When you format the phone in recovery, you can clear out /data, /cache/, and /system. But what about the other directories at the root of the phone? If any file in there was to go bad, would a stock .tar flashed with ODIN fix it?
Odin goes all the way, even to home base.
Odin restores you back to stock or to a leak that's not been modified in any way shape or form. So, yes it can fix many problems, but you will have to re-root and re-flash Clockwork.
Then this is really weird, I'm not sure if it's hardware related or not. I've always had pretty decent 3G and 4G coverage and great speeds on both. For the past month, download rates have been abysmal at best. Most of the time I get 150kbps down and around 600kbps up on 3G and on 4G I get 100kbps both ways. Wifi works fine. If I turn 4G on and off a few times I go back to 3+ Mbps. 3G is just random and gets fixed if I go into airplane mode a few times.
I've flashed stock tars, modems, and even custom ROMs and all have the same problem. Lately 3G has been more reliably settling around 200 to 300kbps on both ways but it's still a lot less than normal.
arashed31 said:
Then this is really weird, I'm not sure if it's hardware related or not. I've always had pretty decent 3G and 4G coverage and great speeds on both. For the past month, download rates have been abysmal at best. Most of the time I get 150kbps down and around 600kbps up on 3G and on 4G I get 100kbps both ways. Wifi works fine. If I turn 4G on and off a few times I go back to 3+ Mbps. 3G is just random and gets fixed if I go into airplane mode a few times.
I've flashed stock tars, modems, and even custom ROMs and all have the same problem. Lately 3G has been more reliably settling around 200 to 300kbps on both ways but it's still a lot less than normal.
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Try update profile/prl?
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Anyone notice slower dl and ul times lately. This is off of fresh reboot and with full bars on 3g. Did a speed test and dl speed is 144 and upload was 42. Does that seem normal?
Im getting about 780 down and 680 up with 3 bars of 3g
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Could there be any apps that i am running that are slowing this down?
I'm in san antonio, texas and I've seen the same thing as the OP. For the first week maybe after I got the phone it was fine ("Full five bars" of 3G --> 1-3Mb down/1Mb up), now it's nightmarishly crappy on 3G, at least where I usually use it. Often around 100kb/down and <50kb up. Sadly, the wimax coverage has also significantly degraded where I usually use it. Used to have fair coverage here and usually 6Mb via a usb dongle, but now you barely get 1Mb down. So, I have to hope it will keep 1 bar of wimax and use that at craptastic ~1mb... but then it falls out of range often and breaks things it's trying to do by switching modems.
On an unrelated issue(the above referred speedtests run from the phone itself and in the case of wimax confirmed with a separate wimax modem matching the phone's performance), I've noticed when using tether for root users (the USB one), that sometimes it seems it will load just a small portion of each webpage, especially when I'm using the 3G connection. Is sprint now packet-sniffing and limiting webpage downloads based on either the browserid or on the size of the file exceeding a certain size? Sometimes after I reboot the phone completely it will work again for a while, but not always.
I also cleated the cookies, cache, and history and have the same problem
Enable EVRC-b.
You will bump it up from 800k to 10200k
They must have intentionally disabled it to lower bandwidth, due to the enormouse data consumtion of this phone.
kthejoker20 said:
Enable EVRC-b.
You will bump it up from 800k to 10200k
They must have intentionally disabled it to lower bandwidth, due to the enormouse data consumtion of this phone.
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How do i do that?
kthejoker20 said:
Enable EVRC-b.
You will bump it up from 800k to 10200k
They must have intentionally disabled it to lower bandwidth, due to the enormouse data consumtion of this phone.
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Problem is that this messed up Airave... it simply won't connect when you try to make a call.
Most definitely!!!!! And im always getting the error code 67 when at work. Wtf!!!! This started about a week or 2 ago.
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I've been getting the error code also. It started a few weks ago.
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How do i do that?
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1) Call Sprint, ask for your MSL. If they refuse, just keep calling and asking, saying you're trying to improve your call quality.
2) Do a Nandroid Backup and a Titanium Backup.
3) Open up your phone's dialer, and punch in ##DATA# (##3282#)
4) Select Edit mode, type in your MSL as the password.
5) Go to Advanced, then for Home Orig change it to EVRC-B or Voice 13K, repeat for Roaming Orig.
6) Just above Home/Roaming Orig, select EVRC-B, and change it to Enable.
7) A little above that is a long string with the abbreviation ACCOLC in it. Change this to 2 (gives you higher priority on the network than normal )
8) Once done, press Menu, then Commit Changes.
9) Let the phone reboot.
10) Reboot into recovery, and do a Nandroid Restore.
The reason for the Nandroid Backup/Restore, is explained here. Basically, there's a software glitch with the program which is launched by ##DATA# and causes apps such as Pandora and pretty much ANY audio streaming app to stop working. By doing a Nandroid Restore, you go back to before the settings editor screwed everything up, but still keep the changes to your baseband.
Seems like Sprint is falling into the same trap as at&t and not upgrading their network. Hopefully speed improves. I've been getting 600 or so down which is pretty pathetic. We will see if it takes sprint as long push out the necessary upgrades.
EVRC-B shouldn't have any effect on your data speed at all. It is the Vocoder for VOICE PHONE CALLS.
ACCOLC changes will have no effect at all. Values of 0-9 have the same priority on the network, they're all equal. Values of 10+ are reserved for high priority government, police/fire/ems, etc type phones and are not accessible to you in this menu. Changing it will do nothing.
I've seen error 67 a few times also withing the past 2 weeks. I wonder if it has anything to do with the new PRL update?
I was getting error 67 for the last two days. Today they stopped but am getting pathetic download speeds. between 10 and 44Kbps.
Ive been using THIS to try to boost 3g speeds, but speedtest is showing that i'm actually getting a slower speed and more ping.
Before:
Down - .90mbps
Up - .7 mbps
After:
Down - .33mbps
Up - .13mbps
Airplane mode on/....... airplane mode off.....
fast again.
just do it.
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with the stock settings or with the default settings?
My speed boost was minimal. In fact, sometimes, my wife's Evo is faster than mine. However, I discovered that Youtube and Slacker Radio will NOT work without the speed hack.
i cleared all 4 boxes, rebooted, airplaned, all that stuff and i still get piss poor results.
speedtest, imo is flaky as hell as an app. earlier it thought i was in germany, now it thinks im in texas and lists texas cities. ive tried numerous servers and i can never break past 700kbps up/down.
i live near a major sprint tower and i parked next to it, full bars, and THEN i was able to get 1mbps down/900kbps up.
the fcc app is workable, but it force closes too much.
still not satisfied with my speed now compared to when i first got the phone.
i got the latest pri/prl/radio, everythings updated.
on average i still get about 200-500kbps down. :/
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Airplane mode on/....... airplane mode off.....
fast again.
just do it.
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This is the trick I use...
Yeah, I'm not showing any better results when changing the settings, but if I go to airplane mode and back Im pushing 1.2 megs. Thanks for your post!
i got the atrix last week. and i was thinking of returning it cause i was having signal issues, wifi issues, adn it was jsut running crappy compared to my inspire...i read ALLOT this weekend on various sites and i must say after doing all the the stuff mentioned below this is new phone. i am so happy i spent some time on it and worked at it. This phone is the best i have owned and i have owened almost all android GSM phones along with balckberrys and iphones. I am running the Motorolla stock launcher and it is nice and fast..
ANyone having issues Please try this before returning
1. SBF to 1.2.6 THIS made the WORLD of diffrence. dont ask me how, but it did. Here is a link to the guide and files. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=991072
2. Root and install Titanium Pro(you must have PRO to freeze)
3. Freeze all Apps from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=972459 link. pay attention to the ones you freeze depending on what you will use.
4. My 3g/EDGE issues with the handoffs was solved by changing the UMTS settings to "2g only" and NOT selecting "automatic" for operator. More on that here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1011515 ...... i dont loose my signal at all now when it hands off.
**now i know some wont want to do this but i get crappy 3g where i am so i dont care not to have 3g**
5. for my WIFI issue (Wifi having trouble connecting after phone is woken up) i went in to WIFI Settings, then click the bottom left button, then advanced and disabled WIFI sleep. That did it for me.
This phone is still running blur - all the apps, widgets i froze and runs perfect. i am super happy. VERY fast and INCREDIBLE battery Life...Please try all of this before posting its junk and you returned it. I am jsut saying that this made the world of diffrecne for me and i hope it does for all of you as well..
Good luck!!
**UPDATE** Went home to test the 3g theory, and i always get H+ when i put my phone in the kitchen window. one bar. today, EDGE all the time i was home with full signal. so the 2g Toggle DOES work i guess.....
I have a D801 on T-Mobile running CM12, but that last part is only valid in the sense that I am running a custom ROM. CM11 or 12, nightlies or stable doesn't change the symptoms I am seeing.
Issue - my phone randomly reboots when on LTE. WiFi and HSPA don't do this .. Only LTE. I am at a loss. I have cleared and reflashed all sorts of ROM versions and when I sag cleared .. We are talking flame throwers. All data gone, ADB push the files clear.
Anyone have any ideas?
Its pretty reproducible. I had my phone on all day on 3G, apps and games and .. just the whole bit. I just now after over 24 hours of solid performance switched the LTE on and it was rebooting unprovoked within 10 minutes.
Logs or it didn't happen.
Fair enough.
How do?
Hi All,
My Samsung S8 suffers for an unusual condition: it has no internet
1. It connects to my home Wi-Fi, both 2G and 5G, but I see "Internet may not be available" message and that's actually true.
2. When Wi-Fi is turned off, 4G+ icon is showing and I have reception (as I used to have) but still does not connect to Internet.
3. I am sure my Wi-Fi is working fine as my work phone and lots of other devices at home are working as expected.
4. GSM signal allows me to make phone calls and send text messages.
5. I created a tethering network on my work phone but S8 still cannot connect.
6. Factory reset completed, hasn't helped.
S8 UK version, Samsung's original ROM (no modification or whatsoever). The mobile is in "perfect" condition, 4 years old, never got wet. Internet stopped working half way through a day, it was just laying on my desk.
Any ideas what went down, how to fix it? Thanks.
Sometimes, setting the wrong date might the problem, but you shouldn't be facing a problem with cellular and WiFi altogether.
Does your phone feel like it is draining more battery than usual? Does it get warm?
It may look like a system update went wrong, perhaps you should try flashing the latest official update using Odin.
Of course there are a lot of stuff you can try, but they usually take some time, and it seems like you don't like wasting time.
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Sometimes, setting the wrong date might the problem, but you shouldn't be facing a problem with cellular and WiFi altogether.
Does your phone feel like it is draining more battery than usual? Does it get warm?
It may look like a system update went wrong, perhaps you should try flashing the latest official update using Odin.
Of course there are a lot of stuff you can try, but they usually take some time, and it seems like you don't like wasting time.
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Data and time is fine. Phones does not feel like draining or warm, on standby it works for a few days.
I looked into Odin but I am not sure where I can get the firmware. I tried this:
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s8/firmware/SM-G950F/BTU/download/G950FXXSBDUA3/1243160/
but download speed is 15 kB/Sec and it says hours to download it. Do you know where to get it faster?
I tried to use Odin to install twrp and then another rom, but I keep getting failed. No idea why ;/
Thank you for your help.
Erboka said:
Data and time is fine. Phones does not feel like draining or warm, on standby it works for a few days.
I looked into Odin but I am not sure where I can get the firmware. I tried this:
https://www.sammobile.com/samsung/galaxy-s8/firmware/SM-G950F/BTU/download/G950FXXSBDUA3/1243160/
but download speed is 15 kB/Sec and it says hours to download it. Do you know where to get it faster?
I tried to use Odin to install twrp and then another rom, but I keep getting failed. No idea why ;/
Thank you for your help.
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I apologize for replying late.
Androidfilehost is the best way to find files specific to such needs, all you have to do is to navigate to the website and use the search, a good keyword will give the best results:
Searching for dreamlte will get you AOSP ROMs, Kernels, Mods, etc ... for the normal Galaxy S8. But they are mostly old, for developers these days does not use it frequently.
Searching for G950F results a lot of files, Stock-based mostly, and they are updated frequently.
Here's G950FXXSBDUA3 Firmware.
Download speed on AFH depends on your network speed, or at least that's what's going on with me.