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I been trying countless amounts of different ways to get my gps to work and it wont lock with different roms at all. Can anyone gimme some help i need my gps
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Make a nandroid of your current rom then flash the stocker. If it still won't lock, your phone is defective. It's a known issue w/ our devices, some are just luckier than others.
I'm on my second, a refurb, and it works a;most as well as my wife's Aria. I had to unroot and S-On to get it exchanged under the one yr warranty w/ ATT.
Good luck,
Tx
Old phone
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFf_df-1oXU <--not working
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NqDKFjNit58 <--what I had to do to get it to work.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SBWCyDEoHdw <--current phone
Hey tx i ran a gps test it sees some satellites but wont lock due to poor reception. This is a big step for me as i couldnt see any period
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Have you tried rooting and updating your device with the latest rom? I am running ninja by team pheonix and have no problems...
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Im on tb fusion and im outside and im getting a lock of 59ft accuracy . My gfs mytouch is 4 feet im jealous lol
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So tx i watched your vids how did u get it to work
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meddle70 said:
So tx i watched your vids how did u get it to work
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Some details of what you have tried so far would be helpful. Because you haven't provide any yet I'll be vague and indescrript with my suggestions. First make sure your radio and RIL match. This is ridiculously important!
Second, try flashing the GPS scripts file that has a thread in the dev section.
Lastly, are you trying to get a fix indoors? If so, just go outside
Good luck!
PS I have found some roms have much better GPS than others. No matter what I tried I couldn't get proper GPS on android revolution 5 but get awesome GPS on gingerbeast
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Hey sorry about being so vague man i have the latest ota radio right now from att. I tried cleardroids rom with different radios and how.do i check to see if my radio.and rils match ? And where do i find the scripts i never even seen them before.
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meddle70 said:
Hey sorry about being so vague man i have the latest ota radio right now from att. I tried cleardroids rom with different radios and how.do i check to see if my radio.and rils match ? And where do i find the scripts i never even seen them before.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1106324
Read Post #1 throughly.
Ok, I finally got the RIL in order as I had the wrong one flashed on there, so thats all fixed and ready to go.
I also applied AngelDeath's GPS fix to no avail so far.
It's weird though, every time I reflash Fusions rom the gps works for about an hour than just calls it quits. This is the only rom that can actually get a signal at all comparing to the other ones I tried which cannot.
meddle70 said:
Ok, I finally got the RIL in order as I had the wrong one flashed on there, so thats all fixed and ready to go.
I also applied AngelDeath's GPS fix to no avail so far.
It's weird though, every time I reflash Fusions rom the gps works for about an hour than just calls it quits. This is the only rom that can actually get a signal at all comparing to the other ones I tried which cannot.
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the angel death gps fix is the gps scripts i was talking about. do you use gps status to download the newest AGPS data?
You may also want to try different Radios (with matching RILs) because some may work better than others in different areas.
good luck
angeldeath script fixed my problems..
my gps was not locking at all..
now its locking with in 40 seconds..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11342772&postcount=1
meddle70 said:
Ok, I finally got the RIL in order as I had the wrong one flashed on there, so thats all fixed and ready to go.
I also applied AngelDeath's GPS fix to no avail so far.
It's weird though, every time I reflash Fusions rom the gps works for about an hour than just calls it quits. This is the only rom that can actually get a signal at all comparing to the other ones I tried which cannot.
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A "double flash" of the radio and the RIL with a couple of reboots in between has been known to clear up weird behavior.
Ymmv, but it's something that has worked for people and is a good thing to do "just for good measure."
ahm12 said:
angeldeath script fixed my problems..
my gps was not locking at all..
now its locking with in 40 seconds..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11342772&postcount=1
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I was wondering what rooting had done to my GPS also, but then I removed my boxwave plastic case and my GPS signal locked on in 10 sec. Does anyone know where the GPS receiver is so that I can maybe cut piece out of my case? Does anyone have a case that does not effect GPS? Thanks
The gps module is behind the cover that hold the flash.
Rioplatense said:
I was wondering what rooting had done to my GPS also, but then I removed my boxwave plastic case and my GPS signal locked on in 10 sec. Does anyone know where the GPS receiver is so that I can maybe cut piece out of my case? Does anyone have a case that does not effect GPS? Thanks
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I use a Speck case, like what the AT&T store tries to sell you, and the GPS on my unit functions pretty well.
Rioplatense said:
I was wondering what rooting had done to my GPS also, but then I removed my boxwave plastic case and my GPS signal locked on in 10 sec. Does anyone know where the GPS receiver is so that I can maybe cut piece out of my case? Does anyone have a case that does not effect GPS? Thanks
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Use AngelDeath gps solution... I hade same problem
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Can't lock while moving.
My Inspire wont lock onto gps while in motion if going more than 2 - 3 mph if i open anything that locks like maps of navigation.
kormsbee said:
My Inspire wont lock onto gps while in motion if going more than 2 - 3 mph if i open anything that locks like maps of navigation.
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lol please give us more information than that. for all we know, you're using a samsung captivate.
what is your:
rom
radio
RIL
are you using a case?
have you tried the angel death gps scripts (read the last page)
have you tried the fasterfix program?
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Hi guys. After suffering with extremely poor Sensation connection for 3 months, i finally got fed up with it and decided to try swapping wifi and network antennas (just using some very thin wires). To my surprise, signal is a bit stronger. Now at home, i constantly have 1-3 bars of UMTS/H when previously it would never get out of gprs/edge. Now this is a surprise. I have not connected wifi antenna yet, so no reports on that. I'll keep monitoring signal strength and if this really works will connect everything properly and will post a tutorial.
It would help if someone else could try that.
Interesting. Please keep posting.
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i'm curious, you soldered them ? it looks like you taped them down.
can you take a close up on where you placed those two wires ?
quite interesting, but i never had problems with a signal before
Try these :
Dial *#*#4636#*#* , choose Phone information
choose WCDMA Preferred or GSM/CDMA Auto(PRL) [Try both and choose the one with the best signal]
i did that and got an Epic signal .
also toggle cyphering it might help a bit with signal.
How has this been working for you,
burger29 said:
How has this been working for you,
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No good tbh, done some testing for a few days and not really worth it IMO.
I have been having loads of signal issues with my sensation and have tried searching these forums for an answer, tried different radios and matching ril's but never had anywhere near the signal i had on my desire.
I have found this today and wondered if anyone has seen it or tried it before. I think its probabilly just a gimmick thats why im asking before i buy one.
So... has anyone tried it?
Cheers
They were proven bad by tests. No good. Can't remember where I saw it, but there was whole article about them on the web.
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tinky1 have you found any solution for signal issue mate. or its just the way hardware is? no solution?
cheers
No solution mate. I probably just got used to it, and it seems OK now.
Sent through the wormhole from my Sensation.
tinky1 said:
No solution mate. I probably just got used to it, and it seems OK now.
Sent through the wormhole from my Sensation.
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i think it may just be hardware issue. cos tried all radios setting i think the way phone designed get weaker signal than any other phones its ok when thereis good coverage but when you go somewhere like wales where not much reception you notice it damn bad
cheers
There isn't much reception in Wales as it is, and this phones poor antenna doesn't make it any better. It gives me a shock every time I pop my sim in some old nokia how much better it is.
cihanleanne said:
i think it may just be hardware issue. cos tried all radios setting i think the way phone designed get weaker signal than any other phones its ok when thereis good coverage but when you go somewhere like wales where not much reception you notice it damn bad
cheers
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Sent through the wormhole from my Sensation.
I have been playing with this alumiNum foil thing for hours and nights to get good signals... but still no gain.. it was all vain...
I have given sensation to my brother in exchange for xperia ray... Trust me, the signals ate mind blowing... At places where my Sensation would just die, xperia ray shows 75% signals .
My friends and colleagues always complained that my phone is powered off all time but now i never missed a single call...
i would really want to send the phone back to htc its s off so void warranty. might as weel go back to nokia 1110 its the best phone out there week on battery and best reception
cihanleanne said:
i would really want to send the phone back to htc its s off so void warranty. might as weel go back to nokia 1110 its the best phone out there week on battery and best reception
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Read up on how to s-on than send it back.
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HTC Sensation GSM signal lost
Hi all,
I had some signal experience with HTC Sensation 4G which might be helpful to someone. I was having a bad signal reception and when talking to someone on the phone, voice was loosing, and I barely could understand from the other side.
This happened since I put [ROM] Android Revolution HD on my HTC Sensarion 4G. Then I suspect on this but I wanted to try ICS and download the official ROM for HTC Sensation, and the same problem. I was choosing European Roms. Then I downloaded the official ROM for T-Mobile which apply s to HTC Sensation 4G and measuring the signal through
Settings-> About -> Network was kind of the same, but the signal wasn't drooping and when I was talking to someone on the phone it was good, no voice interruption.
Since I put the original stock rom, phone is working quite good, no sudden restart and no signal issues.
Best regards.
Originally used the Ace Hack Kit about 2 months ago. I think it was version 11 or somewhere close.
Rooted just fine and have played with a few different ROMs now. Found one I like until a fully working sense 3.5 comes out.
I have been reading more and more but still unsure about the Radio.
Since the root I have only flashed ROM's not a radio.
I am currently @ 12.28b.60.14eU_26.03.02.26_M
I don't seem to be having any cell issues, but read that you should use the Radio that is linked with the ROM your using.
Can someone shed a little more light on this for me?
If im not having cell issues should I mess with it?
Or maybe because I have not ever flashed a new one, I may not know what im missing.
Zen-Dragon said:
Originally used the Ace Hack Kit about 2 months ago. I think it was version 11 or somewhere close.
Rooted just fine and have played with a few different ROMs now. Found one I like until a fully working sense 3.5 comes out.
I have been reading more and more but still unsure about the Radio.
Since the root I have only flashed ROM's not a radio.
I am currently @ 12.28b.60.14eU_26.03.02.26_M
I don't seem to be having any cell issues, but read that you should use the Radio that is linked with the ROM your using.
Can someone shed a little more light on this for me?
If im not having cell issues should I mess with it?
Or maybe because I have not ever flashed a new one, I may not know what im missing.
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You will get different opions here...but my thinking is your probably scared since you have never done it. And you should be lol. Flashing a radio is pretty common but still dangerous, but so is rooting, flashing roms, and other things if you haven't read and researched completely. Been there dude. I believe that if the radio you currently have works why change? If your lucky enough to have good coverage, GPS, etc then don't change.
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I have to agree, general belief seems to be, 'if it aint broke, don't fix it'
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I was wondering the same thing. I'm new to the rooting and not quite ready to flash radios but have been reading into it. I'm using radio 12.28b.60.140eP 26.03.02.26M. But whenever I'm talking on the phone, everyone on the other end of the line says it echoes. Would that be a sign indicating I should go with the recommended radio for my ROM?
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Jaquez09 said:
I was wondering the same thing. I'm new to the rooting and not quite ready to flash radios but have been reading into it. I'm using radio 12.28b.60.140eP 26.03.02.26M. But whenever I'm talking on the phone, everyone on the other end of the line says it echoes. Would that be a sign indicating I should go with the recommended radio for my ROM?
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most echos are from using the speaker phone
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That's what I originally thought too. But i tried it with and without the speaker and the echoes were still heard. I admit I do have the volume set to max cuz I have trouble hearing over the phone, so with the audio enhancements from my rom would it be possible that I'm gonna just have to deal with it?
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i have tried a few different radions.....and to be completely honest, i havent noticed the slightest bit of difference......well, MAYBE slower data speeds on one of them (a little bit), but i couldnt be sure the radio was to blame. im on the most recent OTA update radio. it works, im not bothering to change again.
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i have tried a few different radions.....and to be completely honest, i havent noticed the slightest bit of difference......well, MAYBE slower data speeds on one of them (a little bit), but i couldnt be sure the radio was to blame. im on the most recent OTA update radio. it works, im not bothering to change again.
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I've never noticed a difference in any of them. Just use the latest AT&T radio firmware and you'll be fine.
How do you know what the latest one is and where do you get the latest OTA radio?
I checked my wife's inspire which I have not rooted yet (she is happy on stock) and her Baseband is different than what I have. Hers is 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M
Would that be the latest?
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Zen-Dragon said:
How do you know what the latest one is and where do you get the latest OTA radio?
I checked my wife's inspire which I have not rooted yet (she is happy on stock) and her Baseband is different than what I have. Hers is 12.56.60.25U_26.10.04.03_M
Would that be the latest?
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That's the latest for g bread.
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Just get one s and everithing is working fine except phone losing signal I mean am in same 4g area, but phone shows no bars, big X sign and that's it.
Restart phone or airplane mode on off is restarting connection.
I can't find any situation when this is happened so to me this is randomly
Sim card is changed for small one in T-Mobile store.
What's interesting bars going to 0 but 4g is still working, then big X shows and all gone
Access point setup to t-mobile
Thanks for any help.
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Same thing happens to me...
Same here sometimes, in Europa, losing signal for no reason.
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It was found that the fast dormancy feature is not compatible with all network carriers.
Therefore, fix for that (only for ROOTed phones) is available using a change to the build.prop file.
The needed change is detailed here:
ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1
ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule=1 change to =0
I have just spend 2 hours on phone coping first HTC and T-Mobile.
In HTC they told me there is issue with towers in my area.
I call T-Mobile and after 1 hour 30 min they figure it out they have technical issue with towers I ask why my wife's wildfire S is doing great "my personal technician" it depends on witch tower, witch channel and finally witch device so hopefully they will fix floating signal in 72 hours and that's will close m y case. If not HTC this time will not get any reason to denide warranty and will send me new phone
Greetings Pawel
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pawel_podgorski said:
I have just spend 2 hours on phone coping first HTC and T-Mobile.
In HTC they told me there is issue with towers in my area.
I call T-Mobile and after 1 hour 30 min they figure it out they have technical issue with towers I ask why my wife's wildfire S is doing great "my personal technician" it depends on witch tower, witch channel and finally witch device so hopefully they will fix floating signal in 72 hours and that's will close m y case. If not HTC this time will not get any reason to denide warranty and will send me new phone
Greetings Pawel
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Standard CS BS. I think you'll find that the new phone will have the same problem. I believe it is a radio issue. I hear flashing the European radios helps but not brave enough to try.
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I'm also having this problem.
Just randomly the phone will just disconnect from the network. Takes it about a few minutes (1 to 5 minutes) then it suddenly reconnects.
I've heard changing the micro-sim was a fix but that didnt work for me. I thought maybe it was a ROM issue but I've been rooted for about 2 months now (the issue started happening a day later).
Has anyone actually tried the build.prop fix?
Well after yesterday phonecalls TO HTC and t mobile situation gets a lot better.
Usually was 10 15 times per day today only 2 times on lunch time.
I don't know maybe my phone get a better day or they really fixing something
We will see tomorrow
Ps
I don't won't to root mine until devs will not find other way to s off. I don't won't to lose warranty
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I think i read that's a prob with the US Tmo variant. Radio. Supposed to be fixed with latest RUU 1.84. If not, go bug HTC about it. Most likely their crap.
You could also try to flash the latest Radio from EU RUU 1.78 (0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L) which is one generation ahead.
Check my MediaFire folder. Got the zip's in there. untested though. need be brave for this. And u'll need a custom recovery. and be unlocked of course.
pawel_podgorski said:
I have just spend 2 hours on phone coping first HTC and T-Mobile.
In HTC they told me there is issue with towers in my area.
I call T-Mobile and after 1 hour 30 min they figure it out they have technical issue with towers I ask why my wife's wildfire S is doing great "my personal technician" it depends on witch tower, witch channel and finally witch device so hopefully they will fix floating signal in 72 hours and that's will close m y case. If not HTC this time will not get any reason to denide warranty and will send me new phone
Greetings Pawel
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Don't let HTC fool you. Their ICS radios SUCK. Same issues with the Amaze 4G when it updated from GB to ICS. Its not the towers
I think I'm gonna flash the EU radio just because I've got nothing to lose at this point.
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The EU radios are not a problem for the device. They also work in the US. The problem is rather to get them flashed. I couldn't really swap radios. My device just didn't accept the flash.
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pawel_podgorski said:
Well after yesterday phonecalls TO HTC and t mobile situation gets a lot better.
Usually was 10 15 times per day today only 2 times on lunch time.
I don't know maybe my phone get a better day or they really fixing something
We will see tomorrow
Ps
I don't won't to root mine until devs will not find other way to s off. I don't won't to lose warranty
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I've also noticed it's gotten better so something is changing somewhere. But still the problem persists.
FWIW, I've rooted every device I've had since the G1 (6 devices[G1, N1, G2, MT4G, MT4GS and 1S]) and never had any issue initiating a warranty exchange or getting warranty service.
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Sneakyghost said:
The EU radios are not a problem for the device. They also work in the US. The problem is rather to get them flashed. I couldn't really swap radios. My device just didn't accept the flash.
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Just curious what issues did you see? I'm wanting to try flashing the EU radio but I use TWRP recovery.
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Just curious what issues did you see? I'm wanting to try flashing the EU radio but I use TWRP recovery.
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It flashed alright with success message but the radio didn't change. The chip wouldn't accept the write. Probably S-OFF required.
I've spent some two hours waiting at the hospital today and had enough time to check out the connection under bad signal conditions.
I must say, the HOS radio of the latest EU ruu is having severe problems with keeping the connection alive. Even my HD2 with gingerbread was a lot better. This phone suxx with bad signal. And this is not in the US where this problem has mostly been reported. This is in Germany.
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I'm glad that I'm not the only one. I really like this phone a lot but with the signal dropping so much I really want to change phones. I bought it off wirefly so in pretty much stuck with it for the next two years.
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It happens to me too sometimes. I just flashed the latest European radio and it worked fine for me.
I'm having the same issue. I've tried three different radios and several different roms and now i'm back to stock by using a restore I had before going crazy on my phone with the available roms... It seems that the stock rom drops signal as well. It just elegantly drops the connection and then reconnects whereas all the custom roms I've tried don't. Not sure what to do... I mostly purchased the One S for its hardware.
These are the radio's I've tried and they all have much of the same problem on my phone.
Radio from RUU_Ville_U_HTC_Europe_1.78.401.2
0.16.31501S.17_2_10.23.31501S.10L
Radio from OTA_Ville_U_TMOUS_1.84.531.2
0.16.31501S.16_2_10.22.31501S.10L
Radio from Stock T-Mobile US
0.16.31501S.02_10.18.31501S.08L
If anyone knows of a fix for this, I'd be more than happy to try it.
After hours with t-mobile personal technician they figure out they will replace my phone. Phone was bought on craig's list - something like e bay but free - and what's interesting T-Mobile will exchange for new one. We will see what's the story with new one
good luck to everybody
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I`m having signal issues, as well. Whereas my wife`s phone has very good connection whatever the places we`ve been to, mine was struggling. And strange ups and downs with full and suddenly no connection at all within same area. I tried several ROMs and flashed the latest radio but still suffers. Regardless I`m in an area with full signal, when I switch to 3G then the signal instantly drops some bars. Very annoying....
Hi @ll. To me subject is over. Im using new replacement phone for 3 days and none of previous problems appear. I have no clue what was a problem. HTC blame t-mobile and t-mobile blame HTC. After all I get replacement device and 3 days phone work without any problem. Battery life is now much better because phone is not looking for signal. Still signal is floating but it is not going under 2 bars and device is all the time login in network.
So good luck to everybody. Greetings.
Pawel
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So even if I flash the stock ROM and put a custom ROM (like CM9 for example), this problem will not be fixed ??!! Even if I update the radio ?
Just until yesterday my phone has been fine and using CM10 builds (Kang, MIUI, Bruce, SuperXE) but for whatever reason I no longer can hold a data signal. I go into About phone and can see that my mobile is connecting and disconnected every couple seconds, I open browser and I have no connection. Any thoughts? I reflashed multiple roms many times. I get the H logo, sometimes plain sometimes with just an arrow going up
Hi. Maybe try another radio and ril and see if that makes your signal stronger. I changed my radio and ril and have better signal. Maybe it will work for you, depending on your area. Start with the generic ics radio and ril you can find them in sensation Android development area.try out a few but remember your old radio and ril so you can restore it if need be. Also read the directions carefully please. Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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realsis said:
Hi. Maybe try another radio and ril and see if that makes your signal stronger. I changed my radio and ril and have better signal. Maybe it will work for you, depending on your area. Start with the generic ics radio and ril you can find them in sensation Android development area.try out a few but remember your old radio and ril so you can restore it if need be. Also read the directions carefully please. Hope this helps. Best wishes.
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Thanks to forum member Skipjacks, I found out that it is a known bug. I flashed back to stock and everything is back to normal. Will reflash CM10 soon!