[Q] Best ROM for non-geeky wife - myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I think I already know the answer to this (CM 7.2) but wanted to sanity check it here first.
My wife has a MT4G that's been running CM 7.0.0 for about the last 1.5 years (since shortly after it came out). I've never updated it since then because it wasn't broke (from her perspective) and I wasn't about to fix it.
She's an extremely light user, only has a 200MB data plan and rarely uses even 100MB of that, she uses it as a phone, to check E-Mail, a couple of light-duty apps (literally solitaire and the Pavilions (grocery store) app are the only ones I see her using) and occasionally maps/navigation.
She's been having more problems lately, with poor and inconsistent battery life, first I thought it was a bad battery but after I replaced it that doesn't seem to help. Also the phone is lagging sometimes and gets warm for no reason (part of the reason the battery life is poor I'm sure).
I figure it's time to do a wipe and re-install. I could put her on CM 7.2 but would love to get her on ICS or JB it possible.
For her stability is paramount and battery life is a close second. Obviously she uses WiFi for data most of the time, she occasionally uses the phone to listen to music or take still photos but never takes video.
Thanks for the advice.

Synthetic.Nightmare's aospx is what you want. It's ICS and mega stable.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on Nov. 13th. Still waiting.

You may need to update the radio
. Clear the cache dalvik cache and then if problems still persist reflash the rom of your choice. these are just procedures that will keep the device running nice. Assuming you have multiple radios to choose from you may experiment for the best result or choose the newest radio modem that is usually the best.
Ordered my nexus 4 nov 29 and waiting.
Sent from my SGH-T989 using xda premium

Rushing said:
You may need to update the radio
. Clear the cache dalvik cache and then if problems still persist reflash the rom of your choice. these are just procedures that will keep the device running nice. Assuming you have multiple radios to choose from you may experiment for the best result or choose the newest radio modem that is usually the best.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks I have wiped the cache & dalvik and that hasn't helped, I haven't messed with the radios because she's got good reception (better than my G2 by a decent amount).

raitchison said:
Thanks I have wiped the cache & dalvik and that hasn't helped, I haven't messed with the radios because she's got good reception (better than my G2 by a decent amount).
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Flashing the radio is like flashing the bootloader. If something goes wrong your phone is done.
Ordered my Nexus 4 on Nov. 13th. Still waiting.

estallings15 said:
Flashing the radio is like flashing the bootloader. If something goes wrong your phone is done.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah that is a factor as well, I went through several radios on my G2 because I had a hard time finding a good balance between working GPS and working HSPA+, but radios are the kind of thing I don't like to mess with unless I need to (my G2 and both my wife's and son's MT4G are still on the factory HBOOT for that reason)
Of course at this point in the phone's life replacing it wouldn't be crazy expensive if I bricked it.

Also, on the rom, unless you are dead set on a ICS or JB rom, i suggest staying on gingerbread, like a miui build or something. Otherwise, synthetic's aospx is the way to go

I love stock
Sent from my HTC Glacier using xda app-developers app

Try mokee or lewa
Sent from my T-Mobile myTouch 4G using xda premium

^^ Shameless plug.

Related

[Q] Any solution to keep wifi from disconnecting repeatedly?

Hey everyone. I'm having issues with my wifi disconnecting a lot on my myTouch 4G, which is a pretty big problem for me considering I don't get great signal in my apartment so I rely on Wifi Calling. I've updated my router firmware (Linksys WRT54G) and have it secured with WPA2 with TKIP+AES. My phones wifi sleep policy is set to "never", and I'm starting to get a little irritated. I'm using a new SIM card so I don't believe that to be an issue. Does anyone have any ideas? I feel like I'm a pretty tech savvy person so this really gets on my nerves. Any help will be much appreciated.
What rom? What kernel?
If you are on stock... my wife had that issue. Wifi was constantly dropping. She finally let me root it and now she's in love with royal Ginger.
I tried everything I could.... was easier to just root it and go aosp.
Sorry I can't be more help, but that was my experience with stock.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Oops I'm sorry, I forgot that information isn't in my signature here on XDA yet. I'm running Stock, but I'm already perm rooted with s-off so flashing a ROM is something I've considered, but other than the wifi issue I have no problems with stock. Does Royal Ginger have a functioning wifi calling app? That's a must have for me as I live in a black hole of cell phone reception. Not one single carrier gets reception in this apartment. At best you bounce between 1 and 0 bars.
I've just wondered if maybe the wpa_supplicant file could be the culprit? Is that something that has changed in Royal Ginger or other third party ROMS, like a different version of the file?
I'm in the same boat as you. Middle of the woods here. My wifi and I both rock royal Ginger. Or CM. Depends on the day.
Wifi calling works great with royal ginger
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Hmmm, maybe I should give that a try that. I already have clockworkmod recovery so it's not like I have a whole long way to go to flash RoyalGinger... Up until this point I've never been much of a ROM flasher though so I guess I better read up on all that needs to be done. I assume of course I should do a nandroid backup or two just to be safe, backup with Titanium, wipe my sd card and then flash through clockwork? Anything you'd add that I'm missing?
Thanks for your reply by the way. Wifi Calling is such a must for me that I'd hate to flash a shiny new ROM then realize it's missing.
camalus said:
I'm in the same boat as you. Middle of the woods here. My wifi and I both rock royal Ginger. Or CM. Depends on the day.
Wifi calling works great with royal ginger
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Thanks for the RoyalGinger suggestion. I'm all flashed now and so far so good on the Wifi.
Good deal.... welcome to the world of AOSP. Its warm and fuzzy.
Sent from my HTC Glacier using XDA App
ashykat said:
Hmmm, maybe I should give that a try that. I already have clockworkmod recovery so it's not like I have a whole long way to go to flash RoyalGinger... Up until this point I've never been much of a ROM flasher though so I guess I better read up on all that needs to be done. I assume of course I should do a nandroid backup or two just to be safe, backup with Titanium, wipe my sd card and then flash through clockwork? Anything you'd add that I'm missing?
Thanks for your reply by the way. Wifi Calling is such a must for me that I'd hate to flash a shiny new ROM then realize it's missing.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
be carefull restoring apps and data via titanium... froyo and gingerbread roms use different ext partitions and there have been some problems lately that may or may notbe related to this... im not saying it is, but this is the theory that i and other devs have been pondering
Well at first like a big idiot I restored "all" data. I realized what I'd done while it was restoring but it was too late. I did a factory reset and cleared the cache and set it up again but this time just with missing apps and data. Been smooth sailing so far but if I start to have issues maybe I'll just skip the titanium restore and just reinstall, as awful as that sounds haha.
Oops edit never mind, i miss read.
Maybe try static ip address.
[via XDA premium]

Froyo OTA Update has screwed up my Fascinate

Headache after headache after headache since I got the Froyo OTA.
Lots of freezes causing me to pull the battery several times a day. Also the battery power drains so quick I can't even come up with a comparison. Then don't get me started the 3G going down all the time...this is f***ing ridiculous. I did root it but I have seen no change. I have even disabled the bloatware...anyone have any suggestions for me.
Much thanks in advance,
Doc
You can try odining back to DL09 or whatever, re-update OTA, and see if the problem happens again...
If not, I would just leave it stock and return it to verizon with the 1 year warranty
Ive had the same issue! I rerooted and flashed evil fascination and I am not having hardly any problems. Ive had a few forcecloses but nothing like what came with stock froyo
My girlfriend is having the same issue after i MADE her update to the OTA 2.2. Text messages dont get sent and it is very laggy. The whole phone is too slow to use so i plan on flashing a custom rom or going back to 2.1 with odin. What roms are pretty similar to stock that maintain that whole touchwiz feel?
Sent from my Galaxy Tab using XDA App
Did you perform a factory reset? That seemed to fix a few problems.
For starters, this is common. The stock Froyo update screwed a lot of people up. Next, simply rooting it doesn't *FIX* anything, all it does is give you the ability to run Apps as Administrator, giving you more power/control. So, you rooted it, that wasn't going to fix your issues. Flash a custom ROM. I personally recommend the Community ROM. If after flashing a different ROM, after wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, and user data, etc. you still encounter the same issues, then yes, I'd exchange it.
Dread This Day said:
For starters, this is common. The stock Froyo update screwed a lot of people up. Next, simply rooting it doesn't *FIX* anything, all it does is give you the ability to run Apps as Administrator, giving you more power/control. So, you rooted it, that wasn't going to fix your issues. Flash a custom ROM. I personally recommend the Community ROM. If after flashing a different ROM, after wiping Cache, Dalvik Cache, and user data, etc. you still encounter the same issues, then yes, I'd exchange it.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Common? Really?
About the same time as the ota froyo was released, verizon had a bunch of 3g & 4g data issues on their network (perhaps it was shortly thereafter).
Otherwise, I see as many posts about the surprisingly good performance of the current stock rom as I see reports of issues.
No offence to the op, but we have no idea how these rooted phones have been messed with before the complaints are conveyed...
So I agree with the suggestion to odin back to a stock pit/modem/kernel/rom and let the ota process repeat from a clean start. From that result, flash a solid voodoo kernel, enable lag fix, pick your favorite rom, etc...
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA Premium App
I am currently running the ota 2.2 froyo update...only thing I have done is root and debloat and the phone is very fast! Only issue I have is google voice search force closes.
I think the update is fast... but despite what rom I use there is still intermittent gps issues, voice and data issues even on the first warranty replacement. Dropped calls in solids 4 bar territory on stock or dev roms and 3g fading un and out even after the dmu fix. All issues never had before the update.
Waiting on a call to see if I can get a better replacement option. No interest in Palm, BB or the Dinc Droid Pro or DX they want me to take as a replacement.
Out of the DInc2 Charge and TBolt which is the best options in my fellow forum friends minds. Have my own looking for outside opinions to consider depending on the options I am offered.
sent from my ComRom ED01 Froyo - Voodoo - Fascinate via Tapatalk Pro
My GF is having OTA 2.2 pains also...signal issues may be due to network, but also noticed lag, camera issues (black screen and force closure when camera opened)...text not received...probably will root and flash custom ROM...if she lets me..LOL....
4GivenByChrist said:
I think the update is fast... but despite what rom I use there is still intermittent gps issues, voice and data issues even on the first warranty replacement. Dropped calls in solids 4 bar territory on stock or dev roms and 3g fading un and out even after the dmu fix. All issues never had before the update.
Waiting on a call to see if I can get a better replacement option. No interest in Palm, BB or the Dinc Droid Pro or DX they want me to take as a replacement.
Out of the DInc2 Charge and TBolt which is the best options in my fellow forum friends minds. Have my own looking for outside opinions to consider depending on the options I am offered.
sent from my ComRom ED01 Froyo - Voodoo - Fascinate via Tapatalk Pro
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Download the app "gps booster". Seem to fix my gps issue... locks in quick and within 10ft. As far as the signal issue, I had the same thing until I replaced the stock battery cover. have yet to drop any calls and my 3g is alot better now! I am absolutely impressed with this phone since doing these little "tweaks"! O and I vote droid charge if your dead set on a replacement! Seems to have better battery and display over the other two.
sccafun said:
My GF is having OTA 2.2 pains also...signal issues may be due to network, but also noticed lag, camera issues (black screen and force closure when camera opened)...text not received...probably will root and flash custom ROM...if she lets me..LOL....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I heard that! My girl is hesitant to let me do anything to her phone after she saw the learning curve i went through with my captivate haha
bmeek said:
Common? Really?
About the same time as the ota froyo was released, verizon had a bunch of 3g & 4g data issues on their network (perhaps it was shortly thereafter).
Otherwise, I see as many posts about the surprisingly good performance of the current stock rom as I see reports of issues.
No offence to the op, but we have no idea how these rooted phones have been messed with before the complaints are conveyed...
So I agree with the suggestion to odin back to a stock pit/modem/kernel/rom and let the ota process repeat from a clean start. From that result, flash a solid voodoo kernel, enable lag fix, pick your favorite rom, etc...
Sent from my SCH-I500 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I stated nothing about the the OP's 3G outtage, any of us who are techy-like at all or who pay attention know what that was about. I was referring to their other issues. And I agree, MANY people have great performance after updating to stock 2.2, while many others are also getting screwed up. It's just one of those things. The OP wasn't one of the lucky, so, either Odin back and try the update again, or go custom ROM.
Well I have a couple DInc2s coming next week.
Really have to send the love to all the Devs who have made the Fascinate fascinating. Just can't wait on Sammy and VZW to get the tools in the hands of the devs to make the most of these phones.
Almost went TBolt but don't want to extend the contract until there are more 4g phones out there.
Wife is excited about FFC so happy wife will be good for me
Would have preferred to stick with the Fascinate but a couple replacements later and even the great roms and kernels couldn't get it to where it should be. Here's hoping that good source drips for everyone soon.
So for free and no contract extension I'll check out HTC...
sent from my ComRom ED01 Froyo - Voodoo - Fascinate via Tapatalk Pro
I did OTA Froyo update on a stock fascinate and my battery also began draining rapidly, about 8-10 hour life in standby I finally figured out that it was the built in facebook sync that was doing it, I had earlier turned off all syncing then noticed fb synced new events to my calendar after that so I completely removed my fb account and now its back to the ~2days of battery life with light use I had with 2.1. Not sure if this is what everyone else is experiencing with battery life problems but its worth a shot. I haven't tried putting my fb account back up to see if it happens again, I'm going to wait until I get around to rooting to do that.
I swear I had these issues with 3g data out completely. This fixed it in 3 minutes. ESN Swap to repartition data. No BS need for another phone.
http://totalhack.ws/esnswap.html
Hope this helps.
Well... Been using the DInc2 for over a day now... Short time but very evident that there is a major issue post update on the Fascinate. Right back to the great download and upload speeds I had pre ed01. No ATT like dropped calls, etc.
Without voodoo quadrant scores on stock in the 1400 - 1600 range consistently.
Just a huge thanks to all our awesome Fascinate developersfor making it a great phone while I had it.
Hope the DInc2 developers are as committed and talented as this team. Right now they are working on getting perma root....
Sent from my ADR6350 using Tapatalk

[Q] Random Restarts

Hey everyone,
I just put the cyanogenmod 7.0.2.1 on my HTC EVO 4G about a month ago. At first it was working fine, now it will just randomly restart not while I'm ever using it, but when it is sitting idle it will just restart at odd times. Has anyone else had this issue?
Everything else with the ROM is working awesome. Please Help.
No issues here, why don't you come up to date and flash the stable 7.0.3.1. Are you running any custom kernels by chance?
Here's the link to 7.0.3.1 just flash over your current rom and wipe dalvik-cache.
http://mirror.teamdouche.net/get/update-cm-7.0.3.1-Supersonic-signed.zip
Oh thanks, been really busy with work, and hadn't had time to check for any updates. I appreciate the help very much. DL'ing the new ROM now.
Upgrade to the newer version. Maybe it'll help? Definitely clear cache & dalvik when you update.
Evo 4G / CM 7.0.3.1 - Tiamat 4.0.2 SBC / XDA Premium
I was running CM7 and went to a different Rom because of the reboots and been fine since. Tried all the usual things but phone would still freeze and reboot. Last one I was on was nightly 65. There are also a few threads around about the ROM bricking phones that it makes crash. As usual, nandroid if things don't work out.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
misterzeno said:
I was running CM7 and went to a different Rom because of the reboots and been fine since. Tried all the usual things but phone would still freeze and reboot. Last one I was on was nightly 65. There are also a few threads around about the ROM bricking phones that it makes crash. As usual, nandroid if things don't work out.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What ROM did you go to?
misterzeno said:
I was running CM7 and went to a different Rom because of the reboots and been fine since. Tried all the usual things but phone would still freeze and reboot. Last one I was on was nightly 65. There are also a few threads around about the ROM bricking phones that it makes crash. As usual, nandroid if things don't work out.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's non sense, bricking phones say whaaaaat. I've been running cyanogen roms since the G1 and I've never heard of cm bricking phone's. Don't let this person talk you out of cm lol.
If cm bricks your phone you're (1) an idiot, or (2) shouldn't be rooting your phone in the first place.
dirkyd3rk said:
That's non sense, bricking phones say whaaaaat. I've been running cyanogen roms since the G1 and I've never heard of cm bricking phone's. Don't let this person talk you out of cm lol.
If cm bricks your phone you're (1) an idiot, or (2) shouldn't be rooting your phone in the first place.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yeah I like the CM7 ROM, but just can't take the restarts. I am going to upgrade to the newest stable release and see if that fixes it. I would like to stay with the CM7 if at all possible.
Swype
after the update I notice swype is gone, one of the stock features I like, anyone know where to find that again?
beaukincade said:
after the update I notice swype is gone, one of the stock features I like, anyone know where to find that again?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Its probably still there you just have to open a text window long press the text box and hit "input method". Once you hit input method swipe will still be there if it was installed.
dirkyd3rk said:
Its probably still there you just have to open a text window long press the text box and hit "input method". Once you hit input method swipe will still be there if it was installed.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
no its gone and won't let me use titanium backup to reinstall it either
beaukincade said:
no its gone and won't let me use titanium backup to reinstall it either
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have the latest titanium backup version? If you can't get it going the swype apk is all over the place lol. *wink wink*
Get the latest version (beta) from their site.
http://swypeinc.com/
dirkyd3rk said:
That's non sense, bricking phones say whaaaaat. I've been running cyanogen roms since the G1 and I've never heard of cm bricking phone's. Don't let this person talk you out of cm lol.
If cm bricks your phone you're (1) an idiot, or (2) shouldn't be rooting your phone in the first place.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I have ran many different roms and CM7 was the ONLY one that caused my phone to reboot many times a day. A quick google search can show you threads about owners who had phones that bricked after running CM7. I never said it was gospel, I just dont need my phone rebooting multiple times during the day and it was way more often when I had wimax connected. CM is a great rom but its not the second coming of Android and not worth my phone rebooting during the day.
And I am running Smooth N Sexy V1.2 A sense ROM that looks like gingerbread.
Reboots
I've been through several ROMs now and the reboot problem appears to be not a ROM issue!
Here is the story. I had started with Baked Snack, very good, but I wanted more battery and to try CM and get away from Sprint messaging update nag.
CM worked great, I updated to 7, until the reboots started to happen during heavy use of Angry birds.
So I restored to early CM 6.x, and reboots continued off and on every few days, getting progressively worse.
So I tried Warm 2.2, same issues.
I went back to CM7 and still trouble.
I went to Fresh and It was fine for a week, and then on Friday, (I noticed that Friday was significant), reboots again.
So after a month of this the reboots are so bad that I can't use the phone. I called Sprint, de-provisioned the EVO, went back to my Palm, and then unrooted and went back to Stock ROM, but with no Cell access.
The phone is stable now. As long as it's off the Sprint Cellular network!!!
All of the reboots were related to cellular activity. Messages coming in, ads being updated, calls coming in, tower switching, roaming, or worse of all, no tower signals at all.
I will post back here if the phone remains stable without cellular. But all of the research I have done on the issue has pointed to cellular access. I am on wifi and all the apps and functions are working without issues so far. I am starting a dialog with HTC to see if there is a hardware problem.
The reboots also caused heat in the general area of the SD card...don't know what else is there but I do know the cellular antennas are on that side of the phone. Leaving the battery out all night, after an off state recharge would help stabilize the phone for a while, including cache wipes and factory resets.
But once the phone had been on for a while, or Friday morning would come, the reboots would continue.
I have been a computer nut for 30+years and I solve issues for a living. I strongly suspect the radio hardware or firmware as the culprit in this reboot issue. Every other account of this has had similar connections to the radio use.
Agreed 100% , I've been rooting since the day it first became available and never bricked my phone or got stuck in a boot loop by just flashing a "rom". If I get reboots its because I either flashed a kernel or a very unstable rom. It makes me laugh that you think "CM7" is causing the reboots. You say its CM7, I say it's idiots who probably don't follow directions.
dirkyd3rk said:
Agreed 100% , I've been rooting since the day it first became available and never bricked my phone or got stuck in a boot loop by just flashing a "rom". If I get reboots its because I either flashed a kernel or a very unstable rom. It makes me laugh that you think "CM7" is causing the reboots. You say its CM7, I say it's idiots who probably don't follow directions.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Dude its all good, no need to call anyone an idots because we all can have different experiences. Any ROM thread in the dev section has reboot posts some have resolutions, some go to another rom and some seem to be hardware issues. Just like you have been rooting since day one like I have doesnt mean that CM7 is NOT causing my phone to reboot when no other ROM does not.
Your welcome for me allowing me brighten up your day by making you laugh, dont take your personal experiences and spread them across every user like its the ONLY experience.
misterzeno said:
Dude its all good, no need to call anyone an idots because we all can have different experiences. Any ROM thread in the dev section has reboot posts some have resolutions, some go to another rom and some seem to be hardware issues. Just like you have been rooting since day one like I have doesnt mean that CM7 is NOT causing my phone to reboot when no other ROM does not.
Your welcome for me allowing me brighten up your day by making you laugh, dont take your personal experiences and spread them across every user like its the ONLY experience.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Im not saying cm roms make sense look like windows 95 lol, and I also don't think cm roms would keep me from jumping ship to a 4.3" iPhone 5 neither. I'm simply saying you're pointing the finger at cm being the cause I'm saying imo its 95% user error that's all. When do you hear of experienced users complain of cm (stable) causing reboots or boot loops? Don't worry ill wait....
dirkyd3rk said:
Im not saying cm roms make sense look like windows 95 lol, and I also don't think cm roms would keep me from jumping ship to a 4.3" iPhone 5 neither. I'm simply saying you're pointing the finger at cm being the cause I'm saying imo its 95% user error that's all. When do you hear of experienced users complain of cm (stable) causing reboots or boot loops? Don't worry ill wait....
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Once more sir, I spoke from my own personal experience. Plain and simple CM7 was causing my EVO to reboot, and especially when it was on wimax or multitasking. Even from a clean install without restoring anything except for logging into google on the device. I spent 4 days troubleshooting the issue including trying different versions and nightlies. Oh yea..and before you ask the temps were normal on the device no higher than any other time.
But yet again another know it all here on XDA. Dam i must be dumb as **** to been flashing my phone since the froyo root method was released and never had another ROM give me that type of issue. The ROM is not worth me going back to the stock RUU and swapping hardware to since that seemed to be the the last variable after my troubleshooting. Not a big ****ing deal...my phone didnt agree with CM7 like I have seen a small number of other users out there. You dont see me around ROM threads always *****ing and moaning about issues when resolutions or known issues are posted on the first page or doing any other nonsense that I will guess others on here are doing that you may be referring to.
Obvious you are one of those XDA "experienced pros" that are quick think someone has no idea what they are doing with their phone. Post count doesnt mean everything bro.
misterzeno said:
Once more sir, I spoke from my own personal experience. Plain and simple CM7 was causing my EVO to reboot, and especially when it was on wimax or multitasking. Even from a clean install without restoring anything except for logging into google on the device. I spent 4 days troubleshooting the issue including trying different versions and nightlies. Oh yea..and before you ask the temps were normal on the device no higher than any other time.
But yet again another know it all here on XDA. Dam i must be dumb as **** to been flashing my phone since the froyo root method was released and never had another ROM give me that type of issue. The ROM is not worth me going back to the stock RUU and swapping hardware to since that seemed to be the the last variable after my troubleshooting. Not a big ****ing deal...my phone didnt agree with CM7 like I have seen a small number of other users out there. You dont see me around ROM threads always *****ing and moaning about issues when resolutions or known issues are posted on the first page or doing any other nonsense that I will guess others on here are doing that you may be referring to.
Obvious you are one of those XDA "experienced pros" that are quick think someone has no idea what they are doing with their phone. Post count doesnt mean everything bro.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You've been flashing since froyo I've been flashing since 1.5 G1 hmmmmm let me think. I will say this though
dirkyd3rk said:
You've been flashing since froyo I've been flashing since 1.5 G1 hmmmmm let me think. I will say this though
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You win, you obviously have the bigger nerd e peen. I should go back to a flip phone. *Bowing to phone gawd*
You wouldn't be as much as an ass if you happen to suggest ONE resolution to the rebooting.

poor reception

Hello,
I have a HTC EVO 4G and recently rooted it but ever since I did I am getting poor 3G and wireless reception.
I dont know if I flash an out dated radio or what but I dont know if a more recent radio will help. Any help will would be great.
darkdexx1982 said:
Hello,
I have a HTC EVO 4G and recently rooted it but ever since I did I am getting poor 3G and wireless reception.
I dont know if I flash an out dated radio or what but I dont know if a more recent radio will help. Any help will would be great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Your radio, your selection of rom. I tell you this much, put on vaelpak 3.2 RC2 rom on your phone and you def won't be having those problems. Watch that evo come to life!
ropodope
Sent from my Vaelpak 3.2 RC2 Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
I have already loaded a rom sorry I should have mention that before. I have loaded the EVO ZONE rom and ClockMod Recovery. Can I flash a up to date/ better radio with out flashing the entire rom?
Just try to update profile and update prl and see if that works. You should do that after flashing.
I did it but my 3G speeds are bad. I ran a speedtest while in a good 3G service area and was getting 0.4kbps down. I would like to go back to the stock Sense rom but dummy me didnt back it up.
I'm also experiencing the same issue(s)
I totally agree with ropodope. It can definitely be the rom, I used the original Miui and noticed I had poor reception where I would normally have good reception. It could be the radio or maybe even the kernel, my suggestion would be try different roms and kernels because you can find what works best on your phone.
Good luck.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Ok I am running the lastest EVO ZONE rom what other roms would be good for a HTC EVO 4G?
FicTioN_v3 said:
I totally agree with ropodope. It can definitely be the rom, I used the original Miui and noticed I had poor reception where I would normally have good reception. It could be the radio or maybe even the kernel, my suggestion would be try different roms and kernels because you can find what works best on your phone.
Good luck.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It can't be the kernel as the kernel plays no role in reception at all.
ropodope
Sent from my Vaelpak 3.2 RC2 Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
darkdexx1982 said:
I have already loaded a rom sorry I should have mention that before. I have loaded the EVO ZONE rom and ClockMod Recovery. Can I flash a up to date/ better radio with out flashing the entire rom?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes you can download updated radios or previous radios to find your trouble spot. Just dl them to your sd card and flash as you would a rom or a kernel. Wipe your cache and dalvik cache first. Wait a couple of minutes to allow the radio to write the image. When done flashing, just reboot. The radios are on here. Just do a search.
ropodope
Sent from my Vaelpak 3.2 RC2 Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
It could legitamatley be your coverage area was reduced. See http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/281992#281992 for details. You can call Sprint and get an Airave.
Westfire said:
It could legitamatley be your coverage area was reduced. See http://community.sprint.com/baw/message/281992#281992 for details. You can call Sprint and get an Airave.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
This too is very true.
ropodope
Sent from my Vaelpak 3.2 RC2 Evo 4g. Flash and ye shall receive.
You have any suggestion on getting a good radio to flash?
You should try downloading rom manager from the market. I'm sure there is a few stock evo roms on there. If you can't find a rom that is to your liking you can check the roms in the evo 4G development forums here on XDA. Be sure to read about the roms and what others are saying about the rom before you flash. A lot of the time I find that after seeing 10 to 20 people complain about the same or similar issues I wouldn't be satisfied with that rom, but that's just me.
Sent fom my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
I love my AirRave! Def great where Sprint signal isn't avail!
Here are your radios, and other nifty updates: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
As far as 3g I have tried this fix with good results:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715485
To be honest, Ive had bad reception with PRI 1.77 and 1.90. Also my roms are varying day to day i try new ones.
roms i think are good are MikZ, mikG, Evokings and other sense roms.
When I got my phone in January I had GREAT signal here at work. I noticed that after I rooted it I lost that great signal. Now I'm back to 1-0 bars all day. I think something in the rooting process screws the signal, I don't know much about it so I'm not sure what that could be. All I know is before I rooted my phone I sat at work with 3g signal in the basement of the building. After rooting I'm lucky to get 2 bars in the parking lot. I ran just the rooted stock for 2 months hoping it would magically clear itself up but of course it didn't
I've tried 3 ROMS so far. Fresh 4.0, MikFroyo & VaelPak. Of the 3 I seem to get a slightly better signal with VP.
EvoNotion said:
I love my AirRave! Def great where Sprint signal isn't avail!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
So it's portable?
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Well I tried Rom manager and it seem to work got a stock rooted Rom which works pretty good. Does anyone know how to unroot? Unfortunately I didn't backup the Sprint stock Rom when I rooted it. I try ruu but it failed.
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App

Best custom ROM currently available?

Hey. Im just wondering which custom rom is thew best right now?
Srf 1.2.0 or if your going for gingerbread I still like acs bamboozled
sent from my epic 4g. with the key skips.
They are ALL good. Just depends on what you want.
Why do so many people ask the same question? It is like the exact same question and nothing has changed in over a month. Best ROM is ALWAYS a matter of opinion and what works for you. Just read the threads for each ROM and find out what problems it comes with and what improvements are in there and decide if it is right for you. Some wipe all bloatware and Sprint apps, some don't, some have themes and some don't....gotta read.
Yup, its all about personal preference. Also, ROMs behave differently on each phone. I couldn't get SRF 1.0 or 1.1 to work right ever on my Epic but 1.2 works great. Yiu really have to try them out
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Best that I've Used
The best ROM that I have used is the ERA OLYMPUS ROM. It feels very stable and is extremely fast. It might be a placebo but it feels like the GB ROMs are much snappier than stock Froyo. I did change out the theme on the ROM though. The Stockish ROM was cancelled but the ACE theme that is linked to on the page looks really nice. I also flashed Chris' updated EH17 Plus kernel onto this. so far I've had to redo the ROM a few times but that has been mostly due to my own negligence, such as swapping SD cards with my friend's Droid X about 20 times in one day while trying to help him fix it. One good thing is that I may only have a random reboot 2 or 3 times a day. I can deal with that. Overall I really like this ROM and it is just as good as any stock OTA GB that may come out in the future.
I haven't tried many, but I have SRF 1.2 now, and it's awesome. Well worth it to try it out IMO.
I did a search for SRF and nothing came uP??
thegameksk said:
I did a search for SRF and nothing came uP??
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
SRF 1.2 thread...make sure you flash journal on zip too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
JohnCorleone said:
SRF 1.2 thread...make sure you flash journal on zip too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
hey John, I'm sorry to ask but can you please explain this "journaling" thing. I followed qbking's instructions on installing SRF 1.2 but I don't recall any mention of journaling. is there any way for me to do this now or would I have start from scratch?
thegameksk said:
Hey. Im just wondering which custom rom is thew best right now?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Syndicate Rom Frozen 1.2 with genocide 2.0 kernel is the best for froyo hands down!! plus almost all the themes out there is compatible with this rom if I where you start there with srf1.2 & then flash honeycomb fusion 1.1 or emotionless beast theme if you need help just asks ? Here people on xda are great or pm me if I could help I will aight!!
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
dead78 said:
hey John, I'm sorry to ask but can you please explain this "journaling" thing. I followed qbking's instructions on installing SRF 1.2 but I don't recall any mention of journaling. is there any way for me to do this now or would I have start from scratch?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
You can flash the zip anytime, on or off. I am not sure exactly how it works, but basically with it off anytime your battery dies, or comes out or phone shuts off any way other than holding power, when you restart you will have uncontrollable force closes. With it on you lose a pinch of performance (not really noticeable) but you will not worry about the force close issue in case anything happens.
Most of us suggest having it on.
dead78 said:
hey John, I'm sorry to ask but can you please explain this "journaling" thing. I followed qbking's instructions on installing SRF 1.2 but I don't recall any mention of journaling. is there any way for me to do this now or would I have start from scratch?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Journaling costs you a little speed but helps you data from getting corrupted in case of a bad shutdown, bad flash, battery falls out, ect. I always turn journaling on.
Neckberg said:
You can flash the zip anytime, on or off. I am not sure exactly how it works, but basically with it off anytime your battery dies, or comes out or phone shuts off any way other than holding power, when you restart you will have uncontrollable force closes. With it on you lose a pinch of performance (not really noticeable) but you will not worry about the force close issue in case anything happens.
Most of us suggest having it on.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
thanks for the response.
believe it or not, I actually haven't had any unplanned shut downs since flashing to SRF 1.2 (along w/Genocide 1.1) a few months back but, lately (as in the last few days), I've noticed that my battery performance has really dropped. in addition, my phone has exhibited some occasional flakey behavior: one in particular is making a phone call, seeing that I'm connected (call timer starts ticking away), but hearing total silence. the person on the other end receives a call from me but they can't hear a damn thing from my end. this problem is only corrected with a reboot or shut down. I was curious if my not having journaling enabled could be accounting for any of it. like I said, these issues are recent, and I do live in an area now with considerably worse Sprint coverage than before. For example, in my apartment, I can't even get a reliable Sprint signal. Without my Airvana (which has huge issues with maintaining a consistent lock onto the GPS) I couldn't even really use my phone without roaming on Verizon.
anyway, just a bunch of stuff that's been bugging me and I'm not entirely sure what to do about it.
Sometimes booting into recovery and wiping Cache partition and Dalvik Cache will free up the performance. Its my understanding that over time it can build up causing lag or stuttering..well general performance loss. Anyhow, here's the journal on zip in case you need it..
http://db.tt/8M24Et7
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
I vote for ERA Revolt Rom wth the bundled kernel
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard
zanderman112 said:
I vote for ERA Revolt Rom wth the bundled kernel
Posted by Mr. Z's Epic 4G Touch+Keyboard
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Honestly ReVolt, SRF 1.2 and Urban Regeneration are all great. Regen is themed blue with apps added and some custom sounds, ReVolt is leaner with a custom kernel based off of Genocide 2.0, SRF 1.2 has a lot of under the hood tweaks that I am not familiar with. Revolt has Hotspot hack baked in lasted version. It is a flashable add on for the other two. They are all excellent choices
Sent from my SPH-D710 using xda premium
JohnCorleone said:
Sometimes booting into recovery and wiping Cache partition and Dalvik Cache will free up the performance. Its my understanding that over time it can build up causing lag or stuttering..well general performance loss.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
is there any danger in doing that?
Nope, its even recommended to do this once a week.
malcolmXman said:
Nope, its even recommended to do this once a week.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
ok thanks. I'll give it a shot.

Categories

Resources