Related
Hey guys,
I was hoping I could tap your brains for some EVO knowledge. I've been rocking CM7 for awhile now and love it. The only "problem" seems to be how it handles the 4g connection. It seems like it will either use 4g OR 3g and if I turn on 4g but there is no coverage (or it drops out) it does not immediately default to 3g. I know on Sense roms that when 4g stopped, 3g kicked in. Has anybody else seen this?
I find 4G on CM7 more unstable than on sense when I use it. It's hard to keep a connection and seems to take longer to connect. One of the reasons I recently switched back to a sense rom.
dcfella said:
I find 4G on CM7 more unstable than on sense when I use it. It's hard to keep a connection and seems to take longer to connect. One of the reasons I recently switched back to a sense rom.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I've actually experienced the opposite.
I could barely use 4G on any Sense ROM. It would spike my CPU at 100% (even after full wipes), it would disconnect and take forever to reconnect.
Since moving to CM7, 4G connections really quick and usually stays established with no problems.
hgelpke said:
Hey guys,
I was hoping I could tap your brains for some EVO knowledge. I've been rocking CM7 for awhile now and love it. The only "problem" seems to be how it handles the 4g connection. It seems like it will either use 4g OR 3g and if I turn on 4g but there is no coverage (or it drops out) it does not immediately default to 3g. I know on Sense roms that when 4g stopped, 3g kicked in. Has anybody else seen this?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
i use cm7 and when i lose 4g my 3g automatically kicks in and my device uses that. i recommend updating to cm 7.0.3.1 they use the updated google 4g codes
p-slim said:
i use cm7 and when i lose 4g my 3g automatically kicks in and my device uses that. i recommend updating to cm 7.0.3.1 they use the updated google 4g codes
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Where are you reading that they updated 4G codes? Their changelog only says they changed a notifications bug and also a security hole.
Cares said:
Where are you reading that they updated 4G codes? Their changelog only says they changed a notifications bug and also a security hole.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
They updated the code but I just realized it's only on the nightly. There is a problem with the nightly where mms wont download, so if mms is important, don't flash it yet
Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk
p-slim said:
i use cm7 and when i lose 4g my 3g automatically kicks in and my device uses that. i recommend updating to cm 7.0.3.1 they use the updated google 4g codes
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
That's going to be in 7.1.
I've found WiMax on CM7 to be about the same as on Sense, which is to say it's flaky on both. I don't think it's really the phone or the ROM's fault. Sprint/Clear just hasn't built a strong enough 4G network to provide a good experience. Any time it constantly has to switch back and forth (which is going to be the case with the high frequencies they're running at and insufficient power or tower density to compensate), the experience won't be very satisfying.
bkrodgers said:
That's going to be in 7.1.
I've found WiMax on CM7 to be about the same as on Sense, which is to say it's flaky on both. I don't think it's really the phone or the ROM's fault. Sprint/Clear just hasn't built a strong enough 4G network to provide a good experience. Any time it constantly has to switch back and forth (which is going to be the case with the high frequencies they're running at and insufficient power or tower density to compensate), the experience won't be very satisfying.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I 100% agree and feel the same way
Sent from my Evo using Tapatalk
I too am interested in this topic
I was using cm7 for a little bit...4g in chicago was slowwww to connect if it did at all...i just switched to virus's gingersense b3 and it is awesome...waiting on his kingdome port with sense 3.0 sometime tonight
i think it's pretty expected that two unpaid coders won't make as good of a code than a multi-billion/million/lotta$$$ corp can. amazing work either way though. that said, try one of the cm7.1 nightlys (any #60+ nightly, not counting stable 7.0.3, that's still 2.3.3) as the new android 2.3.4 has google's own 4g wimax coding in it.
Waiting to download the Kingdom ROM from XxXViRuSXxX. Apparently 4g works great and it has the new Sense 3.0, which is beautiful! It won't be bug free but I plan on jumping in and helping out and soon it will be a daily driver
What is cm7?
My small-sized city was fortunate enough to recently get WiMax, (I'm not sure how long we've had it!) With a speed test I scored a 7142kbps download without being in the "best coverage" area. Impressive!
Everything worked great until I tried to stream music from Google Music beta. All my cloud based music was grayed out and when I'd select a song it said "you have to be connected to the internet to play this." (I'm paraphrasing) As soon as I switched off 4G and went back to 3G everything played fine.
Anyone else have this issue?
Yep just tried it. No go on WIMAX
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA App
Thanks for the reply. 4G really isn't needed to stream music anyway but it seems like a hassle to toggle off WiMAX every time I want to listen to music. Maybe Google will fix this soon.
Don't know why we're not seeing the same behavior, but I can stream Music Beta downloads over WiMAX on CM7 nightlies.
Same issue on deck's 2.3.3 (1.0) in LA on wi-max. No google music! So, I guess it's not an ASOP vesus sense thing.
hm. interesting. I got my beta invite two days ago, still uploading music.
so I tried playing some stuff over 4G, and... it sorta worked, stutter city, until it buffered. but it made my phone act Really Weird. unresponsive (even when I had closed the app), restarts, total Sense FC, etc. and yes, I mean ETC. had to totally reboot the phone to get good function back.
that was yesterday, I'll try again today perhaps over 3G only...
(i am on sprint lovers currently...)
OMGB 1.1.2 ROM, aosp here. Seems unlikely it would be a rom issue, no?
I am running 2.3.4 (Deck's latest) and I can stream with no issues on 4g.
.....
When I turn 4G on, I get this error on my EVO: "You must be online to play this song"
Everything else works with 4G on though, web browsing, emails, etc.
I'm still waiting on my invite to install on my pc
Sent from my PC36100 using XDA Premium App
cesjr02 said:
My small-sized city was fortunate enough to recently get WiMax, (I'm not sure how long we've had it!) With a speed test I scored a 7142kbps download without being in the "best coverage" area. Impressive!
Everything worked great until I tried to stream music from Google Music beta. All my cloud based music was grayed out and when I'd select a song it said "you have to be connected to the internet to play this." (I'm paraphrasing) As soon as I switched off 4G and went back to 3G everything played fine.
Anyone else have this issue?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I use it every day in the car using 4g, I live in a big city and our 4g coverage is pretty good, works great. Ive used it on stock as well as a few roms.
I'm in San Antonio, and have no issue playing music over a 4G connection. I'm using a stock EVO.
My 4g usually has an okay time staying connected, where I am setting. I am using cm9 a3, and when it does connect it never lasts long. Doesn't matter if the phone is setting still, but the connection drops all the time... Anyone else?
saramon said:
My 4g usually has an okay time staying connected, where I am setting. I am using cm9 a3, and when it does connect it never lasts long. Doesn't matter if the phone is setting still, but the connection drops all the time... Anyone else?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I was having that issue with the mobile hotspot. It seems that the problem sorted itself out when I rebooted the phone.
Hmm, haven't used my hotspot in ages, and have rebooted a few times today...
Somewhere in the forums i read someone's suggestion that perhaps the number of bars showing could be better calibrated with the signal. That popped out at me because on CM9 I've never had many, if any bars on either 4 or 3g...been on EL30 modem for awhile and get great bars on CleanGB, as well as CM7. That being said, it did SEEM to me as well that connectivity overall on CM9 is more in and out too, especially with 4g. Don't really have any answer here, but I hear ya.
Cartmanz said:
I was having that issue with the mobile hotspot. It seems that the problem sorted itself out when I rebooted the phone.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you able to use the mobile hotspot on 4g in CM9?! Soon as I turn on the native hotspotc 4g cuts out, same as with CM7. Third party tether app worked for me in CM7 to use 4g, but not in CM9. Really a bummer because thats one of the main reasons I'm not running CM9 daily now. Tethering at 3g is just too slow for me.
mookdawg7 said:
Somewhere in the forums i read someone's suggestion that perhaps the number of bars showing could be better calibrated with the signal. That popped out at me because on CM9 I've never had many, if any bars on either 4 or 3g...been on EL30 modem for awhile and get great bars on CleanGB, as well as CM7. That being said, it did SEEM to me as well that connectivity overall on CM9 is more in and out too, especially with 4g. Don't really have any answer here, but I hear ya.
Are you able to use the mobile hotspot on 4g in CM9?! Soon as I turn on the native hotspotc 4g cuts out, same as with CM7. Third party tether app worked for me in CM7 to use 4g, but not in CM9. Really a bummer because thats one of the main reasons I'm not running CM9 daily now. Tethering at 3g is just too slow for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yes I can use the mobile hotspot on 4g. In fact I think it works better on 4g for some reason
4g hotspot works fine on cm9a3 but USB tether still does not...unfortunate since USB tether is much faster
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
tommi_han said:
4g hotspot works fine on cm9a3 but USB tether still does not...unfortunate since USB tether is much faster
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I agree. I attempted to use the usb tether with no luck
Well I know I am not in the best signal area, but I can usually get a connection and hold it for awhile. It seems to go to idle and shortly disconnect afterwords.
pretty sure people were saying that it will SHOW that you are broadcasting 4G wifi tether but you aren't actually and that it is 3G speeds.
Chad
I have issues with the bars as well. I believe its a known bug where the bars don't truly reflect your signal. I also usually have 1 to no bars but good data connection.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using xda premium
nimitz87 said:
pretty sure people were saying that it will SHOW that you are broadcasting 4G wifi tether but you aren't actually and that it is 3G speeds.
Chad
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Could be...but after trying it out on alpha3, I'm pretty sure I was connected on 4g. Unscientific, but I was able to watch netflix brilliantly on my Google tv. That cannot happen with the 3g speeds I get, but I suppose I should go back and test some things with speed test to get some real results...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App
nimitz87 said:
pretty sure people were saying that it will SHOW that you are broadcasting 4G wifi tether but you aren't actually and that it is 3G speeds.
Chad
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
It works on 4g.
At my desk at work I get a decent 4g signal, but next to no 3g signal (3g is effectively unusable) i was able to tether to the 4g and get decent speeds from it.
CM9A3
Seems to be even getting worse, I am lucky if 4g will connect at all...
Actually, it won't connect at all, not even outside... wonder what is wrong...
I'm using the A3 as well & I guess I'm the lucky one because I'm not having all that many connectivity issues with it (yet).
The alpha tag says it all when it comes to anything not working quite right do your part and report it in the bug tracker.
The Epic CM9 guys are on the ball with there **** if they can reproduce it (assuming they don't already know about it) they should be able to fix it.
-Ice
thaiceman said:
I'm using the A3 as well & I guess I'm the lucky one because I'm not having all that many connectivity issues with it (yet).
The alpha tag says it all when it comes to anything not working quite right do your part and report it in the bug tracker.
The Epic CM9 guys are on the ball with there **** if they can reproduce it (assuming they don't already know about it) they should be able to fix it.
-Ice
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
After a fresh reinstall, and restore from titanium and setup, it seems to at least be connecting again. Won't know til Monday if it works at work.
This is perhaps the biggest issue plaguing my phone.
I'm getting intermittent periods of the above mentioned, when my signal strength indictor is good and it's showing that I'm either on 3G or H+, but whatever I'm on doesn't seem to load. Browser, Reddit is Fun, XDA app or even Whatsapp. In the same areas my Galaxy S2 consistently loads data while my Nexus 4 seems to just sit there doing nothing. Anyone have any ideas on what's the cause of this?
PS: I tried looking for some sort of email to contact Google and possibly send it back, but strangely I can't find anything!
Not sure what your issue is but its easy to contact Google.
Go to the play store on a PC ( could do it on a browser from your phone as well ) and go down to the bottom of the page and find my orders and settings. From there all your apps and devices show up. Go the the nexus 4 and help. From there you should find all the ways to contact Google.
Logi_Ca1 said:
This is perhaps the biggest issue plaguing my phone.
I'm getting intermittent periods of the above mentioned, when my signal strength indictor is good and it's showing that I'm either on 3G or H+, but whatever I'm on doesn't seem to load. Browser, Reddit is Fun, XDA app or even Whatsapp. In the same areas my Galaxy S2 consistently loads data while my Nexus 4 seems to just sit there doing nothing. Anyone have any ideas on what's the cause of this?
PS: I tried looking for some sort of email to contact Google and possibly send it back, but strangely I can't find anything!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Do you have the same issues while on wifi? If you do then I would think it was an issue with the phone, if not then there's something wrong with your service plan apn settings. Are you sure you set your service plan up correctly in the phone's settings?
albundy2010 said:
Not sure what your issue is but its easy to contact Google.
Go to the play store on a PC ( could do it on a browser from your phone as well ) and go down to the bottom of the page and find my orders and settings. From there all your apps and devices show up. Go the the nexus 4 and help. From there you should find all the ways to contact Google.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
My device doesn't even show up on that list I think I'm gonna try to use a VPN to spoof my location and see if I can get the contact email. I suspect contact emails aren't showing up because my country is not one of the official countries where the device is launched in.
kzoodroid said:
Do you have the same issues while on wifi? If you do then I would think it was an issue with the phone, if not then there's something wrong with your service plan apn settings. Are you sure you set your service plan up correctly in the phone's settings?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
The phone works perfectly fine on Wi-Fi. As for the APN settings, that has occured to me but as I understand it they are loaded on my SIM card by my provider and I'm pretty sure they are correct.
Looks like I'm gonna have to send it back somehow. I'm hoping it's a software issue that can get fixed relatively easily.
Logi_Ca1 said:
This is perhaps the biggest issue plaguing my phone.
I'm getting intermittent periods of the above mentioned, when my signal strength indictor is good and it's showing that I'm either on 3G or H+, but whatever I'm on doesn't seem to load. Browser, Reddit is Fun, XDA app or even Whatsapp. In the same areas my Galaxy S2 consistently loads data while my Nexus 4 seems to just sit there doing nothing. Anyone have any ideas on what's the cause of this?
PS: I tried looking for some sort of email to contact Google and possibly send it back, but strangely I can't find anything!
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Are you with TMobile? I had a similar issue and I called up TMobile tech support and they reprovisioned/reprogrammed my data and while I've still had some data dropouts, they're not nearly as frequent as before.
Are you sure it's not your APN? I had a similar issue and assumed the APNs would be right from my provider. I looked them up online and entered a new APN. That fixed it for me.
hfuizo said:
Are you with TMobile? I had a similar issue and I called up TMobile tech support and they reprovisioned/reprogrammed my data and while I've still had some data dropouts, they're not nearly as frequent as before.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I'm actually on Singtel, in Singapore. I guess it won't help to call them and ask for advice.
tommyboy76 said:
Are you sure it's not your APN? I had a similar issue and assumed the APNs would be right from my provider. I looked them up online and entered a new APN. That fixed it for me.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I will check it again, but then if my APN was wrongly configured I think my mobile data won't work 100% of the time right?
I'm having this exact same problem but only in one specific location.
My signal on Tmo is good everywhere. The bars show medium to full strength and that is backed up by the reported metrics in Phone Info and Settings. However data is next to unusable at my office near Times Square. I only get "bursts" of data and if I try to use the browser, refresh mail, open Twitter, check FB, etc, the connection times out. At home, around Manhattan, and around the country Tmo gives me great HSPA+ speeds. I have checked my APN settings and they are corect.
Any thoughts?
zonedguy said:
I'm having this exact same problem but only in one specific location.
My signal on Tmo is good everywhere. The bars show medium to full strength and that is backed up by the reported metrics in Phone Info and Settings. However data is next to unusable at my office near Times Square. I only get "bursts" of data and if I try to use the browser, refresh mail, open Twitter, check FB, etc, the connection times out. At home, around Manhattan, and around the country Tmo gives me great HSPA+ speeds. I have checked my APN settings and they are corect.
Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sounds pretty much like what I was experiencing. I see that the latest few CM10.1 nightlies have several HSPA commits. I'm gonna give the latest nightly a go and see if it helps. Was on CodeFireX BR10.1 during all these.
Edit: Observing the behavior of my signal icon, it seems that it idles at 3G. If I touch a link or initiate any action that loads data, it stays on 3G for a while before switching to H or H+. I'm wondering if the problem lies during this "transition" period.
Edit2: 5 minutes into the 13122012 nightly, I'm noticing that the phone stays on H+ much longer and the transition from 3G to H+ is much faster now. Will monitor and report back!
Just an update: After one day of usage I can safely say the problem is gone. Flashing to the 13122012 nightly of CM10.1 fixed it. I'm not sure what particular commit fixed it though.
Anyway, the configuration of my phone when the problem occured was CodeFireX BR10.1 and franco r13. I'm currently on CM10.1 13122012 and franco r14.
zonedguy said:
I'm having this exact same problem but only in one specific location.
My signal on Tmo is good everywhere. The bars show medium to full strength and that is backed up by the reported metrics in Phone Info and Settings. However data is next to unusable at my office near Times Square. I only get "bursts" of data and if I try to use the browser, refresh mail, open Twitter, check FB, etc, the connection times out. At home, around Manhattan, and around the country Tmo gives me great HSPA+ speeds. I have checked my APN settings and they are corect.
Any thoughts?
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Same thing here. I have a rma unit coming in a few minutes or so, and I'll test it out. This happens to me around Midtown as well. The data speeds in Manhattan are at a crawl though around peak but that doesn't explain why it stops downloading data when there is full service and a stable data connection.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using Tapatalk 2
---------- Post added at 11:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 AM ----------
OK so I have the RMA unit in hand and it looks like its been used before but I can't really tell. The reason is because the screen protectors are off and there's no little part to grab and remove it. And the screen had looked like it had been wiped before.
Other than that, its running 4.2 and the data seems stable for now. Still need to test with something else.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
xdviper said:
---------- Post added at 11:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:48 AM ----------
[/COLOR]OK so I have the RMA unit in hand and it looks like its been used before but I can't really tell. The reason is because the screen protectors are off and there's no little part to grab and remove it. And the screen had looked like it had been wiped before.
Other than that, its running 4.2 and the data seems stable for now. Still need to test with something else.
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Glad I am not alone. I'm very curious to hear how your new unit works out. Thanks for updating and I'll be waiting for more!
---------- Post added at 12:23 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:18 PM ----------
Logi_Ca1 said:
Just an update: After one day of usage I can safely say the problem is gone. Flashing to the 13122012 nightly of CM10.1 fixed it. I'm not sure what particular commit fixed it though.
Anyway, the configuration of my phone when the problem occured was CodeFireX BR10.1 and franco r13. I'm currently on CM10.1 13122012 and franco r14.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Well that is sure curious. I'll try CM10.1 again over the weekend and pick up franco as well. Please let us know if it resurfaces!
I'm having the same issue on Solavei (Tmobile) in NY im getting horrendous data speeds lik ping around 70ms-800ms Download speeds at .09mbps - .14mbps and even worse upload speeds... Im all stock and called them up they said long island and Manhattan are having network issues and it may not be fixed until the beginning of the new year... Im going to try cyanogen 10.1 and a new kernel. I know my friend who doesnt live so far from me isnt having this issue but then again he never messed with carrier settings apns and system info settings like i did X_X
OK it's not the phone at least, that's what I think. I'm on edge right now because of spotty service, where my HTC sensation used to pull full bars with hspa, I'm having edge and 2 bars here.
I think its something with the stock ROM on here, is everyone that's having the problem running stock?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
The problem still isn't happening, or at least it isn't happening enough to make me notice. When it occurred I will be fuming throughput the 45 minutes of my daily commute. Now I'm happily using Whatsapp and Reddit is Fun
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
xdviper said:
OK it's not the phone at least, that's what I think. I'm on edge right now because of spotty service, where my HTC sensation used to pull full bars with hspa, I'm having edge and 2 bars here.
I think its something with the stock ROM on here, is everyone that's having the problem running stock?
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I want to think the radio is bad and Google Has to update it but my carrier says the cause of this was from hurricane sandy and it won't be fixed until the news year....I went into NYC from long island and I updated to cm 10.1 but still nothing
I flashed the sweetest rom lastnight ,I can't get the volte option to show up in my menu but I can receive calls fine and do data fine ,all at the same time,like I could when I was on my stock rom.
if I go to about phone it shows I'm on lte but it doesn't tell me I'm on lte on my home screen.
Could this be cause this rom is for a style and I have a pure?
I can't post anything where the actual rom is posted so I brought it here.thanks
First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
patt2k said:
First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Sorry yes I'm on Verizon, and I never had that option, my only options was for 4g, 3g and something else, can't remember. I had to end up going back to stock ROM while I could get incoming calls and use data at the same time they couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear them, other than that everything was working great.
Hucklefard said:
Sorry yes I'm on Verizon, and I never had that option, my only options was for 4g, 3g and something else, can't remember. I had to end up going back to stock ROM while I could get incoming calls and use data at the same time they couldn't hear me and I couldn't hear them, other than that everything was working great.
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Yea it's a common issue for us on Verizon. I am chilling on stock rom and custom kernel for now. You can try flashing the odexed version where volte works (de-odexed) no volte yet.
patt2k said:
First of all , what carrier you on. And yea it could be because that rom is designed for style but maybe try to put it in lte/CDMA only if you are on Verizon.
Sent from my XT1575 using Tapatalk
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
I tried that custom kernel but it wouldn't work with my app radio running the chromecast. Seems like running roms etc... on Verizon is a pain. If i wasn't on unlimited data still I'd leave them in a heartbeat for a more friendly flashing experience. Haha
Hucklefard said:
I tried that custom kernel but it wouldn't work with my app radio running the chromecast. Seems like running roms etc... on Verizon is a pain. If i wasn't on unlimited data still I'd leave them in a heartbeat for a more friendly flashing experience. Haha
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
Hmm weird which app is that? I don't have any audio issues at all. And yea I feel you. I don't have unlimited but a pretty good plan as well. Verizon isn't the best anymore
patt2k said:
Hmm weird which app is that? I don't have any audio issues at all. And yea I feel you. I don't have unlimited but a pretty good plan as well. Verizon isn't the best anymore
Click to expand...
Click to collapse
What it does is mirror my phone on my touch screen radio using arunchained, and a chromecast plugged into my hdmi port on my radio. Instead of getting a video picture I get a snow screen and no audio. I'm guessing if I plugged my chromecast into my TV it wouldn't work either, maybe I'll try it later when my car gets back home.