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8525 - No GSM/GPRS - No Service

Hello-
After dropping my 8525 and cracking the screen, I was able to replace the screen.
I am afraid I also damaged something that may have to do with the internal antenna. After putting the unit back together everything works except that it will not hold a GSM or DATA connection.
It will establish a GSM/DATA connection for a few minutes, drop and then start searching again. Eventually, I get a "No Service" exclamation mark. I have tried setting to GSM only and no 3G, but I get the same issue.
Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
JP
8525

try changing the radio to 1.40 1.41 or 1.43 and see if that helps.. do u hear anything rattling in the phone? did u do the replacement urself or send it out?

Thanks! I will give that a shot and post the outcome. No unusual rattling.
JP

Well...thanks for the tip...unfortunately...same issue. Changed radio to 1.43. Connects for one second and then starts searching all over again.
When I looked at the internal antenna, it "seemed" to be "all together". Anyone know where to get the hermes service manual?
Thanks again! Still open to additional suggestions...
Cheers,
JP

One other interesting tid-bit. I can see the antenna signal strength go from 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 bars before it drops the connection. Don't know if that is relevant?

wondermutt said:
One other interesting tid-bit. I can see the antenna signal strength go from 4 - 3 - 2 - 1 bars before it drops the connection. Don't know if that is relevant?
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A bit of a guess this but. In the following two pictures you see the aerial first connected and then disconnected. Note the short brass rod that locates into a brass clip on the m/board. I am just wondering whether this is not making a good contact. If the aerial circuit adjusts signal strength in relation to the connected aerial it is conceivable that it sends a strong but reducing signal due to the aerial not be attached/good contact at that clip.
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Mike

Hi Mike,
My antenna looks like the first picture. However, I can dismantle and double check the connection. I have become quite agile at taking this thing apart.
Thanks for the insight!
Best,
JP

Wi-fi suddenly extremely weak / not working

The Wifi of my HD2 is all of the sudden barely working. It only gets a signal if it's about an inch away from a router, so in practice it's not really working.
I tried several roms and radios, run task 29, but nothing has had any effect.
Do you have any ideas what has happened? Do you think it is hardware-related?

Have you checked in the WIFI settings,there is an option for best performance or best battery.

Yeah, it doesn't seem to change anything.

maybe uve bent the phone and the antennas/antennas solder pad disconnected

Interesting.. I have been pushing the sides of the (somewhat recently replaced) digitizer pretty hard in an attempt to make it fit perfectly, because the service-people apparently didn't do so. Could this have loosened or disconnected something?
Another possibility is of course that the service-people did something, but they claim that's not possible.

Anyone?
(yea, this is a bump of sorts)

WiFi signal extremely weak
I have the same problem with my HD2. I tried changing ROM and/or Radio but nothing happens. This is not my first HD2, i buy them and then sell them here in my country so it is probably a hardware issue. However this is the first HD2 i got that is apparently manufactured after June of this year, which I think is a new model.
Here is a comparison between the HD2 and a Pure, side by side in the same room. (The router is about 3 meters from the devices)
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Any other one with a problem like this?

yeah, my HD2 has always got weak WiFi signals, while my laptop shows 4 bars, the HD2 only shows 2 bars. But back then, the WiFi is still usable.
but since last week, I kept getting disconnected from the WiFi router when i try to access the internet. No matter how many different ROMs and Radio i try, they are all the same.
I'm starting to wonder if HTC hardware fails after a certain period of usage... hmm...

Phone was prolly damaged during the repair process, take it back and have them replace it

Signal / Reception poor

I'm on my second X8 in two weeks, the first kept losing signal and dropping calls in places where my cheap work phone would show good signal. O2 my provider were very good and swapped it but the new one is exactly the same!
I've done a bit of net searching and found a few folk with similar issues on the X8 but not huge numbers. Anybody here have this problem? found a cure for it?
I think those magnetic things you put under the battery to improve signal are pure snake oil so won't go that route but without a solution I'm going to have to send back the X8 and go for another make. No point having a phone that can't make phone calls.

that is the weird problem..
it's diffence for me, my phone is better signal if compare with other's phone.
in my experience, have you used the battery/energy saver? it could impact the signal i think. more u reduce the signal/battery, more poor the signal u would received..

When I first got this phone, it was fine, reception wasn't a problem. But a month later, my reception is terrible and it's really hard to connect to the internet, I can only do it in certain places. Where as before I could do it anywhere.
I'm worried I might have damaged the 3G aerial when I dropped it that one time.
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I have the same experince like 2 above. The signal is better than on my other phones
So the problem is unique, not common in all X8

It's not a battery issue, I keep the phone well topped up and it even happens when the phone is vehicle mounted on charge. I drive a lot and use the phone a lot, there's an area on one of the routes I take about a mile long where there is no signal at all, the X8 loses reception much sooner and gets it back much later than any other phone I've used (i.e. 2-3 mile area). This makes me think the antenna is not very good or is blocked somehow by the phone body.
It's a shame, I like the phone, I know it's cheap and I was happy to accept slow performance / lack of features but in every respect it works well, it's well built and looks good. I just can't trust it not to cut me off mid call.

[Q] (Q) - Windows Phone 7 Wi-Fi strength

Hi,
Nobody knows me here but I've been on the HTC TyTN II forums but recently changed to a HD2.
Some dude I know had the HD2 and after some water damage (Water indicator is still white though) the reception stopped working. I started messing around with the phone and accidentally cut the keyboard flex while opening (doesn't matter, ordered a new one) and started flashing a new radio, MagLDR and WP7 builds by opening the phone and touching the flex cable connector with a screwdriver to get the correct key (hard as f*&%). {<<mod edit - ahem}
Now, on Windows Mobile (Original ROM, when I first got it) the reception didn't work. There was no signal and it couldn't detect any networks. But the Wi-Fi worked great. Sitting downstairs while router is 2 floors up with some thick walls worked. It kept connected to the Wi-Fi network.
After flashing the newest radio (2.15... or something) & flashing MagLDR 1.13 & a couple of WP7 ROMs, when I turn on my Wi-Fi, it shows my home network like this picture:
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but with just 1 "bar/dot" signal strength even though the router is like 1 meter from me.
When connecting to it, it's a bit slow and in my status bar it shows a FULL signal strength sign (the opposite of what it showed in my Wi-Fi list).
I'm not sure how WP7 works when using the signal strength icons which is why I mention it.
I'm using the "I love DFT (7392 ROOTED) [YukiXDA]" ROM.
I'm hoping someone could help me with it.
I think that the radio only affects the reception & not the Wi-Fi?
Thanks!!!
Syntax1993

Nobody's got any ideas? Getting a new Kingston 8GB Class 10 MicroSD card soon. I hope it works.

from my point of view, its pretty stop im picking up wifi from a block down.

what do you mean with pretty stop?

Lol, solved. Sorry.
Seemed like I forgot to attach the Wi-Fi antenna onto the board.

syntax1993 said:
Lol, solved. Sorry.
Seemed like I forgot to attach the Wi-Fi antenna onto the board.
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lol, always the wee things we overlook
glade you sorted it

Strange mobile signal connectivity..glitch?

I'm not sure if this is a glitch or not. I "think" my signal is fine. WiFi always shows
on, even if I'm not home. I always have a wifi turned on though, just don't always have a signal obviously. My mobile network signal has gaps in it where I would assume it always be green or tan or whatever. My phone seems fine, unless of course ppl are calling me and I'm not realizing it. Any ideas. Here is a pic.
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Nobody?

Unplugged my phone an hour ago, have been using it on wifi the whole time, but WTF at mobile signal ??
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....?

Looks like signal drop outs for X periods, or the device is trying to search for it.

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Looks like signal drop outs for X periods, or the device is trying to search for it.
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Wouldn't those times show up in red? It's almost like airplane mode in and out, without effecting wifi. I'm wondering if it is not a glitch though. Bc time on for cell stand by is the SAME as time on battery. And time without a signal is 0%. Would that not mean that is a glitch then in the green bar. Also, before this started I would get green and yellow/gray bars in the status thing. Now it's green or nothing.

Signal drop out don't show up in red for me, - but it would seem a weird anomaly for sure.

Hmmm...I think it's fair to say this must be a VERY rare issue.

Not exactly the same issue, but similar sort of thing. Shows as no signal in known good areas, or shows as having signal but often won't send or receive txts or calls. Oddly enough, when signal cannot be found the data will often still work.
The phone is branded to my carrier so there should be no provider issues. Sim card has been swapped, factory resets done and even had the handset exchanged for another S5 - still no change. It's pretty frustrating to not know if you can use your phone as a phone.
Is anyone else having this issue or is it time to go back to my N4?