Anyone getting sick of only having 1 bar with 3g being flaky? Maybe it's my area (milwaukee), maybe its the new ee19 radio, maybe it's the rom. Is it just me or are other experiencing issues?
p.s. Yes i've done *228
I have my mesmerize fully flashed to boost mobile. All settings are in place correctly, and I get 1x constantly.... when 3g pops up it stays dormant, or I get 1 up arrow, one down arrow, and then bam back to 1x. Speed tests on 1x reveal that it is clearly 1x, as the speeds are never higher than 200kbps. I think the mesmerize has a weak antenna and I have read non stop **** about the flaky failure 3g. I have been toying with the idea of flashing the fascinate radio to my mesmerize to see if thatd help, but honestly have just been wishing there was a sprint radio I could flash.
Heh I've considered going to at and t or verizon. I've used probably 4 Diff radios including a fascinate one and it didn't make any Diff.
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I'm using EE19PnP and having bad data connection that comes and goes. Only issue I've had with the ROM. We'll see what happens.
After flashing The 6/22 Heinz rom, I've lost all data connection while roaming. I've tried everything I can think of to fix. The latest I tried was I just flashed the full EE19 build and dialed *228 to update prl and left everything completely stock, still no luck. Before that, I tried a nandroid restore to prior to the flash where everything ran great and I was getting 2 days out of the battery. I can't figure out what happened or how to fix it. Any ideas?
I had the same issue. Called the tech at my local store and he knew exactly what was wrong. They have to change a setting on their (USCC) side after you update to ee19. Since then, not a problem with data connection
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Circlel05 said:
I had the same issue. Called the tech at my local store and he knew exactly what was wrong. They have to change a setting on their (USCC) side after you update to ee19. Since then, not a problem with data connection
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Wait, so you had flaky data or literally no data at all?
I talked with uscc. She said they had a problem with roaming 3g in the update that was performed by a uscc store, but not the Kies. Does anyone know if the full EE19 retore in the "get your phone back to stock" was pulled from what the uscc stores received to update phones in house? This way they'll know how to fix it.
From what phidelt says it was pulled from keis and put into odin form.
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I know that the EE19 update package was pulled from kies, but wasn't sure if the full EE19 restore was as well.
That one I'm not positive about. I would think so but will want to wait for confirmation.
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Wait, so you had flaky data or literally no data at all?
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Yes. Any app that used data was useless.
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Yes. Any app that used data was useless.
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Any idea what they did?
I am also in the Milwaukee area, with Heinz57 v1.3, and get 1-2 bars with flaky 3g, I would love to know what they did as well, I've been searching all over for any kind of fix, but have not found anything very useful at all yet, other than external antennas which is a path I would rather not try if there is a simpler option.
I wonder if it's an area thing?
I'm running a completely different ROM (MIUI 1.7.1.3), but running the EE19 radio, and my 3g seems fairly good. I haven't been running it *that* long, less than a week, but it still seems pretty stable/fast. I used to have occasional problems with the EC10 radio on the old froyo MIUI v8 Mes port dropping to 1x (sometimes staying in 1x for hours), but eventually I could get back to 3g. I'm only ever showing 1-2 bars, but if I recall our MIUI port may not correctly display reception bars relative to actual phone reception (especially the case in old MIUI, where I ALWAYS showed 2 bars no matter what, I swear).
I'm not sure how helpful this really is, since I'm in a different location and running a different ROM, but at least thus far, I'd observe EE19 to have better reception/speed than EC10. Just my own limited experience though.
Chromwolf; thats a good point about the EE19 radio... im running the newest Heinz, which shows EE19 in the build number, but EC10 in the "Baseband version" which i might assume to mean EC10 radio...
It might be an area thing, but I have been much more north, where other people get 3+ bars, and I struggle to get one. I have the dBm show in my statusbar, and it actually varies from the dBm in the phone status though, but that might just be a refresh discrepancy.
Did you flash the EE19 radio seperate from the MIUI rom? I would like to give that a shot, but a quick google search didnt give me any places to download the EE19 radio by itself.
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Chromwolf; thats a good point about the EE19 radio... im running the newest Heinz, which shows EE19 in the build number, but EC10 in the "Baseband version" which i might assume to mean EC10 radio...
It might be an area thing, but I have been much more north, where other people get 3+ bars, and I struggle to get one. I have the dBm show in my statusbar, and it actually varies from the dBm in the phone status though, but that might just be a refresh discrepancy.
Did you flash the EE19 radio seperate from the MIUI rom? I would like to give that a shot, but a quick google search didnt give me any places to download the EE19 radio by itself.
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We don't have a stand alone radio file (that I'm aware of). Just update to stock EE19 and reflash the ROM.
According to the TSM guys the dBm that shows in status bar is being pulled from a different place than it is in the phone status menu. No idea what the difference is but that's what I was told when I saw the same thing a while back.
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We don't have a stand alone radio file (that I'm aware of). Just update to stock EE19 and reflash the ROM.
According to the TSM guys the dBm that shows in status bar is being pulled from a different place than it is in the phone status menu. No idea what the difference is but that's what I was told when I saw the same thing a while back.
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gotcha, Ill do that and see what happens. I missed that line in the Heinz post, to update to EE19 before flashing Heinz, so I suppose thats my fault
FWIW I have had this phone since December, and I have taken it from the South Carolina coast up through Tennessee and into Chicago (which probably doesn't count, since US Cell is the biggest player there), and I've found the coverage maps to be pretty accurate. I've never had a trouble getting a signal or getting solid 3g, unless I'm in a building. The only issue I've ever had was running cm7 and my phone messing up and thinking it was supposed to be on verizon. Then I did get 1x and a flaky connection.
If I were in your shoes, I'd do a complete wipe, etc, with EE19. Not the update package. Take it to stock like a new phone and see how that helps, and if it doesn't, take it to the store.
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We don't have a stand alone radio file (that I'm aware of). Just update to stock EE19 and reflash the ROM.
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Actually, I'm almost positive I've seen separate Odin flashes for both the EC10 and EE19 radios buried in a different thread somewhere care of Phidelt82, but I couldn't tell you which thread that was in. XP
I grabbed the full EE19 ROM Odin Phi originally posted, picked the TAR.MD5 apart, and Heimdall'd just the modem while on old MIUI v8 (Froyo), then flashed to GB MIUI MTD.
That said.....
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If I were in your shoes, I'd do a complete wipe, etc, with EE19. Not the update package. Take it to stock like a new phone and see how that helps, and if it doesn't, take it to the store.
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I think I like this advice better for your issue. It weeds out the possibility for other stuff getting in the way. I'd Nandroid first, Titanium Backup all your apps, then Odin fresh to EC10, then EE19 like knoxjon suggests (from what I saw in the EE19 package I used, it's not a full package and won't repartition since it doesn't flash any bootloaders---but I could be wrong), and finally, flash H57.
EDIT: Actually, "not the update package"... is there a full EE19 with bootloaders and everything I'm not aware of..?
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I'm not skyraider Zeus preview and have no no issues till last night. Now all of a sudden since last night I have not been able to get 1x, 3g anything and signal drops. Have multiple lines on verizon and the rest of the phones are fine. Really don't want to change roms but will if I have to.
Have you tried to just reload the rom on top of what you have now?
Have you tried to restore a backup?
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ibsk8 said:
Have you tried to just reload the rom on top of what you have now?
Have you tried to restore a backup?
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Okay I just restored a backup of liquid gingersense and same problem... Starting to get a bit scared.
Alright flashed the brand new GB radio from "someplace." Still have same problem. Sometimes I have full bars but no 3g and can't get calls tried to test and calls don't go through so my phone is kinda pointless... I'm really panicking I need this thing...
When you installed the new radio did you also install the LTE radio?
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When you installed the new radio did you also install the LTE radio?
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Honestly no clue how would I be able to tell? I've installed nearly every radio and never has two separate radio files.
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Honestly no clue how would I be able to tell? I've installed nearly every radio and never has two separate radio files.
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There are not two separate radios to install. If you downloaded MR3, it will work if you're on a GB Rom. If you're on a froyo Rom then you need a froyo radio.
Also check to make sure your battery door is completely attached. Your antennas are in the door and it must be attached.
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I'm not skyraider Zeus preview and have no no issues till last night. Now all of a sudden since last night I have not been able to get 1x, 3g anything and signal drops. Have multiple lines on verizon and the rest of the phones are fine. Really don't want to change roms but will if I have to.
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Were you running a leaked radio when you had this problem first off?
mAlfunkti0n said:
Were you running a leaked radio when you had this problem first off?
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I was running the OTA MR2 radio since release never had any problems then last night out of nowhere it just happened. Have been scrambling ever since.
CanesDrew said:
There are not two separate radios to install. If you downloaded MR3, it will work if you're on a GB Rom. If you're on a froyo Rom then you need a froyo radio.
Also check to make sure your battery door is completely attached. Your antennas are in the door and it must be attached.
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Went back to MR2 radio now since I know it's not a radio issue. Battery door is completely sealed. Checked to see if the metal was bent in any way and it's not.
EDIT: Every time I reboot it gains bars back for a bit but no 3g. I've tried calling during this period to no avail. Then it looses bars with just an x over them. The one thing I am thinking is there any possibility that the sim just died...
Did you check your mobile network settings? Are you on LTE only mode possibly?
As goofy as it sounds, when I first rooted my TB awhile back I completely lost signal then was able to pick up 1x and that was it. I did a factory reset on the device (as instructed by VZW), and it actually worked. Nothing else had been done to the device besides a root, no one else could figure out what exactly went wrong, but the wipe restored it back to "factory" root and it worked perfectly.
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Did you check your mobile network settings? Are you on LTE only mode possibly?
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No LTE/CDMA. I have done like 30 factory resets lol. Called Verizon to make sure there was no outage. I'm getting a new device (Not refurbished shockingly) over-nighted. The big bummer is having to reroot and such, but hey the guy was nice about it and everthing so no complaints. I can live without it for one day. Thanks for all your help guys!
I've been running Valhalla v1.3.2 since it was released (about 13 days). About 5 days ago I started having issues with reception. I tried different modems from the modem thread and that didn't work. So I tried reflashing the ROM and that also didn't work. I checked the check sums after downloading the ROM, so I know I got a good file.
As I mentioned, these issues are new in the last 5 days, reception was great a week ago.
What I've noticed in the last couple days are two things.
1. The signal indicator on the top of the phone doesn't match up with actual signal. In the one attached screenshot you can see it indicating 3 bars of service, but no carrier. The other screenshot shows 2 bars and no carrier. I've also been driving and had dropped calls while indicating 4 bars service. I work 30 miles from home, so this isn't an issue with a single tower.
2. The ROM has the signal indicators themed green, although, as you can see, sometimes when I'm having issues they go back to gray.
Any help would be greatly appreciated as I'm basically relying on wifi calling at this point.
Thank you,
Ryan
Maybe verify with T-Mobile that they're not having issues, also. We had a problem here for over a day where we had bars but couldn't place calls, calls dropped, etc, and it was occurring all over the city.
Not sure if it'll make a difference, but maybe make sure your SIM card is clean & snug, possibly even replace the SIM if necessary.
Good luck; I'm curious what the issue is.
The signal indicator going from grey to green is a Gingerbread feature, not a bug. It indicates if the signal is "locked on" or not. My friend has a Nexus S and it does the same thing.
It's difficult to say if your signal problem is the phone or something in your area. I get the same issue when I'm at work but I know for a fact it's because the tower is far and the building blocks a lot of signal for all phones regardless of carrier. It sounds like a true weak signal though, could be caused by the tower having issues or some interference.
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The signal indicator going from grey to green is a Gingerbread feature, not a bug. It indicates if the signal is "locked on" or not. My friend has a Nexus S and it does the same thing.
It's difficult to say if your signal problem is the phone or something in your area. I get the same issue when I'm at work but I know for a fact it's because the tower is far and the building blocks a lot of signal for all phones regardless of carrier. It sounds like a true weak signal though, could be caused by the tower having issues or some interference.
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Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't think the green/gray is working as designed. With the Valhalla rom the OP specifically mentioned in one version he'd forgotten to theme the signal indicator. Likewise, sometimes when I can make calls it's green, sometimes it's gray, so it doesn't seem to be specific to signal status.
I called t-mobile customer care yesterday and they told me to go to the store and get an new SIM card as mine was outdated. I did that today and am still having the same issues. I'm thinking of ODINing back to stock KD1 to see how things go.
Thoughts?
-Ryan
ryan8440 said:
Thank you for the suggestion, but I don't think the green/gray is working as designed. With the Valhalla rom the OP specifically mentioned in one version he'd forgotten to theme the signal indicator. Likewise, sometimes when I can make calls it's green, sometimes it's gray, so it doesn't seem to be specific to signal status.
I called t-mobile customer care yesterday and they told me to go to the store and get an new SIM card as mine was outdated. I did that today and am still having the same issues. I'm thinking of ODINing back to stock KD1 to see how things go.
Thoughts?
-Ryan
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I was really hoping the SIM card would work out for you. Going back to KD1 isn't a bad test to see if the problem goes away. Keep me posted, I'm curious if it makes a difference. If so, maybe shoot for KG4 as it was the first GB ROM to come with the boot loaders & see if the phone still acts normal.
I get the same grey / white bars when the phone first boots, and occasionally during normal operation. It usually lasts for 5 to 10 seconds and doesn't seem to affect signal quality at all.
Green means its synced with Google. Grey means its not.
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I experienced similar issues, for me when the bars were gray I had no data. Facebook wouldn't connect and my widgets weren't able to update. I was still texting and receiving MMS fine. I hardly make calls so not certain if those were ever effected. I still get this happening to me maybe once a day but I simply throw on Airplane mode then turn it right off and my data is once again flowing.
I called TMobile again and they asked me to uninstall all my apps while I was on the phone with them to make sure nothing there was interfering. I didn't have time to do that at the moment, so I told them I'd call back. In the interest of getting everything bone stock, I figured I'd ODIN the stock KD1. However, when I look at the bible thread all I can find is a deodexed KD1 with root. I can't seem to find the true stock KD1 rom. Where can I get that?
Thanks again,
Ryan
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I called TMobile again and they asked me to uninstall all my apps while I was on the phone with them to make sure nothing there was interfering. I didn't have time to do that at the moment, so I told them I'd call back. In the interest of getting everything bone stock, I figured I'd ODIN the stock KD1. However, when I look at the bible thread all I can find is a deodexed KD1 with root. I can't seem to find the true stock KD1 rom. Where can I get that?
Thanks again,
Ryan
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I did a bit of searching and LuffarJoh posted this link:
http://fus.nanzen.se/
You basically set the preset to SGH-T959V, scroll back up to the Input section, and click send. It downloads the stock ROM.
Good luck!
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I did a bit of searching and LuffarJoh posted this link:
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I downloaded that application but received the message "No firmware info retrieved for given data." I tried searching again and didn't find anything.
Anyone else have a link?
edit: the SGH-T959 is listed as being supported on that thread, but not the SGH-T959V .
just go to samfirmware.com and download the stock kd1 file, you'll have to sign up so you can download it but its free
After a few more go arounds, the decision is that my phone is dead. So I'm getting a G2x in it's place.
I'll miss the SGS4g community here. Valhalla was great as was Black Ice and ICBINB.
Thanks,
Ryan
ryan8440 said:
After a few more go arounds, the decision is that my phone is dead. So I'm getting a G2x in it's place.
I'll miss the SGS4g community here. Valhalla was great as was Black Ice and ICBINB.
Thanks,
Ryan
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Can I have it for messing with?
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camalus said:
Can I have it for messing with?
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Sorry, it's already gone. You have to ask quick around here .
I was hoping to get a modem that actually works - And when I can actually see something I see 4 bars of LTE where I normally can barely pull 2. Unfortunately, I pretty much can't see anything other than FC messages and a phone asking me to pick a launcher after I've already chosen one.
ROM:NexusMod Beta 3
Kernel: Whatever NM b3 comes with.
Using this .zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24460733&postcount=15
Works great with UCALC4, but I flash UCLC5 and it's like my phone took a gun to its head.
I can't say why your phone is having these problems, but it sounds like you may need to reflash things. I typically follow the modem flashing pattern of two times 30 seconds apart and then a 60 second pause before restarting [Thanks to whoever posted this in their post originally as I can't find it]
I will say this about the UCLC5 modem in general. Once flashed on my ICS rocket, it would give me a reading of more bars in the same position. However, download speeds were exactly the same, and upload speeds were absolutely terrible. I could care less how many bars it shows. I'd rather have it fast, so I went back to the standard ICS modem for now.
Try Blaze 4g from the t989 forum. I used it for a few days and it worked well.
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smully1 said:
Try Blaze 4g from the t989 forum. I used it for a few days and it worked well.
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Can you get LTE with the blaze modem?
GoldfishTX said:
I can't say why your phone is having these problems, but it sounds like you may need to reflash things. I typically follow the modem flashing pattern of two times 30 seconds apart and then a 60 second pause before restarting [Thanks to whoever posted this in their post originally as I can't find it]
I will say this about the UCLC5 modem in general. Once flashed on my ICS rocket, it would give me a reading of more bars in the same position. However, download speeds were exactly the same, and upload speeds were absolutely terrible. I could care less how many bars it shows. I'd rather have it fast, so I went back to the standard ICS modem for now.
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Well I tried that, and I tried about seven other patterns and orders of flashing various things since I was completely restarting from scratch. My phone just hates it. I've probably tried flashing it about eight different times, different ways each time and including twice with a different ROM.
I'm just going to go back to UCALC4 since I need a working phone more than I need a phone that works better.
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I was hoping to get a modem that actually works - And when I can actually see something I see 4 bars of LTE where I normally can barely pull 2. Unfortunately, I pretty much can't see anything other than FC messages and a phone asking me to pick a launcher after I've already chosen one.
ROM:NexusMod Beta 3
Kernel: Whatever NM b3 comes with.
Using this .zip: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24460733&postcount=15
Works great with UCALC4, but I flash UCLC5 and it's like my phone took a gun to its head.
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Some people it works, some people it gives hell. I really don't get it. It must just be the fact that all phones aren't created equal. Maybe your phone has the slightest hardware difference that makes it not take. That and its not really for our phone. Our ics modem really sucks.
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I can't say why your phone is having these problems, but it sounds like you may need to reflash things. I typically follow the modem flashing pattern of two times 30 seconds apart and then a 60 second pause before restarting [Thanks to whoever posted this in their post originally as I can't find it]
I will say this about the UCLC5 modem in general. Once flashed on my ICS rocket, it would give me a reading of more bars in the same position. However, download speeds were exactly the same, and upload speeds were absolutely terrible. I could care less how many bars it shows. I'd rather have it fast, so I went back to the standard ICS modem for now.
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Where I live its a struggle for signal, I'm out in hick country and every bar matters. Lc5 shows the correct signal strength for me while our stock ics modem shows more bars when I'm really in a poor area. I need the modem to tell me I'm in a bad zone to wait on that text message or phone call. 1 bar realistic will show 3 on the skyrocket ics modem and I wont be able to send a text, lc5 shows one and I know it's a bad time. Also I have no lte here, ****s slow regardless.
I guess modem choice lands on where you live and what works best, that is if you can even get o to work LOL.
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Well I tried that, and I tried about seven other patterns and orders of flashing various things since I was completely restarting from scratch. My phone just hates it. I've probably tried flashing it about eight different times, different ways each time and including twice with a different ROM.
I'm just going to go back to UCALC4 since I need a working phone more than I need a phone that works better.
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Good idea, going back. When it sucks, it sucks, no matter what other guys can get
Its like sex with someone else's girlfriend. It works for him, but may not work for you, and then you may have to go back. .
EDIT: Seriously, this new ICS stuff is hit or miss.
I think you can. I'm in a non-lte area so I couldn't test for lte.
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Just don't use UCLC5. I've tried more than a few times, overlaps no-wipes as well as fresh installs with different ROMs and it still chokes. I gave up.
UCLC5 doesn't work on my Skyrocket with NexusMod Beta 3 either. Maybe that ROM just doesn't work with that radio.
I have UCLC5 on mine running NexusMod b3 and it seems to be working well. Battery may have improved a smidgin, and i have yet to see a FC. I flashed last night, so its still new.
But like i said, I have no problems with it.
I tried wiping and reinstalling NexusMod b3 then UCLC5 and still no dice. It boots then as soon as Trebuchet loads it freezes. Looks like I'm stuck with UCALC4 and 2MB up/200KB down for the time being.
Hello everyone. Been on here a while haven't really posted much. Have a shift 4G used to have new update prior to being able to root that so I downverted fully rooted and ran Cryo 7 for a while. Switched to MikShifted-Gv2.1. I love it! It's great. A buddy of mine was looking at my phone the other day and noticed that my phone wasn't using 3G because it wasn't saying 3G when I was at work (state buildings don't let you use their wifi It just has the 1X in the status bar... Just out of curiosity is he right? Am I really just running 2G? Where the heck did my 3G go if it is true?? Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
1x would be 2g, ev or 3g would be the 3g. Don't know why it would turn off, usually its data or no data. Check your setting to make sure its not disabled. Also check apps like tasker or juice defender if installed or anything similar, They can also control 2g/3g.
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Hello everyone. Been on here a while haven't really posted much. Have a shift 4G used to have new update prior to being able to root that so I downverted fully rooted and ran Cryo 7 for a while. Switched to MikShifted-Gv2.1. I love it! It's great. A buddy of mine was looking at my phone the other day and noticed that my phone wasn't using 3G because it wasn't saying 3G when I was at work (state buildings don't let you use their wifi It just has the 1X in the status bar... Just out of curiosity is he right? Am I really just running 2G? Where the heck did my 3G go if it is true?? Am I missing something? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There probably isn't anything wrong. All phones switch in and out of signal types, 1x , 3G , etc. MikShifted G, and Supreme Sense are enabled to show you all the different types of signals so that's what your seeing. Most phones do not actually show you when you switch out of 3G. They want you to think your always on 3G at the very least.
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There probably isn't anything wrong. All phones switch in and out of signal types, 1x , 3G , etc. MikShifted G, and Supreme Sense are enabled to show you all the different types of signals so that's what your seeing. Most phones do not actually show you when you switch out of 3G. They want you to think your always on 3G at the very least.
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What he said. Before I rooted I never saw anything lower than 3g. Since running custom ROMs I now know what I'm actually getting for a connection. Not sure why carriers decide not to give us an accurate portrayal. Oh well.
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Thank you guys for the quick responses. So even though my phone ALWAYS says 1X unless I'm in either a 4G area with 4G turned on at home or on WiFi at home I won't exactly know if I'm in 3G or not? My wife has an Optimus S and she is in 3G at our house sitting right next to me. When we go out he phone is so much faster than mine looking online at things cause it says she's in 3G. I was looking through my phone at the Mik Tweeks and there is a place for me to change connection settings (EVDO etc.) Is this the place I need to see if there is a change? I just find it weird that no matter when I look it's always in 1X...
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1x would be 2g, ev or 3g would be the 3g. Don't know why it would turn off, usually its data or no data. Check your setting to make sure its not disabled. Also check apps like tasker or juice defender if installed or anything similar, They can also control 2g/3g.
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I checked and don't see anything about turning 3G on or off. And I don't have a task or juice defender or anything of that kind (learned my lesson) and nothing. I'm getting kinda frustrated. Would getting a new rom fix problem. I just want to make sure I'm getting my monies worth. We don't have 4G at my house yet but it's up the street by a Jack n' the box so I wanna at least be able to get my 3G when I want....
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I checked and don't see anything about turning 3G on or off. And I don't have a task or juice defender or anything of that kind (learned my lesson) and nothing. I'm getting kinda frustrated. Would getting a new rom fix problem. I just want to make sure I'm getting my monies worth. We don't have 4G at my house yet but it's up the street by a Jack n' the box so I wanna at least be able to get my 3G when I want....
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Have you Updated your PRL / Profile? Have you Updated your Radio? If you want to Updated your Radio, you can find it HERE. Along with instructions on how to Flash it.
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Have you Updated your PRL / Profile? Have you Updated your Radio? If you want to Updated your Radio, you can find it HERE. Along with instructions on how to Flash it.
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Yes, I've updated everything that I'm able to update on the phone (minus the software update. I think cause I'm rooted) And no dice. I've been fiddling around with it and was looking and it says 1XRTT... What does that mean?
So you don't 3G reception anywhere? Did you Update the Radios?
prboy1969 said:
So you don't 3G reception anywhere? Did you Update the Radios?
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That's what I'm not sure about. I don't know if I get 3G or not. my status bar when not in either WiFi mode or 4G mode doesn't say 3G or EVDO or anything other than 1X. When I'm in 4G it says 4G when I'm in WiFi I see the WiFi symbol. When not in either of the two it says 1X... And yes, I've updated my radios. I check every 2 or so weeks to see if there is an update. Updated the radio yesterday.
If you've checked in several areas and never get 3G. What I would do is re-wipe, and re-flash. If it still doesn't work correctly try flashing a different Rom to see if it works correctly.
Okay so I tried to update the PRL and wiped my phone and tried to use the ROM again, still to no avail. I'm going to try newSense ROM hoping that it will help. I have a question though:
I cleared my cache and Dalvik cache. Is there something else I'm missing? I Thought I wiped my phone back to stock (assuming that meant getting rid of the ROM), but the ROM remained on my phone. Did I miss a step or was to supposed to happen?
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Okay so I tried to update the PRL and wiped my phone and tried to use the ROM again, still to no avail. I'm going to try newSense ROM hoping that it will help. I have a question though:
I cleared my cache and Dalvik cache. Is there something else I'm missing? I Thought I wiped my phone back to stock (assuming that meant getting rid of the ROM), but the ROM remained on my phone. Did I miss a step or was to supposed to happen?
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Before you Flash a Rom, it's best IMO to do a FULL Wipe. There is a guide linked in my Sig. Read and follow the guide, and you should be all good. Also, if you did not do a FULL Wipe before Flashing MikShifted G that could be what's causing your issues. What do you mean by taking it back to stock BTW? Like Factory Stock? Or something else?
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Before you Flash a Rom, it's best IMO to do a FULL Wipe. There is a guide linked in my Sig. Read and follow the guide, and you should be all good. Also, if you did not do a FULL Wipe before Flashing MikShifted G that could be what's causing your issues. What do you mean by taking it back to stock BTW? Like Factory Stock? Or something else?
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I'm curious as to if I can go back to the stock rom and remain rooted then try it all over again (as far as flashing ROM again.)
Then main thing I'm trying to fix is my 3G. I would love to have it again or at least know when I am. My wife's phone is far less superior than the Shift but when we are out and about her 3G works and kicks the pants off of my 1X any time of the day.
So... wiped EVERYTHING x3 as instructed, flashed new ROM (newSENSE) flashed just fine. Updated radio to the 1.8XXX, that worked just fine as well... STILL don't have a 3G signal, still says 1X.... Ahhh I'm getting frustrated!!! What do you guys think?
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So... wiped EVERYTHING x3 as instructed, flashed new ROM (newSENSE) flashed just fine. Updated radio to the 1.8XXX, that worked just fine as well... STILL don't have a 3G signal, still says 1X.... Ahhh I'm getting frustrated!!! What do you guys think?
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At this point I would RUU back to 2.2. Start the whole Rooting process over. RUU'ing should correct most any issue you may be having. It doesn't solve everything, but it will give you a better idea of what's going on. So RUU back to 2.2. Check the signal. Then Re-root, and check the signal. If all is still good flash a Rom, and check the signal.
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MikROMs Since 3/13/11
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At this point I would RUU back to 2.2. Start the whole Rooting process over. RUU'ing should correct most any issue you may be having. It doesn't solve everything, but it will give you a better idea of what's going on. So RUU back to 2.2. Check the signal. Then Re-root, and check the signal. If all is still good flash a Rom, and check the signal.
TEAM MiK
MikROMs Since 3/13/11
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Okay, I'm ready to give in and restore back to 2.2 I can't find a valid link. I had the zip file once, but no longer do. Can anyone help?
So I used the RUU and went back to stock, re rooted my phone (3 times in one night) and everytime I would root it, the 3G sign would remain, but as soon as I flashed ANY ROM on it it always went back to the 1X. Each time I rooted I used a different ROM so I give up. I'm just going to have to leave it as it is. I don't know what else to do
Thanks for all everyone's help trying to trouble shoot this. If anyone has had this problem and found a way to fix it, please let me know. Thanks XDA
Did you try a Stock Rooted Rom? Like the latest Rom, just Rooted. I believe Sparksco has one.
I searched but didn't come up with anything, or I'm doing it wrong.
In the last three days suddenly I have little-to-no signal. My wife has a SGS4G with the stock T-mobile Gingerbread ROM on it and she'll have anywhere from 2-3 bars more signal than I do.
Right now I'm staring at my phone and I have excellent wi-fi (being 6 feet from my router) but no cell signal at all.
I haven't done anything differently with my phone in the last three days.
I *have* started jogging with it in the last few weeks... could the antenna be coming loose from the bouncing? I wear it in one of those neoprene armbands.
Where should I start?
Thanks in advance!
Jim
Signal bars are not going to be exact. Its better to check the dbm rating.
settings>about phone>status then check signal strength.
I have seen two phones running stock firmware sitting side by side and the bars are different but the dbm rating is the exact same.
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Signal bars are not going to be exact. Its better to check the dbm rating.
settings>about phone>status then check signal strength.
I have seen two phones running stock firmware sitting side by side and the bars are different but the dbm rating is the exact same.
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Fair enough! So what is considered "good" signal? Earlier I had "-97dbm/11 asu" and no service. Right now I have -103/5 and 3 bars.
Also, I forgot to mention in my original post that sometimes when I have no service if I flip to airplane mode and back I get my service back. But then sometimes no.
Very annoying.
Thanks again!
Edit: Now I'm at -109/2 and no signal. My wife is at -105/4 and "2 bars." The phones are side-by-side.
You just have to wait. When the internet thing becomes "E" it usually becomes 4g in a few seconds to minutes.
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Try a few different modems and test them for a bit to see which may work best for you.
A modem that works best for me here in Orlando may not work as good for someone in lets say.....Ohio
Okay I'll look into that. I still don't get why this would be a change in the last week when it's been fine for the last year that I've had the phone and the past two months I've been on VB. :dunno:
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May just need to clean the phone...
I use to wipe format and reinstall windows on my computers every 6 months
Wiping doesn't do anything except get rid of all the apps and giving you more room. I would be a suggestion if you new how to back the stuff up. Also it will go back to little to no bars.
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Well I'll look at a different modem - I'm just baffled that it could go to crap so fast. It's really irritating to have the data come and go while I'm standing still looking at a tower less than ΒΌ mile away.
I'll do some searching but if anyone has an idea of what modems work best for what & where... that'd be great.
Tried flashing to KG4.
"Mobile network not available."
Wifey's phone is running KJ6 just fine. *sigh*
Edit: Ditto for KC1. (I'm going through the modem thread to see what modems people like.)
Edit: Ditto for KG6.
Edit: Ditto for KD1.
Edit: Ditto for KI3. (Almost looked like it was going to work - had a little signal at first but it disappeared before I could register on the network.)
JaimeZX said:
Right now I'm staring at my phone and I have excellent wi-fi (being 6 feet from my router) but no cell signal at all
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Wifi and modem are two separate chips so that makes sense. Seems like you've already done a lot to try and get better service. Have you flashed back to stock? I'd try that and then see. If the problem persists I would bet hardware.
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Wifi and modem are two separate chips so that makes sense. Seems like you've already done a lot to try and get better service. Have you flashed back to stock? I'd try that and then see. If the problem persists I would bet hardware.
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I'm on the line with T-mobile tech support right now. She's recommended a "factory reset." I figured what the heck because it seems like the next step is reflashing VB again...
EDIT: Weird weird weird. The "factory reset" from the Settings menu didn't work. Tried it twice. Then I tried it from the CWM menu. Also did not delete my data. But after rebooting from the CWM "factory reset"... I had my signal back.
So........... wtf. lol
Right now I'm on KI3 and I guess I'll leave it unless I have some reason to switch back to KJ6. lol
Thanks for the help guys!
Hmm so I guess I was right....lol
About the wipe and re flash.