03-05-2007, 08:51 AM
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Intellectual
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 138
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An update, if anyone's interested. Being the bold sort, and not interested at all in paying to get it repaired, I opened the thing up myself. You need to remove the two screws in the battery compartment, then gently pry up the plastic part of the backing to disengage the catches. The antenna is at the bottom edge of the phone, and is connected to the circuit-board via a length of metal and a small screw. I tried removing and reinstalling the antenna, but no joy. After having succeeded in stripping the screw, I decided to think laterally, and rewired the internal antenna to attach to the external antenna jack right next to it on the board. Obviously this disables the external antenna jack, but it's better than wandering around with a magnetic vehicle antenna attached to my head.
Ironically, I think my modification increased the phone's RF performance. It seems to be holding four bars all over the house at the moment. I'm still cautious at the moment, but I'm hoping it's fixed.
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