one week ago. I was amazing at first sight, but I found a problem on the connection data. Every time the phone is full surrounded by hand, I mean the back cover is in contact with the skin on my hand, the connection power decrease quickly.
Did anyone get this problem?
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My Magician lost the signal all of a sudden, after one year use without the slightest problem. (I bought it used, so the item should about 3-4 years old)
I tried with another SIM-card as well, but it did not make any difference.
Battery is not too old and I did not drop the magician or did any other harm to it...
Searching the forum did not bring me to close to a known issue, so I opened this new thread.
Thanks for all your input!!
wolf31 said:
Battery is not too old...
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Exactly how old is your battery? On the average, a battery will last about 1.5 years and it depends on how often it is charged and also if the device is left in very hot places like inside a car. Does it also loose signal when the device is plugged-in to its charger or USB?
Battery is just 6 months.
I disassambled the Magician completely, cleaned everything, took out the display gasket to get rid of the calibration problem and now it seems to work again.
Thanks
The same troubles
Hi,
I experiencing similar troubles. After 2 year w/o problems suddenly it started to loose signal. No problem w/batery. Mostly I'm loosing signal after call, sometimes during a call, sometimes lost complete signal for an hours. Hard reset didn't helped. I'm using Vodafone in Czech. All other home phones have a perfect signal.
Does anybody have idea what can cause it?
Thanks.
Im also having a similar problem here in Australia. i had an Imate Jam, worked fine for a year. The reception died. i then bought a XDA ii mini and after a year have encountered the same problem. never get reception.
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...
My friend has recently started having problems with his G2. The problem is that the screen goes gray (you know, like old tv's when they didnt have any signal) when waking the phone up and couple of smacks against the wall seems to fix the problem mostly. The interesting thing is that the phone works perfectly while the screen is gray, he connected it to his laptop and was able to use it with somekinda program. But this is getting really annoying because its happening more and more often. What could be the problem? Broken screen, bad connection? Any help will be appreciated.
I have also been having this issue recently with my G2. I disassembled the phone and tried re-seating the video connectors. The phone did not exhibit the behavior for the remainder of that day, which was nice... but it started doing it again the next morning. My guess is the connectors are working themselves loose over time. Anybody have a suggestion on how to make the connections a little more stable?
Hello friends,
I have a i9500 which is exactly 2 years old and - with this age - ran out of warranty here in Thailand already.
A while ago, from one day to another, my Bluetooth reception dropped dramatically. It was not a slow process of decreasing reception. It was one day ok and the next day very bad.
Usually, you have a range of let's say 5 to 6 meters when you connect to a (in my case) Bluetooth headset. Suddenly, the range dropped to 30 centimeter! Then I realized that the WiFi range also decreased.
So, what to do? First, I changed ROMs, but nothing helped. I did factory reset, wiping, and so on. Nothing helped. I checked the internet and didn't really find answers. One blog talked about faulty Bluetooth chips. So, I went to the Samsung service center. But they only wanted to replace the motherboard which should have cost me around 5300Thai baht, which is around 150Euro or 175USD. Regarding the age of the phone, that was a no go.
So I started to check for a new phone. But somehow, I didn't want to accept that I don't have a choice. Besides that I am on a tight budget, I wanted to find out what is really the reason for this.
Suddenly I ran into a blog which showed some components of the S4 and that the Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antenna(s) are packed under a flap after you remove the back cover. It says something about cleaning the antenna under the flap as a last resort. So....I thought... Bluetooth, Wi-Fi. Sounds like my problem. As I don't have the according tools and skills, I took the phone to a small phone shop. First, the guy didn't want to believe that I ask him to clean the antennas, but he agreed though.
I came back 40 minutes later and we checked everything together.
Result: PROBLEM SOLVED
Back at home I made more tests with my Wi-Fi reception and the range of Bluetooth and I have to say: as good as new!
All this cost me only 300Thai Baht = 8Euro = 10USD
So... Before you throw your S4 away or sell it because you have similar problems, try this small surgery.
I hope this helps some of you guys.
Kind regards
Dirk
Guys so I got my G2 since last year or less since I bought it he was losing mobile network reception every 30min.. Lose it then it reconnects itself... It started to annoy me too much so I found some solution on internet to put little pieces of cardboard under the connectors which are located on the back cover of the phone. i done that and it worked till now... Problem appeared again but this time Im out of ideas, I changed pieces of cardboard rearranged them but still it loses signal from time to time and its a big problem for me... I really like this device and its community but I think that I will be forced to sell it if i dont solve this.. I was thinking about buying new back cover but I dont think that would help? Anyone experienced this problem, or if anyone has idea how to solve it permanently please tell me.