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Best Radio for TMobile USA?

While my radio seems to be mostly working, I don't know if any other would work better or give me faster speeds. It seems my data reception is a bit variable, sometimes web pages load slow enough not to seem like 3G, other times speed is decent.
I have TMobile USA in a 3/4g area, InsertCoin 3.4.4, and radio 10.58.9035.00P_10.15.9035.02_2. What is considered best Radio and RIL for TMobile USA?

tk_xda said:
While my radio seems to be mostly working, I don't know if any other would work better or give me faster speeds. It seems my data reception is a bit variable, sometimes web pages load slow enough not to seem like 3G, other times speed is decent.
I have TMobile USA in a 3/4g area, InsertCoin 3.4.4, and radio 10.58.9035.00P_10.15.9035.02_2. What is considered best Radio and RIL for TMobile USA?
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It really is the best radio that works for you.
I live in Chicago on TMOUS and I use the radio in my sig along with .169 RILs

Kohr-Ah said:
It really is the best radio that works for you.
I live in Chicago on TMOUS and I use the radio in my sig along with .169 RILs
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I was just hoping to hear from other TMobile users who have knowledge of radios. Before I start flashing radios, I want to have reason to think the one I am putting will be better, as I understand there is some risk.

tk_xda said:
I was just hoping to hear from other TMobile users who have knowledge of radios. Before I start flashing radios, I want to have reason to think the one I am putting will be better, as I understand there is some risk.
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No problem (TMOUS is TMObile USa btw)
I had bad luck myself with 10.58. Drained my battery too fast.
The Radio and RIL i suggested are the ones that come on the phone with the Gingerbread update.

Kohr-Ah said:
No problem (TMOUS is TMObile USa btw)
I had bad luck myself with 10.58. Drained my battery too fast.
The Radio and RIL i suggested are the ones that come on the phone with the Gingerbread update.
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Will switching to your radio improve data speeds and reception as well?

I'm using 10.56 and ril .169 with no issues in Louisiana. My wifes phone has the same on stock Rom...
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda premium

tk_xda said:
Will switching to your radio improve data speeds and reception as well?
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Yep
Sent from my Sensation in Ur-Quan subspace

I live in Texas and also have the 10.56 radio. works well for me.

Also, using 10.56 and ril .169 with good results in Vegas! Where are u located?

galaxys said:
Also, using 10.56 and ril .169 with good results in Vegas! Where are u located?
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Saint Louis, where we have 10mhz of AWS.

I would like to go to the 10.56 radio and ril .169. I understand the safest way to flash the radio is to flash a RUU, updating the ROM as well. I would like to get rid of the InsertCoin anyway as I am having another issue with it. I want to keep clockwork, the factory unlocked state and root. This phone was an Asian factory unlocked phone, but I want an English RUU. Any recommendations?

Actually, i realized that I have a mismatch between my RIL and my radio (I didn't change yet). (This is how the seller set my phone up, as I bought it used.)
I have 10.58.9035.00U_10.15.9035.02_2 with HTC-RIL 2.2.0169HMQ.
From the RIL thread, I see that if I am to have 10.58, I should have this RIL
HTC-RIL 2.2.0173HMQ from the new Sensation XE RUU!
Radio versions 10.15.9035.02_2
Actually, I plan to switch to the 10.56 radio, and I already have its RIL, so I will skip flashing the RIL.

ril 169 and 10.56 - 01M
This one has work for me in Tmo, Puerto Rico
HTC-RIL 2.2.0169HMQ
10.56.9035.00P_10.14.9035.01_M
Testing the latest radio and ril from 3.25fw ICS 4.0.3 sense 3.6 ROMS (Coredroid 4)
I am not so sure if I having equal reception, maybe a little be slightly lower or intermittently lower.

Skyrocket on T-mobile T-zone grandfathered data plan

I just got Skyrocket. I have never spent so much on a cellphone before.
Now I have 5.99 unlimited data plan from T-mobile. It is well known as T-zone or Web2Go. I was so eager to try this phone on T-mobile and see if it worked.
After unlocking the Skyrocket, I first rooted then tried flashing different modems from Rogers, Telus, T-mobile KID, VK1 and ect but none of them worked. I was only able to pick up voice signal on stock Radio.
Then I tried flashing the phone with Juggernaut and tried flashing modems. Now I started getting HSPA+ signals. For me KID and Telus modem worked the best. Average download speed was around 5-6mb/s. As the Juggernaut ROM was originally intended for 989, it seemed little unstable for me.
Then I tried Sky ICS stock and Telus combo. Wow, Now I was getting download speed of 10mb/s on T-zone. This combo was nicer because phone did not try to search for UMTS signal so frequently as much as it did with Juggernaut. However now my voice signal dropped down to 1 bar and call quality was horrible(at least it was audible).
Has anyone found any other good ROM/kernel/modem combo for Skyrocket that works best on T-mobile?

Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up

sharpeyedman said:
I just got Skyrocket. I have never spent so much on a cellphone before.
Now I have 5.99 unlimited data plan from T-mobile. It is well known as T-zone or Web2Go. I was so eager to try this phone on T-mobile and see if it worked.
After unlocking the Skyrocket, I first rooted then tried flashing different modems from Rogers, Telus, T-mobile KID, VK1 and ect but none of them worked. I was only able to pick up voice signal on stock Radio.
Then I tried flashing the phone with Juggernaut and tried flashing modems. Now I started getting HSPA+ signals. For me KID and Telus modem worked the best. Average download speed was around 5-6mb/s. As the Juggernaut ROM was originally intended for 989, it seemed little unstable for me.
Then I tried Sky ICS stock and Telus combo. Wow, Now I was getting download speed of 10mb/s on T-zone. This combo was nicer because phone did not try to search for UMTS signal so frequently as much as it did with Juggernaut. However now my voice signal dropped down to 1 bar and call quality was horrible(at least it was audible).
Has anyone found any other good ROM/kernel/modem combo for Skyrocket that works best on T-mobile?
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Can you tell me what is your upload speed?! I have SkyRocket working with T-Mobile, using T-Mobile rom with flashed modem....the only problem is upload speed,it's around 100kbs while my download is around 7MBit...

ST4LKER said:
Can you tell me what is your upload speed?! I have SkyRocket working with T-Mobile, using T-Mobile rom with flashed modem....the only problem is upload speed,it's around 100kbs while my download is around 7MBit...
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I usually get 1mb/s - 1.5mb/s of upload speeds according to speed test.
When reception was good, then I got over 2.2mb/s of upload speed.

icenight89 said:
Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up
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Thanks I will try as you have suggested later today.
I was surprised that battery drain is so significant when idle. My old HD2 uses only 2mA when idle, but my skyrocket uses over 100mA even when gps, data, bluetooth turned off. hope new combo fixes this battery drainage problem as well.

icenight89 said:
Flash tpc v3, and then flash faux sky-kernel 009m. Flash telus radio and make sure j have the right apn (access point names) for T-Mobile. This should clear u right up
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I ve only flashed through CWM. Is IMG flashing same method as Odin? I was trying to find a guide on IMG flash but I could not find any.

Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/

sky ics speed and vk1 seemed to work best for me.
download was faster with telsus but upload was crippled. (less than 0.1) hmm
i feel like vk1 does drain the battery like crazy tough and constantly sends those "high are you there type signals"
hm

sharpeyedman said:
I usually get 1mb/s - 1.5mb/s of upload speeds according to speed test.
When reception was good, then I got over 2.2mb/s of upload speed.
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So what is your combo to get that kind of upload speed?! As I said, can't get over 100kbs of upload, while download works just fine...

depending on coverage, area and carrier that may be why he's doing better than u. Speed tests are all relative, and should only be taken based in averages. If he's living right beside an LTE tower and he's the only one who has an LTE phone for a quarter mile, his speeds will certainly be faster than someone who lives half a mile away from one and has another 200 people using the tower at the same time

ST4LKER said:
So what is your combo to get that kind of upload speed?! As I said, can't get over 100kbs of upload, while download works just fine...
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upload spped has never been issue with me.
I think it was Juggernaut with Telus or KID Radio.
upload speed was also fine on sky ICS n TPC.

icenight89 said:
depending on coverage, area and carrier that may be why he's doing better than u. Speed tests are all relative, and should only be taken based in averages. If he's living right beside an LTE tower and he's the only one who has an LTE phone for a quarter mile, his speeds will certainly be faster than someone who lives half a mile away from one and has another 200 people using the tower at the same time
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Coverage in NYC is great. Have HTC Sensation and SkyRocket, both with T-Mobile. At the same spot Sensation gets 7Mbit/1.7MBit, while SkyRocket is 7MBit/0.1MBit, so the problem could be in modem, kernel or ROM. Modem is the suspect #1. It seems U/L freq. is the one causing slow upload speeds.

have u tried telus modem?

icenight89 said:
have u tried telus modem?
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Not yet, will give a try tonight. Actually that's the only one left to try. Have tried all others, with the same issue.

just wanted to bump this thread to make sure the att branded skyrocket works with tmobile tzones, stable and with respectable download and upload speeds. thanks!

icenight89 said:
Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/
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TPC rogers or TPC att? thanks

makes no difference really, just pick att

Does anyone have area dependent data connectivity issues like those seen with the Galaxy Note? Thinking of trading my note for a skyrocket since I cannot get any data at all at certain locations.

jeweladdict said:
Does anyone have area dependent data connectivity issues like those seen with the Galaxy Note? Thinking of trading my note for a skyrocket since I cannot get any data at all at certain locations.
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i have been using the skyrocket on tmobile for 2 days now. i get 2-3 mbps down at work until 4pm or so and then it degrades to 200-500 kbps. i don't know if it is the phone or the tmobile network, but i did not have this issue before with my nexus one.
as i drive away from work, i suppose when i switch towers, i get back to 2-3 mbps down.
this is the behavior that i have noticed the past 2 days.
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on another note, i wanted to ask if it is safer and more compatible to be running skyrocket roms and kernels or tmobile galaxy sii roms and kernels?
of course the common theme would be tmobile / telus radio. i'm currently running TPC rom with faux's kernel and tmobile vk1 radio and i am having issues with 8tracks app. it keeps pausing and won't play again until i skip track. i have so far determined it is not the radio, since this happens on both tmobile and telus radio.

icenight89 said:
Here's locations of everything i told u about in versions that are flashable in cwm, i also added darkside, flash this first before u flash anything else. Flash in order and flash all at once before rebooting. After look into how to use fauxclock, it will help give u better battery
Darkside
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1477955
TPC v3
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357506
faux kernel
http://goo-inside.me/kernels/faux123/sky-kernel-009m.zip
Telus radio
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1426001
Fauxclock
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/4550-app09-beta-snapdragon-dual-core-oc-control/
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I know the information is old but few of the links don't work. faux kernel doesn't have the files anymore, is there an alternative? Also, Telus radio link does not work anymore. Is it necessary?

[Q] Can't use LTE on MIUI...

I've tried flashing new radios (which doesn't actually do anything. Still says I'm using the same radio) and I've tried looking through build.prop.
I don't know what to do, but I'm going slightly insane trying to figure out how to use LTE.
It's not in *#*#4636#*#* or the Settings. It's all just HSPA and 3G.
Does anybody know how to fix this? I've seen plenty of people mention that their LTE works fine with MIUI, yet haven't come across a reason as to why.
Please help me out!

commarag said:
I've tried flashing new radios (which doesn't actually do anything. Still says I'm using the same radio) and I've tried looking through build.prop.
I don't know what to do, but I'm going slightly insane trying to figure out how to use LTE.
It's not in *#*#4636#*#* or the Settings. It's all just HSPA and 3G.
Does anybody know how to fix this? I've seen plenty of people mention that their LTE works fine with MIUI, yet haven't come across a reason as to why.
Please help me out!
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It usually doesn't work for me on the first time boot. After a reboot it does for some reason.

Still nothing...

Did you check the apn?

Yeah. I'm using the Rogers LTE APN. ltemobile.apn
I've double... triple checked that everything was correct. I noticed some other people are having the same issues with not being able to use LTE on Miui. Just HSPA and lower. But for those who have LTE on this rom, I'd love to know your magic tricks!

commarag said:
Yeah. I'm using the Rogers LTE APN. ltemobile.apn
I've double... triple checked that everything was correct. I noticed some other people are having the same issues with not being able to use LTE on Miui. Just HSPA and lower. But for those who have LTE on this rom, I'd love to know your magic tricks!
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My magic trick is AT&T :silly:
Sorry man, it usually fixes for me after a clean install then reboot.

commarag said:
Yeah. I'm using the Rogers LTE APN. ltemobile.apn
I've double... triple checked that everything was correct. I noticed some other people are having the same issues with not being able to use LTE on Miui. Just HSPA and lower. But for those who have LTE on this rom, I'd love to know your magic tricks!
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try to flash another radio....

Crappyvate said:
try to flash another radio....
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I've been flashing different radios, nothing is working.

commarag said:
I've been flashing different radios, nothing is working.
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What's your hboot version? 1.14 prevents radios from flashing.
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I have HBOOT 1.09.0000
:/ Not having LTE really proves to be annoying. But I love the MIUI UI so much.

[Q] Network Extender puts me in roaming

Has anyone had a problem with a Verizon network extender putting the phone in roaming? I flashed a MIUI rom and it works awesome until i get home. My network extender puts my phone in roaming on Sprint network. I've unplugged the network extender and phone immediately goes back to Verizon. Any help would be appreciated.

This happens to me also. Instead of Verizon it will say out of neighborhood. This also happens on CM10 but i get a "R". Solution for me was to flash an older radio. It seemed to do this when i flashed the leaked newer radios.

JagXK8 said:
This happens to me also. Instead of Verizon it will say out of neighborhood. This also happens on CM10 but i get a "R". Solution for me was to flash an older radio. It seemed to do this when i flashed the leaked newer radios.
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I thought about that. Mine says out of neighborhood in the status bar but in about phone under status it says I'm on Sprint network. I've been on the VBLK modem and RPM. I'll flash back and try that. Thanks.

JagXK8 said:
This happens to me also. Instead of Verizon it will say out of neighborhood. This also happens on CM10 but i get a "R". Solution for me was to flash an older radio. It seemed to do this when i flashed the leaked newer radios.
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What radio did you flash back to. This "R", and lack of signal even when sitting top of my extender, and the general lack of support for Verizon Extenders leaves me frustrated, so I would love to get things back on track. What are you seeing when on the older radio?

Or....no???
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Stealth111 said:
Or....no???
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What is this supposed to mean? Also, I read a few posts on Rootzwiki somewhere in this thread:
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-mo...shable/page__st__370__p__1043499#entry1043499
and
http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34053-mo...recovery-flashable/page__st__390#entry1049281
...and it seems that flashing the ICS modems removes the "r" when you're on the home extender. So, VRALF2-->VRALHE may not have the "r" logo. Idk what the difference is but only on the JB modems have I seen any of these posts being reported.
Edit: And after looking at my link, its a change that Verizon implemented on the JB builds.

[Q] Flashing T-Mobile radio onto at&t skyrocket

I have a rooted and unlocked at&t skyrocket on jellybean 4.1.2 with very slow speeds, so I tried flashing the radios UCMC1 and UXUMA7 through cwm and nothing has changed. After messing with the APN settings a little my data is no longer working. It shows the bars but I can't get a connection.
I flashed the radio UVLI1 in hopes that I would get lucky but that caused my bars to go away to be replaced by a slashed circle. I flashed back to UCMC1 which is showing the bars, but still no data connection. I have broken my back googling and searching forums on this matter but I can't seem to figure this out. Any help please?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2349914
Don't double post

I think UCMC1 and UXUMA7 are ATT and Rogers radios respectively. UVLI1 is the T-Mobile SGS2 ICS radio, which may not work on your JellyBean rom.
Try UVMC6, which is the radio for T-Mobile's SGS2 Jelly Bean update. You can find it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
Results can never be guaranteed, but this is the radio I use, and it has worked fine on every single rom I've tried, Touchwiz or AOSP, even in areas w/o the 1900Mhz refarm.

Can I flash the radio change w/out having my phone rooted?

Rissa82 said:
Can I flash the radio change w/out having my phone rooted?
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Your phone must have a custom recovery to flash radio files...

It has twrp... that counts right? It doesn't need to be rooted, does it? I'm a computer nerd... phones aren't my thing. Give a girl a break, lol.

Rissa82 said:
It has twrp... that counts right? It doesn't need to be rooted, does it? I'm a computer nerd... phones aren't my thing. Give a girl a break, lol.
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Yes ... TWRP or CWM are fine...
Rooting is something different, but for radio flash you have enough...

mahanddeem said:
Yes ... TWRP or CWM are fine...
Rooting is something different, but for radio flash you have enough...
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Would you mind telling me how I flash it or point me to a thread that will walk me through it quickly? Please & thank you!
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Nevermind! I think I figured it out!

If I have a AT&T skyrocket and have a T-Mobile sim, should I use this radio? Or just stick with the UX, I am currently running?
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DSDONE said:
If I have a AT&T skyrocket and have a T-Mobile sim, should I use this radio? Or just stick with the UX, I am currently running?
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It depends on what you observe using either of these..
Try them one by another and see which one is better (UCMC1 vs UX radio) in signal and data speeds ... Personally I couldn't find any difference in my location ... Both gave me the exact same signal and data speeds (TM LTE).

mahanddeem said:
It depends on what you observe using either of these..
Try them one by another and see which one is better (UCMC1 vs UX radio) in signal and data speeds ... Personally I couldn't find any difference in my location ... Both gave me the exact same signal and data speeds (TM LTE).
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The UX gave me faster data speeds. Call clarity is about the same. I see 4G more than with the UC radio... I was wondering about the T-Mobile radio
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T-Mobile radios would give you the ability to connect to T-Mobile 3G using AWS bands 1700/2100 Mhz Band4...And no LTE (or 4G) of course since the Hercules and Blaze (or the note one from TM) devices have no LTE radio chip...
If you live in an area in which T-Mobile deployed their new LTE(and most likely they already refarmed the PCS 1900 band), use UCMC1 or the UXMA7 radio,whichever you find better...Setting the apn to fast.t-mobile.com is essential for sure to get the service...
If you live in an area that T-Mobile is still at their 3G service (AWS bands for HSPA+) use the newest blaze JB radio...
Edit : when you say faster data speeds UX vs UC , any speed vs speed measurement you can share ? probably I didn't give each radio enough testing and jumped to conclude that they have same data speeds !

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mahanddeem said:
It depends on what you observe using either of these..
Try them one by another and see which one is better (UCMC1 vs UX radio) in signal and data speeds ... Personally I couldn't find any difference in my location ... Both gave me the exact same signal and data speeds (TM LTE).
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