Hi all,
like the title I'm experiencing big issue with my Galaxy Nexus, brand-new with Android 4.0.4 baseband IMM76I and XXLA2 radio.
I searched a lot of different thread here. From one side it seems that some people experiencing the famous signal issue caused by moving from the official 4.0.2 to the old 4.0.4 were able to fix it thanks to the IMM76I. On the other side, in some other threads, it seems that others are still experiencing this issue.
My question is, was the last 4.0.4 IMM76I update really useful to overcome lost signal issues?
As I said I never updated my phone (it was already 4.0.4 IMM76I XXLA2 ) but inside my home I'm not able to get the signal from the standard phone network! Outisde I'm having a signal wich is way less than the one I had with my old gs2. Moreover the signal strength seems to be always low (-111DB to 90 DB) even outside.
How can I fix this problem? Could it be an harware defect? Any help will be really appreciated.
Hard to say without further testing... I'd suggest that you try a different radio version to see what happens. Personally I'm still on XXKK6 (the one that came with my phone) running JB and no issues so far, so you could try that one. Or try the new JB one (XXLF1), which should also work with ICS.
Gunthy` said:
Hard to say without further testing... I'd suggest that you try a different radio version to see what happens. Personally I'm still on XXKK6 (the one that came with my phone) running JB and no issues so far, so you could try that one. Or try the new JB one (XXLF1), which should also be work with ICS.
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Yeah probably is worth to give a try first with installing JB (with also its radio) and some other ones. Where are you from, Europe I suppose since you are using XXKK6 right? So with that no signal issues?
Yeah I'm in Europe. Basically when I got my phone a couple of months ago, I immediately unlocked the bootloader and flashed AOKP , so I never got any of the OTA's with the new radio versions.
I've not run into any signal issues with this radio, most places it works great. I don't see a reason to update as long as it's working .
Just updated to JB, with baseband XXLF1. In my home the signal is in range of -100 -110 db. With my old gs2 I'm experiencing 87-97. Crap!
So it is an hw issue? Which is the signal strength that you guys are experiencing on yours gnex? I'm starting to think that I need to send the phone to repair... is still under warranty...
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I have an extremely weak wifi signal, I am only next door (About 1 meter away thru wall) - my laptop, nokia N95, PS3, nokia N97 and iPod have full bars but my phone has only 1.
My HTC Desire has a very low signal and often drops, when it drops I have to disable wifi and re-enable wifi else when its re-scanning it will never find the network.
This problem only occurs when using custom ROM (Currently using MIUI), I've concluded this by installing MIUI, Oxygen, GingerVillian and stock htc. Only in the stock HTC do I get full bars.
I have tested on all with recommended radios and stock radio. HTC ROM has full bars and never drops on all radios but the other ROMs have extremely weak signals even when using the recommended one.
Please help!
Noting the lack of replies on this issue, I'm only guessing that there is no real solution.
I also have found out that I must be on the wifi setting page for my phone to auto re-connect.
hi SMCentral,
found your thread while searching for weak signal cause.
feeding back to your test with different roms, i am on a stock rom (sw 2.29.405.5).
my wifi signal strength was very good last year as far as i remember, but recently suffering from very weak reception. i suspect a bad radio update over OTA. so different stock rom might differ. now i also have to go to wifi page to reconnect probably the signal seems too weak.
-- rajib
PS: Baseband version is 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
hope this helps someone to find the cause.
There is an update for the radio here (5.14.05.17). I downloaded the second file since it said it was safer to use. For me it's stable and nothing really happened but people are saying it has improved reception/signal.
rajib said:
hi SMCentral,
found your thread while searching for weak signal cause.
feeding back to your test with different roms, i am on a stock rom (sw 2.29.405.5).
my wifi signal strength was very good last year as far as i remember, but recently suffering from very weak reception. i suspect a bad radio update over OTA. so different stock rom might differ. now i also have to go to wifi page to reconnect probably the signal seems too weak.
-- rajib
PS: Baseband version is 32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27
hope this helps someone to find the cause.
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I don't have problem with my signals whilst using stock rom but if I use a custom rom with any radio baseband and RIL, I get a very weak wifi signal. Try flashing the latest radio from http://www.mightyrom.com/mrx/MRX/Bravo/Radio/Signed/32.49.00.32U_5.11.05.27.zip
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There is an update for the radio here (5.14.05.17). I downloaded the second file since it said it was safer to use. For me it's stable and nothing really happened but people are saying it has improved reception/signal.
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I'll be trying this. Will feedback with results. Thanks buddy.
No issue for me regarding signal strength....
On a side note: I wish HTC had incorporated the wirless 802.11n standard to their WiFi module in the Desire...that has a far superior range and better bandwidth.
Yeah, if it had n support, it would of been amazing. Totally amazing.
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Yeah, if it had n support, it would of been amazing. Totally amazing.
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Yup and would have stopped them selling more desire HD's with n capability. Sure it would have been nice if they had included it but that's life in the mobile phone marketing biz
No wait, after some research. HTC has hidden n capability. :O
I've flashed the .zip and well.. it works signal has become stronger too.
Just flashed the new radio , getting mmuc better wifi signal strength
Thankyou xD
You serious? They actually hid it??....that's so fiendish!!
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What's the verdict on this? I was running the leaked Gingerbread radio, seemed to be working fine. But I read in one of the ROM threads in the Dev section that the new radio is breaking phones. Apparently after some amount of time running it it completely breaks WiFi... permanently.
What's the story on this? It came from a dev directly, though he said he wasn't sure that is what caused it, he said his phone had to be replaced, and that others had had the issue with the leaked radio as well. Coming from a dev, it freaked me out enough to flash back to the stock radio immediately.
Prior to the GB leak, I'd been running the most recent leaked Evo radio (4/8 I think?) Also seemingly without any problems. Was that radio causing any issues?
Do you have the original post? What development said this?
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Do you have the original post? What development said this?
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Ditto. I've ran it since it leaked. And I've never had a problem. And I've ran all the leaked evo ones as well.
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He may have been referring to the leaked GB radio for the HTC Thunderbolt. A lot of people have reported bricks from it.
i've been running this radio since it came out, with wifi on most of the time, and haven't had any issues
I've heard this too, and it was in reference to the incredible 5.06 radio. I used it for a short time and it was fine (aside from terrible data speeds) but I'm not really inclined to risk it in the event that there is a correlation between those problems and the new radio.
Had to dig for it.... I have read thru so many threads, but here is what I'm referring to:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1109355&page=15
Newtoroot is the dev who said that he suspected the new radio broke his WiFi. But a few other people in that thread say they've also had issues or heard that the new radio causes issues with WiFi that can be permanent.
Well ive seen about two people running the leaked radio go into an endless bootloop that doesnt allow you to go into recovery or anything just bootloop after bootloop after bootloop...so technically no hboot=brick idk what other problems it causes but it could be the same as the thunderbolt radio corrupting the emmc. I wouldnt recommend staying on the leaked radio if you really dont have to. Try out the Official Evo Gb Radio if you want the newest
My wife and I both have rooted Dincs, I was playing around flashing different radios on my dinc and comparing signal and data speeds, and GPS lock acquisition, between mine and hers. Hers is stock OTA ROM and stock radio. I tried the Evo 4.08 and the latest GB leak, I saw virtually NO difference in speeds or signal between my phone and hers, with them side by side.
- DSLreports.com consistently reported download speeds ~500-700 kbps
- Signal strength consistently -86 to -90 db
-GPS locks in about 8-10 seconds
both phones were very consistent regardless what radio I had ok my phone. That's enough to convince me that the stock radio is good enough for me
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My wife and I both have rooted Dincs, I was playing around flashing different radios on my dinc and comparing signal and data speeds, and GPS lock acquisition, between mine and hers. Hers is stock OTA ROM and stock radio. I tried the Evo 4.08 and the latest GB leak, I saw virtually NO difference in speeds or signal between my phone and hers, with them side by side.
- DSLreports.com consistently reported download speeds ~500-700 kbps
- Signal strength consistently -86 to -90 db
-GPS locks in about 8-10 seconds
both phones were very consistent regardless what radio I had ok my phone. That's enough to convince me that the stock radio is good enough for me
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Yea the stock radio is good i just wanted to try something new and flash a radio im on 4.08 thing about switching to the offcial evo gb radio
I ran 4.08 for a few months. I had no problems with it. The GPS *seemed* to lock faster, but the testing today has me thinking it must have been more where I was or something else giving the faster locks. I'm going to try some more radios tonight and test side by side with my wife's dinc just to see if any of them actually makes a significant difference.
I've been using the leaked 10.05 radio since it came out and have had no problem with it ever. My wifi has never ceased to work and since I use it about 99% of the time you can bet this radio is safe.
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Anyone tried 2.15.00.11.19 and notice any drawbacks over the Evo Official?
Been running 2.15.00.11.19 since couple days after it hit and have had no adverse effects but hearing the Evo Official is good is giving me an itch that just has to be scratched. If someone says not to switch, it's no better, I'll leave it be. If however the EO is better.... AAAAA Flashing I will go!
which radio are we talking about? 05.02 or 05.06?
Well I've read 5.06 is the leaked and had bricked (no hboot, boot loop) so guessing 5.02 would be the official unless I'm wrong which is not uncommon.
Have great gps and call service, data is just miserable lately on 3g. If not radio, it's got to be big red slowing down in area to better support 4g.
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Just wondering before i start cooking something up, is there any reason you devs/users are not using the 4.0.4 ROM from Google here:
http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html#yakju
Is there issues with it or no one got round to it yet?
Cheers
There are many roms that use the new 4.0.4 base, AOKP B29 being the most popular. But Axi0m Patient Zero and other "stock roms" use it as well.
Some people are reporting weak signals generally, or even complete loss of signal when the device goes to sleep. With the radio in Google's factory image the signal seemed quite weak for me, so I flashed the UGLC1 radio, which is apparently the latest 4.0.4 radio from yakjuux builds supposedly optimized for North America.
This has made it worse for me, I'm now seeing complete loss of signal when the device goes to sleep, as others have reported for the stock XXLA02. I'm going back to that...
By the way, I'm using the device in Canada on the Telus network.
Joachim
I got my nexus today, and it was great, so I rooted and installed AOKP with GLaDOS kernel as well as the 4.0.4 radios. I have the LTE nexus. I immediately was bombarded by signal drops. I tried the lean kernel and James Bond kernel to no avail. I also tried one of the hybrid radios. Then, I tried BAMF. No dice. I need my phone to work tomorrow, so I restored stock and unrooted and locked. No signal drops on 4.0.2. So, this means it is probably a software issue. Any ideas on kernels, ROMs, or radios that might work? I'll try rooting again when I can. Thank you.
Actually the reverse here . I went back to stock and signal strength was hidious . Rerooted and loaded LK and Liquid 1.35 with the leaked radios from the recent update (that later got pulled) and signal strength has been almost double . I think you are going to find that some people benefit from the newer software while others not so much . Its just like kernels , some people have really great luck and battery life with them while others the phone just tanks itself .
Guys, I love my galaxy nexus and it's as smooth as those quad core phones, however the signal / data drop issue is Really bothering me, even though it has gotten better by flashing RIL from 4.0.3, I still wanna see this completely fixed, any similar issue in JB?
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hongkongtom said:
Guys, I love my galaxy nexus and it's as smooth as those quad core phones, however the signal / data drop issue is Really bothering me, even though it has gotten better by flashing RIL from 4.0.3, I still wanna see this completely fixed, any similar issue in JB?
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As far as I am aware its just some small tweaks. There are not new radios that I am aware of for cdma.
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it is the same radios as the 4.0.4 ICS build. so there probably wont be much if any difference at all in signal strength or data drops.
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it is the same radios as the 4.0.4 ICS build. so there probably wont be much if any difference at all in signal strength or data drops.
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There's a new radio (GSM): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27984155&postcount=1096
Can't comment on data and/or signal drops since I've never been affected with any regularity.
they really need to find a permanent fix for the radios. i did a speed test with my nexus right next to my uncles thunderbolt and he was getting around 18mbps, while i was getting only 9mbps. Rediculous
It's even worse for me.
I had few data drops, my issue was I'd lose data at random times yet it'd still show that I had strong signal.
My data is even more inconsistent than before with the new radio.
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It's even worse for me.
I had few data drops, my issue was I'd lose data at random times yet it'd still show that I had strong signal.
My data is even more inconsistent than before with the new radio.
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strongly agreed
chw2006 said:
It's even worse for me.
I had few data drops, my issue was I'd lose data at random times yet it'd still show that I had strong signal.
My data is even more inconsistent than before with the new radio.
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data is working just fine for me. Hasn't been long enough to determine if it's better yet, but so far so good.
I'm on StraightTalk-ATT at the moment.
I've actually been struggling with that on 4.0.4 but been using stock/unrooted JB with XXLA2 and haven't suffered any drops.
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Data is working fine for me!
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also had data drops with XXLA2 nearly every day. until now, not with XXLF1...but not really representative after one day...keep fingers crossed, that the new radion fixed that!
Hi,
I have random signal drops on my Gnex GSM when phone is on 3g network, and when is on 2g network I don't have it.
I really hope that new radio will fix the issue.
Do anybody know when JB will be available for update?
Thanks
AdmirAA said:
Hi,
I have random signal drops on my Gnex GSM when phone is on 3g network, and when is on 2g network I don't have it.
I really hope that new radio will fix the issue.
Do anybody know when JB will be available for update?
Thanks
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Google said the OTA will begin to roll out Mid July. If you are lucky you will get the OTA as soon as is released. Else, you might need to wait until your device gets it.
I switched back to XXLA02 along with the 4.0.4 bootloader, so far so good. That's how bad it was for me. Data would drop out like crazy.
I was seriously contemplating returning the phone and buying the Google Play one.
Well, the phone is near perfect except that, I tried kk6 RIL with xxla2 radio with minimum data drop and no signal lost, somebody said tdvkk6 RIL is good with xxla2.radio , will try that to see if it fixs the problem.
Well, hope Google permanently fix it when official JB comes out.
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The initial 4.0.4 update has the data drop issues but not long after google push out another update to fix it. The kernel version was updated so if you guys with data drop issues should check your kernel version to make sure you really have the latest updates. I have issues after the first 4.0.4 update but was fixed with the 2nd update.
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The initial 4.0.4 update has the data drop issues but not long after google push out another update to fix it. The kernel version was updated so if you guys with data drop issues should check your kernel version to make sure you really have the latest updates. I have issues after the first 4.0.4 update but was fixed with the 2nd update.
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Not in my case, I never had "screen off signal lost " actually, my signal lost was occasionally but pretty consistent with 1-2 times a day no matter I traveled around or stay at 1 place for the whole day. The 2nd update did me no good neither. People from another thread said JB is clean on this for now.
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Petarsson said:
also had data drops with XXLA2 nearly every day. until now, not with XXLF1...but not really representative after one day...keep fingers crossed, that the new radion fixed that!
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no data drops since using JB (by bigxie)! seems got to me so far! :victory:
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no data drops since using JB (by bigxie)! seems got to me so far! :victory:
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Glad to hear that, I am looking forward to the official OTA.
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Still weird signal issues after OTA update to JB here.