[Q] Dropped calls / bad reception on new Diamond

[AcIDx0]

Hello everyone,
My co-worker bought a brand new diamond in Thailand, and brought it over. He is experiencing dropped calls too frequently. I read something on this forum about bad reception in Diamonds, but IMHO that cant be SO bad. There is no official HTC representative in Israel, so the warranty loss does not matter.

I changed SIM (3G SIM), put old one and new one to another phone - both work.

I am thinking to try the following:
1. Re-Flash Radio ROM. Any suggestion of a good ROM that should fix this?
2. Open up the phone and see if the antenna module is damaged / loosely connected.

Any suggestions before I execute those drastic measures?

Thank you.

[NielDK]

Posting regarding Radio ROM versions are here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407956

[AcIDx0]

Thanks. Any other thing to do besides reflashing?

[halloj]

Hello everyone,
My co-worker bought a brand new diamond in Thailand, and brought it over. He is experiencing dropped calls too frequently. I read something on this forum about bad reception in Diamonds, but IMHO that cant be SO bad. There is no official HTC representative in Israel, so the warranty loss does not matter.

I changed SIM (3G SIM), put old one and new one to another phone - both work.

I am thinking to try the following:
1. Re-Flash Radio ROM. Any suggestion of a good ROM that should fix this?
2. Open up the phone and see if the antenna module is damaged / loosely connected.

Any suggestions before I execute those drastic measures?

Thank you.

Go here and read: http://www.modmydiamond.info/

[makingdough]

Just wanted to add that Gotreception.com (http://www.gotreception.com) is a great resource for finding out where reception problems are most likely to occur.

[Sergio PC]

Reflash RADIOS use .05 or .07.
HERE (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=407956)

Im using it with Panoshas Latest Cooked meal and %110 satisfied!
And lastly flashing radios is not a big deal. You should be done in 10 minutes.