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Poor/no signal strength on vzw...radio issue?

Hey guys
So I bought this phone on Craigslist so I cannot have it replaced by verizon. When I got it I did a full wipe and reset. Then I installed franco's kernal and am currently running bugless beast with job 4.1.1.. The issue is that my signal is constantly disappearing or just poor in general.
I found a method that was supposed to fix this problem by raising the minimum CPU to 700mhz. But this did nothing.
Will installing a new radio help? If so which one do you recommend? Or am I just screwed?
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I have found that using the stock 4.0.2 radios has helped me a lot. They have given me a 70% improvement in dropped signal and poor audio quality. Having said that its still way worse than any other 4g phone I have ever owned. Lol. (Bionic,revolution,Droid charge, Droid razr, rezound, thunderbolt)
PS I am on my second nexus, still does it.
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Thanks! I'll try that
Just posted:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...e-getting-a-new-update-no-its-not-jelly-bean/
This is good news! Now my question is this. Once this update drops, will our best course of action be to go back to stock and update via ota? And then flash back to custom ROM? Or will flashing back to a custom ROM override the new baseband?
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bmar29 said:
Thanks! I'll try that
Just posted:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...e-getting-a-new-update-no-its-not-jelly-bean/
This is good news! Now my question is this. Once this update drops, will our best course of action be to go back to stock and update via ota? And then flash back to custom ROM? Or will flashing back to a custom ROM override the new baseband?
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If the screenshot in that article means anything, the new update still has the FC04/FC05 radios. Maybe they tweaked the stock ROM a bit for better reception, but if that's the only change then the update won't help anyone running a Jelly Bean ROM. You'd be forced to go back to stock for the better reception.

bmar29 said:
Thanks! I'll try that
Just posted:
http://www.droiddog.com/android-blo...e-getting-a-new-update-no-its-not-jelly-bean/
This is good news! Now my question is this. Once this update drops, will our best course of action be to go back to stock and update via ota? And then flash back to custom ROM? Or will flashing back to a custom ROM override the new baseband?
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I have extensive knowledge on this issue its your baseband version if its 09 your good your radio will be great. You have 10. Check under your settings and you will see. Its under baseband version in about phone. Good news is you can return to Verizon.just don't tell them u bought it on Craigslist. I returned mine off CL.
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gfropr said:
I have extensive knowledge on this issue its your baseband version if its 09 your good your radio will be great. You have 10. Check under your settings and you will see. Its under baseband version in about phone. Good news is you can return to Verizon.just don't tell them u bought it on Craigslist. I returned mine off CL.
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Thanks for the tip! Should I unroot And head back to stock before going into the vzw store?

bmar29 said:
Thanks for the tip! Should I unroot And head back to stock before going into the vzw store?
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Nope the store can't do anything for you. You have to call tech support and say you have a horrible data issue. Then they will mail you a new one. Return to factory before you call that way if they ask questions regarding , build number, etc. you'll have it to read .
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gfropr said:
I have extensive knowledge on this issue its your baseband version if its 09 your good your radio will be great.
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Based upon this sentence, I question your "extensive knowledge". I'm running with an i515.09 hardware revision and have garbage reception.

It's a per phone basis.
I have zero signal issues.
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Cilraaz said:
Based upon this sentence, I question your "extensive knowledge". I'm running with an i515.09 hardware revision and have garbage reception.
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Compared to other nexus's or are you in a bad reception area? I'm not gonna argue w you but I went through 8 replacement nexus and the only one that worked was a 09 and based off EXTENSIVE internet research that seems to be the case w almost everyone.
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I've had the signal problem with both the 9 and 10. My first phone was a 10 with no problems. I have a 9 now with no problems, but had both with problems in between.
One work around I found was to switch to cdma only. Not great to not have 4g but at least data works and no dropped calls.
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kyoteqwik said:
I've had the signal problem with both the 9 and 10. My first phone was a 10 with no problems. I have a 9 now with no problems, but had both with problems in between.
One work around I found was to switch to cdma only. Not great to not have 4g but at least data works and no dropped calls.
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That's very odd cause on the 8 replacements I went through, none ever had no problems , the problems were consistent. That's odd that you had a phone with no problems and it started acting up. The 10 and 9 are made in different places from what I've been told from Verizon, and the 09 supposedly dont have the radio issue. Out of all the replacments I got, the first one (and only) to work was a 09 from Korea.
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no sound on call with the new UVLH1

i'm sorry but anyone noticed the issue of the new UVLH1 update or i'm the only one? when i make a call i have no sound on the phone neither to know that i'm connected with the other side nor to hear him?? even if it's not all the time but it's annoying sometimes to make 3 or 4 call to have one!! anyone have the same issue or a solution please?? i'm on UVLH1 rooted

Might be a bad install. Try wipe cache and fix permissions
That will do. If not reinstall and so the wipe again
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I had this problem when using my Plantronics Voyager Pro. To fix it I wiped data from all system apps involving blue tooth.
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still nothing
i tried almost every thing, i tried to wipe cash, to do a factory reset, to reinstall the rom, still the same problem

This problem happened again for me as well, but only on cdma. Try switching your phone to gsm only and see if it functions. That is what seemed to fix mine. (I know, not really a fix. I am just curious if the problem is a bug in the new radio.)
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im haveing the same prob as well. it takes 3-4 times b4 the call will work and the same on incoming as well..talked to tmo and well waiting on them to send me replacement its on back order. on a side note i had this prob on a rooted device running uvlh1

That post perfectly describes my device. Now, try going to Wireless Network settings and select Gsm only and see if it stops hanging on connect.
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Xeder said:
That post perfectly describes my device. Now, try going to Wireless Network settings and select Gsm only and see if it stops hanging on connect.
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i prefer not to do that, i'll lose my fast connection, i prefer to downgrade to 4.0.3 rather than to do that, but only i'm worried if that will happen to me again when i do that

I just hoped you might try it to see if it was a viable workaround.
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mayloVIP said:
i'm sorry but anyone noticed the issue of the new UVLH1 update or i'm the only one? when i make a call i have no sound on the phone neither to know that i'm connected with the other side nor to hear him?? even if it's not all the time but it's annoying sometimes to make 3 or 4 call to have one!! anyone have the same issue or a solution please?? i'm on UVLH1 rooted
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Try a different radio towle has a mirrors thread in the stickies somewhere in the tmo sgsii forums. I think most of them have the RIL removed but check to be sure.
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I found LH1 to be a superior data radio, but with poor call performance.
These being *phones*, I flashed back to the LE1 radio.
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kentfor said:
I found LH1 to be a superior data radio, but with poor call performance.
These being *phones*, I flashed back to the LE1 radio.
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Same problem. I get sms from places where there was no reception before but call quality sucks. some of my friends couldn't hear me aside from the no sound calls.
Might revert back to LE. Using TDJ's cm10 rom.
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kentfor said:
I found LH1 to be a superior data radio, but with poor call performance.
These being *phones*, I flashed back to the LE1 radio.
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1+ for sure. Went back to the le1 radio. Had nothing but issue with the other radio. Data was great on the new one though. Calls and speaker phone calls sucked
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I've noticed the same problem, but I can deal with it, as I text/surf more than I call. It usually fixes itself on the second attempt of a phone call for me, though. Don't wanna downgrade radio since I love my ROM.
Sent from a long time ago, in a Galaxy far, far away.
List of devices I've owned
iPhone 3Gs(2xAT&T, 1xT-Mobile)
HTC Hero(Sprint CDMA)
T-Mobile G2
Nokia Lumia 710
HTC One V(Virgin Mobile CDMA)
Samsung Galaxy SII T989
Devices I've hacked
LG Marquee(Boost CDMA)
Samsung Replenish(Boost CDMA)
Samsung Galaxy Prevail(Boost CDMA)
HTC Evo 4G
Motorola Droid 2 Global
Motorola Droid X
iPhone 3G(4xSimple Mobile)
iPod Touch 2nd gen
Samsung Galaxy S 4G
HTC One X
HTC One S

kentfor said:
I found LH1 to be a superior data radio, but with poor call performance.
These being *phones*, I flashed back to the LE1 radio.
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And how do you just flash the LE1 only? is this considered Rooting?
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mayloVIP said:
i'm sorry but anyone noticed the issue of the new UVLH1 update or i'm the only one? when i make a call i have no sound on the phone neither to know that i'm connected with the other side nor to hear him?? even if it's not all the time but it's annoying sometimes to make 3 or 4 call to have one!! anyone have the same issue or a solution please?? i'm on UVLH1 rooted
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You are not alone my friend...I am having the same exact problem with 2 of my Galaxy S2's on TM....

Use the UVLE1 radio. I haven't used one ROM thats worked well with UVLH1.
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Homeuser66 said:
And how do you just flash the LE1 only? is this considered Rooting?
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You need a custom recovery and you need to know how to use it (the recovery you have).
Again, towle has a sticky with mirrors MANY helpful downloads. a flashable zip of uvle1 radio was in it the last time I checked.
If you don't know how to check if a flashable radio has a ril then flash the radio, THEN your ROM. Custom ROMs tend to have custom rils and it is best not to overwrite them.
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As an end note, I'm using lh1 and have been on every ROM I've used (tried too many to remember), not everyone has issues; it may depend on the area you are in.
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I have same prob with 3 phones aways on uvlh1 tmo answer take this htc one s.so i think its a prob with minor diffs in the chips .and samsung answer send in to us let us reflash it for you...thats what odin is for...so i think we need to do is call tmo everydaybtill that give us a real fix.im sick of wipeing my phone resetting it and tryingbto call sum1 6 times b4 ut goes through

kitila said:
I have same prob with 3 phones aways on uvlh1 tmo answer take this htc one s.so i think its a prob with minor diffs in the chips .and samsung answer send in to us let us reflash it for you...thats what odin is for...so i think we need to do is call tmo everydaybtill that give us a real fix.im sick of wipeing my phone resetting it and tryingbto call sum1 6 times b4 ut goes through
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I agree!!!!
I just Re-flashed both my phones to GINGERBREAD 2.3.6 UVLDE That I got from Here: http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=8&view=4798 using the ODIN software and a great walk though found Here: http://androidforums.com/samsung-galaxy-s2-t-mobile/628449-how-odin-any-stock-rom.html
So far, we haven't had any calling issues as of yet....Plus, the phone is super fast again!! I noticed that with ICS on the phone, and Factory Reset with nothing on it, My RAM was tipping between 500-600 MB of use!! and now that we are back to Gingerbread, it's at 295-340MB....Which is a HUGE difference!!!!!
Let's hope, that maybe it might be defective SIM cards or chips like you said, but I am also tired of wiping these phones and starting all over again!!! I think Im gonna stay with GB for now......It's woking as intended anyway...

I'm having this issue where when i make or receive a call at times there is no sound and either party cannot hear. This happened to me on GB too. After monitoring it for a long time, i figured that it only happens when inside home where i get poor reception and not outside or places with good reception.
When i'm at home i usually get 1-2 bars of signal. Often, when i get a call and i don't get any sound, i look at the signal strength and it is at 4 bars but as the call disconnects it drops back to 2 and then if i make or receive the call then it goes fine.
I searched around the net i see this issue is with S3 users too, when they have poor reception they do not get any sound on call. I'm thinking that it has to do something with the radio hardware or holding reception in low reception areas.

GSM Signal

I was wondering what solutions you all have found for low signal on the i9250...
I've noticed even outside in the open I still don't get full bars. Just seems a little strange.
I'm on AT&T with stock 4.2.2 and live not even a mile from a cell tower...
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I added a antenna from my old cordless phone, works better now
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I'm sitting at full bars right now with T-Mobile. I usually always have full bars outdoors, sometimes indoors depending on building.
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The only time I had signal issues was when I was using an aftermarket battery door. Make sure you aren't using something that is blocking the signal.
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Try another baseband. This affects your signal strength a lot.
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Hexchain said:
Try another baseband. This affects your signal strength a lot.
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I am on stock....so another baseband isn't really an option, unless I go ahead and root it.....
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xJU1C3x said:
I am on stock....so another baseband isn't really an option, unless I go ahead and root it.....
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Common misconception, all you need to do is unlock your bootloader, you don't need to root.
Granted, unlocking your bootloader wipes your sdcard and factory resets your device.

I'm actually factory unlocked, I bought mine straight from Google. So that shouldn't be a problem.
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Boot into Bootloader. Attach phone. Install Universal Naked Drivers. Install Platform-Tools.
fastboot oem unlock (wipes everything)
fastboot flash radio radioxxxxxxxx.img
Done. Reboot.

can ROM actually improve download speeds?

I just flashed Blue Kuban GB27 yesterday. Ever since my download speeds have doubled. Is this just a coincidence? I use to always average 50 KB/sec when using speedtest.net app now I'm consistently getting 100 KB/sec. I didn't flash the modem I've been on gb27 for weeks.

hackaveli said:
I just flashed Blue Kuban GB27 yesterday. Ever since my download speeds have doubled. Is this just a coincidence? I use to always average 50 KB/sec when using speedtest.net app now I'm consistently getting 100 KB/sec. I didn't flash the modem I've been on gb27 for weeks.
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I may be mistaken, but I think BK flashes modem as well. It probably just reflashed it. Try updating your prl and profile, that may help even more.
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jdsingle76 said:
I may be mistaken, but I think BK flashes modem as well. It probably just reflashed it. Try updating your prl and profile, that may help even more.
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I'm on sprint phone that's been flashed to VERIZON PREPAID. I've never updated profile and prl because I'm afraid something bad can happen. Can someone with in-depth knowledge on this subject assure me that updating profile + prl will be harmless to my flashed phone?

What would happen? It just resets your profile on the network and pushes a new PRL 'if one is available' to your device.
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graydiggy said:
What would happen? It just resets your profile on the network and pushes a new PRL 'if one is available' to your device.
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Thanks Gray, guess I wasn't good enough for the OP...not enough "in-depth knowledge." Lol
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No... OP is just overly careful and is not benefiting from it.
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no 4G/LTE on rooted sprint note 2 ( carbon rom )

i did search , but couldnt find much
i have a sprint note 2 rooted with carbon rom , 3g works fine , but 4g there is no signal , there no connection to the server ,
is there anything i can do to fix this
or anyone recomend any rom that has 4g working ?

You need to clean flash an earlier build of carbon Rom. Something on or before 9/25.
You can try changing the apn settings and see if you get 4g to work.

My playstore and and Pandora isn't working on any of the builds any ideas as to why... Only works over WIFI connection...
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My playstore and and Pandora isn't working on any of the builds any ideas as to why... Only works over WIFI connection...
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Have you tried to flash to stock rom, hands free activate and clean flash the latest carbon nightly?

I figured out the problem it was the gapps I was using. For some reason the latest 4.3 ones aren't working for me. Reflashed ROM and previous gapps and back to normal.
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Any progress on Multitasking?
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What about multitasking?
Also, what gapps did you use to get everything working ?
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You know... Multitasking like stock. The gapps used were jb-20130726 did a clean flash of the Rom and Gapps.
Sadly after many years of being a Sprint user I decided to move on to Verizon and the New Samsung Galaxy Note 3. Just couldnt deal with thw crappy data & no 4G Lte while paying for it.
I'm currently Rooted but no Recovery developed yet for Verizon's version.
So... If any one is interested in a barely used, no physical scratches, protected by Outter Box Defender, Rooted with Carbon Rom hit me up. Selling it for $399.99 in its original packaging with everything. Buyer will not be disappointed.
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