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having a problem with reception

My reception is poor on the phone. If I stick a piece of wire into the antenna port, it improves. I have flashed to the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM which I believe has an upgraded radio version and am still having problems. Does anybody have any suggestions?

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Enter to the Universal Wiki and go to the fttp site, then you can download several radios.
The best way is to test the more you can till you get the one with best reception.
What version do you have?
Most recommended are 1.15, 1.17 and 1.18
Good luck,

Most ROMs don't have the radio included, you need to flash it separately. So, no, don't think your ROM came with upgraded radio included. Speaking opf upgraded radio - sometimes upgraded, as in higher in number/date of issue is not necessarily the best for your particular location/ROM combination, so my advice would be to test a few different versions and see which one performs the best in your location.

Thank you kindly for the assistance. It was this issue that led me to put my Universal away and get an Advantage, but once I found this website I decided to see if I could get some help in fixing the Uni. I was missing it

whelp I put the Radio 1.18 on and it did no good at all. I attempted to put the Radio 1.15 on, but the flash utility is showing a picture of a device that is not a uni and it is not working when I try it. I have downloaded the file from a couple of different places on here and it is labeled as Universal_radio-1.15.00
any assistance will be greatly appreciated up to and including my willingness to bear your child. As I am a male, this would be no easy feat so it should show the depth of my gratitude

I have 4 years with my Uni and tested a lot of ROM´s and radios and still have the bad reception problem.
Is something I can live with..., but in some areas reception is so bad.
Some are better than other. I discovered on my personal case that radio 1.08 and 1.18 are the ones that give me better signal and are not a battery eaters.
This must be also something to do with cell provider, on my case, Telcel sucks in terms of reception, and prices and, and....

problem is that it does not work at all in my office. maybe i can rig up an antenna that is on the inside of the phone

DerUbermench said:
whelp I put the Radio 1.18 on and it did no good at all. I attempted to put the Radio 1.15 on, but the flash utility is showing a picture of a device that is not a uni and it is not working when I try it. I have downloaded the file from a couple of different places on here and it is labeled as Universal_radio-1.15.00
any assistance will be greatly appreciated up to and including my willingness to bear your child. As I am a male, this would be no easy feat so it should show the depth of my gratitude
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Yes, some ROM upgrade utility apps will show Magician. If you downloaded a file labelled as Universal_radio - go ahead, it's all good and it is for your device, don't worry about the picture, however, follow the reset instructions for Uni, not the ones shown. Should work, don't see any reason not to. What is the message you are getting?
Rigging up an antenna should be the last resort. As far as reception is concerned, I can have only 1 bar showing or none at all, but that means I still have the reception, it's when I don't see 3G or the data connection attempts to connect and fails, I know there is a problem.
Interesting thing: we have a large mall and part of it has no reception whatsoever for my Uni, yet has some on other cellphones I use, but barely. So when I enter that area my GPRS and 3G connection disappears completely and restarts when I leave, I know exactly the location of the 'communications black hole'.
Can it be that your office blocks the GPRS? Can it be that your internal antenna is malfunctioning? What are the exact symptoms?
As for bearing children for me, I think it's the job better left to the professionals (women)

Forgot to mention, I don't have reception in my very own garage of all places! Drives me nuts!

that probably for the best since I wasnt sure where to begin. I went home and googled it and surprise surprise it's supposed to be darned near impossible (edit: me giving birth, that is)
my whole building is a blackout zone for my phone. other phones are weaker, but my uni is the only one I have seen that has no reception whatsoever. I got the radio 1.15 working and still no go.
I got the uni because I really need a phone that I can realistically work with Word and Excel on to save me the hassle of carrying around a laptop. I don't think anything will work besides a 'custom' internal antenna or maybe I just stick with the Advantage until the new rumored HTC clamshell comes out (assuming I can afford it)

DerUbermench said:
until the new rumored HTC clamshell comes out (assuming I can afford it)
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What you mean with this?
Please share your info about this!!!

orb3000 said:
What you mean with this?
Please share your info about this!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544734
don't get your hopes up. It's all a part of the rumors swirling around about the Leo and the Thoth since it looks like the Thoth will no longer be of the Advantage line

Thanks for that
Hopefully they really launch something similar to Uni!!

Alright, as a very last suggestion - try factory ROM, it comes bundled with Radio and Ext Rom, see what happens.

it's all a no go
looks like I am going to have to go to work on it.
Now all I need is a plasma torch, 50 feet of nylon rope, a hydraulic press, 17 ferrets, and a bible

Bad reception (radio) findings (temp solution)

I've been playing with the bad reception on my X1.
I've found out that the reception is actualy pretty good when the power is connected to the phone.
Like when either the usb cable is connected, my car holder is connected or when the charger is connected.
Can someone with bad reception try to see if this works for them to?
Maybee it's just my phone and it needs servicing, but it could also be a design flaw because the charge voltage is bit higher then the battery voltage.
I'm sorry if this is posted elsewhere already, but i couldn't find it on the net.
Btw, my phone has radio 1.14.25.55 something and i had 1.16 something, both times the reception improved with power applied.
I have rom version 1.05.172.13 but also with the original release firmware it whas the same.
My phone is a 09w13 production.
So if people could verify this and post theire findings and information, maybe we can find a common cause in the bad reception problem.

never had any such problems
but if you live in a place with very poor reception I suppose it would make sense

Rudegar said:
never had any such problems
but if you live in a place with very poor reception I suppose it would make sense
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I have a x1 that is only 5 months old but is not connecting at all in the exact same spot my old ipaq 910 has 3g reception right now. I am running the 1.14.x radio and updated ROM. But even after factory resetting the phone and before the upgrades the x1 was not connecting. It did work more or less fine in the beginning, but now it is totally useless.
I'll keep looking for a solution. I hope I don't have to trash a phone that I was so amazed by.

Weak wifi signal?

My wifi has been working great up until today. For some reason it's really weak. The only way I can get a signal is to literally put my phone inches away from my router. It won't see any hotspot more than a feet away. Anyone know what's wrong?

wassup said:
My wifi has been working great up until today. For some reason it's really weak. The only way I can get a signal is to literally put my phone inches away from my router. It won't see any hotspot more than a feet away. Anyone know what's wrong?
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There's a setting for the wifi power, I would check that first to see if it's gotten moved:
settings -> all settings -> connections -> wifi -> Advanced -> Power Mode Tab
"Best Battery" end of the slider uses the least power, but can make it darn near impossible to get or maintain a connection.

I've got the same problem, and did the Best Performance, but no change. Any one has a clue?

same thing here. My school has wifi everywhere and when im in class i get like 1 bar of connection compared to everyone else who gets way better connection then i do

seems like everyone is having this problem recently. i had it and had to send it it to HTC, from what i understand its because the bluetooth/wifi antenna is loose. some guy in another thread opened his up and pushed down the antenna connections and was fine.

chopped said:
seems like everyone is having this problem recently. i had it and had to send it it to HTC, from what i understand its because the bluetooth/wifi antenna is loose. some guy in another thread opened his up and pushed down the antenna connections and was fine.
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yea im not comfortable with opening this phone up.
not worth it
at home its fine but at school it sucks
oh well

This is my only gripe with the new ROM.
WIFI is TERRIBLE!
As for the Coax being loose, I would consider that an anomoly.
I had perfect WIFI access before the new ROM and I kind of doubt flashing to a new ROM zapped my cables out of place!

Camusa said:
This is my only gripe with the new ROM.
WIFI is TERRIBLE!
As for the Coax being loose, I would consider that an anomoly.
I had perfect WIFI access before the new ROM and I kind of doubt flashing to a new ROM zapped my cables out of place!
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Connector do come loose. My wifi was fine and I started to have very low stength. Did everything but nothing worked. See my ordeals:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=828036
Finally opened up the unit and snapped connectors to their places. It is fine now. See my post #4 in the above thread.
Yes, you will void your warranty, so do this at your own risk.

VERY Strange WIFI problem

Ok
so for the last couple of days I've noticed that when at home, if I turn on the HD2's Wifi, my entire home network stops working. The router can no longer be accessed, even by wired Ethernet.
I figure it was a router issue, so I bought a newer better one by a different company - and what do you know: The same problem persists! As soon as I enable WiFi in my HD2 the router becomes unaccessible - and as I turn it off, all is well again.
I'm a computer technician, an MCSA and usually pretty good with those things, yet this issue baffles me. What on earth could cause that?
No other WIFI devices cause this issue, only my HD2.

Ambious said:
Ok
so for the last couple of days I've noticed that when at home, if I turn on the HD2's Wifi, my entire home network stops working. The router can no longer be accessed, even by wired Ethernet.
I figure it was a router issue, so I bought a newer better one by a different company - and what do you know: The same problem persists! As soon as I enable WiFi in my HD2 the router becomes unaccessible - and as I turn it off, all is well again.
I'm a computer technician, an MCSA and usually pretty good with those things, yet this issue baffles me. What on earth could cause that?
No other WIFI devices cause this issue, only my HD2.
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What is the radio firmware version on the phone and what is the make, model and firmware revision of the router.
2 IT engineers are always better the one

My older router (with same problem) was 3Com 3CRWER200-75.
I replaced it with an Edimax BR-6524N. Same weird issue.
Both have latest firmwares.
My phone radio version... To be honst, I don't know how to check. My ROM version is 1.48.405.2 (71294) WWE - which is the stock rom of the Israeli version as supplied by Newpan.
Also worth mentioning, this didn't happen until a couple of days ago. Everyting was fine for months with the same exact configuration. SOMETHING must've changed, but what?
And how is it possible for my phone to kill two different routers?

I have the same problem with my laptop when running windows 7 but not linux....seems too me at least my problem is a driver issue.could be the damned for you too possibly. Was there a possible divert update on your phone?
I do not have an hd2 so I am not sure.
Edited for auto correct mistake

Ambious said:
My older router (with same problem) was 3Com 3CRWER200-75.
I replaced it with an Edimax BR-6524N. Same weird issue.
Both have latest firmwares.
My phone radio version... To be honst, I don't know how to check. My ROM version is 1.48.405.2 (71294) WWE - which is the stock rom of the Israeli version as supplied by Newpan.
Also worth mentioning, this didn't happen until a couple of days ago. Everyting was fine for months with the same exact configuration. SOMETHING must've changed, but what?
And how is it possible for my phone to kill two different routers?
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You check your phone radio revision the same way you check your rom version. Go to settings, about phone, software information and look for the line "radio version".
Your actual rom version is quiet old and if you are still using a stock rom then you may want to have a look at the htc website for your country and see if you can get 1.66 rom or newer.
I personally have never experienced this problem but i always use linksys or netgear networking equipment. The linksys router i have at home i've had for many years (it's a wrt54g v2.0) and it still works perfectly even though it's cpu and networking chipsets are overclocked and it runs a custom firmware.

Well, the ROM is the latest available for my country :-(
But anyway, I managed to solve it by deleted all my wireless preferences and just 'rediscovering' my home network from scratch. Surprisingly that worked and solved the problem, even on my old router.
Now I'm wondering if I should return the new one and stick to my trust good old one, or stick with the new one? It was pretty expensive, and I don't really use an N wireless connection anywhere anyway, so... What do you think, XDA?

Ambious said:
Well, the ROM is the latest available for my country :-(
But anyway, I managed to solve it by deleted all my wireless preferences and just 'rediscovering' my home network from scratch. Surprisingly that worked and solved the problem, even on my old router.
Now I'm wondering if I should return the new one and stick to my trust good old one, or stick with the new one? It was pretty expensive, and I don't really use an N wireless connection anywhere anyway, so... What do you think, XDA?
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You have no need for it, get your money back.

the hd2 is capable of N speeds. You just need to enable it in the registry. Personally i would use the old one till it dies and keep the newer one in a box till then but the choice is yours

The newer one is a lot of money I spent for something I didn't even need eventually. I'll be turning it back, I think.
Thanks to all who helped You guys rock!

Ambious said:
Well, the ROM is the latest available for my country :-(
But anyway, I managed to solve it by deleted all my wireless preferences and just 'rediscovering' my home network from scratch. Surprisingly that worked and solved the problem, even on my old router.
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great to hear that you've found a solution!
A thought came to mind while reading this thread.
Wonder if it's possible that a certain radio file/setting on your HD2 might've been corrupted and instead of generating the usual wifi signal, it could've generated a signal on the same frequency that completely jammed you're router signal?
Similar to the radio jammer units available in some countries that can be used for GSM, Wifi, etc... just a thought!

Im glad you brought this up because I had the exact same problem (accept I could connect via ethernet just wifi went dead), almost brought a new router after spending 2 days trying to set it up :/ It wouldnt allow anything to see the router wifi wise let alone connect to it via wifi. I havent turned my wifi on the phone since then but ill try reseting my settings later to see if that works. I didnt wanna risk screwing the router over lol. Im on stock 1.48 rom and radio on o2 as well

bobbified said:
great to hear that you've found a solution!
A thought came to mind while reading this thread.
Wonder if it's possible that a certain radio file/setting on your HD2 might've been corrupted and instead of generating the usual wifi signal, it could've generated a signal on the same frequency that completely jammed you're router signal?
Similar to the radio jammer units available in some countries that can be used for GSM, Wifi, etc... just a thought!
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That's an interesting thought, and if it's true - reversing it could be a tool for evil - just imagine being able to shut down networks just like that...
Anyway, I'm glad my issue was solved. That Edimax N router is really expensive, and I like my trusty old 3Com way better.

My N*kia n95 used to f*ck up the router like this sometimes

[Q] bluetooth/wifi does not connect

so i have am htc leo , enrgy rom, radio 2.15.50.14 rom version 27.dec.2010 wwe,
i can't make my bluetooth work or wifi in normal rage , bluetooth works only within 5-10 cm no more and wifi... 30-40 cm ,it sais that cannot find device/ network etc.. i'm from romania, and some dude told me taht i can't do anything because i have a t-mobile ... true? my batery life and orange internet conection is greant ,signal also, no problem with the phone at all just this ones.. but enought to regret buying it i never tested with stock rom....
sory for my bad english .... if u have a clue what to do.... please help

Not sure if I can offer a lot of help here but just to be sure you have checked all of your settings haven't you? Did you you flash the ROM to the phone or was it on the phone when you got the phone?

T-Macgnolia said:
Not sure if I can offer a lot of help here but just to be sure you have checked all of your settings haven't you? Did you you flash the ROM to the phone or was it on the phone when you got the phone?
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i bought it with an older energy, ies i checked all options ... the problem is the range ... it works just fine when is near (5-10 cm) for example to send a video i need the other phone on top of mine if i lift it at a certain point stops if i let it dows the transfer continues... a simple question would be the radio version affects also wifi and bluetooth ? could be a problem form wrog instal a rom from old user ?

BladeLove4Hate said:
i bought it with an older energy, ies i checked all options ... the problem is the range ... it works just fine when is near (5-10 cm) for example to send a video i need the other phone on top of mine if i lift it at a certain point stops if i let it dows the transfer continues... a simple question would be the radio version affects also wifi and bluetooth ? could be a problem form wrog instal a rom from old user ?
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AsFor your question yes the radio does control WiFi and Bluetooth and maybe a different radio version would help you out. But be aware if you have a T-Mobile HD2 you can not flash a 2.04.50.zz, 2.05.50.XDA, or any x.xx.51.xx radio to they will brick a TMOUS HD2. Go to the HTC HD2 Master Radio Thread to download different radio versions. Here is a link to it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611787
Also you can try doing a hard reset of the HD2 by holding down the volume up and down button while powering on your HD2 and it will bring cupcake stern with instructions on it. Just follow the instructions on the screencto reset the HD2. Make sure to use Microsoft My Phone or a equivalent app to back up you personal info before you hard reset your HD2.

sounds to me like a hardware problem. this is because (i think) the hd2 uses the same antenna and/or chipset for bluetooth+wifi. i remember reading some threads in which people posted the exact same symptoms as the OP and the problem turned out to be some loose/broken antenna wire inside the device.