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Error Code: 17040124; No Signal

People,
I was just showing a friend how he should open up his Desire HD. To do this I simply removed the GPS antenna cover, the battery cover and the antenna cover. I indicated the screws he would need to unscrew and that's it.
Put everything back together, turned on the phone and I noticed my date was reset to 1980 and time to 1PM.
Also, I had absolutely no signal.
Bluetooth, Wifi and GPS still work. Just the antenna doesn't work it seems.
I can not find networks manually and since I am running this ROM for quite a while now, I can safely say I think it's hardware related.
Does anyone have experience and can tell me where I should look at? I have totally unscrewed my phone a few times now so in case I need to do so, I can.
Greetings.

I'm almost certain he is never going to try that
Search for pimp your desire hd and there's another one about the gps, both with pics. I believe they are in the general section.
Sent from a dream.

Teichopsia said:
I'm almost certain he is never going to try that
Search for pimp your desire hd and there's another one about the gps, both with pics. I believe they are in the general section.
Sent from a dream.
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Haha He already did. He just needed to fix his power button which get's stuck all the time. Worked like a charm!
I'll look up some tutorial on Youtube then. Thanks for the quick response.

HOX No Reception No service

Hi,
My HOX international vodafone edition had the wifi problem, vodafone refused to fix it due to a crack so I attempted the fix.
I opened it up and placed foil on the contacts and then reassembled it. After that wifi was great and all good, however after about 1 hour
the phone started to get really 3G bad reception, after about an hour of this the phone lost all 3G reception and now will not join the networks or anything. (wifi is great tho)
Need help
What do you think is broken or gone wrong and what parts would i have to buy to fix it?
Thanks so much.
-beachedazd

The tinfoil has probably fallen off and/or shorted.

BenPope said:
The tinfoil has probably fallen off and/or shorted.
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Is there any chance of fixing it or should I give up?

beachedazd said:
Is there any chance of fixing it or should I give up?
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Well you can't sort it out by talking about it, you'll need to open it and have a look. If the tinfoil has moved, I suggest you remove all signs if the tinfoil and attempt a better repair.

The foil could be interfering with the reception
sent from my highgrade HTC one x

GPS dead?!? No GPS Signal

Hi,
EDIT: Fixed it by myself, resoldered the GPS Antenna 2 times, now it works
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W0RSCHD said:
Hi,
EDIT: Fixed it by myself, resoldered the GPS Antenna 2 times, now it works
Can be deleted/closed.
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Do you have any pics, tutorial ? or know a link. Just for knowledge sharing.

You can use FasterFix free app to choose your continent/region and get better GPS results

RobRoy said:
Do you have any pics, tutorial ? or know a link. Just for knowledge sharing.
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I used this one and some Pics of the Backcover to look where the contacts from GPS Antenna are.

now GPS Problems again :/
Replaced my LCD (was broken), all worked fine, but this week i needed GPS and i saw that it didn´t work.
I thaught ok, i already had contac Problems, so i soldered 2 wires to the GPS Antenna, but still no GPS Signal
Then i thought its Kernel related, so i reinstalled ROM (without Wipe) and the Stock Kernel. (ARHD 19.2) but still no GPS..
I deleted AGPS Data, no GPS also ((
Now i don´t know what to do, or test now :/
I measured the wires from One X Board to GPS Antenna, all ok, soldered good.
I have no idea what i can do now, but i want really a working GPS :crying:

no one has such silly problem like me???
How can i test if GPS works properly and its just a AGPS Problem?!?
How can i test GPS Antenna and the Hardware without getting a Sattelite??
The only thing i am sure is that the Antenna has contact to the Board, because i soldered 2 Wires in...
The antenna is is the same concact, so both wires are connected to the one contact antenna, right?
don´t know where the problem is
but im sick of searching, all things i thought could be didn´t help till now...
changed base, changed kernel, soldered wires directly to antenna and and and.. now i have no ideas

Even though you say you are sure you have soldered the wires in correctly, it sounds to me like a hardware issue as opposed to anything else. On my old hd2 my touchscreen broke and I sent it to a repair shop, had it fixed but then a week or so later had no gps, couldn't get it to work no matter what. My guess was that maybe one of the wires had been snipped when they had put the case back, I couldn't prove it without taking the back off, which I wasn't prepared to do. Can you not send it in for repair?
Sent from my HTC ONE X

if i send it to repair, they only can change motherboard or antenna, right? The price for this will be a new One X i think, so thats not rentable for me. But soldering something in and out should not be a problem for me, but i want to know whats not working, The Antenna i cant Mesure if it works correct or not, right?!? If its a Software Problem, i don´t know what i can do to solve it.
I tested, then after long time, GPS Test showed me 3 Satelites for 1 Second and then again nothing and nothing and nothing...
So what would be great, if i can look or do something to be sure its software or hardware related....
I even shortened all wires to let them very short, the are max. 3-4 cm long (Wifi. GPS, and 3G)
So i wired connectors top left, top right and middle down...
But on one side in near of NFC connectors (they are bigger) there are also 2 small connectors, for what are they? Should i wire them too??
Are there any things i can do, like delete some files or reset something, delete cache of definited apps or somewhate else? Reflash Rom with FULL Wipe, also didn´t work

AW: GPS dead?!? No GPS Signal
Is there any manual what connectors to check such are used for GPS? The 2 on the antenna I know, but perhaps there is a flat cable such is not connected good? And where can I buy a new antenna, I didn't find one yet.
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AW: GPS dead?!? No GPS Signal
Nobody knows?
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yaaaaaaaaay, it finally works
after flashing to stock with full wipe, trying other kernel, other baseband, did different soldering tries (with cable, without cable) and nothing helped, i was shortly before to sell the one x (not really, but i was angry about it) and i tried lot of apps and gps.confs.....
resetted x times agps data etc, nothing helped...
then i tried GPS Aids from playstore and tadaaaaaaa -> now GPS works....
if i found it earlier, it would have saved me a lot of nervs and time and angryness ^^

what files are responsible for GPS? I played around a little bit, but now i have no Satellites again, and i tried all i did before, i tried different gps.confs and different ntp servers, no succes...
what files can i change again the stock ones to test if it works without a full wipe?
i didn´t think that the GPS is actually such complicated ^^
makes me crazy

AW: GPS dead?!? No GPS Signal
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is it possible to solder a bridge between the 2 Contacts responsible for GPS on the Board? So that even if one contact has contact to the Antenna, the other one also has... Because the Antenna also is only one Contact, so they are bridged there, or do i understand something wrong?

hm, nobody knows?
so i think i have to live without GPS

I'm also having issues with gps.. i get 0 maybe 1 sattallite with gps test.Running ARHD 21.0
is there a way to test if its problem with contacts on the motherboard (similar to sqeeze test for wifi) ?
I dont want to open my phone (its pain in the a**)

I hope there is a solution for our problem, would be great but at the moment I dont know what we can do. The only think what I didn't test was to flash stock ruu....
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Later on i even opened the phone and putted some solder to the contacts for the gps antenna and yet the result is the same. I don't think it's hardware,becouse i would't get any sattalites at all,
but i do get sometimes 1 sattalite (no fix to it though). So gps hardware itself probobly isn't defected, so it must be a software issue of some kind.
@W0RSCHD
yeah try the stock rom and report back...

The solder I already did, and tried lot of gps apps and installed Rom with full wipe, all doesbt work. I also sometimes get one sat. But only for a second or two then it loose it and then it doesn't find any sat.
At the moment I have no time to test with ruu, so I have to live without GPS or hope that someone has a solution for it.
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it looks like we have the exact same problem....
hopefully a fix will come someday ..

[Q] Note 2 won't Turn On WiFi or Bluetooth Settings

I tried toggling it on after the 4.1.2 update, but it won't let me the upgrade was done through OTA and carrier is Fido. Same thing with Bluetooth. It just toggles back to off on it's own.
Any help or suggestions? I'm thinking of restoring it to factory. I'm enquiring for my mom's boyfriend. He does have SuperSU installed but I don't think it's rooted because I'm pretty sure he won't know how to do that. Could this be causing the program?
He's thinking about going back to the iPhone which in my opinion would be a huge mistake after witnessing the note 2 for power myself haha.
Just tried doing a Factory Reset to no avail. Still toggling from on (for a brief second) back to off.

Re flash stock firmware.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Re flash stock firmware.
Sent from my GT-N7100
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Yeah that was going to be my next step, but then downloading the Firmware is going to take forever. I am thinking about flashing a Custom ROM so it will remove the bloatware with it. I'll update the thread when I get a chance.
EDIT: I was so smart yesterday that I flashed Stock Restore by accident and now I have to use someone's computer to flash CWM back into it or Unroot the phone...It was such a dumb mistake.........

Very well known to me issue...
1. Never attempt to undervolt Note 2, especially on low clocks. Don't play with RedPill kernel. Use stock, Adam or Perseus.
2. Flash stock 4.1.2
3. Shutdown, remove SIM, battery and SD card.
4. Press and hold the Power button for 30+ seconds (I used a full minute).
5. Insert the battery only, power on and try to enable BT and WiFi.
6. If succeeded - shutdown, insert SIM & SD, reassembly and power on. Verify again.
If not... you may try again or go to servicemen.
7. Later you can flash a custom ROM but beware of kernels and especially undervolt.
P.S. My old trusty Motorola Atrix doesn't like undervolt too. It looses BT...

Thanks man. It is super weird though because I don't think he had it rooted and I checked the Kernel that he had installed it showed it was the stock kernel. I will keep that in mine. I was also wondering and this maybe a newbie question. But n7100 can only flash stock n7100 4.1.2? I just find downloading the firmware will take forever.
Thanks for all your help guys. Will jeep you both updated.
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Any update?
My t889 have the exact same problem. Wifi and bluetooth won't switch on.

my galaxy note 2 does the same thing
I just purchased it and went to turn on wi fi to download apps quicker and it goes to on for a second....then just goes off. Same with bluetooth option.

wifi can't turn on as well as bluetooth
hello,
has anyone solved this problem? just came back form work today and try to turn on wifi but failed to do so. Please help...thanks in advance.

Thanks man
Thanks man

Same Problem with WIfi and Bluetooth
I experienced the Same issue sometimes when i removed my battery i can turn on my WiFi and Bluetooth but after a couple of days the Wifi and Bluetooth can't turn on again. Anyone already fixed this issue?

The back cover serves as the Wifi antenna. When you open the back lid, the two gold prongs on the upper right are the connections to the back cover (antenna). Make sure the contacts are clean and the back lid is attached completely. When insufficient contact is established, wifi will not turn on.
HTH
~Gary

zenmonster said:
The back cover serves as the Wifi antenna. When you open the back lid, the two gold prongs on the upper right are the connections to the back cover (antenna). Make sure the contacts are clean and the back lid is attached completely. When insufficient contact is established, wifi will not turn on.
HTH
~Gary
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This is NFS antenna. Seems having nothing to do with GHz range internal antennas.
Anyway will do no harm to have it properly attached.

muz4 said:
Any update?
My t889 have the exact same problem. Wifi and bluetooth won't switch on.
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Use a custom Rom like the jedi x 17 or jedi master 16.
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tenchu167 said:
Use a custom Rom like the jedi x 17 or jedi master 16.
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Won't fix it as I've used both Jedi Master and Jedi X ROMs before reverting to rooted stock (which I'm still using) and the issue persists.I think this is a hardware issue.

jaekidd1012 said:
Won't fix it as I've used both Jedi Master and Jedi X ROMs before reverting to rooted stock (which I'm still using) and the issue persists.I think this is a hardware issue.
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Verify with the Carbon ROM maby solve something
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Same problem over here
My problem has been on going since I bought thee damn thing
I bought it from someone for $500 back in April. The guy I bought it from must have been some sort of genius or something because every freaking repair place and computer places, in Tulsa, OK, have absolutely no idea what the guy that I bought it from did! I remember it had a custom ROM I think it was Jedix..sorry I am a noob and a girl at that :/
I have spent countless hours reading forum after forum to no avail.
So the guy that I bought it from asked me if I wanted regular 3g/4g speeds and wifi or fast internet speeds everywhere and no wifi. I, assuming that I could easily just turn wifi back on with the flip on the button, told him that I wanted fast internet and no wifi. I get home and try to flip wifi back on and nothing! Also no bluetooth. I was in contact with the guy that I bought it from and he did try to walk me through turning the wifi/bluetooth back on. He said it was simple..He had me wipe the cache, wipe the kernel, something to do with qual comm settings..blah blah I do not remember because it was months ago and so many things have been done to it since then. I shortly lost contact with him. If I am within 2 feet away from my router I can pick up great wifi but 3 feet away or further I am s.o.l. I can pick up a real weak connection in public places like my college or a hospital. I have paid every phone repair place and computer store here in Tulsa to try to fix it. They all do the same thing, just restore it with the exception of the last place that I took it to..they tried to but an older version on it thinking wifi/bluetooth had something to do with version it was on.
Please do not tell me that this is a hardware issue!- I have read countless forums and have read that I am not alone with this issue. It does however not look promising because I have never read of anyone fixing this issue. I have read things about it being the radio etc etc. I firmly believe that this is a software/programming issue however the people that I have seen this happen to never got it fixed..they eventually just gave up and bought new motherboards or new phones entirely. With that being said a motherboard could be a possibility..any ideas on how much a new motherboard cost? Sorry for being sooo long I am just so frustrated. This is such a beautiful phone and I have never gotten to fully take advantage of all of its capabilities because of this.

WIFI Bluetooth fix
Hello, I´ve also tried everything software related to no avail. So I finally disassembled the device as shown in videos found on youtube or elsewhere.
Google it!!
Reconnected the wifi chip. Turned the the device on and....wifi and bluetooth worked strongly!!! That fixed it for me!!
To be clear: I just took the screws and the plastic piece that covers the motherboard (Bee careful and patient and use the right tools!!). Then disconnected and reconnected the connector of the wifi chip, which is located right next to the lower volume button, on the board. It´s the only cable showing.
I´ve seen this problem on laptops, because of overheatin issues related to bad mainboard design, but I cannot be sure in this case without further testing.
I´ll see how long this fix lasts and I´ll keep posting.

wclub3 said:
Hello, I´ve also tried everything software related to no avail. So I finally disassembled the device as shown in videos found on youtube or elsewhere.
Google it!!
Reconnected the wifi chip. Turned the the device on and....wifi and bluetooth worked strongly!!! That fixed it for me!!
To be clear: I just took the screws and the plastic piece that covers the motherboard (Bee careful and patient and use the right tools!!). Then disconnected and reconnected the connector of the wifi chip, which is located right next to the lower volume button, on the board. It´s the only cable showing.
I´ve seen this problem on laptops, because of overheatin issues related to bad mainboard design, but I cannot be sure in this case without further testing.
I´ll see how long this fix lasts and I´ll keep posting.
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joining the little troubled club :crying:
has it helped?
i loath to open the device otherwise...

gurila said:
joining the little troubled club :crying:
has it helped?
i loath to open the device otherwise...
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It worked for a day and now it´s back to the same....To my understanding this is a hardware problem with the wifi/bluetooh chip.. I´m looking for the brand and model of the chip to see if I find it on Amazon so I can replace it.

wclub3 said:
It worked for a day and now it´s back to the same....To my understanding this is a hardware problem with the wifi/bluetooh chip.. I´m looking for the brand and model of the chip to see if I find it on Amazon so I can replace it.
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any of these look like what ur looking for: (note 2 lte section)
http://stellatech.com/articles.php?lang=en&cid=10580
???
or maybe in the note 2 section?
http://stellatech.com/articles.php?cid=10552
BT antena
http://stellatech.com/samsung-gt-n7100-galaxy-note-2-bluetooth-antenna-(grey),a,en,813242.html
WIFI modul
http://stellatech.com/samsung-gt-n7100-galaxy-note-2-wifi-ic-module,a,en,813165.html

Can anyone repair my wifi/bluetooth signal on here?

Hello all,
Oh what fun I have had with this phone since I have had it. It now looks like I have this "Squeeze problem". I have verified against another one x and the BT range is literally 200% / 300% better than mine (running RC4 cyanogen).
I have suffered from horrific WIFI and BT since I got the phone, my nokia e5 has been my daily driver as it lets me use my sbh 20 headset without holding the phone next to my headset.
I have called HTC and they tell me they will take the phone but might charge me due to the fact that I unlocked my bootloader (which was done to improve my wifi and battery drain - hohum)
This was the last straw. After seeing that the new HTC one has already been S-Offed - and we still have nothing. I am really wondering why I bought this device.
But alas - I still want to use it to watch movies and surf at work - so I want to get the antenna sorted - but after watching the video I am not really thinking I want to do the procedure my self.
I CERTAINLY do not want to pay HTC money to repair their bad handy work.
Is there anyone on here that lives in London that would be willing to do the repair for me?
Of course I will pay. I cant even sell it like this as it just sucks to use it. Wifi drops every min etc.
Thanks all!

Lol I don't think anyone would want to be responsible for breaking your phone.
But really, just take your time while opening it gently, you might notice that the back is completely glued in (like mine). Just shove a guitar pick inside to scrap it all slowly off. I was extremely scared as well when I first opened it, but it becomes a piece of cake afterwards.

Make sure the pick goes far enough in so this doesn't happen. >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319128
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nogotaclue said:
Make sure the pick goes far enough in so this doesn't happen. >>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2319128
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Lol depth wasn't the problem. He tried the wrong hole to pick open. I almost did the same thing.
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yarod_g14 said:
Hello all,
Oh what fun I have had with this phone since I have had it. It now looks like I have this "Squeeze problem". I have verified against another one x and the BT range is literally 200% / 300% better than mine (running RC4 cyanogen).
I have suffered from horrific WIFI and BT since I got the phone, my nokia e5 has been my daily driver as it lets me use my sbh 20 headset without holding the phone next to my headset.
I have called HTC and they tell me they will take the phone but might charge me due to the fact that I unlocked my bootloader (which was done to improve my wifi and battery drain - hohum)
This was the last straw. After seeing that the new HTC one has already been S-Offed - and we still have nothing. I am really wondering why I bought this device.
But alas - I still want to use it to watch movies and surf at work - so I want to get the antenna sorted - but after watching the video I am not really thinking I want to do the procedure my self.
I CERTAINLY do not want to pay HTC money to repair their bad handy work.
Is there anyone on here that lives in London that would be willing to do the repair for me?
Of course I will pay. I cant even sell it like this as it just sucks to use it. Wifi drops every min etc.
Thanks all!
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My phone has an unlocked bootloader and I sent it back to HTC UK with the exact wifi problem. They repaired it without a problem. The same for my mate who also sent his back with a custom rom still on it. Unless they can prove that unlocking the bootloader caused the fault they have to accept the warranty.
The bottom line is the wifi issue is a known hardware design fault that cannot be affected by unlocking and flashing roms.

tony_76 said:
My phone has an unlocked bootloader and I sent it back to HTC UK with the exact wifi problem. They repaired it without a problem. The same for my mate who also sent his back with a custom rom still on it. Unless they can prove that unlocking the bootloader caused the fault they have to accept the warranty.
The bottom line is the wifi issue is a known hardware design fault that cannot be affected by unlocking and flashing roms.
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Thanks for this information
I'm feeling much better about the situation now. I will be sending it back to them for the repair.
I was in Phones3u today and I nearly walked out with a GS4........Im glad i didn't.