There's been a lot of discussion about the low WiFi signal from most, if not all, of the Gingerbread builds. Many have speculated that it's simply a display issue and not a performance one.
My wife has a stock ROM (Froyo) and I have the GB build KH1. I did a test comparison of both the WiFi download speeds and the 4G performance.
The KH1 ROM *way* underperformed the Froyo one -- to the point where her stock ROM was at least 2-3x as fast as the KH1 build. 4G performed similarly. WiFi Analyzer also showed a huge difference in signal strength.
I then installed the KH2 modem and tried the same experiment and while it improved it somewhat, it was still woefully lacking in speed over the stock Froyo ROM.
With that said, has anyone found a prior modem build that works better than what's been released recently? This is a huge issue for me and while I love the GB build, to lose that much connectivity speed is troublesome.
There is a thread with all the modems on them, check the bible, you can flash each one to see which is best for you.
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I don't think its a modem issue with gb. I've tried them all, wifi still sucks.
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Yeah not much you can do here, there will be more leaks..as wifi is still horrible and unacceptable for such an expensive phone..samsung just have to get it right!!
Thanks for the info and confirmation. I was afraid that we'd have to wait for the CM7 release. I've tried several of the modem releases and nothing has worked any better.
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yeah its just gb..if its really important just flash back to froyo..but theres good benifits for gb..netflix,skype video calling,better battery life..and all around smoother
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Froyo Modems won't work on gingerbread?
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Froyo Modems won't work on gingerbread?
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They work. They don't improve the wifi issue though.
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Jerry D said:
Froyo Modems won't work on gingerbread?
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Any modem will work on any build!
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yeah its just gb..if its really important just flash back to froyo..but theres good benifits for gb..netflix,skype video calling,better battery life..and all around smoother
Netflix works on froyo ? At least on my bionx frost build
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I just jumped in neck deep and flashed the latest GB rom KII, Doc's new kernel and was surprised at my wifi speeds. before on stock froyo my wifi was sluggish and intermittent. Now as a matter of fact my whole phone is faster, very snappy. I'm very happy seems like I got a new phone with a duel core cpu
Thanks to all!
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Intrigued by 1.92 oc. Which kernel/rom combo is best for that support?
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To be honest its not advisable to get to 1.92. Too unstable and performance gains over 1.4 are minimal. If you want fast, run perfect storm 1.4 with ziggys kernel oc to 1.4. Gingerbread roms are nice but unstable and the accompanying radio is horrendous. Finally the gb kernels are not good yet since the source has not dropped.
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Thanks! I waited for the lg revolution and that thing is a total bust. Excited!
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I personally like Imoseyon's kernels best. Lots of good ROMs available. Play with your options and see what suits you best.
Is the Netflix app available for non gingerbread roms?
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Is the Netflix app available for non gingerbread roms?
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I don't believe so. If you're asking because of the radio issue, check out CM7. It's Gingerbread and has a working Netflix but without the brick risk.
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I don't believe so. If you're asking because of the radio issue, check out CM7. It's Gingerbread and has a working Netflix but without the brick risk.
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Aren't there inoperable features in that though? And will any oc gb kernel work with it?
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Aren't there inoperable features in that though? And will any oc gb kernel work with it?
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It's not prefect, but no rom is. The main problems are:
1) toggling from wifi to mobile data requires a reboot, although there are reports that this has been fixed
2) some people experience buggy data connections while many do not
Not any kernel will work but Imoseyon's does and is quite good (arguably better than on Sense roms). There are others as well.
While it's pushed as pre-alpha, it's plenty stable enough to run as a daily driver. Many people do. I would rather run it than a Sense 2.1 rom.
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It's not prefect, but no rom is. The main problems are:
1) toggling from wifi to mobile data requires a reboot, although there are reports that this has been fixed
2) some people experience buggy data connections while many do not
Not any kernel will work but Imoseyon's does and is quite good (arguably better than on Sense roms). There are others as well.
While it's pushed as pre-alpha, it's plenty stable enough to run as a daily driver. Many people do. I would rather run it than a Sense 2.1 rom.
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Agreed. I hate sense overall, but love the dev support on htc. Thanks for the responses man. Appreciate it.
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It's not prefect, but no rom is. The main problems are:
1) toggling from wifi to mobile data requires a reboot, although there are reports that this has been fixed
2) some people experience buggy data connections while many do not
Not any kernel will work but Imoseyon's does and is quite good (arguably better than on Sense roms). There are others as well.
While it's pushed as pre-alpha, it's plenty stable enough to run as a daily driver. Many people do. I would rather run it than a Sense 2.1 rom.
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I've been using CM7 for about a week now, there was an update on Saturday that fixed the wi-fi and data connections work fine. Only problem I noticed was going into an "Extended Network" area caused 3G to drop, but if you enable international data roaming it connects back to 3G.
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I've been using CM7 for about a week now, there was an update on Saturday that fixed the wi-fi and data connections work fine. Only problem I noticed was going into an "Extended Network" area caused 3G to drop, but if you enable international data roaming it connects back to 3G.
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Lol random work around but good looking out!
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Lol random work around but good looking out!
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Yeah, it's strange but it fixed my lack of 3G/Data!
I was hoping to get your guys opinion on this. Should I wait at least until mid October for gingerbread, or should I say forget it and install a custom Rom now? In otherwords, do you think gingerbread will really be here soon?
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We kinda think its close. But why not try a custom rom. The flash time and return to stock time is les than 15 minutes. Now if you are trying not to void your warranty,I guess I can dig that.
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It's a really high quality refurb from Att and has 2 months of warranty left. But I doubt I'd brick it. Even if I did I'd use gtg's unbricker. Hmm... I'm still on the fence though. Need more opinions.
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Well the custom roms offer some things stock doesnt yet its up to you and your needs.
Anyways now with the video recording fix using a GB rom its a nice choice. I was "stuck" on Froyo since the fps thingy on Gb roms but now that its fixed ive been runnin Infused 2.2.3 and its smooth.
There are some more rom options so you could browse and take your choice.
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If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.
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If you're willing to give up HDMI output and live with a few minor bugs, you can have Gingerbread now.
Also data speeds are still not fixed in GB, although one fix I tried seems to have had far better results than I expected so there is promise there. I'm asking for some confirmation of that, as I live in an area with always-crappy speeds so I can't really test it.
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Yea I was going to wait, but I could not stand it anymore. I am on 2.2.2 with Entropy's kernel. The data speeds seem mostly restored, even though i used to get almost another mb usually. If you do go to Gingerbread now, I will say the perfect pair is Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Infusion 1.0 (overclock kernel) for heavy games users. For daily needs and internet speed, I would say again Infused 2.2.3 (or 2.2.2) with Entropy's kernel. I have not tried Serendipity, but I have heard almost nothing bad about that too.
I installed S7 a few weeks ago, expecting to only stay on it a few days as I tried a few other ROMs. I still want to fix the Hellraiser "stuck battery notifications" issue.
I've been very happy with S7 - At some point I'll be returning to CM7, but I've been so busy that I haven't had time to mess with reflashing another ROM.
UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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UCKI5 apparently just got leaked, so I may just wait. Seems like it's close.
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Where is the leak? Jease they are like coming out every four days lol.
First topic in Infuse 4G general man. Sorry I couldn't link it, I'm on my phone.
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UCKI5 is semi-leaked - no one has managed to decrypt it yet.
Well yes. I was just saying that since it's around I'll wait for official.
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Which rom is the best for the G2x and which radio works the best I am looking for performance as well as battery life?
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Which rom is the best for the G2x and which radio works the best I am looking for performance as well as battery life?
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Custom radios dont exist for the g2x best rom is by far eaglesblood v2.4
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Custom radios dont exist for the g2x best rom is by far eaglesblood v2.4
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yeah i recently got a sensation and they do radios i was like wtf but anyway even though the g2x have less roms its easier to play around with it then sensation radios and all that crap
Cm7 with faux 0.4.3 kernel. Everything works. Bluetooth and apns are fixed. And its 2.3.7 gingerbread
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You can download an app called getril from the market it will check
you're ril(radio interface layer) to see if it matches you're baseband and if not will also allow you to change it, its not custom ril's but will insure you have the right one.
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CM7 stable with the morfic kernel is awesome! Ver. 2.3.7 and all components work fine except for small apn fallout but a hard reboot fixes that issue.
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I have tried CM7 and Weapon. With CM7 I encountered problems with WiFi calling not working reliably (a hard reboot would fix this but I found myself having to do this often) and losing apns (I hear that this may be fixed now), so I finally gave up and tried Weapon G2x.
For me Weapon G2x has been rock solid and everything I need works. I have heard that some people have trouble with HDMI out at 1080p, but I have not used the HDMI port on the phone yet so cannot comment.
I have not tried EB.
I like Euroskanks CM7 kanged cherry pickings. Good stuff.
Hi - I installed the Valhalla 1.3.2 yesterday and then flashed KJ6 modem since i heard KJ6 has better wifi signals, but when i try to connect to wifi i still see poor signal. Is there any fix available for this ?
Not really. I have not noticed any real difference with any of the gb modems.
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If you must have wifi, use odexed KJ6 (odin version) and root with Doomlord's method. It's almost perfect imho.
The bad part is you lose cwm & ext4.
KJ6 for me definitely was an improvement, however, it's not as good as Froyo was.
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KJ6 for me definitely was an improvement, however, it's not as good as Froyo was.
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Are you using a deodexed rom?
All GB roms have poor wifi. Once GB becomes official you would hope that type of connection get's better. If not Froyo is still an option if you realy need wifi
Yeah kj6 improved wifi but it still unacceptable compare to froyo and a official gb
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has anyone been brave enough to find a modem from another Galaxy S phone with the same hardware? It might be an option. Its only a guess though because I am by no means an expert.
Ki3 ftw.~
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Ki3 ftw.~
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I started on KI3 when I went from FroYo to Octane GB 2.3.5 and then switched to KJ6. both have been around -65db when Im about 10 feet away from the router. on FroYo I was usually around -45db.
The strange part is i upgraded to Valhalla 1.3.2 from Stock leak 2.3.5 KI1 and it was working perfectly. Earlier when i was in KI1 my battery life was amazing used to get around 2 full days now after upgrading to Valhalla it is draining very fast. I have already installed Juice defender and Andreline Tweak v12.
I also have expetienced these issues. I foubd Black Ice was most reliable, followed by Octaine, and then Valhalla 1.3.2. I also find that. Wifi does more poorly on low battery (<35%) but I know voltage should be a constant so there's no rationale to that behavior I can divine. Its not an anecdotal observation though, I ran the DbM timeline and it supported my suspicions. I wonder if this would be due to some software side battery optimizations Samsung threw in.
I eagerly anticipipate trying.the 2.3.6 kernel with fingers crossed.
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The modem.bin doesn't control the wifi. If you want good wifi see my thread in the dev section
*the mod only works with 2.3.5 or higher
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Tehgy is right about that, I think if there's any optimizations to be had they are modded through build.prop functions and possibly SysCtl also. Unless you have a healthy amount of development knowledge on a coding level, the only solutions are to rely on Tehgy and other more experoenxed developers and/or extensively test various combinations of ROM/Kernel flashes with as much isolation of usage variables as possible.
Do not count out anecdotal use case experiences as irrelevant, the sum of these observations helps developers to locate variance and provides clues as to where to begin searching or modifying relevant code.
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There are several threads regarding the V21Y baseband, but 99% of the posts concern release dates and installation instructions. For those of you who have flashed it, how do you like it so far?
Seems to give better battery life and better GPS lock on. That's what I have experienced with it. Too bad there's no custom ROMs yet
Gps is vastly superior, so is wifi calling is perfect so far. Everything else works better fine. Since I use both on a daily basis it is a great upgrade for me. I always had RIL issues before those are totally gone now.
I miss the customization of cyanogen, but full functionally wins over little stuff
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Don't know about the call quality, because I unfortunately have my service disabled at the moment (not being able to pay the bill tends to end in that)..
But everything else, this is by far my favorite so far. I haven't experienced any bugs that I was used to having, and GPS works far better than before (yes you can use GPS without cell service, if you don't mind not having the ability to download maps)...
Faster. Stable. And way better battery life
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I think mine is a combination of the new baseband and Beats audio.. (if that effects the incall sound) but, if it does.. a combo of those two make my calls sound great. I used to have trouble hearing people cuz it sounded bad, but now it is better.
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I think mine is a combination of the new baseband and Beats audio.. (if that effects the incall sound) but, if it does.. a combo of those two make my calls sound great. I used to have trouble hearing people cuz it sounded bad, but now it is better.
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Did you flash the beats audio mod on stock 2.3.4? The latest worked fine or an older?
I think I flashed two. Don't think I noticed a difference on the newest one so tried to the old one. Left it at that and Now I feel like it shounds great. But it could be all in my imagination lol
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Its good but its useless if I can't flash Cyanogenmod on it.
Everything is good. Just can't flash roms. First day on the stock rooted rom. Battery could be a bit better. In at 10 hours and 40% how can I improve this on the stcok rooted
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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You missed the part where you can't flash anything over this otherwise your call audio goes into alien age.
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You missed the part where you can't flash anything over this otherwise your call audio goes into alien age.
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I don't understand how anyone could go back to the instability of the other basebands.
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to be fair, 21e was never good to me, but 21y has been superb past several days. I miss some of the customizations of cyanogen, but I would not give up the perfect GPS, better wifi stability, and flawless wifi calling..
GPS is now equal or better than my iPhone.
Of note, my peak 3g/4g speeds are lower, I used to occasionally see a
10 megabits down on old Ril, but now with 21y I seem stuck at 5 or 6 down but ...I get those speeds in more places... And TMobile ping is always better than ATt..and att is never faster than 5.5 megabits so....draw your own conclusions
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The main thing this update has given is battery life. Its way better now
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Love it...I have only had one random shutdown in 48 hours and perfect GPS and wifi. Now if there was just some development...Not beinga developers, I'm not complaining mind you.
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The main thing this update has given is battery life. Its way better now
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Yea i noticed this as well,easily gets me thru the day now without a charge in between.
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It is so vastly superior to the old one it isn't funny. I can only speak for myself, but for the first time, I've not flashed anything since I got the leak. That's saying a lot, I used to flash 2 or 3 roms a day.
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This is saying a lot, you're all over the development section flashing things
I have read a couple comments in other threads that after a few days people started having some problems and had to factory reset (or something), has this happened to anyone?
For stock only rooted it does great. I removed some bloat. I don't see better battery. I found better battery using 21e and faux's ds kernels. It is by far the best stock rom I have used. I am sure I could get better battery out of it if I changed some setting like sync. Any one have a good list of things to change, set and remove? I am very please so far. Can't wait to see some custom Roms and kernels.
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So the new baseband just has better battery and GPS lock?