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I have recently taken apart my N8 to replace case and digitizer screen and now find when back together that the FM transmitter range is almost next to nothing. Where is the FM Transmitter PCB contact/chip or how does it ’transmit’ ie through phone case, endcap, etc. Has the metal contact above the flash unit and just below the volume button (N8 Teardown, Step 17, below left index finger tip, but not the three strips just to the right) have anything do with the FM transmitter. Kieron
Hi Kieron, The antenna on these things is bizarrely the back of the casing from what i could see when i dismantled one of these a few months ago. If you look at the pictures in step 13 of the tear down guide: Nokia N8 Teardown The copper plated edges around the casing make contact with the copper plated PCB on the motherboard. As with most phone antenna’s they have an inductor, generally to reduce call noise, but if it falls off or becomes damaged it will break the circuit and you will not get barely any signal, check if its still in tact. In Step 15 you can see it to the bottom left of the turquoise outlined chip
Has anyone fixed this? Just found an N8 and I need it
