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Just a simple poll to see how many people have worse 3G stability after the radio update. Personally, it's really bad for me.... I'll get about 5-10 mins of 3G (4 bars) access before it decides not to work in any app. To use data, I have to switch over to Edge which works 100% of the time.
I still get the same 3G as far as I have noticed, but I'm seeing some strange data rates: just tested at 903 down and 789 up. I've had more than a few of these results, even some where the up speed is higher than the down. All since the new radio. App I'm using is speedtest.net FWIW.
Hmmm... I did notice my 3G is faster but so much less stable. I still can't access the 3G since I started the topic. Hopefully someone else from Oklahoma sees this thread... maybe it's just my area.
I can get on EDGE all I want... I just can't do 3G, regardless of the fact I have 4 bars of it. It just pings the server every 5 secs and gets nothing in return, almost like the server is either refusing it or not there. I wonder if I have a bad APN?
I'm using the stock 2.1 rom+update from the other day... I installed a small superuser+highmem hack from modaco just to root it. No other mods/themes have been installed.
I believe the bars are just relating to standard voice connection status not the quality of your 3G. I could be wrong though. I think you can have a great voice conn and shoddy 3G and vice versa.
In Chicago and I have the same issue. I had no 3G problems before the update and now my phone constantly switches between 3G/Edge/no service.
My battery life is also very very poor now due to this.
Not very happy. Half the time I get no 3G at all now whereas before I had 4 bars almost everywhere.
Those that are having problems,
Settings | wireless & networks | mobile networks| network operators | Select your network.
verify if your troubles continue.
bofslime said:
Those that are having problems,
Settings | wireless & networks | mobile networks| network operators | Select your network.
verify if your troubles continue.
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Still having the problem... but after selecting T-Mobile, it now is showing the "upload" as solid instead of pinging every 5 secs... but I still get nothing downstream.
I play HomeRunBattle3D a lot and it constantly gets a weak connection or drops me out of the game.
At work I have 3G in only 1/2 the office now...
I flashed it to help but it def makes it worse for me.
I just applied the fix from above and will check back here after a few days...
I flashed this and I am using CM5 beta4 not sure if the E79 update has something else in the software as I dont think CM5 is using the OTA fixes yet so maybe the problem is there?
mine is difinately worse as well. Also after choosing tmobile network I think it made it even worse again. I assume this is similar to the problems others were having with the old radio when mine was fine. I was just hoping to maybe get some better reception with the new radio because that was lacking a bit.
now in my office where I used to get 3 bars 3g my phone is sitting here with 2-3 bars Edge. hmmm...I must admit though that it is browsing much faster on Edge than it was before...? Possible the roms are reading the radio incorrectly?
I used the phone on ATT edge before switching to tmobile and I was impressed by how fast even browsing was on ATT edge especially when Tmobile 3g didn't feel too much faster after I switched over. Tmobile edge was also dog slow. now Edge seems to have sped up a good bit....I might try flashing the stock rom for now and see how that does with the new radio.
Looks like those that are having issues are not running the stock rom (but have the new radio flashed). I'd be willing to bet switching back 100% stock (2.1 update-1)would resolve the issue.
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Looks like those that are having issues are not running the stock rom (but have the new radio flashed). I'd be willing to bet switching back 100% stock (2.1 update-1)would resolve the issue.
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I'm running stock.
Just to update everyone... I've had a good solid 3G connection for the past hour or so... with no hiccups.
*crosses fingers*
I'm beginning to think this is an issue on T-Mobile's end...
EDIT: Nevermind... there it went again.
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I still get the same 3G as far as I have noticed, but I'm seeing some strange data rates: just tested at 903 down and 789 up. I've had more than a few of these results, even some where the up speed is higher than the down. All since the new radio. App I'm using is speedtest.net FWIW.
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I have not yet received the OTA update and I am seeing similarly large upload numbers today as well (it just started happening as of this morning). This is in the SF Bay Area. I'd be willing to be that they are more due to network upgrades than any changes in the 3G radio.
I'm on stock N1 bought on launch date. I had fine 3G before update and fine 3G after update. I would say I'm in 3G 99% of time. It even goes into HSDPA when I begin to surf and and when pages are done loading its back to UMTS..I've maybe only seen Edge once or twice since I've got my phone. I'm on Tmobile in Louisville .
It's been about the same pre/post update. It's rock solid 3-4 bars 3G w/HSPA most places, but bouncing between 3 bars of EDGE and 4 bars of 3G, with it usually being 2 bars of 3G at home. Before updating, it might have received one less bar everywhere.
3G seems to be around -100db, while 2G is around -70. Plus or minus 10db.
mine stayed the same, almost no 3G almost always edge, but now my GPS does not work.
Nexus on vodafone spain
I just had a single annoying problem related with 3G BEFORE the update...
And after the update...gues what?
It´s more of the SAME:
-Everytime I receive or make a CALL...my 3G connection switch to GPRS and doesn´t recover unless I change over Airplane Mode.
Please...tell me that I´m the only one
3G was fine before the update, and now rarely works, and takes a long time to start when it does.
Im in San Antonio TX and before update, my 3g would go to edge every now and again. Not too big of a deal really. But after my update (I did the OTA manually thanks to the forums! ) I get 3g constantly and have yet to see the edge pop up.
My connection is definitely much less stable. I now strugle to load pages when I have a 3g icon and at least 2 bars of signal. Before the update I had no trouble loading pages even with a really weak signal. Something is definitely ****ed with this half baked update.
I also posted athread on google support forums, please contribute your findings there as that i the only place where google can actually see feedback.
Here is the link to the thread:
http://www.google.com/support/forum...3c&hl=en&fid=7b75b3f3af2ac53c00047ee0be368e98
If you've been watching the 2.1 ROM threads closely since we started getting 2.1 on our Hero, you will have probably noticed that I've been complaining (in addition to others,) that at times my location is showing a city 30 miles away from my location. GPS works fine, but network location alone, which used to be spot on in 1.5 ROMS, was acting funny.
Quite a few others confirmed similar behavior, and some not.
I use an Airave for Sprint Coverage when making calls since I have terrible signal in my area. It basically switches you over to it, and makes a 1x call over VOIP.
I've noticed that when I turn off the Airave, my location returns to normal (even though sometimes I have to reboot.) With it off, I am no longer having any issues at all.
This means that somehow the 2.1 ROM is either accessing the Airave more often, or some other reason that isn't immediately apparent to me.
I was excited to see a PM from Earldriscoll today, saying that he is seeing the same behavior, and ALSO uses an Airave.
This makes me feel a lot better about the issue, but annoyed at the same time. I'm lucky in the fact that I'm moving to a new place in a few weeks and won't need the Airave anymore.
What do you guys think?
Anyone?
This could be a big impact to all Airave users.
dont have an airave wish I did I get crap signal in my house
Its not just 2.1. I had the same issues on 1.5. And its not just android devices that have this issue. I have seen it with blackberry 8330, palm pre and touch pro 2. I believe if you read the manual it tells you that using airave services will cause interference with location based services.
im having the same issues with no airave, and had it on cooked 1.5 roms as well
If you're at home why do you need airave or if you use an airave in the same location everytime why would you need location-based services...not flaming just curious to better understand the dilemma
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Indeed in airave coverage my location is 22.7+ miles off
I use an Airave, and I am also being detected about 30 miles off of my location! I am in central Atlanta, and I show up as in Lawarenceville when using my Airave!
You've Been Warned....
kmartburrito said:
If you've been watching the 2.1 ROM threads closely since we started getting 2.1 on our Hero, you will have probably noticed that I've been complaining (in addition to others,) that at times my location is showing a city 30 miles away from my location. GPS works fine, but network location alone, which used to be spot on in 1.5 ROMS, was acting funny.
Quite a few others confirmed similar behavior, and some not.
I use an Airave for Sprint Coverage when making calls since I have terrible signal in my area. It basically switches you over to it, and makes a 1x call over VOIP.
I've noticed that when I turn off the Airave, my location returns to normal (even though sometimes I have to reboot.) With it off, I am no longer having any issues at all.
This means that somehow the 2.1 ROM is either accessing the Airave more often, or some other reason that isn't immediately apparent to me.
I was excited to see a PM from Earldriscoll today, saying that he is seeing the same behavior, and ALSO uses an Airave.
This makes me feel a lot better about the issue, but annoyed at the same time. I'm lucky in the fact that I'm moving to a new place in a few weeks and won't need the Airave anymore.
What do you guys think?
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When i ordered mine the woman on the phone warned me prior to actually placing the order that it can possible throw off your location services in some areas, she said it was the wi-fi that does it, and asked me if i still wanted it.....Well i got it 2days later and i couldnt be happier when you place a call the signal meter completely fills. Awesome hows that for a battery saver. If you sleep @ the place you have the airave, it will save you battery life. The more time by it, the better the battery life....Sorry they didnt forewarn you like they did me. Salesperson was slipping i guess.
This actually makes a lot of sense.
Yeah this is a fact. I guess the location is based on where the Airave connection is coming from through the internet. There is a GPS wire on the Airave but not for sure it works, but then again I have it next to the window and not outside.
gravesy56 said:
If you're at home why do you need airave or if you use an airave in the same location everytime why would you need location-based services...not flaming just curious to better understand the dilemma
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No worries, I know you're not flaming
For me, it's an annoyance specifically with a few apps I use a lot. One of them is weatherbug. It gives you weather alerts based on your location. I have been getting some false weather alerts, because my phone thinks I'm in a completely different city over 30 minutes away. 30 miles can mean a lot from a weather standpoint. I also don't like that this also makes my weather on the HTC clock show incorrectly.
Finally, in an app I'm developing, it uses network based location, and it has been driving me mad as this problem, for me at least, manifests only on 2.1 based roms. Here I have been pulling out my hair thinking it was something with my code when doing 2.1 testing, but in fact it really wasn't at all.
So I agree, at home it really shouldn't matter, but sometimes when I want to see the weather forecast for tomorrow, I'd like to see my hometown instead of some place I never care to visit or live.
Just an annoying side product of using the Airave I guess. I literally cannot make calls in 50% of my home without the Airave, so it's a necessity.
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Just an annoying side product of using the Airave I guess. I literally cannot make calls in 50% of my home without the Airave, so it's a necessity.
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Slightly off topic
Whats annoying is the Airave is the only sprint product I haven't voided the warranty on...
Now guys think about why the airave would cause this issue....
Your airave uses your broadband internet connection, and the network switch is probably somewhere about 22.4 miles away .....
Now troubleshoot.................
azyouthinkeyeiz said:
Now guys think about why the airave would cause this issue....
Your airave uses your broadband internet connection, and the network switch is probably somewhere about 22.4 miles away .....
Now troubleshoot.................
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Of course it's obvious when you realize the Airave is the one supplying the location to your 2.1 based Hero.
However, for me, it didn't ever happen on 1.5. Also, since I was an initial beta tester for the Airave, I didn't ever get explained to me that it could "interfere" with location services. It took me a bit to pinpoint the Airave as the culprit because it didn't do it for my 1.5 roms. So yeah it's easy to say what you said when you know the answer. If that answer isn't available to you, however, it's not so simple!
I feel kinda stupid for not realizing this also, of coarse mine says dallas, TX when i live 20 miles south of austin(couple hundred miles difference). F's my weather up something fierce.
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Now guys think about why the airave would cause this issue....
Your airave uses your broadband internet connection, and the network switch is probably somewhere about 22.4 miles away .....
Now troubleshoot.................
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Thats what I said earlier #11. It actually has a GPS wire that is supposed to go outside to get the actual GPS location
wtphoto said:
dont have an airave wish I did I get crap signal in my house
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I got one and didnt like it too much but it was free. All I did was call and tell them that since the last PRL update I was losing signal and they said they would send it out free of charge. And to add to that they also gave away 2yrs of service for free as well. If you want one you can call and tell them the same thing and see if they will help you out like they did me.
I still have mine and if they didn't stipulate that when done with it I had to send it back or pay for it I would send it to ya in a heartbeat.
I got my airave when I called to cancel because I just could not switch to roaming at my house.
Anyway, as far as it working, it is the berries man. But beyond that my phone has always showed the weather about 10 miles off. But when I pull up apps that geocode me, it pins me spot on to where I am at. No problems at all.
BUT I have only had it for about 6 hours. Let's see if that changes in the next couple days.
I have also noticed this.
I am running DC's 2.2v2 and my htcwweather and htcclock both tend to show about 100+ miles off(in Bellingham,WA but shows Artondale,WA). The weird thing is that it is consistent on the location. When at home it always show the same location but it is wrong.
This being said other GPS features are correct. When I run google maps or sprint nav it does find the correct location and it is spot on.
The thing that baffles me is why this is the case? I am guessing, and remember this is just a guess, that the HTC apps are using cell tower triangulation while the others actually use the GPS unit. This is my conclusion and I am not sure if it is correct, just a guess since when I do an update on the weather it doesn't activate the GPS on the top...
Because this is F'ing ridiculous. I'm soon going to be on my 3rd HD2(T-Mobile is shipping me a new one tomorrow) the previous 2 just kept dropping my data connection. After about 3 hours of LESS of use my data would go out and only way to fix this is by doing a soft reset which is absolutely ridicules considering the damn thing just came out not less then 3 weeks ago. Am I just having bad luck or is there really an issue here that either T-Mobile or HTC need to address ASAP?!
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ok now im starting to think it was T-Mobiles network not being able to handle all the new data over there lines or what not. Its been a full 2 days and I'm getting great data coverage. I'm getting my replacement HD2 tomorrow via UPS since I called T-Mobile and told them about the problem they said they would send me a new one. What should I do now. Its such a pain to have to set up my phone the way I like it but then again I dont want to risk having another data problem.
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Because this is F'ing ridiculous. I'm soon going to be on my 3rd HD2(T-Mobile is shipping me a new one tomorrow) the previous 2 just kept dropping my data connection. After about 3 hours of LESS of use my data would go out and only way to fix this is by doing a soft reset which is absolutely ridicules considering the damn thing just came out not less then 3 weeks ago. Am I just having bad luck or is there really an issue here that either T-Mobile or HTC need to address ASAP?!
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Dude, you are having some bad luck!
My phone is perfect. Well, it could use a keyboard, but otherwise...
same problem
I am have same problem..t-mobile 3g sucks i guess
It appears to be a common problems with HD2 users on the other side.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=614119&highlight=connection
I was on the phone with T-mobile a few hours ago for an hour because my data connection would randomly drop. When I try to click it to turn it on, it would make me start a new data connection, wtf?
If I turn my phoen off and back on, it wouldn't even connect, with anything. The guy at T-mobile made me do a hard reset. My connection is fine now, but this was a hassle. I also notice Im not getting any better 3G service (as he said he update my network with better coverage).
I have the same problem with my phone. I have to constantly turn the data off and back on to get connection.
Both of my phones are doing it. They were both replaced recently too. Wish I could vote twice.
same here even if i have a full 3g bar data wont stay stable
No issues here.
been reading and stuff and more than half of the people with an HD2 have this BUT THERE IS A FIX search for it just like I DID
if you can't find it ill just post the cab latter when I got nothing bette to do.... haha lol
tuppaacc said:
been reading and stuff and more than half of the people with an HD2 have this BUT THERE IS A FIX search for it just like I DID
if you can't find it ill just post the cab latter when I got nothing bette to do.... haha lol
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That's great for you if you have a problem lol...I didn't when I was on stock. Glad to be on Elegancia now...pretty good s***.
No issues here. Bayarea.
The other day, I was in the Dade County Fair in Miami and my cell phone completely lost all connection (not just data, but cell signal as well). It would randomly come up again for a few seconds before dropping. I soft/hard reset, took the battery out for a few minutes... nothing seemed to work, so I called TMO USA the day after to see if maybe I was in the middle of an outage, but nothing and the guy from tech support couldn't help either... I had better service with MetroPCS....
The data connection dropping happens the moment I set foot in my home. It switches out of 3G and the phone starts displaying Edge, which is a lie because there is no network connection at that time (try to update weather and it simply spits out a connection error). I'm gonna try to flash something else and see if that works (I am on stock right now). If I cannot get this solved by the end of this week. I am switching to Sprint and getting myself a TP2 (since I need SIM card capability in my phone).
I did notice one strange thing though. I used CleanRAM (level 3 option) at one point at home when I was with the faulty Edge, and it switched back to full 3G. So, at this point, I am starting to believe that TMO put something in the stock rom that either hinders, or makes the connection lousy...
I guess I put away my ORD for as long as I could with this phone
To put it lightly, T-Mobile plan sucks in my area, I had to switch to AT&T ever since then I havent lost any data connections.
Although I just moved to EnergyROM the other day since I just like that ROM since I used to use it on my Touch Pro. I never had data issues with the Stock ROM. Only time I had a data issue is when there was an outtage in my area and then even the phone didn't work.
I could not get my data connection to stay on more than a few minutes at a time until I loaded up HD2Tweaks. Since then, it's been running perfectly.
It's odd...however, if your phone's only problem is just switching between Edge and 3G try setting the phone to only run on 3G...under Settings->Wireless Controls->Phone->Baseband->WCDMA...
If your phone is cutting out...that sucks lol...not a whole lot I can think of except for the fact that the laws of physics apply in this case...the higher a frequency is, the farther it travels with less energy but the less it penetrates the environment around it. This is in part caused by higher frequency waves becoming extremely tiny, with over 1900mhz having waves that are smaller than a drop of water.
AT&T 3G uses 850mhz and 1900mhz for their 3G. Its lower frequencies don't travel as far, but they have more towers to make up for coverage area and the signal will penetrate.
T-Mobile 3G is 1700mhz/2100mhz meaning that the slightly higher range, while seemingly insignificant, when coupled with less towers, will cause the far end of the signal range to have too great a degradation of power, and not enough penetration to be viable.
Along with this is the fact that many government agencies still operate on the frequencies that T-Mobile purchased, due to not having a backup for their systems. Enough power generated within a frequency range will raise the noise floor enough that your phone's signal will get cut off. Sounds crazy, but it does happen quite often. You ever hear static on your radio? Analog is great in that you can lose data and still function. So government radio's are perfectly okay with a little bit of background noise.
However, signals that broadcast an analog translation of a 1's and 0's, function like a digital connection. When packets of information are lost in significant quantities, or in this case they are known are "frames", your phone cuts out.
Signal interference is becoming more and more of a problem in the cellular world. Satellite communications have had to deal with this problem for years. Only now are enough cell phones being packed into a single area for the noise floor to rise in significant quantities.
Just my $.02
~Jasecloud4
for those who fix the problem can you post how you guys did it. i tried changing data to just 3g didn't work changing to voicestream it didnt work
I'm using HD2 since 25 march. Stock room. So far no problems.
Chicago & east sub.
No problems here... Ever...
Louisville, KY
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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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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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.
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.
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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topdawgn8 said:
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.