hi
i think that my m3100 is not working so well with the radio anymore due to a few connections needing to be resoldered, at least thats what i am hoping, does anyone know of a guide to help me through it or any clues?
thanks all
Is the unit insured? Would that be an easier route to go down?
yeah but before i spend the £50 excess i wanted to see if i could do this as i have all the tools at my disposal at work so can do it, i just don't know what i am looking for
Smith2001 said:
hi
i think that my m3100 is not working so well with the radio anymore due to a few connections needing to be resoldered, at least thats what i am hoping, does anyone know of a guide to help me through it or any clues?
thanks all
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You sure the radio is actually physically damaged?
mrvanx said:
You sure the radio is actually physically damaged?
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Good question, it would be a pretty unusual fault and I might suspect software first unless it's had a good battering!!
Mike
well i have tried flashing many types of radios, it has the latest bootloader 2.10, IPL 1.04 and many many different rom's and each 1 exhibits the same probem, the radio will fail when i move to a stronger signal area, or to 3g from gsm, or when i try to make a call. i only think its phyiscal as a few other people have said they get the same problems as me and find after opening it and "fixing" it it works once again.
Smith2001 said:
well i have tried flashing many types of radios, it has the latest bootloader 2.10, IPL 1.04 and many many different rom's and each 1 exhibits the same probem, the radio will fail when i move to a stronger signal area, or to 3g from gsm, or when i try to make a call. i only think its phyiscal as a few other people have said they get the same problems as me and find after opening it and "fixing" it it works once again.
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What did they fix?? and how?? There is a known issue that causes the phone to drop calls when moving in and out of 3G areas. The phone tries to swap to the "band" with the strongest signal 2 or 3G. Frequently folk report that when this happens they lose the call. The workaround here is to turn of 3g and only use GSM band. This can be done in settings or by using a "band switcher" perhaps danielherrero's one.
Mike
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Can someone help me understand if this is a general JJ issue, or a function of the AKU 3.2 Rom Update 1.90.96 (Radio 1.13.00). It's not identified in that thread:
Many of my JJ issues have been solved by turning off UMTS until I need it. My battery improvement is negligible (when measuring mA consumption), but the following used to manifest due to the phone's inability to switch between GSM and UMTS elegantly:
Calls frequently go to v.mail
Dialing results in 'Dialing...' message with no connection - or even worse I connect and other party can hear me even tho I believe it's not connected
Dialing results in 'This operation not allowed' or something like that
Several other issues I forget
All this went away when I turned off UMTS. My understanding is that UMTS and GSM are completely different functions, and the phone sees a UMTS signal and tries to switch to that. Unfortunately it's too weak and the phone does not know to give up and go back to GSM/GPRS. After around 15mins of battling, everything goes tits-up until I reset.
Is this something that everyone with moderate 3G/UMTS coverage experiences? Or is this a ROM/Radio version issue?
I have a very poor UMTS reception in my house and have the same problems. I have tried different radio roms. My current solution is just using GSM at my home and only UMTS at my workplace..
my too...
my case is similar. I had with radio 1.09 and now with 1.13. looks is a problem when you move between zones with umts and other only gprs and the phone gets crazy. I think is related new speed available form umts (1,8 and now 3.2) that are producing special situation in the device.
Thaks guys - more helpful than you know: I was considering a re-flash, and my JJ is SOOO customised I would have written off a week getting it all back into shape. The HSDPA change may also explain why I didn't have this issue with the first JJ in country in January, but am definitely having issues now.
craigiecraigie4 said:
Thaks guys - more helpful than you know: I was considering a re-flash, and my JJ is SOOO customised I would have written off a week getting it all back into shape. The HSDPA change may also explain why I didn't have this issue with the first JJ in country in January, but am definitely having issues now.
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If you reflash only your radio, you wont loose your data..
My reception is poor on the phone. If I stick a piece of wire into the antenna port, it improves. I have flashed to the Windows Mobile 6.5 ROM which I believe has an upgraded radio version and am still having problems. Does anybody have any suggestions?
Welcome to forums
Enter to the Universal Wiki and go to the fttp site, then you can download several radios.
The best way is to test the more you can till you get the one with best reception.
What version do you have?
Most recommended are 1.15, 1.17 and 1.18
Good luck,
Most ROMs don't have the radio included, you need to flash it separately. So, no, don't think your ROM came with upgraded radio included. Speaking opf upgraded radio - sometimes upgraded, as in higher in number/date of issue is not necessarily the best for your particular location/ROM combination, so my advice would be to test a few different versions and see which one performs the best in your location.
Thank you kindly for the assistance. It was this issue that led me to put my Universal away and get an Advantage, but once I found this website I decided to see if I could get some help in fixing the Uni. I was missing it
whelp I put the Radio 1.18 on and it did no good at all. I attempted to put the Radio 1.15 on, but the flash utility is showing a picture of a device that is not a uni and it is not working when I try it. I have downloaded the file from a couple of different places on here and it is labeled as Universal_radio-1.15.00
any assistance will be greatly appreciated up to and including my willingness to bear your child. As I am a male, this would be no easy feat so it should show the depth of my gratitude
I have 4 years with my Uni and tested a lot of ROM´s and radios and still have the bad reception problem.
Is something I can live with..., but in some areas reception is so bad.
Some are better than other. I discovered on my personal case that radio 1.08 and 1.18 are the ones that give me better signal and are not a battery eaters.
This must be also something to do with cell provider, on my case, Telcel sucks in terms of reception, and prices and, and....
problem is that it does not work at all in my office. maybe i can rig up an antenna that is on the inside of the phone
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whelp I put the Radio 1.18 on and it did no good at all. I attempted to put the Radio 1.15 on, but the flash utility is showing a picture of a device that is not a uni and it is not working when I try it. I have downloaded the file from a couple of different places on here and it is labeled as Universal_radio-1.15.00
any assistance will be greatly appreciated up to and including my willingness to bear your child. As I am a male, this would be no easy feat so it should show the depth of my gratitude
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Yes, some ROM upgrade utility apps will show Magician. If you downloaded a file labelled as Universal_radio - go ahead, it's all good and it is for your device, don't worry about the picture, however, follow the reset instructions for Uni, not the ones shown. Should work, don't see any reason not to. What is the message you are getting?
Rigging up an antenna should be the last resort. As far as reception is concerned, I can have only 1 bar showing or none at all, but that means I still have the reception, it's when I don't see 3G or the data connection attempts to connect and fails, I know there is a problem.
Interesting thing: we have a large mall and part of it has no reception whatsoever for my Uni, yet has some on other cellphones I use, but barely. So when I enter that area my GPRS and 3G connection disappears completely and restarts when I leave, I know exactly the location of the 'communications black hole'.
Can it be that your office blocks the GPRS? Can it be that your internal antenna is malfunctioning? What are the exact symptoms?
As for bearing children for me, I think it's the job better left to the professionals (women)
Forgot to mention, I don't have reception in my very own garage of all places! Drives me nuts!
that probably for the best since I wasnt sure where to begin. I went home and googled it and surprise surprise it's supposed to be darned near impossible (edit: me giving birth, that is)
my whole building is a blackout zone for my phone. other phones are weaker, but my uni is the only one I have seen that has no reception whatsoever. I got the radio 1.15 working and still no go.
I got the uni because I really need a phone that I can realistically work with Word and Excel on to save me the hassle of carrying around a laptop. I don't think anything will work besides a 'custom' internal antenna or maybe I just stick with the Advantage until the new rumored HTC clamshell comes out (assuming I can afford it)
DerUbermench said:
until the new rumored HTC clamshell comes out (assuming I can afford it)
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What you mean with this?
Please share your info about this!!!
orb3000 said:
What you mean with this?
Please share your info about this!!!
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=544734
don't get your hopes up. It's all a part of the rumors swirling around about the Leo and the Thoth since it looks like the Thoth will no longer be of the Advantage line
Thanks for that
Hopefully they really launch something similar to Uni!!
Alright, as a very last suggestion - try factory ROM, it comes bundled with Radio and Ext Rom, see what happens.
it's all a no go
looks like I am going to have to go to work on it.
Now all I need is a plasma torch, 50 feet of nylon rope, a hydraulic press, 17 ferrets, and a bible
After doing a Hard Flash for the first time from 1.43 to 148 and rebooting my HD2. Within several minutes my reception speed would change from 3G to GPRS and back again while on the go, this has never happen before and was wondering is there a way to have consistent 3G speed/reception or was there a fault during my flash?
Any suggestions or help would most helpful.
HD2 on T-Mobile UK.
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After doing a Hard Flash for the first time from 1.43 to 148 and rebooting my HD2. Within several minutes my reception speed would change from 3G to GPRS and back again while on the go, this has never happen before and was wondering is there a way to have consistent 3G speed/reception or was there a fault during my flash?
Any suggestions or help would most helpful.
HD2 on T-Mobile UK.
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Did you flash with SSPL / Gold card or with the HDSPL in-tacked?
EITHER WAY:
Press Phone Key>Options>GSM/UMTS Services:
Here select Band....then, "Get Settings"
The first tab should say GSM. Drop down menu option you want is WCDMA. This will force 3G all the time. However I don't recommend this setting as this will consume more battery.
Leaving it in 2G saves more battery and voice quality doesn't change....
hi,
maybe you flashed the radio part of the rom also, when you flash from 1.43 to 1.48?. im not sure, but you should check out this htc update, and try it. its a replacement for the radio portion of your rom only, and maybe fixing your problems. my singnal strengh has stoped to swing between full and no bars, and i have full bars most of the time, with this update.
regards mad.
madbird said:
hi,
maybe you flashed the radio part of the rom also, when you flash from 1.43 to 1.48?. im not sure, but you should read here about this htc update a try. its a replacement for the radio portin of your rom only, and maybe fixing your problems.
regards mad.
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Stock Roms include the Radio so if there was a change between one stock and the other then a change will occur...
There is nothing wrong with the radio band switching automatically though so unless you have bad reception, everything should be fine.
band27 said:
EITHER WAY:
Press Phone Key>Options>GSM/UMTS Services:
Here select Band....then, "Get Settings"
The first tab should say GSM. Drop down menu option you want is WCDMA. This will force 3G all the time. However I don't recommend this setting as this will consume more battery.
Leaving it in 2G saves more battery and voice quality doesn't change....
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You're a star, it works now plus it has enabled some app's that wasn't connecting before like the twitter app. Many thanks for your help guys!
umbrellaman08 said:
You're a star, it works now plus it has enabled some app's that wasn't connecting before like the twitter app. Many thanks for your help guys!
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You are so welcome, glad to know I could help..
band27 said:
Stock Roms include the Radio so if there was a change between one stock and the other then a change will occur...
There is nothing wrong with the radio band switching automatically though so unless you have bad reception, everything should be fine.
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ah ok so im in 'the wrong film' . and again i learnd somthing from this great forum.
mad
hello, I have a problem with my topaz GSM network, when I call or they call me the communication is choppy and eventually ends up cutting the call. Only happens with GSM, 3G operates luxury. I'm tired of changing radio and rom but no solution. Has anyone had this problem with the topaz? What should I do?
Thanks for answering.
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hello, I have a problem with my topaz GSM network, when I call or they call me the communication is choppy and eventually ends up cutting the call. Only happens with GSM, 3G operates luxury. I'm tired of changing radio and rom but no solution. Has anyone had this problem with the topaz? What should I do?
Thanks for answering.
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Would have to be a radio issue.
Almost sounds like a mismatched RIL.dll for your radio....
Keep flashing radios until you find one that works.
thanks for answering so fast.
I am looking for information about RIL but not what you mean I could do from there, could you explain?
muxaxo06 said:
thanks for answering so fast.
I am looking for information about RIL but not what you mean I could do from there, could you explain?
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I haven't messed around with Topaz radios so I'm not sure how they are extracting them, but on the Raphael, they split the RIL.dll.
I believe the RIL.dll is only an issue if you have flashed a radio from a different device, being CID unlocked of course.
So, I'm not sure what all you've flashed to your phone.
Worse case scenario, flash back to stock ROM, see if you still have the same issue and take it from there. remember to hard reset after you flash a ROM as well.
I have no idea if this has to do with the CID, but the phone was Vodafone. The release by IMEI. Today I'm learning new names xD. Thanks
Hi,
Im having problems with my HD2 signal. The problem is that it searches for my provider on startup for about 2 minutes and gets max 1 to 2 bars only on the second floor of my house, although when it has a connection it has 3G. Its mostly at no connection.
I have a second HD2 aswell and that is running okey even in the basement.
No warranty, so no point of suggesting that.
Ive flashed many differents roms and radios, didnt help.
Any suggestions I should try?
Where is the internal antenna located of this phone?
Thanks in advance!
try swopping sims to see ifs its the sim, assuming they are both on the same network
If not swop out the sim with one thats compatable
Naah, its not the problem of the sim, because one of the hd2 works perfect with my sim and the other doesnt with the same sim. So if the second one doesnt have a grudge against my sim then it should not be a problem of the Sim. Thanks for the advice although!
The question im quite interested at is where is the internal antenna of the HD2, I would like to check the connections.
It's a know problem with many HD2's i think some sort of bug in android. Switch to 2G network only in the settings and ull have full reception all the time.
Try to remove the battery over night, and then reflash with Radio-ROM and OS-ROM of your choice.
worked for me, no signal issues since I did this.
Soz, wrong theard :/
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Try to remove the battery over night, and then reflash with Radio-ROM and OS-ROM of your choice.
worked for me, no signal issues since I did this.
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+1 Definitely check the radio you are using.
Do you know what radio?
im having this same issue. it just happened yesterday. its not the sim card i know that for a fact. im running android on it nand. what is radios??
hi im jesus said:
im having this same issue. it just happened yesterday. its not the sim card i know that for a fact. im running android on it nand. what is radios??
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You can flash a different radio version just like you flash other stuff. Be careful and read the directions though because you can brick the device doing a radio flash.
Go to your phone settings and "about phone" and you should find your radio version. Most of us use 2.15.50.14.
Click here for the HTC HD2 Master Radio Thread
Read and find out what might be best to use for your carrier and or location. I used 2.15.50.14 because it was recommended by TMOUS users which I am. Some people test different radios and see which seems to work best for them.
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The radio controls stuff like your carrier signal, bluetooth, wifi, etc.
thanks i updated to 2.15.50.14 but im still having this problem . idk what else to try
Having some trouble with that also. So, the steps are:
Reflash Radio, than android and see if it works?
If it doesn't, anybody knows the best Radio for brazilian carriers? (Mine is Oi Santa Catarina)
Thanx.