I just got my Inspire yesterday. I used the stock ROM for a few hours including
doing some speed tests, in which I was able to get around ~4mbps on H+, and one time I was able to get 5.4mbps. Uploads were fairly consistent around 1.6mbps. The tower I am on doesn't cover that many people so it's usually easy to get those speeds.
Last night I followed the instructions and successfully rooted my phone and installed the latest Android Revolution ROM running 2.3.3. Ever since I noticed HSUPA is really terrible - My downloads rarely go higher than 2 megs and my uploads have suffered and I've gotten as low as 100kbps up. Sometimes I get full 1.6mbps up but it's rare. Sometimes pings go as high as 1500ms. Frequently the speed test would just hang and eventually say Network Connectivity Issues.
I have tried several different radios and used the matching RIL files and I'm not getting any luck - I even tried the AT&T stock modem which I had the best results on on 2.2, but maybe it's because I'm running 2.3.3 that's why I am having those issues. Again, on the stock modem on stock firmware, it worked great. But on the other modems on Android Revolution I'm not having any luck
Do you think I'd have better results if I flashed back to a 2.2-based ROM or am I missing something? Data connectivity works, it's just not very optimal.
Since I don't have 8 posts yet I guess I can't post links but here are screenshots.
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You're probably not being patient enough. In the radio thread they recommend that you use the radio for at least 24 hours before making a judgement on it's performance. They take time to settle.
Also, obligatory "Questions go in the Q&A section"
Perhaps you need a few adjustments to your APN settings, there is a thread floating around here somewhere, the development section I believe, find it and follow the op. Just a suggestion.
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As cdshepherd said, you probably just need to adjust your APNs. There is not a single custom Inspire ROM out there (other than the few that are heavily based on the stock ROM) that has the proper APN configuration built in that matches the stock ROM. My APN thread gives you full instructions on how to change your APNs back to AT&T stock, which restores full speeds, the same as being on the stock Inspire ROM. The concept is simple; the key to getting good speeds is simply switching to an APN of "Phone" - but all of the details are in that APN thread. To give you an example, in my particular market unless I change the APNs, all custom ROMs run slow (speeds in the neighborhood of .7 - 1 Mb/s down / 300 Kb/s up). Once I change the APNs then I get 4-6 Mb/s down, 1.2 Mb/s up.
One more thing. You said you've flashed a bunch of radios, so I don't know which version you have now. Initially I would recommend sticking with either version 26.06.06.30_M or 26.10.04.03_M for now. These are the official OTA radios for the Inspire and they both work very well with every custom ROM I've tried (and I've played with many of them - Sense and AOSP).
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As cdshepherd said, you probably just need to adjust your APNs. There is not a single custom Inspire ROM out there (other than the few that are heavily based on the stock ROM) that has the proper APN configuration built in that matches the stock ROM. My APN thread gives you full instructions on how to change your APNs back to AT&T stock, which restores full speeds, the same as being on the stock Inspire ROM. The concept is simple; the key to getting good speeds is simply switching to an APN of "Phone" - but all of the details are in that APN thread. To give you an example, in my particular market unless I change the APNs, all custom ROMs run slow (speeds in the neighborhood of .7 - 1 Mb/s down / 300 Kb/s up). Once I change the APNs then I get 4-6 Mb/s down, 1.2 Mb/s up.
One more thing. You said you've flashed a bunch of radios, so I don't know which version you have now. Initially I would recommend sticking with either version 26.06.06.30_M or 26.10.04.03_M for now. These are the official OTA radios for the Inspire and they both work very well with every custom ROM I've tried (and I've played with many of them - Sense and AOSP).
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so would you recommend keeping the stock radios for ppl with Android Revolution HD? It seems iffy- some ppl get better data, while others get worse
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So I had one Nexus S (#1) for about a month and I have another Nexus S (#2) that I got few days ago.
#1 had terrible signal strength. Many times, it had 1-2 bars and I believe that it hardly had 4 full bars. Moreover, 3G connection would switch to EDGE constantly, especially when on the move (e.g. car). Download speed was kind of slow too. But since this was my first 3G device [I had old Windows Mobile phone], I wasn't quite sure if this was normal.
However, no random boot or many of the problems pointed out at XDA.. maybe except for back button that doesn't respond from time to time.
#2 has great signal strength. It stays usually at 4 full bars and I don't think I've ever got EDGE connection this time. Internet is very fast. It downloads app within a few second. No random boots or back button issue.
I bought my NS around end of December a week or so after it came out.
I usually get 3-4 bars reception, but where I live I think my reception is pretty crappy since I'm sort of on the edge of the coverage zone of the tower. It get's much better reception when I'm outside though. My DL speeds are crap however. I've yet to hit 3+mbps downloads or 1.5+mbps uploads
update your radio to KB3 (or KB1) see which one is better for you. you can find it on the dev forums
If I update the kernel (I was looking at voodoo) and use the stock rom, would this be considered rooting and not legal? I kind of want to use voodoo but I still want to keep the stock rom.
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If I update the kernel (I was looking at voodoo) and use the stock rom, would this be considered rooting and not legal? I kind of want to use voodoo but I still want to keep the stock rom.
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Voodoo is not a kernel, its a MOD that is embedded within a kernel. Most NS kernels feature Voodoo Color & Sound. I recommend Netarchy's 1.2.5a
The Nexus S is created to be rooted and hacked. XDA is a forum for people modding their phones with modified kernels/ROMs/etc, Google isn't going to knock on your door and arrest you for doing this. No need to be scared.
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Voodoo is not a kernel, its a MOD that is embedded within a kernel. Most NS kernels feature Voodoo Color & Sound. I recommend Netarchy's 1.2.5a
The Nexus S is created to be rooted and hacked. XDA is a forum for people modding their phones with modified kernels/ROMs/etc, Google isn't going to knock on your door and arrest you for doing this. No need to be scared.
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I guess I'll start looking into various ROMs but one of the focal point of purchasing NS was to use the stock..
I got my Inspire on release day at 11:00am when BB opened and by 3pm i ran the ace hack kit and it was rooted and had a DHD ROM flashed on the phone. For the first week there was not a whole lot of ROM's or options, but week 2 and 3, they popped up like a bag of popcorn.
The first set of ROM's and kernels (Desire HD ROM's) left people with dingy sound, no you-tube or any video support at all for that matter. Other people experienced Wi-Fi problems as well. Different fixes and patches came out fixing most problems, except sound seems to be the biggest headache trying to find the right combination of audio settings, drivers, etc.
My favorite ROM was CoreDroid, basically because the theme is beautiful, but no matter what radio/kernel I used It took literally 15 minutes to get a satellite lock. I tried faster fix from the market, I went into the system to make sure it was set to North-America and not Europe nothing worked.
Android Revolution is another awesome ROM, however, I had Wi-Fi issues. "Obtaining IP Address" is as far as it would get before finally disconnecting. Once again I flashed different radios and kernels and still no go.
What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
3/16/2011 - Version 2 flashed without a glitch. Wireless, Gps, mobile data, all work as well or better. I also flashed LeeDroid's 2.2. 6 o/c kernel and everything is dead on. Great Job
That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?
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That's all I want to do it root it, increase the volume and get wifi tether working. Right now if you want to not have any drivers issues it seems like the current on the phone works best Thanks for the info!
I also wanted to increase the cpu speed, did you take much of a hit on the battery?
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Not at all, it last all day. Put SetCPU on "ondemand" and when I'm not using phone for awhile I simply type *#*#4636#*#* and set is to GSM only and that's another way to save a lot of battery. I also use a app called easy switch where I can turn off mobile data completely when not in use. I have awesome battery life.
i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.
I too am loving the Stock ROM Optimized-Rooted-etc. I've only tried it and a build of CM7, which seemed not quite as smooth as the aforementioned ROM. Additionally, whenever I played the game Rush Hour and got a perfect score, it would always force close [not a problem with the stock-optimized ROM].
I am considering trying LeeDroid's kernel on top of Stock-optimized ROM to boost performance a little more, but I'm a little unsure about the process. Do I just copy his kernel to my sd card and then flash it in CWM Recovery using the "install zip from sdcard" command? I assume a similar technique is used to install the super circle battery mentioned in the OP?
I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.
Great write-up. I've been thinking about starting a thread asking developers/users to give a quick description of popular ROMs and go over the pros/cons. It's kind of difficult to sift through 200+ pages of discussions about each ROM and get a clear idea what it's like. Thanks for throwing your 2 cents in. I've been happy with the stock rooted ROM, but I've thought about trying out a couple of others, maybe Revolution, if anyone wants to through 2 more cents into the pot.
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. . . What I finally kept is the Stock ROM Optimized Rooted and to make this ROM super responsive I used LeeDroid's 1.8Ghz Kernel. I use SetCPU and keep it at 1.267Mhz. (1.6Mhz when playing games or multitasking. Never locked up) I can open my app drawer and give it one flick, and i can watch 90 apps zoom by in less then a second with no hesitation ever. It's very fast, very smooth, no force closes, Gps hits 9 satellites in less then 15 seconds we have full lock, mobile data is 3.8 down, 2.2 up (average) bluetooth file transfer works, and voice activated dialing, sound is perfect, and for people looking to tether, just get wireless tether from the market. It does Wi-Fi and bluetooth. I tethered to my playstation 3 just to see how well it would do a HD netflix stream, and it was flawless. Never had to stop to buffer.
I'm also on the stock radio which is 06.04.06_m, Everything is so smooth and perfect I see no need to change until AT&T releases there version of gingerbread and it has ROOT access. The problems I have had with different ROM's are isolated and doesn't mean your going to have the same problem. It's weird but that's how it works. 2 exact phones, both running same setup, can have 2 totally different problems. Just the way it is in Flashing Land.
I'm no Pro, just giving my opinion and facts with my particular unit. The different ROM's seems to be like the captivate. You gain something, you lose something.
Super Circle Battery Icon works great as well. Get it here
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I really like the Stock Rom Optimized Rooted as well. I'm not getting as high upload speed as you are, but about 4 times higher than I was getting out of the box. And everything is very smooth onscreen as you mention.
I like Hybrid1.72.zip battery icon with it.
I haven't tried overclocking yet, but after reading your post, that is my next project!
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I don't see RCMix HD in the OP. I've been using 3.4 and it's solid. If you look at the thread there's hardly any complaints.
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this 4.2 Gingerbread version is pretty good IMO, its GPS is accurate, WIFI no problem.
[ROM]Mar 10[NewSense]RCMix HD v4.2 Blazingly GingerBread | Now with Transparency
Yep, Both are are flashed in recovery, kernel takes about 5 seconds
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i've been using the cm7 nightlies. i don't particularly enjoy htc sense and rather prefer the aosp style android.
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I disable sense desktop in titanium and use zeme, or adw
Could you post a screen shot of this Rom the way you have it setup>?>
does mobile hotspot work right off the spot without any setting changes?
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
+1 for Optimized Stock Rom. I liked Android Revolution, but my Inspire would take 10-15 minutes to get a GPS lock. With OSR, I get lock in 15-30 seconds. No downside to this ROM at all for me!
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Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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Nice. I used your Captivate ROMs and had great results. I guess I know the next ROM I will be flashing.
di11igaf said:
Im building a rom/kernel now based off stock Rom and compiling kernel from inspire source. Already got the extended power menu done, hopefully it'll be out in a few days. Not sure if the kernel will be done or not but hopefully I can get it out at the same time as the Rom.
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I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!
Right now I'm undecided and switching between Revolution 4 Beta 2 Gingerbread and twopumpchump's Stock optimized with LeeDroid kernel. I'm getting better download speeds with the latter option but both are exceptionally good roms.
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I also still use one of your Roms and will without fail try one in the Inspire when you finish cooking!
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Any chance Call Record will work in the Inspire as it does in some of your other roms?
Have you tried the gingerbread test radio?
I rooted my HTC inspire (with Coredroid) yesterday and i've been having slow upload and download speed since then. prior to rooting, I had upload speed above 1000 but the max i get now is 350. and my download speed was up to 3000 before rooting and now i barely get 1.5K
When you rooted did you restore the stock radio? I'm going to guess you're still using the downgrade radio.
Or is the ril matched to that radio?
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I didn't do anything with radio.. I rooted it using the one click method and downloaded coredroid.. so Coredroid doesn't come with an updated radio?. What do you recommened?
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I rooted my HTC inspire (with Coredroid) yesterday and i've been having slow upload and download speed since then. prior to rooting, I had upload speed above 1000 but the max i get now is 350. and my download speed was up to 3000 before rooting and now i barely get 1.5K
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In some markets, many of the custom ROMs have slow data speeds unless you do a few tweaks. A simple APN reconfig (found in my thread here) is usually all that's needed to get you back up to stock speeds. If you want to push up your speeds a little further, the methods in this thread will get you the absolute maximum current speeds that AT&T is allowing us.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976274&highlight=Poor+data+speeds+after+radio+flas <--- the answer to your problems.
thanks!..i followed the instruction for coredroid in your thread. but i saw no change in my speed.
so I rooted my Inspire 4G, and downloaded the 1.84 radio rooted/SL from this forum. Then I installed CM7, 7.0.3. to be exact, and I noticed the speed tests were always slower. Last week, before I unrooted/restored to stock original, I had it rooted but before I got 1.84. I thought this time, after putting 1.84, CM7 should be as fast or faster. But it was not. I usually got good <200 pings, but download speeds of 2-2.9, uploads a little higher than one. With 1.84 rooted/SL, I've often gotten speeds higher than 7 to download, as on the last 4 tests, and have had quite a few download speeds higher than 10 with 1.84 stock rooted/SL. I'm in NYC. With CM7 today, I tried editing the APN settings per what I saw here on XDA, to no avail.
Can someone tell me why? What custom ROMS can I get which will be leaner AND faster than stock? I love CyanogenMod's layouts, themes, customization, but cannot stand the slower speeds. Could it be that custom ROMs are optimized for Desire HDs and not Inspire 4G's? I already tried CoreDroid, and not only was it slow, but had terrible battery life. I also want a ROM that has good maps, gps, wi-fi, as few bugs as possible. I really do want gingerbread, but it should be fast, as the Gingerbread man was. Another issue with CM7 was that sometimes, it would lose all data capabilities, the blue H and bars would go white, and when I'd try speed test, it would go to Houston TX for a server.
can I please get a response? I wanna use a custom rom, but I wanna know how to get a custom ROM which makes my phone faster.
I'm going to go out on a limb here and suggest you try some of the radios in the radio thread. With CoreDroid 6.8, I had good luck with radio Radio_12.54.60.25_26.09.04.11_M2 along with its RIL, although I can also say that radio Radio_12.39.60.19_26.06.04.06_M_release and its RIL seemed to give better battery life.
From what I've read, radio performance can be specific to geographic location. So what works good for me in AL may not work as well for you in NY.
Hey, just seeing if anyone has a fix for this. I am using the new nameless rom and it is amazing BUUUUTTTT my data speeds are only about 5mbps when I was getting 26mbps prior. I switched back to straight stock and it still is slower than I would like. Any advice on what I can do?
I have heard on a couple of threads that the speedtest.net app doesn't work right with this leak. Try using the speak easy website and do a speed test off that to see if your speeds change at all
Also this probably should be in the general section not the development section.
I've never pulled speeds that high I'm stuck st five and there a lte coverage throughout my whole city???
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yeah, I've been quite spoiled I want it baaaaacccckkkkk lol!
Like stated above...the speedtest app is not something to go by on these gingerbread leaks. They are inaccurate (by a lot).
I'm on froyo
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Not to say that you are wrong, but the kernel itself won't effect your data speed. If 4G turns on and is functional in the sense that you are able to use the 4G network, then the kernel is working as it should. It's possible that your area put a cap on the speed you were seeing, and now you are not seeing it. However, if you flash another kernel and are back up to the speed you were seeing, then I will definitely investigate.
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Not to say that you are wrong, but the kernel itself won't effect your data speed. If 4G turns on and is functional in the sense that you are able to use the 4G network, then the kernel is working as it should. It's possible that your area put a cap on the speed you were seeing, and now you are not seeing it. However, if you flash another kernel and are back up to the speed you were seeing, then I will definitely investigate.
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I'm with him. Radio/modem would affect data speed, not kernel.
Has anyone tried the EE4 radio's I released yesterday?
I have read everywhere that 2.3.4 does not like speedtest
Kudos to this thread not getting roasted. I'm jealous. Especially in the development section.
Sorry, I put a new last night. The ep1h radio. I am going to try Kejar's EE4 radio tonight and hopefully that will fix it!!!
The EP1H radio will fix your problem and you'll be able to keep the GB leak, as you can flash the EP1H radio-only via Odin.
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Has anyone tried the EE4 radio's I released yesterday?
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I havent yet, but it is on my list of todo's for today
kejar31 said:
Has anyone tried the EE4 radio's I released yesterday?
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I have been running it all day and it's been working just fine. No more static when I receive phone calls. Thanks a ton for the EE4 radios.
Speedwise, running speed test from speedtest.net from my labtop via wireless tether, I'm seeing speeds of 10Mbps down and 1.3Mbps up. The speed differences for me in my area are the same from both the ep1h and ee4 radios. I ran 5 sets of test for each radio to the same server.
-GummyCharged 1.8 EP1H kernel with EE4 radios
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I have read everywhere that 2.3.4 does not like speedtest
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I didn't mean that gingerbread in general i just meant it seamed off using the speedtest app in these leaks. When i used the website i always averaged 3 or 4 extra mps down and about .5 to 1 mps up. I even used the same servers on both of them. I also heard the same for others but when i compared the website speed for the leaks to the speedtest app of froyo(EE4) they usually matched each other. So i have just been blaming the app for the mix up.