Hello! I'm new to my phone (last Monday), and new to Android in general.
Apparently we're getting a software update to GRJ90 starting on July 11th, and I was wondering what I need to do...
I'm running stock rom, rooted, with the latest Matr1x kernel. Do I just update and then reflash the kernel?
I can't link the article, unfortunately, but it's on Sprint Feed if you want to take a look yourself.
Wait what? Sprint Feed?
OK I found it.
Basically you're going to wait until someone gets the update and breaks out the radio updates and posts them as flashable zips. Shortly after, someone will post the new ROM, but rooted with busybox installed etc. You should back up all your apps and data, wipe, then flash the new radio and ROM.
Just read the same article
http://www.sprintfeed.com/2011/07/nexus-s-4g-software-update-coming-july-11/
Enhancements Inclue:
Enables the NFC Secure Element
4G Settings Widget
TTY Support
NI Push Support
Improved WiFi Connectivity, Speakerphone audio quality, 4G throughput and signal acquisition.
Tuned signal strength indicators.
Since you're rooted, you'll wait for an updated rooted stock rom like jonnythan said
Only accept OTA's if you are stock unrooted
Is sprint only fixing 4g connectivity only or are they also addressing the 3g as well? I mostly leave 3g on since my neighborhood doesn't have 4g connectivity. Thanks.
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fraspas said:
Is sprint only fixing 4g connectivity only or are they also addressing the 3g as well? I mostly leave 3g on since my neighborhood doesn't have 4g connectivity. Thanks.
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"Improved signal acquisition"
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Ah, great, thanks for answering everyone!
Something to note, someone just posted the following comment:
The author of this post is 100% wrong. This is indeed a very major update. It will give the Nexus S 4G phone a massive performance boost. It will also fix every single major bug listed in the Sprint community forums. I should note, however, in areas where Sprint's EVO 4G phone can't get a 4G WiMAX signal the Nexus S 4G in its current state has no trouble at all.
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So, that's awesome? If it's true.
What's up guys? i'm from the evo community!
First off, i'd like to say once I get my issue resolved we'll be seeing some new exciting things from me.
Now I don't have much in this field.
Apperently I bought an evo shift flashed to metro, but it had a good esn on sprint, so i flashed it back.
now it drops signal and when it is in service the banner says "mymetropcs.com"
does anyone have any details on how to at least fix the banner?
it doesn't fix itself under qpst or cdma ws.
If its the banner in the notifications menu, I'm almost certain that's controlled by the prl
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Just wondering if this is a solution for the Shift, I heard it on the EVO 4G forum but haven't tested it. Has anyone attempted RUU to a previous version then taking an OTA update?
I heard whenever the 2.3 update rolled our and it came with a new NV, the OTA wrote the proper things to NV. I would think it would do the same thing for the PRI.
Just advocating something I heard but haven't tested it.
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I currently have a EVO 3D unlocked/S-OFF. I was curious if someone can explain this question to me? My guess is that it connects to the 'next' network and it might or might not get data/voice and try another.
Is it the sprint version of the EVO 3d or a gsm? If sprint, what is your PRL number?
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droiddawg said:
Is it the sprint version of the EVO 3d or a gsm? If sprint, what is your PRL number?
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I have the Sprint version of the EVO 3D. I am currently running a custom ROM (DisarmedToaster CM10) with no support for PRL that I know of. I have other ROM's with PRL support but I do not really run them. I just would like to know how a custom ROM makes the decision to roam and what network to try to roam on.
The PRL itself determines who you roam on and where it happens. While your rom may not display a PRL, the PRL is still on your phone actively working. AOSP roms like AOKP and CM are not be able to update a PRL so its good to have a compact or "senseless" rom to flash to do such updates since an AOSP rom makes you lose vital tools such as EPST.
I guess to answer your question originally, the rom doesn't use the prl, your phone does. Your phone's network status and PRL determine whether you roam or not. Download a senseless rom or small sense 3.0 rom, do a back up of your current rom and flash this because maybe you need to update your PRL to maybe a corporate one. There is a prl thread on the 3d forums somewhere with a PRL claimed to be a corporate that allows roaming without it being counted as roaming. Then you can restore your old rom.
Hope that helps.
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Hey Guys!
I swear I read this some where before, but I can't find it now: Somebody was talking about the N5 binaries being posted recently and noticed that CDMA wasn't mentioned. Another person chimed in and said that ASOP ROMS wouldn't work the same, or as well, when using a nexus 5 on Sprint. Can anybody elaborate on that? I understand that CDMA was an issue for ASOP on older devices.
I am using DroidKang v2 which is the latest unofficial nightly for CM11 on my Sprint. My signal is low on the LTE, might be a problem where tri-band is not activated on AOSP? Also PRL provisioning does not work in the settings.
Kangkat works for me. I first found out about this issue when I tried to flash purity rom. My data was just gone, but could make phone calls. Is it something with the rom or on sprint's side? Its very disappointing.
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Kangkat works for me. I first found out about this issue when I tried to flash purity rom. My data was just gone, but could make phone calls. Is it something with the rom or on sprint's side? Its very disappointing.
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With kangkat, you have full (voice /data/sms/mms) network functionality? But with purity you did not?
Looks like most devs are fixing the issue. :good:
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Mine worked on the stock rom, make sure your setting is set to GLOBAL then you will get the Carrier menu. However I had to put my Nexus back to AT&T because it would constantly Random Reboot once the screen turned off. Very odd.
I was asked to also post this fix that I came up with in the general forum from the CleanROM thead, as it should help people having the same issue. The issue isn't actually related to that ROM but a broader M8 issue that I was unaware of and thought was specific to the ROM. It's been confirmed with multiple users having the issue that the fix below does indeed fix the random data issues that require a reboot/airplane mode toggle to resolve.
A fix for the 4G --> 3G, WiFi --> 4G, WiFi --> 3G, and 1X/3G --> 4G handoff issues that some people may be having is outlined below...
In a nutshell, we just need to change EVDO Rev A to "Enabled" instead of the 3rd "eHRPD" option in EPST.
Dial ##778 --> Edit Mode --> 000000 --> Modem Settings --> Rev A --> Enable --> Upper Right Corner Menu --> Commit Changes
Might cause a reset data connection with the transition due to a possible new IP or hamper simultaneous voice and data over 3G (which is possible), but it will allow the phone to establish a data connection on its own again and not get stuck on eHRPD 's random buggyness. Should transition back to 4G eventually as well
eHRPD basically for allows switching between LTE and EVDO systems seamlessly (no reset data connection from 4G --> 3G and back, slightly faster speeds, same IP, depends on tower...)
Changing this setting basically tells the modem in your phone to act more like a 3G phone when requesting 3G data access. Bypasses the hybrid-ness and just forces you on the legacy EVDO Rev A. network.
If the phone signal (4G is weak) at the time of the eHRPD transition, it can mess up. This change tells it to not bother with that and when the 4G signal isn't available just revert completely to 3G to register and not wait up for transition info. Makes it more cut and dry, and to be honest it does not really impact things. When the phone detects a 4G solid signal again it will switch back on all its own.
Same issue happened on the HTC Thunderbolt when Verizon was messing with things during initial 4G deployment. Only recent changes are the whole VoLTE ramp up, and that could be the cause of this recent crazyness.
To revert this change:
Dial ##778 --> Edit Mode --> 000000 --> Modem Settings --> Rev A --> eHRPD --> Upper Right Corner Menu --> Commit Changes
Thank you for sharing this! Very good find and positive feedback has been showing in response. Worth a try for everyone having these symptoms.
The dial code doesn't work on ARHD 10.2
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The dial code doesn't work on ARHD 10.2
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Isn't Android Revolution HD is in the Generic HTC One M8 section?
Sadly, this only works with VZW based ROMs. Anything with parts taken from other bases, or a GPE ROM it may not work and the code for EPST might be different/EPST might not work and/or the option may not be there.
That code doesn't do anything on the Viper rom
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The dial code doesn't work on ARHD 10.2
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That code doesn't do anything on the Viper rom
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Sounds like you guys need to flash CleanROM...
After making a Nandroid back up of your current system then do the edit and restore Nandroid if you want :angel:
But to answer the OP, yes. GSM ROMS will not have this option unless the Dev adds it in. Otherwise its a CDMA only function (I believe).
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That code doesn't do anything on the Viper rom
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It works on my viperone 1.8, are you on the newer versions that you do not have the new verizon firmware for yet ?
This is great, I come from an HTC One S but also switched between that and a Galaxy Nexus so I could tell a difference in the way my signal acted and we have had signal issues with the HTC One S for quite some time now and it all seemed to stem from when we finally obtained s-off, seemed our One S was never the same, may have been placebo but I was worried it was happening all over again with our blessed M8 lol. The One S was not Verizon and may not be the same issue. I just tried this and it already seems better.Thanks very much. They still have not found a fix for the HTC One S
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I'm holding 2 M8's next to each other, one with the fix and one without, I am showing smooth 4g and she is showing a confused 3g lol.
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This is great, I come from an HTC One S but also switched between that and a Galaxy Nexus so I could tell a difference in the way my signal acted and we have had signal issues with the HTC One S for quite some time now and it all seemed to stem from when we finally obtained s-off, seemed our One S was never the same, may have been placebo but I was worried it was happening all over again with our blessed M8 lol. The One S was not Verizon and may not be the same issue. I just tried this and it already seems better.Thanks very much. They still have not found a fix for the HTC One S
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I'm holding 2 M8's next to each other, one with the fix and one without, I am showing smooth 4g and she is showing a confused 3g lol.
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The confused 3G one is with the fix or without?
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It works on my viperone 1.8, are you on the newer versions that you do not have the new verizon firmware for yet ?
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Yes I'm on the latest version of viper.
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Yes I'm on the latest version of viper.
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If you go back to 1.8 then it will probably work for you, 1.8 was the last verizon that worked correctly for your verizon firmware. I was on the 2.3 but had too many wifi issues so I went back to 1.8, which is less wifi issues now with this fix I seem to not have any wifi issues so far so think its working for me. I"am not going to update viperone until the new verizon firmware is out in a zip to flash in recovery, because the wifi issues are not worth it to update now.
Any more successful difference's people have since doing this?
I was listening to a radio show streaming app today on Wi-Fi and the app kept stopping. every 10 minutes or so after trying this fix. It was the first time I listened to this app with this phone but listen to this app all the time with my other phones and never have this issue. It was consistently dropping Wi-Fi and 4g wasn't picking it up. I am running CleanRom with Harmon Kardon. I tried disabling Harmon Kardon to see if that may have been the issue since I am not accustomed to using it yet and it seemed to work better without it but still dropping signal. The signal icons seemed uneffected. I guess I am going to remove Harmon Kardon see if that makes a difference before I revert back from this fix.
I did this and my phone now reverts back to LTE and doesn't get stuck on 3G like it had been doing since day 1. I was getting tired of cycling into and out of airplane mode. Thanks for this advice/fix!
Is this the bug I experience where I have 4G signal, but am "offline"?
If so, that has been driving me nuts. I am on the stock ROM, S-OFF Rooted. Is this present with the off the shelf version?
Reporting back after 3 separate complete wipe/reflash/restores on my M8. Here is my status as of now:
Tuesday: Tried flashing stock recovery and did factory reset. (didn't fix the handoff issue)
Wednesday: Tried flashing RUU then returning back to CleanRom 1.4 (didn't fix the handoff issue)
Thursday: tried the EHRPD fix listed below. So far today NO handoff issues! I don't want to jump the gun, but this appears to have done the trick. I have gone from 1x to 3G to 4G with no issues so far.
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Any more successful difference's people have since doing this?
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If anyone is using the Verizon M8 with a GSM sim and can't access the USSD code ##778# then go into settings -> mobile data -> preferred network -> LTE/CDMA and try running the code again in the dialer. Dont forget to change the preferred network back to Global after applying the fix by the OP.
This has worked great for me. Thanks for posting. Was incredibly frustrating to have to fight with the phone every morning on my way to work to get it to connect to 4g. I had to toggle airplane mode, switch preferred networks and even reboot or some times do all of the above - lol. Thanks again.
Apparently this is a known issue and per Verizon, they're working with HTC to fix it. But I've also read that the problem could be cause by running xposed modules which seemed to be the case with me. I'm s-off running stock and was fine until I installed xposed.
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I was listening to a radio show streaming app today on Wi-Fi and the app kept stopping. every 10 minutes or so after trying this fix. It was the first time I listened to this app with this phone but listen to this app all the time with my other phones and never have this issue. It was consistently dropping Wi-Fi and 4g wasn't picking it up. I am running CleanRom with Harmon Kardon. I tried disabling Harmon Kardon to see if that may have been the issue since I am not accustomed to using it yet and it seemed to work better without it but still dropping signal. The signal icons seemed uneffected. I guess I am going to remove Harmon Kardon see if that makes a difference before I revert back from this fix.
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This fix does not impact Wi-Fi directly, just eHRPD for mobile data transitions. Sounds like the app is the problem. Have the same ROM with Harmon Larson installed - no issues.
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Is this the bug I experience where I have 4G signal, but am "offline"?
If so, that has been driving me nuts. I am on the stock ROM, S-OFF Rooted. Is this present with the off the shelf version?
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Yup. Seems to be impacting certain phones regardless of ROM. I'd give it a shot and see if it helps. If not just change it back.
Big thanks to the OP. I've been dealing with the the eHRPD limbo since I got my phone in April. I live in a low 4g area and was experiencing text and mms problems big time. It was always happening when it was bouncing for 3g and 4g. When I would check the network details it would say eHRPD. I would constantly toggle airplane mode off and on and change network preferences to get it to work. Really annoying. Well I tried this last night and the signal is staying in 4g almost all the time and I have experienced no problems with messaging. I am running Viper 1.8 and had to kind of guess to find the edit button after entering the numbers in the dialer, for some reason the Edit button did not show up but it was there when tapped on it. After that it was easy. Thanks again for the help. I wish Verizon was as good.