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htc and wifi's

From what ive noticed htc devices have weak wifi receptions. Unlike motorola i can be in my garage and still grab fair signal. With htc nothing even when im about to enter the garage. Do you guys think htc puts weak wifi antennas in our phones?

Wrong forum my friend.
Please move to general.
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Under advanced WiFi settings there's a setting for best WiFi performance, might help a little.

di11igaf said:
Under advanced WiFi settings there's a setting for best WiFi performance, might help a little.
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Lol wow i never noticed that. Let me play around with that and see wats up. Thanks man...and to the dude who said wrong place...my bad man....relax

naaahhh
youngv408 said:
Lol wow i never noticed that. Let me play around with that and see wats up. Thanks man...and to the dude who said wrong place...my bad man....relax
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Advanced settings didnt work....i guess htc just has cheap antennas....

Not with my phone. My phone switches to my wifi when I'm coming down the road. Of course it is weak until I am near my house, then it is fair. Inside my home it is strong. I am running wireless N and have the router at the front of the home. I also have no interference from neighbors since none have wifi.
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How fast is your speed test? Post pics!

Just wanting to show off yesterday's speed tests after reflashing a million times finally happy! Also wanting to see what kind of speeds everyone else is getting!
Huntington, WV at night - less network traffic
Cognition - with 2nd APN and 112 setting in prop rest is defaults
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maxjivi05 said:
Just wanting to show off yesterday's speed tests after reflashing a million times finally happy! Also wanting to see what kind of speeds everyone else is getting!
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Hey, if you're happy with your speeds, then that's all that matters. lol
I used to get better speeds. Not sure what happened.

So you're happy with 2G speeds?

shawn1224 said:
So you're happy with 2G speeds?
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Me? nope... I used to get 6mbps down and 2mbps up
I think they are working on the towers here in my area.

I did notice the speeds are not 100% all the time, they jump from 2 - 6 Mbps depending on time of day / weather / and everything else but knowing the phone "can hit 6" makes me feel better about "when AT&T" gets everything going it *should* be pretty fast

kirk123 said:
Me? nope... I used to get 6mbps down and 2mbps up
I think they are working on the towers here in my area.
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LOL I read your post wrong. I guess you're happy with the rom you settled on.

My speeds have always been all over the place
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shawn1224 said:
LOL I read your post wrong. I guess you're happy with the rom you settled on.
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Yeah starting to like Inspired Saga. Very smooth and fast.

here is mine from LA
RCMix591 + 26.08.03.07m radio

Stock radio, stock RIL. build.prop set at 14-7-3.
Customized RCMix596.
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id10terrordfw said:
Stock radio, stock RIL. build.prop set at 14-7-3.
Customized RCMix596.
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Lucky you. Awesome ping times too!

Be nice if I could get these results all the time...

I'm havin the same issues as Kirk, my speeds went to feces.

AT&T HTC Inspired on Inspired Saga v1.1 (4/25) rom
Download: 5204kbps
Upload: 1295kbps
Ping: 95ms
Wont let me link to photo :-(

Tx Redneck said:
I'm havin the same issues as Kirk, my speeds went to feces.
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Are you in S.I. N.Y.?
Edit: I'm guessing by your user name, you're from Texas?
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We don't have backhaul up and running yet in Cincinnati, but these were the fastest speeds that I've pulled on a speed test. I'm usually in the 2500kbps down/1500kbps up range.
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Well it appears that at&t is finally doing something right in my area. Ping is around 120ms.

Here's one in an unmolested CM7 N82 or 83 install, can't remember which.
No apn changes, no build.prop changes. Just the radio from the ota update w/out the ril since it tends to hose wifi and GPS for me.

An oldie but a goodie.
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id10terrordfw said:
An oldie but a goodie.
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Yeah keep rubbing it in LOL. Are you still able to get those speeds?

Is it just me or does the shift have bad WiFi Range??

On my evo i had twice the range my shift does. Idk if their is a booster to increase the range but its horrid. i have to be with in 15 feet of the router in order to actually get wifi which is stupid.
I dont think its my wifi router cause the settings are all the same as they were before when i had my evo.

I get great range.

I have great range on mine. All the way to the backyard outside. Couple of things to check are, make sure your router isn't sitting on the floor. Also make sure there's not a bunch of stuff blocking the router ( like in front of it or around it ) . When I moved all the crap that was in front of my router. Then raised up onto a shelf, the range at which I could get signal from it increased dramatically.

Personally I think i my old hero had better wifi range than my shift. With my Shift im lucky to get one bar in my bedroom, but with my Hero i had 2 bars in the same spot.

Go to wifi settings -> menu -> advanced -> regulatory domain -> 14 channels -> wifi sleep policy -> never
Shift has 802.11n 2.4ghz. If you're still having problems run Wifi Analyzer and figure out your local network problems.
Shift does Wifi fine.

VICODAN said:
Go to wifi settings -> menu -> advanced -> regulatory domain -> 14 channels -> wifi sleep policy -> never
Shift has 802.11n 2.4ghz. If you're still having problems run Wifi Analyzer and figure out your local network problems.
Shift does Wifi fine.
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Thanks, just followed the steps you gave me and it jumped to two bars.

What rom r u using for those setting. I dont have part of the in supremesense V5
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nicksimmons336 said:
Thanks, just followed the steps you gave me and it jumped to two bars.
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No problemo. Enjoy!

kyhassen said:
What rom r u using for those setting. I dont have part of the in supremesense V5
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I am running Synergy Rom, and i also clicked the Best WiFi Performance and turned it on.

Ok well i turned on the best performance and that didnt even increase the range.. the range still still sucks on this thing. but the speed when im actually AT my wireless router (so much for being wireless if im stuck with in 5 feet of it ) is pretty darn fast.

kyhassen said:
Ok well i turned on the best performance and that didnt even increase the range.. the range still still sucks on this thing. but the speed when im actually AT my wireless router (so much for being wireless if im stuck with in 5 feet of it ) is pretty darn fast.
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Sounds like its your router or a problem with your ISP. You should for sure be able to connect further than 5 ft away. I would Download WiFi analyzer like VICODAN suggested.
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I did download that app but what am i suppose to do with it. The signal feed is total jumped high for a few secs but half the time even with 5 feet away it was very low on the bottom two bars of it. Is there a way to increase the range that my linksys cisco router gives off. Its not a cheaper router either i think i spent $150 on it like a couple months ago. Im gonna try a new rom, any suggestions as to picking CM7 or nightlies for better wifi cause i prefer wifi over crappy 3G anyday. Im currently on supremesense v5 but I just dont like the drop down notification bar in other roms, i like the sense version more.
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Cm7 are good roms, I would recommend synergy ROM if you like sense. I was having connection problems while I ran supreme sense v5 the other day, and with mikeshifted g, but no problems with synergy ROM.
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I was skeptical about trying synenergy due to how many issues i had on my evo, but i will try it here on the evo shift. Thank you.
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your welcomr. So far synergy ROM has ran great but just out of curiosity what problems did you have with synergy on the EVO
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nicksimmons336 said:
your welcomr. So far synergy ROM has ran great but just out of curiosity what problems did you have with synergy on the EVO
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I had constant crashes on going back to home screen, Apps did not wanna load properly, and i did not recieve text messages alot of the time.

I haven't had any problems like that yet and hopefully I won't, because so far this is a great ROM.
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nicksimmons336 said:
I haven't had any problems like that yet and hopefully I won't, because so far this is a great ROM.
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I will give it a shot. so far i like the evo shift more in some aspects but this wifi thing on any rom is just dreadful... and its not just my Wireless router. its at my friends house too.

I upgraded from the HTC hero and I had way WiFi better signal on it than on my shift but personally I like the shift over and phone Sprint offers right now. But back on subject you could go to Sprint and let them look at it and see if anything wrong but they would probably just blame it on being rooted.
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kyhassen said:
I did download that app but what am i suppose to do with it. The signal feed is total jumped high for a few secs but half the time even with 5 feet away it was very low on the bottom two bars of it. Is there a way to increase the range that my linksys cisco router gives off. Its not a cheaper router either i think i spent $150 on it like a couple months ago. Im gonna try a new rom, any suggestions as to picking CM7 or nightlies for better wifi cause i prefer wifi over crappy 3G anyday. Im currently on supremesense v5 but I just dont like the drop down notification bar in other roms, i like the sense version more.
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Change the channel on your wifi router.
Nightlies.
Instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1273867

why root question?not a noob either

ive been coming here for a long time.ive rooted several of my phones using these forums.also ive always seen the benefits of rooting those phones.but since ive purchased my g2x it seems to me that it does every thing you could possibly want from it out of the box.please no flaming because i love this stuff.i just need a good reason to get behind rooting this phone.not just because its addictive.

Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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My phone functions alot better with it running custom roms ... Currently running fitsnuglys kang ... Whenever I run a stock rom I miss calls and my phone seems possessed ...

Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol

swuln said:
Forgot to mention that I also use my phone as my mp3 player and the sound quality coming through my headphones is much better than stock... unbelievable sound.. And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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yeah im not allowed to touch my wifes phone either.lol..

fabricatedhero said:
Allowing you to use apps like
Setcpu
Droidwall
Adfree
SDspeed
Clearcache
Bloatfreezer
Sysctl config
Not to mention it will allow to remove bloat ware.
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guess im gonna need to learn what the heck bloat ware and bloat freeze is.

Your battery life and speed can dramatically increase, I'm still a beginner to rooting and all this good stuff so that's the most significant change I saw as of now.

It can be costly when you dont know what your doing but if you.do it right it can save you money(from mobile hotspot) and increase speed
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swuln said:
And yes I'm addicted my wife says I need help and I can't go anywhere near her phone ... lol
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I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?

I am confused I used my phone as a mobile hotspot all the time before I rooted it comes witht he phone and I was never charged extra for tethering. Now that I am rooted it works the same as before I dont see any difference in that department. So could you guys elaborate on what you are talking about. Yes I am a TMO user

Well for me, rooted or not my hotspot dont work anymore unless i add the feature for 14.99. Sucks, i came from a G2, then next day i received my G2x and hotspot stopped. Called them and they said network has finally detected me using it..
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Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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ltlover21 said:
Well most phones wont let you use the hotspot without paying...actually can u connect.a.device to the internet from hotspot? Cuz on my friends evo 4g you can turn on hotspot but cannot connect to internet with it.
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Yeah, i turn it on and other devices can connect but no Internet access
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Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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ltlover21 said:
Yeah they definatley stopped you well I can mess with my friends evo and see what I can come up with to get around the network but you may have to wait till someone comes up with a new program
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Well one way is changing nunbers my girl got her g2x couple days after me.. And her hotspot didnt work eirher after changing phones. We had problems with her data that she would browse the internet, then out of nowhere sge gets redirected to web2go.com sating she has no data, and 1.99 charge to continue. We had this issue for 2wks, they didbt know what to do, had 4 replacement phones because thats all they suggested, 2 new sim cards, refreshed the network to many times, factory reset.. I told them it has to be the network because even if she swapped phones with me or tried another problem would follow, i suggested to change number, rep said no, supervisor said that wouldn't help. So he ordered another replacement, monday it came, same thing. Called again, this time demanded her number changed, few minutes later internet worked from there on. Even her hotspot well, working because network hasnt detected the new number.. But hers is working for now..
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Lol yeah unless you try.something new then theyll probably find it again..just try not to.brick your phone cuz that always sucks
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d12unk13astard said:
I lol'd
Same here, but I still rooted her Samsung galaxy s 4g.
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Yea. That was the only thing she let me do and I froze some apps to save her some battery life, also got rid of the fora files for some extra space.. She's tough, she doesn't like change... took me forever to get her to upgrade her PC... The only reason she has the sgs4g is it was a gift... She sees the customizations on my phone and says " why don't I have that ? " and I say. " Let me flash your phone and you will" and shes silent .... So there's a glimpse of hope... maybe the size of a dust particle but its there ...lol..

namklak said:
Rooted, then can do wifi hot spot. Also froze evil CarHome.
Headphone jack sounds better with other ROMs, really? Really?
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Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... Bass Is awesome on them .. I crank up some Foo Fighters and I'm in my happy place.. I'm pretty picky about my music quality ... Musics in my genes, both sides of my family are full of musicians .... I'm the only one who can't read sheet music... I'm self taught bass player .. also play a little drums... Idk I can just listen and then play it... My brotherrthe same way but he can read sheet music...

swuln said:
Well that's what I think anyway... I love music and at night I'll put my headphones on to fall asleep and on the stock roms it seems idk kinda muffled, its not as crisp .. I use the earbuds that came with the wife's sgs4g... .
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Sorry to pester, but what ROM/ kernel fixed the "kinda muffled"? Did you use those earbuds on both stock and whatever your are using now? I used to be an audiophile - not that I expect that quality out of the cheap DACs they use in these phones, but free improvement is free, and I like free....

Awful wifi

I just got my HTC One X yesterday (AT&T version) and my wifi signal SUCKS unless I am right by the router. It is also extremely slow. Connection also drops sometimes.
The weird thing is, I get perfect connection anywhere in the house on my iPod.
If anyone can recommend anything to help this, please let me know. I'm tempted to return it because of this crap.
(Upgraded from the HTC Aria, didn't have any wifi problems on that phone either)

HOX has some wifi issues all over the world. You better get it replaced.
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uetfreak said:
HOX has some wifi issues all over the world. You better get it replaced.
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I thought that was only for the international or tegra devices?

Problems like yours are not widespread. You got a bum phone. Return it.

gunnyman said:
Problems like yours are not widespread. You got a bum phone. Return it.
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I already took it back to the store and they tried to connect it to their wifi, nothing. So a new one will be here Monday, I was just checking if anyone knew a way to fix it. Thanks