Hey, can someone say me, where i could find the w-lan Aerial at my HTC Titan?
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Avelnal said:
Hey, can someone say me, where i could find the w-lan Aerial at my HTC Titan?
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What?!
Do you mean the Wifi Antenna?
Tachi91 said:
What?!
Do you mean the Wifi Antenna?
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yes
Am pretty sure it is the two contacts at the top of the phone under the battey cover, If you are having problems make sure the contacts on the handset are prominent enough to make a good connection with the rear casing, Be careful not to snap them if they need bending etc.
AndyFZ1S said:
Am pretty sure it is the two contacts at the top of the phone under the battey cover, If you are having problems make sure the contacts on the handset are prominent enough to make a good connection with the rear casing, Be careful not to snap them if they need bending etc.
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Thank You, I am trying it
Wifi/Bluetooth antennas tend to be at the top or the sides of a phone. With the actual cellular antenna being at the bottom.
FCC requires all mobile phones to have the cellular antenna farthest from the users head (health concerns). LTE being the strange exception mostly being near the top or the side.
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I am sure most people on here would have noticed that the WiFi signal on the htc amaze is drastically affected by the use of a phone case...
This was a dreaded problem for me up until now...I found a way to boost my WiFi signal without sacrificing protection....
All I did was cut a little piece of aluminium foil and attach it to WiFi antenna located on the inner back panel of the phone.....The antenna is located next to the camera lens....
Once the foil is attached to the antenna, replace the back cover and you should have improved WiFi signal that instant.....Fill free to put on any phone case while surfing the internet at blazing fast speeds using WiFi....
Questions are welcomed if the procedure is not fully understood..
I noticed this when I put a d3o dual case on mine.. can u post pics of what you did?
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I have attached a pic of the foil and its location on the back panel of the phone...
Wifi Signal and Cases
Anyone else try this?
Now that sucks, I bought this phone because of the luxurious look and feel (high class build quality). This is like putting rabbit ears on my 65 inch plasma (Ghetto). Just when I thought I was out they pull me back in (into the projects lol).
Don't forget that no one else knows the foil is there except you... A rabbits ear on a 65inches tv can't be hidden..
darll said:
Don't forget that no one else knows the foil is there except you... A rabbits ear on a 65inches tv can't be hidden..
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Haha so true!
that is pretty ghetto but its hidden so if it works i guess you could consider it hardware hacking
Yeah mine is about 5mbs difference
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I have the d30 case and I never had a problem with wifi signal... have you ever thought that it was your internet provider or maybe your router?
iGoOsE76 said:
I have the d30 case and I never had a problem with wifi signal... have you ever thought that it was your internet provider or maybe your router?
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Perhaps your router is not far from your phone that why... If there are few walls between your phone and router you will notice the problem..
This has nothing to do with internet provider or router..
Try covering the top of your phone when the d30 case is removed and see if your wifi signal drops... If it dosen't then you are too close to your router to notice the problem...
All the fol does is boost your wifi signal .. I have been using it for while and I have consistently got full wifi signal even when there are few walls between my device and the router,,,
Makes a difference, thank you
Bluetooth
I've also notice the same problem with the bluetooth radio. With a gummy cover on (silcone I believe) my moto bluetooth headset SD9-HD doesn't work worth a F*&k but without the cover it's all good.
Which is the BT antenne?
How about cell signal???
This trick reminded me of the old product called cell phone signal booster sticker. Here's a YouTube video http://youtu.be/Elgx7lp7YMc if you are not sure what I'm talking about.
If we can boost cell signal using your method, it would save battery as well (without spending too much money on this sticker). Any thought, guys?
Might be a contact issue, not a "this piece of aluminum foil is a better antenna." I'd posit that the two gold colored contacts are not making a solid electrical connection to the rear cover's antenna contacts and that the aluminum is helping by acting as a shim. But I could be wrong. For those of you with Wi-Fi issues, ever so carefully bend the little gold colored metal contacts on your phone upward to ensure solid contact with the rear of the case.
verkion
verkion said:
Might be a contact issue, not a "this piece of aluminum foil is a better antenna." I'd posit that the two gold colored contacts are not making a solid electrical connection to the rear cover's antenna contacts and that the aluminum is helping by acting as a shim. But I could be wrong. For those of you with Wi-Fi issues, ever so carefully bend the little gold colored metal contacts on your phone upward to ensure solid contact with the rear of the case.
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Well the foil also helps the wifi signal retain its strength... Try covering the back of your phone using your hand and you will see that you loose all wireless signal unless you are close to the router..
Try the same procedure with the foil on and you will see that the wireless signal remains strong regardless of position
Wow, this little piece of aluminum actually works. However, it doesn't work 100% for me. My WiFi signal strength fluctuates quite a bit. But at least I can actually stay connected to my WiFi now.
Thanks. This is a great tip
Edit: this also fixed the problem my amaze had when connecting to my router at work. It would always say connected but data would never be exchanged.
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I thought you were punking us. I was hesitant to even try, because I just KNEW this was a joke. But... it really does work!
I have had nothing buy buyers remorse since buying two of these Amaze phones (full retail price at a TMO store) - on a prepaid plan. They give you about 3 nanoseconds to return - and even then charge a $50/phone restocking fee.
Service is very poor in my home - which I knew before I bought. But, I assumed the Wifi calling would circumvent that problem. I was so disappointed with the jitter, stutter, lost packets, and overall piss-poor wifi call quality, that I upgraded my router, and installed a corporate-rated access point. There was some improvement, but nothing that rivaled a good cell call.
Best DL speeds were around 8-9mbps, and very erratic. With the foil, consistently 20mbps! I am completely dumbfounded.
If such poor wifi performance could be remedied by such a simple fix, why on earth does HTC not do this from the get go? It just doesn't make sense.
So, what have you guys done to keep the foil from shifting, or falling out when changing the battery?
OP, I luv you...
hooutoo said:
I've also notice the same problem with the bluetooth radio. With a gummy cover on (silcone I believe) my moto bluetooth headset SD9-HD doesn't work worth a F*&k but without the cover it's all good.
Which is the BT antenne?
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Exactly my issue too. Maybe it'll work if we know which antenna it is.
can someone post a picture and explain to me what all the metal parts and pices attached on the battery cover of the amaze is for and what each does???? I know one is for antanae but the rest I have no idea and what is the purpose of these things?
it you could it would be awesome appreciate it.
Not sure of them all but the one on the top right is the wifi antenna, i assume the one on the left is the NFC antenna, the rest id also like to know
seansk said:
can someone post a picture and explain to me what all the metal parts and pices attached on the battery cover of the amaze is for and what each does???? I know one is for antanae but the rest I have no idea and what is the purpose of these things?
it you could it would be awesome appreciate it.
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I am with you...When i took mine apart, it scare me. All those connectors to mme seem that it would make your phone susceptible to be easily broken. I hope not, but it is definitely intimidating...
seansk said:
can someone post a picture and explain to me what all the metal parts and pices attached on the battery cover of the amaze is for and what each does???? I know one is for antanae but the rest I have no idea and what is the purpose of these things?
it you could it would be awesome appreciate it.
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anyone? Please?
seansk said:
anyone? Please?
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Wow, really?
There are contacts for antennas, noise cancellation and NFC. why is it you need someone to provide you with the minutia?
It's not that hard if one have a need to find out - I don't personally.
If you cut a little piece of thin plastic and put in between those contact point you'll be able to find out - at least with phone signal, bluetooth, wifi and gps ...
BTW hopes you post pictures and explain too
zPacKRat said:
Wow, really?
There are contacts for antennas, noise cancellation and NFC. why is it you need someone to provide you with the minutia?
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Wow, really? That was a less than helpful post. What was the point? He asked his quesion in the proper thread. He waited several days for a response before bumping. Does his reason for wanting the info matter to you?
@seansk. The only info I can give you is that the contacts to the right of the camera opening is for wifi. Other than that I don't know either.
I signed up just to put this in. I think the connectors on the bottom of the battery cover are for the phone's cellular antenna. Long story short, I put some foil over those connectors thinking it might give me better cell signal and I actually got worse signal. Took off the foil and voila, signal came back to normal strength.
I've heard the Galaxy Note i717's antenna is integrated into the BACK BATTERY COVER. But I've also seen parts on eBay that indicate the antenna is located in the the bottom of the phone where the speaker is. Can somebody verify this for me by taking off their back cover and making a call?
I am asking these question because I can't get network on my phone with or without the battery cover. Which probably means antenna is near the speaker part. But can somebody still verify? Thanks
Thanks.
The only thing on the battery cover is the nfc.
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This should help.
(See attached image). Screencap from a Youtube video (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFDr3PQMTxw)
As stated before, the only thing part of the AT&T cover is NFC.
JoJo2211 said:
I've heard the Galaxy Note i717's antenna is integrated into the BACK BATTERY COVER. But I've also seen parts on eBay that indicate the antenna is located in the the bottom of the phone where the speaker is. Can somebody verify this for me by taking off their back cover and making a call?
I am asking these question because I can't get network on my phone with or without the battery cover. Which probably means antenna is near the speaker part. But can somebody still verify? Thanks
Thanks.
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Did you really have to start a new thread to answer a question on another thread? Someone had already answered the question on the other thread and said it was the NFC antenna.
There are 3 antennas, 2 on the top edge, 1 on the bottom. Not sure which is for cell, wifi and gps. Plus the nfc antenna on the back cover.
http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/20/samsung-galaxy-note-for-atandt-passes-through-the-fcc/
Here you go.
Ah, forgot about that 2nd LTE antenna. So 5 total including the NFC antenna.
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http://www.engadget.com/2012/01/20/samsung-galaxy-note-for-atandt-passes-through-the-fcc/
Here you go.
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I'd been wondering this myself. Thanks for the link.
Hello everyone. Something that came to my attention today that I wanted to share with everyone was the issue of slow network speeds, including GPS. Since the antenna are attached to the back cover if the camera, if removed and not reattached properly, speeds will take a hit. Make sure the contact points are clean, and also make sure the cover is set properly in place. The slightest shift in the cover creates a bad connection. If this has already been addressed then great, otherwise, just something to consider if your speeds take a hit.
Thanks!
~Siv
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I'm guessing the antennas on the cover are worthless. My signal is the same with the cover removed a with it on.
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Is that an antenna or the NFC chip inside the black cover?
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I'm guessing the antennas on the cover are worthless. My signal is the same with the cover removed a with it on.
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Pull up the debug screen and go to the EVdo data screen and pull the cover off. Watch the signal number.
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The following link applies to the One X, but we have the same type of prong connectors. It's possible we have the same type of issue basically:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1688538
Ok I made a thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710905
I'm pretty sure that's the NFC antenna only not anything for data.
Edit nevermind I was wrong.
Looks to me like all of the antennas are in the plastic back cover. I was playing with it today and could make my signal strength on 3g vary by over 12 db just by squeezing and tapping on the plastic cover. Not an optimum design, in my opinion.
wfrandy said:
Looks to me like all of the antennas are in the plastic back cover. I was playing with it today and could make my signal strength on 3g vary by over 12 db just by squeezing and tapping on the plastic cover. Not an optimum design, in my opinion.
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I wonder if it would be worthwhile to put drops of solder on contact points (there are something like four-five; you can clearly see them as scratch marks on copper). Maybe people with an unusually bad reception can fix it that way.
nabbed said:
I wonder if it would be worthwhile to put drops of solder on contact points (there are something like four-five; you can clearly see them as scratch marks on copper). Maybe people with an unusually bad reception can fix it that way.
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They look to be gold plated contact points, so I suspect putting solder on them would actually worsen the problem.
for some reason i get better signal than my old evo.
I think you are on to something! I removed and reattached the back cover and all signal issues disappeared including the wifi drops.
Thanks!
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rooterman said:
for some reason i get better signal than my old evo.
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okay guys i have to say it. I have loved Sprint for years. Ever since my LG Rumor!!
But the **** i got going on now is ridiculous. My signal is horrible. complete garbage. I activated my og EVO the other day and its signals were PERFECT at home and at work. Today I re activated my EVO LTE and it just looses 3G connection and I can't send texts half the time.
I got my phone replaced and it still ****.. (pardon my language)
I love Sprint and their business model and what they are doing. I LOVE my HTC EVO LTE but I absolutely can't stand the service!
ideas?
Hello everyone i just bought htc amaze last week and i saw that there is a network problem with a lot of people and i heard about the aluminum foil trick so i said what the hell let`s give it a try it worked 200% and the funny thing is it also improve my WiFi strength so that is how i did it.
Tried, doesn't work. No improvement seen.
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It does work (sometimes)
Petronoid said:
Tried, doesn't work. No improvement seen.
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Putting aluminum foil on your back plate where the WiFi sensor is, is supposed to boost WiFi signal strength. I did a science project on it once, it actually worked. When you do it you need to make sure that the foil isn't crinkled or anything. It depends on everyone's phone, some get little to no improvement in signal.
I tested it again and it really improve the signal.
SuperAfnan said:
Putting aluminum foil on your back plate where the WiFi sensor is, is supposed to boost WiFi signal strength. I did a science project on it once, it actually worked. When you do it you need to make sure that the foil isn't crinkled or anything. It depends on everyone's phone, some get little to no improvement in signal.
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Isn't the WiFi antenna on the other side of the camera, though?
Maybe this will help
sam_conrad said:
Isn't the WiFi antenna on the other side of the camera, though?
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According to this thread, someone put the foil on the contact on the left of the camera piece and said they had significant improvements in WiFI signal.
We can infer that the WiFi chip is built into the back, and not the motherboard if WiFI doesn't work when the back is taken off. (Correct me if I'm wrong).
The foil is supposed to reflect the signal onto the contact piece, or motherboard. It doesn't really matter where the foil is as long as the trajectory leads to the actual wireless chip.
As Superafnan said, it improves Wifi signal, but you have to go the link which Superafnan mentioned.
You can't put the foil where you put in pictures. You should cover Wifi antenna
Off topic, if you cover your phone with the aluminum foil completely, you will lose operator's antenna
Good for fooling friends. You can tell them you were unreachable
antenna foil
antenna's in the back cover, thus loss of reception in removing it.
foil between the cover and phone body would either reflect signal to the antenna, or reflect it away, depending on the direction the antenna faces relative to the signal.
or cover your camera, or short the heck out of your phone or battery, depending where you put it.
How to Boost WiFi Signal with Aluminum Foil?
You could easily get better signals from your old router to your laptop using this life hack.
The steps are:
1. Find some Aluminum foil.
2. Find a small box (your router’s box will do the job).
3. Stick the foil on the surface of the box.
4. Create holes on the box to put the antenna in.
5. Put the box cover with aluminum foil onto the antenna.