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Have I broken my Radio.....?

I have flashed about every ROM from this site and all versions. Pre Network Range Extender I had no real issue with signal except my lead bunker of a house and elevators. Since then I have tried all the Eris Radios from 1.22-4.12 and can't get much past 2 bars in most areas. Sure I know that calculating signal strength and representing it on a strength bar is hard but I am on calls and could be out in the wide open and next to a tower and have to find one spot to stand and get a call to go through.
I have gone from 2.1 root to 1.5 downgrade and re-rooted and still no luck. I don't know what else to do to try to improve my signal.
I have come to the conclusion that maybe I have flashed too much and damage the radio possibly??? More a question than a statement.

After upgrading your radio, did you do a *228 op 2? I dont think its possible but I am not a dev. I have flashed over 300 times and almost every ROM and I have only flashed a few radios (wont do that anymore though) and not had this issue. So that is why I said its prob not that. Maybe its hw related?

Yeah every time I flash a new ROM if it is possible I *228 op 2 and 1.
Hope it isn't a Hardware issue that will suck ass if so....No more luck getting the 1.5 Eris's.

After going to 2.1 mine started showing a much lower signal strength. I flashed a Sprint 2.42.01.04.27 baseband rom but it didn't seem to help much.
I heard somewhere that maybe the method it uses to calculate the bars changed, what we'd need is two phones side by side that were getting vastly different bar ratings. Then we could see what numeric signal strength they had and compare.

Stop looking at the bars for your signal strength. Go into About Phone, and look for an option that says Signal Strength. The LOWER number in the db level, the BETTER your signal is.
Stop using ' the bars' as your
Meter.
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Not using the bars as my guide to signal I am using the fact that I can't make a phone call to people or when I get one that I have to stand in one place so I don't loose it. I am fully aware that the calcs for signal strength isn't the greatest. I just wanted to know if it is possible that you can flash your phone to the point that it won't work?

Memo from Steve Jobs: You're holding it wrong.
Sorry, couldn't resist.

Too Funny I thought that it was strange taking to the camera....
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morphius2036 said:
Not using the bars as my guide to signal I am using the fact that I can't make a phone call to people or when I get one that I have to stand in one place so I don't loose it. I am fully aware that the calcs for signal strength isn't the greatest. I just wanted to know if it is possible that you can flash your phone to the point that it won't work?
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Well... I don't know what the radio uses to store it's radio image, but guessing that it's flash memory, all flash memory does wear out after a while, but you could use that piece of flash memory every day for like 5 years before experiencing ANY ill effects, though if the flash memory is of not-so-good quality, that number may be less. Still, it's unlikely you flashed your radio that much. Plus, the flash memory degrading would cause a problem of files being corrupted or deleted. That would make the radio inoperable, rather than having it degrade in quality. I seriously doubt that you flashing radios degraded it, though you could check that the antenna's firmly in the phone (DO NOT PULL IT OUT OR ATTEMPT TO PEEL IT UP!) Just a forewarning.
If all else fails, hold it differently!
CPCookieMan

call verzion and ***** em out..hopefully they'll give you a new phone or a discount on an upgrade...lol

Thanks CPCookieman I really don't like to even flash the radio if possible just for the fact that it is a good instabricker process if something goes wrong. I have probably flashed a radio 5 time with this phone mostly just ROM swapping. I still am convinced that this stupid Range extender I had to buy to get any signal in my house hasn't some how Ef'd up my phone. I works awesome on it but no were else and the issue didn't start until shortly after I got it.
The damn thing sucks so bad I can't upload and talk at the same time or you will hear every other thing I say. How should I approach Big Red with a rooted phone and getting real support?

[Q][i9000] HSDPA not working on CM7/InsanityCM

Hello,
First of all, I want to apologise if this was already covered, but I really did use the search button, not only on this site, but also on google!
I really love the cm insanity rom and Ive been using it for a long time. You can see my post count is low because I really didnt have any problems and if I did, I usually solved it by myself. But that doesnt mean I am new here or noob
Ill try to describe my problem now.
I have the international i9000 with insanityCM021 and GlitchV11 kernel, I didnt really need HSDPA until now, because normal 3G speeds were sufficient for my mobile surfing. Now I have a new laptop which I want to use and the 3g speeds are really not doing it for me anymore.
The city I live in has really good HSDPA coverage, according to the operator webpage its 14.4mbps, altough the independent tests show speeds from 6 to 9 mbps. And all I am getting is 3G without hdspa with speeds as low as 200kbps to 400kbps. And it switches down to Edge quite often too, which is even more strange. It just never shows the H icon. And I am certain it is not coverage problem. Where I live I can see the transmission towers of my operator. Approx 250m away from my window.
I have tried various modems from this list nitr8 posted today in insanityCM thread and its still only 3g with average 300kbps download speed.
Ive tried the JV6, JV4, default JVK and JQ1
JV6 - 3G
JV5 - 3G
JV4 - H
JV3 - H
JPY - H
JPG - 3G
JQ1 - H
JVE - H
JVK - H
JPM - 3G
JP5 - H
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I also did a cleanup of my phone few days ago. Factory reset, InternalSD format, EZbase 2.0 and fresh CMinsanity.
I really dont know what to do next, thats why I am asking for your help, xda community
Sorry for the wall of text, but I didnt want to go down the "Halp my netz broken" path.
Thanks for help in advance

Come over too insanity thread and post this. I can't answer this personally, but I'm sure someone over there will help you
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Yeah, thats what I wanted to do, but I need 10 posts and I dont want to spam other threads just to get there

So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...

xeq544 said:
So, I finally managed to get the H icon for some short times, with KC1 modem.
Even the speeds were fine, but it keeps on switching back to 3g.
And one bigger problem appeared, the "Warmer" display colors from voodoo display seem to be gone and also when im scrolling through menus it tears the picture... glitch reflash didnt help...
Its funny how I am always the one who has these special problems...
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Well it is probably some minor installation problem, I'm sure we can sort it
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Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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slaphead20 said:
Are you using glitch kernel with uv? Did you install via ezbase 2?
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Yeah, Im using Glitch with 1400mhz overclock and significant UV, but I am pretty sure its stable. Ive sorted the colors problem, for some strange reason the gamma offset settings were reverted to default 2.3.3 values.
The HSDPA is working, but its falling back to 3g a lot, I dont know if thats normal though, because I didnt really use it that much. Even on old, non-cm insanity I had it disabled. So, if thats normal I seem to have no troubles anymore
The speeds are fine when it is working, I currently have cheaper data plan with 3.2 mbps cap and the speeds are pretty much as advertised. Though there is one thing I would like to know. My mobile operator offers unlimited data plan for mobile phones with 7,2mbps download cap and its just 15E.
Can galaxy S even reach that speed ? I couldnt find this information anywhere.

Decreased Cell Reception

I just got a used HD2 last week and have been playing with it over the weekend. I have noticed significantly decreased cell reception from Tmo US compared to my Samsung Vibrant SGH-T959 using the same sim in the same places. For example two bars and 3G on the vibrant, and no bars connecting and disconnecting to the network on the HD2. I know that each phone has different hardware antennaes but I didn't expect this much difference. On the vibrant we are able to flash different modems in order to sometimes get better reception, is there a similar possibility on the HD2?
What would some other methods be to improve my reception? Different Roms potentially? I have tried using Hyperdroid CM7 off of NAND as well as NexusHD2 off SD with no changes in reception. Any help is appreciated!

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I just got a used HD2 last week and have been playing with it over the weekend. I have noticed significantly decreased cell reception from Tmo US compared to my Samsung Vibrant SGH-T959 using the same sim in the same places. For example two bars and 3G on the vibrant, and no bars connecting and disconnecting to the network on the HD2. I know that each phone has different hardware antennaes but I didn't expect this much difference. On the vibrant we are able to flash different modems in order to sometimes get better reception, is there a similar possibility on the HD2?
What would some other methods be to improve my reception? Different Roms potentially? I have tried using Hyperdroid CM7 off of NAND as well as NexusHD2 off SD with no changes in reception. Any help is appreciated!
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Mostly i would say its the hardware hack thats on this forum . What connects the antennae are two metal prongs on the mobo which press against the case which holds the antennae . ive taken mine apart to fix the flash cover and while apart fixed that . and my wifi signal increased drastically . I wish i saved the thread link but i dont know where it is to post it . just search .

Thanks for the suggestion. Is this the thread you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180&highlight=reception+mod

EmoEskimo said:
Thanks for the suggestion. Is this the thread you used? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1190180&highlight=reception+mod
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Yes ! Thanks now i dont have to search for it xP lol thanks again !

Bad WiFi signal a general JB problem?

My WiFi signal was bad with every JB ROM I ever installed so could that be a general problem with JB ROM ROMs? Or is there one with good WiFi signal?
Any other experience?
Rest0ck
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Partly, yes, but often it is just a visual bug so that the actual signal strength is not shown correctly.
That said, I've found that on jb, wifi channels above 10 work very poorly. I'm guessing you're from Germany, so have a look at which channel your wifi is on.
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have you tried flashing another modem? anw for me that problem has persisted even from stock gb rom (I tried different modems), but wifi's working fine. I guess it's just a visual bug as adytum said

Modems do not affect wifi signal strength, unfortunately.
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Thanks for your response. Tbh I have no idea what a WiFi Chanel is and how to change it. And unfortunately it's not just a virtual effect. Here by my gf (e.g.) I lose my connectivity inside the house from time to time or I have a really bad signal while my gf still get a great signal even in the last corner. She has a iPhone 3gs btw. I'm using slim ROM ATM and I love the most out of every ROM I tried .. except for the WiFi
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adytum said:
Partly, yes, but often it is just a visual bug so that the actual signal strength is not shown correctly.
That said, I've found that on jb, wifi channels above 10 work very poorly. I'm guessing you're from Germany, so have a look at which channel your wifi is on.
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Read this article, http://www.fixandsave.co.uk/index.p...00-no-signal-fix&catid=173:samsung&Itemid=254
sorry for my poor english.
JCBG

rest0ck said:
Thanks for your response. Tbh I have no idea what a WiFi Chanel is and how to change it. And unfortunately it's not just a virtual effect. Here by my gf (e.g.) I lose my connectivity inside the house from time to time or I have a really bad signal while my gf still get a great signal even in the last corner. She has a iPhone 3gs btw. I'm using slim ROM ATM and I love the most out of every ROM I tried .. except for the WiFi
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First of all, make sure you do not have "avoid poor connections" ticked in wifi advanced settings.
The channel is easy to change, but you do this by logging in on the control panel of the modem, you'll need a username and password.
You could also try an app, wifi analyzer for instance, which shows you which channel the networks are on. For me, changing channels down to 5 from 12 made a huge impact, but others have not had any effect from it.
Usually the channels above 10 are only in use in Europe and Japan, so some isps here will set their router to high channels to avoid interference from other nets on the common channels.
@JCBG I can't see what that article has to do with wifi signal?
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adytum said:
First of all, make sure you do not have "avoid poor connections" ticked in wifi advanced settings.
The channel is easy to change, but you do this by logging in on the control panel of the modem, you'll need a username and password.
You could also try an app, wifi analyzer for instance, which shows you which channel the networks are on. For me, changing channels down to 5 from 12 made a huge impact, but others have not had any effect from it.
Usually the channels above 10 are only in use in Europe and Japan, so some isps here will set their router to high channels to avoid interference from other nets on the common channels.
@JCBG I can't see what that article has to do with wifi signal?
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Thank you. I will give it a try when I am at home again. Here where I am now the WiFi uses channel 4 BTW (my gf don't know their router password >.>). Which one should work good?
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Well, channel 4 should actually be in the good range.
As far as I know, nobody has come up with any alternative solutions to this issue.
I might add that for me, disabling qos, quality of service, on my router, improved the speed, but not the visual signal indication of my phone's wifi.
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Oh hm .. it's probably just jelly bean? As I mentioned earlier on my gfs phone it works properly :/

Yeah, it seems so, and there seems to be more than one cause, seeing how nets with low channel numbers fixes it for me.
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Is the WiFi signal on ICS also bad? I don't remember.

No, never had problems with it before jb. And I've at least tried 5 different jb roms, with no difference.
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Guess I have to switch back to ICS then :/

have you factually measured a difference in traffic bandwidth?
or are you switching back just because the wifi visual indicator doesnt show full reception anymore?

jelle2503 said:
have you factually measured a difference in traffic bandwidth?
or are you switching back just because the wifi visual indicator doesnt show full reception anymore?
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Hell no it is not just visual. I lose the connectivity and it is slow as hell. And it was not like that before.

no problems here..

same bad experience here.After update to JB my wifi connection is very poor, not just visual.I hope it will a solution later.

On ics cm9 my wifi was good, now im on jb mackay rom and its really bad. I get a weak signal, but i think the driver of wifi are bad made of the developer. My bro has the same phone and uses helly bean and his connection is always better. His wifi is good like cm9 was.

Wifi works great for me on CM10

WiFi Dropouts

Is anybody else suffering from WiFi Dropouts? My phone drops out quite regularly while connected to my Bt home hub 4. Not had any issues with previous phones/tablets just since my edge+. Have reset my router and all is fine with the other devices in the house. Just putting the feelers out to see if anyone else is experienceing the same.
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Yes - I experience intermittent dropouts. I can tell because it happens while I am streaming live video which then cuts out. The words 'wifiname connected' then appear as it immediately reconnects. It's annoying as it interrupts the stream. I also think it is happening when I receive a notification like a text message. I have tried playing with the phone's wifi settings but this did not fix it.
First time I have had this problem while owning many android phones over the years so I know it is not the routers.

At least I'm not the only one. You hit the nail on the head with it happening while streaming. Thats where I've noticed it the most. Now how to deal with the issue......
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Have you noticed that it happens when receiving text messages?

Can't positively say yes to that. But will keep a close eye.
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Happened to me too. Noticed it when it connects back. Surely affects the streaming!

Also happens to me but can happen anytime, also my Note 3 did it.
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My problem seems to be getting worse. I'm going to do a factory reset see if that helps.
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Mine has been doing this lately too. Any fixes for this as it is quite annoying?

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My problem seems to be getting worse. I'm going to do a factory reset see if that helps.
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I've been having the same problem since I got this phone. Did a factory reset get rid of the problem?

For me it's quite stable. But if you are using wlan roaming in your house with 3 or more same ssids this can happen sometimes when he is switching frequencies.

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For me it's quite stable. But if you are using wlan roaming in your house with 3 or more same ssids this can happen sometimes when he is switching frequencies.
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I have the same issues, my wifi is a lot slower compared to others as well. I think its a software issue, Ive gone through 3 replacements and all experience the exact same issues.

It could be kernel issue. Did anyone who faces that issue try to flash custom kernel? One of my friend solved by flashing a kernel. Thanks.

Konsstantine34 said:
It could be kernel issue. Did anyone who faces that issue try to flash custom kernel? One of my friend solved by flashing a kernel. Thanks.
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Could you tell me what kernel he flashed cuz my wifi is absolute trash. thnx

malek777 said:
Could you tell me what kernel he flashed cuz my wifi is absolute trash. thnx
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SkyHigh kernel brother. You can see the thread under Original Android Development. In fact, Arter97 and Audax kernels are also fix this wifi issue as far as I remember. Good luck.

Konsstantine34 said:
SkyHigh kernel brother. You can see the thread under Original Android Development. In fact, Arter97 and Audax kernels are also fix this wifi issue as far as I remember. Good luck.
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Thanks for the help bro but unfortunately this hasn't resolved my issue. Tried different roms with different kernels and the problem still presists. Wifi on 5g is slower than all the other devices and after a while it will just drop and not connect to the Internet. I'm hoping it's a software issue but I'm starting to sense it's the hardware .

malek777 said:
Thanks for the help bro but unfortunately this hasn't resolved my issue. Tried different roms with different kernels and the problem still presists. Wifi on 5g is slower than all the other devices and after a while it will just drop and not connect to the Internet. I'm hoping it's a software issue but I'm starting to sense it's the hardware .
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Sorry to hear brother. Maybe you better check your wifi signal strength via some apps etc. I dont know anything more than that. Good luck.