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[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Lauski:
I've been told by multiple people that I've spoken to that I am "distant sounding" or "hard to hear" and I've been talking for years at home/work on my old phone without trouble. I naturally tried holding my phone with just the index finger and thumb on the edges and this has seemed to help, but I knew nothing about the ONE having problems, just a prior knowledge of antenna-gate.

Today we have this post and YouTube video and I can confirm what is being seen. More specifically though I go from -90 here inside a building with the two-finger grip and I go down to -105 when I palm it like in the video (no squeezing), as I normally hold it when talking on the phone.

(Sprint US Version)

---------- Post added at 03:19 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:55 PM ----------

Update, additional info:

I was able to try with two co-worker's phones, both on Sprint. One of them an older HTC model, another from Motorola.

Both exhibit noticable signal drop from "cupping" the bottom of the phone with a grip like this.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] BrianBaker:
Yeah.. I returned my One because of reception issues, mainly 4G...Voice seemed fine but 4G dropping to 3G killed this wonderful phone for me.. When my area is better saturated in LTE I will be buying the One again unless another phone is set to come out around that time.. Damn I miss that I.R. Blaster..

Sent from my Note II
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Cuppeerr:
Calm down, we kid.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] benmatlock:
I have been unable to replicate this

Sent from my rooted unlocked rommed HTC One, on the Sprint network.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mang0:
I am also noticing a drop in 3G (5 bars down to 2) when I rest my palm against the bottom left corner of the phone. (San Diego area) I do, unfortunately, hold my phone this way, so I'll have to change that habit!
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Scrufdog:
mine does it too. However, my hand is rarely at that corner so I can deal with it for now
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] phillip1953:
This feature is a patent owned by Apple. For the HTC One to do this would be a blatant violation. ;)

Your link came down to this; two guys on AT&T and one guy on Sprint. Sounds like a widespread problem, eh?

Sent via my Nexus 7, Amiga 3000 or HTC EVO 3D
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Vincent Law:
Extensive testing on my own showed that the signal bar up top is mostly meaningless. A single bar when gripping the phone resulted in no measurable loss in 3G speeds nor phone call quality, after repeating the test several times, compared to 5 bars. I was also able to make calls (and drop them) in the same areas as before, thus no perceived loss in range.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] pbedard:
Zero issues cuffing it on all places
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Tilde88:
this thread is funny. seeing as how this is a developers site, and every is acting like users :-p

i kid i kid.

but no, seriously... why is everyone looking at bars? forget the bars... stop being lazy and gave me your dbms!

for example, if you are at -45, and you 'apple-hold' it, and it goes to -120dbm, then we have issues. If it goes to -59dbm, then stop complaining, as many users have noted, bars mean nothing, not even in in-call quality terms. Those bars, to us... only indicate 1x signal. Remember we are using the HD Voice stuff now... which, unless I am wrong, operate on the 800mhz spectrum or something like that. not quite sure about that last part so don't quote me; im a little 'foggy atm' to be light. but certainly, bars mean nothing...

Slight update, using ##DEBUG#, in the 1x section, the signal goes from ~85dbm to ~113dm... so i guess that's bad, except for #1, it was already bad to begin with #2, big whoop its only 1X... anyway, ##INFO# isnt working so im looking for a dbm monitor as we speak. ill report back

Update:

Ok, the app is called Network Signal Info, by Kabits Software. It is really good, and free, and in the Play store. There is indeed a drop in my EHRPD connectoin (3g). It goes from ~83dbm to ~103dbm. Which is a drop of ~20dmbs. A little less drastic than the 1X drop of ~30dbm... But still may (keyword) be noticeable in certain situations, if you hold it a certain way. So, yea... It certainly happens, but I don't see it as an emergency problem, though it should be addressed by HTC at some point. This was done in my room, where reception is not the purdiest. Ill go outside.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] BrianBaker:
Bars or no bars.. For me it was simple.. I didn't have 4G in areas with the One that I did with my other phone.. So it went back.

Sent from my Note II
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] k000:
I got HTC One on Sunday and 3 people have told me so far that they stopped hearing me completely on the phone. Generally happens when I move phone from one hand to the other, and noticed that it works better in right hand than left.

I have been only on HTC phones since PPC 6700 days and never had this issue on any other phone. Just gave my Evo 4G LTE to wife. Want to make sure I can allay the notion that somehow I am a Samsung guy or something. I looked at Galaxy S4 at the store, don;t like how it feels in my hands - slippery and slimy.. and love HTC One's feel in my hands

One thing I thought was maybe it's a a Google Voice issue, so have turned that off on my phone and will see how it fairs.

Hopefully it is some kind of reception issue that HTC can fix with a firmware, but will definitely be calling Sprint about this one.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Tilde88:
:\ that sucks. They will fix that soon. Other phones have had that problem as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] BrianBaker:
and when/if they do I will be back..I miss the One so bad.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] k000:
I had GV turned off and still loose signal on and off while being on the call.

I am wondering if I should call in and get thsi diagnosed given it's totally locked/unrooted at the moment... best time to do it.

Does anyone know if Sprint charges for repalcement after 2 days of activating ?
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Vincent Law:
Investigating something: for those who can visibly see "signal loss" on the signal bars, can you confirm/deny whether you have turned on Fast Boot at any point? Doesn't necessarily have to be on now.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] jkt97401:
I find it extremely comical that people are having to search this hard to find something wrong with the phone!

Maybe my unit is completely free of defects or maybe it's just like the rest of the HTC Ones, who knows? I do know that I use my phone pretty rigorously just as I have used all of my past phones and I don't experience any issues whatsoever. The battery life could be a little better, but I'm a kernel tuning kinda guy haha. Once we have custom kernels, I will be an overly ecstatic customer.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] k000:
For those NOT having this issue is your Sleep Mode On or Off in Power settings ?

---------- Post added at 04:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:26 PM ----------

I never touched any settings in Power.

Fast Boot is Off
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mill1321:
I am having reception issues too actually. In Chicago on Sprint. Dropped 3 calls within 5 minutes today and have been dropping calls since I got the phone a week ago. Also having call clarity issues. Really like the phone and the fact that it will free after new activation and trade in but may have to get S4. Disappointed right now.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] lamortnoir:
I can confirm I am having issues as well. Pictures are posted on the main HTC One forum.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=40946359&postcount=26
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Tilde88:
-10dbm difference, is like being mad that your coworker has an office that is 2 square inches larger than yours. just sayin.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] Firdosh:
I use to work for sprint and I do believe you have 30 days from the purchase/activation date to change the phone to another or same. Depends on sometimes if its an actual sprint store or a franchise store. Sprint store do for 14 days I worked at a franchise and they had it for 30.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] mang0:
Mine is ~20+dbm difference. It's between -80dbm and -100dbm for not covering the bottom left corner vs. covering, respectively. Not a dealbreaker for me.. it's just slightly annoying since I have to watch the way I hold it from now on.
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] BrianBaker:
Yeah well that 2 extra square inches is all it takes to lose 4G so I guess to stick with your analogy it's like that Co worker also stealing my damn stapler.

Sent from my Note II
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] lohanchien:
Same here. I noticed the problem myself which is what got me to this thread.

If I hold the bottom half I go from full bars down to one on 3g/4g. While holding the top half I go from full bars down to one on WiFi...
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] himeshkaul:
No Issues As Such

No Issues As Such
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] blizzake:
Also having this issue mines only when I palm with my left hand. (bottom left corner)
[Sprint HTC One (M7)] bbbfalcs:
Same here.. going to stop by a store tonight and test the floor model.

Considering returning it for a new one, inside the 14 days, but nervous after reading about some of the other screen resolution problems that I don't seem to currently have.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] SabaYNWA:
Hey guys I need a hand with this, I am currently running Android Revolution HD 7.0 by mike1986 which is amazing and if you havent given it a run you really should super slick but my diliema here is that I have some dead pixels in the screen and its only a week old or so which will be replaced for a new device. I saw this thread in development Device Essential Material *** RUU,s / Recovery / Radio / Root / S-Off / Guides ***but I am a little confused which I should download, if someone could point me in the right direction I would appreciate it. I know ATT and Rogers work hand in hand so it cant be that difficult. I have def learned my lesson though should have backed up nandroid stock before I flashed

My CID is ROGERS001

Android version: 4.1.2

HTC Sence 5.0

Build number 1.29.401.13 CL177101
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] skyjor2012:
Did you end up getting your Rogers HTC one back to stock? I also need to send my phone back for dead pixels but never made a nandroid backup. So frustrated, any advice?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] ysr84:
I am in the same situation... can anyone please help....
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] xcrazydx:
Read the guides
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] skyjor2012:
I just ended up sending it back the way it was, I stressed out long enough, my hair turned grey..I'll wait and see about warranty
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] xcrazydx:
Why would you stress out? This is simple stuff and people were kind enough to create guides for you. Why would you not read and follow them?
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] rowebil:
Can't you just help someone out and show them what guide?

I am in the same situation! If I saw someone posting a thread, I'd link them to the guide and section, rather than typing a few sentences of nonsense that doesn't contribute to the solution. :/
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] gdtmike:
Be Helpful

Yeah no kidding! Help them out instead of talking nonsense. Contribute or don't say anything at all!
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] Nick281051:
People would be more inclined to help if you read about what you're doing before posting. So yeah follow your own advice and contribute to the solution by reading so that you can find the solution.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] skyjor2012:
Yes reading is the key to xda forums! I wasn't able to bring my HTC One back to stock, but since having my new replacement I've learned a ton of info from xda! To all the people who contribute to an awesome forum I thank you all, appreciation goes along way!

At
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] xcrazydx:
I'm not gonna spoon feed you. The guides were made for people like you. Just read them and quit being lazy.
[AT&T HTC One (M7)] smokinmoses:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=43458497 omg found in less than 3 seconds
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deadred:
So im thinkning of moding my WIFI only device to add the GSM capabilitys Any one attempt this yet. Anyone know the parts needed to do this?

Thanks in advance
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CrazyPeter:
Yes, a complete 3G Nexus 7 should do the trick. To install it is easy. Put down the Wifi model, pick up the 3G one, and sign into your existing Google account.

Job Done.

You will have some leftover parts (a complete Nexus 7 Wifi), you can sell this on ebay.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DamianSixSixSix:
ok, this really made me lol.

he's right though, its easier to get a gsm one...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wejgomi:
Yeah, get a 3g n7 board off ebay, also a 3g back cover with it, I believe thats all you need.

I'll try and install next week, will let you know how it goes.

Wejgomi
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] PVL_93_RU:
Wow, really? This thread is not a joke attempt?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Flippy125:
Eh, it's a legitimate question if OP has never opened him N7. I just fixed my little brothers tablet (not an N7) and it was the same board as the 3G version, just without the sim card slot, antennas, etc. The solder points for everything were still there and ready to go. 3G tablets are ripoffs anyway, just tether your phone and you're good everywhere.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastlin:
I thought about doing this as well but I read in a earlier forum whom was trying to fix their 3g with parts from the WiFi and was not having much success can anyone confirm that the points are the same or roughly the same?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ynrozturk:
Anyone know how I can make my laptop into a netbook? I need something easier to carry around. Will throwing it in the washing machine shrink it? Please help.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] IRX120:
I read that the screws are in different places, the LCD and motherboards of the 3g are not compatible with the WiFi only there's a thread about it somewhere

Sent from my Nexus 4 @1.72 GHz on Stock 4.2.2
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastlin:
Thank you for the response I saw sometime ask earlier and I had not done due diligence to see if this was possible again thank you
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SW686:
I wasn't able to find N7 3G teardown photos with a cursory google search, but I'd assume the wifi model is also missing the XMM6260 3G modem chip.

Procuring this chip and finding a way to solder it down (it looks like a 17x17 BGA package) will probably cost a fair amount more than the $50-100 price difference.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mkhtfld76:
^This^ is how all XDA posts should be. Polite,informative, and all the info is correct.

To add,I'll say that I have a Grouper,and I tether it to a zte avid 4g on metro pcs. The $60 unlimited data LTE plan. Have a good signal where I live so it works great. Any other wireless provider,even a mifi hotspot,would kill me on data overages. So if you can get a good signal where you live its a good idea to check it out.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rastlin:
I will concur with that statement about how to respond to posts, moving on. If I had read these posts correctly in theory if one has acquired the motherboard of a 3g with the back to match then one could use the funny half of the wifi model then. Expounding on that let's say if one was able to do that then they could in a sense "upgrade" from a wifi to a 3g. If what I had postulated is in fact the then when the price drops due to the next gen being avaliable then one could get themselves a 3g at Semi decent price..... In theory...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spideric:
I really need someone's help. I'm not a wealthy guy and finally saved up to buy a smartphone.

I bought a generic Chinese one, pictured here. http://www.diytradeshop.com/cell-phones/cs2010064.html

Details

Basic Information Model Star N7189 Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz

3G: WCDMA 850/2100MHz Sim Card Dual SIM Card Dual Standby Service Provide Unlocked Style Bar Color Black

Shell Material Plastic

System OS Android 4.2.1 os CPU MTK6589, Coretex A1 Quad core, 1.2GHz ROM 4GB RAM 1GB

Screen Display Size 5.5 Inch Type TFT, capacitive touch screen Resolution 960 x 540 pixels Screen Color 1600K Colors

Support Format Ringtones Type Polyphonic/MP3 Audio File Format MP3/WAV/AMR/AWB Video File Format 3GP/MPEG4 Image File Format JPEG/BMP/GIF/PNG/GIF E-book Format TXT/CHM/DOC/HTML FM Radio Yes, earphone needed Earphone Port 3.5mm Card Extend Support TF card up to 16GB extended Data Transfer & Connectivity Data transfer USB/Bluetooth Mobile internet WAP/WIFI

General Camera/Picture Resolution Dual Cameras, front camera 3.0MP, back camera 8.0MP

with flashlight and auto focus, up to 3264 x 2448 pixels resolution Phonebook 500 Language English, Afrikaans, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu,

Catala, Cestina, Dansk, Deutsch, Espanol, French, Hrvatski,

Zulu, Italinao, Kiwsahili, Latviesu, Lietuviu, Magyar, Nederlands,

Norsk, Polish, Portuguese, Romana, Rumantsch, Slovencina,

Suomi, Svenska, Tagalog, Vietnamese, Turkish, Greek, Bulgarian,

Russian, Serbian, Ukrainian, Hebrew, Ukrainian, Serbian, Bengali,

Arabic, Hindi, India Urdu, Korean, Japansese, Simplified/Traditional Chinese Message SMS/MMS Input Handwrite/Keypad TV No GPS Yes, built in, also support A-GPS

With EPO assistance to speed up postioning JAVA No WIFI Yes, 802.11 b/g/n Bluetooth Bluetooth 2.0 Gravity Sensor Yes Multi-Touch Yes, 5 point touch Dimensions 149 x 78 x 10mm Net Weight(Including battery) 200g Standby Time About 2~3 days Other Feature 3G, WIFI, GPS, FM, Play Store, Bluetooth, Ebook, Email, Messaging, wallpapers,

calendar, calculator, clock, camera, G-sensor, etc

So today, the 29th of April 2013, I rooted the phone, yea it worked, Success! ( I used Android Toolkit)

Later I accidentally hit the format Nand button. (Smart Phone flash tool)

My phone's dead, it won't even turn on, not even in to the boot screen by holding vol up + home + power.

I want to get this working again and have no idea where to start, if it was as easy and putting a ROM in the SD card and booting, it would've helped, but that's not the case.

I know the guys here get a heap of questions, but I've spent hours trying to figure out what to do, before I voiced my concern here.

I truly appreciate it,

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awidawad:
Dude, why would you format NAND? Lesson here is don't do things if you don't know what you're doing. There is most likely nothing you can do. You pretty much wiped the important partitions on your phone. I'll look into trying to help you later. Good luck
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spideric:
Thank you mate
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awidawad:
Okay, back again. Could you please link the utilities that you used, especially the one you used to wipe your NAND? I would like to inspect these utilities to see exactly what they did to your phone to find any leads.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spideric:
SP_Flash_Tool_v3.1222.00 and I pressed the FORMAT button and selected the Nand. I didn't know doing that would screw it up.

So far I've found a few ROM's and Firmwares, but nothing loads, because I still have the Error: nand flash was not detected, upon doing the memory test

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/star-s7189/

http://www.needrom.com/mobile/star-s7189-2/

These packages seem to be incomplete, because I cant find any uboot or fat files to choose.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nikdevil:
Hello, I also bought this model of smartphone and just yesterday I joined the same site that you described without being able to update. Anyway I wanted to say that to me also gives your same mistake "nand flash was not detected."

I wanted to ask 2 things:

1 The volume of the rear speakers is high? in mine, the sound is very low.

2 Have you tried to listen to music or watch movies or play something? when I do one of these things, my smartphone heats up a lot, consumes a lot of battery and after a while, I get a message of overheated battery. I state that I have the original rom without overclocking, so it is all original. I hope for a reply. Hello.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philipkroberts:
What is this toolkit you used, can you share a link or where you got it from? (Android toolkit is a very generic search term)

Peace
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spideric:
Log after memory test:

===============	Memory Detection Report	===============

Internal RAM:

Size = 0x00020000 (128KB)

External RAM:

Type = DRAM

Size = 0x40000000 (1024MB/8192Mb)

NAND Flash:

ERROR: NAND Flash was not detected!

EMMC :

EMMC_PART_BOOT1	Size = 0x0000000000200000(2MB)

EMMC_PART_BOOT2	Size = 0x0000000000200000(2MB)

EMMC_PART_RPMB	Size = 0x0000000000020000(0MB)

EMMC_PART_GP1	Size = 0x0000000000000000(0MB)

EMMC_PART_GP2	Size = 0x0000000000000000(0MB)

EMMC_PART_GP3	Size = 0x0000000000000000(0MB)

EMMC_PART_GP4	Size = 0x0000000000000000(0MB)

EMMC_PART_USER	Size = 0x00000000E9000000(3728MB)

============	RAM Test	============

Data Bus Test :

[D0][D1][D2][D3][D4][D5][D6][D7][D8][D9][D10][D11][D12][D13][D14][D15]

OK!!

Address Bus Test :

[A1][A2][A3][A4][A5][A6][A7][A8][A9][A10][A11][A12][A13][A14][A15][A16][A17][A18][A19][A20][A21][A22][A23][A24][A25][A26][A27][A28][A29]

OK!!

RAM Pattern Test :

Writing ...

0x44332211,

0xA5A5A5A5,

0xA5A5A500,

0xA500A500,

0xA5000000,

0x00000000,

0xFFFF0000,

0xFFFFFFFF,

OK!!

Increment/Decrement Test :

Writing ...

OK!!

============	NAND Test	============

SKIP! NAND Flash was not detected!

============	EMMC Test	============
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spideric:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...a:en-GB:official&client=firefox-a&channel=rcs
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] philipkroberts:
Ah, I see, Thanks for the link.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] awidawad:
I may have a solution. PM me and we'll work on a time when we're both online. I'll have an IRC chat up and running.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] southprk76:
hello awidawad, i too bricked my phone THL W7+ MTK6589. i have the same problem as spideric, nand flash not detected after format the whole flash wiv SPflashtool. so have you solved the problem for spideric? help please.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stoicagabriell:
soft change

Hy, i've bricked my n7189 few weeks ago, so i went to service.

Here for 25$ he resofted my phone. At home i saw that now my phone is not anymore N7189, is called N9500.

I belive that the rom from N9500 is working on N7189.

I'm not puting my hand in fire for this, but i wanna help.

P.s. sorry for my bad english, i'm other nationality.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mai77:
Star

the thread title is kinda rude but it is properly tagged, anyway... :angel:
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Stuffed-up:
Nand flash not detected

Hello all

I have the same issue with my STAR B94M quad core phone (NAND FLASH NOT DETECTED) but my phone still usable a part from the volume down button.

did anyone find a fix for this and if so how please.

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tyrantofshadowz:
Same prob please help

We actually messed it up... we have destroyed our NAND... error comes BROM 4032.... Actually we both tried to first Flash the Firmaware

it showed that it might be that space is not available. So we Formatted our NAND.. nd now nothng is left.. pleaseeee hellllppppppppppp
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] amit_aks_007:
I am also having the same problem...please help.

Hi awidawad,

I am also having the same problem with my MT6589. Please help...

Thanks for your help...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] peterbutler19:
This problen occurred during routine use, the system was reset wiped and the SD card disabled (impact512) which despite many hours of trying recovery (easy Recovery pro) and a PPC recovery tool all failed to restore or recover the data.

Has anybody else using the XDaII suffered this issue and if so can you advise how it was rescuedplease?

I think I've seen something about hitting the red text in the lower right corner 5x after a soft reset?? anyone know anything about this?how it works?

why it works?

when it works?

what does it achieve?

Many Thanks to those of you who offered assistance Ezz Khyatt in particular.