NEW METHOD!!!!
1. Make sure you are on CDMA/EVDO Auto
2. Switch to LTE CDMA/EVDO and you prolly wont get a signal but run fix permissions
3. Switch back to CDMA and reboot
4. When you are back from reboot wait for solid 3g and then switch to 4g
5. profit ??
Hope this may help some of you!
After many hours of trying different combinations of radios, PRL versions, wiping to stock and back, along with the help of PackFanJason, I have figured out how to get 4G on CM after the VZW Fiasco.
Just follow these steps and you should* be able to get 4G first try!
1) You will need to obviously be on test 4 of Cyanogenmod.
2) Next you will want to grab this radio ( http://db.tt/8bCSwWr ) This is the stock radio, for some reason you MUST BE ON THIS RADIO. My guess is that VZW set the towers to only look for this specific version to connect for 4G.
3) Place that on the root of your sdcard and make sure that it is named just PG105IMG.zip ( I dont remember the exact number ) or whatever just the last part of the file name is.
4) IMPORTANT STEP before flashing the radio in HBOOT, make sure that your have your wireless setting on CDMA/EVDO AUTO, NOT LTE/CDMA EVDO Auto. I flashed it this way the first time and it didnt work.
5) If you have done all of the above, you can now go into HBOOT and flash the radio
6) Upon reboot make sure that you let the phone sit for ~3 minutes while everything sets itself up, one you have waited go to the wireless settings again and switch it to LTE/CDMA EVDO Auto. If you lose signal right away, you did something wrong from above and repeat the process. Most if not all of your will see the 4G icon pop up and VOILA
**Some suggestions if it doesnt work**
Some suggest running Fix Permissions via Rom Manager with the 4G setting turned on and then rebooting.
If it does not work the first time do not flame the thread, each phone is different no matter what you say. Everyone has changed things a little different each time so this is for the majority
As always if you have questions hit me up on Twitter or in IRC at #slayher on freenode.
Making a backup of my Tesla rom now so I can give this a shot. Thanks for your research and help.
EDIT: File name for radio should be PG05IMG.zip
I have the newest radio from basf-remix and i get 4g no prob all day.
quepaso said:
I have the newest radio from basf-remix and i get 4g no prob all day.
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Like i said above, everyone is different, this is just for people who cannot get 4G, if you are getting it then of course dont change anything
quepaso said:
I have the newest radio from basf-remix and i get 4g no prob all day.
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He also said this is for CM 7
swimminsurfer256 said:
He also said this is for CM 7
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Sounds like he's on CM7, but with the radio from the Das BAMF thread (just a guess since we're in a CM7 thread).
flashing cm7, and will follow ur instructions... thnx in advance
edit: didn't work for me, thnx though
Awesome! Only question is how do you switch to cdma/evdo auto in cm7?
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Awesome! Only question is how do you switch to cdma/evdo auto in cm7?
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menu>settings>wireless & networks>mobile networks>network mode
Sweet! Thanks
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Ok, I restored my CM7 backup (not a clean install).
Downloaded radio in OP, put it on root of SD card, renamed it.
Changed network mode to CDMA / EVDO Auto.
Rebooted to make sure it stuck, made sure I had 3G.
Rebooted to bootloader, flashed radio.
Restarted phone upon prompt after radio flashed.
Waited, even though I got 3G very fast on reboot.
Changed network mode to CDMA + LTE/EvDo Auto.
Lost data, still gone.
There's nothing I did incorrectly from the OP, my phone just won't get 4G on this rom. I'm going to leave it for an hour or so and see if it picks up. If not, I'll restart the phone in LTE mode and see what happens. Thanks again, OP, it was worth a shot.
it took some time, but i have 4g on CM7 with the newer leaked radio....this may be an easier route for those of you that can't seem to get 4g though.
JustinD2473 said:
it took some time, but i have 4g on CM7 with the newer leaked radio....this may be an easier route for those of you that can't seem to get 4g though.
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What do you mean when you say it took some time? Just wait upon booting the phone? Did you play with any settings?
Do you think this will help with 3G also ? . I'm in an area were 4G is not that good but 3 use to be great but on CM7 it's on and off mostly off ,i'm on stock radio :- 1.16.00.0223r
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What do you mean when you say it took some time? Just wait upon booting the phone? Did you play with any settings?
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well, it's been kinda confirmed that there were still 4g issues with verizon all day yesterday so that was most likely my problem.
But in the settings i had it set to CDMA/EvDo only almost all of yesterday and was changing it to LTE periodically to see if it would work. This morning I put it on LTE and it came on the very first time.
Those steps didn't work for me. It switches to 4G briefly, then I get a complete network dropout.
I have to switch to CDMA/Evdo auto to get data back.
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I've been able to get 4G on any radio I've tried with CM7. I just have to toggle between CDMA/EvDo and CDMA + LTE/EvDo a few times to get it to take.
What I'll normally do is to switch to CDMA/EvDo and let it get a solid 3G signal then switch over to CDMA + LTE/EvDo and after a few minutes, 4G will kick in.
Just my experience since it seems there are so many different ones.
EDIT to add state - Auburn, WA
Ok, for those of you with working 4g, if you dont mind post your city and state. Would love to see if you are people in the same markets.
Phoenix, Arizona here...working 4g on 1.16.00.0402w_1 Radio.
Washington DC
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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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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
Is there anything I can do to allow the phone to be in HSPA more often? My fiancee has a Mytouch 4g and I have the G2, her phone is almost always in HSPA and mine seems to always be in Edge, even when we are next to eachother. Is this a known issue???
Try this *#*#INFO#*#* this is the phone testing option. Try turning radio off and on and set it to wcdma preferred that could get you bettter speed . Also give us more info. Are yo rooted? Which radio are you using stuff like that.
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Is there anything I can do to allow the phone to be in HSPA more often? My fiancee has a Mytouch 4g and I have the G2, her phone is almost always in HSPA and mine seems to always be in Edge, even when we are next to eachother. Is this a known issue???
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Try this *#*#INFO#*#* this is the phone testing option. Try turning radio off and on and set it to wcdma preferred that could get you bettter speed . Also give us more info. Are yo rooted? Which radio are you using stuff like that.
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Thanks for the quick response, I'm running 100% stock tmobile rom.
The *#*#info#*#* says wcdma preferred. Not sure what radio Im running, could you guide me on how I can tell?
Seperate issue but the bluetooth on this phone is HORRIBLE!!!! Everyone always complains that they have a bad echo/cant hear me/it is crackly. Ive tried a jawbone 2 and a jabra bt-350. The jawbone is marginally better than the jabra but really the bluetooth is unusable!
My phone is on EDGE 100% of the time!
/Live in Montana and use a local CellOne provider...
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Thanks for the quick response, I'm running 100% stock tmobile rom.
The *#*#info#*#* says wcdma preferred. Not sure what radio Im running, could you guide me on how I can tell?
Seperate issue but the bluetooth on this phone is HORRIBLE!!!! Everyone always complains that they have a bad echo/cant hear me/it is crackly. Ive tried a jawbone 2 and a jabra bt-350. The jawbone is marginally better than the jabra but really the bluetooth is unusable!
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Forget "preferred"... set it to wcdma ONLY, but it will NEVER connect to EDGE.... but sorry, you can't have it both ways.
I don't know anything about the MT4G, so I'm jyst guessing here. But is it really in HSPA or is it just reporting that wrongly ?
You can always try flashing a different radio (see the radio thread in the dev forum) to see if that improves your reception.
I presume your phone has the right hardware bands for your carrier, i.e. you're not trying to use a G2 on, say, AT&T, which will stay on Edge at best because the phone doesn't have the right hardware radio bands to do 3G.
So I've been running CM7 for a while now and I have lost my 4g connection..pretty much permanently. I've tried reflashing cm7 after a FULL WIPE through Clockwork Recov but to no avail. Please help me!
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So I've been running CM7 for a while now and I have lost my 4g connection..pretty much permanently. I've tried reflashing cm7 after a FULL WIPE through Clockwork Recov but to no avail. Please help me!
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let's start with what makes you think you "lost your 4g connection"?
I feel like i am having the same problem, when i first flashed CM7 i would get the occasional H signal but for the past week or so i have only seen the 3g signal. There was a brief moment where i noticed the H for a few minutes. Does this mean anything?
I'm running the royalthunder rom and I've noticed the same thing. I don't really see the h that much anymore. I live in phoenix.
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let's start with what makes you think you "lost your 4g connection"?
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Slower internet, and a lot more time using EDGE and 3G
Check your preferred network settings.
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Select phone info
Scroll down to prefer network
I have better luck with GSM auto (PRL)
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I have noticed the same thing. I made a backup of my original rom and settings, then flashed to cm7 just to check it out. I wasnt satisfied with it, so I switched back to my backup rom. I have noticed that my data latency and speed has been far worse than when I was unrooted and on the stock rom. Will changing the preffered network help this? Any idea what I inadvertantly modified while switching between roms? I thought the nandroid backup backed EVERYTHING up???
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Check your preferred network settings.
Dial *#*#4636#*#*
Select phone info
Scroll down to prefer network
I have better luck with GSM auto (PRL)
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Although I'm still on 3g this has improved my speed noticeably. Now it feels like its more just a visual thing and not actually a network problem.
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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
Right, a little back story.
I brought my SGS2 at the start of May in the UK on O2 so I have an early model which came with the firmware before KE1. I rooted in the first week and was flashing Villainrom 1.0 before too long with no data problems.
I think it was around KE2 with Lite'ning rom that I first saw my phone constantly switching between H & 3G and stalling when receiving or sending data. This behaviour has continued through all the firmwares I've tried with many different modems. I moved onto to Cognition when it was v1.01 and have been using it all the way unto 1.2 with the KG3 modem. Again still with data connecting problems.
Things I have tried -
Turning off fast dormacy
Editing the build.prop http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1097612&highlight=build.prop pages 1-5
Switching off HSDPA/HSUPA via the *#301279# command
Disabling juice defender
Switching to WCDMA only
Changing modems
Full hard reset and reflasing of roms
Even with the above on multiple roms and rom versions my data connection was unreliable at best and killing spree warranting at its worst.
Possible fix-
What i found lurking on XDA on a slow day at work was the command below
*#2263#
This allows you to select which bands your phone uses. I selected option 2 then tested the 4 available bands. They all resulted in a complete loss of reception except WCDMA 2100. this is probably network specific you'll need to try it yourselves.
The results and current settings
Now when I try to use my data connection the phone no longer switches between H & 3G. It will start on 3G then find H and stay there, I see a slight delay if its been in deep sleep or JD has cut the connect but this is normal for the phone to start on 3G to save power.
Fast dormacy - off
build.prop -stock/unedited (I found this worked for me for a while but since 2.3.4 it didnt seem to help)
HSDPA/HSUPA via the *#301279# command - both on
Juice defender - on
WCDMA only selected as when picking a band it doesn't seem to like having a GSM band selected as well (happy to be corrected on that)
Modem KG3 -
Rom cog 1.2 - I'm patiently waiting 1.4 based on KG6 to test my findings.
Conclusion-
Okay it could be that selecting a band does F'all and that I'm seeing better results for a completely different reason. I'm not a developer so my fixing skills amount to playing with stuff I don't fully understand and seeing how more or less broke I've made it.
After thought -
Ive seen on the sensation forum they have discussed the wrong IMEI code being the cause of poor data speeds so I may look into that next.
Please share your experiences and anything else you've tried.
Ive seen on the sensation forum they have discussed the wrong IMEI code being the cause of poor data speeds so I may look into that next.
That should be no connection as IMEI belongs to phone and handshakes with network first .
KG6 modem some report as better .
jje
I will have to give this a try and see how it works, thanks for the share.
I am in the same boat, it is VERY frustrating to say the least. A typical scenario for me is: reading a web page on my S2 for a good few minutes (3g has gone to sleep mode by the time I have finished reading), I click on a link, 3g flashes, H comes up and flashes once.....wait.....wait.......wait......10 seconds later it decides to initiate a connection and take me where I want to go! It does the same thing with the XDA app. I have been onto O2 about this a couple of weeks ago, all they did was give me the settings over the phone (which were the exact same ones I already had) and they also sent me a replacement sim card, suffice to say, there is no change. Now I am convinced its a network problem of some sort, I have a three sim card which I have been trying out and the above problems do not exist anymore when using three, I click a link after 3g has gone to sleep and it goes from 3g to H and initialises the data transfer in one smooth motion. It looks like I'll be getting my PAC code and moving to Three!
would be interested to hear if switching to the 2100 band helps at all seeing as your on O2 as well
Mine is O2 via Giffgaff and no problems at all .
Tested KG6 modem Wi|Fi only and it is a stronger signal .
jje
Yeah, forgot to mention that, I have just enabled it. I can't test at the moment though coz there is no 3G coverage where I am. The only problem with enabling it is you will not be able to connect to GPRS or Edge if you need to. But it is worth testing regardless.
Just been out and about and tried that setting, didn't make much difference unfortunately
Maybe it was a combination of tweaks on my end. What rom & modem are you using?
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Maybe it was a combination of tweaks on my end. What rom & modem are you using?
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Villain 2.3 with KG3 modem. The problem has been the same whatever ROM I have used, I even flashed back to O2 stock a couple of weeks ago to see if it was a ROM problem, but that was the same. I can't remember what it was like when I first got the handset though, mine was the first batch as well.
JJEgan said:
Mine is O2 via Giffgaff and no problems at all .
Tested KG6 modem Wi|Fi only and it is a stronger signal .
jje
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The wife is on Giffgaff so I think I'll give that sim a try before I get my PAC off O2.
bentez2003 said:
Right, a little back story.
What i found lurking on XDA on a slow day at work was the command below
*#2263#
This allows you to select which bands your phone uses. I selected option 2 then tested the 4 available bands. They all resulted in a complete loss of reception except WCDMA 2100. this is probably network specific you'll need to try it yourselves.
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hi
i am just testing now this fix. i have an o2 phone and i did the same changes you did, disable fast dormancy, changed build.prop settings, will let you know after going a few times underground ;-)
gabrio
confirm, this is working, even when i go underground or when the signal goes away, it gets back to H/H+ and works, gabrio
Give it a little while, I think you'll be back saying it didn't work
Personally, I went ahead with my threat and moved over to 3uk, never looked back since with this problem, been perfect!
I've tried it all. Disabled fast dormancy, hspa, toyed with band selection, edited build.prop (btw, don't bother with it, the network settings you find on the web to type in don't work on the s2) you name it - but it would still cut out. Luckily, my phone is unlocked so I switched my provider and now it works like a charm with all the bells and whistles enabled. I can ride the tram all across warsaw and maybe have a handful of 2-3 second hiccups when I'm listening to online radio. Curiously enough, on my previous provider I've noted that there are some areas (like a busy mall - Arkadia) where it would not stall as well as a few other places, and most other areas that were notorious with data hanging. I'm convinced now that it is an issue on the telco side (*cough*Orange*cough*), and too bad because I was on a prepaid plan with them that for roughly $30 I had 7GB of transfer. I guess they figured they can promise the world on their trash network, because nobody would actually use it up. YMMV.
Had this issue with a UK GS2 purchased from Negri using it on AT&T.
Since upgrading to the latest UK firmware with 2.3.4 I have not had the issue going on about 2 weeks now!
Man was that issue annoying. Had to restart the phone sometimes to get data back.
Joe
Ok I did that too though how abt lag? Phone lags a bit opening large sms conversations and browsing home screens.. But peace. Yours too?
Gabrio
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