Hello Guys,
I was loking for hours to find Aluminum Covers for the DHD to replace the plastic parts but wasn't able to find them (if they even exist).
I only know that HTC never officially released them.
But since I saw the MAO Method they used on the One S I wanted the same for my DHD
Does anyone know a shop where I can find these covers made of aluminum?
Thanks
MiXed
MiXed92 said:
Hello Guys,
I was loking for hours to find Aluminum Covers for the DHD to replace the plastic parts but wasn't able to find them (if they even exist).
I only know that HTC never officially released them.
But since I saw the MAO Method they used on the One S I wanted the same for my DHD
Does anyone know a shop where I can find these covers made of aluminum?
Thanks
MiXed
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You mean the doors? Won't find them because the clips to hold them in place wont function being made out of aluminum. Thus why only the immobile parts are made of it. If that is not what you are talking about, ignore me Not to mention the signal loss of grounded aluminum over the antennas would be crazy.
Darunion said:
You mean the doors? Won't find them because the clips to hold them in place wont function being made out of aluminum. Thus why only the immobile parts are made of it. If that is not what you are talking about, ignore me Not to mention the signal loss of grounded aluminum over the antennas would be crazy.
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But would't it be possible to make the outer part of aluminum and just the clips of plastic?
But ok seems to be impossible sad to hear
MiXed92 said:
But would't it be possible to make the outer part of aluminum and just the clips of plastic?
But ok seems to be impossible sad to hear
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possible yes, but the biggest factor would be that each plastic door covers an antenna. the led flash covers the gps, the battery covers the wifi, and the bottom door covers your cellular antennas. So replacing those with any kind of metal would connect them to the outer shell and ground them, almost completely shielding your phone from signal.
I just looked at the antenna except of gps (didnt want to open it all up). Wifi is just simply spaned mabe same with GPS. Only antenna that runs a bit through the door is the Sim/SD Door Antenna but if you would take a pretty flat and small cable you could run it through the left hole beside the two connectors. I dont know much about antennas but this could even make a stronger signal doesnt it?
p.s. The hole i mean is a bit upper left the two connectors (phone up side down)
MiXed92 said:
I just looked at the antenna except of gps (didnt want to open it all up). Wifi is just simply spaned mabe same with GPS. Only antenna that runs a bit through the door is the Sim/SD Door Antenna but if you would take a pretty flat and small cable you could run it through the left hole beside the two connectors. I dont know much about antennas but this could even make a stronger signal doesnt it?
p.s. The hole i mean is a bit upper left the two connectors (phone up side down)
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the simple answer is no. antenna length is specific to the frequency it uses.
I understand you need a specific lenght of the antenna for certain frequenzies. So the cable that would be needed to connect the two connectors should have around the same lenght as the the Antenna in the plastic door.
Do you know how accurate this would have to be and how do they realize to use different frequenzies with one antenna GSM around 900 MHZ and WCDMA around 2,1 GHZ?
Anything can be done the real question is how much are you willing to spend?
And is it really worth the trouble to go through trying to fix it?
You should just get a new phone instead of changing the parts.
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I just picked up the extended battery, for my Thunderbolt.
The extended battery cover clearly has a huge LTE antenna.
The antenna, on my stock cover is very small.
Can any one else confirm?
That's the secondary. The main one is by the kickstand.
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Why would the stock cover, have a non existent extended antenna?
I would think they would both have the same one.
tanman21 said:
I just picked up the extended battery, for my Thunderbolt.
The extended battery cover clearly has a huge LTE antenna.
The antenna, on my stock cover is very small.
Can any one else confirm?
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forgive me if im wrong because im no expert but i think the metal things you see sticking out are just the contacts for the antenna. the actual antenna is hidden under that black electrical tape looking thing running around the edge. with that said we cant really see how big the antenna is under that black tape thing.. we dont know if they are both the same size. just cuz that tape is thicker doesnt mean the antenna is bigger...
You are right. I am assuming that there is an antenna under that tape.
On the stock battery cover, there is not even any tape at all.
http://shop.htcpedia.com/htc-thunderbolt-extended-battery-door.html#6
I want to order this but the reports of the batt cover not having same antennas has me a little worried. Also anyone know a good seido case like the platinum one that fits this ?
According to the fcc website the antenna by the kickstand is for 1x voice only. The 3g and LTE antenna are where the two tiny holes in the cover are, and the gps antenna is the piece of "tape" that u see in the stock cover. A buddy of mine ripped his stock cover apart and it appears that the 3g and LTE antennas are molded underneath the plastic with some sort of conductive spray at the factory, that's why the very small contact point that's visible looks like the only antenna. I'll try to get a pic of the torn apart cover.
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radiowatcher_06 said:
According to the fcc website the antenna by the kickstand is for 1x voice only. The 3g and LTE antenna are where the two tiny holes in the cover are, and the gps antenna is the piece of "tape" that u see in the stock cover. A buddy of mine ripped his stock cover apart and it appears that the 3g and LTE antennas are molded underneath the plastic with some sort of conductive spray at the factory, that's why the very small contact point that's visible looks like the only antenna. I'll try to get a pic of the torn apart cover.
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What's the link to the site you obtained this information?
On the stock cover, the antenna is on the outside, hence the two feedthrough holes. It looks like it's on the inside of the extended battery cover.
I actually experienced a little better reception with the extended battery door.
It wasn't much, but I did pick up 4G in a few more fringe areas than before.
Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?
Wonder is it where the battery placed? Perhaps there are website trying to disassemble One S to see is it easy to replace the internal battery.
If you are referring to the tiny hole at the bottom of the phone, that hole is the mic. Wouldn't advice on putting anything in there
lol its the microphone. in almost all devices it is locates there
Funniest sunday topic
You made me laugh... I remember first iphone users were talking about " OMG one of two speakers under the phone doesnt work OMG OMG "...And someone told them " It is mic ! " LOL....
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Morning!
Has anyone yet taken a closer look at the lower plastic flap of the case? The upper one with the power key opens readily to accept the SIM Card, but there also is a gap of about the same size on the lower part of the phone, just below the beatsaudio logo. This one has no opening to pry open with the fingernail, but i could nudge and move it a little by ever so gently prying with a tiny flathead screwdriver. There also is a small hole pointing within this flap on the very bottom of the phone.
Q: What is the hole? Drainage hole in case the phone gets a soaking bath? Hardreset microswitch? Or is it maybe a releaser that unhooks the flap and allows for easy removal (similar to the holes beneath DVD-Drive trays to remove a disk if the Drive is broken)?
I am trying to figure this out as of now, but for the life of my I cannot find a slim enough needle to get into the hole. Guess I will need to grind / file something down to see if something happens when inserting it.
Has anyone investigated this yet? Anything interesting beyond or is it just a second flap with additional antennas and no access to interesting bits and pieces?
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I don't yet have the HOS. But I can tell you that the little hole in the bottom of the HOS is the phone mic...
And be aware that doing what you intend to do will eventually void your warranty... but go right ahead... it's not my money if you screw things up...
I have taken apart enough devices to know what I am doing (except for the stupidity of not considering the mic hole because they have becme so invisible these days that its easy to just forget about them heh...).
I changed broken digitizers on DHD and did a complete disassembly / reassembly of a Desire Z that took an Soda bath and both devices work to this day. I am just hell of curios regarding the PCB layout of the One S, mainly for the storage question (soldered or aftermarket slotted microsd mounted under the hood)
And FYI, under the lower flap is just another boring antenna and another plastic cover, no more screws like behind the top flap. Do't have the right tools here to go any further without actually risking damage, but after easter I will have a closer look at it in the company. Unless iFixit comes out with a disassembly tutorial faster than that hehe.
Warranty? Well warranty. I've had a few devices now from HTC and none ever had to go to service. And with the knowledge of how to fix it comes the option of just paying for the OEM spare part from some retailer later on and fixing it yourself in 1 day instead of sending your phone in and waiting on it to come back for 1 week or 10 days.
But thanks for the hint, I might have actually forgotten about that.
Have you, when you put your SIM in the One S that there are a set of brown lines at the back of the sim-card cover?
What are these? There are 3 connection points on the phone that seems to connect to these. Are these the antennas?
If so, when you have bad reception/slow GPS etc, have you checked that this cover are snuggly and correctly fitted back on? That there are no dirt on the connectors?
Was wondering the same thing myself. I'm tempted to try and lift the connectors up a little to see if that will improve the signal.
Sent from the (problematic?) One S.
I did notice... Not sure what they are though. My guess was antenna related as well. Might not be the cell antenna (they look rather small).
Komadyret said:
Have you, when you put your SIM in the One S that there are a set of brown lines at the back of the sim-card cover?
What are these? There are 3 connection points on the phone that seems to connect to these. Are these the antennas?
If so, when you have bad reception/slow GPS etc, have you checked that this cover are snuggly and correctly fitted back on? That there are no dirt on the connectors?
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Yes it is the antennae.
My Desire S lose the signal of the GPS while driving even being at an open place.
I am S-on and have the stock rom 2.3.5. At the begining of getting this update the GPS worked fine and locked satellites in few seconds (this update changed the gps.conf file and improved a lot the recpetion of satellites) , but now it takes longer to lock and once they are locked it lose the signal suddenly, and takes a bit to lock again the satellites.
It could be a hardware problem??
Any help?
Thanks!
Sounds like GPS antenna contacts, or something covering the antenna.
Slow locking can have many reasons, easy loss of lock is most likely HW-related, and antenna contacts are the first suspect.
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Sounds like GPS antenna contacts, or something covering the antenna.
Slow locking can have many reasons, easy loss of lock is most likely HW-related, and antenna contacts are the first suspect.
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Thank you for the opinion. But how can I check it?
Any suggestion to check the antena contacts or another hardware?
No other hardware that you can check.
Search Youtube for disassembly guide, see where the antenna resides. It's either in the battery cover, or on the upper side of the phone. Battery cover is easily removable, the upper side - not as easy.
I didnt want to dissasebly it, becuase I think it's still in warranty, and wanted to be sure it's hardware issue before to bring it to HTC and wait for they to repair it.
Thank you!
Two clues on my side... even though it might not make any difference:
- are you using a plastic protection / case, such as barely there case or silicon skin? Depending on the materials or polymer used the GPS signal can be lowered... If so try removing it, if it makes any difference you should notice it right away
- Are you rooted? If so try applying AGPS patch (see the thread in development section). I've always had trouble with GPS on my DS until I discovered the existence of this patch - it changed my life!
cheers
No, I dont have any case, my desire s is naked
And no, for the moment im S-ON and it's not rooted.
Anyway yesterday I was using GPS again and worked good... I dont know,maybe it is a bad contact so sometimes works well sometimes bad...
Thanks!
In this thread there is another topic. They are taping one of the metal pieces in the back cover. There is a photo in that thread. It seems that it helps.
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i had the same problem and fixed it with a solder braid. I put it on top of the golden plastic antenna in the backcover and now i have a solid lock of 5-10 satelits. I think the problem is, that the normal gps antenna sometimes losses connection to the two pins. With the solder braid you don't have to damage anything of the original hardware. No need to solder any wire. Just place it on top of the standard antenna and close the cover. it is fixed by the cover anyways.
Greets
cheax81 said:
i had the same problem and fixed it with a solder braid. I put it on top of the golden plastic antenna in the backcover and now i have a solid lock of 5-10 satelits. I think the problem is, that the normal gps antenna sometimes losses connection to the two pins. With the solder braid you don't have to damage anything of the original hardware. No need to solder any wire. Just place it on top of the standard antenna and close the cover. it is fixed by the cover anyways.
Greets
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MMM I dont get it at all... What golden plastic antenna? Could you explain it a little bit, please? or put pictures.
Thanks and greets!
cregi said:
MMM I dont get it at all... What golden plastic antenna? Could you explain it a little bit, please? or put pictures.
Thanks and greets!
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on top of this antenna:
fragners.de/desire_ant.jpg
you can use some glue but for me it works with only closing the cover after putting the solder braind on top of the original gps-antenna.
can you follow me now? (sry but my english is not the best ...)
cheax81 said:
on top of this antenna:
fragners.de/desire_ant.jpg
you can use some glue but for me it works with only closing the cover after putting the solder braind on top of the original gps-antenna.
can you follow me now? (sry but my english is not the best ...)
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Yeah, so the problem is the contact of that cupper part in the cover.
To do that means to dissasembly the phone and to lose the warranty.
But thank you , it's a valuable information.
cregi said:
Yeah, so the problem is the contact of that cupper part in the cover.
To do that means to dissasembly the phone and to lose the warranty.
But thank you , it's a valuable information.
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why are u loosing your warrenty by opening the cover? The phone takes no damage ... (maybe outside of germany warrenty's are different)
cheax81 said:
why are u loosing your warrenty by opening the cover? The phone takes no damage ... (maybe outside of germany warrenty's are different)
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eeeh... I thought that for removing the top cover you had to unscrew some screws and dissasembly a big part of the phone, but I saw in a manual that it can be easily done with a thin tool without touching any other part. So I guess you are right and dont loose the warranty.:good:
Thanks again!
Hi, I have a HTC ONE S. I recently dropped the phone from waist high.
Ever since, the phone been having spotty connection.
My SIM card is fine because i tried it in another phone.
I called TMOBILE and it is not on their end.
I am sure its a hardware problem.
How would I find the internal GSM Antenna Cable to make sure its connected right? I saw a video on how to disassemble the phone but it does not show where the Antenna is.
Please help.
Tumbz said:
Hi, I have a HTC ONE S. I recently dropped the phone from waist high.
Ever since, the phone been having spotty connection.
My SIM card is fine because i tried it in another phone.
I called TMOBILE and it is not on their end.
I am sure its a hardware problem.
How would I find the internal GSM Antenna Cable to make sure its connected right? I saw a video on how to disassemble the phone but it does not show where the Antenna is.
Please help.
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Pop off the bottom plastic cover and look at the metal terminals that connect the mainboard to the inside of the plastic cover which is essentially the antenna. Do the same with the top cover. Behide the top cover here's six terminals in total to, the left, right, and above the camera. I don't remember how many there are behind the bottom. Take a small screw driver or toothpick or tweezers etc and push the terminals outwards from underneath (gently) so that they stick out more. Then replace your covers and see if that helps.
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Pop off the bottom plastic cover and look at the metal terminals that connect the mainboard to the inside of the plastic cover which is essentially the antenna. Do the same with the top cover. Behide the top cover here's six terminals in total to, the left, right, and above the camera. I don't remember how many there are behind the bottom. Take a small screw driver or toothpick or tweezers etc and push the terminals outwards from underneath (gently) so that they stick out more. Then replace your covers and see if that helps.
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THanks. Ill try that and update you. Im at work right now. Ill try when i get home.