Hi,
iam using runnymede 6.0.4.1 (sense3.5 and rcteam tweaks & alpharev hboot + 4extrecovery).
i flashed a custom statusbar with uot kitchen, all icons work except the signal strength bars, which are still white.
ive noticed that ive 5 signal bars, but usually there are 4?
how can i replace those bars?
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So, seems my signal is sitting on one to no bars all the time ( -98 to -101 dBm )
Is there any way to boost this? I'm getting worse reception now than ever before.
You can edit your task bar to always show full signal.
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You can edit your task bar to always show full signal.
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Is it just me or does anyone else suffer from this issue?
My HD2 is the following setup:
HardSPL 1.42
Radio 2.14.50(_02 ?)
ROMs Installed: EnergyROM WM6.5.5 "Vanilla" (no GTX or other themes, just the default ROM theme), Android ROM is MeeJay Froyo Sense Clean (installed on MicroSD with 1GB Data.img) using kernel that came with it.
The thing is with Windows Mobile, my reception seems to be stable. However, on android, my reception seems to jump around the place.
Here's an example. My phone is on the desk, lying flat. I get 2 bars. I pick it up to call someone, my reception seems to go down to 0 Bars, but does not drop out - it just stays on the 0 Bars icon for a while and then jumps back up to 2 or 4.
I suspect the radio in the HD2 reports the signal differently than HTC Android devices, so if it says -110dBm Android thinks "This device has 0 Bars", when WinMo says "1 Bar".
Has anyone else had this problem, and is there any thing I can do to fix this? It's kinda odd, I've noticed it jumping up and down... It doesn't drop out (ie. show a icon with a X above it) but it just says no signal when I've got signal!
Cheers.
im having the same issue... running MDJ CM7 v2.6. happens with data too
You're holding it wrong.
Kidding. The hd2 antenna is located on the back, on the bottom half of the phone. It's normal to jump around because that's where we all hold the phone from.
Looking for a way to get the 6 bar signal meter. Currently using the 10/13 version deodexed and rooted by rmk40. Basically stock sense.
I like to alter most of the framework files in the ROMs that I use so that I can make my themes more blue instead of the green in the ginger clones that are out right now. In doing so, I noticed something wrong with the stat_sys_signal image files that will make the phone look like it is getting a better cell signal than what it really is. There are five stat_sys_signal files that are stat_sys_signal_0, stat_sys_signal_1,stat_sys_signal_2, stat_sys_signal_3, stat_sys_signal_4. The trailing number on each file should have a corresponding "bar" image with that number of bars highlighted, indicating your signal strength. So file 0 = 0 bars, file 1 = 1 bar, etc. What I have found in most of the new 2.2.1 ROMs is that these images have been shifted to make the cell signal look stronger (not saying that is intentional). So looking at the attached file, you will see the following:
stat_sys_signal_0 = 0 bars
stat_sys_signal_1 = 2 bars
stat_sys_signal_2 = 3 bars
stat_sys_signal_3 = 4 bars
stat_sys_signal_4 = 4 bars
With this scheme, there is no instance where you would get 1 bar signal and would appear to get 4 bars when you only got 3, 3 bars when you really have 2, etc. You ge the point.
Not intending to flame anyone and without looking at everyone's ROM, I have noticed this same problem in stock Phoenix, P10, Darky, and Doc's ROMs. Also, I've noticed that most of the non-stock themes have it correct and so might would appear that your signal strength dropped once you apply the theme.
I've loved using each of these ROM's but thought I would point it out so it might be corrected and people would know why it looks like the signal dropped. I hope this helps.
Nice Find! I've noticed that some of the newer roms seem to show higher signal strength and now I know its really just being displayed wrong.
Now the question...how to fix it? Preferably with a CWM flashable zip!
When I made my gingerbread theme for the JJ4 I had noticed this as well. I fixed it by taking the gb sys_stat image and resizing and editing it so that you would still see 0-5 signal bars but with the gb shape/color/glow.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=873942
Checked mine, it's fine.
It's a pretty easy fix. I think it's no big deal but the developers may want to update it on their next releases. I'm guessing it was pretty much a cut and paste issue that proliferated it throughout multple ROMs.
Darky used to intentionally do this cause he said he did tests vs other phones right next to the galaxy s and.the galaxy s had a lower signal signal bar strength than other phones with the same exact signal quality going to them both. I haven't personally tested this so I can't say if its right or not or if he even still does that. So maybe other devs followed suit or whatever I just know at one point it was done on purpose, can't say what the reason is now cause im not gonna speak for other devs
Signal bar are always relative... it's impossible to compare them to another phone.
I figured as much. I'm fairly new to my Captivate and XDA, so don't know the background. I see this all the time in product development. As an EE design engineer, I find all the time that people don't know why we do things the way we do, just that it's always been that way and "it works". It's a lot of copy and paste engineering. No one person has time to go through all the details every time a change it made.
When I first saw this, I thought of the infamous "iPhone 4 fix" for their reception probem. Now I know exactly what they did!
I'd been using Pixel Experience for a while, but in the past week or so my 4G signal strength has gone in the crapper.
I live in the USA and I'm using "Mint Mobile" for my carrier - seriously everything seemed fine until very recently.
I reflashed with PixelExtended 5.5 but it doesn't seem much better.
Thoughts? Insights? Am I missing a firmware?
OS should not affect modem performance whatsoever, although some builds may have different values for signal strength as displayed in the UI.
What I mean by this is that your connectivity chipset reports a signal strength value - let's say, -85dBm - which is translated to however many bars on the signal strength meter. So, one build might have zero bars at ∞ to -120dBm, one bar at -119 to -110, two bars at -109 to -100, etc, etc...while another might be different: zero is ∞ to -115, one bar is -114 to -100, two bars at -99 to -85. This means that even though the signal strength doesn't change, what the UI shows might change.
You can use *#*#4636#*#* to access the testing menu, which should show you the signal strength in dBm. If you compare this from one ROM to another, you'll probably see that it's the same, even if you don't have the same number of bars.