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[Q] Wifi bug!!

hello i dont know if this only happen to me, but whe i turn on the Wifi and it shows all the wifi signals, all of them shows full bars, but after i connect to any of them, then appears the real signal, so i know this is not a big deal but its little annoying to know which one is with the better signal because all of them appear full bars when it is not true :S
any help??

It's more of a workaround than a fix but there's a free app called Wifi Analyzer that can show you the exact signal strength in dB of all the signals it picks up, it's a pretty good app to have.

renehd2 said:
hello i dont know if this only happen to me, but whe i turn on the Wifi and it shows all the wifi signals, all of them shows full bars, but after i connect to any of them, then appears the real signal, so i know this is not a big deal but its little annoying to know which one is with the better signal because all of them appear full bars when it is not true :S
any help??
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I think your declaration of "wifi bug," is a bit premature, considering the near complete lack of any details regarding the setup of your phone.

download other rom from rom manager and install.. it fixed my phone
good luck

o(T_T) said:
download other rom from rom manager and install.. it fixed my phone
good luck
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Lol. There you have it. Just download another ROM and magical things happen.

Scott_S said:
Lol. There you have it. Just download another ROM and magical things happen.
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i have tried like 4 different ROMS and all of them have the same thing.. all the Wifi signals appear with full bars but after i connect to any of them, then appears the real signal, but just after i connect to it, before, all have full bars when it is not true

I get this sometimes also. Usually turning off wifi for a few seconds and back on will fix it. There are some kernels that have a wifi bug. What kernel are you on?
Other times it can be my wireless signal that's the problem.
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gwallee said:
I get this sometimes also. Usually turning off wifi for a few seconds and back on will fix it. There are some kernels that have a wifi bug. What kernel are you on?
Other times it can be my wireless signal that's the problem.
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My WiFi does weird ****. Fluctuates and whatnot. My guess is it's radio related, as it does it more on the 04_11_M2 radio I'm running than it did on the OTA.
Not to mention the WiFi equipment at my house is hella lame. Plus my house has like 4000 walls all intersecting each other at weird places. And multiple stories. And I seem to be in the Bermuda triangle of wireless/radio waves.
Other than that, solid as a rock.

Extended 4g Coverage

So the next two days I'm going to be travelling up along I-95 all the way from florida. And so far I'm noticing that here in Ocala on CM10 I can not connect to any extended 4g coverage toggling airplane or anything.
Anyone else noticing this too? I'll include more cities as it happens. Will flash beans to see if it can connect. Im checking my maps on my phone and wifi tethered to my laptop to see the 4g coverage and it said ti was covered under extended.... what ever that means......

tonu42 said:
So the next two days I'm going to be travelling up along I-95 all the way from florida. And so far I'm noticing that here in Ocala on CM10 I can not connect to any extended 4g coverage toggling airplane or anything.
Anyone else noticing this too? I'll include more cities as it happens. Will flash beans to see if it can connect. Im checking my maps on my phone and wifi tethered to my laptop to see the 4g coverage and it said ti was covered under extended.... what ever that means......
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Hi there, I'm not a 100% sure what you mean by extended, but I live in Miami Beach and there are a good few places on 95 where 4G drops off. I think it's just simply coverage you will always have 3G on those places tho. :victory:

Ya when u get near titusville you won't get anything until Daytona... and isn't Ocala off of 75?
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Im also noticing that when my dad's iphone 4s says "Extended" that my phone on CM10 Reads R for roaming with 0 service of any kind. I guess this just shows the RIL is borked all up on CM10.

If you get the R go into your network info and make sure lte is selected. Then from there hit airplane mode on and off.. after that verify in the phone info app that lte/ CDMA is set and it should come back
if you're using a D2VZW and are on an AOSP ROM. disable HW overlays in dev options and stop clogging threads about your screen flickers.

faehsemc said:
if you're using a D2VZW and are on an AOSP ROM. disable HW overlays in dev options and stop clogging threads about your screen flickers.
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What? Thats not me clogging threads...... but I do notice flickers just dont care about em haha.

tonu42 said:
What? Thats not me clogging threads...... but I do notice flickers just dont care about em haha.
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Its my signature... I know its not you. Just if you haven't noticed, it seems like every two posts is a douche complaining about the screen flickers
if you're using a D2VZW and are on an AOSP ROM. disable HW overlays in dev options and stop clogging threads about your screen flickers.

[Q] Extreme battery loss when losing signal

I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?

melemel said:
I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?
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You can try just turning mobile data off, that should conserve battery. You can even have a toggle within the quick settings so you can quickly toggle it on and off within the pull down menu

I'm in the same boat as you lol. 15 minutes out from any direction with no signal. Airplane mode works perfectly for me.
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Extreme battery loss
exad said:
You can try just turning mobile data off, that should conserve battery. You can even have a toggle within the quick settings so you can quickly toggle it on and off within the pull down menu
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Thanks for the info. My next question is probably a dumb question but since I'm a noob I might as well try it. I know that Elemental X and Bulletproof can improve battery life, is there anything out there that can improve signal strength or does it not exist? Which of the 2 kernels would you recommend, I know Elemental X needs to have Hboot off to install.

Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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I believe you can flash radios whole s-on as long as your hboot is <1.14.
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timmaaa said:
I believe you can flash radios whole s-on as long as your hboot is <1.14.
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I know you can on 1.09 being I have many times before
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melemel said:
I'm running ViperXL 3.2.8 and I'm sure the rom has nothing to do with my battery draining really fast. For instance I charged my phone last night to 100% but after doing a road trip today, it literally drained down to 14% before I shut it off. My problem is I live in a rural area and when I travel through the curvy roads, my phone loses the signal. Is there a way for me to turn off something for it not to try to re-connect to a signal when I know it will not find a signal. I think airplane mode will work but I am not sure, can anyone suggest something for me. At home I can always use my wifi to get a signal but will that drain my battery?
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I still keep the data on, my "fix" is to turn off autosync (toggle on the screen) to turn it back on at home on wifi. This way I can still use mobile data for Skype or kik messenger.
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slimslim said:
I still keep the data on, my "fix" is to turn off autosync (toggle on the screen) to turn it back on at home on wifi. This way I can still use mobile data for Skype or kik messenger.
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Turning off autosync won't fix his problem though, the problem is that in a low/no signal area the radio is working too hard to connect and therefore draining battery.
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timmaaa said:
Turning off autosync won't fix his problem though, the problem is that in a low/no signal area the radio is working too hard to connect and therefore draining battery.
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Well I went ahead and installed ElementalX and I see a big improvement in performance and battery life from it. It did improve the signal a bit and it does work better at my home. On the curvy roads I just turn off the data because I might as well conserve the battery than to have it trying to connect to a signal that is not there, thus draining my battery.

exad said:
Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend to me? By the way, I installed ElementalX on my phone (with s-off) and the overall improvement and performance of the phone is great. I also noticed longer battery life.

melemel said:
Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend to me? By the way, I installed ElementalX on my phone (with s-off) and the overall improvement and performance of the phone is great. I also noticed longer battery life.
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A radio that works well for one user won't necessarily work well for another user. It all depends on where you are among other factors. The best thing to do is flash a few radios, note their signal strength (not the bars, the actual strength displayed in settings/about phone/network) and performance, and settle with the best one.
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exad said:
Kernels will not improve signal. Only radio firmware can and there's no set best radio either. Its reliant on carrier, location and hardware.
You can flash different radios and check signal levels and data speeds until you find the best one.
I believe S-off is required to flash radios.
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Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend? I installed ElementalX and it is a big improvement on performance, my phone is actually faster and I noticed longer battery life. love the sweep to wake and sleep. Regarding the signal, I just turn off data when I drive on curvy rural areas that way I conserve battery life.
I have H-boot 1.14 and s-off.
Thanks for all your help.

melemel said:
Have you worked with any radios that you would recommend? I installed ElementalX and it is a big improvement on performance, my phone is actually faster and I noticed longer battery life. love the sweep to wake and sleep. Regarding the signal, I just turn off data when I drive on curvy rural areas that way I conserve battery life.
I have H-boot 1.14 and s-off.
Thanks for all your help.
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Please see my post about radios above.
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timmaaa said:
A radio that works well for one user won't necessarily work well for another user. It all depends on where you are among other factors. The best thing to do is flash a few radios, note their signal strength (not the bars, the actual strength displayed in settings/about phone/network) and performance, and settle with the best one.
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Since I just installed ElementalX, I think I will hold off on installing a new radio. Then I will decide if I still need a new radio, I have noticed a little more signal strength and extended battery life since I installed it. Thanks for all your help.

[Q] Strange signal problem

When I first got my Nexus 5 I thought Hangouts was a bit buggy. When sending texts (SMS) it would sometimes try and try to send texts to no avail and other times work fine. Signal in the notification bar was fine so I assumed there was something wrong with Hangouts.
Since then (after rooting the phone with CF auto root - don't think this has anything to to with the problem) I have noticed that at the times my phone won't send texts, in the setting pull down section it shows no signal whilst still showing signal in the notification bar. I have also noticed that mobile standby uses a large proportion of my battery.
I will upload screen shots from my phone soon.
The only thing I could think of that might be causing it is that the SIM card I'm using has been cut down from normal size to micro size.
I just wondered if anyone know's what's wrong or could suggest any fixes?
Thanks

Also forgot to mention turning Aeroplane Mode on and off seems to fix the problem temporarily which is why I don't think there's a problem with the SIM card.
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I observed something similar since unlocking and rooting with wugfresh toolkit yesterday. The mobile signal just drops completely for 10s, then comes back. Mostly happens a few minutes after boot. No idea what is going on there.

Lownita said:
I observed something similar since unlocking and rooting with wugfresh toolkit yesterday. The mobile signal just drops completely for 10s, then comes back. Mostly happens a few minutes after boot. No idea what is going on there.
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When I'm at home mines doing it constantly too, and I haven't rooted yet . There's not brilliant signal here, but forcing onto 2g mode worked absolutely fine on my nexus 4.I'm considering returning it, it must be something wrong with the phone, unless the firmware is dodgy?

Just got the phone yesterday, and I have been experiencing the same problem while I was at work. I would turn the phone off and on again and the problem would be fixed, but then later would just stop working.
When I got home from work, (and ever since then) it has been fine. I am a little concerned.

I to sometimes have this issue, and receiving texts late also. The weird thing is signal bars are still full...

Are all of you using battery guru like the op?
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Nope

I have this same issue, it's really weird.
I was on a call and the call was fine. As soon as I hung up I looked at my phone and it said I had no signal, but my signal bar on the notification bar showed a fine signal. Very weird to see a good signal in the notification bar, but no signal in the toggle section.
I can get a signal back by either going into airplane mode, toggling back and forth between LTE and 3G or restarting the phone.
There's a thread on the Google forums here: http://productforums.google.com/forum/#!topic/nexus/T5ey4dttBOA
Although the last Google reply was referring to APN settings, however this seems to have been refuted by the users.
It would be nice to get this narrowed down between hardware and software. If it's hardware we'd obviously want to exchange.
This is a huge issue too since you can just be sitting around not knowing you have no signal.

bpclarke said:
When I first got my Nexus 5 I thought Hangouts was a bit buggy. When sending texts (SMS) it would sometimes try and try to send texts to no avail and other times work fine. Signal in the notification bar was fine so I assumed there was something wrong with Hangouts.
Since then (after rooting the phone with CF auto root - don't think this has anything to to with the problem) I have noticed that at the times my phone won't send texts, in the setting pull down section it shows no signal whilst still showing signal in the notification bar. I have also noticed that mobile standby uses a large proportion of my battery.
I will upload screen shots from my phone soon.
The only thing I could think of that might be causing it is that the SIM card I'm using has been cut down from normal size to micro size.
I just wondered if anyone know's what's wrong or could suggest any fixes?
Thanks
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I have the exact same issue here. Have you tried flashing a different modem?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095

Someone has fixed?
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I actually got a new sim and it seema to be running good now. Will monitor and see
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Sorry for not updating - started using the Google forum alamarco linked and totally forgot about this post. Have just come across it again.
Just in case anyone looks here for a solution to this problem in the future, getting a new SIM fixed it for me too.
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Wifi is On at the baterry status graph ??

Hi all, in my M2 even i turn off the wifi, at the battery status graph it says my wi fi was always on.
The wi fi bar was all ways in blue color.
Is any one having this issue???

Yeah., I have been wondering the same. It probably has to do with the Stamina or WiFi settings, where we let Android managing the WiFi. Still don't worry, WiFi isn't the battery drainer. LTE with a crappy signal (like mine) is.

Miche1asso said:
Yeah., I have been wondering the same. It probably has to do with the Stamina or WiFi settings, where we let Android managing the WiFi. Still don't worry, WiFi isn't the battery drainer. LTE with a crappy signal (like mine) is.
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Ahhh.. nice to have a one like me having the same sort of thing.
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I was thinking by having a costume rom i can get rid of this issue, But if i do that i have to get rid of the warrantor :crying:

I think it's because "Search is always available" (or something like that) is enabled in advanced Wi-Fi settings. I noticed that too.
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