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I just got Skyrocket. I have never spent so much on a cellphone before.
Now I have 5.99 unlimited data plan from T-mobile. It is well known as T-zone or Web2Go. I was so eager to try this phone on T-mobile and see if it worked.
After unlocking the Skyrocket, I first rooted then tried flashing different modems from Rogers, Telus, T-mobile KID, VK1 and ect but none of them worked. I was only able to pick up voice signal on stock Radio.
Then I tried flashing the phone with Juggernaut and tried flashing modems. Now I started getting HSPA+ signals. For me KID and Telus modem worked the best. Average download speed was around 5-6mb/s. As the Juggernaut ROM was originally intended for 989, it seemed little unstable for me.
Then I tried Sky ICS stock and Telus combo. Wow, Now I was getting download speed of 10mb/s on T-zone. This combo was nicer because phone did not try to search for UMTS signal so frequently as much as it did with Juggernaut. However now my voice signal dropped down to 1 bar and call quality was horrible(at least it was audible).
Has anyone found any other good ROM/kernel/modem combo for Skyrocket that works best on T-mobile?
Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up
sharpeyedman said:
I just got Skyrocket. I have never spent so much on a cellphone before.
Now I have 5.99 unlimited data plan from T-mobile. It is well known as T-zone or Web2Go. I was so eager to try this phone on T-mobile and see if it worked.
After unlocking the Skyrocket, I first rooted then tried flashing different modems from Rogers, Telus, T-mobile KID, VK1 and ect but none of them worked. I was only able to pick up voice signal on stock Radio.
Then I tried flashing the phone with Juggernaut and tried flashing modems. Now I started getting HSPA+ signals. For me KID and Telus modem worked the best. Average download speed was around 5-6mb/s. As the Juggernaut ROM was originally intended for 989, it seemed little unstable for me.
Then I tried Sky ICS stock and Telus combo. Wow, Now I was getting download speed of 10mb/s on T-zone. This combo was nicer because phone did not try to search for UMTS signal so frequently as much as it did with Juggernaut. However now my voice signal dropped down to 1 bar and call quality was horrible(at least it was audible).
Has anyone found any other good ROM/kernel/modem combo for Skyrocket that works best on T-mobile?
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Can you tell me what is your upload speed?! I have SkyRocket working with T-Mobile, using T-Mobile rom with flashed modem....the only problem is upload speed,it's around 100kbs while my download is around 7MBit...
ST4LKER said:
Can you tell me what is your upload speed?! I have SkyRocket working with T-Mobile, using T-Mobile rom with flashed modem....the only problem is upload speed,it's around 100kbs while my download is around 7MBit...
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I usually get 1mb/s - 1.5mb/s of upload speeds according to speed test.
When reception was good, then I got over 2.2mb/s of upload speed.
icenight89 said:
Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up
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Thanks I will try as you have suggested later today.
I was surprised that battery drain is so significant when idle. My old HD2 uses only 2mA when idle, but my skyrocket uses over 100mA even when gps, data, bluetooth turned off. hope new combo fixes this battery drainage problem as well.
icenight89 said:
Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up
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I ve only flashed through CWM. Is IMG flashing same method as Odin? I was trying to find a guide on IMG flash but I could not find any.
Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/
sky ics speed and vk1 seemed to work best for me.
download was faster with telsus but upload was crippled. (less than 0.1) hmm
i feel like vk1 does drain the battery like crazy tough and constantly sends those "high are you there type signals"
hm
sharpeyedman said:
I usually get 1mb/s - 1.5mb/s of upload speeds according to speed test.
When reception was good, then I got over 2.2mb/s of upload speed.
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So what is your combo to get that kind of upload speed?! As I said, can't get over 100kbs of upload, while download works just fine...
depending on coverage, area and carrier that may be why he's doing better than u. Speed tests are all relative, and should only be taken based in averages. If he's living right beside an LTE tower and he's the only one who has an LTE phone for a quarter mile, his speeds will certainly be faster than someone who lives half a mile away from one and has another 200 people using the tower at the same time
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So what is your combo to get that kind of upload speed?! As I said, can't get over 100kbs of upload, while download works just fine...
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upload spped has never been issue with me.
I think it was Juggernaut with Telus or KID Radio.
upload speed was also fine on sky ICS n TPC.
icenight89 said:
depending on coverage, area and carrier that may be why he's doing better than u. Speed tests are all relative, and should only be taken based in averages. If he's living right beside an LTE tower and he's the only one who has an LTE phone for a quarter mile, his speeds will certainly be faster than someone who lives half a mile away from one and has another 200 people using the tower at the same time
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Coverage in NYC is great. Have HTC Sensation and SkyRocket, both with T-Mobile. At the same spot Sensation gets 7Mbit/1.7MBit, while SkyRocket is 7MBit/0.1MBit, so the problem could be in modem, kernel or ROM. Modem is the suspect #1. It seems U/L freq. is the one causing slow upload speeds.
have u tried telus modem?
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have u tried telus modem?
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Not yet, will give a try tonight. Actually that's the only one left to try. Have tried all others, with the same issue.
just wanted to bump this thread to make sure the att branded skyrocket works with tmobile tzones, stable and with respectable download and upload speeds. thanks!
icenight89 said:
Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/
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TPC rogers or TPC att? thanks
makes no difference really, just pick att
Does anyone have area dependent data connectivity issues like those seen with the Galaxy Note? Thinking of trading my note for a skyrocket since I cannot get any data at all at certain locations.
jeweladdict said:
Does anyone have area dependent data connectivity issues like those seen with the Galaxy Note? Thinking of trading my note for a skyrocket since I cannot get any data at all at certain locations.
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i have been using the skyrocket on tmobile for 2 days now. i get 2-3 mbps down at work until 4pm or so and then it degrades to 200-500 kbps. i don't know if it is the phone or the tmobile network, but i did not have this issue before with my nexus one.
as i drive away from work, i suppose when i switch towers, i get back to 2-3 mbps down.
this is the behavior that i have noticed the past 2 days.
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on another note, i wanted to ask if it is safer and more compatible to be running skyrocket roms and kernels or tmobile galaxy sii roms and kernels?
of course the common theme would be tmobile / telus radio. i'm currently running TPC rom with faux's kernel and tmobile vk1 radio and i am having issues with 8tracks app. it keeps pausing and won't play again until i skip track. i have so far determined it is not the radio, since this happens on both tmobile and telus radio.
icenight89 said:
Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/
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I know the information is old but few of the links don't work. faux kernel doesn't have the files anymore, is there an alternative? Also, Telus radio link does not work anymore. Is it necessary?
No matter what RIL+Radio combination I try, no matter what APN trick I do, I can not get my Inspire to reach satisfactory speeds. My speedtest result are ~350kbps down and ~700 up. I see other people posting much higher speeds. When tethered to my laptop, It wont even stream youtube vids. It hardly loads them. I am using Android Revolution 7.0.3 with recommended radio. Any one have any advice? I am living in the barracks right now and I cant have internet installed and this is killing me!
A couple things. Location is a big factor in speed. You should only be comparing your speeds to others in your immediate area, on the same network of course. Also, when you flash a radio, you need to give it 24 to 48 hours to settle in. Make sure you're doing that. If you flash the recommended radio for ARHD, you don't need the RIL. It's already built into the ROM.
I flashed the att RIL with the att Radio.. just went back to the AR recommended radio where can I find the AR RIL? do i have to reflash the rom? I am in an area that should have fast HSDPA. I was at the att store about 5 minutes from my barracks and their devices were getting much faster speeds on the same network... Any recommended Radio+RILs for North Carolina?
So is there a reason why I am capped at 300 kbps download? anyone else having this issue? ive been trying to figure this out all night it didnt used to be this slow
onelesssblues said:
So is there a reason why I am capped at 300 kbps download? anyone else having this issue? ive been trying to figure this out all night it didnt used to be this slow
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are you being throttled maybe?
onelesssblues said:
I flashed the att RIL with the att Radio.. just went back to the AR recommended radio where can I find the AR RIL? do i have to reflash the rom? I am in an area that should have fast HSDPA. I was at the att store about 5 minutes from my barracks and their devices were getting much faster speeds on the same network... Any recommended Radio+RILs for North Carolina?
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Did you read my post? The RIL for the ARHD recommended radio is built into the ROM. You just need to flash the radio.
pazzo02 said:
Did you read my post? The RIL for the ARHD recommended radio is built into the ROM. You just need to flash the radio.
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I don't think you read his post. He stated he installed a new RIL and wants to go back to the ARHD RIL.
@onelesssblues.....You know the recommended Radio so just get the matching RIL from the Inspire Radio sticky in the Developmental section.
So, I imported a sensation 4G from canada (Bell) and have now S-off, unlocked, rom'd, unlocked CID . everything. since i flashed ARHD my signal has had more issues and switched back and forth from H to 3g alot. I also get higher ping and slower data test speeds with the new ROM
current baseband version is 11.69.3504.00u_11.22.3504.07_M
should i flash something different?
using on AT&T
ive been reading
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202867&page=1
but im not sure if thats a different radio than what i already have
well i hate to break it to ya but all the radios gave me the same signal strength. i didnt test data speeds though cuz i dont have a data plan. you can still try out the different radios and compare, but ive tried all of them looking for better signal and their all the same
walkinhotdog said:
well i hate to break it to ya but all the radios gave me the same signal strength. i didnt test data speeds though cuz i dont have a data plan. you can still try out the different radios and compare, but ive tried all of them looking for better signal and their all the same
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Then how come my signal was better and I got 2mbps faster DL before i updated?
I've messed around with radio files and ril's with my Bell Sensation (on Bell) and thus far for signal I'm using Radio_11.69B.3504.00U_11.24.3504.10_M and RIL HTC-RIL 4.0.0024HMQ
I did notice variations in signal numbers when trying out different radio's and ril's.
drdreww said:
Then how come my signal was better and I got 2mbps faster DL before i updated?
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i forgot to say i tried all the ics radios. if i remember correctly, signal was better on gingerbread for me but it was so long ago i cant say for sure, i havent tried any gingerbread radios on ics yet. let me know if you find a good radio
drdreww said:
Then how come my signal was better and I got 2mbps faster DL before i updated?
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The other thing that I noticed tonight when trying out different kernels like faux123, sebastien, bricked is in my stationary tests I'd almost swear there was some variances as well.
flashed Radio_11.69B.3504.00U_11.24.3504.10_M and RIL HTC-RIL 4.0.0024HMQ and went in the same spot on my desk from 3 bars to 4 and H is staying on.. further testing to come..
the Ookla speedtest app wont work for some reason.. only shows 7kbps ..
but my ping is still > 200ms but when i first got it it was 111ms
onward
I am running the leaked ATT I727UCLE2 radio and I always find my phone switching from 3g to H+. I usually get data drops that require reboots at least once per day. Am I alone here or is this what to expect from the leaked radios? Are there better radios out that I can try?
Uclc4
Guitarboarder28 said:
Uclc4
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Depends on weather or not your on ics or GB
I have run ucle2 on practically every rom in our threads . Ics and GB both no problems.
Might be my location though. I am in a non-lte area.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
billownz said:
I am running the leaked ATT I727UCLE2 radio and I always find my phone switching from 3g to H+. I usually get data drops that require reboots at least once per day. Am I alone here or is this what to expect from the leaked radios? Are there better radios out that I can try?
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Are you on an ICS rom? If so check your APN values, I had the same problem on AOKP and noticed the values were completely off.
Im running ucle2 and i get the same H+ to 3G problem. I'm on rogers though. I'm gonna try flashing the stock rogers modem and see where it goes.
OFWGKTADGAF said:
Im running ucle2 and i get the same H+ to 3G problem. I'm on rogers though. I'm gonna try flashing the stock rogers modem and see where it goes.
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I am the same. I find the reception on this phone so awful. It's always losing connection and can't keep H+.
There is no such thing as a "best" radio. One radio will work better for one person than someone else. Give what ever radio a try and see if you like it, and if it doesn't work give another radio a try. Just make sure that what ever radio you flash is for the proper android release and you should be good.
~PsyCl0ne
ucle2 radio
Does anyone have a link to a working ucle2 modem?
PsyCl0ne said:
There is no such thing as a "best" radio. One radio will work better for one person than someone else. Give what ever radio a try and see if you like it, and if it doesn't work give another radio a try. Just make sure that what ever radio you flash is for the proper android release and you should be good.
~PsyCl0ne
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Iirc the two best radios are rogers and at&t jb radios.
lingowistico said:
Iirc the two best radios are rogers and at&t jb radios.
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at&t jb radios run better than rogers for me
I have a Galaxy S II running the UCLE2 ICS Leak, I love the phone but there are many times I'm in a area with a real weak LTE Signal but a great HSPA Signal and times I'm in a 2G Only Area.
I know that the AT&T Modem is Locked so you can't switch off LTE or set it to 2G Only, If I got the Unlock code would that also remove the Rat lock? if not can you use a Rogers Radio on a AT&T Rom?
Thanks
No removing the sim lock will not help i believe the only radio that is unlocked is the rogers KJ7. Not sure what rom your using but some have a selection in the network screen i am using ChimeraVsSkyrocket_Beta2 and it has that option sorry i was trying to get you a screen shot but the usual buttons are not working
So is it safe to flash the rogers radio with me being the AT&T Radio?
If I flash the Rogers Radio with the AT&T APN's Should everything work as normal?
And If I decided to go back to UCLE2 Radio is it you like your basic flash with CWM or would I need to do the Samsung 1 Click to restore the phone to stock?
Thanks so much for your help
Rogers radio will work with att... though signal and speeds will be different. maybe better, maybe worse. its different for everyone.
and it will only work if the rom you are using has the option in it. such as a rogers rom or some other custom roms.
and flashing back to ucle is through cwm. exact same as when you flash the rogers radio...
i'd try the new rogers radio if i were you. it should be RAT unlocked. i get drastically better signal over every other radio (though i am a rogers user).
you may need to switch roms though. if thats the case i'd advise using the chimera rom. since its confirmed to have it. (not very many AT&T roms do.)
The latest rogers modem works with SKY ICS. I flashed it but the signal sucked so I went back to ULALC4(Best for me). Not sure if this is what your looking for but theres an options in your wireless network settings that allows you to use only your 2G networks. Actally has a sub title the suggests it saves battery. Might wanna check it out.