I was trying to remove the cover quickly and I by accident removed a metal contact, as it shows on the pic. anybody knows what is that for? just for NFC? I tried to search online but found not much info on this.
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lfrp said:
I was trying to remove the cover quickly and I by accident removed a metal contact, as it shows on the pic. anybody knows what is that for? just for NFC? I tried to search online but found not much info on this.
thanks.
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its part of your antenna?
lfrp said:
I was trying to remove the cover quickly and I by accident removed a metal contact, as it shows on the pic. anybody knows what is that for? just for NFC? I tried to search online but found not much info on this.
thanks.
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I don't think it's for NFC. I believe the one on the bottom left is for NFC. Might be wifi or something else.
I still have the metal contact, does anybody know how I can put it back? Or may be take it to a sprint store to get it fix? But I dont have insurance though.
I haven't notice any problems anyway.
Thanks for any help.
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It looks like the NFC antenna. Shouldn't be much of a issue. Everything should work just fine. If you're signal goes weak or can't get lte then have it fixed it shouldn't be too hard. I could fix it at work in 5 mins.
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lanlee212 said:
It looks like the NFC antenna. Shouldn't be much of a issue. Everything should work just fine. If you're signal goes weak or can't get lte then have it fixed it shouldn't be too hard. I could fix it at work in 5 mins.
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soldering is the only way to fix this i guess right? Well if I see any future problems, I think is going to be a nice way to start learning how to solder lol.
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soldering is the only way to fix this i guess right? Well if I see any future problems, I think is going to be a nice way to start learning how to solder lol.
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Yes but you need a heat gun. A special heat gun or take your phone apart not something to learn on. If you can't surface mount solder already don't try you will do more damage then good. I wouldn't touch some else's phone much less mine to solder that contact. It's in a tricky and hard place to solder. I've been soldering on surface mount for 7 years and don't know if I could do it.
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I made the mistake of switching the camera casing with my fiance's Evo, because she had dropped her phone on some concrete last Saturday, she was so sad. I told her lets switch casings, I'll just sand down her casing and if she likes how it turns out we can switch again. So fast forward to Monday and I started my Google Wallet app to pay for something at Rite-Aid and it said "Not supported". Her Google Wallet said the same thing and they were working fine before.
So remember kids don't switch the Camera casing, that is where the NFC chip is located.
Lol. You sure that's why your wallet stopped working?? Cause everyone that didnt edit their build prop are getting the same error, cause google shut down wallet for EVO LTE
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butterbuns said:
Lol. You sure that's why your wallet stopped working?? Cause everyone that didnt edit their build prop are getting the same error, cause google shut down wallet for EVO LTE
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Yep this.
Lololololololololol
Thanks
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At first I was thinking, what the hell is a camera casing?
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butterbuns said:
Lol. You sure that's why your wallet stopped working?? Cause everyone that didnt edit their build prop are getting the same error, cause google shut down wallet for EVO LTE
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I hope you're right. That is really messed up if Google did that, and it was just a strange coincidence.
Is the NFC chip located int the camera casing? When I took it off I saw some electrical contacts on the casing and assumed it was the NFC chip.
thanks for the PSA
Don't mention it.
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I hope you're right. That is really messed up if Google did that, and it was just a strange coincidence. .
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Ohh google defintly shut down wallet for us LTE guys. There is also no ETA on when they will turn it back on..
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yep this needs to be close, it has nothing to do with this... google wallet is cu-put for the most part, i honestly i have no faith in them attempting to fix it
Btw guys the nfc chip is located on the removable cover.... I just tried to scan my nfc tag without the cover and it wouldn't work. Once I put it back on it worked fine....
So is the NFC really located on the cover or maybe the cover is what acts as the antenna
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The cover has contacts for the NFC chip
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Btw guys the nfc chip is located on the removable cover.... I just tried to scan my nfc tag without the cover and it wouldn't work. Once I put it back on it worked fine....
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Gonna go out on a limb and say this is because the antennae is not there when you remove the cover. Lol
Closing thread now as to not cause confusion. If someone can provide some significant info backing this PM me and we can reopen this then...
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I've been struggling with weak wifi since I bought my evo near launch. Often the signal would suggest maximum strength, but still fail to provide throughput. I even tried switching to only one band instead of auto (2.5ghz), but this did not work.
I stumbled across this page http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/458225 and decided to give it a try. The basic premise of the post is that the contacts under the back cover don't make a solid connection, interfering with wifi.
I gave it a shot since it was easy. I gently pried the contact up just a bit and replaced the cover.
After one week of trials, my wifi has been solid. For me, this is what the problem seems to have been. It also worked for a close friend who was having the same issue.
If you do the fix, don't pry hard or you'll bend the tab to far. I used a needle and moved it just barely. This is not a placebo effect. According to wifi analyzer my signal has improved a great deal. Regardless, it fixed my problems. Just FYI....
And if this has been posted, sorry. I did search first but did not see a similar post.
Pine
Thanks for sharing I'll definitely give it a try
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Thank God, I need this right.now.
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Do anyvody know how to attach the contacts back on because I have to missing
liljthatbol said:
Do anyvody know how to attach the contacts back on because I have to missing
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It has to be professionally soldered back to the motherboard. I had to get that done not too long ago. One broke off and it wouldn't pick up 3G nor 4G.
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RayTrue04 said:
It has to be professionally soldered back to the motherboard. I had to get that done not too long ago. One broke off and it wouldn't pick up 3G nor 4G.
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I soldered it myself but wifi scanning was still bad. I could be inches from the router and i would only see one bar
liljthatbol said:
I soldered it myself but wifi scanning was still bad. I could be inches from the router and i would only see one bar
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Only thing i could think of is you didn't solder it good enough and it's not making a connection to the motherboard or your back cover is not making a good contact. When i had one of mine reattached professionally it instantly started picking up lte and ehrpd again like a champ.
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I was on CyanogenMod 10.1 and about a month ago I stopped getting service almost everywhere I drop calls all the time and I have no service at my girlfriends I thought it might be cyanogen mod but no one else was having my problem in the thread so I've been living with it until yesterday I got sick of it and finally found the time to ruu back to stock and when I went back to stock I still had no service at my girlfriends when I use to get service on stock and cm10.1 but it did say I had 1 bar and 3g but I still couldn't make calls or even send texts or browse the internet so now I'm back on cm10.1 and I'm wondering if anyone knows what's going on did I drop it a few too many times is there a part I can order that maybe broke in it that I could open and replace any suggestions would be great thanks in advance HTC rezound latest hboot 2.28 and radios I forget what the radios are even tried going back a version of radios and hboot cuz I'm soff but I'm on the latest atm
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Have you checked the sim card to ensure there is no dirty contacts on it or that it is inserted completely?
Also, have you tried a different Rezound battery cover? The battery cover acts as your phone's primary antenna. If something is wrong or broken about it, it may not be making the proper contacts with your phone.
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
Have you checked the sim card to ensure there is no dirty contacts on it or that it is inserted completely?
Also, have you tried a different Rezound battery cover? The battery cover acts as your phone's primary antenna. If something is wrong or broken about it, it may not be making the proper contacts with your phone.
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I tried the different battery cover I thought it was my extended battery one cuz it never fit right but I switched back to the OEM cover and no help I'll try my sim card right now and I'll let you know thanks for the reply
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Okay so I dipped an old toothbrush in rubbing alcohol and scrubbed the contacts on the back of the cover sim card and on the phone unfortunately I couldn't get to the sim card contacts on the phone but I did what I could do you think I should of used something more abrasive? Well I'm home and that's the one place I've always had service I'll go to my grandmother's and check back in an hour thanks again
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power950 said:
Okay so I dipped an old toothbrush in rubbing alcohol and scrubbed the contacts on the back of the cover sim card and on the phone unfortunately I couldn't get to the sim card contacts on the phone but I did what I could do you think I should of used something more abrasive? Well I'm home and that's the one place I've always had service I'll go to my grandmother's and check back in an hour thanks again
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You could do like I did and shave all the contacts on the cover that touch pins on your phone. Make the metal shine a bit. See if that improved anything. Also, make sure your preferred network mode had lte and cdma in it
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IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
You could do like I did and shave all the contacts on the cover that touch pins on your phone. Make the metal shine a bit. See if that improved anything. Also, make sure your preferred network mode had lte and cdma in it
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What did you use to shave it a dremel or just sandpaper? I'm at my grandmother's and I got 1 bar that jumps to 2 sometimes
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power950 said:
What did you use to shave it a dremel or just sandpaper? I'm at my grandmother's and I got 1 bar that jumps to 2 sometimes
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I'd like to say that I did it very sophisticated like however, I savagely scraped it to a shine with my trusty O'l Noyf (knife)
IAmTheOneTheyCallNeo said:
I'd like to say that I did it very sophisticated like however, I savagely scraped it to a shine with my trusty O'l Noyf (knife)
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I might of had some sand paper in my trucks tool box but I didn't feel like checking and I knew I had a knife in my glove box so I thought I'd take after my role model and use the knife although I have no luck I am in my girlfriends drive way with no service at all sending you this using her wifi
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I had once problem with contacts for antenna located on the battery cover. Also, it would not hurt to check all the pins on the phone that they are spring loaded, not bent, not missing. Good luck.
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Have you checked the sim card to ensure there is no dirty contacts on it or that it is inserted completely?
Also, have you tried a different Rezound battery cover? The battery cover acts as your phone's primary antenna. If something is wrong or broken about it, it may not be making the proper contacts with your phone.
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Just to make sure, you have been keeping up with Fly's CM updates? For a while, there was an issue with low signal strength. It was fixed about 3 weeks ago if I recall. Maybe a little more.
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PTuT said:
I had once problem with contacts for antenna located on the battery cover. Also, it would not hurt to check all the pins on the phone that they are spring loaded, not bent, not missing. Good luck.
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All the little contact tabs appear to be there I gently pried up on them with a small screw driver and I just made a call and it seemed to work definitely better reception but it keeps cycling between 1 bar and no bars but not no service so I'm somewhat pleased i dont think its gonna get any better but i still will take suggestions and yes I keep up with all of fly's updates thank you everyone who helped I appreciate it
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Turned WiFi off and I also had browsable 4g
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Im just wondering what the metal pins behind the back cover are. There are 4 sets of 2, and there yellowish/golden. What are they? And where they touch on the back cover the yellow paint/whatever seems to be worn off. Ill attach a picture of it(wont focus correctly without the lense thing)
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I've seen somewhere that those are the phones antennas somehow. I'm not sure if its right tho
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salmonfishy said:
Im just wondering what the metal pins behind the back cover are. There are 4 sets of 2, and there yellowish/golden. What are they? And where they touch on the back cover the yellow paint/whatever seems to be worn off. Ill attach a picture of it(wont focus correctly without the lense thing)
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those are you bluetooth, wifi, etc contacts to the antennas integrated into the back cover. If your bluetooth or wifi start dropping this might a culprit. My bluetooth is usually not functional (I'm waiting on a replacement that is backordered) but when it first started to go out, squeezing the phone together just next to the volume controls would bring it back. here's some articles about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817148
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710905
The longer antenna is for LTE I believe. If you take the cover the top right side of the phone with your hand, it loses some dBm, and goes back.
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jonathan.strunk said:
those are you bluetooth, wifi, etc contacts to the antennas integrated into the back cover. If your bluetooth or wifi start dropping this might a culprit. My bluetooth is usually not functional (I'm waiting on a replacement that is backordered) but when it first started to go out, squeezing the phone together just next to the volume controls would bring it back. here's some articles about it:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1817148
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1710905
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thanks. i was just wondering haha and i dont have any problems Yet but if i do ill know what to try
Hell, I just went ahead and soldered that hoe lol. It SEEMS as though I get better signal since I just went ahead and did all the antennas
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bennyboy78 said:
Hell, I just went ahead and soldered that hoe lol. It SEEMS as though I get better signal since I just went ahead and did all the antennas
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I tinned all of mine as well, and I now get LTE in the house! (Albeit kinda crappy, but doesn't drop out entirely.)
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I havent even seem lte. Sprint doesnt have coverage in this **** hole i live in, haha
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Unfortunately, i lost my charging port cover
Is there any replacement part available, Please help me with this.
diyasuki said:
Unfortunately, i lost my charging port cover
Is there any replacement part available, Please help me with this.
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try Sony service center
diyasuki said:
Unfortunately, i lost my charging port cover
Is there any replacement part available, Please help me with this.
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How the hell did it happen?? It seems pretty well attached to me...
Unfortunately i kept the mobile in my jeans without closing the cover... when i took it out...i missed it
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Lol. Then you are free of the hassle of opening and closing the port cover for charging. Sorry for the useless comment, couldn't help it.
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angel.grin said:
Lol. Then you are free of the hassle of opening and closing the port cover for charging. Sorry for the useless comment, couldn't help it.
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I have been using charging dock. only used once a while to transfer movies.
angel.grin said:
Lol. Then you are free of the hassle of opening and closing the port cover for charging. Sorry for the useless comment, couldn't help it.
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Yeah, but it's not waterproof anymore
Safar_Ibrahim said:
I have been using charging dock. only used once a while to transfer movies.
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Protip: Use AirDroid to transfer files to and from your device(s). No cables involved. A little late though, since you've already lost your port cover.
LordManhattan said:
Yeah, but it's not waterproof anymore
Protip: Use AirDroid to transfer files to and from your device(s). No cables involved. A little late though, since you've already lost your port cover.
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I use SendAnyWhere. Work's on iOS, PC and Android. And i didn't lost yet my port cover. I'm trying not to use that much
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Safar_Ibrahim said:
I use SendAnyWhere. Work's on iOS, PC and Android. And i didn't lost yet my port cover. I'm trying not to use that much
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Doh! That was a simple mix up from my side
LordManhattan said:
Protip: Use AirDroid to transfer files to and from your device(s). No cables involved. A little late though, since you've already lost your port cover.
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I simply use EsFileExplorer and transfer whatever I need from every computer on the LAN...
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diyasuki said:
Unfortunately, i lost my charging port cover
Is there any replacement part available, Please help me with this.
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Im sure there is replacement part for that. I can almost guarantee that you will not be the only having it ripped out. Those covers look fragile. Contact Sony. Good luck. Please fill us in where u can obtain those, just in case.
SundayDuffer said:
Im sure there is replacement part for that. I can almost guarantee that you will not be the only having it ripped out. Those covers look fragile. Contact Sony. Good luck. Please fill us in where u can obtain those, just in case.
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I tried in sony service center, still the replacement parts are not available
I will update this immediately after i found out the solution
Finally found the cap cover
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/USB-Cap-M...K_Replacement_Parts_Tools&hash=item233055a6ce
Even i checked the same in Service center, they will inform me about the same and placed an order of Cap cover
cost
diyasuki said:
Even i checked the same in Service center, they will inform me about the same and placed an order of Cap cover
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Bro m also in chennai and i too faced the same issue today what was the replacement cost and how long did they take to replace it