Yes I know it all relative, varies on many levels. But I just gave my sister a g2 and being I'm in a different state its hard to test. I have her running g-lite with the .19 radio and edkeys ril/lib update package with tmobile. Trying to keep things simple for her as she is far from tech savvy. She's only had the phone out there a few days but she says its considerably worse reception than her old nokia and g1 I gave her in the past.
She lives near the prospect park area of brooklyn and works in the upper end of downtown manhattan, both areas of town seem to be a bit spotty for her
I wouldn't be posting this if I could test for her (or even teach her how to do it herself) so if anyone from ny would like to chime in id appreciate it as shell be back in my area in a week or so and I can change then
Thanks in advance
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. 19 radio with rcdata from edkeys works great. I havent had issues all over manhattan. I get full bars all throughout. Only issues ive seen is the phone switching from H to 3g a lot. Only time ive gotten edge is around 137 and Broadway. Downtown by 23rd st and below great coverage.
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Just would like to add i havent had much experience in Brooklyn.
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Thanks for the reply, being all is the same on your phone I'm just going to assume here old phones either had better reception in general or she just happens to be in different areas as you. I may try some other options with her but its just too bad I can't be there to help her test, its been hard enough to convince her android is better than apple that in her mind if she has to keep testing out radios is just a step backwards.
Oh well, shell learn...
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Keep us updated. Have you noticed on your end when gripping the phone on the top near the speaker grill a drop in reception?
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Was out in the south bronx today around 238st and full bars. Was out in a concert yesterday in Williamsburg with full bars. Same radio as mentioned above with matching rils files.
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after speaking with her more today everything is actually running just fine for her, i did some troubleshooting and she is having no issues, in fact she now admits she has better reception then with her old phones, in other words she gets signals where she didnt before. she was just being, well, an average american about it!
thanks guys for trying to help us out anyway
Anytime
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My first evo got its rsa keys fried so i just recieved a new one today and was super excited to test 4G. Well, in emryville, i got consistantly between 7-11mbs down and 1.3 up.
I know 4g isnt official in sf yet and to my knowledge no towers in the east bay and i have 1-2 bars of signal with amazing speeds.. wow im stoked for the official release! Maybe this is just lack of cell traffic but im really pleased with sprint on this one.
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I'm getting 7-8meg in SOMA. I'm curious to see what its like at the giants game tomorrow. Will test capacity, maybe. I know one thing for sure, my iPhone won't work.
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I'm getting 7-8meg in SOMA. I'm curious to see what its like at the giants game tomorrow. Will test capacity, maybe. I know one thing for sure, my iPhone won't work.
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hahahaha at&t will be swamped.
GO GIANTS!
make sure you hold it correctly though, thats always the key
in Berkeley I cant even cop a 4g signal. I should try from Sather Tower.
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Anyone near Dublin? I'd love to hear if it reached there.
Anyone know how to increase network reception within the phone? My messaging is always shotty and it drives me nuts! Messages wont send on first attempt. I have to retry them and the person gets them twice. I always reboot or jump into airplane mode but its annoying as ****. Apparently the service on amy home isn't too good since it happens to my sisters intercept and her boyfriends evo but not like it hits me. Help!!! O usuallu undermind it thinking its sprint but im starting to suspect the radio now.. my old nokia candy bar pos had better reception 10 fold compared to these devices nowadays.
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Btw gingerbread kb sucks compared to eclair kb lol sorry for all the typos above.
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There is a thread on here for how to make 4g reception better. If I recall it had tips for 3g too. Your nokia was a gsm phone most likely. Way different from your sprint cdma phone in penitration of buildings
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Call up Sprint and complain about coverage and tell them you are going to cancel. They will send you a free Airave that you hook up to your router. Basically a small cell tower that covers the inside of your house and some outside. I've had one for over 2 years and it wouldn't go without it.
I will tell you one thing about the Airave that you have to get used to. There is a small (but noticable) delay when you are using it. You say hello, and it takes a second to a second and a half for the other party to hear you. Sometimes I say "hello?" twice just as they answer me once.
If you're rooted you can purchase roam control from the market. That'll put your phone on constant roaming and hopefully give you better reception
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Djinn23 said:
There is a thread on here for how to make 4g reception better. If I recall it had tips for 3g too. Your nokia was a gsm phone most likely. Way different from your sprint cdma phone in penitration of buildings
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I can't find that thread... any help?
Network Vision
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Network vision can't be implemented any faster! I getting better radio signal but still hit 1x with eg22
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Network vision can't be implemented any faster! I getting better radio signal but still hit 1x with eg22
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KillerFu said:
I can't find that thread... any help?
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Few threads down in the dev section.
You need to have your MSL number to edit wimax settings.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833332
[Tutorial] Reconnect to 4G much faster!!!
- Ron
Its definitely thhe radio. On my hero I got 3g speeds of 3-5mb/s and always hadservice. Now I get 2 bars where I had 5. And sometimes I'll have allvmy bars until I make a call or send a text, then suddenly I'll have no service and everything fails, but when I hang up or back out the message app I get all my service back -_- sprints really annoying me. Everyone gets servicein my house but me.
My friend has an iphone andhe gets 3g full bars att
My friend with a MT3G (yes the original non 3.5mm having one) gets HSPA with full bars! As well as my friend with his HD2 and another with a droid x. I'm always told how great the service is in my house until they see MY signal
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Ok I got the shift about a month ago and have noticed that my 3g speeds are WAY slower than it was when I had the hero. Can someone please help me with this problem (if there is a way).
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First of all, SEARCH! It would have gotten you your answer a lot sooner in this thread.
Secondly, look at the 4th post in that thread for instructions. It doesn't work for everyone but it works well for me. My 3G speeds increased by about 25% overall, but I've also only used the phone within about 50 miles of home at this point and geographic location seems to be the determining factor on how well/if this works.
Good luck!
Thanks for the reply.. that's what I first did and I thought it helped a lil bit but it still is not close to the 3g speeds I had on the hero and I've tested the evo 4g and another hero and still the shift fails to get close to their speeds.
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I had a Hero prior to the Shift too. My Shift speeds now are about what I was used to on my Hero.
I'm not aware of any other tweaks unfortunately. If you just got it, maybe Sprint will swap it out - could just be the particular phone.
Yea I was thinkin it maybe the phone I believe ill unroot and go to visit sprint.
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Ontario Canada users.... im north of the gta... and honestly my signal is balls... at the best, its in and out of 3 bars.... but lots of the time, i dont have any signal at all....
so what is everyone using?
not in ontario, but im diggin the latest .30 in northern alberta
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have a link to it? ill give it a try
Been using the .17 radio for a month now with great results. Usually full bars in the GTA and as far east as Belleville. I have not tried the new .30 radio as of yet.
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The best radio for PR?
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so ive gone and tried the new radio, and still garbage... most of the day in my home area here, my cell has no reception and a wonderful x through the signal bars....
so what else is a good solid radio for super weak reception areas?
or is there any way to boost signal?
Kneedraggin
This is a lost cause no radio is gonna magically make you have a stronger signal. Why are you asking and just try them?
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Which radio did u try? Both 4.30 and 4.16 provided noticable improvements in cell reception for me, but as someone else posted if there is no signal to begin with....
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If you use cm7 Rom , you can use 26.08.02.17_m2
Sense gingerbread Rom use 26.08.04.30 or 26.08.04.16
And must use Ril
my wifes iphone has 3 bars on average here where i have no service.... so the service is fine in the area...
Perhaps it is bad hardware? You have the Bell Desire Z? Maybe take it in and get them to give you a replacement. What network is the iPhone on?
I updated to the new .30 radio and its working great here in oshawa. Slight improvement in all areas imo.
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i think sony or panasonic is always a safe bet...crisp sound and reliable gutz...what brands r u guys talkin bout..lol
pimped out g2
I just wanted to make a poll to see which RADIOS are all you guys using.
So with no any other delay....lets vote!
also it would help if you tell us WHERE YOU ARE LOCATED.
i myself am using 12.55.60.25_26.09.04.26 (Panache Stock)
currently at Las Vegas, NV
works the best for me.
I live in New York City, using the Panache Stock.
Just flashed the radio a few days ago though so I haven't gotten to see too much difference yet, but it seems to maintain reception better in certain spots that used to be dead zones for me. Apart from that nothing else I can really say about it.
I'll edit more info into my post once I've used it longer.
my sig says it all using the stock glacier radio 26.03.02.26 living in the Columbus, GA area. best battery/signal ratio for me
I just flashed the gingerbread radio so ill see how it goes so far so good, but not too say I ever had problems with the stock one
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I live in Portland OR and i use the stock radio.
It seems to work well enough.
I'm using 12.58.60.25_26.11.04.03 radio.
Mesa,AZ
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