Alright. I cant hold a 4g signal long at all. Funny thing is my dad has an evo and 4g, his holds forever. Should I de-root my phone and take it back or could this be normal. As in some phones can pull the signal better than others?
mroneeyedboh said:
Alright. I cant hold a 4g signal long at all. Funny thing is my dad has an evo and 4g, his holds forever. Should I de-root my phone and take it back or could this be normal. As in some phones can pull the signal better than others?
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Sounds like a phone specific issue.
You could try updating your radio to the newest WiMax version.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
If that doesn't work then I would get a replacement.
It's not difficult to flash your radios and the chance of bricking your phone is so small. You really should update your radio/WiMax at least in my opinion. Then maybe the PRI/PRL. Just check Calk's thread and you'll be fine
I did both of them and nothing still.
alright this is whack. I de-root my phone and I get 4g back..
mroneeyedboh said:
alright this is whack. I de-root my phone and I get 4g back..
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Try a different Rom.
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Alright. Will do. My dad is on warmtwopointwo and hes holding it. but like I said I flashed back to stock non root etc etc and and now im holding 4g fine... for around 15 minutes.
4 steps to tweak your 4G connection
mroneeyedboh said:
Alright. I cant hold a 4g signal long at all. Funny thing is my dad has an evo and 4g, his holds forever. Should I de-root my phone and take it back or could this be normal. As in some phones can pull the signal better than others?
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TRY THIS (i picked this up off the DEV forums back in July and works perfectly for me and my buddies)
First call sprint and ask them for you MSL code (6 digits) they will give you the code no problem.
TURN OFF YOUR 4G *** MAKE SURE 4G IS OFF ***
1. Dial ##3282# hit edit enter the MSL code sprint gave you and click on Wimax.
2. Scroll down to WiMax_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dbm) - click on it and change the value from -89 to anything from -100 to -110 (this will allow your phone to connect to weaker 4G signals). Mine is set at -100.
3. Scroll down to WiMax_Exit_Delay(s) - change that value to 15 (which is 15 seconds) so you will stay connected to 4G longer when the signal drops and you wont get dumped right into 3G.
4. Then hit menu and commit modifications - you phone should reset - if those two dont help just PM me and i can walk through some of the other tweaks in that menu.
YMMV but i have done this to my EVO and 3 of my buddies and it works great as you can pick up a 4G signal where others cannot and you can stay on the 4G network longer than anyone else when the signal drops.
mikeinghilterra said:
TRY THIS (i picked this up off the DEV forums back in July and works perfectly for me and my buddies)
First call sprint and ask them for you MSL code (6 digits) they will give you the code no problem.
TURN OFF YOUR 4G *** MAKE SURE 4G IS OFF ***
1. Dial ##3282# hit edit enter the MSL code sprint gave you and click on Wimax.
2. Scroll down to WiMax_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dbm) - click on it and change the value from -89 to anything from -100 to -110 (this will allow your phone to connect to weaker 4G signals). Mine is set at -100.
3. Scroll down to WiMax_Exit_Delay(s) - change that value to 15 (which is 15 seconds) so you will stay connected to 4G longer when the signal drops and you wont get dumped right into 3G.
4. Then hit menu and commit modifications - you phone should reset - if those two dont help just PM me and i can walk through some of the other tweaks in that menu.
YMMV but i have done this to my EVO and 3 of my buddies and it works great as you can pick up a 4G signal where others cannot and you can stay on the 4G network longer than anyone else when the signal drops.
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don't you get better transfer rate on a strong 3G signal than a very weak 4G signal?
what's the point of staying connected to 4G longer when the signal is gone? if there's no signal, there's no signal...why wait longer for it to connect to 3G so you can keep doing what you were doing?
mikeinghilterra said:
TRY THIS (i picked this up off the DEV forums back in July and works perfectly for me and my buddies)
First call sprint and ask them for you MSL code (6 digits) they will give you the code no problem.
TURN OFF YOUR 4G *** MAKE SURE 4G IS OFF ***
1. Dial ##3282# hit edit enter the MSL code sprint gave you and click on Wimax.
2. Scroll down to WiMax_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dbm) - click on it and change the value from -89 to anything from -100 to -110 (this will allow your phone to connect to weaker 4G signals). Mine is set at -100.
3. Scroll down to WiMax_Exit_Delay(s) - change that value to 15 (which is 15 seconds) so you will stay connected to 4G longer when the signal drops and you wont get dumped right into 3G.
4. Then hit menu and commit modifications - you phone should reset - if those two dont help just PM me and i can walk through some of the other tweaks in that menu.
YMMV but i have done this to my EVO and 3 of my buddies and it works great as you can pick up a 4G signal where others cannot and you can stay on the 4G network longer than anyone else when the signal drops.
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+1 on this. Also check out the thread to connect to 4G sooner (I'll dig up the link here after lunch if no one else does)
I only get to use 4g while on the interstate, but there were huge patches of it where I would get disconnected. Now I can drive all the way to work, connected, without a drop.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=726877&highlight=##3282#
Since you're rooted you can just download msl reader from the market instead of having to call sprint and all that.
postwick said:
don't you get better transfer rate on a strong 3G signal than a very weak 4G signal?
what's the point of staying connected to 4G longer when the signal is gone? if there's no signal, there's no signal...why wait longer for it to connect to 3G so you can keep doing what you were doing?
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You're right, you can download faster on a strong 3G signal; however, if you are downloading a large file (got ROMs?) if you are mobile and come across a dip in reception and your signal is dropped...so is your download. Now in my case on the interstate, I would drop out of 4G twice on the way to work for aboutfive miles each time. I set my minimum connection to -98 db and it never drops the connection and I never have less than one bar. If it has nothing it will only be for a couple seconds if that, but I never have an interrupted connection.
whoa thanks guys. long story short. I was going to take it back so S-off'ed it and derooted it. I said Hmm 4g is now on... So then I rerooted and from flashing the PC36IMG file to deroot my evo, it must have changed my boot loader to 2.10 from 2.02...
None the less Its all good now. I just finished the root and when I got into the rom ( sprint lovers, its inlcuded with the savior method ) I had 4g, I then nand'ed and Now It just rebooted and IM in 4g with 2 bars on the 4g icon.
My dad is rockin Myn's warm and he has 4g all day. Oringally on my first root I did Fresh and I think that crunked up my ****. Weird thing is that I held onto my RSAs and MACs all matched, just didnt want to fire up. I did try to update radios etc and nothing.
And the other thing is that where I live is a 4g in buildings area, so I know something was acting up. Im going to flash Myns and see what I get.
And is that 4G fix really worth it?
Yes
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You're right, you can download faster on a strong 3G signal; however, if you are downloading a large file (got ROMs?) if you are mobile and come across a dip in reception and your signal is dropped...so is your download. Now in my case on the interstate, I would drop out of 4G twice on the way to work for aboutfive miles each time. I set my minimum connection to -98 db and it never drops the connection and I never have less than one bar. If it has nothing it will only be for a couple seconds if that, but I never have an interrupted connection.
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cool, thanks for the explanation. makes sense that you don't want to drop your downloads...are there any download utilities out there that could help with this, like the ones for regular PCs? it could be very useful to have an app that will resume a download when the connection comes back.
anyway, thanks for posting those settings and how to get in there, could come in very handy in the future.
in theory that would make sense but i can still download at 2 mb/s on 1 bar or less using 4G in NYC where as if i was on 3G i would have full strength and would probably only hit 1 mb/s
postwick said:
cool, thanks for the explanation. makes sense that you don't want to drop your downloads...are there any download utilities out there that could help with this, like the ones for regular PCs? it could be very useful to have an app that will resume a download when the connection comes back.
anyway, thanks for posting those settings and how to get in there, could come in very handy in the future.
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The only client-side apps that handle downloads for me are the torrent apps, but that's just inherent in how torrents work. I haven't come across a download manager like you describe. The download management in Android will wait for a connection if you lose signal using the same radio, preserving the integrity of the file, but it doesn't handle the switching from 3G to 4G well in my experience...it always drops the download.
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I did a forum search but couldn't find anything, although it looks like a lot of Hero users are having the same issue since installing Android 2.1.
Does anybody know of a way to change the mode of operation on the phone to 1x only? I've got an Airave at home because I get wildly inconsistent EVDO coverage, so my phone is often switching between the two. I'd like to be able to just set it to 1x only while at home to help the battery life, but the setting doesn't appear to be in the Mobile Network menu anywhere.
Is there any other way of doing this?
I don't see anything for that setting either, weird
This is my first Android phone, but as near as I can tell from searching on the issue, it just looks like Android 2.1 removed access to that setting across the board. I suppose it could be worse... it looks like Hero users who were set to 1x only before upgrading to 2.1 are now locked into it, with no apparent way to change it back.
I imagine there's probably some "backdoor" way of getting to the setting, but I'm way too new to Android to have any idea how to accomplish that.
If you have WiFi at home you're better off using that since it uses less battery than 3g or 1x. That's what I do at home.
I forgot to add I'm using WiFi in conjunction with the airrave.
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donatom3 said:
If you have WiFi at home you're better off using that since it uses less battery than 3g or 1x. That's what I do at home.
I forgot to add I'm using WiFi in conjunction with the airrave.
Sent from my EVO using Tapatalk
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But using wifi won't stop the phone from constantly switching between EVDO and 1x, will it? It's the radio constantly trying to hold onto that weak EVDO signal that I want to stop.
Well, I can confirm that using wifi does not prevent the phone from trying to grab a 3G signal, so all that's really doing is adding to the battery drain rather than helping it.
I tried changing the EVDO Preferred Mode in the ##DATA# menu after getting my MSL code from Sprint, but it still keeps trying to hop onto 3G even after commiting the changes and rebooting. Sigh. Here's hoping one of the devs figure something out.
I have trying to use the HD2 over the last 3 days and getting real problems with intermittent signal loss.
I know i have low signal from the mobile operator in some parts of my home but that has never been a problem with other HTC phones i used before. If the signal was too weak it would just drop out but come back if i moved a bit.
With the HD2 once the signal indicator turns red it stays that way even if i move to a strong signal area.
The weird thing is sometimes i would leave the phone sitting in one place with four bars and then minutes later it would show up with no signal and i can't receive calls.
Even stranger is that in all these cases where there is no apparent signal, all i need to do is press the send button to try making a call and the signal "magically" re-appears and all is fine. I've tried at least four differnt radios as well as the energy ROM ... no change.
Any ideas ? this is reaallly frustrating!!!!!!
do the problems resemble what I experienced here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6808114#post6808114
ieh said:
I have trying to use the HD2 over the last 3 days and getting real problems with intermittent signal loss.
I know i have low signal from the mobile operator in some parts of my home but that has never been a problem with other HTC phones i used before. If the signal was too weak it would just drop out but come back if i moved a bit.
With the HD2 once the signal indicator turns red it stays that way even if i move to a strong signal area.
The weird thing is sometimes i would leave the phone sitting in one place with four bars and then minutes later it would show up with no signal and i can't receive calls.
Even stranger is that in all these cases where there is no apparent signal, all i need to do is press the send button to try making a call and the signal "magically" re-appears and all is fine. I've tried at least four differnt radios as well as the energy ROM ... no change.
Any ideas ? this is reaallly frustrating!!!!!!
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reijkelhof said:
do the problems resemble what I experienced here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6808114#post6808114
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change radio ROM, well experiment with several of them by trial and error (read the sticky/tutorial first).
OR
buy an indoor signal booster.
Well, regardless of the radio version ive had really odd intermitant service.
the best way ive found to help this is turn off 3G / HSDPA
Doing this forces the device to remain on GPRS, it means the battery lasts a hell of a lot longer and it doent drop the connection every time the device feels like trying to connect with HSDPA or drops it for no apparent reason.
reijkelhof said:
do the problems resemble what I experienced here?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6808114#post6808114
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it seem that you were losing data connection .... i'm a lot worse off ... i lose data AND voice .. all connectivity ... so i don't receive calls
as i said the weird thing is as soon as press send to initiate a call,cthe signal bars come back and everything works fine!!
as i said, stop 3G from working, when switching between the two due to what ever reason the HD2 decides to drop it will kill your connection, voice and all until it switches back. there is an issue with 3G and im wondering if its everyone or just folk using TMOUS radio and thus recieving the extra RAM
To disable 3G/HSDPA to test,
Open Comm Manager and click on Phone (not the on/off switch) to go to phone options. Scroll to bottom and select BAND. Switch network type from Auto to GSM.
3G/HSDPA is only needed for internet surfing. Time, weather, stock updates and email downloads don't really benefit from it. So turning it off this way will make these type data connections go through the EDGE network which is plenty fast enough for it. When you need to surf the net, go back and switch it to Auto and you will get 3G or faster speeds for that.
Phantoms said:
To disable 3G/HSDPA to test,
Open Comm Manager and click on Phone (not the on/off switch) to go to phone options. Scroll to bottom and select BAND. Switch network type from Auto to GSM.
3G/HSDPA is only needed for internet surfing. Time, weather, stock updates and email downloads don't really benefit from it. So turning it off this way will make these type data connections go through the EDGE network which is plenty fast enough for it. When you need to surf the net, go back and switch it to Auto and you will get 3G or faster speeds for that.
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I disagree. My emails have timed out using edge.
same prob here
nrfitchett4 said:
I disagree. My emails have timed out using edge.
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hello im having the same problem..no voice or data i push my send button an then i get signal,my wife has a hd7 and my son has a hd2 they will have 3 to 4 bars and i show no signal.push talk and i get 1 to 2 bars.
have you found a fix?
You could always try a signal booster on eBay for like 5...
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If its just 3G then its probable just T-Mobile or then again a Hardware/Firmware issue
try a different ROM, Radio
I have this same issue I running a T-Mobile USA (using radio 2.12 but then again it was doing it on 2.15 as well) and it just drops all connectivity and says no service I have to search the network again.
My phone is unlocked I don't know if that might have anything to do with it as well
I've had this problem on my HD2 since i got it.
Edge (E), works but slow as all get out. 2-4s ping times or time outs. 3G (and when i say 3G i mean when it says 3G in the status bar) doesn't work at all. HSDPA (H) works great, WHEN it stays that way, which it doesn't.
It can switch between 3G to H every 10 seconds.
And i'm using it for tethering primarily, which makes working painful. Lose your VPN and SSH sessions constantly. Some days it's ok. But most, horrible. btw, i'm in the Denver area.
I've tried stock roms and custom roms (primarily Energy). All radios. Nothing fixes it!
This is the only thing I don't like about my HD2 and/or t-mobile. And it's a whopper. I'm almost ready to get another phone or carrier, depending on what's causing this.
-Tony
ncohafmuta said:
I've had this problem on my HD2 since i got it.
Edge (E), works but slow as all get out. 2-4s ping times or time outs. 3G (and when i say 3G i mean when it says 3G in the status bar) doesn't work at all. HSDPA (H) works great, WHEN it stays that way, which it doesn't.
It can switch between 3G to H every 10 seconds.
And i'm using it for tethering primarily, which makes working painful. Lose your VPN and SSH sessions constantly. Some days it's ok. But most, horrible. btw, i'm in the Denver area.
I've tried stock roms and custom roms (primarily Energy). All radios. Nothing fixes it!
This is the only thing I don't like about my HD2 and/or t-mobile. And it's a whopper. I'm almost ready to get another phone or carrier, depending on what's causing this.
-Tony
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I have 4 HD2's with one having the problem you describe and have come to the conclusion it's a hardware issue. Probably a cold solder joint on the antenna lead.
In WinMo or Android the signal bars jump all over the place but the signal level in 'about phone' shows a constant signal even though the bars show nothing. I don't drop to many calls but miss more than a few incoming. I travel for 5-8 hrs in the same area everyday and very familiar of good and bad areas of reception. I have tried stock/cooked ROM's/Radio's with no noticeable difference.
I'll probably send mine in to HTC to be looked at.
Hey picked up an Samsung Focus and I am trying to figure out if there is an HSPA icon or it always puts 3G? I unlocked the service menu but can't determine if I am connecting. This is a AT&T Focus running on Telus. I have heard they are basically the same network and HSPA+ should react the same (depending on coverage of course) here on the TELUS Network like AT&T. Help and clarification appreciated.
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Hey picked up an Samsung Focus and I am trying to figure out if there is an HSPA icon or it always puts 3G? I unlocked the service menu but can't determine if I am connecting. This is a AT&T Focus running on Telus. I have heard they are basically the same network and HSPA+ should react the same (depending on coverage of course) here on the TELUS Network like AT&T. Help and clarification appreciated.
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Well first of all you'd have to setup your apn in the settings (not that MMS won't work for the moment), and when HSPA is active 3G changes to 3G+ at the top. hopes this helps!
I know the Rogers branded Focus has HSUPA disabled by default and only has HSDPA enabled.
I had to go into the configuration settings for mine to enable HSUPA for SaskTel's 3G+ (which I guess we're allowed to call 4G now).....
So it shows 3G+ ... I assume mine is not set up correct then... I'll go fiddle around with it.
i enabled HSUPA on my focus and have seen greatly improved speeds while tethering and browsing on my phone. however i have never seen 3G+ icon.
http://samsungwp7.com/blog/2010/12/...boost-hack-enable-hsupa-not-on-by-defaul.html
is where i got the steps to turn on HSUPA.
is this even the same thing?
AT&T network Minnesota
i think the reason i never see the 3G+ is because AT&T hasn't set up the 4g here yet. not sure.
but the crazy thing is that my speeds are ridiculous fast. 6.20mbps Download and 1.5mbps upload.
I think for at&t you need a certain sim card to access the hspa+ network. I looked for about 20 min to find one of the articals but cant find them. Anyone reading this remember seeing information about this?
Seed 2.0 said:
I think for at&t you need a certain sim card to access the hspa+ network. I looked for about 20 min to find one of the articals but cant find them. Anyone reading this remember seeing information about this?
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Makes sense I guess, but I am happy with the speed that I am getting. I must be getting the HSPA+ speeds probably do to backhaul?
Revert?
I would like to try this but need to know what the default settings should be if I want to revert. Is it possible to revert back to default?
goldenpipes said:
i enabled HSUPA on my focus and have seen greatly improved speeds while tethering and browsing on my phone. however i have never seen 3G+ icon.
http://samsungwp7.com/blog/2010/12/...boost-hack-enable-hsupa-not-on-by-defaul.html
is where i got the steps to turn on HSUPA.
is this even the same thing?
AT&T network Minnesota
i think the reason i never see the 3G+ is because AT&T hasn't set up the 4g here yet. not sure.
but the crazy thing is that my speeds are ridiculous fast. 6.20mbps Download and 1.5mbps upload.
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thanks for
http://samsungwp7.com/blog/2010/12/3...by-defaul.html
my focus flys now on AT&T and my home network
I was hestiant to change any settings like this, but I decided to go ahead and do it.
I think overall my download speed is 75% faster than it was before this setting change.
Thanks for posting this one.
Second thought: Why in the world isn't this turned on by default? Is there a downside to it?
wildbilll said:
I was hestiant to change any settings like this, but I decided to go ahead and do it.
I think overall my download speed is 75% faster than it was before this setting change.
Thanks for posting this one.
Second thought: Why in the world isn't this turned on by default? Is there a downside to it?
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I just followed all of the steps, but how can you tell if there's been any change? Will it show 3G+ at the top when you're in a supported area?
Does this have any perceivable effect on battery life?
Did someone say MMS would stop working with this change?
How do I revert back to default if there are issues?
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I just followed all of the steps, but how can you tell if there's been any change? Will it show 3G+ at the top when you're in a supported area?
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Mine still shows 3G.
I restarted mine and the settings held, that was one question I had, if it would revert or not.
I am now seeing more than double what I had before, which was a struggle to get 1,000 KB.
Just for comparison purposes, when I first used http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1
for my tests on a non 3G phone it would give me a result. That was a 100k file size.
When I went to the HTC 8925, 3G phone this would not work. It told me to try a larger file as it was "unstable/too fast a result".
It then offered the link:
http://www.dslreports.com/mspeed?jisok=1&more=1
which has a 1 meg file. This would give me a ~800K result.
Now, with the change we are discussing here I am getting the "unstable/too fast a result" again!
There are not a lot of speeds tests that will run in this phones browser. I am forced to use http://www.ispgeeks.com/wild/module...23744.9&downloadtime=1.035&KB=3000&recorded=1
and it ranges from 1.39 to over 3 meg.
Battery life. Looks fine from yesterday. Down 20% from full charge last eventing till this morning, but I expected that, since last night I ran the browser a lot playing with the new speeds.
Update: try http://testmy.net/mobile/upload to assess upload speeds. I am getting ~400K to 600K uploeads. I used to be at less than 200K before the change.
You could also just get the "bandwidth" app out of marketplace
Original settings...
How do you go back to the original settings? While there is a big speed increase on my phone, the battery went from full to dead in seven hours. I can't have that.
I tried the hack yesterday, and today for the first time ever (Bought phone on December 12th) the phone rebooted itself. There is no storade card installed. Never had a storage card in it.
Those don't do upload and they all suck as far as accuracy.
bennyj71 said:
How do you go back to the original settings? While there is a big speed increase on my phone, the battery went from full to dead in seven hours. I can't have that.
I tried the hack yesterday, and today for the first time ever (Bought phone on December 12th) the phone rebooted itself. There is no storade card installed. Never had a storage card in it.
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You basically do the same steps but you change "Release 6(HSDPA/HSUPA)" to "Release 5 (HSDPA Only)". Here's the modified instructions in case you forgot:
From Diagnosis enter: *#32489#
(GSM test) Shows the ciphering status and options to enable or disable it.
Tap the small "Back" button at the bottom of the screen
Now select:
Tap: [5] RRC(HSPA) Control
Tap: [2] Change RRC Revision
Tap: [2] Release 5(HSDPA Only)
Tap the small "End" button at the bottom of the screen.
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BTW, I tried to do some tests with the Bandwidth app on the marketplace, but it's not such a great app and constantly froze up especially on the upload tests.
The app got an update a few days ago and now works pretty flawlessly.
According to mobilespeedtest.com I'm getting around 1400 kpbs. Not too bad.
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According to mobilespeedtest.com I'm getting around 1400 kpbs. Not too bad.
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My Focus with this tweak got 1220 kbps.
My HTC Tilt 2 with the Energy ROM got 2150 kbps.
Being a noob myself, I spent allot of time doing my research and figuring things out. I thought I would share. These mods are a reproduction of the original author(s) so all the credit goes to them for their original work.
Let's get to work!
Prerequisites:
A Rooted Sense Rom. Either Stock Rooted or MikShift Rom.
Download and install MSL Reader from Android Market ('M'aster 'S'ubsidy
'L'ock)
Download and install Speed Test from Android Market
NANDroid BACKUP! Because ya never know.
Turn off wireless radio.
Turn on 4g radio.
Now that we have that all done we can move on to the good stuff.
Run Speed Test a few times to get an average upload and download speed for your current settings. Do this for comparison purposes.
Run MSL Reader to get your MSL. Write it down.
Open Phone Dial pad and enter ##3282#
EPST Window will open, Select Edit Mode
Please Enter Password window will popup, Enter your MSL here.
Select WiMAX option.
In the WiMAX options, select WiMAX_Scan_Retry(s). Note your default value and write it down so that you can set it back if you have to.
Change WiMAX_Scan_Retry(s) to 15
Select WiMAX_Idle_Sleep(s). Write down default value.
Change WiMAX_Idle_Sleep(s) to 30
Select WiMAX_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dBm). Write down the default value.
Now this option (WiMAX_Entry_RX(RSSI)(dBm) can be adjusted between -89 to -110. I have mine set to -94. I changed this value a few times to find the best download and upload speeds. First finish the rest of this guide before testing different values.
Select WiMAX_Entry_Delay(s). Write down the default value.
Change WiMAX_Entry_Delay(s) to 1
press your [menu] button and select commit changes. This could take a minute or two. Once the settings are saved your device will reboot.
Test to confirm better signal strength and speeds.
Enjoy.
I did this a few days ago and noticed I get much better 4g reception in areas that I didn't used to get it. I set my WiMAX_Entry_RX to -89 which is the strongest.
I think most people will probably use that value and where I am that
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Im assuming that these changes will stick if i NANDroid back to my CM7?
Yes
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I'm an epic user, perhaps soon to be speedy user, who has done this mod. All the entry rx seting does is adjust the signal strength required to connect. For example, if you set the entryRx value to -89dbm the weakest signal wimax will connect to is -89dbm. Speed should not be affected by this mod but coverage definitely is. I recommend everyone set their entryRx to -110dbm.
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lynyrd65 said:
I recommend everyone set their entryRx to -110dbm.
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Is there a reason you're suggesting this??? I'd rather have a little bit weaker signal than no signal at all. To be honest I have noticed a pretty significant increase in speed. Before I used to only get 4-5Mbps now i'm seeing more 6-7Mbps on my -89 setting.
Chrscott22 said:
Is there a reason you're suggesting this??? I'd rather have a little bit weaker signal than no signal at all. To be honest I have noticed a pretty significant increase in speed. Before I used to only get 4-5Mbps now i'm seeing more 6-7Mbps on my -89 setting.
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When you raise the setting to -89dbM you make it so the signal has to be greater than or equal to -89dbM so networks with a rating of -91 to -110 dbm will be dismissed by the radio as too weak and it will not connect to them.
If your speeds have gone up with the higher signal strength requirement then try both settings a few times in the same location and if your theory still holds to be true then you have discovered something interesting,
TL DR : -89dbm is stronger than -110dbm
what im starting to notice with -110 set, sure itll connect in places it wouldnt for me but itll constantly hang and dis/reconnect when I try to use it....
i can't connect at -89 at all at my home but with -110 i have spots in my house and yard that i can get a bar but with probs stated above....
I have had mik, stock, cm7 all with the same results....
My townhome is literally 25 feet out of good to perfect 4g coverage
i'm in the middle of 3 towers and can connect to two of them from my home.....
I'm thinking sprint set it at -89dbm since any connection above that was possibly deemed unstable....
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what im starting to notice with -110 set, sure itll connect in places it wouldnt for me but itll constantly hang and dis/reconnect when I try to use it....
i can't connect at -89 at all at my home but with -110 i have spots in my house and yard that i can get a bar but with probs stated above....
I'm thinking sprint set it at -89dbm since any connection above that was possibly deemed unstable....
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Of course you're seeing this at 110. You told your phone to pick up the most distant, unclear signal it can possibly see. Which, in most cases is NOT ENOUGH for stable communications.
Sprint set it to the value they did for 100% reliable, every time, but due to the nature of the 4G and it's low penetration power, eh, not saying much. LOL
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Of course you're seeing this at 110. You told your phone to pick up the most distant, unclear signal it can possibly see. Which, in most cases is NOT ENOUGH for stable communications.
Sprint set it to the value they did for 100% reliable, every time, but due to the nature of the 4G and it's low penetration power, eh, not saying much. LOL
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So would you say this is sorta a pointless change?
Yeah I wish wimax was on nextels 800mhz bandwith lot....
So i have been flashing a few roms recently and stayed with NB60 for 2 days now... on my second day I only got 3G speeds and was finding drop in my network more.
I flashed another rom and still I am getting only 3G and never 4G even when i try going to use to internet or the market or anything that requires data.
I remember on most roms that it would bounce from 3G to 4G when it was needed... and now I dont even get that.
Any reason why this might be happening? I mean I was running 2.3.4 and then now my new rom I flashed has 2.3.4 also and do u think it might be because of that?
Any help would be great.
First of all go check what type of network your connected to as it will show you, as H don't mean its 4G. Now I know you know that not all time you will get speed as time, place depend on the load of the network. Where I get H always I do see Edge/3G time to time so it depends.
Now you can flash the new radio we have by placing it on your SDCard and renaming it to PD15ING.zip and rebooting in to bootloader. Radio is user select based and you may improve your signal where it maybe useless to me. If you have HSDPA/HSPA+ in your area you can test it and connect via WCDMA only and see if it works. To save battery no one stays on 4G as it will kill it faster.
Yeah I totally understand when u mean no one stays on 4G or Hspa all the time. The only reason why it was concerning me was that my wife has her phone which is not rooted and mine that is... and she has her phone being totally fine with getting H or 4G.
Idk if i want to try a new radio just because idk if its safe or not... im sure it is but idk if im ready to do that
But I will test out my area like how u recommended by connecting via WCDMA only.
thanks for the tips.
Perfectly understandable, but did you hear when iPhone4 first hit and the whole grip drop signal problem? lol what I am getting here is later we discovered AT&T was actually fabricating signal which was inaccurate to boost their failed network. I never trust the stock icons to begin with did you at least run few decent speed tests so you can at least compare? With WCDMA only my connection improved by alot specially the upload, I was surprised. As I have BellSouth ADSL and max we get is 512kbps (54kB/s) max. Where here I was pushing 180kB/s+ best advice for you is download speed test and compare it same time side by side of your wife against yourself first and then go from there.
yeah... my wifi is working perfectly. but my 3g/4g is just real bad. it says my network is with Tmobile. and everything seems fine... but idk... its hard going on the app store, it takes a long time doing a search on google (and sometimes i have to reload it like 3 times to find a search), and just overall slow network.
I have no clue what to do or why all of a sudden this happend.
When I meant network type I meant what are you using ATM? UMTS? HSDPA? HSPA? you can check under network type it will tell you. Try WCDMA only but the issue is if you don't have strong signal places where you have EDGE you can't use data anymore.
ok so check it.... before i read ur last post i changed my rom to the leaked sense rom by faux. and I got my 4G status back.
that being said... I was using the 2.0 royal ginger right before i flashed this one. But I dont know why the NB61 rom or the royal ginger were acting weird with me... is it bc of 2.3.4? ill check out what u told me later tonight i suppose. once again. thanks alot.
I myself is having hell of issues ATM with AOSP2.3.4(CM7NB60+) so could be another factor.
Ok so I think i got it back to 4G status when i need it now lol.
Basically I flashed the leaked sense rom from faux.... played with that for little. then later I went back to the 2.0 Royal glaciar.... and NOW everything is working again.
So i dont know what happend before but now Im good to go and everything is perfect again.
thanks again for the help tho TmpUsr