No gps signal and very poor phone signal

[fullagon]

Hi guys,

After dropping my phone and cracking the screen i got my phone back from repair (after 6 weeks) now i find that the gps never finds a satelite and my phone reception is very poor - mostly no service or 1 bar when near tower. I have never had a problem with reception before always been good tried reflashed different roms and and radio roms but no go. So i have come to the conclusion that it is a hardware failure. But i was just wondering does the gps and phone work off the same antennae maybe it just became dislodged, or has anyone else got any ideas i could try before i send it away for another six weeks. cheers.

[Bodisson]

AFAIK, GSM and GPS are using different antennas. However, I can't guarantee that - should look in service manual.

On the other hand, flashing some radio ROMs might cause damage to both GSM and GPS receivers, causing irreversible performance drop.

Before sending device to repair, be sure to flash it with official ROM.
And I suggest that you test it with latest official ROM you can find.

[fullagon]

thanks for your reply I have flashed back to original rom and am now in the process of having my phone looked at. Only had these problems after sending my phone in for repair for a cracked lcd screen so im kind of hoping they just forgot to put something back in. but im really not that lucky. Thanks again.

[Bodisson]

Good luck, please update with results ASAP.

[fullagon]

Hi, Just updating sent my phone to another repairer they told me that when i got my screen repaired the last repairer had left off a part that joins the two antennas (gps and phone) to the main board. So it was pretty much similar to what i thought it might have been. This repairer was Australia's official HTC repairer the first two weeks they lost my phone then they found it then it took three weeks to fix a cracked lcd then they sent it back to the wrong address another week to locate my phone then get it back to find the signal problems so a word of warning to Aussies - If its not a warranty repair dont send it to HTC repairer unless all other options are exhausted. Do some net research on these guys there are plenty of disgruntled people and there's even a news article on an industrial action protest outside thier shop for treating there employees poorly. Oh well lesson learnt and my rant is now over. Thanks again.