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Signal or RIL for the GS3?

Had AOKP and CM10 installed and each time I have to revert back to Stock or Kyan due to signal issues. Here is the situation, with any of the rom's build off the ucalem baseband that i have installed, I am always getting A LOT of loss of signal under Settings>battery>cell standby, But , when I have a stock or Kyan installed, there is no problem. I know from the nexus that this kind of stuff has to do with the RIL but yet I have not see anything here regarding this nor anyone else complain about the same thing. I am using bell SG3 with MVLLE8. Could the GB rom be reporting signal when in fact there is non, because a couple of times I have noticed that I had no signal but yet on the phone it was showing 2-3 bars then nothing. But using JB It just shows no signal and loads of time without signal. Would love ti get this figured out to be able to run AOPK or Cynaogen. I would flash the baseband, but I do not want any IMEI problems and also I have read that the ATT baseband does not support Dual Cell LTE here in Canada.

[Q] Custom Rom and 4G troubleshooting

Hello xda. I need some help with my GS3 and LTE. I rooted my phone on day one and have moved from rom to rom. I live in the SF Ba. Area and they are turning LTE on. Using sensorly I found some LTE areas, but my phone won't connect. I have tried different roms: CM10, Paranoidandroid, Ktoonsez, and now Liquid. I started with radio LJ9 and am now on LJ7.
I hope someone can give me a few ideas on what to try next. I heard updating the PRL can help, but I don't know how to do that.
Sorry if I did a poor job of searching, I am on my tablet, on 3G, and I couldn't find much

To update your profile and prl (prl is for roaming and doesn't effect lte).
menu -> settings (scroll to the bottom) -> system updates -> update profile / update prl
I'd odin stock JB or ICS and test LTE that way.
Though all of the ROMs you listed should have perfectly working LTE.
good luck

I flashed back to a Odex stock, and updated my profile and prl (just incase). I still don't seem to get any LTE.

FinalStar said:
I flashed back to a Odex stock, and updated my profile and prl (just incase). I still don't seem to get any LTE.
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Don't feel bad im goin thru the same thang had the phone four days rooted it the second day i had it NO LTE to date wtf sprints trippin
samsung GSIII rooted

I know! Don't you love paying 4G price for 3G service? Fo real!

Well I'm not 100 % on what fixed it but it suddenly started working. Speed seems a little slow. 5mbps up and down. Don't people get in the range of 10 to 20

FinalStar said:
Hello xda. I need some help with my GS3 and LTE. I rooted my phone on day one and have moved from rom to rom. I live in the SF Ba. Area and they are turning LTE on. Using sensorly I found some LTE areas, but my phone won't connect. I have tried different roms: CM10, Paranoidandroid, Ktoonsez, and now Liquid. I started with radio LJ9 and am now on LJ7.
I hope someone can give me a few ideas on what to try next. I heard updating the PRL can help, but I don't know how to do that.
Sorry if I did a poor job of searching, I am on my tablet, on 3G, and I couldn't find much
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On CM10 (and all AOKP ROMs based on it) eHRPD authentication is not working right yet. I think they're close to a fix, but for right now, if you're in an area with a weak LTE signal; you're gonna have some problems

I have a question for GS3 net work

SOS HELP
when I flashed AOKP's rom and using this rom almost half year
there has a crazy problem is about the T Mobile H+ signal
I remember that I used the stock rom showing the 4G icon everytime. and speed really fast.
but now I'm using the AOKP's rom when you using the H+ maybe just five minutes the network signal change to E(EDGE) or 3G
and network just stopped alittle while like 5-25 seconds then returned back to H+ or H
the problem make me crazy,
I searched in google sometimes but I didn't find any answer, maybe I just use wrong keyword on it.
so, anyone knows this issue? and how to solve that?
AOKP was released a 4g_signal.zip but it could not work right now on the android 4.2.2 ...
It happened every AOKP rom. when I flashed and use it
network signal is really instability.

It's not an issue.. the TMO S3 has only been supporting the HSPA+ bands at most and that is our 4G. When you flash an AOSP ROM it will display H+, which are the bands your on when your network is originally displayed as 4G on a stock ROM. H+ is displayed while data is being transferred. When no data is being transferred your data will bump down to UMTS or EDGE, which displays as your 3G, to conserve more battery. It's something you're gonna have to get used to on AOSP ROMs
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Actually, no it does not jump down to Edge when there is no data pull (and you'll use MORE battery, because its search for the 4G network). When there is no data pull, it will display (on custom ROMs) as 3G. When it pulls data, it will show either H or H+. You already know that T-Mo network (exception of the LTE cities) has no difference between their 4G and 3G.
Now, you said that you're getting edge every once in a while. Try flashing a new radio. But, I'm confused, because you said you're trying to flash a 4G zip onto 4.2. There hasn't been a 4G zip even for a long time on 4.1. It won't work with most 4.1 ROMs, as the last time I saw a 4G zip it was for a specific updated of AOKP. Anyway, how long has the issue been going on since you started dipping down to Edge at certain times?

Don_Perrignon said:
Actually, no it does not jump down to Edge when there is no data pull (and you'll use MORE battery, because its search for the 4G network). When there is no data pull, it will display (on custom ROMs) as 3G. When it pulls data, it will show either H or H+. You already know that T-Mo network (exception of the LTE cities) has no difference between their 4G and 3G.
Now, you said that you're getting edge every once in a while. Try flashing a new radio. But, I'm confused, because you said you're trying to flash a 4G zip onto 4.2. There hasn't been a 4G zip even for a long time on 4.1. It won't work with most 4.1 ROMs, as the last time I saw a 4G zip it was for a specific updated of AOKP. Anyway, how long has the issue been going on since you started dipping down to Edge at certain times?
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My mistake. That is what I was initially referring to. I should have said H+ displays AFTER data has been pulled. Thanks for clearing that up for me.
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[Q] I need help with my signal!

I have been in many many roms with my galaxy, from Touchwiz to cyanogenmode and liquidsmooth and many others, but one day, I recognize that my signal was really poor. I broke my screen and i replacement by my self i was really careful about didnt touching any other thing that was not part of the screen, but maybe, just maybe i scratch my antenna? There is anyway to check if my signal it's not good as before because of that? Also there are places where i have signal like my house and the speed is really fast, but there are also places where i have full signal and my speed is crap, and there are places were i lose my signal too frequently. I feel like my signal have been deplore slowly. Or it's just.. that sprint LTE is really bad?

first try updating your prl
next if youre on a MD4 TW rom, flash the md4 modem
also try updating your profile
if nothing works try one of the signal refresh apps from the play store
also it may be the rom
if none of the above helps its probably hardware related or it could just be that sprint is upgrading their towers and the one nearest to you is offline for the upgrade...

All AOSP based roms show's your true signal in the noti bar ( Data Bars )
TW JB has an extra signal so it looks like you have good signal but you don't.
Checking signal strength is in
About Phone > Status > Signal Strength.
Usually -75 to -99 is good to really good signal.
But if you think your actual signal is a little far-fetched. Download SpeedTestNET from
Google Play and look at your ups and downs.
My signal is around -80 dbm and my ups are 1 mb and my downs are 3-5 mbs ( It shucks :3 )
There are 3g / Wifi Speed Tweaks you can find around xda or google.
And if it has to come to it, if your on TW JB Rom, Turn off or Freeze your Sprint Connections Optimizer.
That auto connects to frequent used Networks, Wifi Terminals and towers that had the best connections for you before
and sometimes it'll connect to a good tower that's located really far ( I don't know why but I've experienced it... )
Use apps that recalibrate your Radio as well if it helps, A lot of people say it's not worth it, and sometimes it IS just a placebo
and it tricks ya but if it works it works.

Verizon PRL but only for talk.
Hey guys, I was wondering is there a way I can switch to Verizon's towers when I make a call, but only use Sprint's towers for data? didn't want to make a new thread about this in the Q&A since I can't actually post where the Sprint PRLs are yet, but I have horrible reception in my house. I roamed to Verizon's towers constantly when I switched PRLs a couple months ago and I got in trouble because I went over 300MB of data. Thank you all.

eisawi99 said:
first try updating your prl
next if youre on a MD4 TW rom, flash the md4 modem
also try updating your profile
if nothing works try one of the signal refresh apps from the play store
also it may be the rom
if none of the above helps its probably hardware related or it could just be that sprint is upgrading their towers and the one nearest to you is offline for the upgrade...
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I am gonna try this.. but what it's profile? i really dont get it..

Ambkor said:
I am gonna try this.. but what it's profile? i really dont get it..
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This. Menu > settings > System update

CNexus said:
This. Menu > settings > System update
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it's there is anyway to do that on Cyanogenmode or an AOSP rom?

sadly no... but your signal might be because your on an aosp rom... they arent as stable as touchwiz roms...

There's a few unofficial ported AOSP roms that have the sprint update feature, I'm not to sure which ones but i've seen them.
They only updates profile, im not to sure about PRL. It's best to update on a TW based Rom because it's easier, it takes
awhile switching between the two just to update though.
On a stock TW JB Rom, on home screen press your menu button.
Select Settings or System Settings.
Scroll all the way down and select System Updates.
Select Update PRL.
Wait for it to be done.
Select Update Profile.
Wait for that to be done.
Reboot your phone.
Make sure your data is connected, if it's slow be patient let it take time to update Profile and PRL.
Noted that as long as your on the Rom based on what firmware it is. ICS or JB. It doesn't matter which
modem you choose, just as long as its based on one or the other.
For example. Being on an MD4 Rom you'll still be able to have 3g / 4GLTE Data with an LJ7 Modem, or
LI3 rom with an LF9 modem. Remember changing your modem YMMV, or Your Mileage May Vary, almost everyone
who switches modems that have the best stability for them they either have better data speeds. Or They're not
being dropped as often or not at all when near a tower.
For me, around my area, using an MD4 Rom, I'm using the LJ7 modem, because all the other modems I have tried either
dropped my data ( Not connected to towers even though there's one near me. ) Or I'd have to reboot my phone just to get it back.
and when im on an AOSP Rom, I'm usually using LF9, Because i've tested my data speeds on it and that's the highest out of all i've used
+ I don't get my data cut off or dropped.
@ eisawi99
Most AOSP Roms have 3G and WiFi tweaks to help with stability. But the downer part of using AOSP Roms is it doesn't get along with
trying to connect to 4G LTE, I have 4G LTE in my area, when using a TW rom it'll instantly connect when ever it's got a strong signal.
While on an AOSP Rom, It rarely ever does even if im almost sitting next to it.
Sometimes it's also the APN's that are being configured via script tweaks. I usually just remove all my old APN's and use all of sprint's
APNs when ever i can't send or recieve a text or mms, but it'll also help with data connection stability too.

[Q] Not getting certain signals?

Hi, it's been a while since I posted on the forums. I've had a problem with this for a while now, but never bothered to ask you all. i don't get certain types of signal with the stock rom and aosp roms. For stock, I get 4g data, and I am able to make calls while roaming but not while I am on regular 1x (connects but I can't use it). Also, signal is iffy, sometimes it connects/randomly disconnects. For aosp, I get almost no signal, only roaming. I think that I didn't mess up my efs folder, my imei is still the same as the DEX on the back of my phone. Do you guys know what is wrong or how to fix this? I want to be able to use my phone again...

What modem are you on? Firmware or ROM? I'm using NE2 with rwilco's stock ROM and a GSM sph-l900 with t-mobile... I get 3G and 4G (hsdpa+)... before I use to get lte/3g/1x and I use roam control when I'm in an area where I know I don't have a good signal...