[chrismelin]

Does someone try to change the wifi antenna of the apad ? The wifi is very low.

 

[gevrik]

Moved to technical discussion.

 

[Smog]

The tricky part is to open the apad.then, I would add a wifi antenna connector so you can use whatever you want including a simple antenna or a modified Satellite antenna (or a cantenna)

 

[donaldson]

Yes, I replaced my wifi antenna with a laptop antenna that I had in my junk drawer. My signal strength is better. Something like this would do : 2X Laptop WIFI Wireless Mini PCI PCI-E Internal Antenna on eBay.ca (item 280398062835 end time 13-Jul-10 03:44:52 EDT).

 

[chrismelin]

I've seen this video, it look easy to open the apad, is it true ?Apad-scene: How to remove/open apad screen

 

[xaueious]

The hard part is actually removing the black bezel. It's held down by tape

 

[donaldson]

And the bezel will never really look as nice again once you reassemble the unit. Unless you really need to get into the unit to correct a problem, I'd recommend against it.

 

[Mr ILIA]

you can boost you routers reception, this will help to boost the signal on the apad.

 

[theflyingsquirrel]

I have my apad M701 with metal casing. There is no tape on the black bezel.I saw in one video they use a suctino cup to pull out the screen cover.Amazing.I just opened my apad yesterday.I thought there is gonig to be a space for me to solder the HDMI connecter. However, there is none.It is not true that the PCB is HDMI ready. It is not just the casing, but also the design.Anyway, I put in a self made antenna inside, but with no obvious signal gain.

 

[Pocketman]

I have tried the same without much result. The metal casing is blocking radio signals, that's why they put the original antenna behind the plastic shield at the back. The only solution I see is an external antenna, but that would ruin the slick casing.