So, I posted a thread asking about the Wifi issues I have been experiencing, hoping someone had some insight. Apparently a sincere question that hasn't been addressed in previous threads is unfit however, as pulser_g2 sent me a nice message letting me know he trashed my thread.
So I will ask again.
I noticed with my N1 that I could pick up my Wifi signal at a distance of about 95 feet from the unit with a stable connection. With my fascinate, I am only able to stray about 35 feet before it drops and jumps to 3G.
I was kind of hoping that someone might have some insight as to whether or not this is a PURELY hardware related issue. I was hoping that there might be some tweaking that could help me out.
If someone could maybe please chime in before this somehow offensive inquiry is canned, I would appreciate it. I respect the knowledge base here, and would hate to have to leave for other forums to ask what I feel are legitimate questions.
And yeah, I'm a little annoyed that the question was canned, when there's a veritable plethora of completely useless posts floating around here.
#ModFail
I also have poor wifi reception on my Fascinate compared to my Incredible. I am interested if there is a hardware problem or if its a software fix. Seems a new baseband may fix this... I hope.
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Copperhed said:
I also have poor wifi reception on my Fascinate compared to my Incredible. I am interested if there is a hardware problem or if its a software fix. Seems a new baseband may fix this... I hope.
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Yeah, hope. It's a fair trade off actually, because I do actually have 3G at home to switch to, unlike when I was on T-Mo. I am kind of hoping this is something that can be addressed however
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#PosterFail.
This doesn't belong in the development section.
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#PosterFail.
This doesn't belong in the development section.
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We need a Q& A sub forum like the Captivate has
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I don't disagree.
Or a "Daswolven Question Of The Hour" section
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adrynalyne said:
#PosterFail.
This doesn't belong in the development section.
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It fits best. We do need a Q&A section. My logic however had to do with the issue. If it's hardware, fine. If it's possible to improve via hack or tweak, that qualifies as a development issue. If it's a radio issue, then perhaps a fix will come, but again, development issue.
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Or a "Daswolven Question Of The Hour" section
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All due respect, I don't ask many questions. I usually take the necessary time to read up and search. This question has not been asked, or I wouldn't have raised it. I am neither new here, or ignorant of the rules. Most of my posts are relevant and some even attempt to be helpful.
Statement of point: this post asks a question, and reply not addressing the question is as useless and improperly placed as this inquiry is being accused of.
Now could someone who understands the question, and has the knowledge to address it take a moment to enlighten me? It would be appreciated.
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The point that everyone is making here is that the Development sub-forum is for Development only, not for troubleshooting, questions or feature requests. Thats what the general forum is for, not the development forum. Please stop posting here unless you are contributing to the advancement of the phone or replying to a devs thread.
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The point that everyone is making here is that the Development sub-forum is for Development only, not for troubleshooting, questions or feature requests. Thats what the general forum is for, not the development forum. Please stop posting here unless you are contributing to the advancement of the phone or replying to a devs thread.
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Fair enough, then this should be moved to the general thread, along with about half the other posts. Lol.
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@OP
You know it's funny that you of all people should complain about the plethora of useless posts around here when you yourself contribute to the mess.
You don't post in the appropriate sections and I'm quite sure that you remember the useless and misleading thread "iOS port for 2.1 running on my Fascinate! " that you created a while ago. That was blatantly and outrightly spamming the boards, but I let it pass.
Regarding your comment about the XDA Moderators; talking trash about the admin staff is tantamount to flaming and as such you have been issued an infraction. If you have a problem or an issue, contact any of the moderators via PM and we will discuss your issues in a more civilized fashion.
I would advice you to use better judgement going forward.
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@OP
You know it's funny that you of all people should complain about the plethora of useless posts around here when you yourself contribute to the mess.
You don't post in the appropriate sections and I'm quite sure that you remember the useless and misleading thread "iOS port for 2.1 running on my Fascinate! " that you created a while ago. That was blatantly and outrightly spamming the boards, but I let it pass.
Regarding your comment about the XDA Moderators; talking trash about the admin staff is tantamount to flaming and as such you have been issued an infraction. If you have a problem or an issue, contact any of the moderators via PM and we will discuss your issues in a more civilized fashion.
I would advice you to use better judgement going forward.
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Fair and warranted, also appreciated. My issue was with the post being trashed, instead of moved.
Now that things are situated, does anyone know if the diminished wifi reception on the Fascinate is purely a hardware issue?
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Wifi sucks
I agree on QnA my wifi signal and speed is horrible on this device. I would like to see some kind of fix for this my 3g at home is crappy.
given the power output(router and phone), antenna design on both the router as well as in the phone, and the nature of the freq used for WiFi it is clear that you had a mutant N1 and should not expect the same performance from any other phone. NO im not being a smartass just being realistic. as a amateur radio operator i deal with radio freq's on an almost daily basis and give the nature of the freq's used for WiFi they are not going to give you good performance without a better antenna setup or more power. since you cant increase the power output your only other option to extend your range is a batter antenna.
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given the power output(router and phone), antenna design on both the router as well as in the phone, and the nature of the freq used for WiFi it is clear that you had a mutant N1 and should not expect the same performance from any other phone. NO im not being a smartass just being realistic. as a amateur radio operator i deal with radio freq's on an almost daily basis and give the nature of the freq's used for WiFi they are not going to give you good performance without a better antenna setup or more power. since you cant increase the power output your only other option to extend your range is a batter antenna.
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Not sure what you're saying here. I had two Nexus Ones, having replaced the first due to a trackball issue. I have a high end wireless N router. Both N1s had about 90 ft range.
My question is if the differential in the range has to do with hardware entirely? Is the Fascinate not as wireless N friendly?
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Just throwing this out even tho I'm sure u have thought of this. I get low bars on my fascinate to no bars of wifi after about 15 feet. However even with no bars it will actaully still work another 30-50 ft out into the driveway. Maybe just a poor signal on my end.
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Not sure what you're saying here. I had two Nexus Ones, having replaced the first due to a trackball issue. I have a high end wireless N router. Both N1s had about 90 ft range.
My question is if the differential in the range has to do with hardware entirely? Is the Fascinate not as wireless N friendly?
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"high end" means nothing more than you paid more for a name. WiFi and its speeds are a standard, so no matter if you paid $30 for one or $300 for one they will perform the same. yes, there is a chance that the higher end one MIGHT be made with better components but i doubt it. as the poster above me stated, it could just be an issue with the signal bars not showing up but you still have a connection. download one of the WiFi analyzers from the market and see what that gives your for signal strength as you walk down the driveway.
If your router allows 3rd party firmware (like most Linksys models do), flash a better firmware to the router, such as DD-WRT, that allows you to increase the power output of the wireless system.
I have had the incredible since day one and picked up a facinate a week ago and I too suffer from poor wifi range. I also have an N router and have run up and download speed tests and my incredible smokes the facinate. I am hoping its software related and is fixed with the 2.2 update.
I have to tell you guys, an avid follower of xda I am very disappointed that a useless comment was made (now corrected) towards the issue at hand before trying to help. I thought helping each other is what this forum was designed for not belittling someone needing help? This is now the 2nd thread asking for help this guy has posted and and no help was offered until slapped on the hand... But hey, what do I know. I am only 48 years old.
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Lol. I will freely admit I have no knowledge on the topic, only logic. I will check with a wifi signal app when I get home, on the way there now. I merely assumed it was losing signal because it loses wifi, and switches to 3G when I go out on the porch to smoke.
I also know I got the router I did because my older G would put out a very weak signal to the second floor, whereas now I pull almost full bandwidth from there.
Regardless, I will check shortly and post my findings.
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I'm wondering how people got to 4hr+screen on time. I have LTE on constant and only have 3:30 hrs. Is that normal?
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im in the US and always get 4hrs screen time before i need to recharge.. half screen brightness, all the gimmicks disabled (air view, eye scroll etc.) Constantly on LTE as well.
Same. 4 hours is about the going rate.
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Mexican SGH-I337M version as well, I get 3.5-4.0 hrs with stock rom, 4G enabled.
Regards :thumbup:
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What's up guys I've been using the nagalite rom with sprint s4 and it's good but at times it's hard to get service. So I was wondering if there was a rom with great sprint network service as well with wifi tether. I would really appreciate it the help or is the something I can do to make my network better cause I like this rom but I need better network.
There is no ROM that affects your signal. That is all based on sprints network, location, time of the day, etc. If you really have bad problems I would say to try stock unroofed NAE.
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There is no ROM that affects your signal. That is all based on sprints network, location, time of the day, etc. If you really have bad problems I would say to try stock unroofed NAE.
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completely agree, with the exception of having the right modem firmware
XDA is a development site not a support site. As such members are expected to do the research, read through the development threads and decide what is BEST for them. The only results that would be posted here are what each member has found to be BEST for them by experimentation based on their phone/usage/setup/apps/signal strength. Please take the time to read through those development threads to learn all about the software you are about to drastically alter your very expensive device with.
Sorry for the inconvenience and thank you for your cooperation.
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Have a great day!
I've been searching for a while on how to root the Samsung Galaxy J3 V from Verizon. It's not the prepaid version. It's on a contract, but purchased outright. I've tried several methods to rooting this phone, but all have been unsuccessful. The phone is on Android version 6.0.1. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
Don't know if you're still looking but I remember seeing some links on google today after doing a few minutes of research for my mother. She's getting one for free with a contract and I always looks and review the phones a bit before she gets one. I always try to find her one that I can at least root and install a recovery like CWM or TWRP. I remember several links when searching for verizon samsung j3v root and found a few. Below is an example I hope it helps. If it does please give me a thanks or whatever they're called I forget sometimes.
https://www.kingoapp.com/root-samsung.htm
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One other thing I forgot to add is that I almost always add xda to my google searches because more often than not, someone has already figured out what you need to know. Or do a search here..
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Last thing I promise. I didn't mean search in a bad way, some people know to search some don't that's just the way it is so please don't take it the wrong way. I have been on forums before where people get very angry and rude if you don't search first. That doesn't happen so much here but most prefer you to at least be able to show that you've attempted a search. This also helps prevent multiple threads with the same issue. Also add some tags or add solved to the title too if you the above works, or if you post how to do it on you own and post how and or where. Looks like you're new to XDA so let me welcome you to the one of, if not the absolute best community I've found so far concerning android. I came over from Rootzwiki after following the developers for my devices here, as did many others, but I still refer back there occasionally for older stuff. Good luck and again Welcome to XDA!
Friend, does the method really work?
Today i get second android Pie update, fingerprint is working speeder
(Poland)
Stop opening threads about Pie.
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I just checked and I also have one. I used VPN trick to get 1st one in Canada. No VPN this time but currently on bus wifi so have to wait till home to run the update
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Android Pie is available here in Finland.
I'm not a beta tester.
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Today i get second android Pie update, fingerprint is working speeder
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when did you get "first" one?
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jack_21 said:
Stop opening threads about Pie.
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There are several updates:
1. Beta
2. First public, official release, which was delayed and has issues with QC modem (losing band 20)
3. Second public, official release has issues with QC modem (losing band 20)
4. Supplementary update with 82 MB of size, some people are reporting it fixed band 20 issue, but no details how and when did they get that
I have this issue and I really want to know the details.
Sorry if i ask here, but, the dark theme in the new Update, why when i select it, it doesn't do anything?
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Stop opening threads about Pie.
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I reported you for report abuse. These threads are about questions regarding their problem/curiosity, and discussing about their subject. It's in the name.
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I reported you for report abuse. These threads are about questions regarding their problem/curiosity, and discussing about their subject. It's in the name.
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P.s. I've installed official pie, and I'm getting a bit of battery drain. Just a bit worse than Oreo 8.1
Treasure, keep a community section cleaned should be our first goal, so that users can find informations more fast that opening 10 threads about the same topic. Don't you think it does make sense?
Now XDA seems the Xiaomi MIUI forum, where people open threads for every single news, update, info and these threads are not considered by anyone. 5 years ago it wasn't like that, as it was clean and very tidy; now it is all messed up thanks to people like you [emoji2]
However about the battery draining, I get 1h SOT so there must be something very bad in the release
Guys we know everyone is excited about Pie updates and there are multiple existing threads running about Pie already so we would request users not to open new threads. Also, if you see something that doesn't seem right or is possibly against the rules, please do not reply, just report it for the Moderator Team to investigate and take any necessary action. We have also provided "ignore user" functionality that can be used to filter comments as and when required. Never discuss or reply to a post to saying Reported and please help us maintain the secrecy for all mod actions.
Please follow the forum rules and enjoy your Pie
Happy Holidays,
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GioMacXDA said:
There are several updates:
1. Beta
2. First public, official release, which was delayed and has issues with QC modem (losing band 20)
3. Second public, official release has issues with QC modem (losing band 20)
4. Supplementary update with 82 MB of size, some people are reporting it fixed band 20 issue, but no details how and when did they get that
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82 MB update is just the incremental OTA of Pie build V10.0.3 for those who were already on Pie V10.0.2, it's not a different ROM.