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Bad service on my Evo....

I never have more than one bar of service on my evo, at best two bars. My reception is -84 dBm. I live in Houston so the area is not the problem. Everything else is working great. Any advice on fixing? Though I would try here before calling sprint.
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Did you update the radio recently?

Yeah I updated my radios and everything else from here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
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bigjoexxl said:
Yeah I updated my radios and everything else.
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If that's when it started you should revert back to a previous version.
Its also true that after you update a radio you should update your prl and data profile

No this has been going on for a while now, I was hoping the radios would help and they did for 3g speed. Just my service blows. What is considered a good dBm?
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bigjoexxl said:
No this has been going on for a while now, I was hoping the radios would help and they did for 3g speed. Just my service blows. What is considered a good dBm?
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You mean it's always this bad with that phone or it's always this bad no matter which Sprint phone you have?

I have a HTC evo 4g, I think I noticed right after I rooted it last November. Running cm7 rom.
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bigjoexxl said:
I have a HTC evo 4g, I think I noticed right after I rooted it last November. Running cm7 rom.
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Rooting won't do anything related to that...
CM7 tends to be more accurate on displaying your real reception.
You may just be at the edge of a tower.

In my settings, (Mobile network state: disconnected). Could that be it?
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you wanna talk about bad service!!
I just pray to God none of you are from west Michigan... our network has been over its capacity since December 22, 2010.. I know this cause I work at a service and repair store, makes me want to hurt a child.
texts come in hours/days late and if they do come in.. it comes in 5+ times... calls take 45-50 seconds to connect, voicemails come in DAYS later, you will have a missed call and your phone never rang.. internet is almost impossible. makes me hate my job!!!

Best radio fix for a weak wimax signal?

Has anyone tracked down a good radio fix when wimax doesnt stay connected? I know they have radio updates but does anyone have one in particular they would recommend?
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hillstead22 said:
Has anyone tracked down a good radio fix when wimax doesnt stay connected? I know they have radio updates but does anyone have one in particular they would recommend?
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No. Unless you understand the risks do not flash a new radio ("modem" in Samsung land), there is currently no way to go back to stock (EG30).
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There was a thread here on tweaking that. You have to dial a number on your phone and edit something.
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CODteabagger said:
There was a thread here on tweaking that. You have to dial a number on your phone and edit something.
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##DATA#
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Tweaking the radio
I know there was a fix to tweak the radio by dialing certain numbers, but i'm curious if anyone has done it and saw a big improvement in their 4g signal.
Considering sprint will probably not expand wimax anymore, i'm screwed with this weak signal.

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Both posts above are right. It is in here. I will try and post a link if I can find it. I did the same tweaks on my OG Epic and they work well for me. There are certain setups depending if you are always in a good signal area or if you want it to connect faster,etc
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Essentially you are looking to lower the threshold for signal strength to connect and raise the timers for disconnect. It's not going to make your signal any better. It's only going to make it more usable--maybe. It could also keep you "connected" and not transmit or receive anything. Not too sure how that would be useful.

Well, i know there are things you can type for sure, but i've never heard from someone that has tested it and said it improved their 4g experience.
Was trying to find a signal amplifier because i'm in a weak 4g spot, but i'm not spending 600 bucks for something i should be getting anyway with my "premium data" 10 dollar addition to my bill from sprint.
Pisses me off that they expect their customers to be happy they are switching to LTE. Me and my expensive wimax phone are so happy sprint is changing their cell tech to LTE..

daneurysm said:
Essentially you are looking to lower the threshold for signal strength to connect and raise the timers for disconnect. It's not going to make your signal any better. It's only going to make it more usable--maybe. It could also keep you "connected" and not transmit or receive anything. Not too sure how that would be useful.
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They are useful if you are in a good or fair 4g area. I live in a full bar 4g area and shortened the connect time and lowered the minimum signal strength a bit. I used same settings that I had on my OG Epic. If you don't get it now it most likely wont do anything or MAY get you 1 bar if you are in a fringe area
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3g speeds no longer horrible

So I've been playing around with some settings and after i changed my hdr/1x settings from Hybrid mode to Evdo mode I'm getting 1mps down as opposed to 0.10mbps on Hybrid mode. When on Hybrid speedtest app shows my connection as EvdoA, but in Evdo mode it shows Evdo0 and my speeds are pretty decent. Only catch is i can't send text messages. I understand Evdo mode = 3g, Cdma mode = 2g/1xrtt, and Hybrid = both working together. So is this a sign that maybe our bad speeds can also be from Hybrid mode not playing nice? If it weren't for me not being able to send text messages (mms messages work fine for some reason) i would force it to do strictly 3g..
Edit: Added two screenshots. 1st one on evdo mode and the 2nd on hybrid mode. All my test were back to back and performed the same. I find this strange. Well i just wanted to share my discovery lol...
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I'd like to give this a shot.... Where are these settings located?
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Agreed. If anyone has any idea what to do about texting as well we may have something here.

RayTrue04, looks like we reside in the same area. Would be nice to see better 3G speeds in Hartford. I used to have a crappy LG Optimus T on T-mobile, and I got 2Mbps down. Then I switched to Sprint and the E4GT expecting to see better speeds, and Sprint's "4G" can't even compete with T-mobile's 3G speeds. I do love my E4GT though.

God bless ya Ray. If it wasn't for wifi at home and work I would be tinkering just like you.
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skshow289 said:
I'd like to give this a shot.... Where are these settings located?
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##DATA# Edit>MSL CODE>Others.
May be elsewhere on gingerbread. Don't recall correctly but i think it might be in ##DEBUG# on gingerbread.
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where to find these settings?

BrandoKC said:
God bless ya Ray. If it wasn't for wifi at home and work I would be tinkering just like you.
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Cool story bro! I have wifi at home too and full bars of 4g.. However I'm not always home or in a 4g area. So if i find time to tinker around with my phone to make it perform better i will do just that...
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sandwich11 said:
RayTrue04, looks like we reside in the same area. Would be nice to see better 3G speeds in Hartford. I used to have a crappy LG Optimus T on T-mobile, and I got 2Mbps down. Then I switched to Sprint and the E4GT expecting to see better speeds, and Sprint's "4G" can't even compete with T-mobile's 3G speeds. I do love my E4GT though.
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Ever since the first Evo sprints speeds have become crap. And it's only getting worse with every new phone they release. Wimax is not so bad where I'm at but it don't penetrate some buildings well. I'm lucky I get 3 bars at home n my speeds top out at 10-12mbps.
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RayTrue04 said:
Cool story bro! I have wifi at home too and full bars of 4g.. However I'm not always home or in a 4g area. So if i find time to tinker around with my phone to make it perform better i will do just that...
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Was paying you a compliment, but be a ****.
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BrandoKC said:
Was paying you a compliment, but be a ****.
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Oh I'm sorry. I honestly thought you was being a smart***! I kinda felt like you were tryna say i have nothing better to do haha.. Thanks!
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RayTrue04 said:
Oh I'm sorry. I honestly thought you was being a smart***! I kinda felt like you were tryna say i have nothing better to do haha.. Thanks!
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No worries brother.
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I discovered this revA and rev0 speed difference the other day and actually posted on the Q&A section asking if anyone knew a way to force rev0 only. Nobody had a solution so I'm not sure if it's possible
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z3bu said:
I discovered this revA and rev0 speed difference the other day and actually posted on the Q&A section asking if anyone knew a way to force rev0 only. Nobody had a solution so I'm not sure if it's possible
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If u read my original post thoroughly you'll see that i mentioned switching ur HDR/1x Selection from hybrid mode to evdo mode you get the evdo0. Cdma mode = 1xRtt (2g), Evdo mode = evdo0 (3g), hybrid mode = both working together and thats when it turns to evdoA..
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Are you sure I just sent a text to myself and was able to send and receive it while on EVDO only mode.
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daniel4653 said:
Are you sure I just sent a text to myself and was able to send and receive it while on EVDO only mode.
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+1...I can send sms and mms in EVDO mode. I actually ran 3 speedtests in EVDO mode and Hybrid mode rebooting after switching modes both times and actually had better speedtest results in Hybrid mode. Not sure if your on to anything here?

BigJPNut said:
+1...I can send sms and mms in EVDO mode. I actually ran 3 speedtests in EVDO mode and Hybrid mode rebooting after switching modes both times and actually had better speedtest results in Hybrid mode. Not sure if your on to anything here?
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Where are the settings located? I don't see them.
I'm on Blazer ROM

AMunozXS said:
Where are the settings located? I don't see them.
I'm on Blazer ROM
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BigJPNut said:
+1...I can send sms and mms in EVDO mode. I actually ran 3 speedtests in EVDO mode and Hybrid mode rebooting after switching modes both times and actually had better speedtest results in Hybrid mode. Not sure if your on to anything here?
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After sending the message though I noticed that my phone would get LOS and I would have to turn on airplane mode or reboot . Odd....
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Am I blind or something?
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What kind of reception are y'all getting

On jb ROMs vs. Stock ROM? My reception indoors is horrible. And outside it drops sometimes to nothing then comes up back down. You just never know
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Ummmm it should be the same
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Gotta disagree here. No problems for me.
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I know its like cursing someone's mom but I'm seriously thinking about a iPhone 4s I'm tired of this ****
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I'm not sure if that's the phone's fault. Because I always get full bars unless im in a rural area with not much around. Even in basements I get 2-3 bars when my friend's have zero signal

PhoenixBlitz said:
I'm not sure if that's the phone's fault. Because I always get full bars unless im in a rural area with not much around. Even in basements I get 2-3 bars when my friend's have zero signal
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What modem you running
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I just flashed to cm10,but I was using stock firmware all last week and I think reception is great both indoors and outdoors. I use to get no reception in certain elevators with my nokia and xperia play. With the Samsung, in those areas I get 3to4 bars.
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paniro187 said:
What modem you running
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I'm on stock, so whatever that is, I'm using it. Although I can confirm that using JB roms (such as CM10) on and s3 has no effect because my friend has the identical model I do (Both of ours were locked to Rogers before we both unlocked them to use on Telus) and the signal is always the same

Sometumes my bars drop to nothing and there is a black signal bars with grey out line and it will do that for a couple minutes then jump up to 4g or what ever reception I get at the time. Then out hers I'll get full bars. Sometimes I get no data at all just call with no internet. Maybe I got a NAD phone or something
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Lte!!!! Holy poop nugget

Well I was sitting at work and bam, 4g came on, way to go sprint!!!! (Shentel for my area) So glad I hung in there, screw the haters!!!!
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Those are some damn good download speeds!
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Not bad at all

I know, it's on, but I still feel like they're testing it, still goes off and on from time to time, but when it's on..oooohhhh boy is this fast,lol
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I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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epicnoob66 said:
I remember my first lte speed test. .lol
On the wife's sgs3 we've been 30mbps. Yet I haven't had better than mid-twenties.
Enjoy your speed
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I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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fryingpan0613 said:
You know you can turn it off in settings right?
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Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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A2CKilla said:
Yea, you can change the phone to non lte mode, but I'm sure you know what I mean by a toggle/scanner like the wimax phones have
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Ya I know what you mean, I just wasn't sure if you knew you could turn it off since other carriers force you to have it on.
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A2CKilla said:
I really wish there was like a toggle or 4g switch like it was with wimax, this luck of the draw 4g kills me, but my main thing is I hope tethering comes back, sprint really blocked it this time
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Does it work with EasyTether?

Yeah its really spotty and on/off for me. Weird observation though... I get 4g with my note in places I don't with my Galaxy Nexus.

Darn them, talked to a shentel rep (people that control sprint towers where I am) and these lte siting are just the test sites -_- but hey, at least full lte will be out at the end of the year for me at least, but hey for test speed of anywhere from, 8-20mb down?! I can't complain, but hey, I saw the same speeds with my wimax 4g, so to each his own
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With Note 2 i get LTE everywhere in Dallas Ft. Worth. Even traveling to other cities through tolls where development is not really there. Just alot of trees. I even get LTE in most people homes. Nexus never had this strong of a signal and if LTE switched the phone would freeze. I can honestly say this is a good phone.

patrickjaden said:
Does it work with EasyTether?
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Yes indeed.

On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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hayabusa1300cc said:
On my $3 but I got great LTE tests in my area today done inside the bank
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[email protected] you Texas!!!!! Lol, but great speeds man, I still haven't seen anything near that in good ol pa, shentel needs to hurry up!!! But for the test site, I pretty much get lte in the majority of areas I go to, and at least get 2mb down at home if I'm not using wifi for 3g
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I am also seeing very little battery drain from 4G. The radios in this phone are amazing (especially compared to the Nexus).

I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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yellowman82 said:
I havent gotten my note yet but I was also really concern on how would lte and the battery would play. Are some of you guys noticing big drains or small drains with lte on?
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Depends, since a lot of areas are tests sites, lte does drop on and off for me, but battery still lasts all day, I say Samsung got it right with the battery, hope other manufacturers follow suit
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They have recently expanded their signal here in dallas, texas and now I get 4g on my work which I never usually got any 4g signal because of this old bulding but now I get some strong 4g signal. Props for sprint but my speeds are not that fast, I usually get max 5 or even 6 thats it :S
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