Currently using T8585 on AT&T and can't seem to keep a signal. Have flashed several custom rom/radio combinations but wanted to get other users opinion on which radio version has worked best for them.
Altuswire, I've been using 2.09.51.03_2 for a few days and can say I'm surprised. I'm getting 4 bars in places that I use to get 1 or none.
Thanks for the reply. Are you using a custom rom, or one of the official ones?
Using the 2.09.51.03_2 with LEOV3.0 UltimatePower [21895 Com 2].
Battery life and signal strength best I have had with AT&T.
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I'm using 2.09.51.03_2 w/ Artemis v6.0; I'm having much better reception and better battery life.
Are you getting 3G Coverage with it on AT&T?
yes, on 3G reception
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sorry for the mislead; 3G reception is on my T9193. A T8585 no matter what radio you use will never get 3G on at&t. The bands (ex: 850mhz for at&t) are not changeable they are part of the hardware.
ryuu55 said:
yes, on the 3G reception.
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This quote is VERY misleading and you might want to clear it up. The T9193 is the Telstra version of the phone and NOT the T-Mobile version which cannot, and WILL NOT, work with AT&T 3G.
Thanks everyone for your replies.
After trying several other combinations to include what was suggested; I've using CleanEx HQ 1.54 w/2.09 radio to work best for me. Been using this combo for a couple of days now, and seems to be keeping full bars on reception. I don't get the 576mb patch but getting the bars is more important at the moment.
Sorry to bump an old topic, but I need this answered...
tkalli said:
Using the 2.09.51.03_2 with LEOV3.0 UltimatePower [21895 Com 2].
Battery life and signal strength best I have had with AT&T.
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I thought flashing .51 radios was a no-no?
sumflipnol said:
Once you complete flashing HSPL3, flash any radio with a ".50" in its name. Do not flash radios with ".51" in its name..
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h**p://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=669733&page=33
Is this because it will brick the device (as bad radio flashes can) or is it because the .51 radios simply do not function on TMoUSA?
Hey Guys, I just got a HD2 last night and I'm seeing a weird issue with the radio. While the phone is in one spot it will switch between 3 and no bars constantly this means marketplace and other apps just refuse to work. It was running the latest ROM out of the box which I've seen posts about radio issues.
Is there a fix for this?
Upgrade to 2.13 that fixes the radio issues. A lot of people have that issue and the latest ROM seems to fix that.
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Upgrade to 2.13 that fixes the radio issues. A lot of people have that issue and the latest ROM seems to fix that.
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I'm running 2.13.531.1(90963) Release date 04/28/10 is that the newest?
Thats it - I've seen quite a few posts about radio issues even with the new rom on TMobile's forum. Since TMOBILE or HTC didn't provide a item by item fix list who knows if the radio was even modified. The only way to determine if there is a problem with the phone or the network is to take two TMOBILE phones and compare the signal/network in the same location. Haven't seen anyone really do that here. Would do it if I had another phone thats a non HD2.
Compared to ATT in my city Tmobile's network is VERY spotty. 3G coverage is strong to nonexistent even on the same road mile to mile. When its full bars 3G get about 800-900kbps on network speeds.
Go into a parking garage or building it will loose 3g. ATT's 3g signal is much stronger although their download speeds and internet speeds go from 1500 way down. Their network also feels slower - due to the number of IPHONES on the network sucking up bandwidth.
stim141 said:
Thats it - I've seen quite a few posts about radio issues even with the new rom on TMobile's forum. Since TMOBILE or HTC didn't provide a item by item fix list who knows if the radio was even modified.
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The new ROM has a different radio version number. I highly doubt HTC would issue a new version number for the radio without actually making any changes...somebody would figure that out pretty quick and they'd have some serious egg on their faces. That's the kind of shady business practice that companies take years to live down.
Im running a Bell desire z on the fido network in east Toronto. I'm getting pretty poor signal strength at my home which i believe is one of the reasons for higher battery use. I am using the following 1.34.666.5 with Radio 12.28b.60.140eU.26.03.02.26_M and getting a signal strength of around 99dbm and 7 asu. Does anyone know of different radio roms or later ones that I could use, to see if i get better signal? Of course i don't want to lose any of the 3g bands and i would assume that would happen if i tried a Europe desire Z radio rom. Any tips on getting a better signal are greatly appreciated,
Actually that's exactly the same radio version as came on my UK Desire Z. You're right that if you're getting worse reception, your battery is going to get used up more quickly (phone has to boost the signal, using more power).
Edit - by the way, this should be in General, not Rom dev (I'm sure a mod will move it, or you could always pre-empt them and send them a PM).
Edit: I got this one ~TheRomMistress
I picked up a refurbed EVO Tuesday and immediately rooted it. I later found out that the 3G is really slow, i'm only getting .05-.1Mbps through speedtest.net's app but the actual experience feels much slower. Switching to 4G or wifi will yield appropriate speeds.
I thought maybe it was the ROMs but i went back to the stock ROM, Myn's ROM, and Fresh's ROMs and they all had slow 3G speeds.
Any ideas on what's up? My last resort would be to unroot it and bring it back for them to check it out :/
it's not your phone as sprint is having random outages right now with voice & data. your not alone.
i also believe they also may be doing some sort of network change due to the big announcement they will have here shortly. i could be wrong on that but i have a feeling that's whats causing the issues.
Try this by gokuman56. His post his credit. Is great and it works.
You will need your MSL, Call Sprint or follow this:
1. Dial ##3282#
2. It will open a menu, click WiMAX and enter MSL. Note: 4G radio must be on.
3. Go to extensions and Hold EntryRX and Write Extension
4. Change the Value to -110 (The Lower the weaker the signal can be for the phone to connect.
5. Change EntryCINR to 0004
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If you are tired of the Radio taking forever to reconnect once you loose your 4G signal, then:
1. Change Scan Retries to 00015
2. Change Scan attempt timeout to 0002
You will now have a somewhat faster and much stronger 4G signal!!!
EDIT: Easier Way to get MSL. Okay so you have to download connectbot from the Market
1. Open ConnectBot
2. Agree Next Next Yada Yada
3. Press SSH and select Local
4. type in whatever you want by local and press enter
5. ok once you see a black screen and to the left a cash sign, type in "getprop" without the quotes
6. You should see a lot of words, scroll up all the way at the top.
7. Near the middle of the screen until you see [ril.MSL]
8. It will be 6 digits and that's your MSL
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For 3G Try This..
It may already be implemented in your ROM, just check again:
Steps:
1. Know the MSL
2. Dial ##3282#
3. Go to multimedia
4. HTTPPD Proxy Port must be 0
5. HTTPPD Proxy Address must be 0.0.0.0
The 3G hack was found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
For the EVO a similar 4G hack has been discovered here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=922978
Sent from My PC36100 on the great x1 MetroPCS network
fixxxer2008 said:
it's not your phone as sprint is having random outages right now with voice & data. your not alone.
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I sure hope so. My speeds are downright pathetic right now.
If you are rooted, the easiest way to get your MSL is to download the MSL Reader app right from the market.
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Guess this is what i have to look forward to when i replace my current evo with horrible 3g speeds. They think a new evo may solve the problem....i think not.
fixed! re-provisioning worked. i had to do ##3282#, Edit, Data, Menu, Restore. It rebooted my phone and now i'm back to 1Mbps download speeds Thanks for the link and help everyone
Yeah, it's happening to me too right now. I'm getting .02 down and .16 up. I normally get around .8 down and .7 up. It's been three days of the same sh*t. Its getting annoying because I love my evo and the internet is super slow right now.
Don't know why or how, but when running speed test app, when I turned off the location setting, i noticed anywhere from .2 to .8 on average. With location off,i also was able to get over 1.4 mbps on 3g. I dont know if it had the same effect, but was able to get over 6.5 mbps on 4g.
Mainly, the location service turned off repeatedly returned higher speeds on mine.
Sent from my Evo 4G
I have been having very similar issues lately. I first purchased my EVO about two weeks ago. I had hboot 2.10 and hardware 0004. I finally managed a root and stuck with Sprint Lovers Rom for a little bit. Trying to get over to Myn's Warm2.2, I started having serious 3G issues.
I flashed the most up-to-date radio, wimax, nv, and PRI (the combo zip), but it didn't improve the speeds. Most webpages would time out when trying to load, even though I showed full signal strength.
I restored to Sprint Lovers ROM where I've been able to get pages to load, albeit very slowly.
My speedtest results are a mixed bag. With full 3G signal strength, I recently got a DL speed of 275 kbps. It goes up and down, and even reached 900 kbps on one test. However, the experience when using the internet seems much, much slower than that, and certainly slower than when I first got the device.
Running a test on 4G yielded DL speeds of around 500 kbps, which is certainly slow.
I'm in Houston and don't know of any outages or service disruptions here.
Should I try an older radio? If I flash pc36img again to unroot, would that restore my previous radio versions and what not?
Any help would be appreciated.
Baseband radio 2.15.00.11.19
Kernel 2.6.32.17-gee557fd
PRI version 1.90_003
Software 3.70.651.1
Running Sprint Lovers ROM with Android 2.2
Something is wrong with sprints service today. Its just crazy slow right now.
bdwright77 said:
I have been having very similar issues lately. I first purchased my EVO about two weeks ago. I had hboot 2.10 and hardware 0004. I finally managed a root and stuck with Sprint Lovers Rom for a little bit. Trying to get over to Myn's Warm2.2, I started having serious 3G issues.
I flashed the most up-to-date radio, wimax, nv, and PRI (the combo zip), but it didn't improve the speeds. Most webpages would time out when trying to load, even though I showed full signal strength.
I restored to Sprint Lovers ROM where I've been able to get pages to load, albeit very slowly.
My speedtest results are a mixed bag. With full 3G signal strength, I recently got a DL speed of 275 kbps. It goes up and down, and even reached 900 kbps on one test. However, the experience when using the internet seems much, much slower than that, and certainly slower than when I first got the device.
Running a test on 4G yielded DL speeds of around 500 kbps, which is certainly slow.
I'm in Houston and don't know of any outages or service disruptions here.
Should I try an older radio? If I flash pc36img again to unroot, would that restore my previous radio versions and what not?
Any help would be appreciated.
Baseband radio 2.15.00.11.19
Kernel 2.6.32.17-gee557fd
PRI version 1.90_003
Software 3.70.651.1
Running Sprint Lovers ROM with Android 2.2
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One more note, I just changed by HTTPD ports by dialing ##3282# like the instructions said. I didn't find any improvement in speeds after though.
mkeena0305 said:
Something is wrong with sprints service today. Its just crazy slow right now.
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???
mkeena0305 said:
Something is wrong with sprints service today. Its just crazy slow right now.
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Something is wrong with sprints service this year. *Fixed*
Sprint is a victim of their own success.
Do not forget to share your fondness for Sprint's network with the CEO
[email protected]
Well this is all really funny, but if any of you jesters had a suggestion or two, I'm all ears.
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One more note, I just changed by HTTPD ports by dialing ##3282# like the instructions said. I didn't find any improvement in speeds after though.
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is not suppose to make your speeds better just make you get data with a lower signal level. your phone has like a meter that when it has a sertain signal level you get no data all were doing here is lowering that level so we can get data working at a lower signal level.
Wow, not even close.
is not suppose to make your speeds better just make you get data with a lower signal level.
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No, it doesnt make it so you can get data with a lower signal. NOTHING can give you a better signal except an airave. The only thing opening the ports does is redirects the data to your phone, without going through sprint's servers first.
your phone has like a meter that when it has a sertain signal level you get no data all were doing here is lowering that level so we can get data working at a lower signal level.
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No. Not even close.
And way to bump a month old topic.
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LMAO. I'm screwed as soon as i'm off wifi with this phone sometimes
What is the best radio for mytouch 4g? Im getting very bad wifi signal.
My mobile signal is ok I just want better wifi signal.
I'm using stock radio on cm7 nightly build uhh I forgot.flashed 2days aago.
I live in fort worth area btw.
Don't tell me to try each and every one of em...
Sent from my HTC Glacier using Tapatalk
Best one is whichever works best for you. Different radios have their places where they work best. Radio that I'm using where I'm at my not work as good where you're at and what not.
But, its always good to try the latest things. So try the latest radio and see.
im using royal ginger 2.1 and i notice the improvement on my wifi signal. i usually get 2 bars in my room when i was running cm7 but now i get 3 bars with royal ginger.
I'm not a T-mobile user and i'm in GSM network.
After upgrading radio , i have lots of gsm antenna loose problems from time to time.
i tried many radio files, best for me is T-mobile stock radio PD15IMG-12.28b.60.140e_26.03.02.26
Htc Mytouch 4G
cm-10.2-20131011-Albinoman887-glacier
kernel: 3.0.58 CM+sense