I just got a second hand HTC Hermes locally here in the US. My signal bar is always bouncing between 1 and 3 in areas that are very strong. It is at ZERO bars in my house. I still have my XDA II and the signal is FULL in strong areas and 2 to 3 in my house. Is the Hermes normally not as good with signal strength compares to my XDA II ? Or is there something wrong with the Hermes since I got it used? Thanks.
steven
Try using a different radio. Works better for me in areas my MDA got weak signals.
I was using the original ROM with radio 1.03.03.10 when I bought the phone. I just upgrade to ROM 2.11.255.1 with radio 1.38.00.10 . It didn't help my situation at all. What radio version is everyone using?
I have a genuine htc Hermes, live in Kentucky with T-Mobile service. I get a fantastic connection to the network - four bars inside my house and it can't get better outside. It does sometimes go down to 2 bars in areas with limited coverage, but predominately I have a great connection.
Radio version is 1.34.00.10. ROM is 1.21.116.4.
Hope that helps you.
--Kidd
Hi all,
I'm on Vodafone in London, and i'm finding i'm getting really poor reception and dropped calls.
After trying out a few ROMS i settled on Energy 21903 build as i've found its the most reliable ROM. I've also tried Artemis and Energy 23569 builds but just found they weren't as stable and crashed at some point.
At the moment i've installed 2.07 Radio.
My problem is that it seems to take ages to detect a signal and sometimes it comes and goes. I also only get one days battery.
Has any other Vodafone users experienced similar problems and whats the best radio for Vodafone in London?
Cheers
bobtastic said:
Hi all,
I'm on Vodafone in London, and i'm finding i'm getting really poor reception and dropped calls.
After trying out a few ROMS i settled on Energy 21903 build as i've found its the most reliable ROM. I've also tried Artemis and Energy 23569 builds but just found they weren't as stable and crashed at some point.
At the moment i've installed 2.07 Radio.
My problem is that it seems to take ages to detect a signal and sometimes it comes and goes. I also only get one days battery.
Has any other Vodafone users experienced similar problems and whats the best radio for Vodafone in London?
Cheers
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Surprised you say Artemis is unstable, did you do a task 29 before flash. I found this ROM on Vodafone to be excellent. Try the radio in my signature, it seems ok for me but to be honest the best advice I can give is flash one and try it for a few days.
bobbyball said:
Surprised you say Artemis is unstable, did you do a task 29 before flash. I found this ROM on Vodafone to be excellent. Try the radio in my signature, it seems ok for me but to be honest the best advice I can give is flash one and try it for a few days.
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I found that Artemis works ok for a few days then i start getting problems like system hangs. I found the same thing with Energy at first but then switch to the older windows build and haven't had any problems since.
I'll give you the radio a go, but i just want to know if its my phone thats poor on reception or just that Voda are not as good as they used to be
i left voda at the start of the year as after 3 years with them the siginal strength was dropping everywhere and became none existant at my house on diffrent handsets
colinp said:
i left voda at the start of the year as after 3 years with them the siginal strength was dropping everywhere and became none existant at my house on diffrent handsets
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I'd love to leave them, but unfortunately took up an 18 month contract on November, thinking about my past experience with them was good. What a dope i am.
HI Guys
I have got exactly the same problem with the battery/reception on Vodafone.
I am using Energy May 13th 23569 GTX, with Radio 2.10.50.28_2, and also get 1 day of battery tops.
I have noticed the Phone stays in flight mode sometimes after losing the signal, which is quite annoying.
yo
i live in a complete 2g area and use the radio RADIO_2.10.50.19_2
but as you are london and probably get alot of 3G and H symbols on your HD2 it will probably help but as soon as i visit my girlfriends in lincoln and get H, my phone lasts 1.5 days ish but i am used to charging nightly
its something we have to live with man with these power hungry phones
Im on voda in uk - midlands
I use radio 2.10.50.28.2 and it seems the same as every radio i have tried - at home constantly dropping in and out, from 3 bars 3G - to flight mode and back again.
In work i have almost full signal and H 3-4bars.
Im not too worried about the battery its just the signal at home that pees me off!!
Ive tried (i think) every radio apart from the .51. ones - does anyone know which radio vodafone HD2 shipped with??
If you have bad signal at home, get yourself a SureSignal booster (check it out here)
I use the 2.10.50.28 up here in Glasgow, and I get occasional drops at home, but out and about it's usually always very good. Sitting right now with H at 2-bars.
We had Vodafone for our corporate phones at my last work, they changed to O2 after a month as so few users managed to get decent signals. That was UK-wide.
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We had Vodafone for our corporate phones at my last work, they changed to O2 after a month as so few users managed to get decent signals. That was UK-wide.
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Vodafone and O2 share masts, so signal is generally the same in all areas of the UK for both networks. Of course it does vary slightly from area to area, and radio and make of phone matter too.
I think Voda just aren't as good as they used to be with reception. I think the phone must have something to do with it as well, but the general picture i get when asking around is that they're just not as good as they used to be.
Oh well, gonna try 2.10 and see if its any improvement.
Vodafone reception has been fine for years in all of my Nokia handsets but was so rubbish on the HD2 I was beginning to regret my purchase. Switched to O2 and reception is now fabulous, no regrets now!
Voda signal
Have to agree with most of the people who have posted on this thread. Voda reception is patchy at best.
At times I can be on full strength HSPDA, then for no apparent reason, I'll be in exactly the same spot and the signal just disappears altogether.
Though to be fair, I'm not sure whether to blame it on voda as I came from Three which got a brill signal in all areas, but that's all I really have to compare it too. We do use Voda 3G dongles on laptops at work...and they are absolute crap...lucky if we get a signal, and when we do they're slower than Slowy McSlow on the slow train from Slowsville!!
Voda reception seems to have got really bad this last 2 years they are even offering a home router to boost reception!!??(I think they missed the MOBILE phone part!),
having said that my TP2 had much better reception than the HD2..
I have also tried alot of different roms and Radios I am in Hampshire so not too far from London.... I am using 2.09.50.29_2 along with the cab for call quality fix it is a US Tmo radio, so you need to use with a TmoUS compatible rom.
I know alot of people are using the 2.10 radios but after many trials I have found 2.09 the most stable and best all round for data, reception and battery,
Hope this helps
The whole point of the router is to boost your signal at home. A lot of people live in bad signal areas, but have no problems elsewhere, so that is designed to help me get better signal at home, the one place you can at least do something about it. And apparently, it works very well.
Basically I use android on a daily basis with my HD2, I use Mattc V1.7, however I'm having to use the 2.12 radio due to Sleep of Death Issues with 2.10 and 2.11, the problem with 2.12 is that it has very poor reception on O2-UK compared to 2.10! 2.10 has great reception everywhere and with 2.12 I have no signal what so ever inside my collage!
Does anyone know what the best radio for reception on an EU UK Factory Unlocked HTC HD2 is, which also has no Sleep of Death issues under android? It's really annoying having to go stand by a window at collage to get coverage when my friend next to me with an old samsung has good reception on the same network and even my tutor who has an iPhone 3GS!
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Im running a Bell desire z on the fido network in east Toronto. I'm getting pretty poor signal strength at my home which i believe is one of the reasons for higher battery use. I am using the following 1.34.666.5 with Radio 12.28b.60.140eU.26.03.02.26_M and getting a signal strength of around 99dbm and 7 asu. Does anyone know of different radio roms or later ones that I could use, to see if i get better signal? Of course i don't want to lose any of the 3g bands and i would assume that would happen if i tried a Europe desire Z radio rom. Any tips on getting a better signal are greatly appreciated,
Actually that's exactly the same radio version as came on my UK Desire Z. You're right that if you're getting worse reception, your battery is going to get used up more quickly (phone has to boost the signal, using more power).
Edit - by the way, this should be in General, not Rom dev (I'm sure a mod will move it, or you could always pre-empt them and send them a PM).
Edit: I got this one ~TheRomMistress
Ever since I got my DHD on 3 I've had dissapointing phone signal. My old Nokia 5800 has a pretty much constant full 3.5g signal whereas the DHD was shifting between full 3.5 to 3g to no signal at all. I flashed the 12.65.60.29_26.14.04.28_M radio and found no improvement so put it down to the phone and accepted its poor reception. I've also had problems with no internet on 3g only 3.5g and recently what made me search for a solution was at times even with full 3.5g signal the internet would stop working and would need mobile data toggling off and on again. After finding no conclusive solution I flashed the Radio_12.62.60.27_26.13.04.19_M.
Best thing I've done so far with the phone coz now 36hrs later I've had a constant stable 3.5g signal same as my old Nok 5800. I know radios are device and area specific but the results have been so great thought I should post for any others out there on 3 in the UK.
I used Leith51's radio.img method (link below) of flashing so thanks to him for making a difficult process noob friendly.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=896597
I'm using the radio with LorDclockAN's Ice cold sandwich v6.0 rom.