I've been working on repairing a htc sensation that got ran over. Had some spare parts so thought i try it out. All that seemed damaged at first glace when i open the phone was the lcd screen and digitalizer. Haven't noticed anythign broken on the board.. I've recently replaced both the lcd screen and digitalizer. The cell phone will not get cell signal and when attempting to turn wifi on, it gives me an error. These both used to work before it was damaged. I was wondering if anyone had a breakdown on the modules inside the phone, like which one was for wifi, and which one was for the cell signal?
So i got the phone to pick up cell signal now. Looks liek when the phone got ran over some of the pins were bent too far away from the backplate. Once i bent it out, it picked up signal just fine.
Wifi on the other hand is still giving me an error. I can't help but think it's hardware since i've flash firmware, radio, hboot, and rom already. Any one got ideas or anything? Where is the wifi located on the hardware?
Thanks for anyone who can help!!!
Hard damage dude...
Im sorry to know that
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wasn't my sensation =P Mine's perfectly fine. just a friend of mines. Amazingly i've got everything but the wifi to work. These phones are built amazinly. Got ran over and the damage is no where near what i expected it to be.
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Hey guys a few days ago I dropped my phone. Nothing broke, the screen didn't crack. Nothing got loose.
After I turned it on there was no more 3G (prior to the drop I always had 3G coverage), My signal dropped to two bars and alot of times it showed as roaming.
I think something inside got messed up, I opened the phone but everything seems fine.
Is there anyway to find out what is wrong? Maybe a diognostics test like cars have that tells me what is failing?
I have done a hard reset, and even reflashed my phone. Nothing seems to work.
If someone can help me out to fix my problem successfully I would give you 40.00 dollars. I really need this phone fixed and cannot afford another one. I use it for work cause its GPS since I travel alot.
My inspire doesn't get the best wifi, my brother's captivate works much better as done any apple product I have tried.
Are there any Roms that offer stronger WiFi connection? I'm running rumrunner, I've tried miui leedroid gingerbeast and inspired ace.... I know I get a little stronger WiFi when I take the case off my phone but I still imagine one of the Roms would be able to help me.
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Nope, wifi on this phone does suck and you cannot change it.
Gah! I started a thread exactly like this. Stupid forum search didn't alert me this one was here.
My wifi sucks too. I wonder if a replacement Inspire will help.
Warranty replacement is on its way.
Oh and since nobody ever says anything nice about AT&T I have this little nugget:
The reason I got so concerned about my wifi is because I got a txt saying I was at 90% of my 2GB limit. I am home and on wifi probably 90% of my day. My Wifi has obviously been dropping out without me noticing. AT&T has given me a $15 credit because I have 10 days left in my billing cycle and will go over my 2GB. This way it won't cost me anything.
I thought that was nice of them.
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I'm on my second Inspire. I took the first one back because of wifi. According to the book, the antenna is located in the bottom where the sim and sd card are. What's weird is if I cover the the top of the phone with my hand, I loose wifi. There's seems to be a slight "grip of death" thing going on. This seems to occur only with wifi and not the 3g. My second Inspire seems a little better. Also this seems to only happen in weak signal areas. YMMV.
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I'm on my second Inspire. I took the first one back because of wifi. According to the book, the antenna is located in the bottom where the sim and sd card are. What's weird is if I cover the the top of the phone with my hand, I loose wifi. There's seems to be a slight "grip of death" thing going on. This seems to occur only with wifi and not the 3g. My second Inspire seems a little better. Also this seems to only happen in weak signal areas. YMMV.
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The wifi antenna is in the battery cover, not the sd/sim cover. So that explains your top of phone grip attenuation.
henrybravo said:
The wifi antenna is in the battery cover, not the sd/sim cover. So that explains your top of phone grip attenuation.
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Right you are! I went back and re-read manual and there it was. Thank you for clearing that up.
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Right you are! I went back and re-read manual and there it was. Thank you for clearing that up.
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smh.....read the manual. Your man card has been revoked.
As bad as this Wifi is, nothing was worse than the Atrix.
Also, if you grab the latest Radio firmware (I forget which) it improves Wifi strength and performance a Tad.
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wifi only working when bluetooth is on.
I also have the htc inspire.. I am wondering why my wifi only works if the blue tooth is enabled? I have tried a factory reset and all does anyone else have this issue?
danir2010 said:
I also have the htc inspire.. I am wondering why my wifi only works if the blue tooth is enabled? I have tried a factory reset and all does anyone else have this issue?
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Sounds like you need to flash a new radio
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how do you do that?
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106324
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I got my replacement inspire today and can now use wifi from my back porch. Hurray
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since my t959v fell from top of my car and probably was run over by other cars i changed the lcd with a t959v full lcd assembly. and everything went back to normal except it will not pick up the 4g signal. i tried a diferent antenna and had t-moble reset the phone. still wont work, was wondering what the antenna modual is and might it help if i changed this,or does anyone have any other ideas.thanks
When cars ran over it or when u droped it ..it might of smashed a part in the antenna for the 4g part. Luckey it still works though
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hey guys!
I have a bit of a puzzeler on my hands, hopefully you guys may be able to help me out!
I have the Htc sensation 4g from Vrigin canada
A few days ago i noticed that my signal strength was at 0, and i was unable to make any calls or surf the web.
So i go to virgin, and they set me up with a new sim (or three) to no avail.
I then call tech support, and they inform me that, simce my phone is over one year old, i cannot have the phone covered under the warrenty , no insurance me must fix the phone myself.
some information about the phone : I am s-off, running the latest radio (from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202867 ) on android revolutions's stock ics.
I believe i have tried everything, but maybe i missed something, here is what i have tried:
remove battery
factory reset
new sim
update radio
update ril
update firmware
lift connectors on back of phone to insure proper connection to back cover
try new back cover
remove old sim/sd reader replace with new sim/sd reader
return to stock rom
So that's that, what do you guys think? Do I have a bad radio transmitter/receiver? bad main board?
Every thing else on the phone works, even the wifi and fm radios.
I have noticed that occationally the phone will show a couple bars, but upon calling it says that i am not registered on the network. most of the time the phone reads no signal no network provider under settings->about phone->network
I really appreciate any insight that you may be able to offer!!
Thanks!
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So your provider is not willing to help? If you are paying your provider monthly and your device isn't registering on there network I would give them a call. Simply state your device is no longer registering on there network and ask them what are they going to do about it? I would be furious if they refused to help me because device is out of warentee! Sounds like your kind of stuck . You have tried everything. Perhaps give your provider one more call and see if they can at the very least trouble shoot your device. Just because your device is out of warentee don't mean you still don't pay them monthly for service. By chance have you tried a new sim card? Just a thought....I do hope you get this issue solved soon. Best wishes
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thanks for the advice, I believe that I will give them a call tomorrow and see if there is anything that they can do for me...
ok guys, I managed to get my phone signal back up and going once again, but it was no easy matter. for those who may happen along from Google or what not, here is the solution:
Buy a sensation with a busted screen, remove guts, place in your phone, re assemble, make phone calls again.
I initially just swapped out the main boards, thinking that the problem was with the antenna connections or something. I put my phone back together and still nothing. deflated.
I took the phone back apart and swapped in the flex cable, antenna connector cable, and the board at the top of the phone. after putting it all back together everything worked, I'm thinking that replacing the top portion of the main board was all that needed to be done; I replaced everything just to be safe.
so there you have it, i hope this helps anyone who stumbles upon this with a similar problem. my problem was a hardware problem.
ok guys, I managed to get my phone signal back up and going once again, but it was no easy matter. for those who may happen along from Google or what not, here is the solution:
Buy a sensation with a busted screen, remove guts, place in your phone, re assemble, make phone calls again.
I initially just swapped out the main boards, thinking that the problem was with the antenna connections or something. I put my phone back together and still nothing. deflated.
I took the phone back apart and swapped in the flex cable, antenna connector cable, and the board at the top of the phone. after putting it all back together everything worked, I'm thinking that replacing the top portion of the main board was all that needed to be done; I replaced everything just to be safe.
so there you have it, i hope this helps anyone who stumbles upon this with a similar problem. my problem was a hardware problem.
ok so heres the deal.... I beleive my antenna is broken. I was having problems getting no service off and on for about 3 weeks. It would randomly start and stop the mobile service. Wifi would work fine. Most of the time the service would be off during the day and then about 3-4am it would connect. I went to a local mobile repair place and i beleive between them and my self we have determined it to be the antenna. my sim card works in other devices. other sims do NOT work in my device. I have unlocked the device to help determine the issue. It reads any sim card fine. Just wont connect to service.
so heres the real issue. I took the phone apart. It does look like the antenna is damaged. at the bottom of the phone where the wire from the mother board connects to the antenna has contacts that touch the case. Looks like the 2 little gold contacts right after the soldierd connection is bad. I do NOT have enough confidence to repair such an item. The repair shop i took it to says that they cant do it beacuse they cant get the parts. So what do i do?
I cant afford to buy a new $400 phone, especially only because of a flake of mettal fell off. Anyone have any suggestions? All would be greatly appreciated. I really miss my phone. Basically its like an ipod now.. lol
I think I have the same problem. I made a thread last week about it. I tried everything to try to fix it. I am gonna send my phone into HTC next week.
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