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Best Radio In Canada? (Rogers Wireless)

Hi guys, I'm sure this type of question has been beat to death, but mine is a bit more specific. If I'm not mistaken, different radios will have different performances on different cellphone carrier networks, the one in question here is Rogers Wireless in Canada which I'm on.
I am currently using 1.00.25.05 which I read is pretty good in terms of battery life and everything else. However I'm not too content with this radio because it seems like I've experience a lot more dropped calls since switching to this radio. So my question is, which one is the best for the Rogers network? For me, best means excellent reception and battery life. Thanks in advance.

i have tried all of the latest ones but best by far has been:
1.09.25.23
it does depend on the ROM as well I think and maybe this should have been posted in radio thread

I find 1.09.25.23 to work very well too...I'm in Toronto. Signal is a little inconsistent in some parts of my house...but that's to be expected with lots of new condo buildings popping up in the area...I assume those buildings are affecting signal from the radio towers. Battery life is decent considering I am using the 1000mah Seideo...get's through a full day most of the time with my level of use...4-8 text messages...and about an hour voice.

To me, I tried many recent radio up to 1.12.xx, but I still find that 1.00.25.06 (the default Rogers radio) is the best in terms of reception bars Battery is decent as well.

BB88 said:
To me, I tried many recent radio up to 1.12.xx, but I still find that 1.00.25.06 (the default Rogers radio) is the best in terms of reception bars Battery is decent as well.
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Toronto area? Also...which ROM? Recently, I've had trouble holding signal with 1.00.25.06 and am not sure why.

I am in Toronto and have never really had a problem with default one either. Maybe I don't know what I am missing but since I have never really had a problem with it I have never changed it. So I am using 1.00.25.06 with the latest Energy ROM.

I just came back from a cruise to Alaska. 1.14. worked very well for me the whole trip. From San Francisco to Alaska then to Victoria. GPS pick up was very quick and phone reception was great even off shore.

65coupei6 said:
I just came back from a cruise to Alaska. 1.14. worked very well for me the whole trip. From San Francisco to Alaska then to Victoria. GPS pick up was very quick and phone reception was great even off shore.
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Which 1.14? There's 1.14.25.05 and 1.14.25.24...

hjlow said:
i have tried all of the latest ones but best by far has been:
1.09.25.23
it does depend on the ROM as well I think and maybe this should have been posted in radio thread
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Yes...I too realize this stuff could be posted in the radio thread...but consider that on this thread we have Roger's Wireless customers; unless it's not good thing to have a carrier-oriented thread. I understood that radio performance (signal and battery) is most likely influenced by carrier and location. It's difficult in the main radio thread to determine who is a Roger's customer. My 2 cents...

1.00.25.06
I am using the factory radio .. and I have never faced any problems with my calls, reception or GPS (somewhat)....
With GPS there have been times when the fix was delayed by 3-4 minutes. But everything else ... OK
I am sure some members would be able to shed some more light on the perfect combination of ROM + RADIO
CR

chgrbt said:
Toronto area? Also...which ROM? Recently, I've had trouble holding signal with 1.00.25.06 and am not sure why.
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I have been using Dutty's 3.6b and 4.0 for the longest time. Recently I have been trying EnergyRom 3, Gen.Y 1.2x, and Shaks 4.3. Not sure if it is ROM related, the signal bar at work is 1 bar less now. Though, it's still going pretty strong. I may try other radio with these new ROMs.

chgrbt said:
Which 1.14? There's 1.14.25.05 and 1.14.25.24...
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Sorry about that. 1.14.25.05 w/rll

I'm using BsB 6.5 I with 1.12.25.16 and the signal is good, no drop calls quick connects etc

daeshawn said:
I'm using BsB 6.5 I with 1.12.25.16 and the signal is good, no drop calls quick connects etc
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Let is know how it goes with 1.14.25.05.

chgrbt said:
Let is know how it goes with 1.14.25.05.
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To me it seems the same as 1.12.25.16...one thing i did kinda notice is my device getting a little hot (when using opera, as well as after a soft reset)...not sure if that is a result of the radio or the flashing i have been doin lately...will test a little longer

I've been using 1.00.25.05 but have notice loss of service in areas where I previously had service. I'm going back to the default Rogers radio of 1.00.25.06

Help me, Signal Problems - 3 UK

I got a 3 PAYG sim last month for the all you can eat data plan. It was working perfectly for 3 weeks, full signal. I used CM7 RC1 for a while however after a smooth start the number of forced closes began driving me mad.
My 3 signal indoors just disappeared all together one day this week. I decided to change ROM and did a full clean install of JokerDroid 4.2. (not because I thought CM7 was causing any signal issues, just the force closes and thought I'd try something new)
I have Android Version 2.2.1
Baseband version 13.55.55.24H_3.35.20.10
Kernel Version 2.6.32.39-nFinity
Build number 2.37.415.1
My problem is my signal and I don't know whether it's 3 or the phone. Indoors I have nothing, occasionally 1 bar at best. Outside, it works fine. My phone randomly decides I am roaming and gives me a full signal with a little R sign indoors.
I have also noticed that where previously in CM7 it said I was connected to 3, in JokerDroid 4.2 it says 3G-3.
My Girlfriend also got a 3 sim card at the same time as me and she has a nokia 6303c, She has experienced no problems and continues to have full signal everywhere. I switched sims between phones, mine works perfectly in her phone and hers doesn't work in mine.
Can anyone suggest what is happening here? Is my phone broken? is it a 3 problem? is there a simple fix?
I have searched a forum for 3 and there seems to be a lot of compaints about 3 switching off 2g coverage, could this be the problem? The threads where a few months ago and I don't know if this explains the difference between the wildfire and the nokia either.
Any help much obliged.

flash latest radio?

GlennBrownie said:
flash latest radio?
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Done that.
I searched the forum and someone had suggested that but nothing changed.
I am thinking of wiping everything again in recovery, flashing the radio and then flashing the rom.
I just wish I knew for sure it was the phone and not 3. I will try a different network provider asap.

piratesav said:
Done that.
I searched the forum and someone had suggested that but nothing changed.
I am thinking of wiping everything again in recovery, flashing the radio and then flashing the rom.
I just wish I knew for sure it was the phone and not 3. I will try a different network provider asap.
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I am also on 3, personally I do think they have a poorer signal than O2 or T-Mobile (/Orange now) but I very rarely lose all signal...

GlennBrownie said:
I am also on 3, personally I do think they have a poorer signal than O2 or T-Mobile (/Orange now) but I very rarely lose all signal...
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I thought so to but I was really pleased with it. It has only just happened in the past week that it is not working however it works great on an older nokia phone.
Going to try a clean install again even though I'm not convinced it will help.

Any luck?
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better radio for t-mobile us?

my baseband right now is i9250xxkk1 and i'm getting absolutely horrendous service in my home. i'm constantly on 1 bar of edge and even worse than that, almost everytime i'm on a call it'll just randomly lose service for 30 seconds and come back.
Never had any issues like this on my nexus one, i always had to shut 3G off so it didn't get stuck trying to switch to edge, but once it was on edge it worked just fine. this phone is just getting to the point where i can't make phone calls in my own room.
it's not always though. it had been good for like 4 days, but today now i've tried to make 3 calls and eventually i just gave up and used the house phone. i can even leave it in the same spot with 4 bars of edge, and as soon i pick it up and move it drops to 1 bar or loses service. and i mean move it by only a couple inches. or hell, i can just leave it there and it'll fluctuate between no service and 1,2,3,4 bars.
really hoping someone can give me some help here cause this is getting really annoying.

Have you tried the radio UGLK1 ? It is optimized for North America.
You can donwload it here :
http://db.tt/d4qMSr57

heo_con184 said:
Have you tried the radio UGLK1 ? It is optimized for North America.
You can donwload it here :
http://db.tt/d4qMSr57
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thanks. i'll give this one a shot. i don't mind being stuck on edge, i just want to be stuck on edge, not losing service every few seconds.

There's no perfect radio for a specific carrier. It depends on your location as well.
I'm personally using xxkk6 on T-Mobile US and getting great service and speeds.

i'm not asking for perfect, just to actually have stable edge service in my home.
so far the radio posted above has worked good. was on a 30 minute phone call with my phone in all the locations it used to drop and it stayed at 2-3 bars. only dropped to 1 a couple times and quickly went back up.
looking forward to seeing if it improves my 3g speeds at all later today.

I'm on T-Mobile and prefer XXKK6.

neok44 said:
my baseband right now is i9250xxkk1 and i'm getting absolutely horrendous service in my home. i'm constantly on 1 bar of edge and even worse than that, almost everytime i'm on a call it'll just randomly lose service for 30 seconds and come back.
Never had any issues like this on my nexus one, i always had to shut 3G off so it didn't get stuck trying to switch to edge, but once it was on edge it worked just fine. this phone is just getting to the point where i can't make phone calls in my own room.
it's not always though. it had been good for like 4 days, but today now i've tried to make 3 calls and eventually i just gave up and used the house phone. i can even leave it in the same spot with 4 bars of edge, and as soon i pick it up and move it drops to 1 bar or loses service. and i mean move it by only a couple inches. or hell, i can just leave it there and it'll fluctuate between no service and 1,2,3,4 bars.
really hoping someone can give me some help here cause this is getting really annoying.
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Sounds like you are experiencing the "bug" that me and many othgers have been experiencing after flashing 4.0.3+ AOSP ROMS... I have a thread dedicated to it with some solutions.
Take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487239 and read through. You will see that there are certain Radio / ROM / Kernel combos that fix this issue. The issue is NOT all RADIO related.
Hope this helps...

yiannisthegreek said:
Sounds like you are experiencing the "bug" that me and many othgers have been experiencing after flashing 4.0.3+ AOSP ROMS... I have a thread dedicated to it with some solutions.
Take a look here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487239 and read through. You will see that there are certain Radio / ROM / Kernel combos that fix this issue. The issue is NOT all RADIO related.
Hope this helps...
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don't think that bug is what was happening to me because i was having the issue on ARHD on 4.02 as well. but it did get a lot worse on the 4.03 rom.
for now, this new radio seems to have fixed it for me. i've gone down to 1 bar a few times but i'm not constantly losing service like i was before.

Sorry I really new in the forun and I don't know how "instal" de radio.
i have the same problem but with de GSM version
thax

Novizxc said:
Sorry I really new in the forun and I don't know how "instal" de radio.
i have the same problem but with de GSM version
thax
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Take a look at my thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1487239 and READ through it. Are you rooted? Unlocked fastboot? etc? If not then you have to start reading in the forums on those items first...

[Q] This question is only for those on TMobile UK

I know this might not be the best place for network issues but seeing as the TMobile Forums are useless because no one ever answers my questions i thought i'd find out if anyones having similar issues to me. For the past week or so ive noticed that my reception isnt as strong as it used to be like for example at home i used to get full bars now i only get about 2 bars max and the internet speeds are really slow wherever I am..even tho its showing as connected as HSPA. Also sometimes the connection randomly cuts off and then suddenly comes back on again. The phone hasnt been damaged in any way, the only thing ive done to the phone is did an ota update which updated the hboot and radio but then i went back onto arhd 9.7.2.

Hello
My friend who uses an IPhone 4 on T-Mobile lives in Sheffield has noticed the service/signal has deteriorated over the last couple of weeks. Previously she would have full signal everywhere in her house. We wondered if it was because of the current upgrades to 4G that is happening in Sheffield and also London. Maybe that's what's affecting your signal too?

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Hello
My friend who uses an IPhone 4 on T-Mobile lives in Sheffield has noticed the service/signal has deteriorated over the last couple of weeks. Previously she would have full signal everywhere in her house. We wondered if it was because of the current upgrades to 4G that is happening in Sheffield and also London. Maybe that's what's affecting your signal too?
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Yep I had a feeling it could be because of the 4G upgrade but I wasnt too sure, if alot of people are experiencing similar issues then that must be the reason for it.

topcat0908 said:
We wondered if it was because of the current upgrades to 4G that is happening in Sheffield and also London. Maybe that's what's affecting your signal too?
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this is what i was thinking until he said he had changed the radio... that can make a lot of difference.

mugglesquop said:
this is what i was thinking until he said he had changed the radio... that can make a lot of difference.
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But surely updating the radio is meant to make it better not worse?

I'm on T-Mobile UK and the signal has definitely deteriorated recently (I also live in Sheffield). I've been operating on the assumption that it's because of the 4g/EE happenings.
Now I think about it, it also coincides with me switching from stock to custom ROM.
The change certainly hasn't been of large enough magnitude for me to want to fix it though.
Try a network test app and then post the results. I'll do the same later tonight so we can compare?
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iang265 said:
I'm on T-Mobile UK and the signal has definitely deteriorated recently (I also live in Sheffield). I've been operating on the assumption that it's because of the 4g/EE happenings.
Now I think about it, it also coincides with me switching from stock to custom ROM.
The change certainly hasn't been of large enough magnitude for me to want to fix it though.
Try a network test app and then post the results. I'll do the same later tonight so we can compare?
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I used the speedtest.net app and the first two times i tried the test it failed on me and on the third try i got these results:
Ping: 176ms
Download Speed: 3.41mbps
Upload Speed: 1.65mbps
Which is so weird because its never felt like i've gotten those speeds recently. Maybe I just got lucky and had a decent service at that time because I know later on its gonna go back down to a terrible service..I just hope the 4G upgrade has something to do with this and not my phone.

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But surely updating the radio is meant to make it better not worse?
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yes, an update ALWAYS makes it better... especially on something with so many variables, like the radio.
/sigh.

T-Mobile have uncapped speeds now. So no more slow downs, upload has significantly improved.
3G speeds are dependent on signal strength, time, congestion, etc.
Make sure your masts are not being worked on as well as sometimes this can cause downtime.

4.2.2 OTA signal question

Hey folks,
Just a quick question I was hoping to get some clarification on:
Like many, I got the 4.2.2 OTA on Tuesday evening and everything went fine with the download and install. That being said, I'm having some signal issues that are a bit strange. For the most part the signal quality is fine. Not really having any connection issues, but I've noticed lower bars being shown overall. After doing some digging though I've determined that apparently 4.2.2 reports signal quality differently than 4.1.1 did... representing a much truer value based on dBm and not overly inflating things for constant 3-4 bars. Essentially it's like I remember way back with 4.0.2. I still find it a little odd that I can show -85dBm and only have 1 bar, but if that's how things are reported in 4.2.2 then so be it.
The thing that's bothering me though is this: at times my signal will read 0dBm 99asu. I'll have zero bars showing, but it will still show 4g in the notification bar and will say connected to the network in status. I can make calls, text, surf the web, download apps, even run speed tests without any problem (although not great numbers, they're not horrific either) Eventually bars and dBm "come back", but the amount of time for that to happen varies. Again, nothing seems to be affected by this, but it's just a little disconcerting to have happen.
So, has anyone else experienced this? Google searches show some talk of it but otherwise haven't turned up much. I've done a battery/SIM pull and that didn't change things. Is it possible something may have gone a bit sideways in the ota download? Was thinking a factory reset may help too but not looking forward to wiping my device only to find out this is pretty normal.
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

It's possible that the OTA updated the baseband, please look into that as I'm not entirely sure. If that's the case, then it might just be that the new baseband is not suitable for your coverage area in which case I'd suggest you flash a previous release.

iLeopard said:
It's possible that the OTA updated the baseband, please look into that as I'm not entirely sure. If that's the case, then it might just be that the new baseband is not suitable for your coverage area in which case I'd suggest you flash a previous release.
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Thanks for the reply. I'll fully admit I'm not as up to snuff on this as others, so please correct me if I'm wrong... but the 4.2.2 OTA did in fact contain new radios from VZW, so shouldn't the baseband have been updated for everyone who took it?
Mine is: I515.10 V.FK01/I515.FK02
As I understand it that breaks down to phone model (I515), HW rev 10, with the new radios being FK01/FK02
Wouldn't every VZW GNex that was on the 4.2.2 OTA have the same baseband; outside of having either HW rev 9 or 10?
Currently I'm locked, stock, not rooted... yeah, probably one of the last Thinking I may unlock and root and try the 4.1.1 radios again. Do I need TWRP or CWM to flash those or can that be done if I keep stock recovery?
As always thanks for all input, much appreciated.

My Gnexus is the same . but despite that it actually performs better oddly enough

Do/can you update roaming (*228) with the Verizon nexus? Or is that just something I could do with my old fascinate (yes, a fascinate and then nexus... I am a glutton for VZW punishment).
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Do/can you update roaming (*228) with the Verizon nexus? Or is that just something I could do with my old fascinate (yes, a fascinate and then nexus... I am a glutton for VZW punishment).
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You can, but as far as I know you'll then have what is considered a 3G PRL pushed to your phone, something beginning with "5"... if you just let the PRL update and push on it's own like it's supposed to you'll have a 4g PRL, and will begin with a "1" Both work the same and pick up both 3G/4G signals...not sure what the true difference is honestly. I've been on 15192 for ages now and it's been fine up to this point... Think I'd just as soon keep it. Thanks for the suggestion though.

I Read some where online. That if you take out the Sim card let it for like a minute or so. Slap it back in and there you go. It work for me

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I Read some where online. That if you take out the Sim card let it for like a minute or so. Slap it back in and there you go. It work for me
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Yeah, did that... battery pull and sim card pull... left it out for 30 min then back in... no difference. Like I said, it's not that I'm having a huge problem with my data connection, it's just acting... strange... kind of all over the place. Lots of fluxuation, odd readings/bar equivalents, and the whole 0dbm 99asu thing with still being connected. However I've also now started seeing higher than normal "time without signal" percentages... Just flakey. And frustrating... no issues at all until the 4.2.2 ota.

mine is not really a problem but I had way more bars of coverage in a multitude of places (work, home, gym, etc) on the old radios. I havent looked at the dbm's but visually it's different. might be something for someone interested to look into.
btw, im in fresno, ca.

bubarub said:
mine is not really a problem but I had way more bars of coverage in a multitude of places (work, home, gym, etc) on the old radios. I havent looked at the dbm's but visually it's different. might be something for someone interested to look into.
btw, im in fresno, ca.
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Well Google changed how the signal is read visually through the bars to provide a more accurate reading. You should look at dbm
Toro | Xylon | Diamond

Having the same experience here (Whidbey Island, Washington) where the 4g signal clings on until it absolutely had to fall back to 3g. New radios may be contributing, but the change in coding to report lower signals may have improved the ability to hang on to a 4g signal. Hand off seems pretty slick too, but that's likely a function of the new radios that came in the OTA.
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