I'm looking for the best radio. I have the T-mo S3 currently running PAKangs 1.40 rom (4.1.2). Reception in my area isn't that great especially in certain spots. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Your best bet is to try different ones and see which works best for you. Different people have different results depending on the area they are in, in fact some people go so far as to keep different radios on their SD for when they plan to be in another area for a while.
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Thetenthdr said:
Your best bet is to try different ones and see which works best for you. Different people have different results depending on the area they are in, in fact some people go so far as to keep different radios on their SD for when they plan to be in another area for a while.
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Thanks is there a thread for radios? Thanks in advance
Citadel69 said:
Thanks is there a thread for radios? Thanks in advance
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Not sure. But I'd recommend you start with the newest radio and work your way down until you're happy. The new radio released yesterday seems to be giving everyone decent results.
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There is a sticky thread in dev for modems.
But the latest one isn't in the op. So go to the last page and work backwards until you find a link. I think I posted it in there.
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Like the title implies I picked up a telstra(sp) nexus, I was wondering if anyone can point me in the proper direction of what radio I should use. I'm located in the northeast(Vermont to be exact). I'm obviouslly using att, I'm new to the radio swapping as I've always had att branded phones. I did the best I could search wise and didn't find much. I'm using my note since my computers down for now........
Sorry for being a newb!!
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Are you noticing bad performance with the current radio?
There's no perfect radio. I'm using XXKK6 on T-Mo with good results. There aren't a whole bunch of radios, you could just flash each one and see which is best for you.
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Are you noticing bad performance with the current radio?
There's no perfect radio. I'm using XXKK6 on T-Mo with good results. There aren't a whole bunch of radios, you could just flash each one and see which is best for you.
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It hasn't arrived yet, just checking prematurely. Ill give that a shot. Thanks for the reply!
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It hasn't arrived yet, just checking prematurely. Ill give that a shot. Thanks for the reply!
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Just try it out. If you're not happy with the performance its very easy to flash a different radio and compare. There's no perfect radio for everyone.
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I am running aerovan's cm 10-20121003 with 2.6.35.14 ae14 kernel and radio 1.09.01.0622 I've got between -83 and -95 dBm signal strength when I check. I ask you guys, who I consider experts compared to me, if there is any reason for me to flash a different radio. If the answer is yes then a suggested radio would be a welcome addition to your answer. Oh and thanks in advance.
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I am running aerovan's cm 10-20121003 with 2.6.35.14 ae14 kernel and radio 1.09.01.0622 I've got between -83 and -95 dBm signal strength when I check. I ask you guys, who I consider experts compared to me, if there is any reason for me to flash a different radio. If the answer is yes then a suggested radio would be a welcome addition to your answer. Oh and thanks in advance.
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It couldn't hurt but those are pretty good numbers you're getting, I wouldn't expect a lot better
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So the short answer is no.
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Derp
The short answer is try it and see
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The short answer is try it and see
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Yeah, you can always flash back. It's easy. Rename it, put it on root of sd, reboot into bootloader and let it do its thing. Be sure to rename again and put it somewhere else or delete it once you are done. Otherwise anytime you boot into bootloader it will try to flash again, which some say is bad. If you don't know how to do it, check the stickies.
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I'm great at reading stickies. I was just wanting to know what the benefits of flashing a new radio really were. Like I said I'm pulling good service. I was just trying to figure out the benefit vs. potential risks of flashing a radio. It does seem like the risk is relatively low, but I really haven't seen the benefit side of it.
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I'm great at reading stickies. I was just wanting to know what the benefits of flashing a new radio really were. Like I said I'm pulling good service. I was just trying to figure out the benefit vs. potential risks of flashing a radio. It does seem like the risk is relatively low, but I really haven't seen the benefit side of it.
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The reason we say try and see is because benefit varies. Some don't notice any. I'm not sure I do. Others see better battery, signal, performance, ect. Nothing about this phone is consistent for everyone. One person swears a rom is flawless and another can't get it to boot. If you think your phone performs well enough I would not bother.
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I did end up updating the radio. I haven't seen any noticeable change. So for me it was pointless from a performance stand point, but from the experience stand point it was worth it. The slight moment of panic when the phone doesn't make it past the splash screen before all of the different advice from what I've read on the forums kick in and I go into recovery and wipe the delvak which I had forgotten and the cache and everything booted up great.
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Agreed. It's good to learn. Helps ease your mind about trying things.
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Hi , I'm currently using Lg g2x
and it seems like this phone is a good option for me right now.
i have a few question for the phone.
1. How are the driver and development support for this phone? ( both from samsung and devs)
my g2x is a pain right now because LG did not release enough drivers and we have no fully working ICS/JB and developments are dying....
2. Are there screen burn in problems?? (This was the major reason why I tried to avoid AMOLED phones)
3. what is your general opinion?
Thank you
This phone and the dev support kicks ass. I had no qualms about keeping this through the S3 cycle, and every time I think I want to upgrade, I'm reminded that this phone does everything I want it to do.
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Ex-G2X user here. By all means, go for it if you have a bargain! This is a sweet phone, so stable compare to the G2X.
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Dev support is killer!! You'd be crazy to not switch to an S2 or S3.
Im an ex g2x user also and I'd totally make the switch if i were u also
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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How are the burn-in problems?? Is it a major issue?? That's the only factor that's keeping me away from buying the phone
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Never heard about that happen on this phone
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id say if you can switch phones and keep the g2x make the jump that's still a good phone if you ask me i dont get rid of my phones i love to have back ups and stay in tune with the development just in case something comes up and it looks tasty flash it !! lol
Thank you all for respoding back to me
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I'll take a thanks lol
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X g2xers unite. Yay baby!
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well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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well I just got my SII X from koodo today, seems like a great device.
Just gonna wait 14 days for the warranty, and I will jump straight into custom roms.
stock seems bit choppy?? oh well just 13 more days(gonna be a long time)
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Good for you! Welcome to the team!
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Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
jnhsd0319 said:
Oh I was reading development thread and I saw that some ROMS need to flash radio? and I read about people flashing radio file. (ULV..etc)
What is it? is it necessary? are there ROMS requiring specific radios? Thanks!
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I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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I'm in Canada as well(however with Wind Mobile) and so far the stock koodo or Telus radio suits the best(most reliable, no data drops, etc). You may try different radios from the thread below to see if any of those works better for you with your provider. The stock koodo is there too if you wanna go back to that.
Radios in general affect the mobile signal, data connection and wifi signal. On a side note, the Telus Jellybean release is just around the corner for our device (April), we will see how is the bundled radio performs once it drops.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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so it's only for people with bad signal or weak wifi after flashing roms?? Thanks for the info!
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Flashing a custom rom(unless stated otherwise by the rom developer) won't touch your radio. So in theory your signal and other radio characteristics will remain the same. However based on the feedback in the radio thread some radio performs better for some user depending on their location(most of them are US based Tmobile customer). So it's about trial and error, try them and see if you have better results with different ones (signal, ping, download/upload, voice quality, battery life).
For Wind mobile here in my location (Ottawa) the koodo radio is the champ.
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Currently running 7/3 Vanilla rootbox Nightly, and I believe it's using LJC modem, should I bother flashing the MD5 modem? I applied some build.prop speed tweaks in terms of hspa+42 and within my household, I noticed increased speeds (1-3mb/s) but it's not always consistent. My upload speed definitely went up, seeing consistent 2-3mb/s compared to 1-1.5. I do live in an apartment so I don't know how well hspa+ penetrates compared to wimax (I came from sprint).
I will be heading to work later today and can throughly test speeds, but I would imagine my area gets hspa+42. I live in Chino California, 91710. If anybody has any tips/advice as far as what speed tweaks to apply or if flashing md5 is worth it, please let me know.
Unless its been reported on the map in my modem thread, the only way to know which is the best modem for you is to test them. Some folks still get the best results from the LH2 ICS radio.
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Unless its been reported on the map in my modem thread, the only way to know which is the best modem for you is to test them. Some folks still get the best results from the LH2 ICS radio.
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That's the thing though, there isn't really ANYTHING reported in my area. Just a cluster of 4 points with no data. Loved your idea to document it all, but it went poorly utilized by the people (
I get my best results from UVLJ4. An ICS radio, there were no logs by my area but I remember getting my best speeds around October, which was this modem.
Working much better than the other latest releases.
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Its been a while since I've had to look at the msp myself. Ill try to look soon and clean it up a bit if there's any points with missing data.
It started out strong but I think people just started being lazy about it and wanted to use its benefits without contributing to it. And there's a lot of folks who will never know that there is a lot of great info in that thread because they never read op's! They just download the newst and then flash.
I'd like to see more folks contibute to it again so if you ever see someone asking about modems maybe mention it to them if you want. I could be a fantastic resource, but can only become that with community contributions.
Even if you can't or don't want to test all the modems (and I fully understand this!), Some data is better than none!
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Its been a while since I've had to look at the msp myself. Ill try to look soon and clean it up a bit if there's any points with missing data.
It started out strong but I think people just started being lazy about it and wanted to use its benefits without contributing to it. And there's a lot of folks who will never know that there is a lot of great info in that thread because they never read op's! They just download the newst and then flash.
I'd like to see more folks contibute to it again so if you ever see someone asking about modems maybe mention it to them if you want. I could be a fantastic resource, but can only become that with community contributions.
Even if you can't or don't want to test all the modems (and I fully understand this!), Some data is better than none!
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When I have time I'd love to try. It won't mess up my ROM right? If not I'll flash every one And try. I don't get out much besides work but I'll try anyway and definitely refer to your thread. I'm surprised there isn't more contributions to it tbh
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Nope, its completely separate from the rom and shouldn't affect anything but signal related things.
Still nandroid before trying them. Things can happen. Never seen any need for one when flashing modems, but there can always be a first time!
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Nope, its completely separate from the rom and shouldn't affect anything but signal related things.
Still nandroid before trying them. Things can happen. Never seen any need for one when flashing modems, but there can always be a first time!
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I shall start tomorrow. And definitely add to your list once I reach a verdict
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Modems
So far I've only tried the MD5, JA and JC versions, I don't think the MD5 is that great since it drains my battery much faster than the two other ones.
So far li8 works the best for me, but that's at my house. Going out tomorrow and testing them all
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Are there any 4.1.2 or newer roms with LTE? Just got LTE on Tmobile in my neck of the woods. TMO. says I have to update to 4.1.2 to get it. Tried a couple roms and so far no LTE.
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Are there any 4.1.2 or newer roms with LTE? Just got LTE on Tmobile in my neck of the woods. TMO. says I have to update to 4.1.2 to get it. Tried a couple roms and so far no LTE.
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Do you have the T999L? (which should already be 4.1.2) Otherwise you will never get LTE.
Dude we already answered this for you. You have the T999, Not the LTE capable T999L, right?
Its not gonna happen no matter how many roms you flash. They have nothing to do with your actual connection anyway. Thats what the modems are for.
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Dude we already answered this for you. You have the T999, Not the LTE capable T999L, right?
Its not gonna happen no matter how many roms you flash. They have nothing to do with your actual connection anyway. Thats what the modems are for.
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I was not looking for the speeds just the toggle that I mentioned earlier. Found what I was looking for any ways thanks for criticizing and not helping in the least.
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I was not looking for the speeds just the toggle that I mentioned earlier. Found what I was looking for any ways thanks for criticizing and not helping in the least.
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Don't see where I criticized you, unless youre talking about where I pointed out that we had already answered your question.
Glad you found what you wanted, but you didn't ever mention anything about toggles. You seemed like you were only looking for a rom that would enable lte on your phone. My answers were meant to inform and help, but your choosing to ignore them is no reason to conclude I wasn't helping.
Good luck in your endeavors.
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I was not looking for the speeds just the toggle that I mentioned earlier. Found what I was looking for any ways thanks for criticizing and not helping in the least.
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You made it sound like you wanted LTE speeds though.
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Are there any 4.1.2 or newer roms with LTE? Just got LTE on Tmobile in my neck of the woods. TMO. says I have to update to 4.1.2 to get it. Tried a couple roms and so far no LTE.
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He did ask for A Rom for Lte, ON a NON Lte t999 , when he figured out he was once again wrong in his questioning he changed his story and bailed! !
NOOB:what:
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