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For you guys with Galaxy Nexus on AT&T, which baseband do you have it installed? UG or stock XX? Just wondering which baseband offer best signal quality on AT&T.
I had UGKK7 up until last night and I like it overall but I just found out yesterday while going out with family in downtown Seattle area that my data connection suck. Basically it is really really slow or I get no data connection when I try to browse. At the very spot that I had very slow data connection or get no data connection error, I was able to use my wife iPhone 4 to browse internet fine. Although a little slower to usual, it was able to get on internet and browse fine.
So I was wondering which baseband you guys using on AT&T network?
I am currently using XXKK1 and have no issues.
stock here. faster down and up and the wife's iphone. make sure you are previsioned for the 4G data plan.
Not on AT&T but on T-Mobile, XXKK6 for me.
XXKK1 on AT&T with no issues.
Thanks guys. I just installed XXKK1 this afternoon. So far everything is running fine. I need to take a trip to downtown or mall setting where there are lots of people to really test this out.
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stock here. faster down and up and the wife's iphone. make sure you are previsioned for the 4G data plan.
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Is there any way to do this if I currently have an iPhone unlimited data plan on my account?
XXKK6 and my performance dramatically increased over XXKK1.
OJ in Compton said:
Is there any way to do this if I currently have an iPhone unlimited data plan on my account?
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hmm, best bet is to borrow a friend who has one of the AT&T 4G phone (inspire, infused, atrix). pop in your sim, call att to have them grandfather you to the unlimited 4G smart phone plan.
Currently using XXKK6 and it stinks over K1. My uploads are about the same, but downloads are about half.
UGKK7 right now. But these modems are region sensitive so you have to trial and error to find the best one for you.
Initially stock XXKK1 didn't give me good signal strength however data speeds were consistent within 2.0 - 2.5 mbps. With UGKK7 signal strength is a lot better than XXKK1 in most areas where I usually go (30 mile radius from Philly) however my data speeds are not consistent at all ... now I see anywhere from 700 kbps all the way to 6.5 mbps.
I am sticking with UGKK7 as it gives me the best signal (min 4 bars) and data speed (2.0 - 2.5 mbps) at home ...
AfroCreame said:
Currently using XXKK6 and it stinks over K1. My uploads are about the same, but downloads are about half.
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so jealous I'm saving for a galaxy nexus right now lol got my skyrock stuck in bootloop anyway I want a nexus so bad wondering if I will tell the difference coming from a LTE going to a HSPA+ ? oh and my dad is also a traveling man
GeezyF.Ladies said:
so jealous I'm saving for a galaxy nexus right now lol got my skyrock stuck in bootloop anyway I want a nexus so bad wondering if I will tell the difference coming from a LTE going to a HSPA+ ? oh and my dad is also a traveling man
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That's awesome about your Dad, heck there's a good chance we've crossed paths In New Braunfels I get anywhere from 6-11 on downloads, which is plenty fast for me. Fyi, I'm actually the admin of one of the largest Texas Mason websites: www.masonsoftexas.com there are a handful of others on xda as well.
Anybody using The Ugk ones on ATT?
XXKK6 here
if you want to flash custom rom and stuff
i think u have to have XXKK6 or later baseband
tried UGKK6, UGKL1 and XXKL1
not much difference honestly
so went back to stock XXKK6
So the official GSM version of the Galaxy Nexus (http://code.google.com/android/nexus/images.html)
is supposed to have xxkk6 radio (radio-maguro-i9250xxkk6.img)
I read in another place that the Asian varian has a different radio, and the canadian varians also have different radios. So being that the GSM Galaxy Nexus is not officially in the US on ATT or T-Mobile I was wondering wich radio is best to use on the T-Mobile network?
North American code is UG, I think UGKL01 is the newest released radio.
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I am using ugkk7. Look in dev section to see if there are any updates.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
I'm using XXKK6 - it's been working fairly well for me. Probably gonna try out one of the UG roms.
i'm currently on UGKL1, live in denver colorado (where t-mobile has 4G coverage) and i dont get any type of HSPA+ speeds, on a good day my down is only 5891kbps and my up is a mere 1243kbps (same speeds as my Nexus S).
maybe US radios are optimized for CDMA networks, i'll switch to XXKK1 later and see if it helps - anyone actually get 4G speeds yet? if so, which radio are you on?
Probably best to use a UG based radio if you're in NA. I'm on UGKL1 and it's fine. I accidentally flashed an XX radio before and data would cut out a lot...
i updated to stock 4.0.2 for tmo and i'm getting 10mps down and 2 up around my area of the woods.
kk6 radio band.
phi303 said:
i'm currently on UGKL1, live in denver colorado (where t-mobile has 4G coverage) and i dont get any type of HSPA+ speeds, on a good day my down is only 5891kbps and my up is a mere 1243kbps (same speeds as my Nexus S).
maybe US radios are optimized for CDMA networks, i'll switch to XXKK1 later and see if it helps - anyone actually get 4G speeds yet? if so, which radio are you on?
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I got 8.99Mbs down and 3.69Mbs up, in the Tech Center this morning. I usually get around 3-5Mbs down Downtown. I'm on the stock 4.0.2 XXKK6 radio.
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I got 8.99Mbs down and 3.69Mbs up, in the Tech Center this morning. I usually get around 3-5Mbs down Downtown. I'm on the stock 4.0.2 XXKK6 radio.
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I get about the same down in Parker with the same stock radio on 4.0.2. I have not tried any other radios yet, but my wife's HTC Amaze is twice as fast as expected.
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XXKK6 was the best for me in Chicago and now in Dayton, OH
phi303 said:
i'm currently on UGKL1, live in denver colorado (where t-mobile has 4G coverage) and i dont get any type of HSPA+ speeds, on a good day my down is only 5891kbps and my up is a mere 1243kbps (same speeds as my Nexus S).
maybe US radios are optimized for CDMA networks, i'll switch to XXKK1 later and see if it helps - anyone actually get 4G speeds yet? if so, which radio are you on?
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If your tower doesn't have any more capacity available, it doesnt matter what *you* do. There's only 21mbps (or 42, depending on where you live) per tower sector to go around to every user in your sector. If it's 21mbps, all you need is 3 other active people on your tower to get those speeds (factor in radio link loss too).
Long story short, not a single thing you can do to control your speeds. And judging a radio's "ability" based upon speed test results is extremely inaccurate.
And the nexus only reaches 21mbps on T-Mobile anyways so there's that. The north American radios are optimized for Canada.
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For a quick list of all radios out so far, check my radio thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1405345
So my area JUST got 4G on a partnered carrier that TMOUS shares. Im getting 4g on my Sensation but am thinking about getting the GSM Galaxy Nexus. We went from Edge to 4G. All i want to know is if i will be able to get 4g on the Galaxy Nexus for TMOUS?
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So my area JUST got 4G on a partnered carrier that TMOUS shares. Im getting 4g on my Sensation but am thinking about getting the GSM Galaxy Nexus. We went from Edge to 4G. All i want to know is if i will be able to get 4g on the Galaxy Nexus for TMOUS?
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If you get it on the Sensation theres no reason why you wouldn't get it on the Nexus.
I was using the KK6 radio that came with my phone (assuming it was a UK one since it had a UK style plug in the box) but within 2 days of getting the phone I had dropped signal errors where only a reboot would fix it. I moved to UGKK7 and haven't had any issues since. Pretty sure my speed is slower though (haven't testing yet) so if you have no issues with KK6 keep it.
i've been on KK6 for about two weeks now, speeds never go above 5.5down - i guess i dont have very good HSPA+ coverage north of denver. i also have to turn on and off airplane mode once a day to fix connection issues.
I'm using XXKL1. I get speeds near 5-7 Mbps. Sometimes 9-10 if I get lucky.
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XXKK6 was the best for me in Chicago and now in Dayton, OH
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I'm also in Chicago on the xxkk6 radio and I never seem to be able to get above 3-5mb down and .5-1mb up. I've also noticed that it shows "3g" as the connection status most of the time, save for when it momentarily shows an H at times.
Anyone have a clear answer on what is displayed when you attain an HSPA+ connection w/ this phone? I find it weird that with the dense 4G coverage in Chicago, I can't seem to get any better speeds than what I get w/ my N1.
Cheers, dudes.
polarizeme said:
I'm also in Chicago on the xxkk6 radio and I never seem to be able to get above 3-5mb down and .5-1mb up. I've also noticed that it shows "3g" as the connection status most of the time, save for when it momentarily shows an H at times.
Anyone have a clear answer on what is displayed when you attain an HSPA+ connection w/ this phone? I find it weird that with the dense 4G coverage in Chicago, I can't seem to get any better speeds than what I get w/ my N1.
Cheers, dudes.
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Those sound like pretty standard 4g speeds to me. On a good day I get 10mbs. It really depends on how many people are sharing your tower. People with Verizon LTE are reaping the benefits of new technology without many users.
As for the icon I believe the GSM radio switches to 3g when no data is being transferred and switches to H when active to save power.
I flashed Evolution 2 with no problems and followed the instructions to a tee. The only thing I haven't done is the cache wipe. The problem I am having so far is with the radio. I get no data and a data packet roaming message from the status bar. I can only get data working is if I flash the Telus modem prepped for ICS. I had similar problems as well with other roms and I'm guessing the radio rom that only plays nice with Telus is their modem. Am I wrong? If so any suggestions? I'm on the Telus network if it helps
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Weaponx525 said:
I flashed Evolution 2 with no problems and followed the instructions to a tee. The only thing I haven't done is the cache wipe. The problem I am having so far is with the radio. I get no data and a data packet roaming message from the status bar. I can only get data working is if I flash the Telus modem prepped for ICS. I had similar problems as well with other roms and I'm guessing the radio rom that only plays nice with Telus is their modem. Am I wrong? If so any suggestions? I'm on the Telus network if it helps
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Ok, first things first: do the cache wipe, and use the script provided with the ROM for it. Trust me, it won't delete any of your data, it's perfectly safe. (I speak from experience) The only thing you will notice is that your phone will take a really long time to boot immediately after the wipe. That's expected, let it be.
To your question:
It makes no sense to me why using TELUS' radio on TELUS should be the only way for your phone have data. I can't test this for you as I am not a TELUS client, but I have used the TELUS modem on Rogers and Mobilicity without any trouble at all. The one thing I can think of that may do this is your modem's band settings: the ROM comes with a modem for T-Mobile, which uses a different frequency for its data network. This is how you (try to) fix this:
Go into the Phone application and dial the following:
*#*#2263#*#*
Upon hitting the last * you will see the service menu for the phone, allowing you to set which bands the phone will be looking for for a network. Then press (3) for GSM and then (5) for GSM 850/1900. This should do it for TELUS. If this doesn't work, try using (3) for GSM and then (7) for GSM ALL, or if all else fails, just go into the menu and set (1) for full Automatic.
Another thing, though: I don't understand why you would want to use the T-Mobile radio, when the TELUS one gives you something all of us here can only wish for: presence on two networks at the same time. You can be riding an elevator or take your time in the parking lot without loosing data even for a second! This radio is meant for the TELUS network, and is giving you the best possible experience on it. If it works for you, my advise is to stick with it. The T-Mobile one isn't a step up for you.
Thank you for the detailed response. It is very appreciated. The reason I used the T Mobile modem was that it was the one provided in TDJ's link and I thought it might be more "compatible" with the T-Mobile leak. I didn't know about the advantage that the Telus modem provided. Could you explain what is meant by prescence on two networks? Either case the Telus modem has been very stable thus far and I think I'll keep using it for now.
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Well, this flavour of the Galaxy S2 is not meant for TELUS. It is meant for T-Mobile, an AWS carrier. This phone cannot work very fast on TELUS as it does not support its data network fully. Worse still, last Q4 this phone was pitched against Rogers' LTE flavour of the S2, the Skyrocket, whose ICS leak we were running until recently. TELUS had to beef it up beyond the 14Mbps possible with HSPA so that it would compete.
So, they loaded it up with a state-of-the-art HSDPA radio, which allows it to aggregate signal from two HSPA towers to get its speed edge. I don't think this is done very often, if at all: it's quite remarkable TELUS did that. In a nutshell, your phone can sit on two cellular networks at the same time, the 850Mhz and the 1900Mhz one, and aggregate them to give you the theoretical 28Mbps. Still not LTE, but in the ballpark. You own a T989D, where the D stands for dual towers, and the 850Mhz band means you can stream music uninterrupted while walking into an elevator and then out again.
So that's it, in a nutshell. If I were on TELUS, I would be running this radio as well, up until the day I can replace it with another TELUS radio.
Hello,
For people having problems With the TMO Radio on Telus.
The Tmo radio sucks on Telus it will break Data connection, so use the Telus radio. But you can not flash over TMO ICS Rom with the Telus RIL files, it will break signal all together.
If you are already using a TMO ICS rom use one of the Telus radios in the Nexusmod thread with the system folder removed or remove the system folder before you flash the radio.
If your getting ready to flash an Ics rom and your on Telus radio, skip the flashing radio step. I hope that helps.
Though I heard rumors that the Telus radio doesnt quite work perfectly with the TMO leak
If we could use this thread for problems with Telus users using the leak that would be great
After flashing the Telus modem with the RIL file removed, ie installing the modem from the Nexus Mod thread in the dev section, this Rom has definitely more stable data connection. There are still some random drop outs but not as often as the TMo radios. Actually I have flashed many of the ICS leaks and there has, in my experience, data drop outs with any TMo modem on the Telus network. I'm very happy thus far with Evolution 2. There are occasionally some app crashes and camera glitches but overall nothing deal breaking. Amazing job on this ROM.
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Do you think this could cause a phone force close with the Virgin Mobile network?
EDIT: Yep. That was the problem. Thank you guys so much, I've been stressing for days... The Telus radio fixed everything.
Working for me here. I'm not sure if my speeds are where they should be though, as in they seem to be half of what they should be. This leads me to think that the phone might only be seeing and connecting to one tower instead of two for the HSPA. My baseband shows up as Unknown too, so I'm not sure if that is a big deal or not.
I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.
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I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.
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Bizarre. I just tried the Blaze modem and had extremely slow speeds on speedtest. Like 1 mpbs, whereas I had at least 10 with Telus' modem. It isn't like I was getting slow slow speeds or anything I guess. Just kind of strange.
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I am a Telus user and to be honest found my quickest speeds with the Blaze ics modem, but I live in a rural area. I am trying the UVCL8 modem now and it is okay. I was getting some data roaming errors with this one, but it seems to have smoothed itself out. The Telus & Tmobile radios as I understand it are supposed to both supposed to support HSPA+ or a theoretical maximum of 42mpbs. I would confirm all of your apn settings and make sure they are all fine.
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curious, where in canada you living? I'm on vancouver island and I kind of get junk speeds
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I have wind galaxy s3 and I installed cm10 for t mobile. Obviously there isn't one for wind so I had to. Well I soon noticed my data is slower. Normally on 3g I would get 6-8mps but since I installed this I'm getting 2-3mbps. And I checked its because my phone isn't using 3g its using 3.5g(hsdpa). I have been looking everywhere but haven't found an answer yet. I was wondering if anyone can extract winds modem file I can try installing that.
I have already tried a lot of tricks from service menu but nothing works. I'll still try if you anyone have a good advice. Thanks
If you flashed CM10 for the T999 on a Wind Galaxy S3, which is what I understand you to mean, then you should still have a Wind radio/modem. CM10 doesn't flash a radio unless you have customized the package for some reason. And why do you think that you would get slower speeds on HSDPA as opposed to UMTS only? The phone is going to use the best that it is capable of, unless you tell it not to do so. I do know that CM9 and probably 10 also was said to have slower data speeds in general on some devices. I don't personally know if this is true or rumor. But, that may be your problem.
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If you flashed CM10 for the T999 on a Wind Galaxy S3, which is what I understand you to mean, then you should still have a Wind radio/modem. CM10 doesn't flash a radio unless you have customized the package for some reason. And why do you think that you would get slower speeds on HSDPA as opposed to UMTS only? The phone is going to use the best that it is capable of, unless you tell it not to do so. I do know that CM9 and probably 10 also was said to have slower data speeds in general on some devices. I don't personally know if this is true or rumor. But, that may be your problem.
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Yes you got it all correct, Wind actually uses 3g mostly so it has better service on 3g(utms) vs on 3.5g(hsdpa). hsdpa works but not as good as 3g could when i had stock rom and thats the band(3g) my phone used before mostly.
phone is using what logically should be better but stupid wind likes to be on old technology.
Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
Can you see your IMEI number? I lost mine while flashing roms and the network couldn't recognize my phone, so it booted me down to 3g (but I'm on ATT).
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Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
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Can you see your IMEI number? I lost mine while flashing roms and the network couldn't recognize my phone, so it booted me down to 3g (but I'm on ATT).
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Yes I can see my imei
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Do your roms have the correct apn's?
I'm having connectivity challenges when trying 4.2.2 roms on Rogers w/ my i747m.
Tried most of the recommended modems on for i747m (complete modem list) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1831898
with CM10.1 and AOKP Task650.
The result, at worst little to no connectivity, at best intermittent connectivity. It doesn't seem to want to switch between towers and getting connectivity better than gprs or edge is pretty much non-existent
When I burn the rooted Rogers ROM - root66_RWC_I747MVLDLK4.tar.md5 I get good connectivity switching and 3G. I haven't seen LTE yet but it was only officially rolled out here 9 days ago so it's still crap and only partially out.
I'm about to roll back to the rooted ROM and apply the latest Canadian patch via KIES and give up on S3 mods. If some kind canadian has the time or inclination a faq/step by step on a S3 rogers install that actually works would be very appreciated. I've tried most of the recipes on XDA, task650, cyanomodgen and can't seem to come up with a working combination that gives me data/phone service that is at least as good as stock.
thanks,
rf
jamiefff said:
Hi i have Galaxy s3 ATT i747 unlocked and every ROM i install give me 3G.. If i leave stock ROM it gives me 4G with know problems.. Is there any fix i can do that will give me 4G and modem i can install. Im on tmobile network
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This may be correct. Do other ROMs switch between 3G and H+? Do you see 4G vice 4G LTE on stock rom? What download speeds are you getting on stock and other ROMs? With AT&T, HSPA was labeled 4G instead of H or H+. They had to add LTE to the 4G after LTE went online for them in order to differentiate a difference. The majority of places have HSPA labeled as H or H+ and LTE is considered true 4G. I have noticed that many ROMs will show 3G until data is received/sent and it switches to H+.