[sallyhoe2001]

I would think I would have still received a signal myself, however I was missing both the Home SID/NID. So for example my values were:

0/0

instead of...

0/65535

So I'm guessing when the phone tried to parse the prl it must have hit an error therin causing it to have no signal?

My current values now are:

64/65535

64 being the Las Vegas, NV local Home SID


As for the antenna it was a sticky antenna however I put it inside the physical phone case when I took it apart to repair the digitizer.. however I have since removed it after noticing a funny side affect....

When the phone was on my desk it would receive almost full signal, however when I picked it up and placed in my hand my signal would almost completely dissapear... since removing the aftermarket antenna it is now functioning normally...

I'll try and take some pics here in the near future and post em so you can see it...