Hi. i have some problems with my signal, i am AT&T, i can have all bars and the signal jump to no bars and then back to all bars, thats not all the time but it happend some times when i was using the phone. Is there a radio update that i can make or and radio Firmware that works better with AT&T in N.J. The phone works like a charm with 6.1 but i dont whant to go back to 2003 just to check if the problem persist, i have the phone just the way i like. Thanks.!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How's the new one holding up? Anything different from the other WM 2003 betas? What about the problems with SD cards getting erased for no apparent reason....has that been fixed? :-D
Well since its the T-Mobile test ROM, we got back the following:
Today screen plug-in that displays T-Mobile, Call Log and Voice Mail
SMS Message from the New menu is back
Battery Monitor is back on the task bar (the one at the bottom of the screen).
T-Mobile is being displayed as your carrier as it should on the phone display.
Battery life is much improved as with the other betas.
Your T-Mobile connection settings are back.
Its pretty stable to me haven't had any problems with Alarms, erased SD cards and the such.
HTH
I upgraded the ROM yesterday and kept the AT&T A.20.10 radio stack. It definitely seems more stable, although the signal strenght meter shows weak signal, but I have not had any problems connecting.
sskarlatos said:
I upgraded the ROM yesterday and kept the AT&T A.20.10 radio stack. It definitely seems more stable, although the signal strength meter shows weak signal, but I have not had any problems connecting.
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So it is the radio stack that controls the signal meter and not the ROM!
I also forgot to note that the SIM Tool Kit has been removed from the T-Mobile ROM.
Stability
I've had major stability issues ever since I installed the T Mobile rom on my Qtek P1010 (PW10A1, O2 Radio Stack 4.21.00).
The xda has crashed on me on many occassions, I've been stuck in the middle of a call without being able to hang up, have had issues taking a call, and even using the buttons.
Using the TMO rom on O2 XDA - stability seems fine - not yet erased an sd card, the GPRS works fine, but the phone buttons do not seem to answer or drop a call - I have to use the screen options.
Hmmm. I think I read the 4.00.05 beta had the phone button problem too. Or I could be wrong...
I've been using it for about 3 days now w/ no problems. About 100x better than my 3.17 ROM from TMO. It's about time I can rely on this thing. Call quality is much better and I no longer drop calls where I did w/ previous radio stack & ROM.
working fine for 24 hours.
I upgraded to 4.00.10ENG ROM and the 6.24 Radio stack yesterday. So far, it works great.
The signal meter is trending a little bit lower than when is was running the ATT radio stack, but the call quality is better.
Is it me, or has the ability to disconnect a GPRS connection gone away? I have to turn off the phone to break the connection.
Hi,
I have an O2 XDA Exec with the latest ROM version, on an Orange Pay Monthly SIM.
Anyway, im having two annoying problems with it;
Firstly, every now and then, if you have a few programs open and close them all, it wont go back to the Today page!! It will just keep the image of the last application on the screen! Today wont even come up if you goto Start > Today. Everything else works fine though, can open any programs etc from the Start Menu :?:
Secondly, the phone signal is rubbish!!! My old SPV C600 had no problems with signal (also running WM5), this one has low signal/looses signal all the time! And after a while it will just stop searching for signal, so i have to go to settings and tell it to search again!!! I constatly have errors trying to send messages due to no signal, and cant make calls due to no signal!! Also i dont recieve texts alot aswell! Which is un-acceptable from a device that is meant to be a "mobile phone" :roll:
Any ideas to solve?! Please help me!!
Thanks
Matty
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Hi,
I have an O2 XDA Exec with the latest ROM version, on an Orange Pay Monthly SIM.
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Secondly, the phone signal is rubbish!!! My old SPV C600 had no problems with signal (also running WM5), this one has low signal/looses signal all the time! And after a while it will just stop searching for signal, so i have to go to settings and tell it to search again!!! I constatly have errors trying to send messages due to no signal, and cant make calls due to no signal!! Also i dont recieve texts alot aswell! Which is un-acceptable from a device that is meant to be a "mobile phone" :roll:
Any ideas to solve?! Please help me!!
Thanks
Matty
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Hey Matt
what are your ROM versions? especially interesting in this case would be the Radio version. I think people round here have mentioned that different Radio versions have different signal reception levels.
I am using the O2 XDA 1.30 version with stock radio 1.00.09 and basically the reception's fine. There have been some comparisons on this forum as to different radio versions strengths and weaknesses.
Hi very similar to me, I switched off the 3G usage so it only uses 2G and everything was perfect again.
Now I only use 3G as and when I need it.
The problem as I see it, is that if there is a 3G signal, which in Orange's case appears to be nearly all the time the phone sticks with 3G even thought the signal strength isnt good enough fo voice, but is good enough for data (mainly because you tend not to be walking around) because of this the switching between 2G and 3G doesnt take place, hence no calls
Since swtiching of 3G my phone operations have been perfect.
I switched my Radio ROM from 1.03 (Orange Default) to 1.09 and noticed an improvement. Where I had no signal, it would flick between a signal with no bars and 1 bar with the 1.09 ROM.
I switched my Radio ROM from 1.03 (Orange Default) to 1.09 and noticed an improvement. Where I had no signal, it would flick between a signal with no bars and 1 bar with the 1.09 ROM.
As soon as i got the XDA i upgraded it to the latest O2 Rom, which has 1.09 Radio Rom... so i dont have anything to compare to!!
Any more suggestions?
turn off 3G if you dont need it.
send it back, you may have a loose connection.
are you saying a bad connection 100% of the time? ie you never have full bars?
Ok i'll try turning the 3G off (seeing as my SIM doesnt have 3G capability anyway! lol) How do i go about doing that?!
I do get full signal in places yes, its just the signal is utter crap on this phone compared to all of my past ones! Compared to an SPV C500 & C600 its rubbish!
start - settings - phone - band
change to your standard not auto. probably gsm rather than cdma.
do you get a bad reception with4 bars?
either way, I must say I have no problem with phone, but acknowledge many report poor phone performance.
hey guys...this is my first post here...
my pda2k keeps on dropping signals and sometimes halt during a call...
at first.....as instructed..2 time restarting solved the problem..
can you guys plzz help me out.......im using wm6
thnx in advance
What version of Radio do you using ? Try to upgrade to the last version.
my BA info is as follows
ROM version 5.60.00 WWE
radio version 1.12.00
well from where can i get the latest version of radio??
wel..i found it..and i am upgrading radio...
less see what happens
.....upgraded to 1.15.00
....no success......
im not the first one to have this problem..it ws in 2003. 2005 and now in wm 2006 now....
dunno what to do.....dont wanna throw away my pda2k
Maybe it is an hardware problem?
If your problem is in WM2003, WM5 and WM6, just get the phone to a repair or a recycle center....
but the thing is ..it was working fine....
and after installing a resh rom...it works for like 2 days with no problem...
im sure that its not hardware issue....
its the same problem....which everyone esle is having in this forum..abt signal dropping...dun think tat this harware problem can come to lot ov ppl at the same time...
the problem is with the phone company...
my pda2k also gives me similar problems...
but when i'm travelling to some other countries and using a local sim card there... i do not see any such problem... even while roaming sometimes... i do not see any problem with the current sim card.
i think it is the home service provider which has the problem.
If you have signal dropping, replace the flex cable.
The flex cable signal dropping is a common problem to any slide phone.
In fact I slide the phone halfway to test the signal if it will drop or not.
No signal drop means good flex cable.
Same case with Nokias and other phones.
I've had my friend's BA flex cable replaced and signal drop is solved.
also, one old battery can do that issue.
with my older battery, it used to cut connections sometimes. with the new one, keep connection.
hmm...but the thing is...that this fone was working fine in my country i.e Pakistan..but its giving problem here in canada.......and it actually came from canada before....
i dont know what to do....there were also issues like that with my imate-Pocket pc before...and now same is with PDA2k...
i have chaged a lot of sims...but no success.......
I personally believe that there is a bug on the radio dll.
If you are using WM2003, try this workaround to see if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340557
In your case, activate only the 1.900Mhz band or the 850 / 1900 band only. I believe that the former is better, though.
I've been only using it for the last 2 days, but so far so good.
JP
Well same problem here in Bulgaria. We have 3 Telecoms. Unfortunately i have subscription to one of them and some times like every couple of months I have the same problem. Green light blinking, but when someone is calling me - out of service. It rings, but after i pick up - it drops the call and gives "No service" This last for about a day or so. When i switch sim cards to another service provider - it works fine. The same thing happens when I travel from one town to another. I thing this is due to poor software configuration in the GSM towers. Overall for three years this happens to me like 10-15 times for couple of hours to one day. And I have this problem only with one provider only. No work around as far as i know.. Sorry
signal problem partially solved.
JPBRA said:
I personally believe that there is a bug on the radio dll.
If you are using WM2003, try this workaround to see if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340557
In your case, activate only the 1.900Mhz band or the 850 / 1900 band only. I believe that the former is better, though.
I've been only using it for the last 2 days, but so far so good.
JP
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Guys,
Definitely the problem is software. I'm from Brazil and my operator is TIM. I tried many ROMs (at least 10) with the same symptom: if the phone misses the signal, I get into troubles to find the signal again and it keeps finding another operator instead TIM (in my case it only finds Vivo - which is 850Mhz).
After those many trials, I found a ROM that solves the problem partially. It's the PV DVH 19701 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390008&highlight=19701 )
With this ROM, it still looses the signal when on a place where the signal is not present and don't find while returning to a place which the signal is present, BUT, I just tap the antenna on the top of the screen, tap settings > network and finally tap "find network" and VOILA, the signal is back without much pain!!
One more thing is a little change on the registry according to a recommendation from Microsoft. Using one registry editor, go to:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone and change the value for "Features" parameter from 204c7d8 to 206c7d8. Remember that before you change, you need to choose the view mode to hexadecimal.
That's it folks...have fun!
Is there anything to rectify the signal issues on the niki?
I have touch which has fine signal and dual which always loses signal gms and 3g.
they are both in the same place and i get drop outs from one second to the next.
I dont think i am running a special rom other than the original orange uk rom. i could be wrong mind...
same issue here
i am running nikki,s rom now and have tryed every radio on my mda touch plus but signal is very bad al the time with every radio version i think it is a issue off this phone or does anybody have tips to improve signal.
I am using a 7500 in London England and WM 6 (though it was the same under WM5). It is also the same if I switch a SIM from O2 to 3.
When I come from a place of zero GSM or 3G signal, such as leaving the underground train and coming to the surface, the phone refuses to pick up any signal again. This has never happened with other WM phones I have had - I also use the TyTN II for example, which is just fine.
I can wait for hours, but it refuses to locate another signal. I have to shut down the phone, then start it up again. In fact, there is plenty of signal.
It is starting to get annoying.
Anyone with experience of this? Any solutions?
thanks
rjstep3
What Radio do you have installed
There are links to radio 1.57 and 1.58 on the following page which seem to have improved phone reception and battery life
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=353
Remember to back up your files as this resets the rom
thanks for that. I have radio 1.50 at the moment so I'll see if this improves things.
rjstep3