Is it just me or does anyone else suffer from this issue?
My HD2 is the following setup:
HardSPL 1.42
Radio 2.14.50(_02 ?)
ROMs Installed: EnergyROM WM6.5.5 "Vanilla" (no GTX or other themes, just the default ROM theme), Android ROM is MeeJay Froyo Sense Clean (installed on MicroSD with 1GB Data.img) using kernel that came with it.
The thing is with Windows Mobile, my reception seems to be stable. However, on android, my reception seems to jump around the place.
Here's an example. My phone is on the desk, lying flat. I get 2 bars. I pick it up to call someone, my reception seems to go down to 0 Bars, but does not drop out - it just stays on the 0 Bars icon for a while and then jumps back up to 2 or 4.
I suspect the radio in the HD2 reports the signal differently than HTC Android devices, so if it says -110dBm Android thinks "This device has 0 Bars", when WinMo says "1 Bar".
Has anyone else had this problem, and is there any thing I can do to fix this? It's kinda odd, I've noticed it jumping up and down... It doesn't drop out (ie. show a icon with a X above it) but it just says no signal when I've got signal!
Cheers.
im having the same issue... running MDJ CM7 v2.6. happens with data too
You're holding it wrong.
Kidding. The hd2 antenna is located on the back, on the bottom half of the phone. It's normal to jump around because that's where we all hold the phone from.
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the problem i have, is that my phone loses signal every once in a while. I get between 4 and 0 signal bars, changing all the time, while I sit still in the living room So often I have no reception for text messages or calls.
it seems that winmo uses so much CPU power for certain background tasks, that the signal quality suffers, or even loses signal. When starting a call, or sending an sms, the signal bars drop like led.
what can I can do? getting desperate here... I even tried holding the phone upside down, thus not touching the antenna. Pharaday effect is known, but phone quality is only marginally better outside. Tried all radios on the forum, and several different flavours ROM, including a stock one
is there a software tool, that displays exact radio signal strength, instead of the bars on top?
dXsL said:
the problem i have, is that my phone loses signal every once in a while. I get between 4 and 0 signal bars, changing all the time, while I sit still in the living room So often I have no reception for text messages or calls.
it seems that winmo uses so much CPU power for certain background tasks, that the signal quality suffers, or even loses signal. When starting a call, or sending an sms, the signal bars drop like led.
what can I can do? getting desperate here... I even tried holding the phone upside down, thus not touching the antenna. Pharaday effect is known, but phone quality is only marginally better outside. Tried all radios on the forum, and several different flavours ROM, including a stock one
is there a software tool, that displays exact radio signal strength, instead of the bars on top?
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i have very bad signal if i sit or stand under or next to METAL roof around my house, but i have a very good signal outside my house. Sometimes i am not able to receive a call when making a call from home phone. Since you have all radios in here, i don't know which radio to suggest. FYI, I am using 2.08.50.08_2 radio and it gives me better signal.
waichai said:
i have very bad signal if i sit or stand under or next to METAL roof around my house, but i have a very good signal outside my house. Sometimes i am not able to receive a call when making a call from home phone. Since you have all radios in here, i don't know which radio to suggest. FYI, I am using 2.08.50.08_2 radio and it gives me better signal.
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that's Pharaday's Cage effect. that is not what I have. HD2 cpu power is having an effect on the radio signal strength (bg processes probably)
If other people with non-HD2 phones have the same problems, the problem may not be your HD2, but consider you have weak signal strength from your provider. This happened in my previous appartment where I had to stay in the kitchen if I wanted to make a phone call.
What radio ROM do you use ? I had some problems too in the past. Now with radio ROM 2.10.50.26 I don't have these problems anymore.
But in the meanwhile I never went back to a stock ROM either so my next question is : what ROM do you use ? I don't have any of these problems with Laurentius26 or CleanEX ROMs since I use the 2.10.50.26 radio ROM.
Trudi said:
What radio ROM do you use ? I had some problems too in the past. Now with radio ROM 2.10.50.26 I don't have these problems anymore.
But in the meanwhile I never went back to a stock ROM either so my next question is : what ROM do you use ? I don't have any of these problems with Laurentius26 or CleanEX ROMs since I use the 2.10.50.26 radio ROM.
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hej, 2.10.50.26 was the last one I used, when i decided to go "back" to the official ROM in Denmark and that one came with radio 2.06.51.07.
I used primarily Miri's ROM, but I switched to Artemis (did of course a task29 after the stock ROM); Artemis tests on radio 2.06 instead of 2.10. My theory was/is that a windows ROM should fit with radio ROM. But so far, not noticeably better.
REQ: still looking for a tool that monitors (and logs?) signal strength, so I do some tests. anyone?
I just found this post by tokolosh in an EnergROM thead
Q: Which is the best Radio to use with EnergyRoms ...... ?
A: There is no "Best" Radio, they seem to be Location and Preference dependant. Some have better Recetion but poor battery life and vicaversa. Try out the "big 4" to see which works best for you (2.(07/08/09/10).50.xx_xx) just make sure it is a 50 and not a 51 version --> example 2.07.50.xx is good but 2.07.51.xx is not
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Anyone smarter than me who can explain WHY the 51 is not good? (googled for answer but no luck...)
My life sucks right now, I have a big ass workload and everything I touch either melts or breaks. My HTC Desire had full signal strength in the same room using the stock ROM with any radios released but when using a custom ROM with any radios released (The same radios that the stock ROM used) or radios recommended by release - my wifi signal is constantly at 0/1 bar and it drops so damn much. It dropped twice whilst ontop of the router.
My laptop, Nokia N95, Nokia N97 and iPod has full bars without any problems.
I don't understand, how can this piece of **** be so stupid. Excuse me, I'm about to blow up.
Okay, how can I fix this problem?
I'm currently rooted and using MIUI rom.
Please.... help me before I end up throwing my phone at a brick wall.
Many thanks for reading this topic (And thanks for barring with my rage)
Solved.
Okay, I lied. It's not solved, just a bit better.
I also have found out now that once I lose wifi signal, Android doesn't auto re-connect. I must go to the wifi setting page (not pressing any buttons or anything, just being on the page) then it re-connects.
I've installed Android on NAND and am very impressed as everything seems visually better suited to the new format. I'm even happier now Copilot is working. However, I don't understand the signal bars properly. On WM I understand if I have 3G+ or at least a good signal. The signal bar in Android never looks particularly healthy although ironically as I type it is showing full bars with a 'G' beside it (I've just turned off wireless and the G appeared, this is presumably how data transfer is configured). Is there any reason why the signal might not be so good running Android instead of WM? Is there any way of improving the signal? Ultimately I need the thing to be a phone!
The Android I'm running is for Desire - whatever is linked to in the 'NAND for noobs' thread.
Trying flashing different radios. Search up our HD2 radio thread, and you'll see. Also, follow the requirements meant for your device to run android. Meaning don't flash a radio lower than 2.08 for EU HD2, for a TMOUS HD2, i'm not sure.
I used the latest (biggest number) radio before I put Android on - does flashing Android change the radio and in any case how do I find out what radio version I currently have?
Latest sure isn't always best when it comes to radios. You can check your radio in bootloader, or in android/settings/about phone, somewhere at the bottom
Flashing Android does not change your radio.
Stock Android uses 4 bars for signal while Sense ROMS use 6. I'm not sure how it equates between the ROMs but I can assure you there is no loss of signal.
First off, ignore the suggestions about updating your radio. You said that your signal appears weaker under Android than WM, so it's obviously not the radio as installing Android does not affect that.
All I can really say is that you may want to just ignore the signal bars and judge it by call quality. It may be that the build you are using is not reflecting the signal strength correctly. That's more likely than you actually having a weaker signal in a different OS since the OS has nothing to do with it!
Just see how you get on with it and if there is a problem then that's a different matter.
OK I don't seem to have any real issues with signal.
BUT (running Android NAND Desire Rom of some sort) after a few days a few problems:
1. The phone seems reluctant to charge in the car cradle if the charge level is low
2. Sometimes freezes in Copilot and needs battery removing to re start
3. Battery usage much more severe than WM
4. Lots of minor wobbles that I can't think of now I am typing.
The upshot is that I would now like a Desire HD but am thinking of going back to WM6.5 on the HD2 purely for reliability.
800jimbo said:
OK I don't seem to have any real issues with signal.
BUT (running Android NAND Desire Rom of some sort) after a few days a few problems:
1. The phone seems reluctant to charge in the car cradle if the charge level is low
2. Sometimes freezes in Copilot and needs battery removing to re start
3. Battery usage much more severe than WM
4. Lots of minor wobbles that I can't think of now I am typing.
The upshot is that I would now like a Desire HD but am thinking of going back to WM6.5 on the HD2 purely for reliability.
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Well every build will have some minor hick up... Try different builds, there are plenty of build which have everything working and also the battery life is at par with win6.5
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Well every build will have some minor hick up... Try different builds, there are plenty of build which have everything working and also the battery life is at par with win6.5
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Can you point me to one? There are an overwhelming number available and I simply don't know how to judge one against the other
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Can you point me to one? There are an overwhelming number available and I simply don't know how to judge one against the other
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=877777 is a good one... Try mdeejay's builds... they are good ones... There are also other good and better ones out there. But I like his better.
Also read this post:- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=929324
my signal bars go up and down all the time in droid
First off I'd like to say hello to everyone! The name is "Bird" and i have a couple questions.. I recently stop using my iPhone 2G unlocked/jailbroken and started using a HTC HD2. I am into Apps, Music, Movies, Games, Themes, etc, anything to make a phone more fun and have more options then what it came with OTB. I did some reading on the site last night about running Android on the HD2 and installed Americandroid SD. My first question is: What is the advantages to running NAND oppose to SD? .. Also, Running americandroid i have noticed i cannot recieve Picture Messeges (unless I reboot and run Windows first, the messege is recieved and open) but once I run android I cannot view the pic in a messege again. Any fix for this or am I doing something wrong? .. Also running Android I cannot open Angry Birds game because it prompts me to Force Close. Once again, any fixes for this or is it user error? .. Last, I noticed a signal drop and then it picks back up again, but I also havent really noticed too much interruption while the signal drops. When the signal dropped I quickly sent my girlfriend a text to see if she would get it, she DID.. Any help would be greatly appreciated and Thank You in advance! ... also these are my version..
ROM ver: 3.14.531.1
Radio: 2.15.50.14
Baseband: 15.42.50.11U
nand over sd - no need to boot winmo first for nand android, it starts straigth into android. (angry birds works on nand roms, see below)
some apps, angry birds included, simply wont run from the sd card (when using nand roms) so perhaps the same applies to SD card roms?
I see teh signal drop too, i believe it to be the phone switching between high speed and low speed networks, since it usually (at least for me) drops from one or two bars, and then comes back as 4 or 5 bars, and vice versa. Try settings - mobile networks - use 2g networks only (just as a test), , see if you get the same signal drop.
I am using a tmobile hd2 running nand, i followed all the directions to install the radio, which is Radio Leo 2.15.50.14, HARDSPL 2.08, and MAGLDR 1.13. I have tried multiple roms and everything works like it should, except i will lose a signal completely. Sometimes it comes back right away, or after a couple minutes or at the extreme i have to restart my phone.
What i dont understand is that this is my second hd2 since my first one got stolen, and i am running into the same problem. I have tmobile and i have pretty good service, so when my phone doesnt act up the signal strength is full bars, but it will still fade out like that.
This is what you need to do
task 29, reinstall clk/magldr ( i prefer clk, makes it more native android since it boots straight into android.) and than instead of radio 2.15, use 2.12 radio. and then flash rom. i havent experienced data drops, and its fast, and the battery life is super amazing. you wont look back
good luck!
Well i have mostly good reception but when im at my house i lose connection all the time, but when i switch to only 2g i dont have the problem at all. Try it.
well here is my update, i have tried multiple radios, task 29's and stuff, and i have yet to find a radio that gives me a stable connection. i have tried the 2.15, 2.14, and 2.12 and none of them have worked. my network type is set to 3g preferred. i live in central minnesota in the usa with tmobile and should have good signal, so i dont know what is wrong.
I've been having the same issue ever since I started using my HD2 a few days ago with AmeriCan build, 2.15.50.14, HARDSPL 2.08, and MAGLDR 1.13
not sure if this will work for everyone and so far it has been a couple of days and i have not have any drops and the signal stays at full bars, but here is what i did:
settings-network settings-network operators and then i selected t-mobile and a popup appeared saying "registered on network"
After i did that my signal became stable. i just kind of stumbled across this when i was looking through the settings >.<
I remember reading about a hardware fault that caused horrible connections , i had it bookmarked but i effed up my HD partitions and lost everything . Its a siimple fix , it has to do with the pins connecting the antenna .
Hi,
i am facing the same issues... Signal drops from time to time and signal strength is generally worse even in big cities.
Sometime after a phone call the signal drops completely for a few seconds...
@elesbb: Could you please lookup that hardware fault.. mabye an issue, that is easily fixable....
Thanx,
Nils
floater77 said:
Hi,
i am facing the same issues... Signal drops from time to time and signal strength is generally worse even in big cities.
Sometime after a phone call the signal drops completely for a few seconds...
@elesbb: Could you please lookup that hardware fault.. mabye an issue, that is easily fixable....
Thanx,
Nils
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here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180