I bought a used iPod with cracked touch screen and was told that wifi worked only to find it didn't. The iPod had been dropped on that corner and must have damaged the antenna section.
I found I could get connected if I put the iPod right next to the wireless router antenna.
But of course that is worthless. So I opened it up and found that the pressure contact looked to be not making contact so I stretched it out some so it would contact the copper circle land on the circuit board side.
This improved reception but apparently the pressure contact on the metal case side was compromised and broke off at the slightest touch.
I have since modified it but at the most I get 75 % signal strength and it is not reliable.
So I have been questioning the purpose of the gold antenna crimped affair and if it provides ground to the antenna or what it actually does.
I reassembled my 1st gen with a used replacement Gold contact(Mine was in pieces) and used metal frame. I still can not get consistent wifi. I notice that this replacement frame is not much better than my original frame at getting both halves of the iPod to close together tightly and was wondering if this could be a big part of the reason I have very little wifi range. Before the repair I was getting about 75 percent range 50 percent of the time messing with mechanical alignments. Now after replacing touch screen and replacing the Gold contact, I have to put the iPod right under the transmitting antenna to get connection. Does anyone who has worked on these 1st gens before know if the case halves have to be solidly snapped together to get good signal?
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I was wondering what that metal pot was for. I thought maybe it was the accelerometer but felt it was not in the correct location of the main board.
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SO have you loosened and replaced the antenna portion that is stuck to the digitizer? I am guessing it would need some kind of electrically conductive glue or at least selectively applied glue since even the bottom side of this antenna has copper contact area.
I bought a used iPod with cracked touch screen and was told that wifi worked only to find it didn't. The iPod had been dropped on that corner and must have damaged the antenna section.
I found I could get connected if I put the iPod right next to the wireless router antenna.
But of course that is worthless. So I opened it up and found that the pressure contact looked to be not making contact so I stretched it out some so it would contact the copper circle land on the circuit board side.
This improved reception but apparently the pressure contact on the metal case side was compromised and broke off at the slightest touch.
I have since modified it but at the most I get 75 % signal strength and it is not reliable.
So I have been questioning the purpose of the gold antenna crimped affair and if it provides ground to the antenna or what it actually does.
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I reassembled my 1st gen with a used replacement Gold contact(Mine was in pieces) and used metal frame. I still can not get consistent wifi. I notice that this replacement frame is not much better than my original frame at getting both halves of the iPod to close together tightly and was wondering if this could be a big part of the reason I have very little wifi range. Before the repair I was getting about 75 percent range 50 percent of the time messing with mechanical alignments. Now after replacing touch screen and replacing the Gold contact, I have to put the iPod right under the transmitting antenna to get connection. Does anyone who has worked on these 1st gens before know if the case halves have to be solidly snapped together to get good signal?
I bought a used iPod with cracked touch screen and was told that wifi worked only to find it didn't. The iPod had been dropped on that corner and must have damaged the antenna section.
I found I could get connected if I put the iPod right next to the wireless router antenna.
But of course that is worthless. So I opened it up and found that the pressure contact looked to be not making contact so I stretched it out some so it would contact the copper circle land on the circuit board side.
This improved reception but apparently the pressure contact on the metal case side was compromised and broke off at the slightest touch.
I have since modified it but at the most I get 75 % signal strength and it is not reliable.
So I have been questioning the purpose of the gold antenna crimped affair and if it provides ground to the antenna or what it actually does.