Hey guys, I was wondering if the signal is better with CM over stock with more consistent data. When I'm streaming music with rhapsody it will cut in and out.
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lilredstang said:
Hey guys, I was wondering if the signal is better with CM over stock with more consistent data. When I'm streaming music with rhapsody it will cut in and out.
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No that depends on your carrier not ROM.
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Hey guys, I was wondering if the signal is better with CM over stock with more consistent data. When I'm streaming music with rhapsody it will cut in and out.
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CM has released a new radio, so there will be no signal difference as of yet.
Put another way, the signal strength is a factor of which radio you flash, not the ROM itself, though a ROM may require a specific radio to be flashed.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYy6laAhfMc&feature=youtu.be
My Nexus 4 is constantly losing signal as seen in this video. I'm on my second Nexus4 (replacement device) and I'm still experiencing the same trouble.
I wouldn't be concerned if it just lost a couple of bars, but it always jumps to NO bars.
Please help!
Thanks
Positive Climb said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYy6laAhfMc&feature=youtu.be
My Nexus 4 is constantly losing signal as seen in this video. I'm on my second Nexus4 (replacement device) and I'm still experiencing the same trouble.
I wouldn't be concerned if it just lost a couple of bars, but it always jumps to NO bars.
Please help!
Thanks
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It could be your carrier. Did this happen on your old phone?
Yuvin said:
It could be your carrier. Did this happen on your old phone?
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No I've never had a problem with my other phones. This happens everywhere with my Nexus 4, even when I know I'm in an area with a good signal.
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What rom and radio are you currently using? Did you try factory reset or flashing other roms/radios?
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What rom and radio are you currently using? Did you try factory reset or flashing other roms/radios?
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I rooted and installed stock 4.2.2. The device came with 4.2.1 and was experiencing the same issue.
I just logged a ticket with Telus but I'm not sure if that's going to do anything.
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Hi guys, I just bought my nexus 4. I'm really hesitant in updating because I also own a nexus 7 and when I updated that, my tablet was just flawed from left to right so I ended up downgrading it back to 4.1.2. Also, I hear that there is a way to enable LTE, but that with the new update the LTE function goes away? I would really appreciate to hear you guys' opinions. Thanks!
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I updated my Gnex and my Nexus 7 but i won't update my Nexus 4, i wanna keep my lte connection, it's up to you, if you don't need lte go ahead and update.
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Even if you do update to the latest you can still flash a different radio which will give you the option to use lte.
Oh ok just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't lose the LTE option. Does the new update have any flaws? Or are u happy with the new update and what are the differences between 4.2.1 and 4.2.2?
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Cee_Pee_Three said:
Oh ok just wanted to make sure that I wouldn't lose the LTE option. Does the new update have any flaws? Or are u happy with the new update and what are the differences between 4.2.1 and 4.2.2?
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I think a lot of us are on the 4.2.2 update. Those who didn't update are of course on 4.2.1 because they want their LTE. I would like to a say a majority of the members are on 4.2.2.
Some folks are still having Bluetooth and WiFi issues. Problems like the difficulty of connecting to their device and the same for WiFi. This is plaguing some users but not all. Just a small percentage. On my end everything is working fine. It's just weird to hear others are having these problems. I never have any issues with my devices. If you want to update to 4.2.2, I strongly suggest you do a super clean install/update.
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I think a lot of us are on the 4.2.2 update. Those who didn't update are of course on 4.2.1 because they want their LTE. I would like to a say a majority of the members are on 4.2.2.
Some folks are still having Bluetooth and WiFi issues. Problems like the difficulty of connecting to their device and the same for WiFi. This is plaguing some users but not all. Just a small percentage. On my end everything is working fine. It's just weird to hear others are having these problems. I never have any issues with my devices. If you want to update to 4.2.2, I strongly suggest you do a super clean install/update.
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Oh ok well it's good to hear that there isn't as many problems with the update as there was with the nexus 7. But I am a bit hesitant because I'm on T-Mobile and I hear that they are about to get LTE in my area. I live in Los Angeles.
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Cee_Pee_Three said:
Oh ok well it's good to hear that there isn't as many problems with the update as there was with the nexus 7. But I am a bit hesitant because I'm on T-Mobile and I hear that they are about to get LTE in my area. I live in Los Angeles.
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Lol. I live in NY and I think LTE is available on T-Mobile here as well.
If you want to use LTE, then don't update yet. If 4.2.1 is working fine don't update it.
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Lol. I live in NY and I think LTE is available on T-Mobile here as well.
If you want to use LTE, then don't update yet. If 4.2.1 is working fine don't update it.
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Do u know if it's possible to downgrade back 4.2.1 in case I do upgrade?
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Do u know if it's possible to downgrade back 4.2.1 in case I do upgrade?
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Have you ever rooted a device? Of course you can downgrade.
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Do u know if it's possible to downgrade back 4.2.1 in case I do upgrade?
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Yes. As long as you find the stock rom/custom rom based on what you're looking for.
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Yes. As long as you find the stock rom/custom rom based on what you're looking for.
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I couldn't find the 4.2.1 rom on the google website that's why. They only have the 4.2.2 rom.
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4.2.2 has been better for battery life, at least for me. You should update it. And for LTE you can flash old radio, but might not work with the latest versions of certain ROMs, so do your research on that. I believe you can just do a nandroid for 4.2.1 (not 100% on this)
br0ok1ynb0i said:
4.2.2 has been better for battery life, at least for me. You should update it. And for LTE you can flash old radio, but might not work with the latest versions of certain ROMs, so do your research on that. I believe you can just do a nandroid for 4.2.1 (not 100% on this)
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Yeah thanks for the advice, and your right about the battery life because I feel that considering that the nexus 4 has a 2100mah battery the battery doesn't last long enough. If I can do a nandroid backup then it would be awesome. I'm pretty new to the nexus 4 scene, so I appreciate everyone's help thus far.
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anyone have a link to the 4.2.1 stock ROM. i think my speaker for my phone has gotten lower with the 4.2.2 update and i want to downgrade it.
http://www.randomphantasmagoria.com/firmware/nexus-4/occam/
It's the third one down the list on the "images". Use 7zip to unpack the files and flash away!
EDIT: There is the option to have 4.2.2 with the 33 baseband to retain the LTE, however that has caused problems for people so the only official way to make it work with LTE is to flash 4.2.1 with the 33 base.
Hi,
Not sure why, I'm facing random signal loss. Particularly when the phone sleeps.
I'm using Sentinel ROM and Air Kernel.
This has been happening in the past week and my other dumb phone on the same network with another sim card always has signal.
Neither the ROM or Kernel was updated recently.
What could be the problem?
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nileshgr said:
Hi,
Not sure why, I'm facing random signal loss. Particularly when the phone sleeps.
I'm using Sentinel ROM and Air Kernel.
This has been happening in the past week and my other dumb phone on the same network with another sim card always has signal.
Neither the ROM or Kernel was updated recently.
What could be the problem?
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Any chance your Nexus is looking for 3g signal where as your dumb phone is on 2g?
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atulalvenkar said:
Any chance your Nexus is looking for 3g signal where as your dumb phone is on 2g?
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It is in 3g (preferred)/2g mode.
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Turns out to be a issue with operator. Was in a different area all day and didn't face it.
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Hi guys,
My nexus 4 drops my signal every 10-15 seconds, the signal coverage 80 percent of the time remains showing full signal/3G etc but data drops constantly.
I have tried stock and custom rooms with little effect, my network provider blames the phone. I haven't had a chance to test it on another network but before I do was hoping to see if others may have experienced the same!
Below are some screenshots from a signal monitor.
http://db.tt/GNzHhdSY
http://db.tt/SKRPE8BY
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Andehh said:
Hi guys,
My nexus 4 drops my signal every 10-15 seconds, the signal coverage 80 percent of the time remains showing full signal/3G etc but data drops constantly.
I have tried stock and custom rooms with little effect, my network provider blames the phone. I haven't had a chance to test it on another network but before I do was hoping to see if others may have experienced the same!
Below are some screenshots from a signal monitor.
http://db.tt/GNzHhdSY
http://db.tt/SKRPE8BY
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Same problem for me
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Hmm, what ROM are you using? What country? There must be a cause or just a hardware issue?
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Flash stock kernel. It will fix the signal drop for few sec.
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The stock kernel will fix it you say? Surely that is was I had originally? Or is it something different?
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badboy47 said:
Flash stock kernel. It will fix the signal drop for few sec.
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Doesn't seem to have made any difference. Can anyone suggest anything else?
Interesting, mine started with this yesterday once I upgraded my rom to a newer version.
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Interesting, mine started with this yesterday once I upgraded my rom to a newer version.
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What was your old ROM? I may try it as I am clutching at straws here. Radio, music, youtube... anything that requires data streaming just buffers every 10 seconds for 1-5 seconds. It is frustrating to say the least!
Stock Kernel didn't let my phone boot, Franco Kernel seemed to make it worse! I don't get what the issue is
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What was your old ROM? I may try it as I am clutching at straws here. Radio, music, youtube... anything that requires data streaming just buffers every 10 seconds for 1-5 seconds. It is frustrating to say the least!
Stock Kernel didn't let my phone boot, Franco Kernel seemed to make it worse! I don't get what the issue is
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Im using Paranoid Android with an older radio for LTE but the newest update seems to be when my signal went funny somewhat. I am on the .33 radio with matrix kernel right now but my phone signal seems to be lower than it was in many areas after the July 22nd update. Could be coincidental.
There was a spot in my work building where text messages would get a -1 not sent error. With the m radio it works every time.
Flashed it last night. And it works better in my house than before.
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Agreed. Same experience here, in low reception area in a box canyon in Oregon. Had 0 bars of service in house with VZW 5.1 radio; flashed M radio, and have 0.5-1 bars of 3G/LTE service now.
Keep those radio optimizations coming, Motorola!
So you guys are running 5.1.1 but with the M preview radios? I just got my N6 a week ago and the signal and battery life are terrible compared to my G3. Looking for solutions before giving up and sending this back to Motorola.
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So you guys are running 5.1.1 but with the M preview radios? I just got my N6 a week ago and the signal and battery life are terrible compared to my G3. Looking for solutions before giving up and sending this back to Motorola.
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I'm running stock 5.1.1 with the M Preview radio (16R) on T-Mobile . So far so good with strong reception.
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GiancarloMorr24 said:
I'm running stock 5.1.1 with the M Preview radio (16R) on T-Mobile . So far so good with strong reception.
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Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try tonight and see how things are this weekend. As of right now I'm planning to return this and go back to my G3. I guess I'm hoping for a reason to keep this, as I love having a Nexus again.
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Thanks for the info. I'll give it a try tonight and see how things are this weekend. As of right now I'm planning to return this and go back to my G3. I guess I'm hoping for a reason to keep this, as I love having a Nexus again.
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You're welcome and best of luck.
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Different question... is there a way to backup JUST the current radio before flashing this, the same way you can with a kernel?
How did you guys get the m radio to work.. I tried flashing the one from that link and it said unknown under my baseband and had no service... I had to go back to 98
I'm on Verizon and flashed that m radio zip
I'm on the m bootloader as well. I tried the preview and skipped the bootloader and radio flash when I went bact to chroma. HD calling works fine as well
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Different question... is there a way to backup JUST the current radio before flashing this, the same way you can with a kernel?
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You would just fastboot flash the old radio
https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952615113
This is the one I flashed. Working great.
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952615113
This is the one I flashed. Working great.
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can i flash this via twrp?
GreeKNastY said:
can i flash this via twrp?
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Yes.
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https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23991606952615113
This is the one I flashed. Working great.
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Can confirm this works on verizon nexus 6
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I am running the M preview and I find that the radio works a lot better than the 5.1 radio
I flashed the M radio earlier today and so far I see a marked improvement. I'm no longer randomly losing my signal completely while at home. I also flashed a custom kernel and tweaked the color settings, so my screen looks much better as well. Let's hope my battery life improves as well. The need to charge in the middle of the day is quite annoying.
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I flashed the M radio earlier today and so far I see a marked improvement. I'm no longer randomly losing my signal completely while at home. I also flashed a custom kernel and tweaked the color settings, so my screen looks much better as well. Let's hope my battery life improves as well. The need to charge in the middle of the day is quite annoying.
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What you do different to the screen. Mind sharing?
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What you do different to the screen. Mind sharing?
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I downloaded Lean Kernel then an app to tweak the settings called Kernel Adiutor (the unusual spelling is on purpose). But any kernel adjusting app of your choice should work. Then I followed the info found in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59092146&postcount=3017
The screen's overly warm tones are cooler now. Plus the app I used has a high brightness mode that boosts the level up a bit, which is handy in bright sunlight.
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I downloaded Lean Kernel then an app to tweak the settings called Kernel Adiutor (the unusual spelling is on purpose). But any kernel adjusting app of your choice should work. Then I followed the info found in this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=59092146&postcount=3017
The screen's overly warm tones are cooler now. Plus the app I used has a high brightness mode that boosts the level up a bit, which is handy in bright sunlight.
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Tried it and my eyes prefer warm better. Cool seems to dull and more fake to me. Guess whatever suits you! Thanks for the link.
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