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It's been a minute since I've used my dinc because I have been using my Thunderbolt almost exclusively.. soooo I was wondering what you guys are using or think is the best combo. Radio I'm the most curious about!
Love being back on the dinc due to its nice and small size!!
Thanks
Omgb rom and incredikernel
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My general advice; go with older stuff. With the exception of a few ROMs, the current crop appears to be some seriously jury rigged work that just barely works. I've yet to install ANY AOSP ROM that didn't end up self-destructing or failing from the first boot. I think WildStang ROMs are probably the best pieces of work currently out if stability and functionality are features that impress you.
Dude try joelz runnymede 3D Rom with radio 08.08 and tinys gingersense kernel. I'm loving this and think u will too.
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Alton (Halo 2) said:
Dude try joelz runnymede 3D Rom with radio 08.08 and tinys gingersense kernel. I'm loving this and think u will too.
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All the Sense 3.0 ROMs run like molasses in January; SLOW as hell! 3D sure as hell isn't doing it any favors.
I'm using CM7 latest nightly, radio 11.x and tiny's incredikernel (10/8)
CM7 = It's quick, easily customization with android kitchen and with LP+ and custom dock it looks pretty snazzy
radio 11x = After trying all the radio's I find this one the most battery efficient, the GPS locks quick and data rate is excellent
( Note that differences between radio's are typically very small, I do believe this one is big enough to have me keep using it. Decide for yourself, everyone seems to have their own opinion on which is best )
tiny's incredikenel (10/8) = I actually just downloaded this one so not much of a review, but the quick charge and also the quick charge USB are big helps, not to mention custom voltages if you want to save a little bit more battery
POQbum said:
I'm using CM7 latest nightly, radio 11.x and tiny's incredikernel (10/8)
CM7 = It's quick, easily customization with android kitchen and with LP+ and custom dock it looks pretty snazzy
radio 11x = After trying all the radio's I find this one the most battery efficient, the GPS locks quick and data rate is excellent
( Note that differences between radio's are typically very small, I do believe this one is big enough to have me keep using it. Decide for yourself, everyone seems to have their own opinion on which is best )
tiny's incredikenel (10/8) = I actually just downloaded this one so not much of a review, but the quick charge and also the quick charge USB are big helps, not to mention custom voltages if you want to save a little bit more battery
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This radio?
2.15.00.11.19
If not could you give me the full name
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Yes, that is the specific radio.
I have installed cm7.1 update and have tried every fix/ patch I can find in these forums to correct this horrible radio problem...I can't seem to get over two bars at any given spot. I have tried glazing new kernals, prl, radio, etc...what is the best combination to run cm7.1...any help with this would greatly. Be appreciated....thanks in advance....oh ya I was having problems with wireless tethering. Also but was able to fix that with placing a tether folder in root that was missing
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oACE10o said:
I have installed cm7.1 update and have tried every fix/ patch I can find in these forums to correct this horrible radio problem...I can't seem to get over two bars at any given spot. I have tried glazing new kernals, prl, radio, etc...what is the best combination to run cm7.1...any help with this would greatly. Be appreciated....thanks in advance....oh ya I was having problems with wireless tethering. Also but was able to fix that with placing a tether folder in root that was missing
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The sense roms' signal bars are a little more generous than aosp. go to settings about phone and status and look at the dBm's for an accurate reading of signal strength.
On cm7 I usually stay between one and two bars, whereas on sense I would read up to four in the same areas, with the same dBm reading (no difference in actual signal strength).
I'm sitting at -94 to -97 dbm and 0asu....is that about normal?....I switched to a savage kernal the other day which seems to be helping other issues but radio is still an issue ...thanks for your help
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what i'm trying to get across is that you don't have a radio issue. The same dBm will show more bars on a sense ROM than an aosp one.
If you'd like, flash a sense ROM and an aosp one. Then take an average in the same area over a period of time of what you're dBm's are. You shouldn't see much of a difference because roms have nothing to do with signal strength.
Edit: there us no 'normal' dBm number because there are so many variables to signal strength (distance from tower, humidity, elevation etc.). If you start to drop calls then you have a problem, if not, you're fine.
Gotcha....thanks for the insight!!!
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oACE10o said:
I'm sitting at -94 to -97 dbm and 0asu....is that about normal?....I switched to a savage kernal the other day which seems to be helping other issues but radio is still an issue ...thanks for your help
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Yeah you're not going to drop a call or get slow data from that, it is rather low though but nothing to worry about. Once it goes past 100 you should start to worry but again it'd still have to be significantly lower for all the bad stuff to start happening.
Besides all that, what makes you think this is a radio problem instead of just not-so-great coverage?
Just had some issues with wifi, calls, 3g/4g coverage , market connection( even on wifi)
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I am looking to try cm7 for the first time.
I guess I have a few choices:
official, batf
neutrino
and atrix weeky builds
I have read weekly 4 has issues with wifi, which neutrino is based off of.
Any cm7 have stable wifi? and stable 3g?
looking for stability and battery life, and I read great things of the cm7 battery life
Thanks
One of the best cm7 builds is RedPill hybrid. really recommend you at least try it. It didn't like batf that much.
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No problems with WiFi on Weekly 4 here.
I have the wifi problems while using Weekly 4 and Neutrino (based on weekly 4). You can "solve" the problem by leaving wifi on 24/7, but it does add to battery drain. That said, I am a heavy, heavy user and easily make it a full day (3 hours of screen on, 3-5 hours of wakelock from listening to music) using Neutrino 1.4S 1Ghz with wifi set to always be on. I have no 3G/4G signals with either Weekly 4 of Neutrino. As for which of those two is better - totally personaly preference. I am a "barebones" kind of person, so I run Neutrino.
Official Ba2tF is rock solid, and has no outstanding, widespread issues that I am aware of.
Nightly 20 had an issue for me where if I tried to use any of several of the GApps, it would cause my phone to lose its data connection, re-establish it, lose it, re-establish it, etc. If i close the offending program (Maps, Talk, and Youtube) or just hit the home button so that the offending program was not the focus application, everything would be fine again, until I used any of the three offending programs again. This problem doesn't seem to be "widespread", but has been reported and talked about for many different phones running that nightly (check the S2 forums and the Evo 3D forums for example).
Tl;DR -
Rock solid?
Ba2tF
Rock solid if you don't have the wifi problem or can deal with slight battery drain due to having to have wifi on all the time?
Weekly4 / Neutrino (personal preference)
I don't really see much of a point in Nightly 20 at the moment. It is SOLID if you don't have the data disconnect issue with certain GApps. But the release is old (from before Thanksgiving), so the Weekly4 and Neutrino are newer in terms of commits. So I don't really see much of a point in sitting between Ba2tF and Weekly4 - especially with the data disconnect issue (if you are unlucky enough to have it).
Hope that helps
Thank you VERY much for the in-depth explanations!
So you actually dont have any 3g/4g connections? I think there was some sort of tweak by the dev of Neutrino posted on one of the end pages to attempt to fix the data.
The previous poster has no wifi issue but you do, hmm I guess its not applicable to EVERY device. Or wiredpirate is just lucky haha
I may be leaning to batf right now. What do you mean by "so the Weekly4 and Neutrino are newer in terms of commits" ?
+1 for Redpill-Hybrid has been the most stable for me
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I have noticed that cm7 roms and the ones alike have less wifi coverage than blur roms. Don't know if it's just me, it has happened to me with same radio and kernel, just different rom.
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YEP, Redpill is most stable for me too.
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One of the best cm7 builds is RedPill hybrid. really recommend you at least try it. It didn't like batf that much.
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I use CM7-ICS MOD without any bugs, but only after clear install and no TiBu system restore.
I can also reccomand Red-Pill, which was my previous rom, and was stable as hell.
Using virtuous affinity at the moment and not liking the wifi speed at all (2 signals at a distance of 6 meters?)
I remember using one of the MIUI rom or sense rom which gave really good wifi connection, don't know what's the issue but my sister's I9001 is picking wifi at great distance and not mine + the speed is really slow...
DO you guys have a rom in mind which i can flash for better wifi connection?
EDIT: also some suggestions about runny vs bliss would be very appreciatd since i'm not a big sense user..
You can try RCMix3D, I'm always having 4 bars when near my router and a little less when moving away.
Maybe there is something wrong with the WiFi antenna.
The antenna is located in the cover of the battery.
Take out the cover and clean the metal contacts.
Put it back and see if it made a difference.
It's the 1st thing you should try.
If this doesn't help, check for a radio that matches your model, see also if a matching RIL is needed.
This most probably is a radio issue...flash the correct radio based on your current RIL..
Also think it's a radio problem. Flash the correct one and RILs and averything will be ok.
And for example, if you flash something like Virtuous Quattro or IceColdSandwitch, you may get low bars on the indicator, but it doesn't mean the signal is bad.
I'm running ARHD 6.3.2 with 12.65.60.29U_26.14.04.28_M Radio at the moment.I always have 3 to 4 bars wifi connection even when im in the room next to my office.
The Rom runs smooth and stable without having any problems at all.
Been using rcmix3d for the last couple of months and wifi reception has always been strong
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Dont be fooled by the WIFI indicator bars, As i understand it AOSP based ROMs use a different algorithim to display the strength which results in an apparent lowering of the signal strength as long as it connects and works i play little or no attemtion to the bars.
Yes I would say it's a radio issue, unless it's posted as a bug in the ROM by other users. check the forums for the rom, otherwise, flash new radio WITH CORRESPONDING RIL!!
Rcmix 3d runny v4.0
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I agree with @ghostofcain, if your wifi is working fine, don't bother too much about the numbers of bars.
I had my best wifi experience with the AndroidRevolution HD 7.0.0 Rom.
maybe you really should bother about your Radio..
using the 12.28b.60.140eP_26.02.03.15_M3 myself.
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best way to see the signal strength is this:
*#*#4636#*#*
and then wifi information -> wifi status
there you've got the signal strength in dB wich is a bit more comparable than "i've got only two bars".
good tip using this test-number;
is the RSSI value the wifi signal strength ?
Yes. RSSI stands for Received Signal Strength Indication. Wikipedia has an article about it if you want more information.
I had nexus one which had a pretty good wifi range.. I could access my home network router from pretty far away.. now i am using Dell streak 5 within same home network and I have found that it's wifi range is a lot less than nexus one... why does it happen? any idea? Can we boost wifi range of dell streak 5?
Streak 5 has a wide wifi range especially with MIUI ROMs.
Flash a MIUI ROM and try again,you will see that it has a perfect wifi range.
really let me check it with MIUI .23 version
Please post back if you see a difference using MIUI rom, i'm also interested
i flashed with MIUI .20 version ROM, i am sorry i did not find any difference
To save younall some time.... there's pretty much nothing can be done about the Streaks short wifi range
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sinan33 said:
Streak 5 has a wide wifi range especially with MIUI ROMs.
Flash a MIUI ROM and try again,you will see that it has a perfect wifi range.
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what inside those MIUI that make diff wifi range?
please tell me if found anything because i still cant get the sign
ivantastic said:
what inside those MIUI that make diff wifi range?
please tell me if found anything because i still cant get the sign
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I have tested stock roms and the other custom roms including cm7; all of the roms have the same wifi range at the same place; they can't find the wifi signal or they find weak signal but at the same place especially MIUI 2.2.17 and 2.3.16 find double strength wifi signal.
sinan33 said:
I have tested stock roms and the other custom roms including cm7; all of the roms have the same wifi range at the same place; they can't find the wifi signal or they find weak signal but at the same place especially MIUI 2.2.17 and 2.3.16 find double strength wifi signal.
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yeah it's your exp.
i want to know what exactly inside MIUI 2.2.17 and 2.3.16 that made the signal stronger? any mod or script maybe?
so there's a chance for me to use some tweak in mine
ivantastic said:
it's your exp.
i want to know what exactly inside MIUI 2.2.17 and 2.3.16 that made the signal stronger? any mod or script maybe?
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Maybe...But i didn't examine this.
Put a bigger aerial on your router, or use a extender
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i'm suffering from the same here, very low wifi range
Hey there Xda people.
I dont know if this was already answered (i searched and found nothing). Why the WiFi signal is poor on EVERY custom rom?. I know that the developers makes its best with his custom roms and I love that, but why the WiFi is horrible in custom roms that in stock?
I've actually experienced significant better WiFi reception on CM10.1 than on Stock 4.1.2
EX. With CM, I'm able to receive a signal on my deck, with good speeds as well, while I simply cannot receive a signal on stock.
Does anyone else experience this?
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One of the updates that Verizon made to Stock was increase the range of the Wifi. Maybe you didnt install that update while using stock.
The reason stock runs better... Well... Sometimes runs better... Is because the kernel is being developed by people with more inside access than any custom ROM dev could ever have (with the exception of that whole Oppo+CM thing...), and they're getting paid to work 8 hours a day to develop it well. Since the ROM devs don't have access to the inside kernel data, they basically have to make a graceful hack. Which sometimes doesn't work well. FWIW, I have perfectly fine WiFi access on custom ROMs, not enough of a difference to notice.
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My WiFi has been better on 4.3 over stock. Gaming is a huge improvement over stock. I will never go back.