I've got a 1010 Captivate and I'm using the DesignGears leaked Froyo (I know, it's ANCIENT)
But this ROM gives me near or above 3Mbps download speeds.
I just installed the latest Continuum today and struggled with 4 different modem files, switching bands to 850/CDMA, "automatic" band selection and other settings and I could NEVER pull above 1Mbps download.
I reflashed to Elciar and then the Froyo leak and BAM -- 3Mbps again.
What the hell is the deal here? I REALLY want to use a custom ROM but my download speeds are crippled like Timmy.
FWIW, my upload speeds on every ROM I've tried (Cognition, Firefly, Cont) have been GREAT, at or above 1Mbps. Obvioulsly, the Froyo leak not being 'H' enabled caps me at 384Kbps but that isn't my concern.
Why, oh why Captivate gods am I forced to use an OLD Froyo leak.
I've also tried other 2.2 ROMS in the past but now I'm beyond frustrated. I JUST WANT TO USE A CUSTOM ROM and have my download speeds be normal.
What could I possibly be doing wrong??
How many threads are you going to open tonight asking the same question. Just because you reformat the question doesn't mean you should start a new thread.
Just two. Can you please help?
I've tried multiple modem files, multiple bands including automatic. It just doesn't make sense.
I pop back on the Froyo leak and I'm back to 3Mbps+ downloads.
Believe me I wish I could help but here is where I am. I have 2 captivates, one is just a back up, and I have been running cm7 for months on my main one. No issues with speed at all. Flashed jvh on my backup and tried it for a day or two here and there. The overall slowness in data speeds compared to cm7 was enough for me that I flashed my back up back to stock. Question for you.....have you tried cm7? initial install is a lot easier now.
By the way....never did a speed test on jvh....real world use left absolutely no doubt to me it was too slow for me.
I don't have broadband at my current location (Cricket EVDO) so I often tether my phone since I'm still grandfathered into an unlimited plan and so far AT&T hasn't caught me so download speeds are pretty crucial for me.
I'll try CM7 tomorrow. Too tired to spend another 2-3 hours playing with my phone. Thanks for the suggestion!
After browsing the Threads for a bit (and I use the word 'a bit' lightly since I'm limited on time at work) I've not really found an answer for the problem I'm having.
Over the weekend I took the plunge and entered into the world of Rooting and custom ROM's on my HTC Inspire 4G. The ROM of choice?
Android Revolution 4G 5.1.7
The results? Well, overall the phone feels nice and smooth. I've noticed that it lags pretty decently if I'm running certain internet radio apps and sometimes that my screen will go black, my home row (four buttons at the bottom of the screen) buttons will stay lit, and I can't make my phone DO anything. I guess this is a lock up? Anyways, these are all minor tweaks for me, and not a big big deal.
The big issue? My H+ is gone, and I don't mean the fact it just shows an H now instead. I mean the fact in areas where I use to get enough signal to stream music all night, I barely get signal, it drops randomly, or it'll play one song, and disconnect. I have to unlock the screen and restart the app altogether to get it playing again. Rinse, repeat. The speed has been a huge drop too. Standing outside my room where I was getting 1.5Mbps-2Mbps download speeds and about the same for upload, I'm now getting 512kbps download and maybe 80kbps upload...A HUGE difference.
I'm using the radio suggested in the thread for the ROM (Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2) and I've tried a few others as well, and still see horrible results. Is there any suggestions about this, or is it time to find a new ROM/way back to the stock ROM and Radio?
Thanks.
I just flashed the same ROM coming from Android Revolution HD 4.0 β 4. Since I'm at work I haven't had a chance to flash the suggested radio yet for Revolution 5.1.7, still using the radio from the 4.0 β 4. I would try 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M, I'm still getting the same signal strength that I was with the old ROM with the new.
Link Its in the middle of the first post.
How's the speed with the suggested Radio? Personally I'm a little disappointed with getting far slower speeds after the ROM swap and rooting the phone.
I'm in the middle of Dallas right now, but I'm getting 76ms ping, 5088kbps down and 1283kbps up. Thats about usual for where I'm at.
And on this ROM I don't know if it will even show an H+, mine just says H. Network says I'm on HSDPA...
Nice. I'll have to change the Radio when I get home and hope its the problem. Downloading at less than 1mbps with four bars and uploading at less than 100kbps kinda caps the phone to the point that my (censored) 4 actually looks less than unappealing lol. Did you do anything else that may be different? I haven't gotten the OTA update since the ROM change (from what I've read, that's not something we get anyways?) and I'm assuming that with this ROM we'll only ever see the H and not H+ like the stock ROM has?
Haven't done anything that I think would affect the signal/speed/data/whatever. This was a fresh download and install from about 3hours ago. If flashing that other radio fails, I would try a clean install, redownload rom, wipe everything that needs wiping and make sure to follow the directions exactly. If all that fails search that thread, FAQ's, I'm almost certain you're not the only one that has had this problem.
Its the second time I've wiped clean (even using the suggested download file he has on the thread for the wiping) with the same results, but I'll give it another whirl. Third time's the charm right? I'm just hoping the radio is the problem so that I can move on to figuring out why running Slacker and Meebo at the same time causes my phone to lag like a SOB now. D:
I had signal problem with the coredroid Rom. I am using stock radio. Make sure u flash RIL with the radio u are using. That will improve signal.
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topgun303 said:
I had signal problem with the coredroid Rom. I am using stock radio. Make sure u flash RIL with the radio u are using. That will improve signal.
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Not to sound too much like the newbie I am but...RIL?
Kuronen said:
Not to sound too much like the newbie I am but...RIL?
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This link explains what RIL is and It also has links to RIL with What ever radio you are running. Just match the radio numbers and flash the Correct RIL
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1040986
I'll give all the advice above a try and see what works out. Either way, if I can get it working, I'll be sure to mash a few Thank buttons. Lets hope this works, 'cause I'm digging this ROM (minus the uber slow down with Slacker Radio) a whole lot.
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I just flashed the same ROM coming from Android Revolution HD 4.0 β 4. Since I'm at work I haven't had a chance to flash the suggested radio yet for Revolution 5.1.7, still using the radio from the 4.0 β 4. I would try 12.41.60.19_26.06.04.14_M, I'm still getting the same signal strength that I was with the old ROM with the new.
Link Its in the middle of the first post.
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Well, I'm finally able to work on my phone, and get ready to download the suggested Radio when...File removed?! Hm, guess I'll have to look around and try to find where to download it from.
Okay, I've tried all the above methods, and even standing in an area with full signal (H, though dialing info with all the stars and such tells me I'm in HSDPA) and I'm still getting a download of about 625kbps and an upload of about...Well, 10kbps when it actually works. Any umm, suggestions or is my phone just SOL? I'd really hate to have to go back to the iDevice due to having a hot fast phone that has the connection speed to rival dialup. x.x'
@ Kuronen
I can help you out here, I had the same problem as you. It is because of the build.prop settings in the Android Revolution 4 roms.
If you need to know specifically how to do edit the file I would be happy to explain.
Here are my setting in the build.prop file that gave me 3mb/1.2mb up/down.
ro.ril.enable.a52.HTC-ITA=1 (probably a standards enforcement flag)
ro.ril.enable.a53.HTC-ITA=1 (...)
ro.ril.enable.a52=0 (this disables older type of encryption)
ro.ril.enable.a53=1 (enables encrption gsm?)
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=13 (this is a little higher than the chipset supports)
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7 (supposed to be the highest cat)
ro.ril.hsxpa=2 (this turns on both hsupa/hspa+?)
ro.ril.avoid.pdp.overlap=1 (this stabilized the connection)
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1 (oddly enough, this doubled my speed!)
ro.ril.enable.hep=1 (I don't know what this does, it doesn't seem to make a diff)
ro.ril.enable.sdr=0 (this is to turn on software data radio, should not be needed)
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2 (unkown)
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1 (this enables GSM encryption)
ro.ril.enable.prl.recognition=0 (if you are in china leave this as 1)
These settings give me good speeds. In other forums the 3G prefix command is supposed to only "label" the connection as 3G, but I have confirmed that in my area enabling the prefix actually doubles my downlink speed. So it must be flagging something elsewhere.
To edit the build.prop file after you have flashed to your phone you will need the android SDK kit. In general you have to log into the shell of the phone and remount the system partition as RW (read-write) then you can push the build.prop you edited and reboot. Just remember to edit the text file with an editor and uses unix style line feeds (like notepad2 ).
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@ Kuronen
I can help you out here, I had the same problem as you. It is because of the build.prop settings in the Android Revolution 4 roms.
If you need to know specifically how to do edit the file I would be happy to explain.
Here are my setting in the build.prop file that gave me 3mb/1.2mb up/down.
ro.ril.enable.a52.HTC-ITA=1 (probably a standards enforcement flag)
ro.ril.enable.a53.HTC-ITA=1 (...)
ro.ril.enable.a52=0 (this disables older type of encryption)
ro.ril.enable.a53=1 (enables encrption gsm?)
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=13 (this is a little higher than the chipset supports)
ro.ril.hsupa.category=7 (supposed to be the highest cat)
ro.ril.hsxpa=2 (this turns on both hsupa/hspa+?)
ro.ril.avoid.pdp.overlap=1 (this stabilized the connection)
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1 (oddly enough, this doubled my speed!)
ro.ril.enable.hep=1 (I don't know what this does, it doesn't seem to make a diff)
ro.ril.enable.sdr=0 (this is to turn on software data radio, should not be needed)
ro.ril.enable.ucsq=2 (unkown)
ro.ril.enable.gea3=1 (this enables GSM encryption)
ro.ril.enable.prl.recognition=0 (if you are in china leave this as 1)
These settings give me good speeds. In other forums the 3G prefix command is supposed to only "label" the connection as 3G, but I have confirmed that in my area enabling the prefix actually doubles my downlink speed. So it must be flagging something elsewhere.
To edit the build.prop file after you have flashed to your phone you will need the android SDK kit. In general you have to log into the shell of the phone and remount the system partition as RW (read-write) then you can push the build.prop you edited and reboot. Just remember to edit the text file with an editor and uses unix style line feeds (like notepad2 ).
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I'll have to give this a try when I get home. I've tried like 3 roms now all with decreasing luck, as well as a handful (including stock) of radios. Though, unless I can figure out why using Slacker Radio causes my phone to respond so slow that it takes a few minutes to move swipe screens, I may end up going back to stock anyways. As much as I don't want to.
Though, I'll give this a whirl first, and hopefully it'll fix my speed issue. I can give up Slacker if everything else works amazing, more so the batter life lol.
Edit: A walk through, or a link to one, would be utterly amazing. After looking at my SDK folder I realized I have no earthly clue how the heck to use it. All I can really do is find virtual devices. D=
On 5.1.6 and 5.1.7. All is fine here, including signal.
I get ~5mbps down and ~1.2 mbps up.
I see your on the Same rom as I am. I haven't fully read through this thread but I'm sure something in the mix u did might have made it to act funny. I have the same rom flash the recommended radio and flash The ril aswell and there seems to be no problem on my end. I'm around 2.5 megs down and 1.3 megs up. Also your phone SHOULD be much smoother and I don't seem to have any glitches on my phone. Also if u can setcpu off the android market that would help the smoothness of your phone with that rom. And if possible what's your build prop? Messing with that could improve signal but I wouldn't reccomend it. Let that be the last thing you mess with.
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I've tried re hack-kitting it, different roms, radios, stock radio with different roms, etc, etc. Kernels updated, RIL and all that, and still get
150kbps download and 70kbps upload.
Massive huge drop from stock pre-root and all that where I was getting closer to 2mbps download and 1.5mbps upload. Which I can't seem to get anymore even with the stock ROM/Radio. Guess its a sign that I should've left things as they were.
I'll try to figure out how to edit build.prop but several hours of googling have given me plenty of 'oh just edit this!' threads, but nothing on detailed instructions on how to get to build.prop to edit.
Since I can't go without a phone for long (on call 24/7) I don't have the ability to sit down and spend a few days making it into a project while I go without a phone...So I guess until I can find a good tutorial on how to edit the build.prop and see if that's it, its time to go back stock.
No point in having a bad-a custom rom that makes it fast, sleek, and uses less battery if using the phone itself isn't enjoyable. No good net, means no good phone in my opinion.
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After browsing the Threads for a bit (and I use the word 'a bit' lightly since I'm limited on time at work) I've not really found an answer for the problem I'm having.
Over the weekend I took the plunge and entered into the world of Rooting and custom ROM's on my HTC Inspire 4G. The ROM of choice?
Android Revolution 4G 5.1.7
The results? Well, overall the phone feels nice and smooth. I've noticed that it lags pretty decently if I'm running certain internet radio apps and sometimes that my screen will go black, my home row (four buttons at the bottom of the screen) buttons will stay lit, and I can't make my phone DO anything. I guess this is a lock up? Anyways, these are all minor tweaks for me, and not a big big deal.
The big issue? My H+ is gone, and I don't mean the fact it just shows an H now instead. I mean the fact in areas where I use to get enough signal to stream music all night, I barely get signal, it drops randomly, or it'll play one song, and disconnect. I have to unlock the screen and restart the app altogether to get it playing again. Rinse, repeat. The speed has been a huge drop too. Standing outside my room where I was getting 1.5Mbps-2Mbps download speeds and about the same for upload, I'm now getting 512kbps download and maybe 80kbps upload...A HUGE difference.
I'm using the radio suggested in the thread for the ROM (Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2) and I've tried a few others as well, and still see horrible results. Is there any suggestions about this, or is it time to find a new ROM/way back to the stock ROM and Radio?
Thanks.
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I had the exact same problem. To be honest, I liked android revolution, but the speeds and signal were a BIG issue for me. I ended up going to a stock ROM that was rooted. I'm back to H+ and decent speeds. I was using CM7 before I loaded up android revolution and it was great. I only switched to revolution because I missed Sense.
I wish I could get my original speed back. D: Honestly it seems like I've lost out since I rooted my phone. I can barely push 1mbps download and 200kbps uploads now. And thats after completely unrooting and restoring my phone to stock. And I still can't play any Pandora/Slacker without opening my phone up over and over and fighting with it to connect. In a place where I use to stream for 8+ hours no problem.
Now that I have s-off, I'm wondering what rom is everyone using? I'm mainly looking for speed, but I do like the sense 3.0 lockscreen.
Any thoughts?
LeeDROiD Sensational V1.0 - 22nd July | APM | CRT | OverScroll | FAST & STABLE
That is my first choice.
Any reason why that would be your first choice?
Close to stock, but rooted and tweaked for performance.
Plus, the developer inspires confidence in me, somehow...
geeez s-off is made public today..
and also the kernel code.. give the deys a few days/weks to cook up something awesome..
Jur1nator said:
geeez s-off is made public today..
and also the kernel code.. give the deys a few days/weks to cook up something awesome..
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But of course!
However, why not have some fun in the meantime, once the original image is backup-ed with clockworkmod?
Theoretically - it should do no harm, that cannot be undone.
Have fun, if flashing constantly with new ROMs is fun for you!
Me personally - I cant wait for an plain android rom AOSP rom that has wifi calling - this is my dream
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Me personally - I cant wait for an plain android rom AOSP rom that has wifi calling - this is my dream
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+1. As long as BT A2DP works.
I want CM7 something or other. I'd love to see a AOSP on this thing. Its such a beast of a phone. All the extra goodies, overclocking, and other stuff that's packed in. Hopefully we get a CM7 on it.
The rom (leedroid) I just flashed on my T-Mobile USA doesn't support RX diversity for the GSM network. So that means your reception will be poorer especially when traveling (mostly all GSM for us T-Mobile users) I tried to deathgrip it and unlike on the stock T-Mobile USA rom, my bars just stayed at 1 instead of switching to the antenna at the top of the phone and bringing me back to 2-3 bars. No RX diversity on 4G from what I can tell. Wait for something that is specifically for T-Mobile USA Sensation 4G users so we can have WiFi calling and RX diversity.
Is there any ROM out here that supports Wifi-Calling yet?
i noticed none of the devs here are from the US.. when will we get a rom optimized for tmous sensation 4g?
I am sure we will see some sick roms in the next few days.
I currently have a sgs2, ordered a sensation with att 3g bands today. I'm so excited that I can get s-off when I receive my sensation and flash different roms
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LeeDroid's ROM seems sick Its tempting to try it out but I see some posting that there is a bit of lag . Oh well, let's give our devs some time to cook up some great roms
Eugene373 should be cooking up something soon.. Can't wait.
sorry for the stupid question but when trying to flash a recovery via rom manager i cannot locate my phone model through the phone list. i assume there is something i missed or i have to wait for the sensation to be added to the list ??
Sorry for the noob question ive been reading around and havent gotten a clear answer, any help is appreciated and thanked
I am waiting for CM7 or MIUI (preferably).
Is CM7 rom the only rom that offer nightly built? Why aren't all rom doing this?
intel.nehalem said:
LeeDroid's ROM seems sick Its tempting to try it out but I see some posting that there is a bit of lag . Oh well, let's give our devs some time to cook up some great roms
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I flashed Leedroid first but couldn't stand the lag, so I jumped over to Android Revolution and...we'll see how it goes :S
heygrl said:
The rom (leedroid) I just flashed on my T-Mobile USA doesn't support RX diversity for the GSM network. So that means your reception will be poorer especially when traveling (mostly all GSM for us T-Mobile users) I tried to deathgrip it and unlike on the stock T-Mobile USA rom, my bars just stayed at 1 instead of switching to the antenna at the top of the phone and bringing me back to 2-3 bars. No RX diversity on 4G from what I can tell. Wait for something that is specifically for T-Mobile USA Sensation 4G users so we can have WiFi calling and RX diversity.
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I may be reading your post wrong but I think your very confused on what Diversity is. It is nothing built into your handset. ALL PHONES WHETHER GSM, UMTS, CDMA, WCDMA, LTE, WiMAX OR WHATEVER SUPPORT DIVERSITY RX. In fact, it's not even a function of your phone. Diversity RX has NOTHING to do with your handset whatsoever!!! You do NOT have 2 antenna's. Diversity is at the cell site. Diversity is having 2 receive antenna's on a tower that are a part of a single sector (there are typically 3 sectors per tower, but can be more depending on the RF design). Anyways, how to put diversity in easy terms. So when your phone is registered on a sector, that sector will have 2 different receive paths originating from 2 different antenna's. What this does is allows the cell site to determine which path has the best (not to be mistaken with strongest, best means best quality) receive path for your phone and then utilizes that path. It's for quality.
Again, you DO NOT have separate antenna's in our cell. Whatever test you trying, is a fluke. Even if you had those, which you don't, that information would be written into the radio image, NOT the OS.
I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong section or for anything else.
Hey guys. i have been messing around with this AT&T LG thrill 4G for some time now waiting for a blasted update. aren't we all?
I have also been trying to find the best base band for my area, i find the answer is unclear from searching around. Is there a special sequence flashing the base bands to achieve the best results?
As of now im running the Acura team ROM fine. i previously was running the KING ROM with no issues until i tried a different base band and loss data. anyhow i went back to the BB that worked with king before and could never get data higher then 500 kbps.??
Also thanks in advance to everyone that uses there time to make this happen for us all!
akwhite23 said:
I apologize in advance if this is in the wrong section or for anything else.
Hey guys. i have been messing around with this AT&T LG thrill 4G for some time now waiting for a blasted update. aren't we all?
I have also been trying to find the best base band for my area, i find the answer is unclear from searching around. Is there a special sequence flashing the base bands to achieve the best results?
As of now im running the Acura team ROM fine. i previously was running the KING ROM with no issues until i tried a different base band and loss data. anyhow i went back to the BB that worked with king before and could never get data higher then 500 kbps.??
Also thanks in advance to everyone that uses there time to make this happen for us all!
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Well i think i have finally made my peace for now, i seems hit and miss.
Its kinda weird to be honest. i can flash a new rom one min and get 500kbps data, and flash a different one and back and get 3G speeds. I have settled with the samba rom with v18a base band. all is well for now.
With these new phones coming out for Virgin, I'm a little disappointed in that I have to keep my Triumph..
Does anyone have tips on how to speed up the 3G? I live in the South Florida area, and I am running MIUI 1.12 with SD Kernel.
fusionice said:
With these new phones coming out for Virgin, I'm a little disappointed in that I have to keep my Triumph..
Does anyone have tips on how to speed up the 3G? I live in the South Florida area, and I am running MIUI 1.12 with SD Kernel.
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You can try and edit the PRL file, however I have not done it this myself due to mixed reviews. However some people swear by it.
http://androidforums.com/triumph-all-things-root/575310-recommended-prl.html
I have not tried it for the same reason.. and it seems like a bit of work for something so variable. What about the 3G Supercharger by zeppelinrox?
ICS ROMs increase your performance on your phone! You could try flashing an ICS ROM...still no camera fix as far as i know. Or you could try debloating!