QUOTE(alvinz @ Feb 4 2011, 11:31 AM)
just wanna let everyone know and reassure that the GPS Hardware Fix is super duper easy! .. follow the instructions from the link posted on 1st page and u r all done ...
IT IS SERIOUSLY VERY EASY!my warranty sticker wasnt on the screws so it is easy for me ... Just dont be like me, being too skeptical about it being too easy and went overboard, just consulted my electronic engineering friend and since my whole chrome antenna is still afix i can just stick it back onto the board with super glue!! ...
it can use both GPS and data plan, by using both together it will become A-GPS which locks on faster due to using network satellites to determine ur location ...
no worries, it can be used with just GPS alone ... since i dont have my gps antenna now, i would need to use data plan to try get a lock and check where i am when i go sightseeing ...
i not sure if super glue could solve it since super glue isnt that conductive.... i'm also an electrical and electronics engineer undergraduate...
and also 1 thing to remind u of... if u really use super glue, i can assure u that ur warranty is certainly gone... why would super glue suddenly appear under the casing unless u opened it up and did something, if the metal piece just pop up it might b reasonable that there's a manufacturing defect.
I think its better to snap everything back in place and also make sure the warranty sticker isnt damaged too far, and send it back to warranty XD
I did the hardware fix too but i nvr meddled with the bottom base since the idea is just to make the metal make proper contact with the antenna which is located in the plastic housing that u pull out b4 revealing the metal piece... just bend the top part nice and slow till its high enough and cover everything back...