The Wifes Infuse is having problems connecting in basement at work. she is on stock build from ATT. Any idea?
Could be a low reception area.
^^^ right. could be a low reception area. although if you're willing to tinker, and being a member on here, i assume you are... you'll find that each modem acts differently in different areas. the "best" modem for me in southern california in my single story house might not be the best for you. so now to the tinkering issue... try flashing different modems, let it settle for a while and see which one works best for you. i actually have several modems stored in my phone so if i'm not getting particularily good reception in a certain area, i can flash another! good luck tinkering!
And to flash modems, you'll need to root, flash a custom ROM or get a custom recovery (red one I mean), and play with flashing modems.
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I live in the US west coast. What radio would you guys recommend for this area?
Flashing a radio does not wipe your data, and is fairly safe if done correctly.
As to finding out the best radio, it depends on your carrier as well as location.
Since it takes under 5 min to flash a radio, why dont you just flash a radio, test drive it for a couple days then try another one. Thats the only way your gonna find the right radio.
Or just when reading through threads and take a look at user's signatures and you will recognize popular radios (and roms).
I'm on the latest at&t radio in central texas on At&t network and it works a treat for me.
Long story short, I think most people are debating between the .19 and the .35 radio. I'm in So Cal and go up to Sacramento/Bay area, Portland, and Seattle fairly often and the .19 radio seems to be the best thus far. Granted I haven't tried the .35 but there have been many posts about battery drain with the .35.
In sum, I love the .19 and it seems to be one of the most, if not the, most popular radio for West Coast ATT'ers...
And as fone_fanataic mentioned, you can flash many radios because you don't HAVE to hard reset but the general rumor is hard resetting may benefit and I generally hard reset after flashing a radio as well as ROM's but I can't say that it actually matters.
My stock radio was 1.02.25.32 GPS was slow, I had bars but my reception wasn't the greatest.
I flashed to 1.12.25.19 GPS was way quicker in my house, I show less bars but the reception seems clearer. BTW I needed to hard reset after flashing this radio because I wasn't getting any cell service for some reason. I did change the dll file.
I am going try this out for awhile then switch to the new radio 1.14.25.35
I flashed 1.14.25.35, now i don't drop calls in the elevator at work. But the gps seems slower.
First off, sorry if this is in the wrong part of the fourm..... anyways, ya, what's up with all these names for modems? What are the differences? There's like 15 different modems that I saw in the development section. Please explain to me what's so.special about each of them.
they are named after the ROM from which they come
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835272
try one and post the results. they are mostly i9000 and t959 modems from cariers that use the same bands as att. stay away from the t-mobile modems and i9000 modems that dont have the 850 band by default, we were having succsess with the bell jk3/jk4 modems and then the telus seems to give me better gps. now we have a good number of them from many providers, and noone can know what's the best.
i recomend the telus jl3 modem. i get an ocasional warning the the sim was removed, its a bug related to the modem but overall it seems to be the best that i tried, the warning does not affect service in the least. another may be as good without the bug but there are too many to test.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391 these should also work, the more people using them the more data we will have to answer questions like this
Dani897 said:
try one and post the results. they are mostly i9000 and t959 modems from cariers that use the same bands as att. stay away from the t-mobile modems and i9000 modems that dont have the 850 band by default, we were having succsess with the bell jk3/jk4 modems and then the telus seems to give me better gps. now we have a good number of them from many providers, and noone can know what's the best.
i recomend the telus jl3 modem. i get an ocasional warning the the sim was removed, its a bug related to the modem but overall it seems to be the best that i tried, the warning does not affect service in the least. another may be as good without the bug but there are too many to test.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391 these should also work, the more people using them the more data we will have to answer questions like this
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Hahahaa im guessing you're running P9? I got that error a couple nights ago and it kinda scared me, but its all good. And thanks you two for answering!
So I recently got an Inspire, coming from a Vibrant. I have T-mobile service. On the Vibrant, in the same location, I had superb cell signal. On this Infuse, it's more than terrible.
I know it's designed to be an ATT phone, and the internal hardware won't pick up certain T-Mobile bands, but I have also had a couple other unlocked phones that got better signal than this.
I can literally set the Vibrant down on the table with 3-4 bars of service, and the Infuse next to it with Emergency Only or an X (no signal). In other random spots I can get a couple bars, but very spotty. Sometimes I'll have a couple of bars, and literally not move an inch and lose signal. That's frustrating!
I know I can't get 3g-4g speeds. Not an issue with me, I use wireless, but I do want to figure out how to make and receive phone calls.
I unlocked using Ace, and let it run for a few days before making any other changes. Today I flashed Android Revolution HD 6.3.3, and then flashed the recommended radio about an hour later. (used the fastboot method described in the radio's readme, the RIL was included in the Rom)
So my signal is slightly better, but only barely. Still very unreliable.
I guess my hope is, to gain some insight as to how the radio even works, so I can start to learn the differences in them, and find one that works better.
Is there any hope that I will find one that is suitable?
Can anyone recommend radios/a solution?
I also wonder, since the Desire has compatible radios, and they are used in Europe, if they may pick up T-Mobile USA signals better.
Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for your help and advice!
P.S. I know its been discussed before, however, I've read hours and hours worth of posts, and in the end I decided asking was definitely worth it. Ya'll are smart!
Sent from my Inspire 4G using XDA
Radios react differently for everyone cause they are actually based on regions as to where your at. But there are positive responses on the .03 , .28 and .30 radios. Give them a shot and try them out each for about a few days and see how they work for you. Development section has a radio thread you can get them from.
Just remember flash radios at your own risk, they are a little riskier than flashing roms. Good luck
What are the advantages of flashing a new modem? Will certain modems get better service signal than others? If so, what seems to be the best modem which gets the best service signal? If not, is there any other way to improve the signal? I get no service in my house, so I usually use WiFi calling, but I kinda fell in love with ICS and CM after flashing them and would like to try to keep them. Thank you.
Nearly as many opinions on modems as there are threads on them. Search will reveal both.
My i535 is on a rooted, unlocked stock, 4.1.2, baseband I535VRBMB1, with TWRP 2.5.0.0. My primary concern with the phone is it's spotty reception. I have thought that newer basebands would be the better ones, but from reading here I gather that is not always true. Can someone point me to some information that would help me choose and install various modems to see if there is one that will do less signal searching. Right now I have disabled LTE on my phone and that seems to work better. Maybe that's as good as I can expect.
Here you go: http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/modems/
FYI there isn't any modem that is better then the other as it all depends on your cell coverage where you live and how your phone responds to the modem.
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Here you go: http://invisiblek.org/sch-i535/modems/
FYI there isn't any modem that is better then the other as it all depends on your cell coverage where you live and how your phone responds to the modem.
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Thanks, I guess that Verizon has to build modems that work for the "average" situation. If everyone lived in the same coverage area there would be a lot fewer complaints about dropped calls and poor connection. I know that it will take a few days for a modem to learn how to connect in an area. It's not fun to be stuck with a phone that people tell me is breaking up when I call them. I came from a Droid X and I'd say it had a lot less problems with calls. I have always used antenna signal amps in my vehicle and that does help. (Wilson Electronics).
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Thanks, I guess that Verizon has to build modems that work for the "average" situation. If everyone lived in the same coverage area there would be a lot fewer complaints about dropped calls and poor connection. I know that it will take a few days for a modem to learn how to connect in an area. It's not fun to be stuck with a phone that people tell me is breaking up when I call them. I came from a Droid X and I'd say it had a lot less problems with calls. I have always used antenna signal amps in my vehicle and that does help. (Wilson Electronics).
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The verizon gs3 has signal issues. Im in a very well covered LTE area and have issues with signal. Doesn't matter the modem. Its the phone itself.
See that proves my point that you get varying results depending on location and phone. While you got problems in a well covered area of Colorado, I get problems I certain bulidings in NYC that I had no issues with my previous phone.
I get fantastic coverage (but unfortunately not on AOSP) and I'm on a rather old modem. I figured not to mess with it because I know they're really touchy
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