I recently moved to the UK from Canada and have since found my Data Signal to be below average at best. I'm curious what this is caused by though and figured it's worth a question before wiping everything on my phone over and over.
I was running a JJ ICS rom (Hydbrid 1.1) on BB .70 and it's been great up until the move. Data always had a strong signal when it was on and never any dramas.
Now I'm on Vodafone UK and have a Data allowance (that I'm definitely not close to reaching yet) and it seems incredibly unreliable. The signal drops from H to E quite regularly and even loses signal completely sometimes. Is it just that Vodafone doesn't have very good data reliability?
I'm beginning to think maybe it's more related to Baseband though? Is it worth wiping everything for a generic UK rom and baseband to see what happens or does anyone know of something a little less drastic I might be able to try. I'm all ears...
Thanks for any help anyone has in advance!
all ics roms should work with baseband 70?
So maybe I've got no choice but to try and wipe to generic and see if that makes a difference or not?
Anyone else have Vodafone UK and any issues or non-issues?
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I'm on radio 1.47 with black satin on tmob UK.
My mobile phone is useless when i speak to people all i can hear is a lot of crackle interspersed with words! I think they can here me.
Where can i find a radio to downgrade to and which is best for tmob uk?
ta
bb
No joy...
I have tried Black Satin on my phone and had no reception problems.
I have just tried my current set up (see sig.) using my T-Mob sim...I did not have any problems with reception.
There is the 1.48 radio from the AT&T rom listed in WIKI perhaps that will help.
bingobob said:
I'm on radio 1.47 with black satin on tmob UK.
My mobile phone is useless when i speak to people all i can hear is a lot of crackle interspersed with words! I think they can here me.
Where can i find a radio to downgrade to and which is best for tmob uk?
ta
bb
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bb,
I am on T-Mobile UK with the radio version 1.47 and have no problems at all. I am not sure that there was any advantage with the move to this radio from 1.43 and I have seen others indicate that 1.43 was a radio optimised for the UK so it might be worth changing to that.
All the radios are on this site here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Hermes_ExtractedRadioRoms. You will also find links to the posts related to them so it may be worth a read. However, given your problem (which seems strange from what I have read and seen myself) I'd recommend checking you have HardSPL first then giving 1.43 a go. The highest numbers are certainly not always the best for everyone.
Good luck
t-mobile UK radio Problem
Try using radio 1.48, Im on t-mobile UK and using Schaps lastest 3.57a ROM with radio 1.48 its brilliant, no problems what so ever.
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I'm on radio 1.47 with black satin on tmob UK.
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Radio 1.47+Black Satin+T-Mobile UK = perfect for me.
i tried radio 1.47 and hardly got any signal so now using 1.43 wich is very good, did try 1.48 before and seemed very good holds on to 3g more than 1.43 i think so i'm going to go back to 1.48 very soon.
DT39 said:
i tried radio 1.47 and hardly got any signal so now using 1.43 wich is very good, did try 1.48 before and seemed very good holds on to 3g more than 1.43 i think so i'm going to go back to 1.48 very soon.
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So many of use are in doubt about the best radio - now if only we had a tool that monitored actual radio performance over a day or week of normal activity that could provide some form of objective assessment of performance of one radio and circumstances against another.
I find that for every 10 people in favour of a particular radio there are likely to be 10 more that think it is poor. Clearly locality (country/band/Edge/GPRS and 3G/HSDPA are all factors but? Can anyone create a capability to record forum user input for any given radio that also took account of location and provider - then we might more clearly see trends.
It is all too easy to be tempted by the latest radio and sometimes our assessments might well be clouded by anticipation rather than reality. I find that the apparent performance of the T-Mobile network is variable for even a given static location - that makes it difficult to make a sound judgement.
Ho hum... Shall I go back to 1.43 or give 1.48 a try?
I tried using 1.4.7 with Black Majic but it just didn't work that well.. I could here the other person perfectly however they could not hear a word I said.. I've upgraded to 1.48 and Black Satin and the reception is perfect (best yet) on T-Mobile UK.. only problem now is the wifi.
I've got a wireless N network and the signal in the house is full strength when connected however I have to manually click connect everytime using the option in the network settings.. The network is only using Mac Filtering so not sure what the problem is. I''ve tried to indicate that it is a hidden network but without joy. Anybody have any ideas?
1.46 is good for me (batt life is good too)
1.47 had issues,
Would it be possible to give your locations were you are experiancing these radio issues or bad call qaulity iusses please
Maxim123
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Also T-Mobile UK - i have had problems with all custom roms - seems fine for a while then data dies requiring a reboot.
This changed with the new dopod release and 1.47.10 radio, then the latest sleuth 3.1 dev rom which is faultless for me.
I think the problem varies dependant on where in the uk you are, the sort of coverage you get - for the record im in Durham.
Steveapp
I'm in Cardiff, but I had issues in all South Wales with custom roms. The only one that worked fine with me is Orange 1.38.00.01 (I didn't even feel the need to try 1.48)
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Also T-Mobile UK - i have had problems with all custom roms - seems fine for a while then data dies requiring a reboot.
This changed with the new dopod release and 1.47.10 radio, then the latest sleuth 3.1 dev rom which is faultless for me.
I think the problem varies dependant on where in the uk you are, the sort of coverage you get - for the record im in Durham.
Steveapp
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agreed, but I'm still running an older radio and its working fine also. The Dopod rom is the nuts.
Neil.
Hi All
Im on Tmob UK and live in the Southampton area. I get a good signal in the area and frankly all the ater radios I have tried work ok. My particular problem is in builbding coverage in that I work in a large communications centre and inside the signal is poor to non existant. This is where I find the difference shows in the roms and the best for me is 1.27. It is one of the few roms that seems to reliably deal with a loss of signal and then reattaching the data connection after a period with no signal. It also seems to have the best poor signal acquisition.
Ive tried them all and have always gone back to 1.27, no others have been better and most have been worse.
Rob
I recently purchased a samsung captivate glide and I have noticed very spotty coverage and dropped cell connections. Whenever I am indoors I cannot get a signal. The cell reception is very sensitive and constantly shows no connection. I was unsure if anyone else was having this problem?
I found another thread that had a loose sim card issue and attempted the fix but this did not work. I've also tried my sim in another phone in which i had no problem with cell reception. I've relashed the ROM and Kernal multiple times, rooted, unrooted, nothing seems to fix my reception issue... I was not sure i there was a baseband update or I just have faulty hardware. I'm eager to get this phone working at full capacity. How can I get it working properly?
Pertinent Info:
Android Version 2.3.5
Basband Version I927UCKI3
Kernal Version 2.6.36.3
Build Number GINGERBREAD.UCKI3
Carrier AT&T
Thanks in advance.
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spotty coverage and dropped cell connections
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Sounds like status quo for AT&T
On a serious note; I am not having any such issues here in southern Louisiana where I usually don't get anything but Extended; rarely ever see 3G.
Been looking around for more information. I'm going to try and get a new sim and see what happens. Looks like i'm stuck for the time being :/
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I recently purchased a samsung captivate glide and I have noticed very spotty coverage and dropped cell connections. Whenever I am indoors I cannot get a signal. The cell reception is very sensitive and constantly shows no connection. I was unsure if anyone else was having this problem?
I found another thread that had a loose sim card issue and attempted the fix but this did not work. I've also tried my sim in another phone in which i had no problem with cell reception. I've relashed the ROM and Kernal multiple times, rooted, unrooted, nothing seems to fix my reception issue... I was not sure i there was a baseband update or I just have faulty hardware. I'm eager to get this phone working at full capacity. How can I get it working properly?
Pertinent Info:
Android Version 2.3.5
Basband Version I927UCKI3
Kernal Version 2.6.36.3
Build Number GINGERBREAD.UCKI3
Carrier AT&T
Thanks in advance.
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Try pulling the battery cover and see if your SIM card is loose? I've advised for a couple different folks having signal issues the same thing, nobody else seems to have the same problem I did - using a smartphone SIM, it looked like the metal cage for the SIM card was a millimeter too large in width and height, I used some strong clear tape to hold the SIM in place and havent had any issues since...
HTH!
L4T
//Edit - I need to read the _ENTIRE_ post before replying - sorry, I'm fresh out of ideas if the loose SIM card wasn't the problem :\ -tidE\\
Ok I take no credit for this, but felt bad about the useless post above, crawled a couple more posts this morning, and it looks like mariol66 may have found another solution -
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I kept losing data recently running osimood, went to network settings and changed carrier option from gsm/hspa to hspa only, I haven't disconnected yet
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If that works for you, thank _him_, I'm just trying to get the word out
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hi similar problem .have you got solved?
CommanderXander said:
I recently purchased a samsung captivate glide and I have noticed very spotty coverage and dropped cell connections. Whenever I am indoors I cannot get a signal. The cell reception is very sensitive and constantly shows no connection. I was unsure if anyone else was having this problem?
I found another thread that had a loose sim card issue and attempted the fix but this did not work. I've also tried my sim in another phone in which i had no problem with cell reception. I've relashed the ROM and Kernal multiple times, rooted, unrooted, nothing seems to fix my reception issue... I was not sure i there was a baseband update or I just have faulty hardware. I'm eager to get this phone working at full capacity. How can I get it working properly?
Pertinent Info:
Android Version 2.3.5
Basband Version I927UCKI3
Kernal Version 2.6.36.3
Build Number GINGERBREAD.UCKI3
Carrier AT&T
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Recently i purchased from ebay imported to India.I got similar problem.Signal is consistently not good,even near the tower.Have anyone got similar problem solved?Please help me.
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be more specific on your problem,is it like the person you quoted,your on 2.3.5 ect?
I have a Vodafone Sure Signal femtocell device, which connects to my broadband and provides a localised 3G signal in my house, as network reception here is poor.
I have 2 other phones connected to the SS just fine, but the One X is intermittently losing the connection and needs a reboot to re-connect. There have been some other posts on the Vodafone UK forums from folks with a One X, not many but enough to make me wonder if there's a more common problem.
Does anyone else here have a Sure Signal, and if so, are you having any problems with it?
I don't personally have it but my friend does and he is getting drops constantly he is not best pleased as he had yellow spot issue aswell aha i think he's going to thro the OX off the wall shortly. He has phoned regarding this and got nowhere
Thanks for the reply. VF have contacted me after I posted on their eforums, I've raised a ticket and they're investigating. I'll report back if anything improves.
VF UK are really pushing the One X, so if there is a problem, I imagine they'll want to get it fixed.
do the vodafone handsets have vodafone firmware? i have a factory unlocked non branded unit I'm using on vodafone with SS and hab=ve had zero problems!
Thanks for the reply. I got mine from dialaphone and it's pure stock WWE. It's working now, but still a little flakey. If it loses connection to the SS, I turn airplane mode off and on again and it works again (quicker than a reboot).
Most of the One X users with problems on the VF forum have their old number on a new sim card, which apparently can cause the Sure Signal to bug out a bit until the new sim is registered. Mine is a brand new number though. It's lasting a day or so before I have any issues.
The SS has always been a little on the flakey side, though, I need to reset it every so often - but that's been weeks or months apart rather than days.
I have one of the older models with 4 lights, not sure if that makes a difference.
Half wondering if it's the phone not the SS, but will see how it goes for the next few days.
I have had very poor suresignal performance...and have swapped out one phone already after speaking to HTC.
But have found that by turning off WIFI, it seems to be a lot happier, and the replacement phone acts just the same as the first (sim free from CPW)
But without WIFI, all data comes out of your data plan, and not from your broadband even thought the SS uses the broadband connection.
I never got to the bottom of my sure signal problems with this phone until I installed cyanogenmod.
However I recently installed sense 5 and my phone would again not connect to my sure signal. I have gone back to cyanogenmod and the problem still exisits.
Can someone who uses a sure signal please tell me which radio you are using by going to settings, about phone, baseband version
Many thanks
does anyone experience data drops on this radio ?
I get them a lot but the only reason i keep it is because when im connected i get really good data service in terms of speed compared to the recent radio i was on which was k1
I have already raised the min frequency to 729mhz using francos kernel but still getting data loss occasionally
Lots of threads on people dropping connection on 4.0.4.
I personally do not get these drops in 4.0.4/XXLA2.
Ya I don't get them a noticeable amount either. I'm on that radio
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I bought this phone from someone using a carrier in Puerto Rico and now I'm trying to use it on ATT.. it hasn't worked for any Sim card I try even brand new activated ones except one of mine will work with it for ATT its very weird because I'd like to use the phone with a different Sim but it simply will only recognize the one card. Another thing is when I look at the Sim slot there's two gold connectors and not three idk if that would be the problem. Has anyone else had issues with ATT?
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does anyone experience data drops on this radio ?
I get them a lot but the only reason i keep it is because when im connected i get really good data service in terms of speed compared to the recent radio i was on which was k1
I have already raised the min frequency to 729mhz using francos kernel but still getting data loss occasionally
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Are you using xxla2 on 4.0.4 or Jellybean? You might want to get GetRIL from the play store and see if your RIL matches the radio. If you're on 4.0.4 they should match. If on JB it will install the right RIL for you.
I have a Telus purchased Galaxy Nexus which I have rooted, installed CWM and first upgraded to stock 4.0.4 yakju then have been running AOKP since. I have had bad reception with the phone for a while now. Not slow connection just no reception alot of the time or it really fluctuates alot. I was wondering if i have to flash back to a Canadian radio to get better reception here in Canada? or is there something else that I have forgot during all of what I have done?
Any radio should technically work, as I'm on Bell, using an European radio.
so technically it may not be the radio thats causing me the issues then? is there anything else i can look into?
either that or i may have to get rid of the phone to get something that i can atleast make phone calls and send txt.
I'm not saying it's anyones fault, but I also ran AOKP with tons of signal issues. But ever since I switched to rascream ROM and Trinity Kernel its been a non issue. I would just suggest flashing a few alternatives and see if anything else works better for you.
Btw, I'm also on Telus.
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