Why is the radio not out? - Droid Incredible Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am just trying to understand why everyone is so afraid of the new radio and won't post it?

It was specifically told not to be released. We have the roms, we will have the radio in due time.

because it improves the radio soo much you pick up alien communications. most likely it will be classified top secret by the government men in black never to see the light of day.

Or perhaps its the reason the OTA was pulled...

cpuspeed said:
because it improves the radio soo much you pick up alien communications. most likely it will be classified top secret by the government men in black never to see the light of day.
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^ too funny... ^
I knew that had to be the reason. It makes total sense now.

yes... We will soon have the only phone that supports the galaxy's largest wireless network! wOOhOO!!

I'll still be spooked by the radio once it drops cause all I can imagine are
red and black brixxxx

pastalero said:
I'll still be spooked by the radio once it drops cause all I can imagine are
red and black brixxxx
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Why would you be spooked about the radio? We use leaked EVO radios and there's nothing wrong
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Im runnin new radio now, no issues, increased signal in my area. Dl in dev section.
If ive helped you, please hit the damn thanks button!

Check the dev section, the new radio is out now!! Getting ready to flash it myself
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227215

It's not rocket surgery to just get the RUU and pull the radio out of it if you've got such a need for it.

sweet sweet sweet

What is the radio?

saosinalm said:
What is the radio?
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You seem to be asking a lot of basic questions. Try reading this first, then ask.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=744807

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Radio with Ricky's Rom SuX

Has anyone else noticed this?
My internet speed goes from 1/5 to 1/3 of what it used to be, and the latency is also worse (I tested)...
And my signal is awful/nonexistent in places where it was fine with the Rogers WM6 ROM...
Is there anything I can do? Or should I just wait for the TMo WM6.1 ROM? When's that coming?
I'm with Rogers as well man and the latest ROM is amazing! Full signal - no problem.
Can you give me a link to the lastest and greatest Rogers ROM? Or similiar/better? And about my Q's in the first post...
But Roggers ROM is on WM6.0...
I am With Last Kavana's rom with WM6.1 - best ROM ever for me.
Many programs, many features, super fast.
But the radio is the same as Ricky's, isn't it? Isn't it bad...
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE actually answer my questions...
You all just post random 1 liners...
Radio
grim1234 said:
But the radio is the same as Ricky's, isn't it? Isn't it bad...
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE actually answer my questions...
You all just post random 1 liners...
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HEY DUMB ASS IF YOU REAd THE FORUM AND SEARCHED:
You would know that the radio is not updated just the rom if your radio is the _07 your good to go
grim1234 said:
But the radio is the same as Ricky's, isn't it? Isn't it bad...
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE actually answer my questions...
You all just post random 1 liners...
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Dude we are not some service .
No radio problems with new Kavana-s ROM - that's all
my radio is the same as kavanas rom
And evething is working fine in my S620 too, good speed, no lockups...
grim1234 said:
But the radio is the same as Ricky's, isn't it? Isn't it bad...
WHY DOESN'T ANYONE actually answer my questions...
You all just post random 1 liners...
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ur an ass.
superminipoo said:
ur an ass.
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^^ lol good answer to his question
I do not get the same speed every day and neither will you.... Blame it on the clouds or solar flares or aliens.......
vwgtiron said:
HEY DUMB ASS IF YOU REAd THE FORUM AND SEARCHED:
You would know that the radio is not updated just the rom if your radio is the _07 your good to go
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you guys don't have to be such @$$holes about it... geez
listen guy, all you need to do is wrap your mobile in heavy duty aluminum foil (note: it must be heavy duty or it will not work) and place in your icebox for 60-72 hours...
after that you will be good to go!
When I first got my S621 from Rogers last May with WM5 on it the phone was great, hardly ever had to reboot it for anything. I have had nothing but problems after I upgrade to Rogers 6.0 ROM. With full signal I would not be able to make calls and would first to try reset the phone service through comm manager, which would rarely work, but usually have to reboot the phone, at times often. Due to this problem I even had the phone replaced which did nothing. So far since I installed Ricky's V7 ROM I've had better battery life and have yet to reboot my phone due to not being able to make a call.
In short, I don't see an issue with the Radio or the ROM.
my speed on t-mo seems like its slowed down since i went with rickys from rogers also, my signal itself seems ok and i dont drop calls-maybe miss a word once in awhile but anyways...
does anyone mind telling me if the radio can be improved in any way?(yes im a noob and i really dont know the first thing to look for, but im just asking a simple yes or no question) sorry i dont have luck SEARCHING
I've determined that consistency doesn't exist.
he has everyone right to be an @sshole. how about before you go and say that rickys rom or radio sucks, you ask around first. maybe you are just a moron and its user error? the dude busts his ass to make us cool **** for our phones and you start a thread like this? i wouldnt, nor will i, help you at all. learn some people skills. all i can picture is a 7 year old whining "whaaaaaaaaaa ricky's rom sucks! whhhhhhh"
GO MAKE YOUR OWN THEN.
I'm all Set
Poser said:
you guys don't have to be such @$$holes about it... geez
listen guy, all you need to do is wrap your mobile in heavy duty aluminum foil (note: it must be heavy duty or it will not work) and place in your icebox for 60-72 hours...
after that you will be good to go!
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OK look you can look for Mikey1022 posts, look at his sig--see the mediafire link at the bottom--click on that --click on ROMS-you can see all the radios that have been posted recently. Download a couple of them and see what happens, if the old radio works for you then your good and dandy--or as they say in New England, NOW YOUR ALL SET ASS. Hows that for one liners?
Heres the link
http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=a1e428ed720bdf418c9e7c56ba37815f8d6dc55236f5978e
Bwaaaaa ha ha ha
Ok, I'll make my own.
Whereabouts on the ROM is the radio stored? It's not just the radio.dll, right?

[Q] Radios...whats the big deal?

I've found the forums that explain to me how to flash a custom radio, but I haven't been able to find a thread that explains why I would want to do it. What are the advantages and disadvantages of using a custom radio and what are some good radios for my DInc with CM6.1?
all radios are good in the same sense. Ok basically a different radio can give you better signal or battery life or both. Or it can kill your battery faster and give worse signal. It's a case by case basis and I think mainly where you live matters.. I always stick with the 7.28 radio its been the best for me but its also terrible for some people.
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Thanks for the input. I suppose I need to educate myself more on the different radios available because 7.28 doesn't really mean anything to me. If you don't mind me asking, what type of area do you live in that 7.28 works for you but not for other people? Is it the difference between a metropolitan area and a rural area, or is it more specific like better in a certain part of the country or city than another?
nerdBrain said:
Thanks for the input. I suppose I need to educate myself more on the different radios available because 7.28 doesn't really mean anything to me. If you don't mind me asking, what type of area do you live in that 7.28 works for you but not for other people? Is it the difference between a metropolitan area and a rural area, or is it more specific like better in a certain part of the country or city than another?
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It is more of a block-by-block basis. I had an Eris in Chicago *Belmont and Central* and updating the radio helped immensely. But, went 2 blocks east, and lost all signal. Now I have a Dinc running the leaked Evo (11.09) radio, and notice better signal in buildings (Glenbrook South HS)
Also 7.28 is the newest stock Verizon radio. Radios are usually known by the last numbers in the name.. Radios are risky business as a bad flash can brick the phone. I'd read up and hold off if I were you... I'd hate to see someone break their phone its really a travesty when it happens.
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Gahh Its Lee said:
Also 7.28 is the newest stock Verizon radio. Radios are usually known by the last numbers in the name.. Radios are risky business as a bad flash can brick the phone. I'd read up and hold off if I were you... I'd hate to see someone break their phone its really a travesty when it happens.
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If you decide to continue, look for the Official Radio thread under Development. It will give you some more info, and download links if you so choose.
Thanks all!

[Q] What radio should I be using on T-Mobile USA with Gingerbread?

For the record, I did search through the various radio threads, but I couldn't find me solution.
I'm sorry, but I've been away from the G2 scene for a while, but what's the latest/best radio for a T-Mobile USA G2, running CM7 in the NorthEast - New York, Boston area? Thanks in advance, fellas!
If everything is working don't flash a radio. Only flash radio if you have issues related to radio. If it ain't broke don't fix it
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Spastic909 said:
If everything is working don't flash a radio. Only flash radio if you have issues related to radio. If it ain't broke don't fix it
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I'd tend to agree. You'll always find people claiming every single radio is working great for them. If your service is good and you're not having lots of issues I wouldn't mess with it.
martonikaj said:
I'd tend to agree. You'll always find people claiming every single radio is working great for them. If your service is good and you're not having lots of issues I wouldn't mess with it.
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Thanks guys. I tried a few radios, and they all seemed to work alright. The reason I was asking is because I wanted to know if there was a known problem with a specific radio I may have overlooked, however, after search, I didn't find anything, so I thought I'd ask you guys. Thanks!
Not true. Use the radio that CAME with the rom. Tmobile releases a rom and radio together for a reason. So if your talking about the ginger leak, the .30 radio is the one that was released with that. Of course you don't HAVE to change it, but why wouldn't tmobile just not update the radio from froyo if there was no reason or nothing to be gained? The rom was built to work SPECIFICALLY with that radio. If we were talking about a custom rom, then ya I agree with everything said above. Since were talking about a stock rom, its a little different.
Radios are flashed through the bootloader. The chance of bricking or messing anything up when flashing through a bootloader is .0000000001% if not lower. So if you got an extra five min in your life go flash that .30
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Thank you for all your input. I resolved this issue by testing out various radios to see which performs best for me. I found one which got me from ~2 MBPS consistent to ~3-5 MBPS consistently in the same location
isikh said:
Thank you for all your input. I resolved this issue by testing out various radios to see which performs best for me. I found one which got me from ~2 MBPS consistent to ~3-5 MBPS consistently in the same location
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May I ask which Radio version did the magic to bump up your performance?

[Q] Having Signal Issues with UK GSM Galaxy Nexus on TMO Network

I've been reading this forum for the past two days trying to see if there is a similar thread with this issue. Please point me in the right direction if there is a similar thread resolving this issue (this forum is colossal!).
I recently bought a UK version GSM Galaxy Nexus running Modaco 4.0.2 Ir8. I'm using it on T-Mobile's network (The GN is replacing my HTC Sensation).
The gentleman that sold it to me had already unlocked, rooted, and flashed it with Modaco. It works blazing fast. The only thing is that when ever I make a phone call it literally drops in less than 5 minutes. The signal seems to be switching like crazy from 3G to HSPA+ as well.
I've called TMO and they have no clue what the issue is (4 different reps told me 4 different things from needing to factory reset to the towers being down etc.).
Again the phone works great besides the fact that I can't make a phone call for more than a couple of minutes before it drops.
Has anyone seen this with their GN? Is it the phone? The Mod? Are T-Mobile's towers not able to pick up this phone's radios because it's from the UK?
How can I go about fixing this (Factory reset? etc.)? I'm literally about to factory reset this thing this morning when I get home from work.
I don't really have too much experience as far as rooting goes but willing to learn and get this issue resolved.
What radio version are you using?
I'm on T-Mobile and xxkk6 works well for me.
If you don't know what you have, I suggest u go to the dev section and start reading for a while
xxkk6 at the least should be on there. i think there is xxkl7 possibly. the xxkk6 is the stock radio, but if there is a kk7 or kl7 might want to try that as it would be a later version.
How can I tell which radio version I'm on and does it give me the option to switch it?
dwang said:
What radio version are you using?
I'm on T-Mobile and xxkk6 works well for me.
If you don't know what you have, I suggest u go to the dev section and start reading for a while
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Jjonlife said:
How can I tell which radio version I'm on and does it give me the option to switch it?
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Settings, about phone.
I had similar problems until I switched to KK6.
This thread has all the different basebands:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345
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I've been reading the forum for a minute and haven't noticed any threads regarding this issue. Bear in mind this forum has like 1 thousand threads to go over.
Jjonlife said:
I've been reading the forum for a minute and haven't noticed any threads regarding this issue. Bear in mind this forum has like 1 thousand threads to go over.
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I was using KK1 before and it was absolutely fine until about a week ago, then I started to get dropped calls etc.
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Jjonlife said:
How can I tell which radio version I'm on and does it give me the option to switch it?
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I'm on xxk1. How do I switch to kk6?
Thanks for sending me that link. Which baseband set up would be good for the US (NYC specifically). They all look like they are designed for European areas.
And once I put in my Sim card, why didn't the phone just figure out with Radioband to attach itself to?
pnnorth said:
Settings, about phone.
I had similar problems until I switched to KK6.
This thread has all the different basebands:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345
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Jjonlife said:
Thanks for sending me that link. Which baseband set up would be good for the US (NYC specifically). They all look like they are designed for European areas.
And once I put in my Sim card, why didn't the phone just figure out with Radioband to attach itself to?
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Basebands beginning with UG are for north America. I think there are a couple of threads in the dev section about UG basebands, it might be worth have a look at those.
KK7 Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382699
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Thanks for the link. After reading through a couple of pages I'm starting to realize that I have no idea what the hell is going on with switching radio bands. Even worse, I have not read about any instances where one or the other will work very well in NYC (my area).
Is there a grid which shows which radio band is for which area? Anyone know of anywhere that shows the step by way to do this?
pnnorth said:
Basebands beginning with UG are for north America. I think there are a couple of threads in the dev section about UG basebands, it might be worth have a look at those.
KK7 Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382699
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Jjonlife said:
Thanks for the link. After reading through a couple of pages I'm starting to realize that I have no idea what the hell is going on with switching radio bands. Even worse, I have not read about any instances where one or the other will work very well in NYC (my area).
Is there a grid which shows which radio band is for which area? Anyone know of anywhere that shows the step by way to do this?
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See section 3 in the first post of this thread for a step by step guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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I appreciate that. Will be looking into it later this morning when I get off work.
For anyone who had to do this process: Is this a normal thing when rooting and flashing, to have to find a better baseband etc.? Is it because my phone is a UK version that TMO is having an issue dropping my calls?
And lastly, anyone know what the best baseband/radio is suitable for NYC? And why doesn't the phone just figure out which is the best baseband?
pnnorth said:
See section 3 in the first post of this thread for a step by step guide:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310
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Jjonlife said:
I appreciate that. Will be looking into it later this morning when I get off work.
For anyone who had to do this process: Is this a normal thing when rooting and flashing, to have to find a better baseband etc.? Is it because my phone is a UK version that TMO is having an issue dropping my calls?
And lastly, anyone know what the best baseband/radio is suitable for NYC? And why doesn't the phone just figure out which is the best baseband?
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the baseband should work. it's gsm, the world standard. but i'm guessing since i don't know exactly what is tweaked, but that the specific baseband for your region will bias your phone for the known networks. ugkk7 works great for me. atnt. i think there is a ugkl6 or 7. sometimes you have to test them. some will work better for others. some will work great and not eat battery. if it eats battery, try another one. i think samsung is decent about releasing different radios for different regions. it can be confusing. now when it's comes to updating their roms, that is a different story.
Ok,
The baseband def has to be affecting my battery. I'm getting not even 10 hours on a full charge from moderate use.
I don't really know exactly what the first owner did to it, only what he told me.
My plan is to bring it back to factory settings (found an article about how to restore the GSM version, but have yet to find any youtube videos abou it....I only see LTE videos on rooting and unrooting, and I'm not sure if it's the same process so I'm not touching those).
If that doesn't help it then I'll go about flashing and changing the baseband.
Again this whole baseband business is really new to me. The input you guys have been giving so far is much appreciated.
pukemon said:
the baseband should work. it's gsm, the world standard. but i'm guessing since i don't know exactly what is tweaked, but that the specific baseband for your region will bias your phone for the known networks. ugkk7 works great for me. atnt. i think there is a ugkl6 or 7. sometimes you have to test them. some will work better for others. some will work great and not eat battery. if it eats battery, try another one. i think samsung is decent about releasing different radios for different regions. it can be confusing. now when it's comes to updating their roms, that is a different story.
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Update:
Ended up coming home early from work and staying up all morning trying to figure this out. I decided on using this link first: (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/restore-galaxy-nexus-to-stock-how-to/)
to re-lock. That took about 4 hours of troubleshooting and getting to know the lingo and terminology. Then from a combination of other youtube videos I spent another 4 hours trying to figure out how to lock the bootloader. Believe it or not the Xda link about this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310) saved me from losing my mind. I literally didn't go to sleep until I made sure I brought the phone back to factory settings.
After I finally got the phone back to factory settings (believe me, it wasn't fun figuring this out especially when I've never rooted before) I noticed the wifi wasn't working, or had a very weak signal. Content with the phone at least being back on factory settings and locked, I go to sleep and wake up today seeing the same issue with the wifi (mean while, I now have good signal/service...didn't even have to mess with the baseband radio config).
I restart the router in our house and power down the phone and restart. Problem fixed.
Not really sure why or how, but bringing the phone back to factory settings seems to make it work just as fast as it worked when Modaco Ir8 4.0.2 was on it. Except now I have amazing Service signal.
I can honestly state that rooting really isn't for me especially with the notion that with every new mod that comes out you have to be flashing on a constant basis. Even though I almost lost my mind trying to figure this out, I would still rather have this approach vs Apple's walled garden approach though. Any day.
One of the reasons I like the Nexus line of phones is that it's pretty much the only Android phone that gets all the updates first and on a constant basis. Which makes it such an awesome phone in that it's also the phone that Google allows any and all capabilities to be customized. I have true respect for all the devs out there who attack this stuff daily.
Just be sure to get enough exercise in and healthy meals along with rest lol.
Jjonlife said:
Update:
Ended up coming home early from work and staying up all morning trying to figure this out. I decided on using this link first: (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/restore-galaxy-nexus-to-stock-how-to/)
to re-lock. That took about 4 hours of troubleshooting and getting to know the lingo and terminology. Then from a combination of other youtube videos I spent another 4 hours trying to figure out how to lock the bootloader. Believe it or not the Xda link about this (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392310) saved me from losing my mind. I literally didn't go to sleep until I made sure I brought the phone back to factory settings.
After I finally got the phone back to factory settings (believe me, it wasn't fun figuring this out especially when I've never rooted before) I noticed the wifi wasn't working, or had a very weak signal. Content with the phone at least being back on factory settings and locked, I go to sleep and wake up today seeing the same issue with the wifi (mean while, I now have good signal/service...didn't even have to mess with the baseband radio config).
I restart the router in our house and power down the phone and restart. Problem fixed.
Not really sure why or how, but bringing the phone back to factory settings seems to make it work just as fast as it worked when Modaco Ir8 4.0.2 was on it. Except now I have amazing Service signal.
I can honestly state that rooting really isn't for me especially with the notion that with every new mod that comes out you have to be flashing on a constant basis. Even though I almost lost my mind trying to figure this out, I would still rather have this approach vs Apple's walled garden approach though. Any day.
One of the reasons I like the Nexus line of phones is that it's pretty much the only Android phone that gets all the updates first and on a constant basis. Which makes it such an awesome phone in that it's also the phone that Google allows any and all capabilities to be customized. I have true respect for all the devs out there who attack this stuff daily.
Just be sure to get enough exercise in and healthy meals along with rest lol.
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some people actually recommend factory resetting your device from the get go. i would, but i always just run with the hardware just to make sure the hardware and stress i throw at it will handle all the roms and stuff. and to exchange my phone if finding there is a problem.
Good to hear that you got it sorted out in the end
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Rooting/Flashing is great IMO for people who will never have the luxury of getting updates like Nexus phones get. Take control in your own hands on when you decide you want to update(s) etc.
I'm sure any Devs out there (like on this forum) also love tinkering. To each his own.
pukemon said:
some people actually recommend factory resetting your device from the get go. i would, but i always just run with the hardware just to make sure the hardware and stress i throw at it will handle all the roms and stuff. and to exchange my phone if finding there is a problem.
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Indeed. I def learned a lesson: Never let anyone ever root your phone for you. The guy who rooted it for me was nice enough to say I could email him for questions but the more I kept emailing him the more I could tell he was probably getting frustrated at all my worrisome questions ("I'm dropping calls", "Is it because of the rooting?", "My wifi isn't working", "is it because of the rooting?..." etc.).
Just glad to know there are tons of available options for one to seek out help when issues like this arise.
pnnorth said:
Good to hear that you got it sorted out in the end
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How do I update the bootloader?

Hello!
I've been having bad receptions/signal loss on my GN.
People have been recommending me to update my bootloader, but how do I do it?
1. Assure you are bootloader unlocked
2. Go into bootloader mode
3. Download http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20725207&postcount=2835
4. Double click fastboot-windows.bat (windows only)
5. Done
6. Reboot
And your problem is most likely radio related. What radio are you using?
Hemulen said:
Hello!
I've been having bad receptions/signal loss on my GN.
People have been recommending me to update my bootloader, but how do I do it?
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Bootloader isn't going to do much for signal, you want radio. See this thread and this post
The thing is that I already have the PRIMEKL01 bootloader with the KK6 radio.
How come I still have huge problems with signal loss on 2G/3G?
Hemulen said:
The thing is that I already have the PRIMEKL01 bootloader with the KK6 radio.
How come I still have huge problems with signal loss on 2G/3G?
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Reset your APN? Is it bad signal all around?
Hemulen said:
The thing is that I already have the PRIMEKL01 bootloader with the KK6 radio.
How come I still have huge problems with signal loss on 2G/3G?
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Because that nonsense of a magical bootloader helping or stabilizing signal was....nonsense. Same for battery life.
zephiK said:
Reset your APN? Is it bad signal all around?
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Well, my reception is good enough - but I very often get signal loss meaning and reception is gone completely for 30-40 seconds before returning as nothing happend.
How do I reset my APN?
adrynalyne said:
Because that nonsense of a magical bootloader helping or stabilizing signal was....nonsense. Same for battery life.
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I still don't understand why you continue to "join" these threads and mention about these absurd debates in previous threads because they honestly really don't help anyone at all but cause drama. But okay.
@OP: Settings -> "More" (under Wireless) -> Mobile network settings -> Access Point Names -> Bottom right, reset to default.
Try playing around with different radios around the forum. See if one of them will prevent the dropping of signal.
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I still don't understand why you continue to "join" these threads and mention about these absurd debates in previous threads because they honestly really don't help anyone at all but cause drama. But okay.
@OP: Settings -> "More" (under Wireless) -> Mobile network settings -> Access Point Names -> Bottom right, reset to default.
Try playing around with different radios around the forum. See if one of them will prevent the dropping of signal.
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Thanks! Tried that to see if it helps
I've tried KK1, KK6 and KK7.
How many more radios to choose from? And what radio do you use personally?
Hemulen said:
Thanks! Tried that to see if it helps
I've tried KK1, KK6 and KK7.
How many more radios to choose from? And what radio do you use personally?
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I use XXKK6 but you have a bad experience with it. Usually "XX" radios are optimized for Europe. But it doesn't really matter, I live in USA and I use European radios.
KRKL1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439217 (Korea)
UGKL1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1430107 (North America)
UGKK7: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1382699&highlight=radio (North America)
.. also, google "hashtab" and verify it's MD5 hash (do not flash a radio without a MD5 hash provided.. thats my recommendation, flashing a radio without matching MD5 may cause problems but if its not provided then look at user feedback anyway, flash it only if you need to). I suggest you to go back to XXKK6 if you manually updated the radio to verify its MD5 hash.
UG = North America
XX = Europe
K = 2011 (11th letter of the alphabet)
L = December (12th letter of the alphabet)
# = Revision number
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Hemulen said:
Thanks! Tried that to see if it helps
I've tried KK1, KK6 and KK7.
How many more radios to choose from? And what radio do you use personally?
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See thread linked in my sig. Should contain all radios this forum knows about.
Edit: for tapatalkers:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345
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zephiK said:
I still don't understand why you continue to "join" these threads and mention about these absurd debates in previous threads because they honestly really don't help anyone at all but cause drama. But okay.
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Probably because if there's one thing XDA is great at, it's people spreading misinformation that they don't intend/realize their spreading.
KWKSLVR said:
Probably because if there's one thing XDA is great at, it's people spreading misinformation that they don't intend/realize their spreading.
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More like people here just love to go into other people's threads and cause drama based off a person's personal experience. If it has helped someone fix their problems even though a person doesn't believe it, that doesn't give them the right to keep posting in there to bring the topic out of relevance to what the purpose of the thread was supposed to be.
We're all here at XDA to help each other. Not bash on each other's feelings. It was simply a matter of updating a bootloader, and having a updated bootloader isn't going to make a phone become worse. No damage done, so is it really worth all of this drama and debate? I don't think so.
And I wouldn't want to continue this talk any much longer as I've dealt with it in the past 2-3 threads. Thanks, show was good, but let's move on.
Shoot, I'm on 4.0.2 with 4.0.3 bootloaders/modems, although in a lot of the weak signal areas around here I think I might be better off reverting back to the 4.0.2 modems.
What the other poster was trying to say in a not so nice way is, "Feel free to update your bootloaders. There's no harm that can be done and you may have a slightly smoother ICS experience, but don't be under the impression that it is a solution for making a significant difference in your battery life".
It's not helping to mislead people. Not that anyone in this thread has, but to the new user, there are a lot of things that are misread. New bootloaders and modems probably WILL make the OP's ICS experience somewhat noticeably "better", but they do not solve the OP's desire, which is to get extra battery life.
It's going to be very frustrating for people that think that new bootloaders fixed their problems, only to have their problems "come back" (because unless your original bootloader is just plan trash, your battery life difference is negligible) which will lead to more of the same types of posts that are all over XDA that are chalked full with a lot of opinions and not a lot of proof, which only leads to an over saturation of conflicting information when people use the search function.
But I agree, dude coulda been a little more tactful. And to the OP, flash a new bootloader/modems. It really can't hurt. I'm on Revolution HD which is already fast/smooth, and there are places within the ROM that smoother/quicker with 4.0.3 bootloaders/modems. Also, when you say signal loss, do you mean you'll go from 2G/3G to nothing, or from 3G to 2G sitting in the same area? It's not a fair comparison since I'm on Verizon, but I've had some times where my signal drops for no reason. A buddy of mine's Rezound is that same way, living in the same area, we think it may be a tower issue. Although I do see times where it happens in other places.
What is this 'tact' thing, you speak of?
/me runs off to Google.

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