my gps worked on cm7 and I think I read somewhere that if I change my radio that I could get it working with MIUI. If I'm talking out of my ass let me know I'm still green to how androids work :/
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my gps worked on cm7 and I think I read somewhere that if I change my radio that I could get it working with MIUI. If I'm talking out of my ass let me know I'm still green to how androids work :/
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yeah, try changing the radio and see if it works.
Whats up man ... Im fairly new to droids myself. Im not new to tinkering with machinery though. I recently found out i was running a froyo based radio on all my roms that were gingerbread. I still had GPS tho. When I switched to A gingerbread based radio my calls, wifi, and GPS work far more efficiently. Go on youtube and look for mackster's mytouch 4g radio install. I was too lazy to read the pinned thread on flashing radios. When it comes to flashing radios follow directions to the "T" even do additional research cause you can brick the device
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yeah, try changing the radio and see if it works.
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could you recommend me a good radio?
GroundControl2MT said:
could you recommend me a good radio?
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i would highly recommend the panache radio, works great on my Glacier. but every phone is different, you just have to test and see for yourself. but start with the panache one.
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Whats up man ... Im fairly new to droids myself. Im not new to tinkering with machinery though. I recently found out i was running a froyo based radio on all my roms that were gingerbread. I still had GPS tho. When I switched to A gingerbread based radio my calls, wifi, and GPS work far more efficiently. Go on youtube and look for mackster's mytouch 4g radio install. I was too lazy to read the pinned thread on flashing radios. When it comes to flashing radios follow directions to the "T" even do additional research cause you can brick the device
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good looks man, update worked and the video deff helped ill update you guys soon to tell you if it fixed my gps
the update went through but in my bootloader it says i have the same radio as before which wasnt one of the radios listed on the radio forum Radio-26.11.04.03_M
If your worried about GPS issues, use nothing but the stock radio
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If your worried about GPS issues, use nothing but the stock radio
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I 2nd that. My GPS would take a **** every 5 minutes. It would just lose connection like every 5 minutes on the dot. I was on Panache and decided to go back to stock and haven't had that problem again.
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good looks man, update worked and the video deff helped ill update you guys soon to tell you if it fixed my gps
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Thank Mackster ...
actually I dont know if I should thank him.
My phone was a phone till one day i got bored and saw his vid on rooting [/sarcasm] ... now im hooked on this dam thing
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I 2nd that. My GPS would take a **** every 5 minutes. It would just lose connection like every 5 minutes on the dot. I was on Panache and decided to go back to stock and haven't had that problem again.
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When you say stock ... you mean stock tmobile?
Panache is canadian right?
Well the radio I use in my sig is the latest gingerbread radio. (i live in So Calif.)
The GPS is flawless, but I never open up navigation directly from the app.
I use google maps, type location, then navigate. (gps reroutes within seconds)
Even when I was using my phone stock unrooted i had this problem.
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Thank Mackster ...
actually I dont know if I should thank him.
My phone was a phone till one day i got bored and saw his vid on rooting [/sarcasm] ... now im hooked on this dam thing
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When you say stock ... you mean stock tmobile?
Panache is canadian right?
Well the radio I use in my sig is the latest gingerbread radio. (i live in So Calif.)
The GPS is flawless, but I never open up navigation directly from the app.
I use google maps, type location, then navigate. (gps reroutes within seconds)
Even when I was using my phone stock unrooted i had this problem.
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Haha, I get that a lot. People always tell me that they're now addicted to all of this flashing biz after watching my videos.
Yeah I had to revert back to stock Froyo radio as the Panache one was causing my GPS to go weird.
I now go to school in Los Angeles so I need my GPS to work. It would lock on in seconds, but every 3-5 mins it would disconnect and I would have to re-open it all over again. It was so irritating especially since I had to do that repeatedly while dealing with LA traffic at the same time. But now stock radio has been really good to me!
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I flashed this to my Eris and it seems to have faster data speeds and better reception.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=657896
i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio just because its available for other phones. proceed at your own risk everyone...his boost could easily be coincidence. youre not gonna get that much change.
gohamstergo said:
i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio just because its available for other phones. proceed at your own risk everyone...his boost could easily be coincidence. youre not gonna get that much change.
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As long as its CDMA its good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650121
This radio works fine on the Eris. Still, use caution when flashing it and if your phone explodes don't spam the dev forum asking for help.
No more not being able to make/receive calls as of yet. Also it seems my wifi tether works now but may have been the new ivan rom that came out.
I recommend against flashing non-Eris specific radios.
Do it at your own risk.
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This radio works fine on the Eris. Still, use caution when flashing it and if your phone explodes don't spam the dev forum asking for help.
No more not being able to make/receive calls as of yet. Also it seems my wifi tether works now but may have been the new ivan rom that came out.
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It COULD brick your phone... I told myself I would never flash radio images when I gained root. I'm fine with roms and themes thank you very much.
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As long as its CDMA its good.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=650121
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Yeah, that's not true dude. Flashing an incorrect radio update CAN completely brick your phone. Flashing a radio update updates your SPL. If the SPL isn't compatible with your phone/kernel, it could very well completely ruin your phone beyond recoverable.
You're lucky, but for future reference, it's a really bad idea to go flashing any ol' radio update except one that's been tested and working with your phone and kernel.
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i definitely wouldn't go flashing any 'ole radio
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it's a really bad idea to go flashing any ol' radio
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so awesome
This is why I felt comfortable with flashing the radio...
The ONLY reason I flashed this radio is due to the fact that others did this with no bad side effects (so far). Also, toastcfh has tested other heroc radios on an Eris with no bad side effects (so far) as well as done some good research for us by flashing the radios and seems to be quite knowledgeable when it comes to them.
I'm not authorizing that you should go flashing "any 'ol radio" but heroc and desirec radios seem to be created with the intention of being used on Sprint and Verizon according to research by toastcfh.
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now for the question about why some radios say heroc instead of eris...
the heroc radio are just that... heroc radios from sprint. its a cdma radio so it works the same as verizon radio. dont believe me?! do a strings | grep on all the radios and u will see they are all using both sprint and verizon logins and such. also as right now im running the latest radio which is the heroc one. everything works fine and its the one ive had best results with on both my Sprint Hero and my wifes Verizon Eris. although others may find better results with other versions.
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Just make sure you know that just because it worked for someone else doesn't mean you won't find that underlying control signal some day.
sprint uses sim cards right? the reason im askin is cuz for the hell of it i tried this radio and kept gettin no sim card messege lol i just did a restore . my stupid quesion is , the radio went back to the way it was right? im not gettin the error any more so i guess that answers my question , or could it have did other damage ? thanx for any help
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sprint uses sim cards right? the reason im askin is cuz for the hell of it i tried this radio and kept gettin no sim card messege lol i just did a restore . my stupid quesion is , the radio went back to the way it was right? im not gettin the error any more so i guess that answers my question , or could it have did other damage ? thanx for any help
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No, only GSM carriers use SIM cards. Sprint is CDMA.
then thats wierd , i kept seeing that messege , i use the nexus lock and when it woke from sleep the error was there until i unlocked it
tazzpatriot said:
then thats wierd , i kept seeing that messege , i use the nexus lock and when it woke from sleep the error was there until i unlocked it
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I believe that was/is a bug with the nexus lock mod. I remember when lwp mod first came out I tried it and noticed the sim card message. I have not gone back to that since so I can't be 100% sure.
well whatever it was it went away after i did a restore so alls good
Is anyone experiencing any issues with this one, I have flashed this radio and my 3G signal is not as good as it used to be.
I have 2 Eris' one stock (baseband 2.32.40.11.09) and one rooted with 2.42.00.03.10. The stock gets 4 3G bars with -70dBm while the rooted Eris gets 2 or less bars with -52 dBm.
From what I'm seeing, 3G speed is also suffering on the Eris with the newer baseband. Can anyone make sense of this?
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Is anyone experiencing any issues with this one, I have flashed this radio and my 3G signal is not as good as it used to be.
I have 2 Eris' one stock (baseband 2.32.40.11.09) and one rooted with 2.42.00.03.10. The stock gets 4 3G bars with -70dBm while the rooted Eris gets 2 or less bars with -52 dBm.
From what I'm seeing, 3G speed is also suffering on the Eris with the newer baseband. Can anyone make sense of this?
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FWIW, -52dBm is much better than -70dBm.
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FWIW, -52dBm is much better than -70dBm.
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yeah that's what doesn't make sense to me. the rooted phone says it has a better signal strength, but I'm only getting 2 3G bars (at most!).
I would like to test it but I am unable to find the original 2.32.40.11.09 radio image.
@above
metering has changed in more recent radios. aka bars vs signal strength is different.
soooo is this a yes or no go for flashing?
I tried this out, no noticeable difference in signal strength or speed where I am. Flashed it back to the newest ERIS radio...
okay im running pancake 1.5 and i have the latest prl version. i noticed my signal is worse now than before and it drops out alot. could there be a fix for this? maybe roll back to a previous prl? im also noticing the phone gets laggy at times, then i loose the evo icon, then it comes back after 30 seconds.... idea's???
Which radio (baseband) are you running?
im running flipz prl and radio
cant vouch for battery
can definatly vouch for signal
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Which radio (baseband) are you running?
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the stock one for 1.5 i guess, i haven't installed any other ones. im currently flashing your 2.1 rom...do you recommend a custom radio?
You can always revert you just have to find someone that has the old PRL file.. If you give me a little bit, I might be able to find that for you on my old service computer.. It crapped out last week so I don't know if I still have it or not..
The PRL lets the phone know how it is supposed to interact with roaming towers, so if the updated PRL removed a tower near you, due to contract or whatever, you are most likely having your issue because of that.. Also, if it adds a tower that previously wasn't in your PRL, you could be polling between the two, back and forth with no solid connection, that would explain the EV drop..
Also, if the output was decreased for whatever reason, you could just be too far away from the tower...
Give me a little while, and I will PM you if I can find a way for you to revert. I am pretty sure you have to have RMS so you might not be able to with my file..
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the stock one for 1.5 i guess, i haven't installed any other ones. im currently flashing your 2.1 rom...do you recommend a custom radio?
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Yea definitely upgrade the radio. They actually aren't custom radios, just ones stripped from newer roms or phones.
Check http://geekfor.me/radio for the list. The newest one out is http://geekfor.me/radio/radio-242000310/ which 90% of people have better battery life and signal quality. However depending on where you live and what equipment is used in your area, that isn't always the cost. Most of the people who aren't using 2.42 are using this one http://geekfor.me/radio/radio-241040203/
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You can always revert you just have to find someone that has the old PRL file.. If you give me a little bit, I might be able to find that for you on my old service computer.. It crapped out last week so I don't know if I still have it or not..
The PRL lets the phone know how it is supposed to interact with roaming towers, so if the updated PRL removed a tower near you, due to contract or whatever, you are most likely having your issue because of that.. Also, if it adds a tower that previously wasn't in your PRL, you could be polling between the two, back and forth with no solid connection, that would explain the EV drop..
Also, if the output was decreased for whatever reason, you could just be too far away from the tower...
Give me a little while, and I will PM you if I can find a way for you to revert. I am pretty sure you have to have RMS so you might not be able to with my file..
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wow man you are smart(i mean that in most literal sense possible)
if what he says is true (i dont doubt it is) then id advice switching between the two and experimenting. i know avalaunch posted a solid method of rollback, alltho i believe it concerns a hard reset, and your msl, which is apprently hard to get. good luck, i think the guy i qouted would be more of a help.
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Yea definitely upgrade the radio. They actually aren't custom radios, just ones stripped from newer roms or phones.
Check http://geekfor.me/radio for the list. The newest one out is http://geekfor.me/radio/radio-242000310/ which 90% of people have better battery life and signal quality. However depending on where you live and what equipment is used in your area, that isn't always the cost. Most of the people who aren't using 2.42 are using this one http://geekfor.me/radio/radio-241040203/
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can i flash back to stock radio if need be? thanks though, ill give it a go!
Yeah Ill be honest. I think in my area, I got better signal before using the 2.42. I think Im gonna roll back and see how it goes.
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can i flash back to stock radio if need be? thanks though, ill give it a go!
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Yup there is a link to download/flash the stock one in there too. http://geekfor.me/radio/baseband-104010921/
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can i flash back to stock radio if need be? thanks though, ill give it a go!
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ah, see now here i can help. avalaunch also posted the stock radio a long time ago, flashable in recovery, and i can vouch for a sucssful flash and rollback. decided new radio in combo of flipz prl indeed boosted my signal. like i said, no go on the battery but overall worth it in the end.
i do have to say, because i was warned, radio flashing is indeed tricky buisness, do some reading up.
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Yeah Ill be honest. I think in my area, I got better signal before using the 2.42. I think Im gonna roll back and see how it goes.
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Because, as I have said numerous times before, and no one listens, the service you are getting is dependent on your a)location b)distance from tower c) PRL (for roaming and interconnectivity with other towers)..
The only thing the radio does is manage the signal power input and output of a device..
yeah im going back to the stock radio, the 2.1 radio signal was far worse.
Ive noticed just after the other day my phone roams almost constantly, I have the 60664 PRL and yet it still roams even in my own house. What can I do?
Anyone? As for why I need this, please see this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=8125474#post8125474
Basically, I just need a mostly reliable Android ROM that doesn't get SOD or GSOD, no constant reboots, and reliable data and wifi tethering...
I am running the BlackStone 2.2 w/ Sense, and it is very reliable. Almost always boots fine, no real SOD after radio upgrade, and fast. However, data will cut out sometimes and take the radio with it, usually for about a minutes (or less), and every once in a while needs a reboot to fix. Also, WiFi tether causes a lock when I try to open it and I have to pull the battery.WiFi tether is a necessary for me now (see link above), and I'm not even sure Dev's have gotten it to work on any ROM... Thought I would ask here...
Thanks!
did you bother reading any of the threads or build threads
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did you bother reading any of the threads or build threads
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Yes, I did. I have read bunches and gone through a number of ROM's. I am not clear after reading them. Sorry if that is a problem, but I'm not, so I am asking for clarification. Since I am not sure what ROM to go with, it seems one post here is more efficient then a different post in every rom thread...
Thanks.
When you say reliable do you mean no SOD or screen freezes? If so, I'd say no. There is no 100% reliable android build yet.
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Yes, I did. I have read bunches and gone through a number of ROM's. I am not clear after reading them. Sorry if that is a problem, but I'm not, so I am asking for clarification. Since I am not sure what ROM to go with, it seems one post here is more efficient then a different post in every rom thread...
Thanks.
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There's only a hand full of ROM here, why not try them out for yourself? If one didn't work, try another one.
Move question to android general! Android on hd2 is very much still in early development, so answer to your question is no.
They are very good but not perfect.
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VisualOddity said:
Yes, I did. I have read bunches and gone through a number of ROM's. I am not clear after reading them. Sorry if that is a problem, but I'm not, so I am asking for clarification. Since I am not sure what ROM to go with, it seems one post here is more efficient then a different post in every rom thread...
Thanks.
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well if you gone thru a number of roms then you should be able to tell two things:
1, what rom works for you ....
2, and that alot of people experience what you did and there are fixes ,
I do have an idea which ones work for me, but I never really needed tether before, so I never tested. Also, I know there is no perfect ROM. I could deal w/ freezes, which are fixed by killing the G-Sensor. I just wanted something w/ no SOD and wifi tether/data...
I think I have my answer from this thread. Thanks to those that helped.
Thanks...
sorry everyones giving you a hard time instead of just answering...Bangsters has wifi tethering and its pretty good...not PPP but still very reliable
lill21093 said:
sorry everyones giving you a hard time instead of just answering...Bangsters has wifi tethering and its pretty good...not PPP but still very reliable
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Awesome, thank you...
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Awesome, thank you...
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You could also try out HyperDroid with the update kernel. I am currently using it without problem. With moderate use, I getting about 1.5 day,that without SETCPU setting, with fully charged.
Currently using HyperDroid 1.2 with kernel r11
10507 said:
You could also try out HyperDroid with the update kernel. I am currently using it without problem. With moderate use, I getting about 1.5 day,that without SETCPU setting, with fully charged.
Currently using HyperDroid 1.2 with kernel r11
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Thank you
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sorry everyones giving you a hard time instead of just answering...Bangsters has wifi tethering and its pretty good...not PPP but still very reliable
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if he would of read bangsters first page he would of known that , i hope you be around to help every single person who ask the same thing , because after about 37 people you will get tired of answering it ...
I've been using hyperdroid for about a week now pretty much without any problems. Wifi tethering works great, infact I am currently using it to post this!
using nexus one android build 2.2 frg33 mccm 1.5 rom with no problems.. everything works perfectly
i've switched off the screen rotation to avoid freezing.. enabled when necessary with a simple shortcut on the home screen..
Thanks everyone. Loving HyperDroid. Now I just have to figure out how to disable the G-Sensor (was built into my previous ROM)... lol
Have cleaned this thread. Its simply not fair to start a war on someone's thread when all they are looking for is a little help, albeit that help might have been asked for originally in the wrong forum.
Please be aware of all of XDA rule 2 here. Also if you can't answer the question or stay on topic then please don't post. It saves a lot of aggravation.
Looking forward to your cooperation here.
WB
I tried quite a few Android ROMs and in my opinion, while great progress has been made, none is good enough for daily use. Unless you are an enthusiast and willing to live with rather frequent freezes and some missing functionality.
This being said, I enjoyed tremendously playing with Android, and I believe it will be my next system. However, I'm using my phone for business and simply cannot live with an unreliable system.
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if he would of read bangsters first page he would of known that , i hope you be around to help every single person who ask the same thing , because after about 37 people you will get tired of answering it ...
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Chill out this is not your job do you don't have to do anything just help ppl when you can cuz it over 1000 threads and post no matter how much you read and search you will almost never find your answer unless you ask a question now stop being stuck up and just help ppl or if not go and stress yourself over a job you get paid for!
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Every time I go from my school to my house(and vice versa) I have to restart my phone or I can't load any web pages (besides Google,Facebook,twitter) I have tested this everyday for a couple months and the only solution I have is that my school uses a different tower than my house does ( roughly 5 miles away).
Thanks
hi could you describe the situation more,which radio which ROM, is it Atrix 4g AT&T or int,
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hi could you describe the situation more,which radio which ROM, is it Atrix 4g AT&T or int,
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i have been using the newest radio for AT&T but i havent installed one in like a month though. this happens on every rom for the atrix, thats why i am thinking its the towers.
slojko said:
i have been using the newest radio for AT&T but i havent installed one in like a month though. this happens on every rom for the atrix, thats why i am thinking its the towers.
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Rom shouldn't matter too much as far as I'm aware. Beyond your conclusion of it being the towers, I can't think of other possible problems. Only possible solution I can think of is re-flashing the radio (if you haven't yet) or flashing back one (if the problem only exists on the the newest), assuming you aren't on a stock rom. If you are on stock, I'm sorry to not be of much help =/.
Happened again today, maybe its because there are 4000 kids on campus at all times
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I have to reboot to get my phone to charge off a USB cord connected to a computer. Using Neutrino 2.1, haven't bothered upping to 2.2... need something more stable and full featured.
I was using the 37P radio until today when I realised I was not getting certain web pages as you describe. I couldn't get XDA to connect unless I went to WiFi. Went back to 36P radio and all is well again. I think the 37P radio is borked!
Go back to 36P radio and you will be good.
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I have to reboot to get my phone to charge off a USB cord connected to a computer. Using Neutrino 2.1, haven't bothered upping to 2.2... need something more stable and full featured.
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This has nothing to do with the threads subject. Why is it here?
I recently upgraded to the .37p radio and have the same problem when my phone switches from 2g to h+ which happens a lot where I live. I just use the mobile data toggle button to turn it off and on and it works again. Hope this helps, it's much faster than rebooting and accomplishes the same thing.
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This has nothing to do with the threads subject. Why is it here?
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Ignorance?
As the title says-I can't get the gps to work no matter what I try.
I know it's not something that hasn't been discussed here before but I tried everything.
GPS status shows zero satellites, tried to config the gps.conf as well as any other fix. You name it, I tried it.
Now I use Nexus HD ics by tytung. Excellent rom except that issue which I don't think is rom related.
Back in the days I was on froyo with a sense rom and everything was ok. GB with cm7 was fine too.
But now I can't get a fix, and I also tried to revert back to cm7 and still gps won't get a fix.
Also note that on google maps I can get a location but that's due to network working in the background.
Tried a different radio, kernel and what not...
Any ideas? is the GPS gone for good? and way for me to validate that this is a hardware issue?
Thanks for anyone who read this far!,
a guy who can get lost :/
rayr29 said:
and way for me to validate that this is a hardware issue?
Thanks for anyone who read this far!,
a guy who can get lost :/
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Back up your stuff and return to stock WinMo, check GPS outdoors.
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Marvlesz said:
Back up your stuff and return to stock WinMo, check GPS outdoors.
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Thanks for your advice. Did that today and nothing. WinMo can't find a satellite...damn..
So it's bye-bye GPS? One thing is now that I think about it is that I stayed with the HSPL when WinMo was on.
Does that matter?
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Thanks for your advice. Did that today and nothing. WinMo can't find a satellite...damn..
So it's bye-bye GPS? One thing is now that I think about it is that I stayed with the HSPL when WinMo was on.
Does that matter?
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As far as I know, no. HSPL shouldn't interfere here.
What was the last time the GPS worked? What happened after that? Have you dropped your phone or something?
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As far as I know, no. HSPL shouldn't interfere here.
What was the last time the GPS worked? What happened after that? Have you dropped your phone or something?
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It's hard for me to remember when and where but I guess I dropped it one or more. Can't really say
when I know for a fact the GPS worked but it did. I'm waiting for my T5 screwdriver to take a look at
the GPS antenna. I just hope it's just a matter of the antenna not "sitting" right.