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?
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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.
Kuronen said:
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.
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I have been flashing roms like crazy since they hit and I love to tinker, but I'm about to leave on vacation and need my call quality to be clear, I'd like to be able to use wireless hot spot and I wanted to have the fastest speeds possible.
It took a little while and I won't step you through the entire process, but here's what I did and where I found the info.
I'm assuming you've already got root so I'll skip that.
1) flash attn1's stock rooted rom found here
This ROM already has side loading enabled so you can install non market apps.
2) enable wireless tether. I'm shocked that it works, but it seems to work. Thread is here.
3) Turn on HSUPA. This one is a bit more complicated so I'll explain it.
you will need a file manager on the phone that will let you access the file system. There are several on the market, but Root Explorer is easiest to use.
In root explorer navigate to /system set the file system to r/w. Find the build.prop file. This is the file we want to edit. make a backup first, so long press the build.prop file and rename it to build.prop.bak. Now long press on build.prop again and choose open in a text editor. Root explorer has one built in. The 4th line down should say ro.ril.hsxpa=x. Change that value to 3 press menu choose save changes. Go into settings/applications and turn off fast boot. Reboot and you will have high speed data, sideloading, and tethering all enabled with stock Inspire sound.
Figuring all this out took about an hour of searching/reading and tinkering but it was worth it. Hope someone finds this helpful.
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Thanks to the guys who figured this all out for me. All I had to do was a little research. They did the heavy lifting.
I am a total noob when it comes to flashing ROMS etc.. What has to be done first in order to apply these to my phone? My phone is bone stock and nothing has been done to it. Is there a guide on how to get to the point where you say "I'm assuming you've already got root so I'll skip that". Thanks for any help.
start here
Thanks. So, all I need to do is create a gold card in order to root, then follow your how to? Can I use part 1 of r34p3rex's video tutorial till the end then follow your guide?
Thanks
Gunny- Thanks for your posts. You're really active in this forum, but keep things easy to understand. I am a moderately knowledgable user (the most dangerous kind) and I appreciate your posts tremendously. I'm not about to leave AHD as I love to be able to theme things! Once we get attn1's rooted stock deodexed, I'll be all over that again.
kirk123 said:
Thanks. So, all I need to do is create a gold card in order to root, then follow your how to? Can I use part 1 of r34p3rex's video tutorial till the end then follow your guide?
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Get rooted then come back to this. and Please spend about a day reading the stickies before you root your phone.
I changed the value to 3 but still have slow upload speeds. Any ideas?
Never mind. I turned off fast boot and rebooted. Went from 700k down 250k up, to 2700k down, 1200k up.
Nice!
Finally, speeds that make my iPhone pals envious
THis sounds great, I'll try when I get off work tonight
harlenm said:
I changed the value to 3 but still have slow upload speeds. Any ideas?
Never mind. I turned off fast boot and rebooted. Went from 700k down 250k up, to 2700k down, 1200k up.
Nice!
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Wow, you are awesome. I did change the value to 3 and saw no change after reboot but I did disable fast boot and both upload and download speeds are A LOT faster. Used to get 1000kbps down and 158kbps up and now thanks to Gunny and you, harlenm, my speeds are 1900kbps down with 1467kbps up. WOOHOO! THANKS GUYS!
Glad y'all are finding this helps. I edited the Op to add the step for disabling fastboot. Thanks for that.
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Glad y'all are finding this helps. I edited the Op to add the step for disabling fastboot. Thanks for that.
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Hey gunnyman, nice to see you over here in the Inspire forums. I am familiar with you from the Captivate side. I just got my Inspire on Tuesday, am rooted and running Attn1's Inspire DHD ROM with the stock radio. Do you notice a marked improvement in the Audio between the two ROMS with the stock Radio? I will probably give this a flash sometime this morning to try it out. Stock seems nice enough for me right now.
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Yeah that really made my day! I had terrible speeds prior to this with the inspire, but now it feels like a new phone again. I had the iphone 4 before with higher data speeds. With the the inspire 4G i was getting terrible speeds. I was on the phone complaining to them about the data speeds and they kept telling me that the area I am in is congested and theres nothing they can do. Well... a little tinkering with the settings, and problem solved!
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Hey gunnyman, nice to see you over here in the Inspire forums. I am familiar with you from the Captivate side. I just got my Inspire on Tuesday, am rooted and running Attn1's Inspire DHD ROM with the stock radio. Do you notice a marked improvement in the Audio between the two ROMS with the stock Radio? I will probably give this a flash sometime this morning to try it out. Stock seems nice enough for me right now.
Thanks
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The only sound I have found acceptable is the Stock Rooted. The radio makes no difference. there's something going on with the stock kernel and drivers. With source dropping a couple of days ago I'm sure it will get sorted out before long.
There seem to be a lot of us Captivate defectors on Inspires now :up:
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The only sound I have found acceptable is the Stock Rooted. The radio makes no difference. there's something going on with the stock kernel and drivers. With source dropping a couple of days ago I'm sure it will get sorted out before long.
There seem to be a lot of us Captivate defectors on Inspires now :up:
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Yeah, it is pretty tinny, I have to say. I'm sure it'll get straightened out. I jumped for the GPS. Even though I don't use it all that much, especially while moving, and the devs over there had it fixed pretty good for standing still, it just bothered me way too much. Going to flash this in a bit.
Edit to ask: It seems as tho flashing a ROM over another (at least Sense to Sense) all I have to do is clear cache and flash? It even seemed to maintain my settigns/apps/app data when I went from Revolution to Inspire DHD yesterday. Is it really that easy? No flashing to stock and master clear first?
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Yeah, it is pretty tinny, I have to say. I'm sure it'll get straightened out. I jumped for the GPS. Even though I don't use it all that much, especially while moving, and the devs over there had it fixed pretty good for standing still, it just bothered me way too much. Going to flash this in a bit.
Edit to ask: It seems as tho flashing a ROM over another (at least Sense to Sense) all I have to do is clear cache and flash? It even seemed to maintain my settigns/apps/app data when I went from Revolution to Inspire DHD yesterday. Is it really that easy? No flashing to stock and master clear first?
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correct. Since there's no "lag fix" silliness to deal with and HTC actually uses a "standard" file system in its phones, all you need to do is wipe data and clear dalvik cache.
You don't have to wipe data, but I do it anyway.
Except my speeds are back to crap after reinstalling the rom. Arghh
Just redo the build prop.
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this is a super helpful thread.
thanks for this. I will be doing this to my inspire tonight!
I was wondering if it would be possible to use tasker to flick wifi off and on when wifi drops and/or 3g activates. Lately it seems on my phone that when I go out of wifi range and the 3g/4g connects the last wifi spot is remembered and almost acts like it is still in range causing issues when trying to connect to the next spot. I already installed the 7 day trial but haven't had as much time to research as I thought. Sound possible? Wasting my time?
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I was wondering if it would be possible to use tasker to flick wifi off and on when wifi drops and/or 3g activates. Lately it seems on my phone that when I go out of wifi range and the 3g/4g connects the last wifi spot is remembered and almost acts like it is still in range causing issues when trying to connect to the next spot. I already installed the 7 day trial but haven't had as much time to research as I thought. Sound possible? Wasting my time?
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What ROM are you on? I haven't had any of the problems like you describe since moving to Gingerbread.
Sorry, still stock. I keep thinking about flashing a rom but like others I am hoping for an official release soon with all the updates/leaks. Also this is my first android phone and I don't have total confidence in flashing it. For instance for whatever reason rooting using the "regular" method didn't work and had to use superoneclick. The latest rom thread also seems like a bit of a hodge-podge of things needed to get everything working....no disrespect intended to the individuals working on it.
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Sorry, still stock. I keep thinking about flashing a rom but like others I am hoping for an official release soon with all the updates/leaks. Also this is my first android phone and I don't have total confidence in flashing it. For instance for whatever reason rooting using the "regular" method didn't work and had to use superoneclick. The latest rom thread also seems like a bit of a hodge-podge of things needed to get everything working....no disrespect intended to the individuals working on it.
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Superoneclick is the "Regular" method for most people...
Infused 2.x had a few rough patches as he tried to integrate UCKI3/I4 stuff to fix the known issues with the Rogers release, but that has settled down as people have figured out what's broken in I3/I4 and what's not.
Serendipity VII is still stable, Mikey didn't rush to bring in the I3/I4 stuff. If you flash it, you'll have the following issues:
No audio on first call after boot - toggling speaker on/off will fix it (Hellraiser known issue)
No HDMI (won't see this until AT&T releases Gingerbread)
Data speed issues (However the Hellraiser beta9 kernel or my DD kernel may improve this - I am STILL waiting for someone in an area with good speeds to do an A/B comparison between old/new kernels.)
Camera limited to 15 FPS video - but you can flash the UCKI3 camera libs to fix this, there's a separate flashable package with its own thread in the dev section
None of the above bother me significantly (In fact as I live in the boonies and shoot with an SLR, the data speed and camera issues don't bother me at all), so I have been on S7 for a while.
In general you will find that there are VERY few people here running stock Froyo any more.
Good news is that if you screw up, Samsungs are VERY easy to restore to stock. Download mode (aka Odin/Heimdall mode) is awesome.
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Superoneclick is the "Regular" method for most people...
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I guess that is where doubt started setting in about whether I should start flashing the phone or not. Both stickied root threads point to the rage against the cage method and one points to superoneclick being the old method. Thanks for all the info. I wasn't aware off the 30fps fix since I don't frequent the development threads. I honestly haven't had the time to do the necessary research if I get stuck so I have stayed stock.
Back on topic, I did get a chance to look up the some things in tasker and will try it out at work tomorrow since this is where it seems I have the most trouble. I'll post back if it works.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318704
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I just installed Octane to my galaxy s 4g after much work, research and reading through these forums. Everything is working phenomenally, I'm running gingerbread, have screaming speeds, and fairly decent 4g data connection (confirmed) and my phone boots faster than I've ever seen it, awesome work.
The problem is that wifi is not working that well. The range is horrible and it will only connect to wireless G routers, and absolutely will not even connect to any N routers, it just simply scans, connects, scans, connects, etc....
I have tried multiple modem files, the default that comes with Octane (which I believe is KI3, I tried KF2, as well as KJ3, all with same results, and will be attempting KD2 next (the one that came stock on the phone, I believe), which I expect the same results as I was running the KJ3 modem prior to moving from stock rom to Octane, with no issues which tells me it's likely a problem with how the new rom handles N networks, but if anybody else here has an idea on how to fix this, I'm all ears.
Like I said, everything else is working just great, so I know the rom installed properly and even got gingerbread working, however is someone doesn't believe me that I actually can follow instructions, the links for the guides I followed are below.
Rooted, installed cwm
backed up my stock rom, settings, etc, twice using cwm (just to make sure) and backed all sd card contents up to computer
attempted install of octane per the forum, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
failed due to gingerbread migration issue, fixed per the gingerbread start up guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
and of course for completeness, I did read over/follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1122508 where applicable and had a nice look over the bible at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117554 and a look over http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=979109
and that, I believe encompasses about every useful and up-to-date bit of pertinent information that I could find, and remember using since this adventure has taken quite a bit of time over the last few days.
So, please don't ask any dumb obvious questions like "did you set the mounts properly" or "did you wipe the cache first", because I did, if I didn't the rom wouldn't even be working and I would have a different issue, and please don't flame me if this happened to have been answered 6 months ago on this forum, google and even this forum search can only do so much and I did make every reasonable effort to find an answer first. I may be new to these forums but not to technology...so thanks to all who are able and willing to offer any useful suggestions/advice.
Sorry, but that last part of your post was arrogant as hell. You should consider not putting that there if you want help next time. Most people that could help might just be put off by that.
On topic, wifi is a known issue on ask of the GB ROMs, which is why every leak practically has the question "how's wifi". We're still waiting for a leak with all problems solved.
thank you very much for your reply, that was exactly the type of information I was looking for.
As for sounding arrogant, I apologize and did consider that when writing and tried to make it sound less arrogant, problem is I have had more than my fair share of experience on these forums and I find it tends to waste a ton of time when people don't bother to read my post and ask me obvious questions, or just simply insult me by talking down to me like a kindergartener. Now I understand there's a lot of noobs on here and such, and I apologize for my frustrations in getting responses and any hurt feelings. Unfortunately I don't know any better way of getting across that I'm not an idiot, can use search and google, and can follow directions....
Glad I could help.
However, if you're super dependent on wifi, you should probably go back to Froyo instead. IMO, the speed difference in GB is worth the poor wifi signal (although my wifi doesn't seem to have problems).
That wasn't meant to be anything offensive to you, btw. Just wanted to give you a heads up. Unfortunately, some people here jump at the chance to flame.
yeah, I'll take the speed anyday, having my phone up and ready to go in 2-4 minutes versus the 15-20 it used to take is definitely worth it, and 4g is working well enough I can live with being stuck on 4g at one end of my house...
and yes, people love to flame, on xbox we call them telephone tough guys, all the same though, a hallmark of the internet since the early 90's, man that makes me feel old....
You could also try switching out modems to see which one would give you the best service too.
Pardon my lack of proficiency on the subject but what tools and or apps do you use to test the wifi on our phones? I hardly use it so I really haven't noticed any difference since flashing custom ROMs. I think the only time I connect is to use the Google TV remote app to interact with the TV. I understand testing with different routers for the B/G/N connections I was just curious what tools you use to measure signal strength and throughput?
Locobato said:
Pardon my lack of proficiency on the subject but what tools and or apps do you use to test the wifi on our phones? I hardly use it so I really haven't noticed any difference since flashing custom ROMs. I think the only time I connect is to use the Google TV remote app to interact with the TV. I understand testing with different routers for the B/G/N connections I was just curious what tools you use to measure signal strength and throughput?
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I use wifi analyzer: https://market.android.com/details?id=com.farproc.wifi.analyzer
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Btw, the 802.11n supports only 2.4GHz, not 5GHz
Nice, thank you sir. Only thing is I don't want to go back to stock or even Froyo to see if there is a difference lol. But with this app at least I can see just what my Wifi is doing.
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Nice, thank you sir. Only thing is I don't want to go back to stock or even Froyo to see if there is a difference lol. But with this app at least I can see just what my Wifi is doing.
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Probably won't be any difference between modded and stock. Since the rom modders aren't modifying the modem.bin.
But going back to Froyo, you will notice a difference. It is much better there.
Wifi is probably the reason they haven't dropped GB source yet (amongst other stability issues).
[FIXED] wifi on galaxy s 4g fully working WITH gingerbread
IT WORKS, IT'S FIXED!!! WOOT!!!
yes, running gingerbread/octane on galaxy s 4g, have wifi on both N and G networks, secured with wpa/wpa2 psk. Typical setup in any home and it works!! not the strongest signal on the planet but I have access and screaming speeds (4g speeds are off the chain with this new rom compared to stock, better performance probably has everything to do with it)
so, yes, a router reboot and a couple modem file flashes later and viola, everything works.....using gingerbread. Would add a signature to show what I"m using if this site would let me, but for now I'll post it here:
Phone: samsung galaxy s 4g (SGH-T959V)
firmware version: 2.3.5
Baseband version: T959VUVKJ3
modem: KJ3
Kernel version: [email protected] #2
Build: Gingerbread.VUVKI3
Rom: octane v2.0 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305145
hint: if you choose to install the rom, be sure to install the gingerbread startup pack first!
from the above responses having wifi, 4g, and everything else working WITH a new rom and great performance has had an issue, I would like to say at this point everything is working great all around, no issues whatsoever. Total awesomsauce!
Why do I have lower wifi signal on AOKP than on ROM X?
It doesn't apply just to AOKP, it also applies to ICSROM (yes, generic term to any ICS ROM)
You probably don't have lower signal. Use Wifi analyzer to verify your signal strength on ROM X and on ICSROM. Compare them. Do they match up? Yes? Okay, quit asking about it.
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Why do I have lower wifi signal on AOKP than on ROM X?
It doesn't apply just to AOKP, it also applies to ICSROM (yes, generic term to any ICS ROM)
You probably don't have lower signal. Use Wifi analyzer to verify your signal strength on ROM X and on ICSROM. Compare them. Do they match up? Yes? Okay, quit asking about it.
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I agree, even though it looks as there in one bar on the wifi signal, my wifi signal is actually stronger than GB.
I know this because at work I have horrible reception and terrible wifi, compared to GB, ICS shows a weaker signal but works much better.
Wow, thanks FB.
That clears up a lot, and makes me feel better!
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How the hell did you get a video to embed? I tried all sorts of stuff and couldn't do it. Is it reserved for devs and contributors? I figured like most BB, you just click the button, then put the link inside the command, but I couldn't get it to work for nothin.
Hint: There is an edit button if you want to add more to your posts. Forum etiquette dictates that you don't double post.
A double post is when you make a new post right after another of your posts. I see you do this a lot.
if you want to know what code someone used to make something, click on quote, it'll show you all the BBCODE used in a post. Please don't repost my OP though... It takes up a lot of room. Just look at it and don't hit submit.
Yeah, I do double post sometimes. I try to remember to just hit edit. I'm getting better at it though! I've been catching myself!
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I see now, how to embed. Thanks! Also, I don't know why you brought up the edit thing, because I haven't done that in a while, and I didn't do it in this thread. Anyways, I got it under control. Thanks for the wi-fi info! It had me slightly worried for a bit.
Yeah it's just the way the roms display the signal strength. You can always go into the rom options and have it display the wifi signal strength as text rather than an icon then you'll know how strong it is without even using the app. I just said to use the app because most BML roms don't have that option (except for Valhalla I think, maybe it was just mobile network signal though)
MY QUESTIONS:
1) Is it possible to use the old Samsung RIL blob (not Replicant) with CM11? How would one go about doing that? The radios no longer include the RIL/CSC. Is there a version that does, that works with CM11?
2) Are there any ROM's that use the old/original RIL (not Replicant) while still keeping up with the latest Android versions ala CM? (Ie. KitKat)
Backstory:
Before I go barking up the wrong tree, hopefully someone with a little more knowledge can help me understand if what I would like is possible.
After upgrading to CM10.1, and ever since, I have had very poor reception (voice and data). Since moving to a new location, which should have had better reception, it has gotten bad enough that I started investigating things more deeply. The issue is that I will show 4 bars(-75-81db) then inevitably within a few minutes it would shoot down to -115, and then no service. Eventually it would come back. It was always really evident when trying to dial out too, either going into to no service from 4 bars while trying to dial, or within the first 30 seconds of a call.
It seems that with CM10.1 a new open source RIL was adopted (Replicant?). After hours of research, and trying new modems (UCMC1 & UXUMA7), old modems (and at one point thought I had lost my efs lol) that didn't work at all with 10.1+, I have found, as a few others have, that downgrading to CM10.0 dramatically improves reception (in service, instead of NO SERVICE) for those with marginal reception to begin with.
This is at home, usually with WiFi connected, so it is really about just having a working phone at home. I understand that it is possible that the WiFi might interfere with the cell service in some cases on this particular phone, but the dramatic difference (cell reception working vs not working) between CM10.0 and CM10.1+ with the same radio (UCMC1) for me leads me to believe that it CAN work with WiFi, at least.
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MY QUESTIONS:
1) Is it possible to use the old Samsung RIL blob (not Replicant) with CM11? How would one go about doing that? The radios no longer include the RIL/CSC. Is there a version that does, that works with CM11?
2) Are there any ROM's that use the old/original RIL (not Replicant) while still keeping up with the latest Android versions ala CM? (Ie. KitKat)
Backstory:
Before I go barking up the wrong tree, hopefully someone with a little more knowledge can help me understand if what I would like is possible.
After upgrading to CM10.1, and ever since, I have had very poor reception (voice and data). Since moving to a new location, which should have had better reception, it has gotten bad enough that I started investigating things more deeply. The issue is that I will show 4 bars(-75-81db) then inevitably within a few minutes it would shoot down to -115, and then no service. Eventually it would come back. It was always really evident when trying to dial out too, either going into to no service from 4 bars while trying to dial, or within the first 30 seconds of a call.
It seems that with CM10.1 a new open source RIL was adopted (Replicant?). After hours of research, and trying new modems (UCMC1 & UXUMA7), old modems (and at one point thought I had lost my efs lol) that didn't work at all with 10.1+, I have found, as a few others have, that downgrading to CM10.0 dramatically improves reception (in service, instead of NO SERVICE) for those with marginal reception to begin with.
This is at home, usually with WiFi connected, so it is really about just having a working phone at home. I understand that it is possible that the WiFi might interfere with the cell service in some cases on this particular phone, but the dramatic difference (cell reception working vs not working) between CM10.0 and CM10.1+ with the same radio (UCMC1) for me leads me to believe that it CAN work with WiFi, at least.
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honestly my first thought would be to ask about what carrier you have? does the issue happen on stock ROM? also I've never heard of a RIL helping aid with improving reception lol maybe you know something I don't.
The only time I've had your issue is when I'm in an LTE area with low LTE reception. My signal would jump from low LTE signal to 4 bars of H+ constantly trying to keep the weak LTE signal for some reason lol.
If that helps hit the like button!! :laugh:
Current ROM, kernel, radio, and recovery, what are you using.
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Current ROM, kernel, radio, and recovery, what are you using.
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Not sure what other info you would need. Currently CM10.0 works best (not perfect but usable), so I am using that. I've tried a number of different radios(UCMC1 is currently installed, but tried many others) and settings under network preferences (currently wcdma preferred is my setting). I used twrp 2.6ish up until I tried CM11, and had to revert to CWM to get that to install properly. So the latest CWM. CM kernel obviously(?).