Okay so i been playing with the captivate for a little bit and i remember my nexus days we was able to flash different radio files. I was wondering is there anyway to flash the I9000 radio file because when i flash the rom unto my captivate i swear my signal is better, not only that internet seems faster and my bars don't go up down all crazy. For me stock radio and firmware my signal jumps up and down crazy in my apartment but when i flash to I9000 radio it's perfect.
The problem is that the i9000 radio disables the 850Mhz 3g support of the captivate. Otherwise it would have been perfect.
clubtech said:
The problem is that the i9000 radio disables the 850Mhz 3g support of the captivate. Otherwise it would have been perfect.
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Thanks for the response, yea i forgot to edit this post seeing what i read. I can't wait til we get a new radio file this one is horrible.
So last night I installed GRJ90 from buglesspete's post, but little did I know it did not have the new radio in it.
All of my speeds were much improved today, as I posted elsewhere. Once I learned I was still on the old radio, I flashed the new one and my results stayed the same. No problem... just confusing, since I thought the improvement was supposed to come from the radio, right?
you may have just sparked the biggest thread on the forum's
people are gunna be flocking back to the old radio to get tethering back and use 2.3.5 to get teh upp'd speeds
i have also noticed that with the new update that the status icon shows 3g even when on 1x looks like they are faking the signal like they do with other sprint phones.
shabbypenguin said:
you may have just sparked the biggest thread on the forum's
people are gunna be flocking back to the old radio to get tethering back and use 2.3.5 to get teh upp'd speeds
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Are you sure hotspot was blocked by radio and not grj90? I couldn't get hotspot to work last night while still on old radio, but I also couldn't get wifi tether to work so maybe something else was wrong on my end.
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i flashed grj90 through cwm and i still have tethering and hotspot available??? i dont have 4g here in vermont and was hoping the update would boost 3g but ive noticed no change.
grj22 with new radio = hotspot functioning.
also getting the 3g icon when in 1x areas. I see no improvement in the 3g/wifi speeds at all, and signal still fluctuates wildly.
My tethering is also working..
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to the ppl saying tethering works for them.. just to be certain.. are you using the built in wireless hotspot feature found in the settings menu?
not sure why some people still have it working and some don't. i wonder if some qpst m.ip profile edits could trick it into working again?
I'm having issues with my radio.It allows me to make calls but I'm not able to connect to the data network. I am able to get Wifi.
I have a baseband version I9020XXKD1 with stock Rom which i've been reading has been giving alot of people issues.
I've read where people flash with Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 which fixes the issues but also alot of people have bricked their phone by doing this?
What is the best method of getting this fixed? I'm not sure how this works but can I use the KB3 on my device? Also read that reverting back to 2.3.3 fixes the issues with the radio but not sure if I want to do that either. What ever i end up doing, i just don't want to brick my device and have the radio working as it should.
Any suggestions?
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I'm having issues with my radio.It allows me to make calls but I'm not able to connect to the data network. I am able to get Wifi.
I have a baseband version I9020XXKD1 with stock Rom which i've been reading has been giving alot of people issues.
I've read where people flash with Cyanogenmod 7.0.3 which fixes the issues but also alot of people have bricked their phone by doing this?
What is the best method of getting this fixed? I'm not sure how this works but can I use the KB3 on my device? Also read that reverting back to 2.3.3 fixes the issues with the radio but not sure if I want to do that either. What ever i end up doing, i just don't want to brick my device and have the radio working as it should.
Any suggestions?
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who is your service provider? im using the kd1 radio without any issues whatsoever. that is a tmobile radio btw. you dont want to flash cyanogenmod 7.0.3 anyways, that is an old version. youd want to flash the latest cyanogenmod nightly.
I'm in the Cayman Islands and the provider is LIME. I believe their 3G band frequency is 1900/2100. Does the Nexus S support that or do I have to do something with the radio/modem on my phone to get it working?
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I'm in the Cayman Islands and the provider is LIME. I believe their 3G band frequency is 1900/2100. Does the Nexus S support that or do I have to do something with the radio/modem on my phone to get it working?
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tmobile uses 1700mhz. for 1900 you need an att version. i9020t is tmo i9020a is the att version.
there must be something I can do to get it working with that band. Getting another phone is not really an option.
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there must be something I can do to get it working with that band. Getting another phone is not really an option.
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honestly, i dont think you can do anything. go to the main phone settings, wireless and networks, mobile networks.. enable 2g only(edge), check to see if you get any data. you might get edge.
I have CM7 installed on my G2X and the radio turns off on its own -- it reports no signal. In order to get the radio working again, the only thing I can do is reboot my phone.
Also, to even get the radio working, I had to install "APNs Backup" from the market.
I am running android 2.3.4 on CM 7.1.0-RC1-G2x
My baseband version is:
M6600A-SCAUNTZ-2.0.9720T 1 [MAR 07 2011 16:00:00] MP:TRULGE_08.09.02R_MDM
Has anyone else had this problem? Can anyone confirm whether I have the p990 baseband instead of the p999 baseband by accident? (as reported here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037098)
Lastly, can anyone help me flash the BIN_LGP999AT-01-V21e-310-260-JUL-15-2011+0 baseband from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1037120
Specifically, I am not sure which of the two BIN files to flash, and what the correct nvflash command is (which partition does it go to?)... I can't use smartflash or any windows tools...
I have done a lot of searching and I couldn't find anything to help me out, but a few topics that are relevant are here:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/343443-lg-g2x-p-999dw-dead-flash-original-firmware-what-do-i-do/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14159600#post14159600.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1248644.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1247595.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1247595
Thanks,
Ben
What radio are you talking about?
APN is a known issue for CM7 based roms.
The baseband you have right now is a g2x baseband, though, it was the one when it came out with froyo.
Why you have to partition or repair partition on your phone if it has mo issues with partition?
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CM7 or any 2.3.4/2.3.5 ROM for the G2x is known to have that issue. They are working on it currently. The APN's Backup App works for me tthough.
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What radio are you talking about?
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Just the cellphone radio.
Why you have to partition or repair partition on your phone if it has mo issues with partition?
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I am just wondering how to flash that ROM I linked to and whether it would help my issues or not.
The APN's Backup App works for me tthough.
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FatalityBoyZahy -- do you do anything special with it? It allows me to actually get reception (I can't without it) but my radio will still drop and force a restart. Do you have any special settings on it? When the radio drops the tool no longer has the list of APNs and I have to "restore" to get them back.
I was using the experimental (RC1) ROM so I just flashed the 155 nightly. So far a few of my network issues are solved. I'll update if it's completely solved tomorrow.
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Just the cellphone radio.
I am just wondering how to flash that ROM I linked to and whether it would help my issues or not.
FatalityBoyZahy -- do you do anything special with it? It allows me to actually get reception (I can't without it) but my radio will still drop and force a restart. Do you have any special settings on it? When the radio drops the tool no longer has the list of APNs and I have to "restore" to get them back.
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I could send you a copy of my APN's if you'd like. You'd just need to put them on the SD Card, and restore them through the app. Shoot me a PM.
I have the same issue. My phone randomly looses connection even in good signal areas. Only way to get back on the network is to toggle flight mode or reboot.
This is a known issue on all Android phones that has persisted throughout all Android versions. Google has worked on the problem and it has gotten better, but they haven't been able to exterminate the bug yet. This phenomena occurs when the 3G signal is weak and the phone switches back and forth from 3G and Edge frequently. Eventually the phone just shuts down the radio due to it switching too much. This is the Android OS commanding the radio to shut off. It is not a hardware issue at all. I have had this issue on every Android phone I have owned. Ironically, the only phone I haven't seen the issue with yet is my G2X running stock GB. The best way to alleviate the issue is to install "Network" from the Market and set the phone to 3G only. If your custom rom has a 3G only option just set it there. There is also an app called "3G only" that accomplishes the same thing. Since you are locking in 3G the phone won't switch frequently and the radio will stay on. You can do the same thing by setting it to 2G only, but who would want to do that.
Network: https://market.android.com/details?id=de.mangelow.network&feature=search_result
3G Only: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.mobnetic.only3G&feature=search_result
I think my issue is more severe than it is for you guys. Fatality - when my radio goes out, nothing but a reboot turns it back on. Not airplane mode, not toggling data on off, not changing apns. In fact, when the radio turns off any menu pertaining to the radio freezes and asks if I'd like to force quit it.
Also, I doubt that this is the long term Android bug. I've owned probably 10 or 15 android devices and I have seldom had to restart the phone because of this. For my g2x, I have to reboot literally 15 times a day.
I had two more leads I am trying.
One was that I have a 5 year old T-Mobile SIM in my g2x and I read somewhere that an old SIM could be a problem. No such luck, the radio has already turned off with a brand new SIM.
My second lead is my baseband. I have a March 7 baseband, but the two basebands online for g2x are March 17 and a later one. So, perhaps I do have the wrong baseband?
Thanks,
Ben
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Oops I forgot to respond about jboxers suggestion to limit to 3g. It didn't work, either.
The network app didn't seem to have a 3g only mode, the 3g only app didn't limit my phone to 3g (it was still 4g) it only turned data on/off and also the radio still turned off, so I tried using the phone's 2g only mode and that immediately killed the radio.
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Oops I forgot to respond about jboxers suggestion to limit to 3g. It didn't work, either.
The network app didn't seem to have a 3g only mode, the 3g only app didn't limit my phone to 3g (it was still 4g) it only turned data on/off and also the radio still turned off, so I tried using the phone's 2g only mode and that immediately killed the radio.
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3G and 4G on HSPA are inseperable. '3G only' will give you '4G' also.
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Oops I forgot to respond about jboxers suggestion to limit to 3g. It didn't work, either.
The network app didn't seem to have a 3g only mode, the 3g only app didn't limit my phone to 3g (it was still 4g) it only turned data on/off and also the radio still turned off, so I tried using the phone's 2g only mode and that immediately killed the radio.
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As another poster already said on TMO 3G and 4G are the same thing. In fact, TMO doesn't have real 4G. HSDPA+ is fast but it is not true 4G. In some countries it is referred to as 3.5G and here in Thailand they are calling it 3.9G.
The network app does work. You scroll down and selected "WCDMA" only. That is 3G/4G. That will lock the radio into 3G and 4G only. The 3G only app will lock it into 3G and 4G only. There is no way to say 4G only, because it is not real 4G. If TMO had LTE that would be a different story.
Ah, that's good to know that 3g=4g on t-mobile. How come sometimes my phone says 4g and sometimes 3g?
Anyway, I wish that was the issue
Does anyone else have any ideas of what it might be?
What baseband version do you guys have on your G2x? Does anyone else have the same baseband version as I do?
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Ah, that's good to know that 3g=4g on t-mobile. How come sometimes my phone says 4g and sometimes 3g?
Anyway, I wish that was the issue
Does anyone else have any ideas of what it might be?
What baseband version do you guys have on your G2x? Does anyone else have the same baseband version as I do?
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HSDPA=3G, HSDPA+=TMO Pseudo 4G. HSDPA+ is an enchanced version of HSDPA with faster speeds but not true 4G. Most devices display an "H" but TMO had it programmed to "4G" to pretend they offer 4G service. Both are versions of WCDMA, which is what GSM 3G is.
I found this thread that has another kernel that supposedly fixes the APN. I haven't had my kernel drop yet, but it's only been 10 minutes Here's a link to the kernel:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1229932
For install instructions, read the instructions in the linked code.google.com issue tracker:
http://code.google.com/p/cyanogenmo...on Model Network Owner Summary Stars Priority
I used:
adb push boot.img /sdcard/ && adb shell dd if=/sdcard/boot.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p5 && adb reboot
and everything worked fine (don't forget to clear dalvik cache on reboot).
To run the script he linked to, download ScriptManager from the app store.
It fixed my radio! Though it did kill wifi.
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Hey everyone,
I've had amazing increase in 3G speed with KB3 so I stuck with this radio for a while now, however I've noticed that I cannot access my voicemail with this radio! It's completely mute but the call timer keeps on rolling. I'm on TELUS in Montreal, Quebec.
So I decided to switch to KD1 which gives me average speeds (although better than stock KF1 radio) and I was able to access voicemail. However, a huge Search button glitch has appeared where it constantly goes on 'search', and the search button appears to be pressed REPEATEDLY.
So I switched back to KB3, but still can't access voicemail.
I'm rooted on CM9 ICS.
Sorry to be off topic , is your Nexus S a or t ? Kl1 data speed seems a bit low and might try KB3 radio...My Nexus S is I9020T
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Sorry to be off topic , is your Nexus S a or t ? Kl1 data speed seems a bit low and might try KB3 radio...My Nexus S is I9020T
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I have the I9020A.
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I have the I9020A.
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Its a known issue for the A model...
I flashed Evilistos 4.0.4 rom .. no H signal only 3G.... no search bug for me... also just download Google voice and ull be fine
- Google
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Its a known issue for the A model...
I flashed Evilistos 4.0.4 rom .. no H signal only 3G.... no search bug for me... also just download Google voice and ull be fine
- Google
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Unfortunately Google Voice is not available here in Canada :-\.
So I will either have to flash back to the stock KF1 radio or keep my good KB3 but access my voicemail through landline or someone's else phone lol