When I was using Android 2.1 on HSDPA I could get 1.5mbps
But now since using Froyo 2.2 I can only ever get a max of 0.5mbps no matter where I am.
I'm on O2, could it be the APN settings are wrong?
I'm using a custom ROM
Official 2.2, with: busybox, old A2SD+, OpenVPN (TUN), EXT4 support, 802.11N
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But I have tried a few Froyo custom ROMs all with the same problem
Does anyone know the reason why I can't get faster than 0.5mbps on 2.2 while on 2.1 I could get 1.5mbps?
Thanks
that sounds like a connection issue as in it connects to one network on Froyo and a different one on Eclair. Do you see any difference on the signal bar indicators?
do you know if the APN Settings are different between roms?
jamesmcuk said:
that sounds like a connection issue as in it connects to one network on Froyo and a different one on Eclair. Do you see any difference on the signal bar indicators?
do you know if the APN Settings are different between roms?
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Signal bars seem the same, and using the same APN Settings, got them of the O2 website and input them manually.
where are you getting your stats from?
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where are you getting your stats from?
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Used a speed tester from the market
well using virgin media in a crappy signal area i got 355kbps down and 115kbps up on froyo on mobile net. are you sure you didn't set up you old rom to use your wifi and you have now flashed and are using only the 3g connection. Mine is 3 times faster too if i use the wifi!
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well using virgin media in a crappy signal area i got 355kbps down and 115kbps up on froyo on mobile net. are you sure you didn't set up you old rom to use your wifi and you have now flashed and are using only the 3g connection. Mine is 3 times faster too if i use the wifi!
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It uses wifi all the time while at and 3g when out
I cant see how a wifi connection could be restricted any one have any ideas pls cos this is beyond me!
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I cant see how a wifi connection could be restricted any one have any ideas pls cos this is beyond me!
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With wifi I can get 8mbps so its no problem.
It's only HSDPA were i'm limited to 0.5mbps
Well having no exp of this or anything the only thing i can find is this, i hope it helps you.
all the best
James
I had the problem where I was receiving very slow speeds, but on 2.1 I was getting about 2mb dl.
What I did was check my build.prop in the /system/ folder and added the lines
ro.ril.hsxpa=2
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
this made my browsing speed go straigt back to normal. The market is also fast again. (if you are in the US, use 1 and 11 instead)
All you have to do is use notepad++ to edit the build.prop file with these lines. Add them near the lower half of the file. Then just
adb remount and
adb push (c:/whereever the build.prop is) /system
adb shell reboot
I am going to add these lines:
ro.media.enc.file.format = 3gp,mp4
ro.media.enc.vid.codec = m4v,h263
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.width = 176,352
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.height = 144,288
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.bps = 64000,800000
ro.media.enc.vid.h263.fps = 1,30
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.width = 176,352
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.height = 144,288
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.bps = 64000,800000
ro.media.enc.vid.m4v.fps = 1,30
I suspect that I will be able to watch my camcorder files properly now. I haven't tried this yet but I will update with the result.
edit: All of my video recordings and other clips now work
Good luck
Thanks may give that a try.
Don't understand why this problem has occurred since I'm using the official HTC Rom
Also have the same issue on O2 since updating, slow speeds and eratic data connection. flips from H to G much more often.
Baseband : 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20
Not sure if this was the same version before the Update i was on a Stock O2 rom 2.1. but debranded and took the OTA update for 2.2
Facebook , Weather and Mail widget all need refresh clicking several times before they find updates (Maybe because of the slow connection??) .
Flash lags the phone almost to a halt. (not related to the radio) and most of the speed test sites use flash so i am not sure if this affects my results but the browsing time seems considerable slower even on non flash sites(flash disabled).
I am trying to avoid going back to a stock o2 rom, is it possible that this is somehow tweaked for their network ?
I am also reluctant to do the Bootloader downgrade which i think i would need to do to revert to the stock o2 rom ...is that correct ?
Many thanks in advance.
@jamesmcuk
I am assuming this would require root ? This would also mean downgrade of bootloader i think :-( it hurts
i'm on orange and a rooted non ota froyo rom
get alot of the G to H changing too but when H is lit it is very very fast
surfing is quicker on the network than on a wifi with 10meg speed
speed does seem erratic tho, maybe a reson of the recent orange 3g network downtime today and official orange confirmation of 3g problems
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I have a problem with setting android to only use 2G networks. I can tick an option under settings "Use only 2G networks" but after i leave the settings menu it gets "unticked" again threfore i,m constantly on 3G which wouldn't be a problem but in the areas where there is no 3G signal android loses signal and wont connect to 2G network. I can turn off 3G under winmo tof orce android to only use 2G networks but it takes time. My question is can anyone successfully setup their android to use only 2G networks?
Same Problem
I´m having the same problem and for me it´s worse because it drain my battery really fast (don´t last more than 4 hours).
Could somebody please fix it as soon as possible because this way is really difficult to use android as main OS.
When I put a Sim Card that doesn´t have 3g I don´t have this battery problem.
I hope somebody could help me with this problem.
could someone please look into this? 3G kills my tilt realy fast too. this is the only thing stoping my from using android as my main os.
odz said:
could someone please look into this? 3G kills my tilt realy fast too. this is the only thing stoping my from using android as my main os.
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Try this:
$ su
# rwsystem
# nano system/build.prop
Find the part that says something about default_network=0. Try changing it to 1. Save with dpad-center+x, then y and enter.
# rosystem
Restart your phone to have it take effect. I'm currently trying out the value 3 which is "use GSM or WCDMA, whichever provides the strongest signal" and it seems to work better for me. Before I often had switched to Roaming after calls and somethings loosing connection completely, but I have only tested it for a short time so I'm not 100% sure if it helped or not.
Next release will include scripts to change this and some other things easily.
Oh, and the value 1 is supposed to be "GSM only" so it might help.
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Try this:
$ su
# rwsystem
# nano system/build.prop
Find the part that says something about default_network=0. Try changing it to 1. Save with dpad-center+x, then y and enter.
# rosystem
Restart your phone to have it take effect. I'm currently trying out the value 3 which is "use GSM or WCDMA, whichever provides the strongest signal" and it seems to work better for me. Before I often had switched to Roaming after calls and somethings loosing connection completely, but I have only tested it for a short time so I'm not 100% sure if it helped or not.
Next release will include scripts to change this and some other things easily.
Oh, and the value 1 is supposed to be "GSM only" so it might help.
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Kalt, should we change this "ro.telephony.default-network=0"? to "1"
If so, it didn't work for me . I'm still on 3G.
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Kalt, should we change this "ro.telephony.default-network=0"? to "1"
If so, it didn't work for me . I'm still on 3G.
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Yes that's the one. Well, getting information about the settings in build.prop isn't easy. I'm don't know if the information I found was a fact or just a guess.
kallt_kaffe said:
Yes that's the one. Well, getting information about the settings in build.prop isn't easy. I'm don't know if the information I found was a fact or just a guess.
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Kalt does this issue also occur while running Android from Nand?
HELP!!!
I have tried everything here and still no 2G. I love android but battery life sucks. There has to be a way to force 2G all the time. 3G is great but if batterylife will suffer so badly I want to turn it off perminently. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm using VaniljEclair RLS7c and I have been messing with the scrips in the update and still nothing after reeboot.
Takiyon said:
I have tried everything here and still no 2G. I love android but battery life sucks. There has to be a way to force 2G all the time. 3G is great but if batterylife will suffer so badly I want to turn it off perminently. Does anyone know how to do this? I'm using VaniljEclair RLS7c and I have been messing with the scrips in the update and still nothing after reeboot.
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I have tried everything too with almost all builds (1.6 2.1 and 2.2). My opinion is that ro.telephony.default-network command do not work on Kaiser. If ro.telephony.default-network is removed from build.prop nothing happens. Maybe TelephonyPprovider.apk is something to do with 2G 3G switching.
Bump... Please someone help us!! There has to be some hack we can try.
Please help us!!!
I agree,
Would be great to be able to force certain networks. If you look at the power usage/ per network the faster the network the more power it consumes. I'd like to be able to by default use the low speed and switch it to fast when I'm really using the phone. My EVO has a 4G widget switch. If it didn't the phone would be worthless to me as 4G in my area is not great. 2hrs 4G on (with no 4g network) = -40% battery... Love to do the same for 3G as that would save "about" 20% more battery life alone. I might get a whole day of use without charging...
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I have a problem with setting android to only use 2G networks. I can tick an option under settings "Use only 2G networks" but after i leave the settings menu it gets "unticked" again threfore i,m constantly on 3G which wouldn't be a problem but in the areas where there is no 3G signal android loses signal and wont connect to 2G network. I can turn off 3G under winmo tof orce android to only use 2G networks but it takes time. My question is can anyone successfully setup their android to use only 2G networks?
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Very simple. You use file follow. You install it,only mark or unmark for 3G or 2G. I'm from Vietnamese. I speak E not very well. I'm sr if you don't undertand
looks like this is only for 3g-2g data connection.Discussion is about GSM -CDMA network
pro_hvtc said:
Very simple. You use file follow. You install it,only mark or unmark for 3G or 2G. I'm from Vietnamese. I speak E not very well. I'm sr if you don't undertand
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As far as i know apndroid disables both 2g/3g connections and we only need to block system from using 3g connections leaving 2g still connectable.
Has anybody seen this before?
http://www.android-cellphones.org/android-motorola-droid-tricks-disable-3g.html/
I get the settings, but the problem is that I can't choose any - no matter what I choose it stick to "Unknown" type..
milanche said:
Has anybody seen this before?
http://www.android-cellphones.org/android-motorola-droid-tricks-disable-3g.html/
I get the settings, but the problem is that I can't choose any - no matter what I choose it stick to "Unknown" type..
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I've tried that a while ago and it didn't work for me.
I've bin going thru htcgeneric-ril.c (source of libhtcgeneric-ril.so), provided in another topic and noticed this lines:
Code:
switch (rat)
{
case 0: at_rat = "1,2"; break;/* Dual Mode - WCDMA preferred*/
case 1: at_rat = "0"; break; /* GSM only */
case 2: at_rat = "2"; break; /* WCDMA only */
}
Could there be a solution lurking in those lines to ongoing 2G/3G switching problem on Kaiser devices with Android?
Those look like the settings from the phone information screen in testing, it's certainly the right area to be looking in.
Question: who's gonna be brave enough to hack htcgeneric-ril.c and recompile that lib?
I already asked n2rjt to do it, if it's possible - still waiting for his reply.
I don't know if there are more of you having problems with 3g and hsdpa after flashing the new radio update.
My connection type only accepts gprs after the flash. When i dial *#*#INFO#*#* and choose information and tap the ping test, i can only see that gprs is connected.
With the older radio's i always had a hsdpa connection.
This is the radio i'm using: 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04
Roms are different roms with the same issue:
-Defrost 2.0a
-DJDroid v1.0r1
-Adams OpenDesire 1.5 and 1.6 prerelease.
All roms in combination with this radio are causing problems with my 3g connection.
Maybe if you specify the ROM and the Radio versions you are using, someone can help you....
RiodaITA said:
Maybe if you specify the ROM and the Radio versions you are using, someone can help you....
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edited the first post.
dutch Hi / KPN... no difference at all.. 3g works fine, speedtest still showing 950kbps
Open desire 1.5, h3g data connection is HSDPA, with latest radio.
Well i only see the gprs icon, no 3g or hsdpa here. Speedtests give me 0.01mbit down and 0.02mbit upload speeds.
I just found 2 more simcards.
1 kpn
2 t-mobile
both the same thing, no more than 0.02 mbit up and down. . .
Maybe i have to try flashing a older radio back.
peewster said:
I just found 2 more simcards.
1 kpn
2 t-mobile
both the same thing, no more than 0.02 mbit up and down. . .
Maybe i have to try flashing a older radio back.
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No problem with the radio (got 3.4 mbgit this morning), and I'm on dutch vodafone.
Ok, so maybe my phone is just broken....
peewster said:
Ok, so maybe my phone is just broken....
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Maybe vodafone 3G broadcast thingie (dunno) is broken in your area?
Yeah mine dropped to 2G All the time so I flash the Android 2.2 HTC sense Rom and pushed it to wcdma only. Works, I think it's an issue with the radio for T-Mobile UK customers
Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App
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Maybe vodafone 3G broadcast thingie (dunno) is broken in your area?
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No because he tried kpn and T-mobile as well.
I've always had 3G issues on mine regardless of radio so I'm putting it down to being orange. New radio for me seems better tho, I get H alot more so things work fine!
Maybe the flash didn't take...
I flashed Dj Droid 1.0 r1 today with new radio and ive not shown Hdspa since. I did a speed test and it showed 1.9 - 2Mb, which is good for where i am. I did the ping test and it came back saying Hdspa so i think with me its just the icon thats not changing.
2.2 unless patched will only display 3G icon for both 3G and H. I doubt HTC have put that patch in...
And found another vodafone card (vodafone dongle)
Lets try
I have the same problem with H only getting 3g signal, since I started using 32... radio. So its defiantly not network related.
Ok tested my vodafone dongle, and same issue (from laptop), so there must be something wrong with the vodafone network.
Pffieuw
I have same problem with last radio with ROM Six O'clock AM, Open Desire, AOSP, DjRoid and AOSPDesire_1.2.2.
It's a bit strange, normally when i am in the living room a always had 3g or hsdpa. Now i only have gprs until i go upstairs, when i'm at the top floor it shows me the hsdpa icon, and a speed test of +/- 1.5/2Mbit down and up.
So there changed something. Maybe Vodafone messed up their signal or there's something different with the new radio. . .
This isn't related to any particular ROM as I have tasted this with various sense and none sense ROMS... Has anyone since using the latest radio had issues with connecting to 3G or having very strange fluctuations, where the signal might go dead completely then back up to full?
I seem to be experiencing this with 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20
nope seems fine with mine. OD rom in Australia
the ginger god said:
This isn't related to any particular ROM as I have tasted this with various sense and none sense ROMS... Has anyone since using the latest radio had issues with connecting to 3G or having very strange fluctuations, where the signal might go dead completely then back up to full?
I seem to be experiencing this with 32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20
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The mentioned Radio is really poor in 3G Network. Especially change between 3G and EDGE. When I disconnect from Wifi it too often doesnt connect to the GSM or 3G again - the bars are there, you can phone but cant use data connection.
I hope there'll be a updated radio soon!
Im not happy with 5.09.00.20.
Hi,
I'm also experiencing a poor 3G connection with this radio.
I'm not happy with that.
Vodafone Spain, also same while itinerance in Portugal, USA.
Best
this radio has been absolutely fine for me.
having poor reception at singapore here too...
should i downgrade the radio?
Working best for me. From Malaysia.
Not working at all well for me. All was working great until I flashed to this radio. I'm now experiencing complete signal drops at least once an hour, have to toggle airplane mode to re-enable.
I tried rolling back to each other radio bar the first 3 or 4 with the same result.
Could it be something else or am I missing something when rolling back the radio?
It works fine for me as long as I stay in Copenhagen, but I've experienced losing signal altogether when travelling, this didn't happen before, so I think it's because of the radio.
I have a weird issue where I never seem to be able to access the Internet in any way until the connection icon changes from "3G" to "H". Is this normal? I haven't noticed this on the stock radio but then I didn't keep it that long...
Still having this "issue". Anyone else?
New version is working really better here.
Where could one get that version? And is it supposed to work on any ROM without breaking it?
I have the 32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2 radio and am on Telus.
I have the same issue as you. When the icon shows 3G my internet doesnt work at all but as soon as it changed to H (bang) full speed internet..
It did it for me on the 32.43 radio but not on stock. Anyone know what the stock Telus Radio is?
Guys you do know on telus we dont have a 3G network its strictly "H" that would be why your internet does not work. I would like to know how you managed to get stuck in 3G as i never have.
I have no idea - i just updated radio and rom to 2.2 Official (but rooted) - i entered the apn settings from the telus website.
When on internet things will be fine, internet loading (H in task bar) and then suddenly it will turn to the 3G icon and internet will freeze until the H icon comes back. Strange...
When i go into the settings and check my phone model it says its a HTC Desire A8181 - i checked the internet and this model is 3G Dual-Band 900/2100MHz.
Before i flashed a 2.2 rom my model showed as HTC Desire 8182, which is 850/1900 3G.
Could this be why its getting stuck on 3G instead of H?
My model also displays HTC Desire A8181 and I'm running a 2.2 ROM.
I don't remember what it said before on the Telus stock rom, but I could try flashing it back to see, since I have it in backup.
If you could try flashing it back that would be great - i think i have my Nandroid backup but its on my works computer...
Tsuushin said:
I have a weird issue where I never seem to be able to access the Internet in any way until the connection icon changes from "3G" to "H". Is this normal? I haven't noticed this on the stock radio but then I didn't keep it that long...
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Tsuushin said:
My model also displays HTC Desire A8181 and I'm running a 2.2 ROM.
I don't remember what it said before on the Telus stock rom, but I could try flashing it back to see, since I have it in backup.
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the modle should do anything i change mine to just HTC Desire, what rom are you running?
I have an unbranded DHD. So far, I have been running it on 1.72 without root and it was more or less ok having only a random restart from time to time.
I s-offed my phone and installed the latest Gingerbread ROM. Unfortunately, the internet connection over 3G is extremely slow. After checking it using SpeedTest I am getting results of only 100Kbps Download, but Upload is ok at more than 4Mbps.
I have checked my missus'es SIM in my phone and it's exactly the same (prior to that I was getting over 5Mbps Download speeds on her iPhone 3G) so I know it's not some restriction on my account.
I have even downgraded Radio to the old version from 1.72, but the speed was still as bad.
Has anybody experienced this problem? Is there any fix for that?
I shall only add that the phone itself works brilliantly with no problems in making/receiving calls or using the Internet over WiFi.
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I have an unbranded DHD. So far, I have been running it on 1.72 without root and it was more or less ok having only a random restart from time to time.
I s-offed my phone and installed the latest Gingerbread ROM. Unfortunately, the internet connection over 3G is extremely slow. After checking it using SpeedTest I am getting results of only 100Kbps Download, but Upload is ok at more than 4Mbps.
I have checked my missus'es SIM in my phone and it's exactly the same (prior to that I was getting over 5Mbps Download speeds on her iPhone 3G) so I know it's not some restriction on my account.
I have even downgraded Radio to the old version from 1.72, but the speed was still as bad.
Has anybody experienced this problem? Is there any fix for that?
I shall only add that the phone itself works brilliantly with no problems in making/receiving calls or using the Internet over WiFi.
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Have you limitation of DOWNload of data in your telephonic rate? Probably you was consumed the all the MB...
IN MY COUNTRY when you consumes the all the contracted data your download speed downs to the slowest speed (128kb )
No, I have an unlimited plan and as I said, I checked my girlfriends SIM as well. First on iPhone it showed more than 4Mbps download, and 5 minutes later 100Kbps.
I did Downgrade to older radio (+RIL) and it didn't help either
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No, I have an unlimited plan and as I said, I checked my girlfriends SIM as well. First on iPhone it showed more than 4Mbps download, and 5 minutes later 100Kbps.
I did Downgrade to older radio (+RIL) and it didn't help either
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okay i´m sorry my english sometimes is poor
wait a moment... i´m looking for it..
Hey guys,
So I've noticed that I cannot do voice and data simultaneously (call someone and surf the web at the same time). I know its supposed to be possible under 3G and HSDPA for GSM networks. I am in a perfectly good HSDPA region (3G too for that matter, but my phone shows the H icon).
The only reason I can think that it is not working is because I am currently using the Vision_Radio_12.52. 60.25_26.08.04.30 (from *LEAK* Vision_Gingerbread_S_TMOUS_2.13) radio which is not the newest one.
So will upgrading my radio solve the problem (I can do voice and data fine individually.)? Or is it just not possible for some reason with this phone?
You can but only with 4g, the h on stock means 4 or 3g
No same for me and I am on a different radio the one ending .12,data turns off when talking,as to the reason why, I dont know, I just know it does not work.
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You can but only with 4g, the h on stock means 4 or 3g
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Ok, but like I said, I am seeing an H indicating that I should be on a HSDPA network (there is a seperate 3G icon when I am in 3G).
Regardless of 3G or 4G, I thought GSM can support voice + data over both 3G and 4G.
Bombadier is using the latest radio and is having the same problem so I wonder what is the reason behind this...
Radio and ROM specs in my signature, I have no problems talking and surfing while in H or 3G.
SuperDave81 said:
Radio and ROM specs in my signature, I have no problems talking and surfing while in H or 3G.
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Quick question do you have mobile network data always on?
Whatever the default is, I never manually turn it off, but I do use juice defender and allow it to turn off mobile data only when my screen is off.
Should of said on the phone running Unity, as I have it set from settings - wireless and network - mobile networks - not always on, will change it to always on and see if the connection stays on while talking.
Edit Just tested and the data connection stays on while I am on the phone,the OP should try mobile networks always on then.
My mobile network is already set to Always On.
When I get back home, I will update my ROM to the latest InserCoin v1.61 and the newest radio and report back. Hopefully, that will fix my problems.
Also, once I flash the newest radio, will I have to flash RIL too?
Just remember, newest radio doesn't always mean the best radio. I'm using an old one that after trying 5 different radios turned out to be the best.
Not sure about RIL's on sense though...
Seems to be all quiet about the need to match the rils,I used to, but had a few bad experiences matching the rils on the new unity releases 2.35+ so have stopped doing it,certainly with AOSP based roms it is not recommended to match,hope you get your problem sorted.
P.S. As the other chap said,the newest radio does not always mean the best radio,a bit of experimentation is required,also be sure to wipe the EFS data when changing radios.Link to a flashable zip can be found in the radio thread.
Updating to the newest ROM, kernel, and radio solved the problem. Thanks everyone for the help!
andersonjacob54 said:
Updating to the newest ROM, kernel, and radio solved the problem. Thanks everyone for the help!
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Pleased to hear you are all good