is it just me or is the wifi connectivity worse on sense roms, for example with trips miui i was able to get wifi in the farthest room of my house but now on insert coin i can't
Just a gander based on what I know about ROMs and kernels, it's probably more kernel related than ROM related. Depending on what radio you're using and what radio insertcoin was designed and tested on you could be having issues. I just recently learned about RIL's and how those versions can affect stuff like wifi connectivity. There's a RIL thread stickied in the dev forum, try checking your RIL version against your radio.
oh i get it! So i could say for example have insert coin's ril telling me that i have to have the insert coin radio but say for example that i have the t-mobile radio the ril has trouble communicating well with it correct?
Well kind of. The radio doesn't get flashed with the ROM, but the RIL does. You can easily flash different RIL's, so if possible it's easier to flash an RIL that matches the radio rather than flash a radio that matches the RIL, because flashing radios is more risky than just flashing a zip in recovery. The stickied RIL thread explains how to check your RIL version with terminal emulator.
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I am having Serious Low signals with Sense 3.5 Roms... It's better with Sense 3.0..
I have tested almost all Roms of this Sensation Forum and my observation is the same ...
What's the reason?...
My Radio was the same latest 10.58 in all Roms i tried... Tried matching RIL but didn't work in Sense 3.5 Roms...
Any suggestions? Should i downgrade radio?
jjdoctor said:
I am having Serious Low signals with Sense 3.5 Roms... It's better with Sense 3.0..
I have tested almost all Roms of this Sensation Forum and my observation is the same ...
What's the reason?...
My Radio was the same latest 10.58 in all Roms i tried... Tried matching RIL but didn't work in Sense 3.5 Roms...
Any suggestions? Should i downgrade radio?
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Hi,
The best radio its the one that works.
Never mind all the suggestions that say you must have this or that radio with this or that ROM.
The one that actually works with your phone in your area is the best one for you.
It is a good thing that you have tried all different roms.
Now try the different radios, and stick with the one that works.
Nothing happens downgrading Radios?
The method of copying to Sdcard Root directory and checking md5 before flashing is safe?
jjdoctor said:
Nothing happens downgrading Radios?
The method of copying to Sdcard Root directory and checking md5 before flashing is safe?
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Hi,
If you downgrade your radio,and you get better signals,then, there is no problem.
I prefer to use the adb method.
I hear of fewer problems with adb.
The sd card root method,however, is easier to install.
The choice is yours.
i know the build.prop file contains settings for the network, i also had the same problem and check the build.prop and it said i was using the 10.58 ril and i didn't realize but when you flash the ril file in recovery that the system has to be mounted.
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i know the build.prop file contains settings for the network, i also had the same problem and check the build.prop and it said i was using the 10.58 ril and i didn't realize but when you flash the ril file in recovery that the system has to be mounted.
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Pardon... I didn't get what u meant... You shared same problem as mine so i would request you to repeat what you said in more simple way which is easy to understand..
I would be curious to hear which radio is best for keeping the data connection as fast and responsive as possible when we have less than a full rack of bars.
I have T-Mobile USA and had some issues with the 10.58 Radio. I downgraded back to the stock 10.56 Radio and it seems to be a lot better - I am running the 4.1.8 ARHD with Sense 3.5.
Download the Radio 10.56.9035.00U_10.14.9035.01 and install via ADB
- adb reboot bootloader
- fastboot flash radio radio.img
- fastboot reboot
Then download the RIL HTC-RIL 2.2.0169HMQ and flash via recovery.
Hopefully this works for you as well as it did for me!
Spartacus1021 said:
I have T-Mobile USA and had some issues with the 10.58 Radio. I downgraded back to the stock 10.56 Radio and it seems to be a lot better
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What sort of issues did you have with the 10.58 radio?
@ jjdoctor, if your using a custom rom some roms are set up for EU..ect check the build.prop which is under system/build.prop (must be root) there are settings that are related to the network. take a build.prop from a stock rom and compare, also remember when you flash the ril in recovery you must mount the system first then flash the ril file. then flash your radio. there is no specific radio for a rom, dev's just say that cause they have a certain ril file install already for it. So just pick the radio that was from your stock ruu, which you can extract, get the ril file that is related to that radio, boot into recovery, mount the system, flash the ril, reboot into bootloader flash your radio and you should be set.
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What sort of issues did you have with the 10.58 radio?
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For me, I seemed to have a dropped signal, poor reception (on phone calls sounded like people were far away), signal would go in and out constantly - quickly would refresh but when you are a heavy user and signal goes in and out and interrupts what youre doing its very frustrating haha. Also, data speeds weren't as great. I am thinking of doing a speedtest result with 10.56 and 10.58 for everyone - but I really think it'd just apply to where I am (Colorado/New Mexico).
I recently flashed ARHD 3.6.9 for HTC Sensation 4G. I also flashed the recommended radio version, "10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2," noted in the dev's thread. The odd thing that I am seeing is that when I checked the baseband version that I just installed, it lists it as 10.58.9035.00P_10.15.9035.02_2. Note the only difference is the P. Is this a problem? I don't know of a way to verify the version of the radio's image.
Not sure where I read it as it was a while ago, but no it doesn't matter, its the same. On a side note though when I first got my sensation I flashed the radio that was recommended and saw no change, flashed back to original and no change, now I don't bother flashing the radios as, at least for me I see no real benefit.
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Not sure where I read it as it was a while ago, but no it doesn't matter, its the same. On a side note though when I first got my sensation I flashed the radio that was recommended and saw no change, flashed back to original and no change, now I don't bother flashing the radios as, at least for me I see no real benefit.
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yea some wont see a change, but also check if the RIL matches your radio when flashing, sometimes that can be the issue when not seeing any change, i had to flash a new radio, and i realized when i flashed new radio for rom, the ril didt match so me flashing new radio was kinda pointless when i should have match the ril,
My RIL version is HTC-RIL 2.2.0173HMQ. How do I check if this matches with my new radio? Thanks
I have been noticing that some dev gives out the radio image while others give a PG58IMG.zip for the radio. I understand how to flash the radio with the radio image, but for the PG58IMG.zip, do I just put it into the root of my SDcard and reboot into HBoot like how I would S-off my phone? Thanks
I'm wanting to know if flashing a new rom can automatically change my RIL's? I know radio does not change unless I purposely flash a new radio, but without using ROM names I'll try to describe my issue and the reason behind my question.
I was using a Sense 3.5 rom for a week with everything working just great. I decided to try a different kernel with that rom and after flashing the new kernel my gps stopped working. OK, reflash the original rom and things are back to working well.
THEN...I decide I want to try CM7 so I flash a CM rom and try it out for a couple days, decide that it's really not going to work for me and go back to original rom with original kernel.
NOW...gps is taking forever to lock, and google nav doesn't lock at all unless I open up a gps app like gps status or chartcross gps test. I flashed cryps AGPS patch for tmous users and it still has this same issue.
Any ideas, opinions, or other solutions are greatly appreciated. I use my navigation a lot and it's a key requirement for my phone so quick gps lock is extremely important for me.
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I'm wanting to know if flashing a new rom can automatically change my RIL's? I know radio does not change unless I purposely flash a new radio, but without using ROM names I'll try to describe my issue and the reason behind my question.
I was using a Sense 3.5 rom for a week with everything working just great. I decided to try a different kernel with that rom and after flashing the new kernel my gps stopped working. OK, reflash the original rom and things are back to working well.
THEN...I decide I want to try CM7 so I flash a CM rom and try it out for a couple days, decide that it's really not going to work for me and go back to original rom with original kernel.
NOW...gps is taking forever to lock, and google nav doesn't lock at all unless I open up a gps app like gps status or chartcross gps test. I flashed cryps AGPS patch for tmous users and it still has this same issue.
Any ideas, opinions, or other solutions are greatly appreciated. I use my navigation a lot and it's a key requirement for my phone so quick gps lock is extremely important for me.
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Mostly the rils are replaced by the rom IF the chef puts it in. But more inclined all do.
And yes the ril and radio is essential to have gps working quickly. So you can just match the radio to the ril.
If that doesn't work, compare the rils on an old nandroid and the new rom. I'm going to say that the rils will be different.
And also in my experience, flashing different kernels also affects the gps locks as well. For me bricked and faux kernels always borked my gps. So now I only go with the bundled kernel, because most times, the dev tested out the gps with the kernel before releasing it.
You can always flash the matching radio to the RIL you now have, that should sort you out
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1200403
Thanks for the answers and suggestions so far. So this is what I've done so far:
- reflashed first rom after doing a factory reset/wipe in ext4 recovery. It used to work well with my signal and my gps using the latest 10.56 TmoUS radio. After trying to get lock for 15 minutes I gave up
- read the RIL thread and flashed the recommended .169 ril for the 10.56 radio and still bad gps, no lock. What's weird is in both the above cases Ucenter gps app finds satellites but google nav and endomondo do not lock, ever. So I know my gps hardware is working but it's just not communicating with any apps.
- I'm going to now try using Superwipe and reinstalling the rom 1 more time, not sure if that will do anything at all but I'm out of ideas. Otherwise I may have to give up on this particular rom even though it used to work well.
And no, the rom does not recommend any particular radio.
Remember to try the rom (with matching ril) without flashing a kernel first.
So I decided to start playing with different radio, dish, and ril settings yesterday. I was running 3.32.501 (t-mobile ics firmware), ARHD 6.6.5, 11.69A radio (Dish2), all my data speeds were working fine.
I decided to flash the 11.72 radio. Once i did i got no 3g or 4G data speeds only 2G. Someone recommended that i check my mobile data settings and switch to WCDMA which i did, but this had no effect at all.
So my question is this...for the 11.72 radio do i need to have the 3.32.401 firmware? Does anyone know what happened?
I did flash back to the 11.69A radio and everything is fine again.
Some radios will require different firmwares and the RILs must be from the same Android version. As in, GB ril won't work in ICS.
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So I decided to start playing with different radio, dish, and ril settings yesterday. I was running 3.32.501 (t-mobile ics firmware), ARHD 6.6.5, 11.69A radio (Dish2), all my data speeds were working fine.
I decided to flash the 11.72 radio. Once i did i got no 3g or 4G data speeds only 2G. Someone recommended that i check my mobile data settings and switch to WCDMA which i did, but this had no effect at all.
So my question is this...for the 11.72 radio do i need to have the 3.32.401 firmware? Does anyone know what happened?
I did flash back to the 11.69A radio and everything is fine again.
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Hi,
Try posting in THIS THREAD
Radio guru in charge.
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Hi,
Try posting in THIS THREAD
Radio guru in charge.
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yeah ive been posting in there, but i figured i would start a new post, bc i didnt want to clutter that thread with all my questions
SO just to update, i decided it might be my tmobile 3.32.531 firmware causing the issue, so i flashed the 3.32.401, 11.72 radio and ril 0017 (mismatch) and all data speeds were back.
So unless im missing something the tmobile 3.32.501 firmware may not be compatible with other radios (except the tmobile one, 11.69A), or there is a setting (in build.prop?) not set correctly.
Also I have used the tmobile firmware with other rils without any immediate data impact.
Hi,
I have a Desire S, unlocked via HTCdev with IceColdSandwich installed on it. Almost everything is working fine, but I am experiencing signal losses quite often.
It seems likely to me that the combination of ICS and the radio ROM from GB (3822.10.08.04_M) is causing the issue. While I could flash a new radio ROM, I'd have to S-Off my phone first, which leaves with one other option:
Is it possible to flash the matching RIL for my radio on ICS? Would that possibly work?
If so, I would be grateful for any guidance on how to extract the RIL from the old RUU.