Hey,
So I had my screen replaced from a shop up in Vaughan Ontario which they did a pretty good job however when I got home I relised that I had really poor connection to my main wifi router. I take about 5 steps away and it disconnects. I also have a wireless access point at the back of the house that my phone cannot even see so it switches to LTE. My screen was cracked for a week before I took it in and my wifi was working normally.
I took it back to the shop today and they had a look at it for an hour, a couple hotspots popped up but at max were 50%. They told me to make sure the plastic backing was seated properly?? I went back home and same issues. So I emailed them stating they need to resolve this. I dont even know when I can make it back since im somewhat out of the area and I was doing this on my days off. I also attached these pics to show the difference on my phone and my mothers phone.
Main Wifi - Konowaluk
Access Point - Eurotrash
My Mothers is the telus Moto
Sorry for the pic size.
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Anyone have an ideas or just some input on this issue?
try factory wiping from recovery.
bablu048 said:
try factory wiping from recovery.
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You mean booting into recovery?
This device is still locked and completely stock I have no type of recovery on here, just says no command.
biggyk said:
Hey,
So I had my screen replaced from a shop up in Vaughan Ontario which they did a pretty good job however when I got home I relised that I had really poor connection to my main wifi router. I take about 5 steps away and it disconnects. I also have a wireless access point at the back of the house that my phone cannot even see so it switches to LTE. My screen was cracked for a week before I took it in and my wifi was working normally.
I took it back to the shop today and they had a look at it for an hour, a couple hotspots popped up but at max were 50%. They told me to make sure the plastic backing was seated properly?? I went back home and same issues. So I emailed them stating they need to resolve this. I dont even know when I can make it back since im somewhat out of the area and I was doing this on my days off. I also attached these pics to show the difference on my phone and my mothers phone.
Main Wifi - Konowaluk
Access Point - Eurotrash
My Mothers is the telus Moto
Sorry for the pic size.
Anyone have an ideas or just some input on this issue?
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I haven't taken my Moto X Play apart but it sure sounds like they didn't seat a ribbon connector or the actual main board has been dislodged in the housing. I used to have a Moto Atrix HD and there were mods to put a bigger battery in that was miniscule thicker but it was just enough to sometimes screw up the internal antennas from making a good contact from the main board to the housing.
It sure does suck for you though, as your going to have to pursue them for a fix.
Hopefully they will stand behind their workmanship and not give you grief over this. Good luck in getting it sorted out.
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Well I confirmed at work that my phone cannot find any of my work wifi spots which is a big issue so I told them I'm dropping it off tomorrow. They told me to make the plastic back is seated properly and x play does not have a wifi antenna. Is this true? I told them I don't know what a plastic back has to do with a wifi signal.
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Of course it has. Just remove the plastic back and you will see a few metal strips riveted to the frame. These are antennas. If they disconnected one while taking the device apart it's likely the forgot to connect it again properly.
Every device offering WiFi has antennas even if you don't see them. Antennas can be invisible or part of the exterior design. Google antennagate.
Tell them to fix it. The Moto X is screwed not glued so no big deal for them.
dreinulldrei said:
Of course it has. Just remove the plastic back and you will see a few metal strips riveted to the frame. These are antennas. If they disconnected one while taking the device apart it's likely the forgot to connect it again properly.
Every device offering WiFi has antennas even if you don't see them. Antennas can be invisible or part of the exterior design. Google antennagate.
Tell them to fix it. The Moto X is screwed not glued so no big deal for them.
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Well thats what im thinking, so I actually email and told them that. Will drop it off tomorrow and pick it up Friday afternoon. Should give them enough time to figure it out. If not im tempted to take it somewhere else and flip them the bill.
They couldn't figure out what the problem was so I lucked out and through their partner they were able to swap me with a new device. So in the end I'm a happy man.
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Hello I have the same problem here, mine X play is the XT1563 and the screen was replaced and now I am almost without wifi, it only connects if I place the phone about 5 cm of the router.
I even buyed a new backseat cover with a new antenna and nothing.
Looking better I found that one of the metal covers in the motherboard is smashed, maybe there are components in short circuit?
try doing network reset?
pijes said:
try doing network reset?
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I tryed installing TWRP, and I think I erased the data and installed Android 7, and same thing only works about 5cm from the router, how can I make a network reset?
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I have the same problem. If I place the phone right next to the router, I can get a signal.
Can anyone point out which is the wifi antenna? I have opened up the phone, but can't figure out which is the wifi antenna connections. I checked out a few youtube videos on screen replacement. But none seem to talk in detail about the wifi antennas.
Edit1: In my case, the phone belongs to a relative. I ordered the replacement screen from ebay and she had some phone repair shop do the replacement. After she noticed the poor wifi. When she reached out to the phone repair shop, they gave her some BS that the new screen is not from original manufacturer or something like that. This is when I started searching on the web and came to this thread.
Edit2: My case is a bit more complicated. It looks like the guys who tried to replace the screen did a really shoddy job. Looks like they might have done some bit of soldering, because they likely twisted some connections or broke something. Attaching some pictures. They had absolutely no clue what they were doing. But incredibly the phone mostly works. Except for wifi everything else works.
Thanks,
Vishnu Rao.
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I've found many threads on issues with the back speaker... but not the front
I think I've damaged it by poking a screwdriver into the gap at the top of the face of the phone; between the two LED's. When I take a call it sounds very weird and roboty and crackly.
(I was trying to clean the phone without opening it...but then I had to anyway)
I also seem to have very poor reception since opening the phone; could I have misplaced/unaligned something?
thanks
aameerp said:
I've found many threads on issues with the back speaker... but not the front
I think I've damaged it by poking a screwdriver into the gap at the top of the face of the phone; between the two LED's. When I take a call it sounds very weird and roboty and crackly.
(I was trying to clean the phone without opening it...but then I had to anyway)
I also seem to have very poor reception since opening the phone; could I have misplaced/unaligned something?
thanks
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I suspect you just need to tweak out the front speaker contacts so they more firmly contact the mother board (fairly common problem):
see here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=283490
and curiously your other thread – the springy speaker contacts can be seen in the photo!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=1487822#post1487822
Mike
Just tried this, it doesn't seem to have worked, I'll try again in a few hours; I'll extend slightly less. Maybe I damaged it, pierced it etc. (the speaker)
What seems to be very worrying also is the poor reception; I'll try other networks and see.
Oh, the Internet Explorer button works now though.
Thank you very much for this.
Would this speaker off ebay do the trick:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=170141244842&fromMakeTrack=true&ssPageName=VIP:watchlink:middle:uk
aameerp said:
Just tried this, it doesn't seem to have worked, I'll try again in a few hours; I'll extend slightly less. Maybe I damaged it, pierced it etc. (the speaker)
What seems to be very worrying also is the poor reception; I'll try other networks and see.
Oh, the Internet Explorer button works now though.
Thank you very much for this.
Would this speaker off ebay do the trick:
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/MOTOROLA-L7-R...ryZ50331QQrdZ1QQssPageNameZWD1VQQcmdZViewItem
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That certainly looks like the Motorola one that is reported to work as a replacement. From the picture it looks as though you'd have to bend the contacts around a bit. At least it's fairly cheap - but if you're getting it I'd do it right away - they only have four in stock and many people will see your link here!)
A thought occurs to me though from what you say. If reception is poor, is it not possible that the poor sound quality is due to the poor signal?
Might be as well to check the aerial connection is seating properly:
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It's that gold bar top left and it sits into the gold connector.
Mike
thank you, I'll give that a go later, the signal probelm was only after I opened the device up due to the speaker problem.
I've just bought the item off ebay and I'll let you know how I get on.
Got speaker this morning; it was damaged-1 pin missing
waiting for reply from seller
Regarding the reception proble, after a decent few days, its got much worse, so mush so call are dropped, the gold pins etc. are ok? should i get a reception booster?
also i have a little rubber button-like thing out of the device, but do not know what its for, i've attached a pretty crap pic (sorry). Its soft rubber, flexible, black, really small-less than half the size of the microSD, from atop it looks rectangular, but there is also a rectangular elevation. from belowm there is a slight indentation, and on the front face there is a slit. any ideas?
aameerp said:
Regarding the reception proble, after a decent few days, its got much worse, so mush so call are dropped, the gold pins etc. are ok? should i get a reception booster?
also i have a little rubber button-like thing out of the device, but do not know what its for, i've attached a pretty crap pic (sorry). Its soft rubber, flexible, black, really small-less than half the size of the microSD, from atop it looks rectangular, but there is also a rectangular elevation. from belowm there is a slight indentation, and on the front face there is a slit. any ideas?
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Not sure what's up with your GSM radio.
The black part is the microphone cover from bottom end of motherboard.
Mike
cheers, maybe it was a network fault.
fitted the speaker off ebay, wouldn't say its great, but it does the job-maybe its poor quality speaker, maybe its the device, I don't know. The service off the eBay seller was great though; after initially recieving a faulty recieved unit I was quickly sent a replacement at no additional cost.
The poor reception issue was peculiar, it got to a point when at times it said sim card missing; that's when it became obvious. The silver clips which hold the sim card were loose and the sim card able to move easily-tightened them by pushing inward slightly and solved the problem.
Thanks very much for your help Mike.
aameerp said:
fitted the speaker off ebay, wouldn't say its great, but it does the job-maybe its poor quality speaker, maybe its the device, I don't know. The service off the eBay seller was great though; after initially recieving a faulty recieved unit I was quickly sent a replacement at no additional cost.
The poor reception issue was peculiar, it got to a point when at times it said sim card missing; that's when it became obvious. The silver clips which hold the sim card were loose and the sim card able to move easily-tightened them by pushing inward slightly and solved the problem.
Thanks very much for your help Mike.
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Pleased it's working - even if not 100% perfect
Mike
Beginning of the year my younger brother gave me his replaced HTC Touch from Telus (which I believe is the Vogue - correct me if I'm wrong). I used it for all of 2 weeks before it cracked in my pocket (huge rage moment).
I've got a Sapphire now, so it's cool, but I just found this busted phone. I still boots and I can hear sounds coming from it, but the screen is still toast (of course).
So, is there anything cool or fun or useful I can do with it? I'm not afraid of getting dirty or technical with it.
Here's a picture:
http://twitpic.com/lyjju
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get a new screen?
Is it worth the cost? And where do I get one?
(I post before googling, mostly to get more responses, but off I go...)
I found a couple of replacement parts. I guess the screen for the Vogue and Elf are the same.
Now theres two things here:
OEM LCD Screen Display $50 US
https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-oem-lcd-screen-display-d-01230_238.html
OEM LCD Digitizer/touch screen $20 US
https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-oem-lcd-digitizer-touch-screen-d-01246_238.html
What's the difference? I'm fearful of the second one only being the touch input, and that I'd actually need to replace the screen, which is $50 US (and I'm in Canada - pushes it high enough not to be worth it).
Anyone got a broked model with a working screen they want to send me?
I was hoping I could do something without a screen. Like run a TF2 server or host a file share. (I hope you get the sarcasm)
you could sell it... check ebay for the lcd screen and you might save a little money.
aaziz said:
I found a couple of replacement parts. I guess the screen for the Vogue and Elf are the same.
Now theres two things here:
OEM LCD Screen Display $50 US
https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-oem-lcd-screen-display-d-01230_238.html
OEM LCD Digitizer/touch screen $20 US
https://www.gsm4world.us/htc-touch-oem-lcd-digitizer-touch-screen-d-01246_238.html
What's the difference? I'm fearful of the second one only being the touch input, and that I'd actually need to replace the screen, which is $50 US (and I'm in Canada - pushes it high enough not to be worth it).
Anyone got a broked model with a working screen they want to send me?
I was hoping I could do something without a screen. Like run a TF2 server or host a file share. (I hope you get the sarcasm)
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looks like the cost is more than what the phone is worth now. did you try ebay?
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looks like the cost is more than what the phone is worth now. did you try ebay?
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Yeah, found this: http://cgi.ebay.ca/LCD-Screen-HTC-C...QptZPDA_Accessories?hash=item3a53e3cd35#payId
$35 US, shipping from China. I'll have to do more looking when I'm not in the office and get some time.
can you access the internal memory using active sync? if you can, you can place a .lnk of any program installed on your phone into the /windows/startup/ folder and have it run automatically on boot. trying to think of a program that would be useful without the screen, coming up with blanks right now.
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can you access the internal memory using active sync? if you can, you can place a .lnk of any program installed on your phone into the /windows/startup/ folder and have it run automatically on boot. trying to think of a program that would be useful without the screen, coming up with blanks right now.
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Not sure, I've never done this before. Perhaps I'll try some of that this weekend. It's not really important for me, just something cool to do.
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interesting.. Lol.. I am in Canada looking for a Touch Vogue Cell (doesn't matter what provider as I am pretty sure they are all the same except for Roms and Wifi. )that I can use for parts.. My Touch sensor died, was hoping to get one that was mostly in tact as I can use the touch sensor and the Casing to fix mine.. If you want to be able to do stuff still you can actually, get ActiveSyc working and use My Mobiler and you can do everything you need to through a computer as well.. Is how I do most of my major stuff like txting and settings etc..
Just some random thoughts..
PM ME if you want to talk
I mostly just want to use it as a phone. I've got a Magic from Rogers that work pays for, but my girlfriend's phone is crap. I've seen screens for these things for about $50 around... I may try to take this apart and see if I can get the screen off. If I can, it may be worth a shot.
Are you saying you'd be interested in taking this shell off my hands? I'm pretty sure it's only the screen because I can turn it on and still here things and clicking and whatnot.
continuing on tatnai's thought....I guess you could set it up to act as an ipod shuffle listen to mp3's without a screen. you could have the music link boot from start and set it to be the only thing that runs and bam you have an mp3 player. Also can be used for a paper weight
Note that taking apart the Vogue is hard without the right equipment. You need a fivesided screwdriver (T5) as well as a plastic prying tool. I recently replaced my digitizer and it was fairly easy with these tools (they came with the new digitizer)
If you want a guide to disasembling the vogue, this is what I used.
http://mikechannon.net/PDF%20Manuals/OSeven%27s%20Disassembly%20Guide%20to%20the%20HTC%20Touch%20-%20Elf%20.pdf
Hey, thanks a lot. I'll keep that guide handy. I don't have a plastic tool, but I should be able to make due with some other things around my tool box.
I personally thought my Vogue is one of the easier phones I've disassembled (had to air it out and redo the LCD flex - water damage). You just need a T5 which you've probably got in a screwdriver set somewhere.
Replacing the display itself would be *very* straightforward - disassemble, remove and reinsert one flex cable and two screws, and reassemble. You aren't going to get much out of it without a display, sadly.
As a note, I had the most trouble putting mine together because of the SD card door on the side - try not to let it fall off during disassembly as it's got some rubber tethers that are mildly tricky to put back. It's not exactly a disaster if it comes off though - it took me maybe 30 seconds. Was frustrating though.
Should be good as a card reader, microSD of course.
Get a big enough microSD card and it's a portable drive...slow and there're cheaper and/or faster alternatives...but something to brag about.
I have had the A7 for about 6 weeks and have loved it for the most part.
Especially with the latest 1.4 rom from the magnificent Dexter (thanks dude).
The only issue I have really hated is the weakass wifi signal. Standing 3 meters away from my linksys router I was only getting- 60dmb at best, which is pathetic.
During the first teardown I noticed there is an unused antenna which is taped underneath the mainboard. One of this reserved for future use kind of things. It is almost 5 cm longer than the pitiful white antenna. So of course I changed it to the blue.antenna.
Now I.am getting FULL strength wifi. The signal has improved by- 20dmb easily!
My router is on the 3rd floor and I now set a good.signal even in the basement.
Now I do love this unit!
You can see the white antenna in the Teardown post some other user did.
Just fyi.
I'm going to give this a try tomorrow
[Update]
Just Finished The Swap, Didn't See To Much of a Difference(Weak Cable Connection To My House)
Will Test The Connection At Work Tomorrow, But Did Take Some Pics. Info On dBm.
App I Will Be Using To Monitor My Network: Network Info II
What Was Used:
Torx: T-6
Angled Metal Pick
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Remove The Two Dock Screws:
Then Proceed To Slide Off Back Cover:
This Is The Orignal Set Up:
This Is After The Swap:
Enjoy
Keep me posted on this
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If you use a signal meter like wifi signal widget, you should see a- 20dbm improvement.
Where you keep your right hand while using your A7 makes a big difference as well.
The lower your righthand when in landscape, the less the antenna.is obstructed.
The fix was quick and easy. Some signal improvement was seen right away, but I'm waiting to test it out in other settings. Here at work I'm on the 10th floor of a well-built brick building and I'm been using wifi from a conference room on the 3rd floor. I can just barely use the browser, but the refresh is very slow. Still, an improvement.
does the swap impact battery life?
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How would it? All you are doing is using the longer wire which was previously unused... Its kinda like putting tin foil on your TV antenna.
I would assume that the better wifi signal would improve battery life if anything.
I did see better signal strength when wireless tethering from my Evo, Will test more connections this weekend
Just finished the swap take less than 2 minutes literally. Easiest mod ever!
Easy to do, but didn't help in my case
I use my A7 on my home network and the furthest point in my house is about 100' from my router.
Without the mod I usually can get all 3 bars on the A7 wi-fi indicator to light at the furthest distance. W/ the blue antenna I got 0-1 bar to light. I switched it back to the white antenna and it works much better in my case.
I didn't try it w/ BT, but BT works OK for me w/ the white antenna.
I noticed the same for mine aswell wasn't testing the signal it self just what the a7 told me with the icon and mine was better with the white. Any one know what the real purpose of the blue one is, the future sim card slot??
rombold said:
I noticed the same for mine aswell wasn't testing the signal it self just what the a7 told me with the icon and mine was better with the white. Any one know what the real purpose of the blue one is, the future sim card slot??
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I would suspect that it was there for SIM provisions as the original version of the board was fully set up for GSM. Probably just a relic of the old design.
buy.com advertises the sim card slot, it would be cool if we could just send our a7 to elocity and get the new screen put on it when it comes out dont see why not.
KellRT said:
The only issue I have really hated is the weakass wifi signal. Standing 3 meters away from my linksys router I was only getting- 60dmb at best, which is pathetic.
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I noticed the same issue, so I dug in a little deeper and it turns out that it's the application's fault...or maybe some network apps have issues working correctly with the EA7. Nonetheless, I finally found 1 network application that DOES work with the AE7, and appears to give accurate readouts.
Tha Application is called Network Info II ...and it's free.
www . appbrain . com/app/network-info-ii/aws.apps.networkInfoIi
In this app, once you select WiFi, you will see a refresh button(that works).
Instead of -60 dBm when 10ft from my router, I see -30 dBm to -40dBm...depending how I'm holding it, etc.
Interestingly enough, by using this refresh button, I was finally able to see some differences in signal strength based on the way I was holding the device. For me, it seems like the device prefers to be held on the left or bottom side for the best network performance(usually 5-8dBm stronger signal)...which works out perfectly for a right hander. Also noticed that pointing the back side or right side of the device at the wifi source seemed to improve signal strength...of course individual results may vary...especially since Im pretty sure I'm radioactive, lol.
As soon as I find a microscopic torx, t-4 I think, I will disassemble my device and do some comparison tests with both antennas, and look at possible re-routes of the antenna itself, which might improve wifi performance even more.
rombold said:
buy.com advertises the sim card slot, it would be cool if we could just send our a7 to elocity and get the new screen put on it when it comes out dont see why not.
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Companies are usually not geared for this type of service commitment level. However...after the new device comes out, and the old devices arent in the marketplace, and if your unit is still covered under some warranty, and if your unit "mysteriously" stops working ...your warranty replacement unit will probably be the new one.
I just know they would replace a screen if it breaks why can't they just put the new one in and charge me?
The idea of it all sounds good.
rombold said:
buy.com advertises the sim card slot, it would be cool if we could just send our a7 to elocity and get the new screen put on it when it comes out dont see why not.
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rombold said:
I just know they would replace a screen if it breaks why can't they just put the new one in and charge me?
The idea of it all sounds good.
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Sorry, it is to early in the morning here right now for me to have the motivation to search.
Are you the guy that had the physically broken screen? Or would this be to gain multitouch?
If the reason is the latter, it won't work. If it is that your the guy with the busted screen, I'd tell them to fix it for free. Tell them it's their fault, and that you got frustrated and punched it lol
Nope not me just saying should be able to put different screen in is all.
rombold said:
Nope not me just saying should be able to put different screen in is all.
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For what gain though? I haven't had my coffee and I'm confused lol
EDIT: 30/1/2012.
Just a follow up on this fix. Well, got sick of constantly having to replace the tape under the battery cover. Over time it flattens, so since I now use the S2 as my daily phone I decided to open it up.
First I found the GPS connection on the motherboard. It connects to / touches a small metal piece on the inside of the rear housing. It's like a U shaped connector so I decided to lift it up with my fingernail.
For a little while it worked great but the problem returned. So I decided to open it up again and lift the connector even higher. Unfortunately I broke it leaving only a flat bottom metal piece on the motherboard side. There was now no way for the 2 pieces to touch so I screwed it completely.
So I then decided to solder a small bit on the rear housing side. I did that and put it back together. Ever since then the GPS has truely been 100% fixed. It hasn't missed a beat over the last 3 or so months of trying.
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NOTE: This is a hardware fix for those whose GPS is completely busted (NO sat views & lock). It is NOT a fix to improve tracking or lock or make an already working GPS better.
After flashing every modem, fw and kernal version I had completely given up on my galaxy s GPS. It had to be a hardware fault.
Back when I first got it, it was OK but a few months later became useless. This fix is hardware related and takes only minutes to diagnose and fix.
It's also probably more useful for pre-October models (i9000 international) which had this fault.
I do not take credit for finding out the fix. Credit for that goes to member 'allottios' (who heard about it from 'cbdrift') for bringing it to my attention on another forum topic.
The fix is simple. Remove the back cover and to the right of the speaker is the GPS antenna. It is covered by what looks like some sort of soft plastic tape.
Now open a GPS test app and then apply light pressure to the very top of the antenna with your finger. NOT the middle or bottom - that makes it worse.
If, like me your GPS shows instant improvement then you have just worked out your problem.
Simply attach a small piece of double sided tape or similar to the top of the antenna so that when you put the back cover on again their is pressure on that spot.
Hope you get the same results I did.
Edit: PICS ADDED: 1ST PIC - AT THE TOP RIGHT CORNER, YOU CAN SEE A WHITE STRIP WHICH IS THE DOUBLE-SIDED TAPE I ATTACHED TO THE TOP OF THE GPS ANTENNA. I DID NOT PEEL THE TOP LAYER FROM THE TAPE SO IT WOULDN'T STICK TO THE BACK COVER.
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Edit (03/05) - If this fix doesn't help, you may also want to try out another fix posted by 'stockie78' (post 209).
There is also a link below for more detail, including pics for this fix.
It is not as simple as the above fix and it involves removing the housing. I have not tried / tested this myself and am not responsible if you break your phone.
"stockie78
Unfortunately the g-spot trick did not work for me, so I decided to look a little closer and removed the plastic housing.
Another guy installed on the metal thingys there a cable and I did some test, too. Again no improvement with different cables and lengths.
But while fiddling around with the metal connector I thought maybe lifting it could help and indeed this was the trick for me. Improved my gps dramatically!
So instead of something pushing the antenna tighter, the metal connector now pushes harder and improves the signal quality.
Maybe a solution for some of you too..."
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878970
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I can confirm that this works for me! Got a lock in two seconds and the arrow followed my path perfectly while I was on the bus, a feat that seemed impossible before! Thanks a million!
If I let go of the antenna the gps loses it signal straight away..
Seriously this deserves a bump! Got a lock on 12 Satellites(!) when putting pressure on the top of the antenna and lost it as soon as I let go.
I`m seriously impressed. Tested on Sygic Aura, iGo and CoPilot and they localyze me immediatly !!!! THANKS A LOT !!!!!
Tried on my SGS and can't honestly see and difference
I did something similar a while back by taking the phone appart to access the interior parts of the phone. I then bent the connector for the GPS up so that more pressure would be applied. It worked great at first then started to get worse after some time. I'm guessing this is because the connector reverted back to its original position (kind of like an elastic).
I suppose this is a similar trick, but instead of applying more pressure from the connector, it does it from the cover. I'll try to get hold of some tape to try this.
By the way I have a Galaxy S from July, and GPS sucks badly on mine.
Need detailed pictures!
Hope it works!!
THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!!
My jam just dropped. I just got gps lock within seconds... in my living room, where I had occasionally one sat in sight.
Just applied a small piece of that blue sticky stuff on the very top of the gps antenna and voilà. Cover on and lock is a go go.
Thanks for sharing this
nice one! locked 12 sats after 5 secs!
so a small tape should do the trick eh?
Getting a lock as soon as I start GPS Test! No more jumping around in Google Maps either! This is THE best fix for the SGS yet! Finally I'll be able to use my phone as my primary GPS navigator!
Is it possible for someone to post picture of area that needs to be pushed! Thanks!!!
Toss3 said:
Getting a lock as soon as I start GPS Test! No more jumping around in Google Maps either! This is THE best fix for the SGS yet! Finally I'll be able to use my phone as my primary GPS navigator!
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same here too, wtf if i knew that before ... i would not have so many gray hairs
thanks for sharing
p.s.: connection stays good without any further pressure here, put the cover on again, gps still great
I can't believe this all these months, kernels modem and all kind of fixes and the solution is a duct tape, wow!
Thanks works for me!
Asterix040 said:
Is it possible for someone to post picture of area that needs to be pushed! Thanks!!!
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You should see an elongated rectangle shape on the rightmost part of your phone after removing the back cover(just to the right of your speaker and sim card) - just apply some pressure on the top part(for me it takes a fair bit for it to work) and voila you're done. I'll try to post pics soon!
Second pic taken while indoors on a cloudy day!
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I can't believe this all these months, kernels modem and all kind of fixes and the solution is a duck tape, wow!
Thanks works for me!
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Not Duck. Duct, like air duct ; )
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You should see an elongated rectangle shape on the rightmost part of your phone after removing the back cover(just to the right of your speaker and sim card) - just apply some pressure on the top part(for me it takes a fair bit for it to work) and voila you're done. I'll try to post pics soon!
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That would be most appriciated. I'am visual person!
This actually works!!! I bought the galaxy s back in july and the last few months I have been unable to get a gps fix no matter what I tried! After reading this thread I went outside and pushed the top of the antenna. In a few seconds i got 5 meter accuracy and 8 satellites in use! Now I have to find a way to keep the antenna pressed! Thanks a million for the tip!
Samsung should buy you more than one beer!
How much money did they spent to fix that issue?
Thanks man!
This must be the sweet spot?
Edit: ops, to late ; )
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Well guys, I would like to try it, but my display seems to stop working as I remove the back cover?! Anyone has same issue? What could be wrong?
With backplate cover on, everything works just fine, but without....black screen. Although that phone seems to be responding
Last night i left my phone in working condition but today when i woke up in the morning and turned it on, it started to open up apps automatically and began to touch anywhere it want despite where i wanted to touch. I restarted it 2,3 times and it worked fine. Then when i tried to turn it on through Knock on, it wont turn on. It turns off pretty well but dont turn on. I backed up all my data and did a factory reset but i still got that problem. Please help me out with this issue. Is it hardware or software i cant figure it out. I searched online and one of thread mentioned about testing screen so i tested it through QuickMemo and found out that a little strip was unresponsive(maybe this is the reason of Knock on failure). Again i am not sure if its a hardware or software issue. Please tell me if it can be sorted out through software way. Your help is really appreciated !!
P.S. QuickMemo image is also attached below
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Amlish said:
Last night i left my phone in working condition but today when i woke up in the morning and turned it on, it started to open up apps automatically and began to touch anywhere it want despite where i wanted to touch. I restarted it 2,3 times and it worked fine. Then when i tried to turn it on through Knock on, it wont turn on. It turns off pretty well but dont turn on. I backed up all my data and did a factory reset but i still got that problem. Please help me out with this issue. Is it hardware or software i cant figure it out. I searched online and one of thread mentioned about testing screen so i tested it through QuickMemo and found out that a little strip was unresponsive(maybe this is the reason of Knock on failure). Again i am not sure if its a hardware or software issue. Please tell me if it can be sorted out through software way. Your help is really appreciated !!
P.S. QuickMemo image is also attached below
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I wish I could help more, but I'm only guessing. From your Photo, it does appear to be a hardware issue, but if you don't mind going through it all, you might try doing a Hard Reset (AGAIN, sorry..) and see if that fixes it. It's very possible that a Hard Reset will cure the problem. Only thing is you will loose all of your data, so be sure to back it up and restore it.
I know that's a long process, but it would help you figure out if you need to send it in for repair or not. Also, likely LG would have you do the Hard Reset as part of their diagnostics before they had you send it in to them anyways.
You can also use THIS METHOD to return to stock and see if that clears the problem. If you still have that strip that does not respond, then it's likely a hardware issue.
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I wish I could help more, but I'm only guessing. From your Photo, it does appear to be a hardware issue, but if you don't mind going through it all, you might try doing a Hard Reset (AGAIN, sorry..) and see if that fixes it. It's very possible that a Hard Reset will cure the problem. Only thing is you will loose all of your data, so be sure to back it up and restore it.
I know that's a long process, but it would help you figure out if you need to send it in for repair or not. Also, likely LG would have you do the Hard Reset as part of their diagnostics before they had you send it in to them anyways.
You can also use THIS METHOD to return to stock and see if that clears the problem. If you still have that strip that does not respond, then it's likely a hardware issue.
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Thanks a lot. I went through diffrent threads and found out that many of LG users had this specific issue and they call it "Ghost Touch". Many of the users recommended their own techniques some of them were really weird. like one guy told to electricate the screen using a little thingi that comes out of a cigarette lighter (i know, weird) but many were claiming that it worked (again, shocked). Some of people told to open up the phone's back and place a two sided tape on LCD connector(yet again many of them claimed that it has worked well for them). But being a technical person i dont believe in these weird and illogical methods. What do u suggest? should i try one of these or not?
P.S. I am from Pakistan and you can't claim warranty to LG from Pakistan so sending my phone to LG for a repair is off the books
another thing.... i am running Lollipop FOTA at the moment. Will the hard reset also change the version to the stock version that came out of box? i.e JB
Amlish said:
Thanks a lot. I went through diffrent threads and found out that many of LG users had this specific issue and they call it "Ghost Touch". Many of the users recommended their own techniques some of them were really weird. like one guy told to electricate the screen using a little thingi that comes out of a cigarette lighter (i know, weird) but many were claiming that it worked (again, shocked). Some of people told to open up the phone's back and place a two sided tape on LCD connector(yet again many of them claimed that it has worked well for them). But being a technical person i dont believe in these weird and illogical methods. What do u suggest? should i try one of these or not?
P.S. I am from Pakistan and you can't claim warranty to LG from Pakistan so sending my phone to LG for a repair is off the books
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Both of these MIGHT work. I personally would not shock my phone to try to fix it though. The tape thing might work because over time, the connections inside the phone can become loose. The tape is simply pressing the connections tighter. I have had this issue on laptops, and it might relate to your problem, IF it is a hardware issue.
Amlish said:
another thing.... i am running Lollipop FOTA at the moment. Will the hard reset also change the version to the stock version that came out of box? i.e JB
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If you Hard Reset, it will reset to the current version installed on your phone. So, if you've used FOTA to update, you will refresh back to the FOTA version you have updated to, not back to the original stock version when phone was new.
SuperSport said:
Both of these MIGHT work. I personally would not shock my phone to try to fix it though. The tape thing might work because over time, the connections inside the phone can become loose. The tape is simply pressing the connections tighter. I have had this issue on laptops, and it might relate to your problem, IF it is a hardware issue.
If you Hard Reset, it will reset to the current version installed on your phone. So, if you've used FOTA to update, you will refresh back to the FOTA version you have updated to, not back to the original stock version when phone was new.
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hello
so finally i did the hard reset
unfortunately did not work out well and the problem still persists.
Now do u suggest to try that tape thing?? If yes then please do give me any tutorial etc to do that(if possible). This would be of great help
thanks in advance !!
*Dial 3845#*802# > setting > update touch firmware
Hope it will work for you
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Amlish said:
hello
so finally i did the hard reset
unfortunately did not work out well and the problem still persists.
Now do u suggest to try that tape thing?? If yes then please do give me any tutorial etc to do that(if possible). This would be of great help
thanks in advance !!
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What I'm guessing they mean by the tape thing is finding the spot where the connection is not good, and using a piece of tape to put pressure on the connection when the back is placed back on. I don't have any way of knowing where that spot is. If it were my phone, I'd open it up and start putting light pressure on different spots to see if the screen starts working right. If/When you find the spot, place a small piece of tape that will apply pressure there when the back is placed back.
SuperSport said:
What I'm guessing they mean by the tape thing is finding the spot where the connection is not good, and using a piece of tape to put pressure on the connection when the back is placed back on. I don't have any way of knowing where that spot is. If it were my phone, I'd open it up and start putting light pressure on different spots to see if the screen starts working right. If/When you find the spot, place a small piece of tape that will apply pressure there when the back is placed back.
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thanks again