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[Q] Wifi Touch of Death

Hi Guys,
So I just picked up my DHD yesterday and I've just encountered a major (I think so) problem with it.
Everytime I hold the phone in my left hand (i'm a righty) my wifi cuts out.
After a bit more investigation I found I could replicate this problem consistently by with just one finger, touching the battery cover just below the + sign.
Do I have a faulty set with poor shielding or are all sets like that??
I've tried to make a (poor quality) video of my problem but I cant link to it here!
Apologies in advance if this issue has already been addressed!

Doesn't seem to do it with mine, is it worth checking the battery is secure?

Same problem, I think it's normal.

Have you still taken a look at the User Guide (at the bottom at page 13 on english user guide!)?
There is described that bluetooth and wifi-antenna are placed under the battery cover. So it's not wondering, that wifi signal-strength decreases if you put your hand on it!
I think it's not a special problem of the DHD!
There's also a youtube-video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L2SB5rQTMyY&feature=related

This was a video I took of mine:
I dont even need to cover the entire batter door, just a finger is enough! And to make things worse, its in a nearly-impossible-to-avoid position.
Could it be that the battery door on my phone is not properly shielded?? I have yet to hear of a phone that lost WIFI reception just because u held it wrong
Anyone else getting this problem??

tortillachips said:
This was a video I took of mine:
I dont even need to cover the entire batter door, just a finger is enough! And to make things worse, its in a nearly-impossible-to-avoid position.
Could it be that the battery door on my phone is not properly shielded?? I have yet to hear of a phone that lost WIFI reception just because u held it wrong
Anyone else getting this problem??
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I'd never noticed it until now, but mine does the same. I don't find it a problem because I have a gel cover on mine to protect it, and this gives enough spacing between my hand and the phone for it not to cause any signal drop-off.

tortillachips said:
This was a video I took of mine:
I dont even need to cover the entire batter door, just a finger is enough! And to make things worse, its in a nearly-impossible-to-avoid position.
Could it be that the battery door on my phone is not properly shielded?? I have yet to hear of a phone that lost WIFI reception just because u held it wrong
Anyone else getting this problem??
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Same problem after I saw your post I got to know why I was getting WiFi issue this is causing lot of problem when u receive calls and signal drops!!
Sent from my Desire HD using XDA App

tortillachips said:
I have yet to hear of a phone that lost WIFI reception just because u held it wrong
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On planet Earth there's this thing called iPhone
An earthling called Steve Jobs would tell you that you're holding it wrong; don't listen to him...

nubicurio said:
On planet Earth there's this thing called iPhone
An earthling called Steve Jobs would tell you that you're holding it wrong; don't listen to him...
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LMAO!!!

tortillachips said:
Anyone else getting this problem??
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Just had to comment since this whole forum is getting out of control.
People complaining about "non-problems"
Speaker phone volume is too low - cant sit in my truck and listening to music
(Never had a phone were I could do this)
Screen angle is bad - Cant flip the phone upside down and read what's on the screen
(What!!! Is that really true!!)
Bad build quality - there is a 0.1 mm gap at the sim cover
(Way the hell are you looking at that side of the phone for?)
and so on....
I can tell you I don't have this problem.
Would never hold my phone in such retarded way!

touch screen not working

So my touch screen hasn't been responsive for the last few days. It's only partially responsive sometimes and not at all others. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it? If not does anyone know if this would count as a manufacturer defect and I fould get it replaced?

For how long have you had it? It should go under warranty.

pak256 said:
So my touch screen hasn't been responsive for the last few days. It's only partially responsive sometimes and not at all others. Has anyone else experienced this or know how to fix it? If not does anyone know if this would count as a manufacturer defect and I fould get it replaced?
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Is your phone overclocked? Or even rooted?
Sent from my HTC Vision using XDA App

I'm having a touchscreen issue too. However it only occurs when keyboard has been flipped out. The entire screen's touch capability does not work, including the touch buttons search, back, menu and home. If you close the screen over the keyboard even a little bit. The touchscreen works perfectly. Even if you then flip it all the way back out again it works, until you close and open it again.
Anyone experienced this? Or have an idea if this should just be replaced under warranty?

novakry said:
I'm having a touchscreen issue too. However it only occurs when keyboard has been flipped out. The entire screen's touch capability does not work, including the touch buttons search, back, menu and home. If you close the screen over the keyboard even a little bit. The touchscreen works perfectly. Even if you then flip it all the way back out again it works, until you close and open it again.
Anyone experienced this? Or have an idea if this should just be replaced under warranty?
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Sounds like a classic case of bad ribbon cable.
If you are under warranty, replace it. If not, it could be something as simple as replacing the cable the connects the two halves of the phone together.

burtcom said:
Sounds like a classic case of bad ribbon cable.
If you are under warranty, replace it. If not, it could be something as simple as replacing the cable the connects the two halves of the phone together.
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Yeah getting it collected tomorrow, is this a common issue with the DZ then?

novakry said:
Yeah getting it collected tomorrow, is this a common issue with the DZ then?
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No, not at all..It might even just be the ribbon lossened from the connector or disconnected..Unless stuff hit the fan, ur phone should be soon back to u..

chris2busy said:
No, not at all..It might even just be the ribbon lossened from the connector or disconnected..Unless stuff hit the fan, ur phone should be soon back to u..
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Been a week now, do you know roughly how long it takes for a HTC repair? Falling back to an old hero isn't great, but at least I have a phone

G sensor problem?

So guys..my phone doesn't respond anymore. It was fine all along until today, I can't press on anything on the screen.
I can only get into clock recovery only, nothing else I can do.
Is there a file that can fix this issue???
Thanks.

It looks to me like a touchscreen issue and not related to G sensor...

same thing happened to me it just suddenly touch is not working cant even unlock the screen but the hard keys still works...
does this mean its the end of flashing on my hd2?
Help please

Definitely NO, just you should replace your touchscreen, somehow a common problem for this future(former) hardware-beast(HD2)

bib*oops said:
Definitely NO, just you should replace your touchscreen, somehow a common problem for this future(former) hardware-beast(HD2)
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thanks...
would it not be hard to find touchscreen parts for HD2 nowadays...

r_i_x said:
thanks...
would it not be hard to find touchscreen parts for HD2 nowadays...
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Not at all, you're right!

[Q] gps issue

After screen replacement gps had stopped working.
First I thought it's a software issue so I flashed stock firmware,and still nothing.
I would like to know where the gps chip is located, and how can I fix it...
TIA

help plz?

shaiws said:
help plz?
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Did you find more information about the GPS?

maybe you should check GPS antenna contaco on the top left corner (viewing the phone with screen down) put it off the back cover and see if the pins are making contact with the antenna on the back cover or not

Elendil_23 said:
Did you find more information about the GPS?
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Yep..
After the screen replacement somehow the anthena of the GPS , wasn't fully connected to the motherboard, so I had to make soldering between them.
That's all.

GPS issue - possible reason?

Hi Folks
I am having severe GPS issues with my S7 edge. It just takes a lot of time to see the satellites and use them for getting a fix. Could any of the following be the reason for this
1. Phone has moved from USA to India
2. Firmware of phone has change from 935V to 935U
3. Display/LCD of phone has been changed as the earlier one was cracked.
Could any of this have caused an issue ?

Folks any ideas, i am going crazy with this GPS issue. Will replacing the antenna help ? I have tried all the software solutions, its just not able to see any satellite or takes a good 2 minutes to even see one satellite (based of app GPS essentials)

deltacharlie said:
Folks any ideas, i am going crazy with this GPS issue. Will replacing the antenna help ? I have tried all the software solutions, its just not able to see any satellite or takes a good 2 minutes to even see one satellite (based of app GPS essentials)
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Sounds like something is blocking the antenna or like you thought it's damaged don't happen to be using a metal case Do you?

No not using any case at all. Looks like i will have to open the back again to see if the antenna is placed properly or probably replace the antenna itself.

deltacharlie said:
No not using any case at all. Looks like i will have to open the back again to see if the antenna is placed properly or probably replace the antenna itself.
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did you solve it??

No it did not work. I opened and checked the antenna and connectivity, but still no GPS.

deltacharlie said:
No it did not work. I opened and checked the antenna and connectivity, but still no GPS.
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ok it's hardware related problem then!
hope you are still under warranty for the repair!!
I just went to Samsung Assistance and they directly ordered a new motherboard because I have had other issues some days ago plus no gps signal.. hope this fixes it entirely!