Help with broken antenna

[Anonymous]

I managed to break my antenna and now I don't know if I'm missing pieces of it; There is a clear plastic body with a fixed bronze stud and a plastic cap. Is that It? I don't have the phone activated currently so I don't know if the reception will be affected. Does anybody know where to get a replacement?

:(

I drive a Motorcycle to commute to work everyday, and I got one of those GPS holders so I drive around with my device in it to have the MP3 playing, anyway I didn't put it correctly and suddenly @ about 30 MPH I stopped hearing music; My PDA was 150 yards behind.

Anybody know how to post pic's if I don't have a server?

[Peter Poelman]

If you send me the pictures, I'll put them online and stick 'em in your message.

You were damn lucky to have only the antenna damaged...

[Anonymous]

I sent the pictures to your e-mail, Unfortunately not only the antenna got damaged, the aftermarket leather cover that I bought (Krusell) has the edges exposed so that area got scratched also, there's even a crack on top of the earbud connector, but that's minor.

So anybody know where to buy the antenna and covers replacement ?
Am I missing parts for the antenna assembly?

Thanks for your help.
Great forum.
Miguel

[Peter Poelman]

Here's the images:

http://xda-developers.com/incoming/MVC-015S.JPG
http://xda-developers.com/incoming/MVC-016S.JPG

Yes, it looks like there's stuff missing.

[topgun98]

Actually, I ended up breaking my antenna by pulling my XDA out of my pocket so many times by the antenna. Eventually, it just popped off.
Inside is a small spring that apparently acts as an antenna. Once that popped out and got lost, I was unable to recieve any signal from my XDA. I called T-Mobile and RMA'd the phone. My new one works just fine, and I've been careful to go easy on the antenna.

[litri01]

I had the same and found that a cut down spring from a pen (the one that goes arround the ink thing does a good job at replaceing the antenna coil.

Haveing said that I retuned my device as was given a replacement as well