I had purchased a second hand o2 xda neo. It had wm 5 on it . I updates it with wm 6.1 roms available here.I find that the gsm reception is very poor inside my home.I dont know whether this happened after the update. In my office it is quite good. Even when I am outside i have no problem. Only in my home the signal is very weak. can this be corrected by some registry tweaks or some software. or is it a hardware problem. and if so can i get it repaired. pls help...
what rom are you using and what radio was recommended for use with it. Sounds like a radio issue to me but plz tell me rom and radio. you can experiment using different radios found on the wiki to see whatworks best.
you can flash different radios without loosing data on the device.
I have tried with 2.19, 2.47, 2.69 roms. but no effect. I am trying today 2.07 let me see if that helps. Does IPL/SPL effect the singnal strength?
mmm it might be just one of those things, in that there is interferance within your house (my house is made from granite so reception is very poor), if recpetion is good elsewhere it is unlikely to be radio.
Is there 3G network there? The quality of service on 3G can be unpredictable at best of times.
Signal is not effected by IPL/SPL to my knowledge.
The results of 2.07.20 radio rom. It shows good signal but i feel that it does not update it when the signal is poor. In my office signal is good. So it showed full strength. I went home. There too it showed full strength. when i did soft rest to clear my doubt the signal was poor as in previous roms. Do you think that the antenna has some problem. Can it be replaced. i find an opening above the mirror( near the camers lens) for car antenna. Can this help? if so how?. 3G network is not available in my country(INDIA)
hey,
i think u might have to accept that the signal is just crap in your house... a bummer i know, but if youve tried various radios and signal is good elsewhere, it cant be the internal ariel.
have u tried flashing another rom, more recent build?
Not sure it will help but you never know... at the end of the day, signal is never constant in any one place.
But friend. The signal is good in other phones. If the signal is crap then it should affect other phones too.
I should have also said that the signal is never constant betwenn too phones in the same place. It depends on antenna hardware and the location of it, like signal is reduced whislt making a call if you place your hand and fingers in the wrong place.
I think it unlikely that is a hardware issue if your signal is fine in other areas. Sorry my friend i dont know what else to suggest having tried radios and roms.
The prophet is getting a little long in the tooth now, so be time for an update?
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Just wondering, I've heard mumbles here and there that wifi on the 8525 is quite poor. The reason I want to make sure is because I recently updated my ROM and stuff from the factory installed cingular ones to the newest ATT ones offered on HTC's site. For the short time that I had the factory ROM, i could get a fairly good signal, but now that i have the newest rom and radio and all that, I can barely get a good signal practically anywhere. I'm one floor, directly above the router and I can get a 'very good' signal with my computer and my other pda, but i can hardly get one bar with my 8525. is the wifi really THIS bad? i have the settings set to best performance and i've tried nearly everything on this forum.
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Just wondering, I've heard mumbles here and there that wifi on the 8525 is quite poor. The reason I want to make sure is because I recently updated my ROM and stuff from the factory installed cingular ones to the newest ATT ones offered on HTC's site. For the short time that I had the factory ROM, i could get a fairly good signal, but now that i have the newest rom and radio and all that, I can barely get a good signal practically anywhere. I'm one floor, directly above the router and I can get a 'very good' signal with my computer and my other pda, but i can hardly get one bar with my 8525. is the wifi really THIS bad? i have the settings set to best performance and i've tried nearly everything on this forum.
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This has been dealt with before - generally the range is 10 to 15 metres with perhaps 1 to 2 interior walls between. Beyond that is very dodgy.
Mike
if i went back to the original radio do you think that would make it work better again? if so, how would i do that?
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.
Hi, in my country there is Only GSM 900mhz Signal. So I don't care 3G.
I have recently acquire a HTCTouchCruise. What happens is that the signal strength is very Low. For Example in indoors there is no signal at all where my Blackberry8320 works like a charm.
The original ROM that came was Aserg In Russian. I don't Speak Russian..
What do I do was to upgrade to Sirius uDk R7. The same situation almost no Signal. NO improvement at all. The camera was not working until I change to Radio version 1.59.x.x. Even with 1.59 No signal improvement ....
The solution seems to be a Murata Radio Version. But R7 requires a Radio version 1.59.x.x but all Murata version I found was for 1.58.x.x. Even with Murata 1.58.25.14 or 1.58.21.23 the signal was the same.
What I am asking is some successfully configurations that IMPROVE RADICALLY the signal. My TouchCruise looks like an IPOD with poor signal...
ROM VERSION???
RADIO VERSION????
Some tips and Solution.
THANKS in ADVANCE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=470510
Why is this your recommendation to improve signal??????
Sorry, i was in a hurry.. Why does this ROM will be the best for improve my signal. Did you have the same trouble and this one help you???
THANKS!!!!!!!!!!!
You can use any ROM based on 1.31 or 1.60 drivers with 1.58.xx.xx murata Radio ROM.
ROMs based on 3.13, 3.18 or 3.19 drivers only work with 1.59.xx.xx Radio ROMs.
Sascha
I will give it a try and then will post the result....
Posting results....
Hi folks... NEED HELP....
First or all I installed the original rom
* RUU_Polaris_HTC_SPA_3.13.412.0_radio_sign_25.85.30.07_1.59.42.15_Ship.exe
In a short story the same NO signal in my phone where almost any phone catch signal. Cant try 1.58.x.x Radio because they were designed for 1.60 drivers.
then I pass to
* c_shekhar_Pola_16021014aCS_Build21014_Public.rar
I made every step posible. Downgrade the Radio version and then Installed the ROM. No change!!!!
Tried then
* Radio_Murata_PPAS_1.58.21.23 and then * Radio_Murata_1.58.25.14. Nothing change also...
The rom is great but the same signal.
If I try to catch the signal inside my room what i get is "Denied, Searching" but if I go outside I catch the signal and can call and check balance. As soon as I enter in to the House the signal remain the same but the phone is not reachable. If I try to check balance inside Home with the signal that remains from outside is says:
"Waiting......
Session Terminated"
Please could someone indicate me what to do to recover signal I leave in a City so lost signal here is no usual.
Hi, hell.cu
There is No point in updating two threads. Looks like you have a hardware problem. Get in 'touch' with HTC support as there seems to be no solution available at present with software. Good Luck ....!
that is too bad.. I cant get back to HTC. i didnt buy there... So there is no solution????
Hi people. Just to inform you that havent found any solution... Just send the phone back. Too bad it was a really nice phone.
I love my BlackBerry 8320 so I maintain this phone.
For the record I believe that HTC makes good phones, desing, funionality and even software. But I have seen to many problems also in hardware respect HTC phones. First was a Excalibur and know is the Polaris.
No luck over here...
Maybe there is just no witchcraft to do my friend.
Maybe the signal strength is just the way it is and can't be improved.
I have same problem here and noticed that it is very depending on the weather how strong the signal is.
If you have the same trouble you wouldn't have that phone. Just in the House i have no signal. It is like if i doesn't have phone at all.
Only in the middle of the street i have signal.
hell.cu said:
If you have the same trouble you wouldn't have that phone. Just in the House i have no signal. It is like if i doesn't have phone at all.
Only in the middle of the street i have signal.
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have you tried playing around with your Settings/Phone? there is a band selection that can be selected either manually or automatically.
Yes I play around like a monkey. But nothing seems to change the Signal strength. I think that some (not all) Polaris has this issues.
Thanks for the reply. You could also check http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=3348474
I'm on the 3 network in Australia and I find my reception is quite poor.
I understand 3's network coverage isn't as amazing as Telstra or Optus, but it is meant to be strong around the CBD, which mine isnt. Other friends on the network using non-htc handsets have perfect reception in places I don't. This leads me to believe it might be my radio. Even when roaming reception will drop out occasionally.
I have Radio-3.22.20.17. Are there any other Australian 3 users here? What radio are you using? How is your reception? Would a 6.35 radio be better? I've searched XDA, Google, etc and couldn't find decent radio information for the Magic, only found some for the Hero.
Thanks,
Anyone able to help?
i don't know much about the radio side of things, but is there anything else that could be affecting your reception?
do you have a cover on your phone?
does reception improve if it's removed?
have you contacted 3 to see if there might be a fault with your phone?
I have a cover, but reception isn't affected with it on or off. I've also had the phone checked and its fine.
I want to test a new radio/rom to see if it improves but I don't want to go back to Android 1.5 and there are no 100% working 2.1 roms, so I'll have to wait.
Are there any threads similar to this one? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=563757
Hi there,
I'm from Australia as well. I used to use the new radio to be able to flash the cursorsense rom and it works great. Inside my office, most of the time I didnt get any reception at all but with the new radio, it did.
i switched back to the old radio to use another rom though. (at that time, rom for the new radio is not that much). at the moment, my mobile phone is roaming
you might want to try the new radio (I believe this takes more space than the old radio as my internal space just disappeared). however be careful with that, i think it's the error in flashing of radio n spl that can cause you to brick your phone.
lagu805 said:
Hi there,
I'm from Australia as well. I used to use the new radio to be able to flash the cursorsense rom and it works great. Inside my office, most of the time I didnt get any reception at all but with the new radio, it did.
i switched back to the old radio to use another rom though. (at that time, rom for the new radio is not that much). at the moment, my mobile phone is roaming
you might want to try the new radio (I believe this takes more space than the old radio as my internal space just disappeared). however be careful with that, i think it's the error in flashing of radio n spl that can cause you to brick your phone.
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I ended up trying CursorSense. I hate Sense UI so I removed it, but I didn't notice any signal difference. I also ran Before and After speedtests numerous times and averaged them and the new radio was slower for me
so sorry to hear that...
well, at least i finally found someone from australia using magic and a member of xda as well..
I've not used my Magic on 3, but I can relate to your signal issues on their network. The only contract phone I ever had was with them and I regretted it, call drops and poor signal no matter where I was, I used to work in the stock exchange building, you'd think a phone would have awesome signal there but I'd be stuck on 1-2 bars Sorry to say it, but I think you can blame 3, not your phone.
Ok... Here's the deal. I actually have signal but its extremely weak.
IN THE HOUSE ( BEFORE: always signal 3-4bars, NOW: basically no signal) .
OUTSIDE (BEFORE: full bars, NOW : 2-3 bars with an occasional 1 bar)
DRIVING (BEFORE: basically full bars, NOW: fluctuates 4 to 1 bars with various dead spots, which is very uncommon)
Does this sound like a hardware problem, radio rom issue, or something i am completely unaware of?
Im also noticing that my phone is the only device that does not pick up the Wifi signal in the house?
UPDATE: No signal in the house or outside? Data connection is ON.
If i go to SETTINGS then go to MOBILE NETWORKS, it shows that DATA ENABLED is checked.
it could also be a radio problem? try the above solution, if not then we'l proceed in trying to help.
Data Connection is on, BUT no signal reception inside and , now , even outisde the house. No matter what changes i make in "Mobile Networks", nothing changes there. Wifi scanning in the house is non existant but works in commercial settings that have an open source.
Noob Dude said:
Ok... Here's the deal. I actually have signal but its extremely weak.
IN THE HOUSE ( BEFORE: always signal 3-4bars, NOW: basically no signal) .
OUTSIDE (BEFORE: full bars, NOW : 2-3 bars with an occasional 1 bar)
DRIVING (BEFORE: basically full bars, NOW: fluctuates 4 to 1 bars with various dead spots, which is very uncommon)
Does this sound like a hardware problem, radio rom issue, or something i am completely unaware of?
Im also noticing that my phone is the only device that does not pick up the Wifi signal in the house?
UPDATE: No signal in the house or outside? Data connection is ON.
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You say before and after, but you don't say before and after what. Did you change radio, change ROM, change bootloader etc.? Or has it just randomly started happening?
referring to 7/5/12 and 7/6/12 to now.
Things ive done:
Problem started on previous rom. (coredroid) so i figured i would change roms and radio roms.
installed radio rom 2.15. but with rom change and radio change, still had current problem.
As of yesterday evening it would work somewhat consist when i was outside, but signal fluctuated alot.
The minute i got back into the house, i would lose complete signal. (very very rarely would it get a limited signal)
And today, i have only had signal one time. None outside. Is there a recommended radio rom i should install?
Or is it simply the sim card needing replaced due to abrasion on it. (one is being shipped now)
Trouble shooting #2
Swapped out the sim card and placed in my HD Desire and signal is fine on the HD Desire.
But still highly limited signal when the sim card is placed in the HD2. (basically no signal)
What can the problem be? Faulty antenna? Hardware issue?
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Swapped out the sim card and placed in my HD Desire and signal is fine on the HD Desire.
But still highly limited signal when the sim card is placed in the HD2. (basically no signal)
What can the problem be? Faulty antenna? Hardware issue?
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Please refer to the following thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180