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On my second inspire now... And I have gps problems again

I traded in my first Inspire for a replacement after the GPS started working less reliably after a couple weeks.
Now, a couple weeks into owning this one, I am (frustratingly) experiencing weird problems again.
Yesterday I tried using the GPS to navigate to a club in Baltimore... On the way down, I never got a solid gps lock in navigation. And, oddly enough, on the way back home, the lock was rock solid all the way.
I'm beginning to wonder if this is a defect with the Inspire itself, even though I haven't heard of many people having the same problems. The only "weird" thing I do with my GPS is use c:geo, a geocaching application... I'm wondering if this somehow tampers with GPS settings and starts to affect the gps tracking itself?
I do not use a case. I have not rooted or flashed the phone (nor did I on the previous model).. I really can't think about much else that I might be doing that coudl be affecting the gps.
Anyone have any ideas?

magnumforce2006 said:
I traded in my first Inspire for a replacement after the GPS started working less reliably after a couple weeks.
Now, a couple weeks into owning this one, I am (frustraingly) experiencing weird problems again.
Yesterday I tried using the GPS to navigate to a club in Baltimore... On the way down, I never got a solid gps lock in navigation. And, oddly enough, on the way back home, the lock was rock solid all the way.
I'm beginning to wonder if this is a defect with the Inspire itself, even though I haven't heard of many people having the same problems. The only "weird" thing I do with my GPS is use c:geo, a geocaching application... I'm wondering if this somehow tampers with GPS settings and starts to affect the gps tracking itself?
I do not use a case. I have not rooted or flashed the phone (nor did I on the previous model).. I really can't think about much else that I might be doing that coudl be affecting the gps.
Anyone have any ideas?
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Go into your settings, location and then uncheck "use wireless networks". Try that and see how it works.
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I will try this later, but I hesitate to say that'd be the problem, when GPS test was only pulling 3-4 satellites earlier today. (under normal conditions it will get twice that easily after a few seconds).
I feel like if this hardware problem was this widespread (that an entire generation of GPS' started going bad on the inspires) more people would be talking about it... And yet I see very little discussion of this happening. Are people just not using their GPS' that much? lol

In my ecperience not all Roms have the greatest GPS for whatever reason.
Use various ones, the one in my signature is a good place to start.

legend221 said:
In my ecperience not all Roms have the greatest GPS for whatever reason.
Use various ones, the one in my signature is a good place to start.
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As I said in the OP, I am not even rooted. Using the stock ROM.

Never mind. Re read the op....
Sent from Desire HD or Inspire 4G or whatever this thing is called via premium XDA app.

Intermittent quality all the way home from work, even with "use wireless networks" turned off. By the end of the trip it could no longer hold a lock.
So frustrating. I would return this one, but for what? Another couple weeks and I'll be having the same problems.

Welp, rooted and flashed last night to Stock ROM Optimized, flashed LeeDroid 2.2.2. Kernel, applied this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997647, and I still couldn't get a strong lock on the way to work today.
This is baffling to me. I guess I just won't be using the Inspire's GPS a whole lot, which is a shame, because it's a perfect phone otherwise.

magnumforce2006 said:
Welp, rooted and flashed last night to Stock ROM Optimized, flashed LeeDroid 2.2.2. Kernel, applied this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997647, and I still couldn't get a strong lock on the way to work today.
This is baffling to me. I guess I just won't be using the Inspire's GPS a whole lot, which is a shame, because it's a perfect phone otherwise.
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Flash the new miui and follow the setup instructions exactly. Lock was a second or 2 for me!

mj0528 said:
Flash the new miui and follow the setup instructions exactly. Lock was a second or 2 for me!
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Could I have a link to exactly what you're talking about?

magnumforce2006 said:
Could I have a link to exactly what you're talking about?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=969436

magnumforce2006 said:
Welp, rooted and flashed last night to Stock ROM Optimized, flashed LeeDroid 2.2.2. Kernel, applied this fix http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=997647, and I still couldn't get a strong lock on the way to work today.
This is baffling to me. I guess I just won't be using the Inspire's GPS a whole lot, which is a shame, because it's a perfect phone otherwise.
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I have this exact same setup on my phone, same Rom, same kernel, and my gps didnt work. I reflashed the stock radio and now i get a lock in under 3 seconds. Give that a try.
Almost forgot I used THIS method to flash the radio, if that matters...
*BE VERY CAREFUL WITH THIS PROCESS YOU CAN BRICK YOUR PHONE WITH A CORRUPT RADIO.IMG*
To flash a radio using hboot with radio S-OFF you can simply take the zip file PD98IMG.zip from the hack kit (Thanks ATTN1) and remove the radio.img file from it using winrar or 7zip, and put a new radio.img from elsewhere in the zip named radio.img and using store (NO) compression. Make sure it is named exactly PD98IMG.zip and put it on the root of your sdcard. Reboot your phone into hboot and the new radio will prompt you to load. Press volume up on the phone and it will load automatically and ask you to press power to reboot.
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Since your flashing the stock radio no need to take any radio.img file out or put a new one in, just simply flash the PD98IMG.zip in hboot

tdesbien31 said:
I have this exact same setup on my phone, same Rom, same kernel, and my gps didnt work. I reflashed the stock radio and now i get a lock in under 3 seconds. Give that a try.
Almost forgot I used THIS method to flash the radio, if that matters...
Since your flashing the stock radio no need to take any radio.img file out or put a new one in, just simply flash the PD98IMG.zip in hboot
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Yeahp, I'm gonna give this a try tonight, fingers crossed.
What did you use before the Stock Rom Optimized (and leedroid kernel)? I came straight from stock, and was already having problems so... hmph.

magnumforce2006 said:
Yeahp, I'm gonna give this a try tonight, fingers crossed.
What did you use before the Stock Rom Optimized (and leedroid kernel)? I came straight from stock, and was already having problems so... hmph.
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I ran alot of other roms, and noone of them were working for me, never got around to trying anything to fix it until i came across someone who reflashed the radio and it worked using the Stock Optomized rom in the thread, so figured id give it a try low and behold it worked for me as well.

Re-flashed the radio last night, don't think it made much of a difference.
Navigation to work today was spotty... Hanging at spots, and never getting a very solid lock (the circle around the little blue arrow would remain probably 20-30 meters large or more). When viewing GPS status I'll usually be anywhere from 4-8 satellites.
I dunno... maybe I'm expecting too much? It has been cloudy/rainy here the past few days, and maybe that's just really affecting it.
I just know that when I first got this phone (and the last one) I'd have strong locks very quickly that would stay strong for the majority of the trip... And it never seemed very weather dependant. *shrugs*

Be happy you get a GPS lock lol, i owned the Captivate for about 5 months and got 1 lock the entire time mo matter what fixes i tried, and the 1 lock was the day i got it.

tdesbien31 said:
Be happy you get a GPS lock lol, i owned the Captivate for about 5 months and got 1 lock the entire time mo matter what fixes i tried, and the 1 lock was the day i got it.
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Yeah, I guess inconsistently functional is better than nothing. I just don't get why I'm having these problems, when most Inspire owners seem to have perfect GPS still.
I might try trading in for ONE MORE model, just to see what happens... HTC's warranty should cover me for 9 months, right?

magnumforce2006 said:
Yeah, I guess inconsistently functional is better than nothing. I just don't get why I'm having these problems, when most Inspire owners seem to have perfect GPS still.
I might try trading in for ONE MORE model, just to see what happens... HTC's warranty should cover me for 9 months, right?
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Your guarantee from AT&T itself is 30 days exchange for anything policy regardless. Trade it in for a different phone or another Inspire.
Just make sure you follow the back to stock flashing instructions in development thread before you take it in just in case they want to be assholes about you having alternate software running.

You should try GPS Status from the market.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2&feature=search_result
It downloads new AGPS info like once a day if you want it to and has quickened up my fixes a whole bunch. I would try D/L'ing the app, clearing the exsisting AGPS data through the app, and D/L'ing the data new.

Faster fix from the market works awesome to and always fixs my gps after a new rom install .
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Official Gingerbread Update Soon???

So I've been looking for a way to try that GB sweetness on my Tbolt. The leak a few weeks ago was very tempting, but due to bricking issue and the fact that the leak is just a test build made me hesitant.
After googling GB update for TB, a few links came up that suggest that the TB and Evo should get official update to 2.3 in June.
Here is my question: I just saw an announcement for Evo update to 2.3 on June 6. When is it our turn??? I know it's a bit antsy but they can't just throw a wet cat in front of me and not expect me to beat that sh#$ up.
But seriously, anyone got news?
here's a poll for ya speculations

Even if sombody has a date its always wrong. So let's get over the guessing game. The bamf gb rom is flawless you just need a little experience when it comes to wiping data and radio updates. But I have had no problems once the ROM is up and running.

And battery life is better in this ROM then froyo from my personal experiences.

Going to have to add another vote for BAMF GB. Loving me some "ROM of Death" ;}

The latest CM7 Alpha build from Slayher is almost problem free for me (no big issues, all data etc. working great) and I've had lots of problems with previous builds. It's worth a shot.

I'm guessing there will be some more leaked builds, but the final version and OTA won't happen until September... 4 to 5 months after the first leak seems to be the standard procedure with VZW and Android updates...

I got an email from HTC yesterday and was told that Gingerbread will be out this summer.
I Emailed HTC to complain about the constant rebooting issue and battery life after the OTA.....bla bla ect ect & asked when the Tbolt will get Gingerbread and this is what I received back.
Dear XXXXX XXXXX,
I understand your device is randomly rebooting after the latest OTA. I will advise how to back up your contacts and perform a factory data reset. If the device continues to reboot we are currently advising customers to swap the device out with Verizon, but I will provide another option as well.
I do not currently have any information that indicates the cause of the rebooting issue or whether it is possible for it to be resolved in a software update. I can advise you that the Thunderbolt will be receiving Gingerbread this Summer.
To back up your contacts launch the People application and press menu=>import/export=>export to SD card=>Phone. If you are not sure that your contacts are in Google you can repeat this step and select the Google category.
The Thunderbolt is usually configured to mass-reinstall your Market applications after a factory data reset if you log in with the same Gmail account. If you wish to avoid this for troubleshooting purposes you can open the Market and press Menu>My Apps and uninstall your applications. Alternatively, after the factory data reset, you can wait to enter your Gmail account until you have had a chance to test the phone functionality.
A factory reset will clear all of the settings and data from your phone's internal memory and restore your device to its default state. Media on your storage card, which includes your pictures and videos, however, will not be affected. To perform this reset, from the home screen, press menu=>settings=>SD & Phone Storage=>Factory Data Reset.
If device behavior continues we are asking customers to swap their devices out at a Verizon store. However, you can also use your warranty with HTC by calling our warranty provider PCD at 1-800-229-1235 (8:30 AM - 5 PM EDT M-F).
To send a reply to this message or let me know I have successfully answered your question log in to our ContactUs site using your email address and your ticket number XXXXXXXXXX.
Sincerely,
Douglas
HTC

Braggo said:
The latest CM7 Alpha build from Slayher is almost problem free for me (no big issues, all data etc. working great) and I've had lots of problems with previous builds. It's worth a shot.
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I would but there is no 4G LTE on CM7, and I'm not willing to give it up since I live in an area with the service, but to anyone that isn't in the 4G area, CM7 is a great choice.

We already knew it was coming in summer the problem is when in summer? Summer can go all the way to the end of August basically so its really cloudy as to a somewhat exact date.

ctinsley said:
I would but there is no 4G LTE on CM7, and I'm not willing to give it up since I live in an area with the service, but to anyone that isn't in the 4G area, CM7 is a great choice.
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From what I understand, the 3G/4G/WiFi handoff is fixed in the version released early this morning/late last night.

We went threw the same thing with the incredible-froyo update. When we get updates, is anyone else like, wow that took a year?? Sure we get a couple new features and performance bumps and new extra awesome crapware, but this time I don't think I'll be marking off days on the calendar.
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miketoasty said:
We already knew it was coming in summer the problem is when in summer? Summer can go all the way to the end of August basically so its really cloudy as to a somewhat exact date.
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Exactly. So if you're itching for some Gingerbread, you might as well flash one of the roms based on the GB leak. Otherwise you could be waiting much longer than expected
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ctinsley said:
I would but there is no 4G LTE on CM7, and I'm not willing to give it up since I live in an area with the service, but to anyone that isn't in the 4G area, CM7 is a great choice.
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From work to my house to my girlfriends house, I have 4g everywhere. That was the sole reason I dumped CM7. After last nights update, I figured I would give it a try, and am glad I did! 4G Has been fixed and this is now the ROM to use! Everything is working great and have had 0 issues after using it for the last 12 hours or so.

@Miketoasty Do you have a link to your particular ROM and radio?
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rester555 said:
@Miketoasty Do you have a link to your particular ROM and radio?
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Just the latest cm7 and dream kernel. Both on the first page of the dev section.
Sent from my ThunderBolt using XDA App

I hope it comes soon. I'm strongly considering going back to das bamf 2.0 but don't want to brick my phone
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I didn't know that the DAS BAMF 2.0 was causing some of the bricks. I guess that makes sense being that it is on the leaked version of GB

miketoasty said:
We already knew it was coming in summer the problem is when in summer? Summer can go all the way to the end of August basically so its really cloudy as to a somewhat exact date.
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unless HTC/VZW observes Indian summer....
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I'm running das bamf 2.0 and its GB 2.3.3 with sense 3.0. Runs flawless, quick, and battery is better than anything I've used before.
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MsSassypants said:
unless HTC/VZW observes Indian summer....
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Please don't jinx it I could so see a developer like Motorola or Samsung pulling something like that.
"Oh yea by summer we actually meant Indian summer so yea just buy a new phone if you want gingerbread now."

[Q] does anyone have rebooting issues?

Hey guys, I've had my HTC One S for T-Mobile and ive had it for about 1 week and it has rebooted on me twice so far. not sure why. the first time it was in my pocket and i heard the T-Mobile boot up animation sound go off in my pocket and pulled it out my phone to see it was just booting up for some reason. then today i was going to look at my friendstream widget (on my home screen) and my phone locked up for a second and then rebooted itself. i'm not happy about it since i once owned a g2x which rebooted like crazy. i'm hoping it stops randomly doing this crap but i reported it to HTC since it gave me the option once it rebooted. my HTC one s is rooted with the stock rom with bloatware removed and carry IQ removed. i just wanted to see if i'm the only one having this issue.

It happens to me too :/ sometimes i wake up in the morning and i see the HTC error message. Maybe a software issue?

coronangel said:
It happens to me too :/ sometimes i wake up in the morning and i see the HTC error message. Maybe a software issue?
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not sure why it does this. i just wanted to make sure i wasnt the only one having this issue. but i do hope its a software issue. i keep reporting it to htc when it ask me to send them the error or whatever it says. maybe htc will fix it

I had like two reboots, but then I updated the phone and the problems disappeared. Have you updated to the latest firmware ?
Sent from my HTC One S using XDA

Habarug said:
I had like two reboots, but then I updated the phone and the problems disappeared. Have you updated to the latest firmware ?
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i dont think there is an update for the tmobile htc one s.

Two days since I bought it and already rebooted two times when exiting the mail client while network was switching from H to 3G. I upgraded it to the latest firmware OTA just after putting the SIM card into.

My son had a problem with random reboots. After enabling Best Wifi Performance in Wifi, advanced settings, they went away. This is on a TMOUS version. Could be totally unrelated to your issue, but worth a try. I've noticed that the wifi has some weirdness to it, like hanging on to a connection long after it's out of range. I hope there is a software update soon.
Sent from my HTC VLE_U

well i hope htc can fix this issue. it hasnt happened again yet. i also have the tmobile htc one s.

s10shane said:
i dont think there is an update for the tmobile htc one s.
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I don't have tmob version and mine is on 1.78. It was that update which fixed it, it seems. You did an update search right?
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Habarug said:
I don't have tmob version and mine is on 1.78. It was that update which fixed it, it seems. You did an update search right?
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Mine is also on 1.78 but had 2 reboots.

Habarug said:
I don't have tmob version and mine is on 1.78. It was that update which fixed it, it seems. You did an update search right?
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yeah i guess here in the US we havent got an ota update that i know of. i kept checking for updates but it said my one s is up to date.

Another reboot this morning. This time I received a txt thru Facebook Messenger. I saw it on my desktop and ear, exactly at the same time, the HTC One S rebooting. This might be app related this time.
My One S specs:
- EU edition
- Stock ROM, 1.78 OTA
- Wifi disabled

Yes my H1S reboots about 3 times a week, or the "Loading ..." window is seens 3 or 4 times a week as well.

one more time... I'm gonna consider switching to another ROM in a very near future.

rebooting on 1.78 stock and other custom roms too
Hi guys, I had this issue with stock rom on 1.78 and previous too, so it is probably a radio issue. If I am connected to my wifi network at home, then I go out, the phone switches to hsdpa (as it should) and then I come back home,the reconnection to the wifi network causes the phone to reboot.
I had this issue on all roms I used, both stock and trickdroid 3.1 / 4.3.
My wifi direct is already disabled, my location is Italy. I have seen also that people on the US T-mobile support webpage are complaining about something very similar, wifi related.
Thanks

I'm on tmous and have had two of these reboots since I got the phone on US release day.
As others have said, mine have only happened when I'm on the very edge of my WiFi coverage. It's like the phone can't decide which network to grab on to and freaks out. I don't have the issue when it's just normally switching from WiFi to data like when I go out and then come home. It only seems to happen when I'm right on the edge of WiFi for a few minutes.
Not a huge deal, since its only happened a couple of times. If I remember when I'm off this week, i'll try to get a logcat because I should be able to reproduce it at the edge of my back yard

that would be great, as it sounds like it is the same issue. I always found tricky to save logcats due to amount of information in them and spotting the exact reason for crashing.

Constant Data loss

Hi, i hope someone can help me but im running a Mytouch 4G slide with Cyanogen Alpha 5 with s-on and everything works great and has been for the past 2 days since purchased and rooted it, Today however i have been having constant data loss. What happens is on my signal bar i can see the H come and go come and go come and go for about 5-10 seconds intervals, when it comes, it immediately goes away and then comes back after about 5-10 seconds. I tried to do a factory reset and after losing everything i hoped it would fix it but it only fixed it for about 5 minutes then it continued doing the same exact thing as before but i have great signal reception. If anyone has any clue on how to fix this or maybe get a new Radio that fixes it, i would be more than glad to turn S-OFF as it is currently S-on. Thank you and i really appreciate all the hard work and help!

TheRealEvo said:
Hi, i hope someone can help me but im running a Mytouch 4G slide with Cyanogen Alpha 5 with s-on and everything works great and has been for the past 2 days since purchased and rooted it, Today however i have been having constant data loss. What happens is on my signal bar i can see the H come and go come and go come and go for about 5-10 seconds intervals, when it comes, it immediately goes away and then comes back after about 5-10 seconds. I tried to do a factory reset and after losing everything i hoped it would fix it but it only fixed it for about 5 minutes then it continued doing the same exact thing as before but i have great signal reception. If anyone has any clue on how to fix this or maybe get a new Radio that fixes it, i would be more than glad to turn S-OFF as it is currently S-on. Thank you and i really appreciate all the hard work and help!
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I'm having the exact same problem and have been running CM9, Alpha 5, S-ON since a few days after it was released with no problems at all. I didn't notice it until I got to work since I have wireless at home but have not had data all day. I called T-Mobile and they're not experiencing any outages in my area (Philadelphia) so that's out of the question. The only changes that have been made to this phone have been making sure to keep my apps updated.
I know this isn't an answer to your problem but you're not the only one having it. Hopefully, someone can provide some insight.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28692986
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Note that I've had the same data issues on CM9 Alpha5 with two different devices. I was able to replicate the intermittent data issue on my sister's mt4gs. Her's was s-on. Then I s-off'd her phone using revolutionary and still had the data issues.
I reflashed back to stock 1.63 and data worked fine. Then I used JuopunutBear to s-off and flashed CM9 Alpha5. Data has been consistent and flawless on both devices ever since.
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jjbz said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28692986
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Changing the APN setting to internet2.voicestream.com worked for me but I'm still curious as to why after a month of running CM9 A5 with no problems, the data just dropped on me today.

I think this is nation wide and not just a rom problem a couple people I've talked to have been having data/signal problems all different phones.
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slaya811 said:
I think this is nation wide and not just a rom problem a couple people I've talked to have been having data/signal problems all different phones.
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Not necessarily, i think its just the Mytouch 4G slide running the cyanogen.. Im running an HTC Amaze with revolution ICS 3.6 sense s-on for over a month now and it has worked great no problems whatsoever... as for this Mytouch 4G slide, i still cannot get this problem fixed, they phone gets data back at times and then the problem hits it back just a couple hours later and it is very frustrating. I have also tried to fix it by doing the whole root process again and that only fixed it for 24 hours till the next day so thats out of the question as to answer post #2. I guess i will just have to wait and see for a new cyanogen update to come out for the Mytouch 4G slide.

[Q] Got GSIII and reception is terrible

It's easily 50% worse than my last phone (palm pre 3) and I've never had issues at my home with anyone's verizon phone.
I did flash LK1 RPM and Radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007414
I'm not sure if that has any bearing on it and am also not sure if it was like that before. I did it all when I was in town.
Is there another radio I can flash and see if it's better? Or does the GSIII just have garbage reception on the outskirts?
TIA TIA

Diddo on all that..here is a list with all the modems.let me know if you find the best
Good luck
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-of...zon-sgs3-sch-i535-odin-or-recovery-flashable/

What ROM ya runnin?
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TheDiabolicaL1 said:
What ROM ya runnin?
Better and funnier than your tapatalk signature
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I've tried the miui 4.1
stock JB
and the mean jellybean one I posted above.

To be honest when I first flashed any ROM on to my GS3 my reception was terrible. Every ROM that I used was the same, I also tried every radio available.
My only solution was just to go back to stock which I did now this Stock ICS has me at 4-5 bars everywhere I go.
My last CM ROM had me at 0-1 bar in the same places.
I hope this helps.

Check to see if you have the updated prl version 15154. Do this by going to settings, about phone, status. I think that is an updated list of the towers and that could be your problem. If its not the updated version just shut phone off take out SIM card for 2 min and then just start it up and it should automatically update. I read this somewhere in another post and just figured i'd pass it on. Hope it helps.

Txs mike..I was on something like 14015::' 1 month of fiddling of different modems and radios

mikeman45 said:
Check to see if you have the updated prl version 15154. Do this by going to settings, about phone, status. I think that is an updated list of the towers and that could be your problem. If its not the updated version just shut phone off take out SIM card for 2 min and then just start it up and it should automatically update. I read this somewhere in another post and just figured i'd pass it on. Hope it helps.
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Unfortunately I'm already on this PRL
Going to try some ICS roms I guess.

I have tried each radio as they have come out with mixed reviews. Some are better than others for me but YMMV. I have found the latest VRLK1 is what works best for me. I came from the Thunderbolt, and I really miss the reception I had with that phone; however, that is the ONLY thing I miss about it. I am currently running CleanRom v5.0 and VRLK1. I definitely get the best reception, and can maintain 4G at work while the other radios would drop to 3g or 1x. I only hope it continues to improve, but I don't think it will ever be as good as I had with the Thunderbolt. Good Luck.

Did you try all the radios, even the ICS ones.
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Mark as solved!
I tried every radio I agree the newest seemed to work best but still was ridiculous. Barely any service even though I had two bars at times. Not enough for a single call and had to be by a window to get spotty text service.
Traded for a lumia 822. Works perfect.

This is funny. Coming from the nexus this phone has way more signal and better reception. Instant switching from 3g to 4g and to wifi. Ive tried every radio and they all work very well. Tried on my nexus and all were horrible. Just my .02 cents but this phone rocks.

mcbrocker said:
This is funny. Coming from the nexus this phone has way more signal and better reception. Instant switching from 3g to 4g and to wifi. Ive tried every radio and they all work very well. Tried on my nexus and all were horrible. Just my .02 cents but this phone rocks.
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Same here. If my i535 shows even 1 bar it still calls/uses data great.

corn13read said:
I've tried the miui 4.1
stock JB
and the mean jellybean one I posted above.
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Two things. One: might need a replacement. Two: uh, all the MIUI builds say there are radio issues. So, yeah....
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corn13read said:
It's easily 50% worse than my last phone (palm pre 3) and I've never had issues at my home with anyone's verizon phone.
I did flash LK1 RPM and Radio from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2007414
I'm not sure if that has any bearing on it and am also not sure if it was like that before. I did it all when I was in town.
Is there another radio I can flash and see if it's better? Or does the GSIII just have garbage reception on the outskirts?
TIA TIA
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As others have said try out all of the older radios and use whichever one works best for you. Unfortunately, this phone is not particularly known for having a strong radio (and no software update is ever going to really fix that).
If you are really on a fringe area of service, this might not be the best phone for you. In my experience, Motorola phones have always had the best radios in the industry, and are the most reliable in fringe service areas.