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No Service without External antenna

I recently was looking for ways to increase my T-Mobile Dash's reception. I found a cheap and easy way to make an external antenna out of copper wire.
It worked, but now every time I remove the antenna, I have no service.
Did I ruined my phone permanently?
Is their an easy fix?
How do I re-enable the internal antenna?
Thanks Svoms

ummm just wondering where did you stick the copper antenna.

jdoggraz said:
ummm just wondering where did you stick the copper antenna.
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Where you insert the external antenna, the input behind the silver mirror.

HUH
i can not even imagine how you did that.

Mikey1022 said:
HUH
i can not even imagine how you did that.
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http://www.instructables.com/id/Emergency-Signal-Boosting-Cellphone-Antenna/

Dude! It clearly states that its for an emergency situation when your phone's life isnt a priority. Im thinking you jacked your phone up! You might be able to buy some replaceable parts, thats prob your best shot. Bummer dude.

you do realize if you did what demonstrated....you could have fried your phone.
You do know you create static electricity?? Since the copper wire was not rubber coated, ZAP!!!!
Shame on him for not telling people to cover it with tape, wax, whatever.....LOL

Make an emergency light ...
... using only an over-head power cable, a piece of bare copper wire and a gullible human being.

Don't ...
... under any circumstances do the above.
No.
Really, don't.
It will really, really hurt and you cant even finish the crossword by the light emitted anyway.
Don't do it ...
Step away from the pylon ...

Lol I see, so my question is why did you do that?

Let me tell ya I look badass with a wire hanging out of my phone..
Well thanks for trying to help..I'm getting a new phone soon anyways.

Svoms said:
Let me tell ya I look badass with a wire hanging out of my phone..
Well thanks for trying to help..I'm getting a new phone soon anyways.
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Well thats good to hear but dont do the same thing ever again okay.

inductive charging?

anybody know what the pins on the back of the battery cover are for? it looks like what you would find on a phone capable of inductive charging. if so, anybody figure out how to do it?

They act as an antenna, dont **** with them

hmm ok. ill have to try it with the cover off to see its actually the antenna but ill take your word for now.

The Jack of Clubs said:
hmm ok. ill have to try it with the cover off to see its actually the antenna but ill take your word for now.
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it does when i was playing with my phone without the backcase on i had no service

I only get 2G service when the back cover is off. I think it has something to do with the antenna as well.

I actually was wondering what the pins were for. I just took my back cover off and immediately dropped all signal.

thats kinda weird to have an antenna in the back cover. maybe they plan to release a new back cover that will improve strength? i cant seem to understand why.

Its just the design. And it saves space on the device.
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Its definitely the antenna... and i personally think it was a brilliant design!

shogunmark said:
Its definitely the antenna... and i personally think it was a brilliant design!
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I do agree
Sent from my HTC Aria via XDA app

inductive charging would be great for our phones, i know the palms do it!

So anyone want to do the palm pre inductive charging hack. I think it has been done on a hd2
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HTC states that the battery cover of the aria is the antenna on their website under troubleshooting:
My device shows “No Service” but I know that there is coverage at my location. close
The antenna for this device is embedded in the battery cover. If the battery cover is not installed correctly, securely affixed, or if it has been damaged, this could be the cause of the device not picking up on a signal.
You can find this on www(dot)htc(dot)com/us/support/aria-att/help/phone

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lol, it tells it's an antenna in the manual, I know, I'm like, the one guy that still reads those...

FINALLY S3 Wireless Charger is on it's way...

Only took 6 months and the wireless charging module is finally in production...
http://global.christianpost.com/news/samsung-galaxy-s3-wireless-charger-enters-into-production-83903/
Don't know if I totally believe it and no word on pricing but fingers crossed, cuz I want it.

I sure hope the story is slightly incorrect:
In order to use the kit, a special case must be applied to the phone's body, then the user must place the handset in the dock and it will automatically charge.
Read more at http://global.christianpost.com/new...rs-into-production-83903/#dcBf5bgY2MbkLBTe.99
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here is to hoping they put in the battery cover like verizon.

scarrmrcc said:
I sure hope the story is slightly incorrect:
here is to hoping they put in the battery cover like verizon.
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I don't follow your logic. That's how wireless charging has always worked. You replace the battery cover with the wireless charging cover.

scarrmrcc said:
I sure hope the story is slightly incorrect:
here is to hoping they put in the battery cover like verizon.
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yea... seeing as how they say that it's applied to the phone's "body"... and not just "to the phone".... i don't see why it would be any different from the one Verizon had.

[Q] Opened phone, now my soft keys don't work

This phone isn't my daily driver and I got a skyrocket on Ebay but it came without volume buttons. Being an idiot, I figured same phone same part....not the case. Long story short, My phone turned back on after putting it back together and my touch screen works but none of my soft keys work and they won't light up. Phone is running stock, non rooted.
the hell did I do? Did I break something or did I just knock a cable loose? Should I be checking for anything specifically?
Thanks in advance.

Sooppex said:
This phone isn't my daily driver and I got a skyrocket on Ebay but it came without volume buttons. Being an idiot, I figured same phone same part....not the case. Long story short, My phone turned back on after putting it back together and my touch screen works but none of my soft keys work and they won't light up. Phone is running stock, non rooted.
the hell did I do? Did I break something or did I just knock a cable loose? Should I be checking for anything specifically?
Thanks in advance.
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Probably didn't put the flex cable back.

graydiggy said:
Probably didn't put the flex cable back.
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i'll check now.
Thanks for the reply.

I really hope you didnt break it...
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graydiggy said:
Probably didn't put the flex cable back.
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graydiggy said:
I really hope you didnt break it...
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All the ribbons seem to be plugged in. I think I broke it, but how?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! I'm not really worried, i'll just throw it on Ebay; I just don't know what I did wrong. Well, I opened the phone, I know I shouldn't have done that. Any idea on what ribbon cable I should be looking at specifically?

Sooppex said:
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All the ribbons seem to be plugged in. I think I broke it, but how?!?!?!?!?!??!?!?!?!?! I'm not really worried, i'll just throw it on Ebay; I just don't know what I did wrong. Well, I opened the phone, I know I shouldn't have done that. Any idea on what ribbon cable I should be looking at specifically?
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Make sure the ribbon cable isn't torn.
The attached image should help.

Also, Each carrier specific phone will normally have different hardware inside.

graydiggy said:
Also, Each carrier specific phone will normally have different hardware inside.
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it's the Sprint variant.
Edit: I tore the cable, didn't even realize it until you posted that picture. Wow, I really shot myself in the foot here. How difficult is it to replace?
thanks for the info.

Sooppex said:
it's the Sprint variant.
Edit: I tore the cable, didn't even realize it until you posted that picture. Wow, I really shot myself in the foot here. How difficult is it to replace?
thanks for the info.
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A whole new screen assembly is needed... It is very hard to replace just the soft keys. A heat plate or heat gun is required to separate the glass from the screen to get to them. Much easier to just get a whole new screen/digitizer assembly.

graydiggy said:
A whole new screen assembly is needed... It is very hard to replace just the soft keys. A heat plate or heat gun is required to separate the glass from the screen to get to them. Much easier to just get a whole new screen/digitizer assembly.
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Thanks for all the help, I'm just going to sell it.

Sooppex said:
Thanks for all the help, I'm just going to sell it.
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Sell it in separate parts. The mobo and battery will pull the most money. Don't even bother to keep the screen on it. That will lower your total price to maybe $75 at the most. You can easily pull that on just the motherboard alone. the battery can probably be sold for 10 or 15. and the other stuff will vary as well.

Volume Power Button Cable Replacement Q

So I noticed my tablet wasn't really turning on when I pushed the power button. I took it apart, cleaned the contact points following a post I found on here, then the small metal connector flew off due to me loosing grip of the "tape" holding it on. I ordered a replacement part and I noticed there isn't a lot of info on how to change it, take it out, precautions to take or anything. My tablet is running the newest OS of android for the nexus 7, and is turned on. I would post a picture, but apparently I need to make 10 posts before I can do that...
My question (s) are:
1: Should I take out the battery to do this? I've seen a guy on youtube do that, and I don't know if that is a step I need to take.
2: How exactly does it come out? I've only seen one video of a guy taking it out and putting it back in. I couldn't see much due to the fact that where it connects is small. I want to make sure I don't break anything else.
and 3: I've heard people say that you need a "spludger" for this or something, I don't know what that is, but then again, I also heard someone else say you can use a toothpic to do the same thing. Is that safe?
Thanks for taking your time to read this, and I hope someone out there can help me out. I really just want to get the thing to turn back on with out me needing to plug it into the charger, or move the "power to the volume button" ect.

Any advice at all would be helpful.

I'm not sure what you worry about, it's an easy component to deal with.
Don't remove the battery, just disconnect its black plug.

k23m said:
I'm not sure what you worry about, it's an easy component to deal with.
Don't remove the battery, just disconnect its black plug.
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I just never really tinkerd with something like this. I know it looks easy, but I never opened a zif seal or w/e its called. What exactly do I flip up?
I'm sorry for my "Noob" questions, I'm normally good with hardware stuff, but I want to just make sure I do this right.

deanharkins said:
I just never really tinkerd with something like this. I know it looks easy, but I never opened a zif seal or w/e its called. What exactly do I flip up? I'm sorry for my "Noob" questions, I'm normally good with hardware stuff, but I want to just make sure I do this right.
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No worries :good:
See the black flap?
Flip it up, slide out/in the connecting ribbon and flip it down to secure the connection.

k23m said:
No worries :good:
See the black flap?
Flip it up, slide out/in the connecting ribbon and flip it down to secure the connection.
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Huh, seems simple enough. Thanks for the info! :victory: