[REQ] Tweaks for more power signal !!!

[gioiellino]

The Diamond is almost a perfect phone mobile, but one difect is the power signal that is no very good.

we can concentrate all the tweaks possible in order to increase the power.
adding cabs, modifing registry and radio.

i have a HTC s310 too and GPRS and EDGE signal is more than Diamond.

[theartinc]

I suggest you try other Radio ROMs. See the Radio threads for more info.

[gioiellino]

I suggest you try other Radio ROMs. See the Radio threads for more info.

when we power on the diamond the power signal is more hard, after some second comes down. Creed that some application or service of wm6 has to that to make with this.

[v001011]

this is because the antenna hardvare it's on the bottom, and when you hold it in your hand you will block the reception. you can try with signal antenna booster...

[mancsoulja]

he does have a point tho, if i put my orange sim in my sony w880 i get a good 3g reception, but when i put it in my diamond i can only get standard gprs, id expect more for the money i paid for this fone :mad::mad:

[lude219]

this is because the antenna hardvare it's on the bottom, and when you hold it in your hand you will block the reception. you can try with signal antenna booster...

I thought the "antenna" is by camera? Dont u think it's counter-intuitive to have it at the bottom where your palm will most likely covers it while talking?

[itoYo]

i think its at the bottom! try it!

the signal always decreases when i cover the bottom part of my phone with my hand!

crap design if you ask me

[g-fall]

he does have a point tho, if i put my orange sim in my sony w880 i get a good 3g reception, but when i put it in my diamond i can only get standard gprs, id expect more for the money i paid for this fone :mad::mad:

just one remark:
are you sure that 3G is enabled in our diamond? some people do this (using GSM only) to get a longer stand-by time

[slovoflud]

The Diamond is almost a perfect phone mobile, but one difect is the power signal that is no very good.

we can concentrate all the tweaks possible in order to increase the power.
adding cabs, modifing registry and radio.

i have a HTC s310 too and GPRS and EDGE signal is more than Diamond.
Oh.. cmon.. saying that Diamond is almost perfect is a bit of a stretch ... :)

[gioiellino]

if we change manualy the value of "Signal Strength" max to 90 the bars signal change up.

But this value reset after a soft reset

i dont know if we can stop this value at 90
i dont know if this is only a graphic change.

[ninjasoft]

i have both setted to 100 !!!

[gioiellino]

i tryed over 90 but bars signal not apperas.
only until 90 the bars up to max

Ciao, dipende dalla ricezione che hai in quel momento.
se sei sotto ai 90 ed aumenti il valore aumentano le tacche, ma non so se è solo un cambiamento grafico.

tu che valore avevi prima di mettere 100?
oppure se avevi gai 100 vuol dire che in quel posto è ottima la ricezione.
prova quando non ne hai, e sei con una tacca, ti aumenta notevolmente.

[laporte]

if we change manualy the value of "Signal Strength" max to 90 the bars signal change up.

But this value reset after a soft reset

i dont know if we can stop this value at 90
i dont know if this is only a graphic change.

this changes only the status information for the top icons of systembar.

like in your screenshots, having a signal strength of "30", you have one bar in graphical information.

now with "90" you have a row of bars.

two bars are the value "60" on my device



so you are only modifying status information for the output of the device, sounds logical if you look on the registry tree where these values are and what other values are possible to change.

[Twister01]

i have the same problem my signal power is very bad with the diamond :(

[Karbo81]

Since i've upgraded my rom i started having problems with my signal reception.

ROM Version 2.03.456.2 WWE
ROM date 12/23/08
Radio version 1.09.25.23
Protocol version 52.51.25.26H

When i had 1.93. rom did not have such a problem?!

[slowfncar]

if im not mistaken the antennas are bi-amplified. there are 2 antennas. one on the top and one on the bottom. i could be wrong. but look behind your battery cover, btw my sprint diamond is by far the fastest phone iv ever had as far as browsing and get a consistent 1000kbps.very impressed for a windows 6.1 phone. tf3d is what screws up the speed

[v001011]

ok. diamond have only one antenna (at the bottom) the worst design I ever seen. I have to change the device and "upgraded" to blackstone for that, because I have a very expensive internet connection at Vodafone.

so...

If you open the battery case, at the botttom you have four screw to open the "antenna support plastic" ... how to tell to be understud... between those four screw you will see some "cuts" I mean it is a cooper foil stuck on the plastic but it's black too (painted). that's is the antenna.

Only REAL things that you can do to increase the signal:
1. change your radio
2. hardware antenna boost.

1. To see what the radio it's the best in your region, you will have to test your signal with different radios, for a couple of minutes, but you will have to have your phone in the same position (in your house) and when you read the signal strenght your body must be in the same position for all the tests because this will influence or block the transmission. the best way is to put it in front of you on the desk and read the signal from the same position after a few min.

2. You can try to attach another antenna connected with other one but this will brake your warranity. BE AWARE!

SO if you like to go foward with this I can post some pic here in the next 24 hours from now, because right now I don't have a diamond. all you have to do is to tell me if you will like to see how to disansamble a diamond.

Good luck and all my best.

[coolfire74]

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Only REAL things that you can do to increase the signal:
1. change your radio
2. hardware antenna boost.

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2. You can try to attach another antenna connected with other one but this will brake your warranity. BE AWARE!

SO if you like to go foward with this I can post some pic here in the next 24 hours from now, because right now I don't have a diamond. all you have to do is to tell me if you will like to see how to disansamble a diamond.

Good luck and all my best.

Yes, I would love to see how to attach another antenna or some kind of hardware booster to the diamond. Sounds really cool. But do you get better (I mean REALLY better) signal after this modification?

Thanks!

[bk227865]

ok. diamond have only one antenna (at the bottom)



There is more then 1 antenna. The plastic at the top side of the phone (camera area) has the same painted plastic foil cover as the bottom, if you look at it carfully under a strong light you will notice the same sort of "cuts" on it.
So there is another antenna at the top also.