Answer me this question... I was on Damage 2.1 Eris leak rom and running fresh's latest radio update and was struggling to get 2-3 bars of EV and after flashing back to 1.5(Gumbo's Bare version) to be exact, i am now getting almost full EV signal steadily I never had an issue getting 1X reception obviously as that's the basic coverage. Not that i'm complaining but what gives? I flashed back planning on following Avalaunch's tip to go back to 1.5 to update prl automatically and then nandroid back to 2.1. This occurred before i did any such update however...
1. Bars mean nothing.
2. Damage only maxes out at 4 bars.
MENU -> SETTINGS -> ABOUT PHONE -> NETWORK
Look at the signal strength here to see what it really is. Don't trust the bars, the bars are a lie! (like the cake)
abcdfv said:
1. Bars mean nothing.
2. Damage only maxes out at 4 bars.
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I apologize I forgot to mention that I did verify in network status so i verified my dBm value is steadily lower(better) -85 to be exact than it was with damage(-95 dBm) on average. and actually i flashed a different task bar on Damage that showed the original 6 bars which is where i'm drawing my observation from.
Actually, I'm with OP on this subject. I tested every 2.1 ROM with the new Radio. I flashed to 1.5 to update the profile and PRL, and then flashed back to 2.1. I then flashed back to 1.5 because I wanted to use Darkstar (theme). Now, you may or may not know, but every 2.1 ROM and Darkstar both use 4 bars. Well, in 1.5 I almost ALWAYS have more bars compared to the 2.1 ROM's. I even confirmed my signal by looking the Network settings menu.
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Actually, I'm with OP on this subject. I tested every 2.1 ROM with the new Radio. I flashed to 1.5 to update the profile and PRL, and then flashed back to 2.1. I then flashed back to 1.5 because I wanted to use Darkstar (theme). Now, you may or may not know, but every 2.1 ROM and Darkstar both use 4 bars. Well, in 1.5 I almost ALWAYS have more bars compared to the 2.1 ROM's. I even confirmed my signal by looking the Network settings menu.
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where is this theme?
here's the taskbar i use http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=5900644&postcount=221
so that taskbar will work on darchs 4.1?
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so that taskbar will work on darchs 4.1?
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That i can't verify. I would think since it's 2.1 as well it should but i make no claims... nandroid nd try is all i can say. But it definitely gives u a level field for comparing signal reception between roms since it's the same icon as stock.
I've been playing around with all the posted mods and themes under the Hero CDMA forums and unless I'm mistaken all of the taskbars with a 6 signal indicator are nothing more than a remapped 4 signal indicator so you will never see any odd number of signal bars.
Also, it's possible that differences in signal between 1.5 and 2.1 could could have to with the epst.apk. I noticed I can access and modify programming through ##3282# just fine under 1.5 but under 2.1 I always get a FC.
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so that taskbar will work on darchs 4.1?
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That i can't verify. I would think since it's 2.1 as well it should but i make no claims... nandroid nd try is all i can say. But it definitely gives u a level field for comparing signal reception between roms since it's the same icon as stock.
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I don't think that taskbar will work with Darch since it is Legend based and that is a droid eris based task bar (I'm running it as well)
when you guys flash back to 1.5 what are you wiping? ext/dalivik only? just curious
Chad
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I don't think that taskbar will work with Darch since it is Legend based and that is a droid eris based task bar (I'm running it as well)
when you guys flash back to 1.5 what are you wiping? ext/dalivik only? just curious
Chad
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No, it's not the difference in bars.
I just checked my phone outside (I should theoretically have full bars outside), and my CM6 was consitently getting 5+ dBm's higher than a stock here running 1.5 on 60671 PRL.
Indoors my CM6 may get 3 dBm's lower than the other one.
Also, I don't know what this means but my CM6 Hero always has 0 asu where as the Stock one will 9 or more.
Also, the CM6 is MUCH stabler when showing dBm and keeps the same one throughout where as the Stock one will be random at times.
I don't think this means anything but the CM6 hero has a TPU case where as the Stock one has a silicone one.
Of course the case can have some affect on the signal.
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went from -79/-86 in my room on fresh 2.4 to -89/-102 on cm6.
dunno if it makes a difference, but on fresh it says my carrier is cdma evdo rev.a or something like that, and cdma rtt 1x on cm6.
garbonzo134 said:
went from -79/-86 in my room on fresh 2.4 to -89/-102 on cm6.
dunno if it makes a difference, but on fresh it says my carrier is cdma evdo rev.a or something like that, and cdma rtt 1x on cm6.
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RTT 1x is the lower-grade signal. It's what a "normal" cell/flip phone style uses for signal. EVDO Rev. A is 3g speeds. So it makes sense that you have better signal on 1x. It means your phone can't find a 3g signal (not available in all areas) and went to a standard cell tower reception.
You might want to remove the fresh pri or prl fix that he includes and update profile and prl/pri. I forgot which one it is. Also flashing a newer radio might help.
Watch out!!!!!!!
Dual Boot is coming soon with a linux and windows script that fixes the issues with CM6.
This will be a temporary script until a new recovery or app is made to streamline the whole process
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Of course the case can have some affect on the signal.
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Cover you phone in a few layers of foil and copper, call it case, come back here, and tell me that.
It's been a minute since I've used my dinc because I have been using my Thunderbolt almost exclusively.. soooo I was wondering what you guys are using or think is the best combo. Radio I'm the most curious about!
Love being back on the dinc due to its nice and small size!!
Thanks
Omgb rom and incredikernel
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My general advice; go with older stuff. With the exception of a few ROMs, the current crop appears to be some seriously jury rigged work that just barely works. I've yet to install ANY AOSP ROM that didn't end up self-destructing or failing from the first boot. I think WildStang ROMs are probably the best pieces of work currently out if stability and functionality are features that impress you.
Dude try joelz runnymede 3D Rom with radio 08.08 and tinys gingersense kernel. I'm loving this and think u will too.
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Dude try joelz runnymede 3D Rom with radio 08.08 and tinys gingersense kernel. I'm loving this and think u will too.
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All the Sense 3.0 ROMs run like molasses in January; SLOW as hell! 3D sure as hell isn't doing it any favors.
I'm using CM7 latest nightly, radio 11.x and tiny's incredikernel (10/8)
CM7 = It's quick, easily customization with android kitchen and with LP+ and custom dock it looks pretty snazzy
radio 11x = After trying all the radio's I find this one the most battery efficient, the GPS locks quick and data rate is excellent
( Note that differences between radio's are typically very small, I do believe this one is big enough to have me keep using it. Decide for yourself, everyone seems to have their own opinion on which is best )
tiny's incredikenel (10/8) = I actually just downloaded this one so not much of a review, but the quick charge and also the quick charge USB are big helps, not to mention custom voltages if you want to save a little bit more battery
POQbum said:
I'm using CM7 latest nightly, radio 11.x and tiny's incredikernel (10/8)
CM7 = It's quick, easily customization with android kitchen and with LP+ and custom dock it looks pretty snazzy
radio 11x = After trying all the radio's I find this one the most battery efficient, the GPS locks quick and data rate is excellent
( Note that differences between radio's are typically very small, I do believe this one is big enough to have me keep using it. Decide for yourself, everyone seems to have their own opinion on which is best )
tiny's incredikenel (10/8) = I actually just downloaded this one so not much of a review, but the quick charge and also the quick charge USB are big helps, not to mention custom voltages if you want to save a little bit more battery
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This radio?
2.15.00.11.19
If not could you give me the full name
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Yes, that is the specific radio.
I have installed cm7.1 update and have tried every fix/ patch I can find in these forums to correct this horrible radio problem...I can't seem to get over two bars at any given spot. I have tried glazing new kernals, prl, radio, etc...what is the best combination to run cm7.1...any help with this would greatly. Be appreciated....thanks in advance....oh ya I was having problems with wireless tethering. Also but was able to fix that with placing a tether folder in root that was missing
sent from my Narly turbocharged EVO running CM7.1 with 22 lbs. of boost
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I have installed cm7.1 update and have tried every fix/ patch I can find in these forums to correct this horrible radio problem...I can't seem to get over two bars at any given spot. I have tried glazing new kernals, prl, radio, etc...what is the best combination to run cm7.1...any help with this would greatly. Be appreciated....thanks in advance....oh ya I was having problems with wireless tethering. Also but was able to fix that with placing a tether folder in root that was missing
sent from my Narly turbocharged EVO running CM7.1 with 22 lbs. of boost
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The sense roms' signal bars are a little more generous than aosp. go to settings about phone and status and look at the dBm's for an accurate reading of signal strength.
On cm7 I usually stay between one and two bars, whereas on sense I would read up to four in the same areas, with the same dBm reading (no difference in actual signal strength).
I'm sitting at -94 to -97 dbm and 0asu....is that about normal?....I switched to a savage kernal the other day which seems to be helping other issues but radio is still an issue ...thanks for your help
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what i'm trying to get across is that you don't have a radio issue. The same dBm will show more bars on a sense ROM than an aosp one.
If you'd like, flash a sense ROM and an aosp one. Then take an average in the same area over a period of time of what you're dBm's are. You shouldn't see much of a difference because roms have nothing to do with signal strength.
Edit: there us no 'normal' dBm number because there are so many variables to signal strength (distance from tower, humidity, elevation etc.). If you start to drop calls then you have a problem, if not, you're fine.
Gotcha....thanks for the insight!!!
sent from my Narly turbocharged EVO running CM7.1 with 22 lbs. of boost
oACE10o said:
I'm sitting at -94 to -97 dbm and 0asu....is that about normal?....I switched to a savage kernal the other day which seems to be helping other issues but radio is still an issue ...thanks for your help
sent from my Narly turbocharged EVO running CM7.1 with 22 lbs. of boost
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Yeah you're not going to drop a call or get slow data from that, it is rather low though but nothing to worry about. Once it goes past 100 you should start to worry but again it'd still have to be significantly lower for all the bad stuff to start happening.
Besides all that, what makes you think this is a radio problem instead of just not-so-great coverage?
Just had some issues with wifi, calls, 3g/4g coverage , market connection( even on wifi)
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FOR CM7 BASED ROMS
IMPORTANT UPDATE: I have done some research on flashing radio images and found some interesting information. Apparently there are 2 files that pertain to radios in the RUU releases, a radio.img and a rcdata.img. We all have been flashing only the radio.img file but the rcdata.img contains further carrier information that directly relates to information in the build.prop file. I have put together a new 26.13.04.19 radio zip file that contains both the radio.img and the rcdata.img. The .img files were taken directly from the latest T-Mobile RUU release. This new radio/rcdata zip needs to be flashed through bootloader just like you flashed a radio in the past. As usual, you''ll need to rename the zip file to PC10IMG.zip before you reboot into bootloader. Check the MD5 Sum after you download the file to your sdcard to make sure it matches the following:
MD5 Sum: 360EA26286DEC39FC8008B266F470839
DOWNLOAD VISION_RADIO_RCDATA_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19.zip
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?vdecstne5uuvuxn
With the release of the latest T-Mobile update a new radio was included with the promise of better battery life. The following is from the T-Mobile support website.
On October 17, T-Mobile G2 devices will begin to receive an Over-The-Air (OTA) update to Android 2.3.4 / Software Version 2.16.531.5. The update will roll out in waves over the coming weeks.
The update provides the following improvements.
Improvements:
Google Security Patch
Google Skymap improvements
Battery life improvements
Data connection while roaming domestically
After flashing the new radio taken from the OTA listed above I really didn't notice any real improvements in battery life. After about a week using the new radio I decided to try matching the lib-ril .so files that were included in the OTA with my current installation of CM7. Almost immediately I noticed an improvement in battery life, wifi and data switching and slightly better data speeds over 4G. I have been using the matching files now for about 10 days and can say that I am getting the best battery life from my G2 since I've had it. I've been flashing CM7 nightlies since just about day one along with flashing radios etc and this is a noticeable change. I asked 2 others here in the forums to give matching lib-rils a try to see if they could confirm. Ditamae and Sino8r, who are also running CM7, have reported back to me that they too have noticed performance improvements, most notably in battery life.
From Ditamae: "Things are still looking good over here. The improvements are slight, but noticeable."
From Sino8r: "Okay, seems all is well with new libs. They have shown some promise, imo. Better battery, signal handoffs, pretty much what all we hoped for."
ATTENTION: I am not responsible if you brick your phone or if it starts a fire in your apartment by using this workaround! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!
Procedure:
If you are not running the .19 radio, you can get it from the links above. If you need further flashing instructions get them from this thread.
Once you are running the .19 radio, download the updater and flash through recovery. This will update your radio ril and gps .so files.
Download Radio 26.13.04.19 Radio - ril and gps .so updater for CM7 based ROMShttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/17578272/CM7_26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater.ziphttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/17578272/CM7_26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater.ziphttp://dl.dropbox.com/u/17578272/CM7_26.13.04.19radio_ril_gps_so_updater.zip
MIRROR: http://www.mediafire.com/?i0ibe4mrvuqyxua
While you are in recovery, wipe your cache and dalvick cache and wipe the efs partitions by flashing the Vision EFS partion wipe tool.
Download EFS Partition Wipe Tool
Reboot your device and you're good to go.
NOTE: At first boot, it might take a little longer than usual for you to connect to your local towers since you've wiped your radio data and the efs partitions need to be re-populated with the new data. This also means you'll need to be outside and wait several minutes for a new gps lock as the new data is obtained from the satellites.
Don't forget to hit the thanks button if this works out for you!
Followed all your steps and will keep you posted.
Done as requested and will let you know my experience after a couple of days.
I wanna give this a try and will let you know how it goes. is the efs wipe tool different from the superwipe... i.e. it won't wipe all my data?
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I wanna give this a try and will let you know how it goes. is the efs wipe tool different from the superwipe... i.e. it won't wipe all my data?
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The efs wipe will only wipe the radio data. It won't touch your rom or sd card.
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The efs wipe will only wipe the radio data. It won't touch your rom or sd card.
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awesome, I figured as much but was just making sure got it all done and will see how it goes.... thanks EdKeys!
I will try this soon, especially if I see many people seeing improvements (it'd be nice to have facts, so to avoid placebo effects).
For those that have tried it: any improvements in GPS performance?
Just did the switch and have immediately noticed improved data speeds in Atlanta, Ga. I will report back in a few days about battery life. Running CM7.1 stable
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I will try this soon, especially if I see many people seeing improvements (it'd be nice to have facts, so to avoid placebo effects).
For those that have tried it: any improvements in GPS performance?
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I didn't notice any change in GPS performance. I'm using your ROM with the updated GPS driver already included in that, which I believe is the same gps.vision.so that was included in the 2.16.531.5 OTA mentioned above.
I have to say I am VERY surprised by the results. I did 3 speedtests before matching rils and 3 after. Results are about 2.5 to 3 times faster in downloads, and about twice in upload. It should be on the same server (according to Speedtest.net app), which makes this great. I will definitely include it in the next release, which at this point might be later today.
edit: a couple more tests brought the download speeds down a little, so it might have been a fluke before, but I still see improvements, just not as big. I will still include it in the ROM, thank you for pointing it out.
edit2: did the new radio roll out with a new gps.vision.so file too? It'd be nice to see if using the new lib gives improvements on gps too.
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I have to say I am VERY surprised by the results. I did 3 speedtests before matching rils and 3 after. Results are about 2.5 to 3 times faster in downloads, and about twice in upload. It should be on the same server (according to Speedtest.net app), which makes this great. I will definitely include it in the next release, which at this point might be later today.
edit: a couple more tests brought the download speeds down a little, so it might have been a fluke before, but I still see improvements, just not as big. I will still include it in the ROM, thank you for pointing it out.
edit2: did the new radio roll out with a new gps.vision.so file too? It'd be nice to see if using the new lib gives improvements on gps too.
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I'm not able to check right now but I believe it is the same version that you are currrently using for this radio in your ROM now....same as the .13 release. I'll try to get a copy of it later on today.
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I'll give it a shot as well. Oddly enough, my completely unscientific testing showed that my WiFi speeds seem to have improved with the new radio, but my "4G" speeds have actually suffered just a tiny bit. And they got *worse* after matching the RILs.
What I did was, with my existing radio (04.12), I ran the Speedtest.net app 3 times each for WiFi and "4G". Then, I installed the 04.19 radio, and did it again. Then once more after matching the RILs.
However, my data speeds have never been great here at the office, so I will do some more testing later, and see what I come up with.
Battery life is a little more subjective, depending on what I am doing with my phone, but I'll see what kind of "feel" I get after running it for a few days.
This fix my gps problems on miui and my signal, battery life, 4g more stable..
Before this i got 3 days try to find out how fix my gps, is was always stay searching for gps.
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My Touch 3g
Iphone 3G
My Touch 3g slide
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dargocitfer said:
I'll give it a shot as well. Oddly enough, my completely unscientific testing showed that my WiFi speeds seem to have improved with the new radio, but my "4G" speeds have actually suffered just a tiny bit. And they got *worse* after matching the RILs.
What I did was, with my existing radio (04.12), I ran the Speedtest.net app 3 times each for WiFi and "4G". Then, I installed the 04.19 radio, and did it again. Then once more after matching the RILs.
However, my data speeds have never been great here at the office, so I will do some more testing later, and see what I come up with.
Battery life is a little more subjective, depending on what I am doing with my phone, but I'll see what kind of "feel" I get after running it for a few days.
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Give it a few more days before deciding any real conclusions. Its working for pretty much evryone. Pretty cool find, Ed! Thanks again!
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I'll give it a shot as well. Oddly enough, my completely unscientific testing showed that my WiFi speeds seem to have improved with the new radio, but my "4G" speeds have actually suffered just a tiny bit. And they got *worse* after matching the RILs.
What I did was, with my existing radio (04.12), I ran the Speedtest.net app 3 times each for WiFi and "4G". Then, I installed the 04.19 radio, and did it again. Then once more after matching the RILs.
However, my data speeds have never been great here at the office, so I will do some more testing later, and see what I come up with.
Battery life is a little more subjective, depending on what I am doing with my phone, but I'll see what kind of "feel" I get after running it for a few days.
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There is a link to the EFS wipe tool in the OP. Be sure to flash that after changing radios and/or rils. Just a suggestion in case you didn't do that yet.
still early days but seem to be noticing a slight improvement with my data connection (more h than 3g) and general reception, one area where there is no change is battery life(sceptical that radios affect batteries that much)
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I'm happy word is getting out... I switched back to the .30 libs for a small stretch and then flashed tsubus' update tonight (along with matching rils for .19... as you know he's matching them for radio .19 by default now, based on your testing), and this time the benefits appear even more distinct. Definitely getting slightly better download speeds and signal alternates faster and more efficiently between Wifi and H/3G. I'm going to check GPS with navigation tomorrow on a long drive. I'll report back, but I'm fairly certain it'll work just fine. I'll wipe battery stats tomorrow and monitor battery... but I kinda already know it's gonna be good. Really glad you brought this to my attention, Ed. Thank you.
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I'm happy word is getting out... I switched back to the .30 libs for a small stretch and then flashed tsubus' update tonight (along with matching rils for .19... as you know he's matching them for radio .19 by default now, based on your testing), and this time the benefits appear even more distinct. Definitely getting slightly better download speeds and signal alternates faster and more efficiently between Wifi and H/3G. I'm going to check GPS with navigation tomorrow on a long drive. I'll report back, but I'm fairly certain it'll work just fine. I'll wipe battery stats tomorrow and monitor battery... but I kinda already know it's gonna be good. Really glad you brought this to my attention, Ed. Thank you.
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I agree... I never had any real gps issues with the exception of first lock in a few weeks without use. I ended up getting GPS Status (free app from market) and reseting gps data and redownloading it. Within 30 seconds, gps satellites are found and all is well. On rare occasions, I would get the notorious loss of signal and would have to toggle gps on or off and/or use good old GPS Status. Those were really minor compared to the horror stories I hear from some of our other HTC Vision users. I finally tried tsubus's idea of using the htc gps.so file and havent had any drop offs. There is still that first lock delay after a new flash or not using it for several weeks but thats normal and nothing GPS Status cant fix in mere seconds. I highly recommend using the gps lib file and gps status for those with gps issues. The radio lib files found here also help with battery life (not huge but a noticable difference) and call quality plus tower to cell handoffs. I was a cell tech (not the guy in the call center lol) for 5 years and am a pc tech and have been for 10 so I usually can tell when something works and is not a placebo effect
Also, Ed and Ditamae are two of the best guys we have here in the G2 section. Please, listen to them. You can trust about 99% of what they say... The other 1% is for their comedic effect
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There is a link to the EFS wipe tool in the OP. Be sure to flash that after changing radios and/or rils. Just a suggestion in case you didn't do that yet.
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Yes, I followed your suggestions exactly. I haven't had any issues with the GPS (My sense of direction *sucks*, so my GPS gets used quite a bit... ), and I'm still testing the battery life. (Wiped battery stats yesterday and drained the battery to 0%, charged it overnight, and am testing it now.) We'll see how it turns out for me.
After doing these changes I was able to get almost 13 hours of battery life, which is about 5 more hours than I used to get. This is with medium to heavy usage, so I'm happy with this. I'll report back after this bakes for another week or so.
Is this true or not? Ive been jumping from Swagged out, MIUI, to IC7 and it seems diff roms give diff signal strength...In one area where I hardly ever could even get 1X signal with the IC7 Rom I actually had a 1X signal...???
Aosp shows true signal strength. For example 2 bars on a aosp rom could show up as full bars on a sense rom
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is that also true for WIFI?
I can attest to the fact that I too get better signal on Sense Roms then on ASOP roms...
However...have been testing evodeck's ICS (ASOP) rom...and I am getting some great signal that rival gingerbread's signal....so maybe it's not so much a sense vs ASOP problem with gingerbread...
just a thought
what I get from my laptop on evodeck ICS using wireless tether
True, if ur looking for sense base...ice cream sense v1.1 3g/4g is amazing...right along with everything else
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Guys im not talking about how many bars it shows or any of that...Im saying when I was on one ROM I got ZERO signal (no service) but in that SAME area with a different ROM I got 1X and Even 3g?! Is that possible that diff ROM can give you a signal while another might not in a specific area????
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Aosp shows true signal strength. For example 2 bars on a aosp rom could show up as full bars on a sense rom
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Actually, AOSP Shows Data, Sense shows Signal
How many bars it has doesn't necessarily show how strong of a signal you are getting. Some ROMs take in to account the signal to noise ratio, signal strength, etc. so there will be some differences there.
I'm getting bad reception on my d800. It's a little better on a stock or stocked based ROM and worse on an AOSP ROM.
Is there a way to increase the signal strength?
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I'm getting bad reception on my d800. It's a little better on a stock or stocked based ROM and worse on an AOSP ROM.
Is there a way to increase the signal strength?
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By how many DB?
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By how many DB?
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Are you talking about how much of a difference is there between the ROMs or how much I want to increase it by?
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Are you talking about how much of a difference is there between the ROMs or how much I want to increase it by?
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How much of a difference it is, I'm pretty positive that you can't do anything to boost your reception.
And the reason I asked was to see if you're looking st the bars or the db, because if you're not looking at the db then you don't know what the signal strength is
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How much of a difference it is, I'm pretty positive that you can't do anything to boost your reception.
And the reason I asked was to see if you're looking st the bars or the db, because if you're not looking at the db then you don't know what the signal strength is
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I was looking at the bar, usually i get one to two for AOSP and around 2-3 on stock based. For AOSP, I sometimes get no signal. I thought that the bars corresponded to the signal strength (such that more bars is equivalent to a stronger signal)? Do you know if radio/baseband/modem (are they the same thing?) play a role in signal strength and if they do how?
Gen5 said:
I was looking at the bar, usually i get one to two for AOSP and around 2-3 on stock based. For AOSP, I sometimes get no signal. I thought that the bars corresponded to the signal strength (such that more bars is equivalent to a stronger signal)? Do you know if radio/baseband/modem (are they the same thing?) play a role in signal strength and if they do how?
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That's just it, you can't base if off of some system animation, you need to check your db in your settings.
Yes, radio, modem, and baseband are the same thing.
Baseband normally only controls WiFi and data speeds, not signal strength.
Lawlrus said:
That's just it, you can't base if off of some system animation, you need to check your db in your settings.
Yes, radio, modem, and baseband are the same thing.
Baseband normally only controls WiFi and data speeds, not signal strength.
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Thanks
For the basebands, what are the differences between them for each android version (for example, 10d vs 10o and 20c vs 20y)?
Also for bootloader, what does it do and what are the difference between them for each android version?
Gen5 said:
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For the basebands, what are the differences between them for each android version (for example, 10d vs 10o and 20c vs 20y)?
Also for bootloader, what does it do and what are the difference between them for each android version?
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Different modems are just updates, but you need to use your devices correct variant for whatever android version you're flashing.
Loki = 4.2 aboot (bootstack)
Bump = 4.4 aboot. Op's typically willbtell you which you need to be on.