Is the signal in 4.2 still weaker? I go between 0 bars and 1 bar but it retains data. On all non 4.2 roms i get 2-3 bars, never dropping signal. I love 4.2 and dream for it to be my daily, but I cant with this signal thing. Is it fixed?
Bars don't really mean anything. Compare the actual number signal reading if you want to compare signal strength.
AFAIK the signal reception between aosp and tw is roughly on par. Aosp used to have issues with handoffs between 1x/3g/4g but those issue are almost entirely resolved.
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Go to settings/about phone/status to check the signal strength. That is a much better indicator of your signal strength.
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Okay so I've always known my D2G was a little off with its signal strength especially how it represents it, and I know that all cell phones represent the number of bars based on signal strength differently. However as far as I understand it is still a cut and dry system within each phone, so for example -75 dBm should always be a certain number of bars on a phone correct? Yet my D2G does not seem to think this. I have only been carefully monitoring it today. However Right not is has been bouncing around -62 dMb at 0asu to -69 dBm at 0 asu. It increased from -69 to -62 and stayed at 2 bars the whole time for a while, now it is at -64 and is showing 1 bar. How can -64 be 1 bar is -62 was for a good 30 seconds holding 2 bars? Isn't -62 stronger? Also this morning it moved around -65 to -69 and 1-4 bars at random where the numbers seemed to have almost no correlation to the number of bars. Is this at all weird or am I just crazy? This really has me missing the T-mobile G1 which had much more normal signal strengths and made much better sense of them.
I have considered installing the Fission rom, but before I do that does anyone thing an SBF would be worthwhile to have a fresh install? Some people have claimed that seems to help with their phones, I was wondering if it might help with mine too.
Also as a side note, my phone's 3G speeds seem to drastically increase when the phone shows 4 bars of signal, download goes from maybe 600-900kbps up to 1.3-2.0mbps, regardless of what my phone says the signal strength is. However upload is always the same, so at 1-3 bars upload is always faster than download or close to it which seems weird to me.
One last example, my phone just in like 5 seconds went from -64 to -65 to -65 to -66 to -68 and the bars for those were 1 then 2 then 3 then 1 then 1. It makes no sense if the signal is getting weaker consistently for the bars to increase with each decrease then suddenly decrease.
Is there any way to boot WiFi reception on cm7? I love the Rom, but WiFi is a bit sketchy. I'm using the stock radio.
I switch to stock and its way better!
HTC Inspire 4g on Cm7
I've tried multiple radios and multiple ROMs (including stock) but I haven't found much difference in wifi signal strength. In theory, a ROM should not impact signal strength since this is at the radio level. However some ROMs might display bars differently for a given decibel level. Therefore, you should always use decibels (not bars) when comparing wifi strength, using a program like WiFi Scanner or Network Signal Info. ROM A may display an 80 dBm signal as 4 bars, where ROM B displays the same signal as 3 bars.
Is it normal for the Mbps of y connection to go u and down so much? Seems like it wants to drop to 1 MBPS and hang there. This causes my internet browser to be very sluggish. Am I missing something?
I've noticed it also in my anecdotal experience:
At a far end of my house with CM7 and stock radio, I get sketchy Wifi reception (phone flips between wireless and wifi.) Can't surf without disruptions as wifi connection gets dropped and have to wait for the phone to get on 3G.
With stock ROM and stock radio, I can surf without any issues on wifi at the same location.
Theoretically, ROM shouldn't make any diff, but I'm seeing otherwise in practice.
I've always been curious about this. When I have 2 bars does that mean I have a bad data signal or a bad voice/text signal? Or is it both?
Thanks for any info
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It seems like it only shows bars for 1x. If I disable 1x on my phone, I have no bars, and the signal strength says -120dBm. I still have 3G since data works though.
If you use sensorly you can probably see the signal strength for 3G. Mine says -81 dBm with 1x off.
A little O/T but I have found that the signal bar strength bars to be kinda misleading. In BAMF 1.6.3 I was getting 6 bars almost all the time. In CM7 I get 1 or 2, but I'm still at about -84dBm.
Actually both if you notice when you attempt a Data connection (this is on a sense rom) the bars will show your EV-DO connection and then when the data transmission stops its goes back to 1X. Now on CM7 it always shows EV-DO until you get a call in then shows 1X
as my signature shows (may change tho) that I'm running CodeName android saga v.3.5 atm but I got some signal strength issues which I didn't have with my previous -Fallout Evolution v5.0-
what effects does a ROM have over the wifi signal strength and is it fixable?
I used to have about full signal bar in my room with fallout v5 but now I got a mere 1-3 bars.
note that I compared both ROM's signal strength on same distances from my access point to be fair.
Thanks in advance.
Yes, ROM can affect WiFi signal strength - it has the WiFi driver.
can anyone provide more information, if it can be modded for example.
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can anyone provide more information, if it can be modded for example.
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Its WiFi perception limits can be lowered at kernel level but this will cost some battery life.
The other way (at least on Sense ROMs) there is an option in the advanced WiFi Settings to use weaker signals. Do not remember does it exist on AOSP though
I notice thay if i turn off LTE, I get a stronger cell signal on H+. Would I get better battery life by turning LTE off when im using home wifi? I dont lose the signal on LTE or HSPA, but the signal is a bar or two higher normally on HSPA
I believe LTE gives better battery life pretty close to/on part with WiFi levels. Future LTE modems coming out are going to be more battery friendly than WiFi.
LTE>3G as long as there is strong signal if not stick to 3G I guess.
The number of bars is arbitrarily set by the rom for a given dBm and can't really be compared between 3G and LTE. LTE will still function well at lower signal strength than 3G.