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Signal drop

I been running froyo since dk28 dropped. Everything seems basically fine. I don't have any issues with gps or anything. I came from di18, re-odined di18 again then went to dk28. My problem is my signal keeps dropping in and out even if I don't move anywhere and have great service. It happens at least once every 1-2 minutes. Besides being anoying to look at, its killing my battery trying to look for service. I was using epic experience, now running superheroes. Is anyone else having this issue, or has came up with a remedy.

wrong section, post in general.

Although I'm getting great battery life - Went twelve hours today with semi-heavy usage, and only dropped to 35% remaining in battery life. I too am experience signal issues. My cell stand-by is only running about 10-20% of my battery usage, but 54% or greater is cell stand-by with out signal. I'm going to do a full wipe and flash another rom and see if this doesn't resolve the issue.

Me Too!!!
chaostrodamis said:
I been running froyo since dk28 dropped. Everything seems basically fine. I don't have any issues with gps or anything. I came from di18, re-odined di18 again then went to dk28. My problem is my signal keeps dropping in and out even if I don't move anywhere and have great service. It happens at least once every 1-2 minutes. Besides being anoying to look at, its killing my battery trying to look for service. I was using epic experience, now running superheroes. Is anyone else having this issue, or has came up with a remedy.
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This happens to me too. everything was fine when I first purchased the phone, But as soon as I rooted and flashed custom roms this problem has popped up. My recent flash was via odin and the DK28 leak. Everything worked great on the rom but the signal would also go in and out like you're experiencing. So I thought maybe flashing back to stock DI18 would fix it. It has for the most part, but once in a while it'll do it but not as frequent with the custom roms . I'm waiting for official froyo to come out, let's see what happens, maybe they'll have an update for the modem or something ...

I spent the day with a coworker out on the road. He has a stock Epic and he constantly had more bars than I did.
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I been feeling like flashing back to 2.1 but i Really enjoy having full flash. It helps pass the time at work. Wish I could find out what's wrong. And I've also notice a pretty annoying lag. I really like the look and feel of this rm but I'm about to try the viperrom. Seems like everyone there is having great experiences. But it just might be dk28 all together.

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Ok no problem.

I been running froyo since dk28 dropped. Everything seems basically fine. I don't have any issues with gps or anything. I came from di18, re-odined di18 again then went to dk28. My problem is my signal keeps dropping in and out even if I don't move anywhere and have great service. It happens at least once every 1-2 minutes. Besides being anoying to look at, its killing my battery trying to look for service. I was using epic experience, now running superheroes. Is anyone else having this issue, or has came up with a remedy.

I been feeling like flashing back to 2.1 and di18, but i Really enjoy having full flash. It helps pass the time at work. Wish I could find out what's wrong. And I've also notice a pretty annoying lag. I really like the look and feel of this rm but I'm about to try the viperrom. Seems like everyone there is having great experiences. But it just might be dk28 all together.

Sigh...please post questions in Q&A section.

Whosdaman said:
Sigh...please post questions in Q&A section.
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I think he means the General section. Epic has no Q&A.
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Stay far away from KA5 Modem!

Word Of Warning this Modem is crap! Went from JL5 Modem getting 5.2mg download speed to 1.2mg download speed when using this KA5 Modem. And GPS took like 5mins to lock on.was only taking like 10 secs on the JL5 modem. Was also Timing out all the time! so I switched Back!!! Stay Far away!!! Using Voodoo Axura 2.2.6 (Beast) Rom Also other people seem to be having issues too!
http://devsforandroid.com/ip.board/index.php?/topic/23-modemt959ka51132011/page__st__20

Yea I also went back. My web would keep timing out.
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My speed actually increased!

My speed and gps are improved so how about folks just try it out for themselves.
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I wish I knew the reason behind it (other than possibly placebo effect), but I've seen this same type of reporting for basically all the leaked modems. Some say it's crap, others say it's the best yet. Just try out the newest release and make your own decission. ALso, my advice is to REALLY try it out for awhile, not run one speedtest where you're sitting then flash back because it's 5% slower.
F.Y.I. I'm not taking a shot at the OP, I realize his/her claims of speed differences are significant and KA5 may very well be a terrible modem for him/her.

Yes dis made everything on da vibrant faster so it ur own option....or ur phone is not stable for this rom.....
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for some its good for some is bad, their point of view comes from their previous rom and how they set it up.
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Individual results may vary...
/lawyer voice

Im starting think it may depend on your geographic location also. JL5 worked great for me, and i flashed KA5 today, and it seems to be great also. i've noticed my battery might be falling a little faster with KA, but its a little less buggy when switching networks and what not. Progress in one way or another.

Ill prolly try it again with Nero 5.
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Not scientific but:
JL5 downloads speeds:
5505
5033
5215
5536
4450
JL5 average: 5147.8
KA5 download speeds:
5526
5309
5132
5309
5653
KA5 average: 5385.8
I just flashed it so Im not sure an batt life. Reconditioning now.

I also had a big drop with KA5.
KA5 speetest = 1.3mbs
JL5 speetest = 3.5mbs
I also noticed the random signal drops with the KA5 modem. Back to JL5 for me. It is just not a stable modem.

Jl5 gave me 2 bars and I live like 8 blocks away from a t mobile tower, now with ka5 always full bar!

I flashed nero 5, which includes KA5 and its literally doubles my speeds, download from 1 to 2 to 2 to 4. If its good enough for team whiskey its plenty good for me

Maybe this is one of the reasons we don't have official 2.2. The lack of constant results
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I don't know.. but ka5 is working fine for me.. i installed the stock one with no root or cwm... just stock.. it's working fine so far. The GPS took a while to get a lock then after installing the gpsrestore, now it gets a lock fast.. my settings from j16 was all intact, even the apps that normally won't show up in the market with the leaked froyo rom are there, swiftkey, amtalee, etc. I didn't do a factory reset, just flashed through odin without a pit file...
loving it..

Or maybe the reason why the apps are in the market because this is the newest leak and the apps are available..?? the best part is, the marketplace hasn't been updated yet to the latest version, i hate the new market.. lol..oh and i can use swiftkey, the android keyboard is still not available though..
edit.. amtalee is not available in market.. ughh but still in my phone from not doing a factory reset

Bigby2727 said:
Yes dis made everything on da vibrant faster so it ur own option....or ur phone is not stable for this rom.....
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what? .....?

getting the same speeds i've always gotten.

I'm not having issues. On my way to work I noticed a drop in signal and it took awhile to get back to having one but the towers here suck big ones for some reason. I'll test again on my way home. At work and everywhere else since I have installed it I have noticed good results. Actually best yet *Knocks on wood*

Anyone else think EE03 modem sucks?

I have given this modem several chances and it has disappointed me everytime. I consistently get 300 kbs less at home on my Airave on 3G. Out of the house it stops downloading in the middle. Speed is up and down. I lose internet off and on. All on 3G. 3G icon sits there but no blue arrows flash. Sometimes I have to toggle airplane mode several times to get 3G going again.
The only good thing I have found is that I can connect to 4G in my living room consistenetly where the EC05 modem was hit or miss. So if you use 4G all the time this may be a good modem for you. for 3G...throw it out.

I had problems with 3G (dropping out and not coming back) and GPS lock when I first flashed the EE03 modem. Second time around GPS locked and I haven't had the dropped 3G issue since that first flash. Not sure what's up with that, you'd think the problems would be consistent. However, im prolly not the best gauge as I have Wifi everywhere I go. I use 3G sparingly. I haven't compared speeds between the two modems though.
kennyglass123 said:
I have given this modem several chances and it has disappointed me everytime. I consistently get 300 kbs less at home on my Airave on 3G. Out of the house it stops downloading in the middle. Speed is up and down. I lose internet off and on. All on 3G. 3G icon sits there but no blue arrows flash. Sometimes I have to toggle airplane mode several times to get 3G going again.
The only good thing I have found is that I can connect to 4G in my living room consistenetly where the EC05 modem was hit or miss. So if you use 4G all the time this may be a good modem for you. for 3G...throw it out.
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p3dr0maz said:
I had problems with 3G (dropping out and not coming back) and GPS lock when I first flashed the EE03 modem. Second time around GPS locked and I haven't had the dropped 3G issue since that first flash. Not sure what's up with that, you'd think the problems would be consistent. However, im prolly not the best gauge as I have Wifi everywhere I go. I use 3G sparingly. I haven't compared speeds between the two modems though.
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Yeah, that's why I gave it the best test possible with an Airave. I get 1.8Mbs with EC05 and 1.5Mbs with the EE03.

3g signal and strength seems a little stronger for me but not by a whole lot. I've been running it without any issues.

3g drops constantly with ee03. Can't wait for a stable gingerbread!
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EE03 speed up my connection quite a bit. No issues here, and paired with SRF 1.1.1, my phone is extremely fast.

I'm fine with it. Little difference
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For those with EE03, does it write/change your Wimax settings. I changed a bunch of mine while using ED05, namely the min signal strength toconnect. Default was like -89 and I lowered mine to -94. Def able to connect more, but if it doesn't... u can just watch the bat guage spin. Just wondering if increased performance with the new modem may be due to tweaking the settings.
I had changed my 3G extensions... blanked them all out. They got set back to default while flashing a ROM. Never got a chance to evaluate a difference. Are the ports/proxies set up the same with EE03? Maybe try blanking the 4 entries and see if that helps.
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No changes, just flashed the modem.
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No way I love the ee03 modem. I used to have a lot of emails that I would send hang for the longest time. Haven't had a problem at all with ee03 modem. Also 3g speed is so much faster for me as well. Just my opinion.
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kennyglass123 said:
I have given this modem several chances and it has disappointed me everytime. I consistently get 300 kbs less at home on my Airave on 3G. Out of the house it stops downloading in the middle. Speed is up and down. I lose internet off and on. All on 3G. 3G icon sits there but no blue arrows flash. Sometimes I have to toggle airplane mode several times to get 3G going again.
The only good thing I have found is that I can connect to 4G in my living room consistenetly where the EC05 modem was hit or miss. So if you use 4G all the time this may be a good modem for you. for 3G...throw it out.
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Have you ever seen this behavior on eb13's and ec05's modem? I have and also dk28's modem. I have this pop up from time to time on various rom/modem combinations and I'm starting to think its some sort of RIL bug or 3g handshake bug, maybe even some sort of permissions bug (really I have no clue tho).
I see this happen from time to time. I'm in a spot that always has 3g, but what happens, it just sits there loading, all the while my 3g icon is dormant, doing nothing. Then out of the blue it goes to 1x and starts working, but only with 1x, then when its done loading whatever, it will bring 3g back and it may or may not repeat the same thing again when I try to pull data. Note; occasionally it will retain 3g, but be hexa slow.....1~10kbps slow.....ouch, that's slow.
That was why I spoke of a modem binge in some other threads. Originally I thought it was sprints network taking a dump in my hand(set). Now after seeing an evo getting 3g right next to me, while mine was stalling and eventually dropped to 1x and also trying every decent modem. I have to believe the problem is in my phone some place.
Only thing I have recently discovered to work is to fix permissions in rom manager, I don't use rom manager for anything, except fixing permissions. The only reason I even tried fixing permissions in rom manager, was after fixing permissions in cwm (3.0.0.6) my phone would (sometimes) get stuck in a boot loop and the only way to fix it would be to clear cache and dalvik cache or restore a backup in cwm. However this modem bug/issue still pops up from time to time, mostly when the phone has been sleeping for 10minutes or more.
I actually think the ee03 modem is pretty good. Just my problems are not.

i wouldnt know lol ive been stuck on dk28 since the usb ports on my laptop are broken

I'm unable to connect to GPS and I don't like how switching from WiFi to 3g necessitates me enabling airplane mode
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@Epic4gee...Yeah, I got those symptoms but only going to the EE03 modem. Maybe it is a tower/modem issue for me. But the biggest thing is that it is slower on an Airave which should be the best connection I could get with a 30Mbs broadband connection. I could pass off the connection drops as Sprint but not the speed difference.

Yeah 3g sucked for me too
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I'm calling malarchy on this thread since this morning I was getting 1.2 mbs/s on 3g, 7.45 mbs/s on 4g and 17.07 mbs/s on wifi with multiple attempts. I think like all devices thios varies by region, modem software and device hardware. It'll never hit that venn diagram where all 3 circles coexist at their highest points. I was probably in some mecca of coverage this morning.

The Root said:
I'm calling malarchy on this thread since this morning I was getting 1.2 mbs/s on 3g, 7.45 mbs/s on 4g and 17.07 mbs/s on wifi with multiple attempts. I think like all devices thios varies by region, modem software and device hardware. It'll never hit that venn diagram where all 3 circles coexist at their highest points. I was probably in some mecca of coverage this morning.
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Did you put the EC05 modem back on and test it in the same area? You will get about 200-300 kbs more in speed on 3G. I consistently tested this on the fastest connection possible, an Airave with Broadband 30Mbs connection. EC05 is faster, EE03 connects to 4G better in low signal areas.

kennyglass123 said:
Did you put the EC05 modem back on and test it in the same area? You will get about 200-300 kbs more in speed on 3G. I consistently tested this on the fastest connection possible, an Airave with Broadband 30Mbs connection. EC05 is faster, EE03 connects to 4G better in low signal areas.
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I have 4g in my city, why would I ever use 3g unless I really had to? My 3g has always been jack unless in specific circumstances. I've actually noticed it to be zippier while lacking the download test results.

pjames said:
i wouldnt know lol ive been stuck on dk28 since the usb ports on my laptop are broken
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christ man...i think i could negotiate a flash off a laptop at bestbuy/staples/officemax if i was that screwed
go get a library card or rent/buy a friend for a minute
hell go rent a laptop from rent-a-center for a week
i see people give away p3/p4 computers on craigslist like they are going out of style...oh wait...they are...but hell they still do work
consider broadening your horizons just slightly past your own living room
thats all i'm sayin
hell take a walk onto a college campus and have a seat or a high school
people will help you...you just gotta ask

I see a major improvement in the signal with the ee03 modem. I live in portland, and went from 2-3 bounding bars to a steady 4. My 4g still disconnects in my apartment, but it is stronger than it was outside my building.

[POLL] EF02 vs EF10 modem

I know this has been discussed, but I wanted some statistics. Also, I plan on updating to the EF10 modem because I have heard better things about it, but I have been doing well on the EF02 modem. My concerns are if I switch to the EF10 modem and it's WORSE, then when I switch back to the EF02 modem it won't be as good as it was originally. I mean EF02 modem has been good to me, but if I can get something better, then I'd rather have that.
I am running Stock Deodexed EF02 ROM.
Also, I forget. How will I get rid of the annoying message when it asks me to update? And if I get rid of that message, will I still be able to go back to EF02 and vicea versa?
Thanks guys.

only using the EF02 modem because my wifi won't connect to my router when i'm using EF10. :/

They both crash a bunch. EF02 doesn't get bad though. When it's on fire, it's on fire.

When I originally flashed to the same ROM as you, sir; I flashed with EF02, but allowed the EF10 update, charged, got great signal, never missed a call, or a message (except when there was an apparent county wide data outage... >.>) and got superb battery life.
I have, however, switched back down to EF02 just for dev purposes, and have really enjoyed it. Everything seems to be reliable (as much as Sprint allows) and runs smooth, great reception etc etc... I have yet to fully test the battery, but if it comes close to EF10's 16 hours I got on heavy use, I will be happy. I got through a full 10 hour day with 50% charge left on light to medium use. So I am thinking that the battery life on EF02 is better.
Either way? Both beat EC05 into the ground... over... and over... and over, and then urinate on them and grow pretty EF Flowers.

Once you switch to EF10 and reboot it will do a check, hit cancel quick and you won't see this message again, same goes for when you switch back to EF02. I just installed EF10 again after someone mentioned this, and I love it atm (3hours no crash,same TWS as DK28 sofar in my work area in a warehouse...
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Playing with both
At first I got notably higher speeds on EF10 (using the speedtest app several times), but then they leveled out to about what EF02 was showing before I changed. Upload speeds on EF10 were dreadful at first but then leveled out as well. I'll give it a shot for a few days & see how it works--admittedly, I didn't use EF02 for very long, so I don't really have anything to lose by going to EF10.

EF02 for me. First day I got speed of 1800 kbps on download and 600 kbps upload, but over the next couple days they went down a small margin.
EF10 didn't show so strong at first, so I jumped back to EF02. Only main issue is how spotty both can be at times. Never dealt with as many no signals as much with EC05.

EL30 stock observations

I have installed the EL30 update after going back to stock EC05>EI22. Here is what I have observed about EL30 (I have not applied any other fixes nor rooted yet):
-The upside down horizontal calibration for compass is fixed
-Keyboard lag is gone
-GPS improved from locking only 4 satellites to 6-7 (the GPS Fix I think, could can allow more, upto 9-12 under best conditions), so I think this made be good enough, but balancing power for battery consumption.
-"Android System" service aka CIQ is definitely gone.
-Haven't experienced speaker feedback squeal yet, although I did on EI22 after I had used voicemail and google voice search.
I have installed CWM 5.0.2.7 and rooted. I had to do the CWM flash twice (once to get SU on and open Root Explorer so I could delete the install recovery script, since there's no EL30 Kernel yet that takes out the install-recovery.sh script. A description from IBE here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457734&page=2

have you notice any with modem? better signal ? speed anything?
i read that it was causing to lose signal.

ivcesar said:
have you notice any with modem? better signal ? speed anything?
i read that it was causing to lose signal.
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I am showing only 2 bars in my house with an Airave when I normally get 4.
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No, I'm getting about the same signal with my Airave. The wifi looks like more bars than EI22.

Has the rotation sensor been jerky for you in the past (skymap/yelp/other AR apps) and has EL30 made it smooth again?

Seems snappier. GPS is definitely better. Had a lock as good as 1m today for a short time while driving around and it was cloudy. 4m was the norm. Will test the modem over the next few days.

Man, if the keyboard skip is fixed and the GPS too, I'll be happier than a dead pig in the sun. The wife and I made a run from Houston to Ft Worth this weekend. I had to pull the battery about 7 times on the trip to get the GPS back on track. Extraordinarily annoying when you are trying to find your way in a place you've never been before.
No OTA here yet, probably will go the manual route. Thanks for the good news on the update, look forward to having a phone I don't have to cuss out all the time!
Sleeb

Preliminary results for me with EL30 modem running EI22 Legendary is: ~7% TWS while at home. I'll report back after a normal day at work and then going home.
With EI22 modem I would average ~3% TWS.
It's a shame I'd have any TWS since I live in a metropolitan area. Stupid Sprint coverage.

I think a lot of you need to remember that sprint is doing all kinds of stuff to towers lately and other issues may make your signal bars report differently. I'm still on ei22 and while typing this I watched my signal bars go from 0 - 2
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my battery graph the line is almost like is a nice straight havent seen that in a while i have full bars for wifi and my signal ( airwave) i do have tws but i dont have good coverage like maybe a bar if i am lucky with out the airwave. but no gps lock on
edit: is anyone else have a different phone.apk the main look is the same but when you receive a call?

is the android version still 2.3.5 or is it 2.3.6?

Firehawk_1066 said:
is the android version still 2.3.5 or is it 2.3.6?
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2.3.6 </10 char>

a few things I've noticed:
GPS has improved
bug where GPS icon remains on screen after GPS has been shut off has been fixed
battery life is considerably worse

I'm getting horrible GPS I only get like 4 out of 11 fixs and on my way to work this morning which is about 30 miles I kept losing gps would search for sattelites for forever as soon as i closed navigation it would work again for a few minutes then do it again.
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mikeregister said:
I'm getting horrible GPS I only get like 4 out of 11 fixs and on my way to work this morning which is about 30 miles I kept losing gps would search for sattelites for forever as soon as i closed navigation it would work again for a few minutes then do it again.
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You may want to try resetting your A-GPS state using GPS Status app in the Market.

notsosmrtgeek said:
my battery graph the line is almost like is a nice straight havent seen that in a while i have full bars for wifi and my signal ( airwave) i do have tws but i dont have good coverage like maybe a bar if i am lucky with out the airwave. but no gps lock on
edit: is anyone else have a different phone.apk the main look is the same but when you receive a call?
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yes the recieve screen is very different.

dead78 said:
a few things I've noticed:
GPS has improved
bug where GPS icon remains on screen after GPS has been shut off has been fixed
battery life is considerably worse
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i've noticed considerably better battery life, but I am rooted and use TiBu for freezing stuff.

MikeEx said:
Has the rotation sensor been jerky for you in the past (skymap/yelp/other AR apps) and has EL30 made it smooth again?
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Yes rotation sensor was upside down starting in EB13 Froyo and has been until EL30. You could fix it though by doing your horizontal calibration upside down. Now you don't have to.

dead78 said:
a few things I've noticed:
GPS has improved
bug where GPS icon remains on screen after GPS has been shut off has been fixed
battery life is considerably worse
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Funny, I was just about to post a little message about my stupidity and battery life.
Since I keep things mostly stock, my upgrade routine was to backup apk/data, and system data in MyBackup, then reflash back to stock EI22, install the EL30 update, do the CWM/root dance, and restore stuff in MyBackup. All went well, but my battery life was about %70 of what it was. For the first 2 days I just figured I was playing with the phone too much, but today I started plowing through the settings. What I found was that even though I had restored everything in MyBackup, not every setting stuck. For instance, Facebook was set to update every hour even though it had previously been set to never update. I also had to re-freeze DRM after the install. There may still be more things I haven't found.
The point is after an upgrade, especially if you have re-installed stuff, go through every setting you can think of that could be killing your battery. It's possible that some app has been inadvertently set to connect too often and that is what is killing the battery too fast.

nikon120 said:
You may want to try resetting your A-GPS state using GPS Status app in the Market.
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That was the very first thing I tried and it hasn't made a difference.
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