Nextel i730 Grounding Clip

Hello,

Could someone help me with where to place the grounding clip? I
think it goes onto the gold colored shield on the board. I just don't
know if I should stick it anyplace or at a certain spot on the shield.
Or, if there was a link to a picture that would help too. Any help
would be appreciated.

Thanks!


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On Wed, 04 May 2005 11:21:58 -0400, Breck Fontaine

I added a picture of the shield. Anyones help in telling me where to
position the clip would be appreciated.

<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hello,
>
> Could someone help me with where to place the grounding clip? I
>think it goes onto the gold colored shield on the board. I just don't
>know if I should stick it anyplace or at a certain spot on the shield.
>Or, if there was a link to a picture that would help too. Any help
>would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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On Wed, 04 May 2005 11:21:58 -0400, Breck Fontaine
<[email protected]> wrote:

>Hello,
>
> Could someone help me with where to place the grounding clip? I
>think it goes onto the gold colored shield on the board. I just don't
>know if I should stick it anyplace or at a certain spot on the shield.
>Or, if there was a link to a picture that would help too. Any help
>would be appreciated.
>
>Thanks!
>
>
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FYI............The grounding clip does not work. It is like the old antenna
boosters sticky that you used to add to you phone for better reception.

"Neon Knight" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> Breck Fontaine <[email protected]> wrote in
> news:[email protected]:
>
>> Could someone help me with where to place the grounding clip?
>
> I tried emailing you the Motorola document that shows where to put the
> ground clip, but the email bounced back. I sent it to your address
> listed in this post.

In message <[email protected]> "Thomas"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>FYI............The grounding clip does not work. It is like the old antenna
>boosters sticky that you used to add to you phone for better reception.

That is not correct. You wouldn't see Motorola+Nextel doing it at no
charge (in other words, at their expense) if that were the case.

Not all phones suffered from the flaw, so in some cases it won't help,
but in many cases it definitely will help.

I noticed a huge improvement -- And to prove it wasn't a placebo effect,
I was aware of the issue, but I wasn't aware my phone had the clip
applied (it went in for a different reason and as far as my dealer and I
knew the fix only applied to Motorola phones, not TELUS phones)


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Never try to extort more than it would cost to have you killed.

I am a 1st and 2nd Echleon Motorola Repair Tech. that use to work in a
Authorized Service Center before I went over to Engineering. We put
countless number of these in and in some cases told people that they were
already installed when they actually wasn't. But yet all claimed that helped
with signal level, even with the one's we didn't install it in...Mind of
matter. Anyways...We have completed bench level testing with a Motorola 2600
"this is the actual test equipment that is used to check a radio with at
Motorola" and there was no notice increase in signal reception with or
without the ground clip in the phone.
I am not trying to be a no it all by any means on this. If will make you
feel better by all means install it. If you are not sure where to put it let
me know and I will give you the place where Motorola says to.
"DevilsPGD" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> In message <[email protected]> "Thomas"
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>FYI............The grounding clip does not work. It is like the old
>>antenna
>>boosters sticky that you used to add to you phone for better reception.
>
> That is not correct. You wouldn't see Motorola+Nextel doing it at no
> charge (in other words, at their expense) if that were the case.
>
> Not all phones suffered from the flaw, so in some cases it won't help,
> but in many cases it definitely will help.
>
> I noticed a huge improvement -- And to prove it wasn't a placebo effect,
> I was aware of the issue, but I wasn't aware my phone had the clip
> applied (it went in for a different reason and as far as my dealer and I
> knew the fix only applied to Motorola phones, not TELUS phones)
>
>
> --
> Never try to extort more than it would cost to have you killed.

In message <[email protected]> "Thomas"
<[email protected]> wrote:

>I am a 1st and 2nd Echleon Motorola Repair Tech. that use to work in a
>Authorized Service Center before I went over to Engineering. We put
>countless number of these in and in some cases told people that they were
>already installed when they actually wasn't. But yet all claimed that helped
>with signal level, even with the one's we didn't install it in...Mind of
>matter. Anyways...We have completed bench level testing with a Motorola 2600
>"this is the actual test equipment that is used to check a radio with at
>Motorola" and there was no notice increase in signal reception with or
>without the ground clip in the phone.
>I am not trying to be a no it all by any means on this. If will make you
>feel better by all means install it. If you are not sure where to put it let
>me know and I will give you the place where Motorola says to.

Well perhaps -- But I noticed an improvement, and only later determined
that I had the clip installed (My phone had been in for an unrelated
fix)

The only real improvement I've noticed is that I haven't dropped a
single call since the clip was installed. I might have slightly better
signal strength in my house, but I believe that's a placebo effect.

--
Oh well, I guess this is just going to be one of those lifetimes.

Thanks for everyones help. The email address is not valid it is for
spammers. My email address that I don't use that often is
[email protected] I installed the clip the way that I thought was
correct. I placed the clip on the shield with the jagged part going to
the right ( into the board rather than away or the the edge of the
board. It seemed to actually help the reception. But then again I am
using a i730A model phone which for some areas the reception is not
that great (unlike the i730T). I think I am going to sell the phone.
It is a shame because I just installed the phone in a nice black
inkjet housing with a black inner panel flip and a laser cut black
keypad (waste of my damn money). I was hoping that Nextel or Motorla
would come out with another version of IDEN software/firmware so that
I could test it before I would consider selling it. I am using the
version 9. Thanks to everyone for your help.

On Thu, 05 May 2005 21:32:36 -0600, DevilsPGD <[email protected]>
wrote:

>In message <[email protected]> "Thomas"
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>>I am a 1st and 2nd Echleon Motorola Repair Tech. that use to work in a
>>Authorized Service Center before I went over to Engineering. We put
>>countless number of these in and in some cases told people that they were
>>already installed when they actually wasn't. But yet all claimed that helped
>>with signal level, even with the one's we didn't install it in...Mind of
>>matter. Anyways...We have completed bench level testing with a Motorola 2600
>>"this is the actual test equipment that is used to check a radio with at
>>Motorola" and there was no notice increase in signal reception with or
>>without the ground clip in the phone.
>>I am not trying to be a no it all by any means on this. If will make you
>>feel better by all means install it. If you are not sure where to put it let
>>me know and I will give you the place where Motorola says to.
>
>Well perhaps -- But I noticed an improvement, and only later determined
>that I had the clip installed (My phone had been in for an unrelated
>fix)
>
>The only real improvement I've noticed is that I haven't dropped a
>single call since the clip was installed. I might have slightly better
>signal strength in my house, but I believe that's a placebo effect.



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