I mean is this as good as its gonna get? I got it set to 2.4ghz. Bluetooth off. It still sucks, I can barely go outside of my house without dropping my connection. My iPod and evo3d would go to the edges of my yard and then some. Same at work. IPod (first gen) streams all day long without a hiccup. I can be right next to it with my gn and if I do get a connection it is very short lived.
Are there any kernals or rooms that can help with this? Anything else I can try?
You can try franco.kernel, the control app has an option to increase wifi strength.
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You can try franco.kernel, the control app has an option to increase wifi strength.
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Thanks I might give it a try. Wanna make sure its not an issue with the phone before I root
Maybe the Widget, called in the first post in this thread will help...
The franco.kernel option works also very well for me.
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I mean is this as good as its gonna get? I got it set to 2.4ghz. Bluetooth off. It still sucks, I can barely go outside of my house without dropping my connection. My iPod and evo3d would go to the edges of my yard and then some. Same at work. IPod (first gen) streams all day long without a hiccup. I can be right next to it with my gn and if I do get a connection it is very short lived.
Are there any kernals or rooms that can help with this? Anything else I can try?
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It may not be want but I would still like to let you know phones are small so they can never get the same Wi-Fi signal strength like computers do.
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Maybe the Widget, called in the first post in this thread will help...
The franco.kernel option works also very well for me.
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thanks.
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It may not be want but I would still like to let you know phones are small so they can never get the same Wi-Fi signal strength like computers do.
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I know. But my evo3d and my iPod both maintain wifi where my gn will not.
I don't believe the Franco.kernel will give you better wifi signal.. I believe it's only keeping the wifi from entering low power mode when the screen is off. Hence it saying "useful for streaming media with the screen off".
There is no rom/kernel combination for a wifi deficiency, sorry OP :/
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I don't believe the Franco.kernel will give you better wifi signal.. I believe it's only keeping the wifi from entering low power mode when the screen is off. Hence it saying "useful for streaming media with the screen off".
There is no rom/kernel combination for a wifi deficiency, sorry OP :/
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Good to know. Thanks
Just some input here...
I have a Droid X.
And my Laptop.
And my GNex.
All connected to the same wireless router.
I just jumped into my car (where I've streamed netflix before...as I smoked a cig) while parked in the street...same spot as always.
Laptop holds "weak" signal here.
Droid X: One bar.
GNex: One bar.
(All three devices are connected to the same extent that I'd expect them to be)
MAYBE you're radio is faulty.
Maybe not. It's hard to say.
I read somewhere that setting your 5Ghz band router settings to a channel below 48 could help eleviate some connection issues.
Gonna try this myself when I get back home since I´m having a very hard time connecting to my 5Ghz band.
But perhaps experiment with changing channels on the 2.4Ghz band could help? If you have access to the router perhaps give it a go. Might help, might not.
Is there anyway to force roam? When it roams at work I can browse the internet just fine. Problem is it goes between roam and sprint, when on sprint I get no data connection in the building
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I don't believe the Franco.kernel will give you better wifi signal.. I believe it's only keeping the wifi from entering low power mode when the screen is off. Hence it saying "useful for streaming media with the screen off".
There is no rom/kernel combination for a wifi deficiency, sorry OP :/
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Thats why i suggest the Widget - it keep the wifi from entering low power mode.
Btw.: there is a "Thanks" button, who can be pressed...
Well I've turned airplane mode on and back off. Seems to be working good now lol
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In the wifi settings>advanced, I have the wifi set to never sleep, however when I am playing music over the wifi connection, the music starts and stops about every 2 seconds when the screen goes off. Is there a way to make the wifi stay on when the screen goes dark?
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I too would like a answer, good question!
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In the wifi settings>advanced, I have the wifi set to never sleep, however when I am playing music over the wifi connection, the music starts and stops about every 2 seconds when the screen goes off. Is there a way to make the wifi stay on when the screen goes dark?
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I am NO Android Dev but I did run into that same problem that you seem to have with running Cyanogenmod. I did searching around for a week or so and really didn't find anything in particular about the problem.
I do recommend you try, re-flashing the Rom after you do a Nandroid Backup. If you don't want to go that far you can try to set the Wifi to a static I.P. by going to Wifi advanced settings. That was my problem, but there could also be other variables that could be causing your problem.
Let me know if I helped, and respectfully hit that Thanks button if I did anything for you. Good Luck!
-Nic
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I do recommend you try, re-flashing the Rom after you do a Nandroid Backup. If you don't want to go that far you can try to set the Wifi to a static I.P. by going to Wifi advanced settings. That was my problem, but there could also be other variables that could be causing your problem.
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Was it the reflashing or the setting the wifi to a static IP that solved your problem?
The only problem with setting my wifi to static would be that it would only work while I was at home. If I am elsewhere where I can't control the router, that probably won't work.
Are any of you using Cyanogenmod as well, or does this issue exist on the stock rom as well?
Hi Guys,
I have noted that when using Netflix on the One V that the WiFi signal seems to improve by 2 bars, can we replicate this and boost the WiFi signal in apps other than Netflix. or is it just an illusion.
Cheers Steve
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Hi Guys,
I have noted that when using Netflix on the One V that the WiFi signal seems to improve by 2 bars, can we replicate this and boost the WiFi signal in apps other than Netflix. or is it just an illusion.
Cheers Steve
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just an illusion dude, im going to assume your not holding your phone at the bottom when your watching netflix, this is the reason why your not having issues...it's one of our many faults unfortunately
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just an illusion dude, im going to assume your not holding your phone at the bottom when your watching netflix, this is the reason why your not having issues...it's one of our many faults unfortunately
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Thanks for that, My connection kept dropping out when held vertically but always watched Netflix in Horizontal mode. Will now use all WiFi tasks in
Horizontal mode...
Again Thanks.
Steve
I know I had a problem with WIFI dropping every few minutes and disconnecting/reconnecting all the time. Causing streaming issues, internet issues and freeze issues if on lockscreen. Well, I have fixed this for myself and wanted to share.
To insure this doesn't happen, just follow these steps:
1. Dial *#0011#
2. Hit the left menu softkey to bring up the menu, and select 'Wifi'
3. Turn OFF the 'Wifi Power Saving'
4. Exit, and Reboot.
Ever since then, I haven't had issues. I am on AT&T GS3. If you are having this issue, please report back here with your model and if this fix worked.
Just trying to help. Good day all!
I'm not entirely certain this was happening, but had noticed some oddities. Not as bad as your experience, however.
But I did make the change to see how it would affect battery life. I am on the Sprint network.
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I know I had a problem with WIFI dropping every few minutes and disconnecting/reconnecting all the time. Causing streaming issues, internet issues and freeze issues if on lockscreen. Well, I have fixed this for myself and wanted to share.
To insure this doesn't happen, just follow these steps:
1. Dial *#0011#
2. Hit the left menu softkey to bring up the menu, and select 'Wifi'
3. Turn OFF the 'Wifi Power Saving'
4. Exit, and Reboot.
Ever since then, I haven't had issues. I am on AT&T GS3. If you are having this issue, please report back here with your model and if this fix worked.
Just trying to help. Good day all!
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Didnt notice a difference and after a reboot it turns back on.
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I don't have issues at home but I do with the WiFi at work so I'll try it tomorrow and let you know how it works out. It disconnects and reconnects every 5 seconds and I'm not exaggerating either.
I think the WAP may be a little wonky but my HTC Desire HD had no problem with it.
Mine turned back on after reboot as well.
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I am working through logcats as well. I reverted the setting to mimic the problem, and I am going to look at logcats.
If I can see what is exactly triggering it, I will make a flashable fix.
In the meantime, I have another S3 here that I have the power save off on and I still haven't seen a drop yet. So preliminary, I think this is a temporary fix until I can find out root problem.
Hope you find a fix
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I am working through logcats as well. I reverted the setting to mimic the problem, and I am going to look at logcats.
If I can see what is exactly triggering it, I will make a flashable fix.
In the meantime, I have another S3 here that I have the power save off on and I still haven't seen a drop yet. So preliminary, I think this is a temporary fix until I can find out root problem.
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I have a similar problem. Mine doesn't disconnect per-se, however I did notice while browsing through Flipboard that I wasn't getting any signal sometimes when trying to access a page with a lot of content. Page loading came to a stop. Backed out several times and retried until I finally gave up. This was on my home wifi. I'll try your work-around for a few days. T-Mobile version.
EDIT: This may be just a FlipBoard quirk.
I will try this when I get home. I have a problem on my Sprint SGS3 where it stays connected to wifi but the internet won't actually work (can't browse internet, use play store or youtube, etc). Wifi never sleeps, it's always on. It never disconnects from the network, it just stops receiving and sending data. So we'll see if this does anything for it.
you guys dont have an issue where the display doesnt timeout after turning off the power save?
display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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It happens randomly and especially after the phone goes into deep sleep with wifi on
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I don't have issues at home but I do with the WiFi at work so I'll try it tomorrow and let you know how it works out. It disconnects and reconnects every 5 seconds and I'm not exaggerating either.
I think the WAP may be a little wonky but my HTC Desire HD had no problem with it.
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Turning off power save does indeed fix the WiFi issue at work. As posted before, restarting the phone turns power save back on and the problem is back.
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display won't time out from turning off the wifi power save. Totally unrelated. I am trying to mimic the problem right now.
If anyone is having the issues of the reconnnecting every few seconds and can logcat it for me, PM me please. I can't seem to mimic the problem since the fix.
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PM sent.
Going through multiple logcats now.
I am seeing even with power saving on though, the problem is still there. It is still disconnecting from WIFI and going back to the data network.
I am sifting through ALOT of code, as some of these log cats are extremely long.
Give me til tonight and I should have a reason at least to why it's doing it by comparing on vs off on powersave.
I have a request, anyone WITHOUT this issue, can you send me a logcat with your WIFI turned on?
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Going through multiple logcats now.
I am seeing even with power saving on though, the problem is still there. It is still disconnecting from WIFI and going back to the data network.
I am sifting through ALOT of code, as some of these log cats are extremely long.
Give me til tonight and I should have a reason at least to why it's doing it by comparing on vs off on powersave.
I have a request, anyone WITHOUT this issue, can you send me a logcat with your WIFI turned on?
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How do i get a logcat?
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Search the forum for logcat help. I am on the phone at work or I'd link you
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Thanks for this. I was about to return the phone because I kept losing ability to connect to any WAPs after sleep mode kicked in. Mine is a Verizon S3.
I've seen this as well. Almost always after deep sleep. Most of the time I have to cycle Wifi to get it connected again every so once in awhile it will connect again on its own. Regardless of the settings that I put in "advanced" under wifi it will do this. Even if I have it set to keep alive never, always or plugged in it doesn't matter.
I still need a logcat from someone NOT having these issues.
Right now from looking through over 10 logcats, I am seeing that it's usually happening on routers that are encrypted with WEP and WPA, unfortunately the 2 most popular forms of wireless security.
That being said, users that are on 'open' networks do not seem to be losing access.
2 things.
1. Can someone PM me a logcat of them successfully connecting to wifi and NOT having drops. I don't care how long the logcat is.
2. When you post about your problems, please tell me what carrier and what type of encryption is being used on the router (if any)
I have been comparing and in each instance, WIFI is going into sleep, turning on data, and then having a problem turning back on.
I think it's an attempt to save power, but only it is not because switching from WIFI to data back to WIFI so much is a real drainer.
Still working on maybe disabling the power save by using a init.d script, to prevent power save mode from coming back on when rebooted, because I know alot of users are saying after disabling it, it is just reapplying on reboot.
BACK TO LOGCATS FOR ME. :/
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How do i get a logcat?
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I've just gone through my first day of use with the LGOG, and a few issues have come to my attention.
The first is that while I was at work, i felt the device getting hot in my pocket. When I checked to see what was going on, it was searching for GPS. I had tried to use Maps, and it couldn't find me so later on I turned on location services/satellite GPS so it could actually find me. I haven't noticed it since. Could that have been the solution?
Issue 2 was that it seemed that my WiFi was turning on by itself, and it was draining my battery searching for a signal. I had turned it off when I left my house, but it seemed like it came back on and started searching in vain for a signal. I turned it off again, and haven't had that issue since. Has anyone else had this happen, or did I accidentally activate WiFi without knowing it and that's all there is to it?
One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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Zv9 fixed the bug as for others idk sorry
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smithdl1191 said:
I've just gone through my first day of use with the LGOG, and a few issues have come to my attention.
The first is that while I was at work, i felt the device getting hot in my pocket. When I checked to see what was going on, it was searching for GPS. I had tried to use Maps, and it couldn't find me so later on I turned on location services/satellite GPS so it could actually find me. I haven't noticed it since. Could that have been the solution?
Issue 2 was that it seemed that my WiFi was turning on by itself, and it was draining my battery searching for a signal. I had turned it off when I left my house, but it seemed like it came back on and started searching in vain for a signal. I turned it off again, and haven't had that issue since. Has anyone else had this happen, or did I accidentally activate WiFi without knowing it and that's all there is to it?
One other issue I was having was with the text cursor freaking out and going to the front of my texts. I can't really remember for sure if it has happened since I updated to ZV9, so does anyone know if ZV9 had a fix for that or if I've just been lucky the past few hours?
Thats all I can think of for now, thanks for any help you guys can give me!
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For your wifi randomly turning on make sure you have connection optimization off (system settings, mobile networks). ZV9 shouldve fixed the crazy text issue. Not sure about your device heating up with gps, maybe you had Google maps running in the background trying to pick up your location. Hope I helped!
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I turned off the connection optimization, what exactly is its function? Will I get decreased mobile network performance with it off?
Also, I am wondering if anyone knows about the Qualcomm Enhanced Location Service. Does it help or hurt performance/battery life/etc...?
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I turned off the connection optimization, what exactly is its function? Will I get decreased mobile network performance with it off?
Also, I am wondering if anyone knows about the Qualcomm Enhanced Location Service. Does it help or hurt performance/battery life/etc...?
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The connection optimizer basically turns on wifi to search for a signal and then shuts off if it can't pick up anything. Of course this only happens when you have it checked and using data. I'm not certain what the qualcomm enhancement location service does besides help you getting a gps lock.. I know I've always had it enabled and gotten an instant lock almost all the time with great battery life. On a side note, you'll love the speed and build of this phone, plus our devs are working hard to bring us jellybean sooner than sprint/lg
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Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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Haha I hear you. I had the ep4t before this and although I still think it's a great device, i can't believe how slow it is compared to this.. Plus the difference between the two screens isn't even worth comparing. Glad I could help
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smithdl1191 said:
Thanks for your help, I will leave optimizer off and turn qualcomm on.
I came from the Evo Shift, and I am just blown away with the speed, screen clarity, and beauty of this device. I've had to go back to my old shift a couple times to get a thing or two off of it or check what apps I'm forgetting and each time I get pissed at how slow and small it is haha. I'm loving it so far, and hopefully with these small issues worked out I will love it even more. When the roms start dropping, well thats just a bonus =]
Thanks again you guys!
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I had the shift and then went to the photon. even the photon seemed slow compared to this lol
In regards to notifications, is there any way to limit update intervals for facebook? I feel like its going to eat my battery up if its always telling me about facebook stuff the moment its posted lol.
Also, is there any way to increase the rate that the notification light blinks? I feel its not blinking regularly enough for me to notice it if I've got a text or something.
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In regards to notifications, is there any way to limit update intervals for facebook? I feel like its going to eat my battery up if its always telling me about facebook stuff the moment its posted lol.
Also, is there any way to increase the rate that the notification light blinks? I feel its not blinking regularly enough for me to notice it if I've got a text or something.
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Under facebook settings just change interval to update less regularly. I use flash blink. It actually flashes the LED light to let me know. Unless of course you want to be private about it.
To add a little about the Connections Optimizer: It's Sprint thing that they're adding to all of their phones. It basically turns on wifi briefly, even when wifi is off, to try to connect to open wifi networks. I'm pretty sure it's an effort by Sprint to keep people off their 3g/4g network and on wifi whenever possible to reduce bandwidth usage. It is also incredibly annoying, because it notifies me of the free wifi in my city (that's strong enough to locate, but not strong enough to transfer data and stay connected) every time I am in certain areas. The pop-up about new open networks also gets in the way of receiving phone calls sometimes. Turn it off. Android already connects to your remembered wifi networks automatically, and I think you can handle the wifi on/off toggling.
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To add a little about the Connections Optimizer: It's Sprint thing that they're adding to all of their phones. It basically turns on wifi briefly, even when wifi is off, to try to connect to open wifi networks. I'm pretty sure it's an effort by Sprint to keep people off their 3g/4g network and on wifi whenever possible to reduce bandwidth usage. It is also incredibly annoying, because it notifies me of the free wifi in my city (that's strong enough to locate, but not strong enough to transfer data and stay connected) every time I am in certain areas. The pop-up about new open networks also gets in the way of receiving phone calls sometimes. Turn it off. Android already connects to your remembered wifi networks automatically, and I think you can handle the wifi on/off toggling.
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I couldn't stand connection optimizer. Walking through NYC to go to work, I'd look down and see my phone actually connecting to and using ANY open wifi signal on my walk down the blocks. I would think that's a huge security issue for phones to randomly connect to any network it sees. Just think of how well easily it could be to rig a router to sniff all those data packets!
Hey everyone. Long story short. I dropped my Galaxy Nexus in water and after trying for quite some time could not get the radio signals to work. It seems Wifi and bluetooth work fine, however it can not connect to any cell towers anymore. I have come to live with it however I still would like to use the phone for other things. Like a music player or GPS. My problem is since I have dropped it in water the battery life is terrible and i originally thought it was the battery went bad or something, but it seems that is not the case. I replaced the battery and am getting the same thing. After turning on Show CPU Usage I have a process RILD that is using up quite a bit of power. I know it has to do with cell usage, seems to be that its related to 4G. I do not care about this process and want to kill or remove it totally however everything I see that says a hard reboot will fix it, however my power button doesnt work either. I just want the process gone. Anyone have any advice? Thanks.
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Hey everyone. Long story short. I dropped my Galaxy Nexus in water and after trying for quite some time could not get the radio signals to work. It seems Wifi and bluetooth work fine, however it can not connect to any cell towers anymore. I have come to live with it however I still would like to use the phone for other things. Like a music player or GPS. My problem is since I have dropped it in water the battery life is terrible and i originally thought it was the battery went bad or something, but it seems that is not the case. I replaced the battery and am getting the same thing. After turning on Show CPU Usage I have a process RILD that is using up quite a bit of power. I know it has to do with cell usage, seems to be that its related to 4G. I do not care about this process and want to kill or remove it totally however everything I see that says a hard reboot will fix it, however my power button doesnt work either. I just want the process gone. Anyone have any advice? Thanks.
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Turn on airplane mode and then post in the right section.
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I am sorry I was not clear
I have tried airplane no, doesnt work. I have tried going into the build.prop and changing a few things I read in various forums to try and get that to work. I have also removed some .apk I thought might solve it, such as phone.apk, mms.apk and telephonyprovider.apk and still getting the same thing with RILD killing my battery in a matter of 3 - 4 hours from a full charge. I need a way to disable or kill this particular process
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how bout removing the sim?
Phazmos said:
how bout removing the sim?
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This was my thought too or even try a new sim and see if it fixes the problem with data all together. Assume the op already tried it but they didn't mention it
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post in the right section.
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Sorry, but this site has some strict rules, the above being one of them. I will ask your thread to be moved. As for a tiny bit of help, did you immediately pull your battery and let your phone dry out for a few days before trying anything at all? This is paramount if you drop it in water.
good luck
Word of the day: Paramount
Colossal or monumental either psychically or metaphorically.
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