So it seems like my (US) TP2 is not getting very good reception at all. Internet sluggishly putters along and i rarely get above 3 bars. My old tilt had far better reception than this phone in the same areas im comparing them to now. Should I take my phone back to ATT and get a new one? or are the US att tilts just prone to poor reception? If so, any way to rectify this or boost my signal?
edit: Also phone seems to be very sluggish at times and needs soft resets quite a bit.. is this a problem with the stock ROM or is there a way to free up some memory by removing some hidden background programs that are pointless?
i think its the phone because on my tmobile tp2 i know of 1 dead zone where my mom gets no service at all with her phone and neither did i with my lg vu but since i got this phone i get 1-2 bars. did u flash the radio or anything?
USCC version works Great!
I don't know if it is the equipment fully. I have the USCC version of the TP2, and I gotta tell you. with my first TP I got 1 bar of signal. My ex, has a regular phone and she gets 2 bars. But When I sit in the living room here, I get four bars. I have better signal with the Tp2 than I have had with any other phone. I have been highly impressed with the signal so far.
I have my RHOD300 (Tilt2) on AT&T's network running Radio 4.49.25.17, and I've never had a better connection than on this phone. On my original Tilt, I only got a few bars and EDGE at my house, but with the radio listed above on my Rhodium, I get HSDPA at my house and everywhere else, and with 3 or 4 bars.
Also, carrier ROMs suck. That's why a good majority of the people here flash cooked ROMs. Most of the time, stock ROMs are completely bloated to the point where the device is notably slowed. Cooked ROMs, on the other hand, focus more on performance than free trials of crappy J2ME games and as a result are much faster. Flashing a new radio may also help with reception. As myself and many others have concluded, 4.49.25.17 is an excellent radio for most people.
However, if you don't want to flash a cooked ROM, then you might want to try this instead. That link tells how to manually remove all the AT&T crap they put on those devices, and should provide a little performance boost as well as some extra storage space.
I'm using the stock ROM on a Tilt 2 and the reception is the best of any phone I've had. (LOTS better than my wife's Nokia 5800...) The phone was a bit sluggish out of the box, but after applying the tweaks in the tweak threads, I'm very happy with the phone. Disabling Push internet helped a lot, as well as the Opera tweaks. The GPS tweaks are essential with this phone. Out of the box the GPS is really crappy. With the tweaks applied it works pretty good. Just look for the two tweak threads. One is a sticky in this sub forum. The other is the tweak thread specifically for the Tilt 2 version, and is not a sticky. (But it should be! )
The reception on this phone is like doubled compard to my Fuze. It used to be about every 20 minutes or so I'd lose reception at my desk but now it happens once a day max.
That depends on your mobile carrier and the area you live in
I had the original Tilt for a year then the Fuze for a year and now the Tilt 2 for the last month. Overall the Tilt 2 reception is at least as good as the other two. But I never had problems with the reception on any of them.
As others I get great reception on my Tilt2. However I've noticed AT&T's network get slower and slower over the last few months. Try seeing if you get the same sluggishness when you use a WiFi connection.
As far as the software itself, I was going to stick with the stock ROM for at least a week or two but performance was so bad that I switched to a custom rom. Absolutely worth it, the device runs so much smoother without all the AT&T bloat.
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I have my RHOD300 (Tilt2) on AT&T's network running Radio 4.49.25.17, and I've never had a better connection than on this phone. On my original Tilt, I only got a few bars and EDGE at my house, but with the radio listed above on my Rhodium, I get HSDPA at my house and everywhere else, and with 3 or 4 bars.
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I have att also, do you have a link to that radio cause mine is 4.48.25.20 and would love to see if version would work better as far as reception. I live in south jersey, and the 3G network is near dead with the flood of Iphones sucking up all the bandwidth, but my bars are always changing from 0-3 at least 3 or 4 times every 30 seconds.
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I have att also, do you have a link to that radio cause mine is 4.48.25.20 and would love to see if version would work better as far as reception. I live in south jersey, and the 3G network is near dead with the flood of Iphones sucking up all the bandwidth, but my bars are always changing from 0-3 at least 3 or 4 times every 30 seconds.
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lol, I know what you mean, here's a link to 4.49.25.17. All other known Rhodium radios can be found here. Hope that helps
Ok seems as though I am going to be needing to flash to a cooked ROM my only fear is bricking my phone since i am a complete noob to flashing anything my tilt1 went 2+ years and i didnt put a thing on it! so it looks like i will look into the different radio option as well as cleaning up the ATT programs that are taking up space unti i gather up the strength to hopefully not brick my tilt!
Edit: Downloaded the newer radio version, how do i go about installing this? I unpack the rar and am left with a rhodium custom RUU executable?
also how do i upgrade the GPS? Google maps and trapster are somewhat useless since its so slow to pan through it effectively and timely
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Ok seems as though I am going to be needing to flash to a cooked ROM my only fear is bricking my phone since i am a complete noob to flashing anything my tilt1 went 2+ years and i didnt put a thing on it! so it looks like i will look into the different radio option as well as cleaning up the ATT programs that are taking up space unti i gather up the strength to hopefully not brick my tilt!
Edit: Downloaded the newer radio version, how do i go about installing this? I unpack the rar and am left with a rhodium custom RUU executable?
also how do i upgrade the GPS? Google maps and trapster are somewhat useless since its so slow to pan through it effectively and timely
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To flash a new radio, here's what you need to do: You should have an EXE called CustomRUU and an NBH file called either RUU_SIGNED.NBH or RHODIMG.NBH. Connect your device via USB, wait until ActiveSync or Windows Mobile Device Center recognizes your device, and then run CustomRUU.exe. If you get an antivirus warning, ignore it. Follow the instructions that CustomRUU.exe gives you, and you should be fine. If flashing a new radio doesn't work for some reason, you might need HardSPL. I don't think you need HardSPL for signed radio installs, but I'm not 100% sure.
The GPS is controlled by the Radio, so changing to another radio may help with this. I recommend using QuickGPS if it is included in your phone's ROM, as well as downloading Schap's Advanced Config and enabling AGPS under the GPS options in Advanced Config.
DaveTheTytnIIGuy
Thanx for pointing me to the radio, I installed it, and someone found the hack to shutoff the 3G band since 3G is dead here as I said, and the 2G signal is amazing, I consistently 85% of the time have 5 bars, I've never had that with my fuze, in 3G or 2G, so happy that my battery isnt being drained anymore because of the bouncing between 2G and 3G.
I installed the latest radio (ending in .57 I think) on my T-Mobile Touch Pro 2 and my EDGE signal couldn't be any better! My neighborhood is a "Fair" patch on the map but now I easily get 3 bars inside when making calls, sometimes I see one bar but it's usually 2-3 bars vs 1-2. Idle I can get 4 but once you place a call it goes back down to 3.
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I know that some combinations of Radio 1.38 and WM6 were causing problems for some users. I was wondering if this is still a known issue or if it proved to be something else or was isolated. I upgraded to Radio 1.35 to let the dust settle. Anyone want to tell me if it is safe to go to 1.38?
You can see my config below.
(Yeah, I searched using forum search, google and the wiki. Couldn't find anything relatively definitive from a trusted source.) Thanks.
I am running 1.38 and Black 2.0 without a problem ... I earlier was one of the folks with disconnect problems with this radio and earlier WM6 ROMS ... but the radio seems to play nice and work well with both Black 2.0 and the latest LVSW ROMS (in my experience).
Thanks for the quick reply - I could not ask for a more trusted source.
Since your config so closely resembles mine, I am going to dive on in!
Thanks!
I PUT MINE BACK TO 1.34 I DIDNT LIKE 1.38 FOR SOME REASON IT JUST WASENT RIGHT sry for caps just noticed i am running pro blk 2.0 with 1.34 radio i have cingular and live in NY when in 3g areas my phone was using edge instead then if i put my phone in 3g only i would lose signal end result 1.34 is much better in my opinon
yo todd_jg how is 1.35 radio?
OK - did the upgrade and some limited testing.
BT, wifi, voice and edge data all check out and seem to be working as expected. Thanks again for the tips. Will report back if anything goes bad.
I have been using 1.38 since it come out with three different WM6 ROMs (WMXL 0.20, Chinese WM6 and Black 2.0) with no problems. Good luck.
1.38 + WM6 works GREAT for me!
1.38.30.10 radio + LVSW WM6 Edition (2007-03-26)
Seems no problem recent week~
I'm using 1.38.00.10 with Pro Black 2.0 and i'm expeirencing dropped calls and bad call quality. I was on the the phone with my girlfriend last night and it kept breaking up and dropping the call after 7+minutes of convo... i convinced her it was her phone (nokia 8800 sirrocco). But after the 5th or 6th time it did it i switched phones to a nokia 3500 i have laying around and guess what... Call quality is 10x better and no dropped calls for a good 40+minutes!
So which radio is next? i think i'm gonna go back down to 1.34 or should i go up to 1.28.30.10?
Black 2.0 and radio 1.38 even for me without any problem
yes been running lvsw roms & 1.38 radio.. no problem
Seems to work fine here also..
how's the battery life in this combination?
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how's the battery life in this combination?
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Using Black 2.0 and working and living 80% of the time in an EDGE area, I get about 13-16 hours daily use.
I'm not sure about high speed or 3G only areas.
Not the best but I can live with it.
I've been running Black 2.0 and 1.38 for the last 4 days and it's been rock solid.
I live in a 3G area and with moderate use I'm down to 60% battery by the end of the day.
Moderate use..5 or 6 calls, MS Exchange push email on all day and the odd Text.
So well happy with the combination.
Looking forward to Black 2.5!
Agreed battery life has been awesome since going to Black v2.0..
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I'm using 1.38.00.10 with Pro Black 2.0 and i'm expeirencing dropped calls and bad call quality. I was on the the phone with my girlfriend last night and it kept breaking up and dropping the call after 7+minutes of convo... i convinced her it was her phone (nokia 8800 sirrocco). But after the 5th or 6th time it did it i switched phones to a nokia 3500 i have laying around and guess what... Call quality is 10x better and no dropped calls for a good 40+minutes!
So which radio is next? i think i'm gonna go back down to 1.34 or should i go up to 1.28.30.10?
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1.34 HAS NO PROBLEMS BUT it depends where u live i am in ny 1.34 is good 1.38 sucks for me and battery life is good on all if u use htc tweak
I also had problems with Radio 1.38, a large amount of dropped calls, unable to answer calls, calls straight to VM etc, so I went back to 1.34. Still having probs with reception but with far less frequency. Have used different Rom Versions, Black 2, LVSW, 3DES, all with similar probs.
Hi, I tested all versions which come out from trinity or hermes, had no problem till now, now I am on 1.38.00.11 GPS, work like a charm, in our town is 3G, edge or gprs, I have no problem, tested on lvsw, 3des, vanilla and XDA... maybe I have luck after all...
i was on .11 before but i noticed i had full bars and people are going straight into voicemail, so i switched it over to .10, so far so good, but last night i noticed acall dropped after 45 min of talking...i lost reception and regained it really quickly...im gonna stick with .10
I wanted to share my performance with everyone regarding battery life and signal strength. I flashed the latest WWE ROM (2.07.401.1) and since then, The battery has lasted nearly 4 days (used to last me only 1 day max). I am also getting better performance with the radio too. It seems to switch bands very fast now. I am on Tmo US and I have very spotty coverage where I live. Before, the phone spent most of it's time in either Edge or no service. now It is almost always in H or 3G and rarely does it drop down to E. When it does, it seems to come back to 3G very fast.
I just wanted to pass this along and see if it helps anyone else. Also, it has sense 2.5 but it didnt slow down the phone nearly as fast as I expected. It almost seems faster now. Hope everyone else has the same results as me.
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I wanted to share my performance with everyone regarding battery life and signal strength. I flashed the latest WWE ROM (2.07.401.1) and since then, The battery has lasted nearly 4 days (used to last me only 1 day max). I am also getting better performance with the radio too. It seems to switch bands very fast now. I am on Tmo US and I have very spotty coverage where I live. Before, the phone spent most of it's time in either Edge or no service. now It is almost always in H or 3G and rarely does it drop down to E. When it does, it seems to come back to 3G very fast.
I just wanted to pass this along and see if it helps anyone else. Also, it has sense 2.5 but it didnt slow down the phone nearly as fast as I expected. It almost seems faster now. Hope everyone else has the same results as me.
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Do you happen to know what radio comes standard in that ROM?
Hi
I have a Bell HTC Desire Z. It's unlocked (although I bought it that way so I'm not sure how exactly it was unlocked) and I use it on the Rogers network. I've only had it for about 2 months. My service was alright before, it was never as good as my Blackberry on rogers, but I'd usually have 4 bars in my building. Lately however, it will constantly be switching from 4 bars to 2 or 1 bars or nothing at all. It's started sitting at around 1 bar of service in my building, and at around 3 bars outside, rarely anything higher. It will also stop sending data on a regular basis, or I'll lose 3G completely and I'll have to reboot the phone to get it to come back.
My battery life is also terrible. If I use it to make a phone calls, I'll get maybe about 5 hours of it tops. This is with wifi and bluetooth turned off, and the screen brightness under half. HTC sense is also always freezing on me. Half the time when I try to go to my messages screen it takes it upwards of 3 minutes to load them, and then when I go back to the homescreen the HTC logo appears and then a loading screen comes up. It also lags a lot when I'm switching between screens.
Does anyone know what I could do to fix these problems? Should I root it and throw on a different rom? (I was thinking MIUI). Do I have to switch to a different radio? I'm a total noob with android phones and this whole rooting and modding process, so any help or ideas would be greatly appreciated! I really like this handset, but it has enough problems that I'm tempted to jump ship and go back to Blackberry.
ETA: I'm running Gingerbread 2.3.3, if that makes any difference.
I had fast battery drain too, I switched to the ROM in this thread, and battery life is now AMAZING
use SuperWipeG2(+) and Guhl's EFS GPS fix available here before flashing G-lite
PS - you need to be rooted via the wiki before attempting any new ROM installation, as detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=HTC_Vision
also you will lose HTC Sense, but you will gain amazing speed of everything and the phone working better than any smartphone!
thank you for not telling the OP to try a new radio!! you are the first person I have pushed the thaks button for lol
I had to drive over 200 miles to my destination yesterday and my Nexus lost gps signal probably over 40% of the time. Very frustrating and it caused me to miss a few turns.
My GN's gps doesn't seem to have any problem now that it got signal in a snap and never lost any signal
Mine has always been solid. Quick locks that don't fail.
Quite the change from my old g2x.
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I had to drive over 200 miles to my destination yesterday and my Nexus lost gps signal probably over 40% of the time. Very frustrating and it caused me to miss a few turns.
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Yes I have noticed this as well, but it is historically par for the course for Samsung. My only gripe about the Galaxy Nexus is the GPS. Sometimes it is quick (as in, on par with every other major manufacturer out there), but most of the time it is not. It averages 4-5x the amount of time it takes my Atrix or N1 to get a lock sitting side-by-side, and the lock it gets is less secure and about half as accurate as the other two.
The other side of the coin however, is that this is a HUGE improvement for Samsung, as the Galaxy S phones released last year were atrocious when it came to GPS.
For me the GPS is bearable, and patiently functional, but disappointing.
I have the same problem. My GN lost the GPS signal.
There are different radios available here at xda. Maybe those with issues could try updating radio.
I had some 3g connection issues, so tried different radios, but always GPS was fine.
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There are different radios available here at xda. Maybe those with issues could try updating radio.
I had some 3g connection issues, so tried different radios, but always GPS was fine.
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That might work... Like I said, mine is tolerable and gets the job done, but it is mildly annoying coming from (and being used to) devices with nearly instant GPS lock to ~ 2m, and now having to wait (even a little) for a ~5m lock...
It's just one of those things where you have such a perfect phone, then you go to use something and it works, but you know there is something more efficient on a "worse" performing (overall) device...
i have the same problem with mine. Never experienced such weak signal since sirf star III chips were released years ago =(
Takes ages to get signal, never gives a better precision than 20m, etc
Very disapointing
The Droid RAZR has a great GPS so I'm kind of afraid that the Galaxy Nexus is going to have a weak one. I too sufferers through the Galaxy S GPS debacle. Could never rely on that GPS. Razr is VERY solid.
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Considering my last phone was a Samsung Vibrant, the Nexus GPS is a big improvement. LOL
My GPS has been solid on my GNexus - much better than my Galaxy S. My radio is I9250XXKK1
same, my GPS signal is super solid on the Nexus
I'm coming from the Galaxy S2 as well, where i used to get "pretty" quick lock times, but the lock would SOMETIME go wonky around tall buildings (downtown core) and usually would take a bit to lock to 10m
but on the Nexus im getting SUPER fast locks (5 seconds or less) and always around 5m from my location
i think its super great, and although the S2 was good, the nexus is an even bigger improvement - i'm wondering if the barometer really makes that big of a difference
I do edit the gps.conf file for NTP servers though (i change mine to the canada instead of north america)
I removed the north america server and added:
server 0.ca.pool.ntp.org
server 1.ca.pool.ntp.org
server 2.ca.pool.ntp.org
server 3.ca.pool.ntp.org
so you can give that a try
the NTP servers can be found here: http://www.pool.ntp.org/zone/north-america
remember to reboot your device after editing the gps.conf file
I'm having similar issues; losing signal or the Maps application doesn't update. For example, the blue arrow signals that I still have lock but it's signalling that my GPS location is still at a round about like half a mile back....
I was also waiting in traffic today and the GPS put me 100 yards down a road to my right. I know GPS can sometimes get your direction wrong when at a cross roads, but this side road wasn't any where near me in comparison.
I've edited my gps.conf which still has not rectified the above issue and I also have WiFi enabled as this does aid location.
I'm going to do a TB and attempt flashing the latest Google image as my phone will not apply the update OTA for some reason. Maybe this might help
What is it with Samsung and crap GPS; my SII was flaky at times where as my old HTC Desire was much better when it came to GPS.
What radio is installed on your device? There are currently several versions out there, the default being XXKK1 (I have UGKK7 on Virgin Mobile Canada). Open build.prop, or install 'Android Info' to verify. When you flash the stock factory image, try to flash the default radio as well (provided by Google). If your current radio is already XXKK1, then try flashing a different one. Some can be found in the Development forum. Your GPS may work better, since the radio variants are optimized for different carrier/region configurations.
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I'm having similar issues; losing signal or the Maps application doesn't update. For example, the blue arrow signals that I still have lock but it's signalling that my GPS location is still at a round about like half a mile back....
I was also waiting in traffic today and the GPS put me 100 yards down a road to my right. I know GPS can sometimes get your direction wrong when at a cross roads, but this side road wasn't any where near me in comparison.
I've edited my gps.conf which still has not rectified the above issue and I also have WiFi enabled as this does aid location.
I'm going to do a TB and attempt flashing the latest Google image as my phone will not apply the update OTA for some reason. Maybe this might help
What is it with Samsung and crap GPS; my SII was flaky at times where as my old HTC Desire was much better when it came to GPS.
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I was driving several miles with GPS cutting in and out, this only happened one day so far though. It was frustrating then though, went driving in circles in traffic for about 10 mins.
Never had this kind of issue with GPS taking that long on any device before
My GN gps has been solid and spot on. I use gps (google maps) almost daily on my commute and it has worked like a stand alone gps! My previous SGS Vibrant and SGS2 had really bad gps.. and i was afraid Samsung would ruin the GN. But thank God the gps works as it should!
My Sprint Galaxy SII is horrible. But my T-Mobile Nexus S is fine and so was my Nexus One. I'm debating if I should go with the Razr if the GPS on the GN is lame as the SII.
The only way the phone finds my location is by Wi-Fi and mobile networks. My GPS isn't working. Sigh.
Check out the apps GPS Test and GPS Status. If you GPS still doesn't respond when standing outside in a clear field with Wi-fi/Mobile networks supporting you need to bring it to a shop and have it checked out.
This is how it started for the Galaxy S
OK, I remember my history clearly because this is how I got burned by the Galaxy S. There were a few reports of bad GPS before it turned into a firestorm. And then lots of apologists saying, "hey it works OK" or, "I don't care, GPS doesn't matter to me". Sorry, the GPS was never functional on that device.
I currently have a GSM Galaxy Nexus import on order but I might be turning that shipment based on these these early reports. I am not taking any chances and getting screwed again by Samsung again without GPS.
And I'm not too happy about the various jackyou builds either. I wanted a phone that was finally supported by Google without having to flash the thing. Grr.
I'm at a loss here, but I know something is wrong for sure. I'm familiar with the low signal strength 'problem' on LTE networks as described at rootzwiki's thread entitled "This is why your Verizon Nexus signal "sucks" " I do not understand it inside and out, but I know enough to be at least 80% sure that this is not my issue. That thread describes a low signal strength, as in the dBm, but my problem is actual performance. I'm not comparing numbers (at least not on LTE networks), but results.
The problem is pretty bad, and pretty consistent. Without fail, my signal strength will be butchered, and with it data and even voice/text service will be unreliable or non existent inside any building. Not just some buildings, but any building. If I'm in a 4G area, I almost always lose the 4G, and it's switched to 3G with very poor performance (even for 3G standards). If I don't loose the 4G, the speed test results are horrid. I've had several cases where inside a building I still have 4G but the speeds might be 500-700 Kbps down/up or even worse, but when I step outside into the parking lot, 10-15 Mbps down 5-15 Mbps up. I realize structures absorb wireless signals and sometimes it can be pretty bad, but this is too much and too frequent to just be normal wireless signal degradation. It also doesn't seem to be the area because I've traveled through these areas before with my droid charge and I've never experienced issues anywhere close to this bad with my charge.
Some examples; the first time I noticed it was in the Greensboro, NC 4G area. Specifically at the Travel Centers of America about 10 miles east of the greensboro's border. When I first pulled into the truck stop (I drive a strait truck with a sleeper) I was pissed because my phone was on 3G, and I looked this area up before I came here on verizon's detailed 4G coverage map. This very truck stop was sitting in a dark maroon 4G area, NOT an extended 4G area. So I was angry, but I figured that there was an issue with the network, or the storm coming through was causing problems. Later the storm passed and I noticed (while walking back to my truck) that I was getting a strong 4G signal and good speeds, 5-10 Mbps down and 5 ish up. But as I sat back in even just the driver seat the signal strength dropped, and so did the speeds. I did a lot of tests later outside. I was performing speed tests at different locations all over the parking lot and I noticed the closer I got to the trucks, the poorer the performance. When I was inside my truck, and back in the sleeper, 4G was gone completely, taken over by a very poor 3G signal with slow speeds. I found that if I had my phone mounted on the windshield I was able to get reasonable 4G speeds, but still only a fraction of what I was able to get outside in the parking lot.
Another similar case happened in the Washington DC area at a walmart (Landover, MD). This time the 4G stuck even in the sleeper, but speeds were 2-3 Mbps down and about 700 Kbps up. While outside, however, 15 Mbps down and up.
Here I sit at another truck stop. This time, however, I'm in an extended 4G area (which of course means I have 3G) and I'm comparing my 3G signal strength to my Charge's signal strength. I know what I said earlier, but from what I understand about that "issue", gingerbread phones and earlier would give the CDMA signal strength because they couldn't read the 4G signal strength, but ICS and later can and so it displays the LTE signal strength. So wouldn't that mean that if you are in a 3G area, you can, in fact, accurately compare signal strength since they should both be displaying the CDMA signal strength? If that's the case, then what I'm getting is -100 dBm on my Galaxy Nexus and -87 dBm on my charge.
Something is most definitely wrong with my phone, but I don't know if it has anything to do with the Vicious JB stock rom I installed or not.
Vicious JellyBean 4.1 V5 is the version I installed, and I realize now that I did not install the latest (4.1.1 V1) but nonetheless I could not see it reported anywhere in the changelog, or any of the replies to the thread that there were very noticeable problems with the radio performance. I'm just at a loss and I really hope someone's reading this going "ah, I know exactly what that problem is". Although I'm never lucky enough to have a well known problem happen that there are fixes readily available for
Thanks very much for your time and help!
Bippity, boppity, bump!!
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I suggest you upgrade to the AOSP version that was released a couple of days ago. I have been running it for about 20 hours with very good results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797996
JB issues?
Soundfx,
I've noticed some strange data problems as well. I've only had my nexus for 3 days. The first thing I did was throw a JB ROM (actually, about 9 of them to try them all out) on the device. (Vicious was one of them) What I noticed was that pretty consistently, about 5-10 minutes after the flash, my phone would go from having 4 bars of LTE to no signal at all. My connection would drop completely. Although I didn't figure this out until the latter flashes, I did remember having connection issues when I tried going to the play store or the internet on all the ROMs. I'd have to switch of LTE, and then I'd start working again. At first I just figured that I'm in some sort of LTE dead zone or something. But it seemed strange that my connection would drop completely and I couldn't get it back for 30-60 seconds.
SO, this morning I took my device back to stock. Unrooted ICS from Verizon. And although I wasn't at home for more than a minute to do testing, it appears that my connection problems have gone away. So I'm wondering if it is a radio issue for JB roms. All that to say that I don't think your problem is just the vicious rom. If you wouldn't mind, I'd suggest you trying another ROM and seeing if you have the same issues.
I figure it could be a few things for my own issues, which could be similar to yours:
1. Toro JB roms just have radio issues. (Seems like more people would be clamoring on this forum though if that were true, and I haven't seen any other than you)
2. I have a bad piece of hardware. (Running my stock ICS rom should shake that out.)
3. I live in a verizon dead zone and will experience drops no matter what ROM I use. (Again, stock ICS should shake that out for me.)
4. Gnex has inferior radio hardware, and there is nothing to be done about it. (Doesn't seem likely.)
ALL that to say that, while I don't have an answer for you, I seem to be experiencing similar problems, and I'm trying to figure it out too.
I'll keep you updated as I hone in on a culprit of my problems. (IF I can)
JR
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I suggest you upgrade to the AOSP version that was released a couple of days ago. I have been running it for about 20 hours with very good results.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797996
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You say "the AOSP" version that was released, but what exactly does AOSP mean? I know what it stands for, Android Open Source Project, but every jelly bean rom I've seen (or most) has AOSP in it and I guess I don't grasp it's actual meaning.
The only thing I know for sure is that I want stock stock stockity stock stock! When devs build roms they tend to always have some sort of a bug or two, and I just never feel like they are stable enough. So I want as stock as I can get! Which is why I installed Vicious Stock JB.
I just really don't know though...I know the nexus apparently has radio problems anyway, but...I guess I can just try the latest roms and see what happens. Are there any radios that I can install maybe that would fix this? :\
whozamazinka said:
Soundfx,
I've noticed some strange data problems as well. I've only had my nexus for 3 days. The first thing I did was throw a JB ROM (actually, about 9 of them to try them all out) on the device. (Vicious was one of them) What I noticed was that pretty consistently, about 5-10 minutes after the flash, my phone would go from having 4 bars of LTE to no signal at all. My connection would drop completely. Although I didn't figure this out until the latter flashes, I did remember having connection issues when I tried going to the play store or the internet on all the ROMs. I'd have to switch of LTE, and then I'd start working again. At first I just figured that I'm in some sort of LTE dead zone or something. But it seemed strange that my connection would drop completely and I couldn't get it back for 30-60 seconds.
SO, this morning I took my device back to stock. Unrooted ICS from Verizon. And although I wasn't at home for more than a minute to do testing, it appears that my connection problems have gone away. So I'm wondering if it is a radio issue for JB roms. All that to say that I don't think your problem is just the vicious rom. If you wouldn't mind, I'd suggest you trying another ROM and seeing if you have the same issues.
I figure it could be a few things for my own issues, which could be similar to yours:
1. Toro JB roms just have radio issues. (Seems like more people would be clamoring on this forum though if that were true, and I haven't seen any other than you)
2. I have a bad piece of hardware. (Running my stock ICS rom should shake that out.)
3. I live in a verizon dead zone and will experience drops no matter what ROM I use. (Again, stock ICS should shake that out for me.)
4. Gnex has inferior radio hardware, and there is nothing to be done about it. (Doesn't seem likely.)
ALL that to say that, while I don't have an answer for you, I seem to be experiencing similar problems, and I'm trying to figure it out too.
I'll keep you updated as I hone in on a culprit of my problems. (IF I can)
JR
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Thank you kindly sir, and I will give a few other roms a shot just to see what I can find out and report back!
I tried flashing a few different roms; Liquid TORO Alpha 6, Vicious CM10 Toro, and Vicious JB 4.1.1 v1. All three of them as soon as the phone booted up showed the exact same poor 3G signal quality in the back sleeper while I'm in a dark maroon 4G area. Although I don't think I did a proper rom installation. They roms definitely installed, but it upgraded and installed over what I had...which I didn't realize it would do at all. I'll try doing it properly rom installation with a JB toro rom and then I'm going back to stock ICS to see what it looks like. I'm actually, right now, back at the truck stop that I originally noticed this problem. I'll post back.
I tried flashing back to stock 4.0.4 ICS build with the most recent radios, then I tried EK06 EK05 radios. It was the same across the board. No matter what rom/radios i use, the signal quality was the same. I lost service completely inside the building and in the sleeper it drops to 3G with incredibly poor signal quality :\ -100 dBm -120 dBm I'm going to try and get a new SIM card. if that doesn't solve it...then I guess it's time to look for a new phone :\
It seems like the developers are in a holding pattern until new radios are leaked. If it's that bad, there's no real harm in sticking w/ ICS until we get radios. Some really sweet things have been done by the community in the meantime.
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well I already had vicious 4.1 installed with my apps and all that stuff and it's the same across the board. So I'll be sticking with this until something pops up I guess :\ I'm still definitely going to check about getting a new SIM card; it's the only option, short of another phone, that I can try at this poing. -shrugs- :\