Very weak wifi signal after housing replacement

Very weak wifi signal after housing replacement I replaced the housing on a bent Iphone 6. I also changed the screen because it was cracked, the phone works perfectly except for the wifi antenna which is very weak and only has full bars if less than a meter away from the router. If you leave the room it will completely disconnect because it is that weak
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Guest [Entry]

"''I beleive you did not assemble the wifi antenna correctly. Theres a small jumper from wifi antenna to top frame that makes the top frame of the phone the antenna. If u did not assemble the jumper the wifi antenna become super weak.....Heres a pic of it.....http://www.ifanatix.hu/hun/service/iPhon...

IF THIS SMAL PIECE IS MISSING OR NOT INSTALLED PROPERLY YOU WILL HAVE NO WIFI ANTENNA.....THEREFORE SIGNAL WILL BE VERY WEAK!!!!!!

Its underneath the wifi antenna and MUST be installed properly.......Otherwise u have no antenna...... ''"

Guest [Entry]

Check all screws, screw holes, logic board holding brackets and antenna RF cable sockets on the top half of the phone.

Guest [Entry]

"I have fixed this problem today at the one I have replaced.

I removed the WiFi module and losed all screws in top, lose on the motherboard and remove simtray so I could bend it a little up.

Then took a knife and scratched all the threads of the screws in top then put it all back.

Went from finding my WiFi standing 2meters away, to finding all my neighbor's WiFi and full on almost all of them!"

Guest [Entry]

"Hi, it's possible that the new housing may be causing the issue, as they are probably not the same standard as the original.

You could try the logic board in a known working housing and see if that resolves it, if it does then it's the housing, if not, it may be logic board damage. :-)"

Guest [Entry]

"Hi I just figured out the problem. It's because of the abscence of the thin copper panel which is located under the wifi module. Basically when you or novices replace their phone's back plate, they might not think about the panel of which it magnifies the signal to the module. However, OEM companies dont offer the parts together. Maybe because of price, workforces or profits.. There are a few solutions.. 1. Take it to the repair shop. 2. This is my recommendation, and I also solved wifi problems through this. So, you need the original plate. At the Left upper corner, you can see the two black circle shape spongee. Underneath of it, there are copper plates which I've mentioned above. Just carefully take off with knife (you can easily take off from the plate.)

Then attach it to the new plate exactly same place!!! You can see the astonishing full wifi connection after assemble it. I hope this can help alot of people!! Sorry for my poor English! (Im a Korean :) ) Any question would be my pleasure XD"

Guest [Entry]

I replaced both my iphone 6 and 6 plus with a green color back housing and both my wifi are very weak. I believe it is the aftermarket back housing bc prior to this replacement everything worked great. Don't sacrifice looks for functionality. Its not worth it. Changing mine back to oem once i have the time