I have been getting very poor signal reception on my WIFI & Bluetooth. It seems the wires through the band are frayed similar to other pictures I have seen of peoples Omate.
I am like the very many and have had no luck in getting a response from Omate in regards to getting this repaired and assume even if I was to send this off to them it would take months to even receive it back.
I was hoping maybe someone on here has taken the plunge and made the repairs themselves and if so do they have any direction how to do it?
Does anybody know the gauge of the wire or socket?
Any input or advice anyone has would be greatly appreciated
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Anyone know of a possability to have an external antenna for wifi or anything else that would help increase or focus the signal to get a better/further wireless connection ?
Any ideas are welcome even if it means working (soldering) on the actual board of the Tytn if anyone has done something similar please post your findings here.
Tytn has an external antenna connector under a little cover on the case. Wilson sells antennas and cables and such for it, plug and play.
http://www.wpsantennas.com/
Thanks for the reply Bro, but will this boost the wifi module or just the phone signal ?
Just the phone signal as far as I've read. I'm not sure though.
I'll be trying it out as soon as mine gets here and I can let ya know, I need one for trying to get reception in the rural areas I go to often.
I have read somewhere on this forum that using the atennas that plug into the port on the back are a bad idea in these phones cuz the soders on the board break easily if you do and you lose all phone signal. I couldnt find again where I read it, sorry. So be careful if you do it.
Thanks for the heads up bro, I don't mind the phone signal (aside from tunnels) but I do want to boost the wifi, I guess we're stuck with this till a better phone comes out
im sure you could maybe, make some freak monster connector for the wifi antennas? nobody has done that? isnt there some basic internal one? or how does the wifi signal get broadcast/received?
yeah its possible but I don't want to fry the board if I put something that draws more power than the board can handle (because it sends and recieves) so I wanted to see if some electric engineer or hobbyist has ventured something like this before
your better off with some wrt54g(s) with ddwrt on it and use it to connect to it and then use the wrt54 to connect to whatever it is that you want for range lol i dont know in what situation your in... if its portable then ya the router thing would not work well if in car? or some other place then that would be the best choice heh
but if your connecting external antenna then its not really that portable anymore is it
Sounds interesting... thanks for the info I look into that,
I have no problem at home or at Uni but in hotels I usually have to point the device around to catch a signal (heads up that's where the base for wifi is) and the signal is so weak it disconnects or gets real slow somewhat annoying, still better than carrying a laptop around on small trips.
i'm willing to open mine up for better wifi, i would just like a guide or atleast some pictures and pointers with do's and don'ts.
i don't NEED my hermes, but i do love it enough to want it to continue to operate.. heh.
I took mine apart already i wanted to put the bestskinever on the screen its self so while doing that i was going to check out the insides and it was a pain to get it on without any lint and stuff on still got a very small one but its nice i cut the exact size of the whole LCD not the screen dimensions
so it covers it all... anyway
i saw both BT and WIFI internal antennas there... I really did not see any connector... though something that looked like one but i didnt pay much attention it was very small maybe .200" or so
I would assume you could un solder the internal wifi antenna but i would not recommend that... as there are i believe other resistor/capacitor and hmm coil that work for the right antenna length and so on... I THINK I havent done any electronics in a long time and never bothered with such devices and or high frequencies so I would not know.
I would recommend finding some other online forums dealing with the 2.4ghz wifi stuff and learn or ask questions if its possible to make a connector for the phone.
This would be indeed a great DIY project to add to the archives
once again i would recommend that you get a cheap wrt54 put dd-wrt on it... config it properly for it to connect to other devices, they even have scripts to have it connect to open connections and the ones with strongest signal or you could config it manually through the web gui
that is far better IMO then modding your hermes heh, as i would think you would need an amplifier not just external antenna as that only might increase your sensitivity or a little better quality in signal but to boost the transmit power you would need an amplifier
http://dd-wrt.com
there you go find the right one with the right version that will work with dd-wrt they only run like 50 bucks or so… and plus you can use it for anything else… you can boost the transmit power on them as well as replace the generic antennas
Hello,
I've purchased 2 GPS antennas for my HTC Touch Cruise and for my friend who has the same phone from a reputed ebay seller who hasn't had any issues before with his products.
I've tried both antennas on my phone and none has shown an improvement, I also tried plugging in the phone to my car charger at the same time while I was in the car in case it had to be powered...but that also didn't work!
I also tried putting the antenna outside and my phone inside and still no signal.
Now it seems unlikely that both antennas aren't working on either Touch Cruise so I wanted to know is there a specific way of doing this? Did I miss a step?
Appreciate all your help!
Alan
Does anyone know if the T-mobile version of the Touch Pro 2 has an external antenna port?
I travel through Texas and Use T-mobile (The coverage is imperfect but can be improved with an external aerial antenna)
In the past I used the Tmob Wing which had a rubber pop off cover on the back that allowed access to the antenna port.
I really miss using my external antenna. I've searched Google and XDA with no luck. Called Tmob PDA support no help there.
Any help on locating this elusive port would be appreciated.
Thanks,
m
14 threads down the list...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535998
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RogerStenning said:
14 threads down the list...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=535998
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err that threads about gps antenna ports, hes on about gsm
For more clarification not GPS but GPRS/GSM
I have this antenna from Wilson Electronics.
http://www.wilsonelectronics.com////ViewProductB.php?ID=21
This for 806-866 MHz / 896-939 MHz / 1850-1990 MHz.
These antennas drastically improve all cell use and improve battery life in the process because the phone does not have to work as hard to acquire or boost a weak signal.
I also believe this makes mobile phone use safer with regard to radiation.
Anyone remember the old days of Cellular? Everyone had a cell antenna on their car. This antenna is similar to those.
I hope someone can help me find out if the TP2 has an antenna port like my T-mobile Wing had.
Thanks,
M
Fil - minoch may be looking at GSM/GPRS external antenna connectors on the TP2, but the themes are connected. There are no - zero - external antenna connectors on the TP2, whether you're looking for GPS, or cellular antenna connectors. It's the single failing on the TP2 that I can identify, regrettably.
Depending on your country, re-radiator antennas for GPS and/or cellular signals are available to mount in your car, but you must look carefully to see if such devices are legal to use in your country.
minoch - I would add that the antenna linked above by you is all well and good, but without an antenna connector (socket) needed on the back of the phone, it's about as useful as a roof rack on a helicopter.
Thus, a re-radiating device of some kind is required.
This article should help you understand the tech behind the solution to the problem: http://www.tech-faq.com/cell-phone-signal-booster.shtml
Thanks for the information Roger.
I suspected this was the case but hoped I was wrong. I guess I'll have to find some sort of induction connection (Those antenna decals that have a wire to hook to an external antenna) It won't be anywhere near as good as a direct connection but hopefully it can help a little.
A shame such a nice expensive phone as the Touch Pro 2 would not have any antenna ports. I guess HTC had to cut cost too..........Damn this Economy.
Thanks,
Minoch
Must admit, it surprised the smelly stuff outta me when I realised there wasn't an antenna connector on the phone. really silly ommission, given all the hooplah regarding hands-free usage while driving your car, and all that similar malarky.
Oh well, guess they throught that the internal antenna was good enough, or, as you suggest, they had to trim down the expense by dropping an external antenna connector and associated printed curcuitry, housings and case adjustments for a grand total of maybe 3.50 GBP per unit before packaging (with adjustments for economies of scale, etc)?
*shrug*
I believe that my wifi/bluetooth cable is broken, as I have no wifi or bluetooth signal since dropping my phone as reported in a previous post of mine. Can anybody advise me on the difficulty of undertaking this repair myself, does it involve complete disassembly of phone, any soldering etc. If this is the case I don't feel confident enough to do this so does anybody know of someone who does this sort of repair, I have found the cable on e bay for £7 and it looks like it has push on connectors ?
What exactly do you mean by the "WIFI and Bluetooth cable"? WIFI and Bluetooth are wireless, that is the entire point.
Recently my provider signal got so weak that now if I am indoors the signal is gone until i go outside. Tried to upgrade via Kies to ICS but the problem persists.
When I stick a small piece of wire in the external antenna connection, my signal goes to full and is perfect!? Is this a hardware or a software problem?
It seems that the internal antenna is not responding because as soon as I remove the wire the signal is gone or is minimal.
For now I keep the wire connected behind the cover and the phone is usable.
As I can see this is a common problem and many complaints are posted on this topic all over the place.
Can anybody help? Thanks in advance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273292
Internal antenna
Thanks for the link,
Unfortunately I made a mistake by trying to connect an external antenna, not being aware of the consequences. Reading the posts it looks like I will have to bridge the external antenna socket and connect it directly.
Time to bring out the soldering gun and get to work.
I will try a few other options in the meanwhile.
Sh.. happens, anyway thanks for the help, regards...