Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
My warranty is still in effect but I did have a couple antenna stickers for improving a phones signal I never used and applied one to my back cover and it worked nicely. I will check mine after my warranty is up though! Interesting find and thanks for the information. Although in ending I didnt have weak wifi or mobile connection problems I like to improve my phones capabilities.
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Originally Posted by
sonic7777 My warranty is still in effect but I did have a couple antenna stickers for improving a phones signal I never used and applied one to my back cover and it worked nicely. I will check mine after my warranty is up though! Interesting find and thanks for the information. Although in ending I didnt have weak wifi or mobile connection problems I like to improve my phones capabilities.
Do those stickers work at all? And where do you put them given that that actual WiFi antenna is on the right side head the volume buttons.
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Originally Posted by
Phill_UK No they don't... put them in the garbage.
Excellent :) lol
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Actually they do work. I tried one I have been using it for over a week. I have around 30-50% signal strength improvement. I put the sticker on the inside of the battery cover. It has copper strips which do the job of improving signal strength. Before that I changed the channel my router was transmitting on and that did help as well. Now I mostly get full signal bars in all areas of my house and I have noticed and difference when on the go and using public wifi.
Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
I took mine apart to clean some Blackberry Jelly (no lie) out of the headphone jack. It was the easiest tear down and assembly I have ever seen on any phone.Just sit in front of the computer, watch the dis-assembly video and go one step at a time pausing the video as you go.The 9000 and 9900 are the best 2 to work on because they don't have that snap together crap housing.The headphone module popped right out, I washed it in the sink, used a hair dryer, and put it back together.One simple warning so you are aware and don't forget:You will need to remove 3 sets of screws. Each set will have 2 screws. DO NOT MIX-UP THE SCREWS!Keep each set separate and remember what order they came out so you can put them back in the correct places.Sets 1-2-3
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Originally Posted by
tony adams i had read this thread a while ago and thought - come on that cannot work - well i eat my words - it does - my 9900 is/was very poor on wifi - poor is an exaggeration - it was awful - but as said i had thought this cannot work - my logic being if i had any wifi [which i had] then the contacts must be made and how would something out of line cause a problem - its only a sticker
anyway i bought a second 9900 that was much better on wifi but has a camera fault so i opened it to have a look and noted the wifi aerial was perfectly aligned - so all was well there - this prompted me to open the original 9900 and the aerial sticker was out of line - so nothing ventured - nothing gained - i [VERY] carefully peeled the sticker back and put it back correctly
AND IT WORKS - wifi is now better than the one i thought was perfect - how it affects the signal i have no idea but it does - stripping the 9900 is easy - there are excellent youtube videos - no connectors have to be touched - the back comes off easily - the only health warning is remove the wifi sticker slowly and carefully - do that and you should/could have perfect wifi
Yep :)
And it works because there is a copper piece on the sticker that makes contact with the middle piece when the phone is properly put together. If the alignment isn't near perfect you get a poor electrical connection and very poor WiFi signal.
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Originally Posted by
sonic7777 My wifi was because I can't move my router. Part of the wifi signal is from a router. To improve
My signal which was 3 bars to 5 is easy. Changed wifi channels for both 2ghz and 5ghz networks. Also there is a cheap and easy fix
I used. My router is in an office in the corner of my basement. So I took a piece of cardboard and taped
Foil wrap to it. (Reynolds wrap I used) shiny side out! I then bent the cardboard panel because the router is in a corner and it improved my wifi signal by about 30 percent. I find wifi signals being weak is mostly a router. I spent 150 dollars for a wifi
And the signal is very strong outside my house.
Yes and some have a misaligned antennan sticker preventing the copper contact.
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Excellent, glad it worked out for you :)
So strange that many stickers are improperly aligned....
Oh well
Re: Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Originally Posted by
sidewinder2 I have just carried this fix out. It is very easy to do and works. My wifi signal has increased greatly, many thanks to the OP
No problem, wonder why so many stickers are not aligned properly and if the issue can happen in other phones.
Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
I found this thread while trying to figure out why my wifi signal wasn't doing so great. I was afraid for a while to take my 9930 apart, but tonight i took the plunge and lo and behold, i had that sticker out of alignment. Wifi is so much better now.
Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
Thanks for the instructions / photo's. Giving this a shot. With BB10 reserved and a bucket full of 9700's available - if i mess up I am covered.
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Bold 9900 Wifi signal Find/Fix Hardware :)
That is strange, could be something else.. its all circuitry lol if its loose somewhere then you don't get proper power delivered to components elsewhere. Did you check the other antenna stickers directly above it?
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