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[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] randomtask16:
Bringing this back up to add some info.

I had been researching fixes for the diminished signal when using the Zerolemon 7500mAh battery. Figured out that my laptop TV tuner card antenna uses the same connector as the L1 port on the GS4 and tried it out. I got about 8-10dbm signal increase across all bands. The test was done with the phone stationary inside a concrete walled large warehouse with moderate signal in south DFW.

I noticed that GSM had the best signal, then WCDMA then LTE the lowest. This may be due to connecting to difft towers, or other factors. But I think the concrete walls vs frequencies have an effect on things.

GSM

Before: -83

After: -69

WCDMA

Before: -85

After: -73

LTE

Before: -101

After: -89

Unfortunately I have no idea what type of connector it is, nor where the antenna came from.

Since it has a detachable retractable mast I tested it with and without. It actually had the same signal with it off, so I

would think you'd only need the wire itself to gain signal. My next step will be aquiring another connector, then create a modified version

using ribbon cables that can stick to the inside of the battery door.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CountParadox:
The other terminals are for an NFC antenna. Such as in the official QI back, or the Note 2 Antenna fits.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robcr:
any updates on this?

Starting to look at this area
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] silentdeath631:
I plugged a copper wire into the R1 port in the back of the phone and I guess I really messed something up internally b/c now when I don't have a piece of metal stuck in the port I get little to no signal anywhere. Also, since this happened I can no long make calls or texts on LTE b/c my phone's radio will not switch over to make the calls or texts. I can receive them though. Any fixes? I'm assuming a messed up a copper connection under the port by jamming crap in there. I'm going to remove the back of the phone and see if I can see any damage to the circuit board. I will report back with my findings.

EDIT: THIS WAS DONE ON THE SPRINT TRIBAND MODEL. (L720T)
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Robcr:
Worrying as I've just ordered a mmcx to sma adapter to try something similar. As mmcx to rp-sma seem harder to gt hold of I would be bridgeing with a small piece of wire, but not directly into the samsungs xt aerial port.

The prior posts regarding this on a number of sites are contradictory

Some say that nothing disables any and that the electronics always seeks the highest signal from either internal or external

I saw at least one pot that said you have to manually select (somehow) the internal aerial after using the external

Some say teh external doesn't work and is only for testing purposes, which has apparently been refuted by samsung tech support.

UPDATE

read here

http://xdaforums.com/galaxy-s2/general/external-antenna-socket-warning-t1273292/page8

+ google 'Samsung galaxy s4 how to change antennas' for a youtube vid using battery monitor utility
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Ghozer:
I think he means these connectors (see attachment)

View attachment 3527464

the R1 and R2 antennae are to the right, and aligned vertical...

The others, are aligned horizontal, there's a larger to the right of the flash, and a smaller to the left....

wondering what these are for, is what brought me here....
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boryz:
exactly! i am wondering the same

wonder if there was ever an answer to this:confused:
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
The two smaller connectors on the left are contacts for a wireless charging pad.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] boryz:
and the other two on the right? any suggestions
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] audit13:
I have no idea what the other 2 connectors are for. At first I thought it was for NFC but that doesn't make sense since there are no corresponding connectors inside the back/battery cover.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ObnubiladO:
There's a cutout in the back cover for an NFC antenna (it isn't there) that matches perfectly with those 2 pins, which makes me think that Samsung decided to include the NFC antenna in the battery instead after the phone's design stage was done.

I highlighted the area where the pins would have made contact with the back cover NFC antenna in this photo.
[One (M7) General] Saket_k:
If you have been the victims of the pathetic service provided by HTC Let's Talk USA please vote or describe your situation in this thread.
[One (M7) General] ECEXCURSION:
What a terrible thread.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
Never buying anything from them ever.

I had placed total 4 orders through them. Only 1 went smoothly. They cancelled my first order. Then they sent phone even after cancellation of order more than 20 days after cancellation and without informing me charged for cancelled order.

2 Other orders were put on back order when website clearly mentioned item in Stock. Took almost 5 hours on phone to even get the single order that I got.

If htc does not change or offers alternate source for direct full price purchase, I am simply not going to buy.

This launch has been a fiasco.

From my Galaxy S4, in your face.....
[One (M7) General] ianford10:
Most threads are pretty pointless on here really but just buy from a supplier who will support you when things go wrong.

---------- Post added at 08:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:47 PM ----------

Yup, you could always buy from a trusted phone manufacturer like Samsung who sell you a 16GB phone like the S4 with only around half available for storage. In your face with lots of storage from an HTC One ;)
[One (M7) General] Funkym0nkey:
Ah there is always that one who will bring up the phone when it has nothing to do with it. Fanboy hostility just because that message was posted from sgs4. Lol.

This is about let's talk. I wanted developer edition. It was that or nothing. And we had just 1 source to buy it. If you had been checking the threads I already got mine, and I love it. But it was nightmare process with 4 times the credit being stuck for almost a month.

From my Galaxy S4, in your face.....
[One (M7) General] ianford10:
Not a fanboy, had more devices in the past 24 months than you've probably had hot dinners ;)
[One (M7) General] CheesyNutz:
yea this wont get locked .....
[One (M7) General] jotha:
Thread closed

A thread like this provides nothing but a trollfest. If you have a problem with HTC, contact them, but stop trolling in this forum.

To add to that, the thread is off-topic to HTC One.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ljose7:
So im a noob and im trying to port a rom for huawei g330 from huawei g510 the rom boot, but i have no imei and no band base, and camera and sms app dont work, so i need some help do port this rom since we only have stock rom for g330 u8825-1. plz help me thank you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] etiko:
Please someone helups....
[One (M7) General] maseo:
It's all been posted here: https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10201317938415217&set=o.128018887214609&type=1&ref=nf

You might need to translate the page but here's the message translated (source is in above).

What do you guys think?

HTC says not to keep it in your pocket(s) and that it's my fault it fractured like this.

If you want to you're free to respond on the page.

===================================================================================

"Okay. I'm flabbergasted:

HTC Netherlands; Please your response.

"The screen of this handset is indeed strong but we advise customers not to keep the unit in their pocket. Did you accidentally nudged ot somewhere or did you sit on it?"

Not holding the device in your (jeans) pocket? Where in heavens sake should we keep it if you, for example:

- Are (In town) walking around?

- Are driving around on your bike?

- Have any form of interaction where you need two hands, and a table, desk, bar or other object where you can place your phone, or don't want to place your phone, isn't available?

And no:

- It's not subjected to impact. You know when this happened.

- Or my ass is backwards and I can sit forwards, but I do not think the right front pocket is my back pocket? So no. Didn't sit on it.

Bizarre.

(Bottom message is directly translated so has spelling errors, please disregard)

==================================================

Dear Mr. (me),

Thank you for your email regarding your device. My name is x and I give technical support on behalf of the customer from HTC.

I'm sorry to hear that you're having problems with your device HTC One.

The screen of this handset is indeed strong but we advise customers not to keep the unit. Pocket Accidentally nudged somewhere or it been?

Unfortunately, screen damage is not covered under warranty. This is seen as user damage and even if we repair for a journal entry here, the cost for you yourself.

Maybe you have an insurance that can compensate this?"
[One (M7) General] hamdir:
i dont buy this sort of posts something must have broke it
[One (M7) General] ArmedandDangerous:
That definitely looks like a pretty big impact. You probably had it in your pocket facing outwards and it hit something like a table corner or something.
[One (M7) General] alanchai:
Sit on it.:confused:
[One (M7) General] ECEXCURSION:
Yeah... You sat on it.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] maseo:
Then you sir, have never bumped into a table or object. This will always show a point of impact, from whereout the glass will spread out.

No. I haven't bumped into anything. I had this before in the past and this shows a different damage pattern
[One (M7) General] maseo:
If your ass is facing forward, then yes I could have sat on it. /sarcasm

No. Phone was is my front pocket. No way possible i could have sat on it.
[One (M7) General] ECEXCURSION:
Alright, then the phone was in your front pocket, shifted sideways, you sat down and your jeans pulled tight. This will break any phone. If you didn't bump into anything that is how it broke. Sucks.

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] maseo:
I can assure you, it wasn't me in this case. Phone was facing inward.

I'm a photographer, and seeing this happening whilst it's in my pocket is just unbelievable.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
As said, I'm a (club) photographer,the location where I have to work there's no place to sit down. So, no.
[One (M7) General] shox22:
The phone is in my pocket day after day. No problem.
[One (M7) General] stevessvt:
Skinny Jeans.

Breaking cell phone screens since 2005.
[One (M7) General] godutch:
The glass is Corning' s Gorilla Glass 2, it is used by many other smartphones, which no doubt would have cracked too.
[One (M7) General] ECEXCURSION:
Do you have a car? I do, and I usually sit when I drive.

What's your theory?

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) General] zehoo2:
Perhaps it was in the pocket of the trousers that you drove a car over?
[One (M7) General] :
I always keep my phone in my shirt pocket at work and pants front pocket outside of work and I never cracked a screen. The OP must have applied some pressure for the glass to break period.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
Pressure whilst in my front jeanspocket. Right.
[One (M7) General] BamAlmighty:
Gorilla Glass on it's own is somewhat flexible, but when you attached it to a phone you have pressure coming from the internal phone/frame side and whatever other force you are putting on the outer display side. You have force attacking both sides of the glass.

Back in the day when baggy jeans were all the rage this wouldn't be much of an issue, but now days with skinny jeans when you bend down or twist your leg the denim pulls tight against the phone putting an incredible amount of pressure on it from the jean and body side. As thin as the display glass is, it will crack.

Try it yourself, put your hand in your pocket and bend down like you're tying your shoe. Unless you're wearing baggy or oversized jeans, your hand is going to get squeezed.

The OP's cracked screen isn't from a single frontal impact, it comes from multiple pressure points.

People need to stop blaming the phone.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
I never have a phone in my jeans when I drive. I always put it in my inside pocket of my jacket, for the fact that I don't have a car..

My job involves walking around and taking pictures. No sitting required nor possible at the venue where I shoot.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
That I can I imagine. I don't have the physique for skinny jeans though, thankgod.
[One (M7) General] dev_up_10:
I can see that happening especially if your a big guy wearing skinny jeans lol.
[One (M7) General] mohsinraza:
Is this the build quality issue or just it's how the phone is built? Really worried seeing shattered screens... Gonna buy it in a couple of weeks

Sent from my HTC One X
[One (M7) General] coupetastic-droid:
Cracked from a 3 inch drop? Come on man. From 3 inches off the ground it doesn't even have enough velocity to impact the ground hard.
[One (M7) General] monkeypaws:
The reports are few. I've been to the Tmobile forums and I haven't seen a report .. At least jntbe most recent pages. I've had mine for about almost 3 months now. No cracks and no broken camera lens. I stick in in my front and back pockets facing either way. I've dropped it the 2nd day without a case from about 3 feet onto concrete with some rocks littered around. Nonscratches and only bezel damage. Even with a cheap tpubcase I've dropped it off my bed where it went flying and hit the wall and even again onto concrete and nothing. My 4 year old has sat on it and dropped it and nothing. I'm not negating there may be some units out there with defects but it's just what they are....defects.
[One (M7) General] Lidodido:
Try standing your phone upright on the table with the display facing to the left. Now place a tiny rock about 4 inches to the left of the phone and let the phone drop down and see if it survives. The phone's pretty heavy and pretty tall, and imagine the same thing except dropped from 3 inches with an angle so it just touches the base of the phone and falls over with speed right on the concrete.

Was fixing my car and the phone fell out of my pocket into my overall, slid down my leg and gut stuck on my shoe. Pulled the leg of the overall up a bit to pick it up but instead made it drop, and it got a small crack.

Doesn't matter though, just got a new one under warranty :)
[One (M7) General] mohsinraza:
Pretty positive this is. So I'm gonna keep my confidence and will buy One in the mid of the month. I'm kinda concerned because there's nothing like 'phone on contracts' & 'warranty claim' in my part of the world. I've to pay $620 and then hope for the best. :p So it's time I say good bye to my Lovely One X and get the One.

Sent from my HTC One X
[One (M7) General] biffsmash:
This picture and post and letter to HTC smacks of a much much bigger drop and hoping to get it fixed on warranty when they didn't have insurance.

I've dropped mine a good few times from over a meter onto stone and no damage at all to the screen, only the corners of the phone.

Even if this was onto a rock from a small drop, that's not a build issue, that's a badly positioned rock, bad luck etc.

One is rock solid and very sturdy.
[One (M7) General] designgears:
Just had this happen as well...
[One (M7) General] Quis89:
Otterbox Commuter partnered with the Zagg HD invisishield and my being extremely careful has resulted in my owning this phone since it's release with not one nick, scratch, scuff or crack. I often question the amount of care these phones that are mysteriously cracking with no influence are receiving. It's interesting that our phones can magically crack themselves on either the camera lens or the screen with no help. I've heard stories of people picking up their phones in the morning to a crack...I personally call BS but they swear up and down they did nothing.
[One (M7) General] jaybrynmawr:
Me Tooo!!!!

This also happened to me.

I was sitting down in the garden on a camping chair,

i pulled the phone out of my pocket ( it was loose in the pocket )

and noticed cracks, i could see a tiny point of impact, looks like my door key made it,

but never had the problem with other phones, with my keys.

It was my fault, but quite surprised how easy these htc ones screens are to scratch.

Thankfully im covered with insurance.

I have now also totally shattered the glass after looking for the phone, lifting the sofa up and dropping it on it lol
[One (M7) General] DBCoop:
I've never had problems with other phones, and I haven't with my HTC One which is several months old. I wear it in my pocket and do use a case.
[One (M7) General] ktownhero:
The glass didn't shatter like that just because it was in your pocket. End of thread. Be honest about what happened, or stop being a troll. Or stop wearing such tight pants.
[One (M7) General] cyx0n:
I have had two HTC One X phones (one was sent to me as a replacement by a fan of my band) and both of them cracked with me sitting on a hard surface and having the phone in my backpocket. I have had smartphones for the past 5 years and have kept them in my backpocket with nothing even close to this happening (HTC Sensation included). I expect a smartphone to be durable and this new HTC phone is the exact opposite of that. And it is hell to take apart and repair, believe me, I've tried. **** you HTC for creating a phone as terrible as the HTC One X.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
It's still funny to see how much reactions this topic gets. From the same looking crack patterns and still people think the user might be lying his ass of and what not.

I'm not gonna lie, this new HTC one I got as a replacement has survived a few small drops and it still didn't crack or anything. So yes, perhaps there are a few models out there that do have issues, and some might be pure user error/fault.

Still I find it hard to believe that almost everybody here disregards the user's personal story and blatantly says: nope, your fault.

I've been one of those who stuck to what happened and contacted HTC. They kept the old phone for investigation and didn't charge me a dime.
[One (M7) General] godutch:
I just read a story in the telegraaf about many people with the expedia z having the same problem (spontaneously cracking screens), I think it uses gorilla glass 2 too, maybe something went wrong during production....
[One (M7) General] tabasco:
Cases like this keeps it more safe from kicks and static press
[One (M7) General] InflatedTitan:
@OP. You must be one tired mofo from having to stand all day lol. I'd have to find a new job. One with seats!
[One (M7) General] mrpickem:
I've kept several smartphones in my back pocket over time including the Note3 & HTC One and never had any issue. Never broke a screen after 10+ smartphones. :D
[One (M7) General] bigdps:
I have had the same thing happen to me but it was in my car. The glass on the drivers side shattered in millions of little pieces but never crumbled. From the way it shattered, it looked as if the pressure from the lifting mechanism was pushing too hard on it.

Now I know we are not talking the same item but the glass is almost the same. It is tempered glass. If the HTC One has any kind of weird pressure point from the surrounding bezel, I don't see why it couldn't break. I am sure the OP was not lying about the phone cracking while in his pants. I carry mine in my front pocket with the screen pointing towards my leg.

Should something like that happen to me, I to would try to escalate it to the top. If it starts happening too many times, class action suits might start showing up. A bit like ASUS and the TF201 and their GPS fiasco...:silly:
[One (M7) General] maseo:
Yes, you tend to get tired legs after a while.. but, I love what I do so you take it as a man and work on!
[One (M7) General] brucemason:
htc one phone glass failure

spent a lot of time ensuring that I didn't carry items in the same pocket as the phone for fear of scratching or damaging the screen

kneeled down and bingo screen fractured

just flex the phone and you will see that the glass has no flexural strength and it will crack, front pocket and squat, shattered, obviously no consideration to flexural distortion in the design, no bumps, no impact,

as noted previous where do you carry the phone, in cotton wool, top pocket in polo shirt somebody get real here

note glass replacement appears to be a none option, yet it is just a piece of glass glue to the front of the panel, how easy would it be to engineer this as a replacement knowing that this exists a problem

:mad:
[One (M7) General] monkeypaws:
O can see your point just as I can see htcs point. I know how big this phone is and how deep and easy to remove things are from my pocket. If I know my phone is going to be difficult to take out I just don't put it in my pocket. Yes but where to put it. I'll take holding my phone vs risking breaking it in my pocket. It's glass and there is not a big range of how far it will flex before it gives
[One (M7) General] brucemason:
htc one phone glass failure

no tight pants it didn't shatter and it just was in the pocket fo the pants, obviously stressed when I knelt down

---------- Post added at 01:35 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:24 AM ----------

so you carry your phone in your hand all-day or put in your hand bag, I don't carry one
[One (M7) General] monkeypaws:
Lol no handbag. I mean most of the time it fits just fine in my pocket. Or my sweater pocket.bit I'm not always out. So there is alsways a flat surface for me to put it on or in my car. When driving I take it out of my pocket and I have a place it fits.
[One (M7) General] brucemason:
?? where it fits

the flex there will still break the glass
[One (M7) General] monkeypaws:
I have a place underneath my CD deck that is deep enough to place my phone. If I out it on my seat it just flies all over the place.
[One (M7) General] kungfudavie:
oops

I used to have an HTC one X.

I had a few issues and reported some very high screen temperatures to them and they promised a software update would fix it.

I put my phone in my jeans pocket and walked down some stairs and when i pulled it out it was shattered in the same way.

It was the flexing of the phone when i walked down the stairs that made it crack.

As much as it shouldnt break from this. Accidents happen.

Thankfully HTC were excellent about this and replaced the handset free of charge stating the heat issues i was getting would have been partly responsible to the "easy failure". Cant thank them enough for the effort.

Im on my second HTC one after the first one turned into a paperweight after it ran out of battery. But they replaced it straight away.

Ive always had excellant service from them in the UK.
[One (M7) General] OzzyWozzy:
Hahaha! I think he threw the phone 100 meters away and then a car drove over it. As HTC said: don't keep it in you pocket! :p haha!
[One (M7) General] tssguy123:
That's the opposite end of the spectrum. Why did they replace it? Warranty?
[One (M7) General] AdamiX:
Mine have also cracked in a pocket. Never dropped.

The phone is in warranty, but HTC asks 278,30€ for a repair
[One (M7) General] grazhve:
278,30€ :D used phone price. I changed for 100€. Now i use otterbox commuter case and tempered glass screen protector :D
[One (M7) General] ianford10:
Had mine in front jean pocket without any issues, that I'm afraid to say is a bad case of oh **** I had it in my back pocket and sat on the ****er.

Tough **** and lesson learned
[One (M7) General] octupusisonfire:
I'm curious, did they offer any sort of solution ? I understand that the warranty doesn't cover that sort of issue but at least they should give some sort of support and direction in terms of getting that fixed or replaced.
[One (M7) General] maseo:
My point exactly. My HOX always survived that..