So i downloaded getril out of curiosity. I ran it and it says ril and baseband don't match. I'm on 2.3.4 bb with a v20c ril. Recommending ffor me to upgrade to v21y. My phone is operating fine...basically i just want to know if i should do it or not, if so why?
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Pain-N-Panic said:
So i downloaded getril out of curiosity. I ran it and it says ril and baseband don't match. I'm on 2.3.4 bb with a v20c ril. Recommending ffor me to upgrade to v21y. My phone is operating fine...basically i just want to know if i should do it or not, if so why?
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always upgrade, the radio interface layer needs to match the baseband files.
Yeah that's what i read but my phone has been working just fine. Either way i upgraded anyway lol
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Spawne32 said:
always upgrade, the radio interface layer needs to match the baseband files.
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Why?
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mansa_noob said:
Why?
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I've noticed issues with connectivity for data when my RIL isn't matched.
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Why?
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it works similar to how windows uses drivers to communicate with the hardware, it is basically the same way linux is able to allow the android operating system to communicate with the hardware layer of your network radio, incompatible RIL/baseband can cause dropped calls etc, if it errors out.
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I've noticed issues with connectivity for data when my RIL isn't matched.
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it works similar to how windows uses drivers to communicate with the hardware, it is basically the same way linux is able to allow the android operating system to communicate with the hardware layer of your network radio, incompatible RIL/baseband can cause dropped calls etc, if it errors out.
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You know guys, I thought the same until I realized that cm7 and all ROMs based on it had mismatched ril when installed... sometimes I forgot to use getril for days and there were no noticeable issues.
IMHO I guess, but I have found a lot of such info on xda is belief based (GPS fixes are another example). Anyways whatever floats a boat I guess.
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hello...
what's going on everyone... first off just want to thank everyone for their hard work on these forums. thought the whole rooting/modding thing seemed harder than it looked, but when i finally got down and dirty, it reminded me of when i modded my psp a few years back!
anyway, just reading this thread and decided to dl getRIL, and it does say my RIL/baseband don't match. i'm running the g2x with cm7/mazout's 2.6.32.60 GB kernel and the "new baseband fix" after having the popping/"hash hash" sound (can't recall where the thread is off the top of my head...). getRIL says i'm running v20c, i was under the impression that this setup was "v21y-ish"? i've had this setup for a few days now, and the only issues i've had were random reboots/shutdowns (85% positive it's a battery issue... it looks like it's swelling!). i switched from cm10.1 JB (yesss! JB on my g2x...waitaminit... can't call or text?!?!?! aarrgggh!) to EB ICS 4.0.4 for about a week to my current setup (as i like having HWA and a video camera.) but with my current setup, no data/radio issues so far...
basically the point is: should i mess with my baseband or leave it as is? again, thanks!!!
I would use getril to adjust your ril to the baseband just as i did.
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Pain-N-Panic said:
I would use getril to adjust your ril to the baseband just as i did.
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But seems like it ain't broke... why fix it?
What advantage does matching baseband and ril provide?
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mansa_noob said:
But seems like it ain't broke... why fix it?
What advantage does matching baseband and ril provide?
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It's the same as updating drivers on your computer, you either want to, or you dont. But if you start having issues with connectivity, it is advised that you update the RIL first.
Mine didn't seem like it had any issues either but I did it anyway in the hopes that I could get better battery life, call quality, etc. Haven't really noticed any improvements yet lol.....
So I did it... so far no issues n everything sounds fine as far as radio/call quality goes...
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OffTheTimeline said:
So I did it... so far no issues n everything sounds fine as far as radio/call quality goes...
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Did you have issues before? What did it fix/improve?
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No real issues, just didn't want any issues in the future with RIL/baseband nit matching... plus I'm kinda OCD when I mod my gadgets. That's why I went back to GB from the EB ICS rom I was running, I had to have video camera n HWA functioning
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I did the exact same thing timeline
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I've noticed mainly GPS won't load without matching RIL
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question: why are phones sold with unmatched modem/RIL?
Neither of mine were?
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It is almost always best to use the RIL that matches the software version it is meant to work with. The RIL is responsible for interpreting commands between the Android kernel and the hardware radio/modem that enable the phone to work as a cell phone. One of the reasons that the G2X won't work as a cell phone with ICS is the incompatibility of the GB RIL with ICS and no G2X specific RIL for ICS is available.
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I just took the plunge into gingerbread and i love the roms but so far the ones ive tried all have poor wifi signal wich is not a deal breaker for me but it is an important issue. Ive tried dsexton's KG6 and KH1 with dronks KG4 kernal but both have poor wifi signals. Does anybody know of a fix or a version the doesnt have poor wifi signals??
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Nope its a known issue.. no fix yet. There is a fix in the works though.. its cm7
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I just took the plunge into gingerbread and i love the roms but so far the ones ive tried all have poor wifi signal wich is not a deal breaker for me but it is an important issue. Ive tried dsexton's KG6 and KH1 with dronks KG4 kernal but both have poor wifi signals. Does anybody know of a fix or a version the doesnt have poor wifi signals??
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Bryanb82 said:
I just took the plunge into gingerbread and i love the roms but so far the ones ive tried all have poor wifi signal wich is not a deal breaker for me but it is an important issue. Ive tried dsexton's KG6 and KH1 with dronks KG4 kernal but both have poor wifi signals. Does anybody know of a fix or a version the doesnt have poor wifi signals??
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This has been extensively discussed and is a known issue with ALL gingerbread ROMs.
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Nope its a known issue.. no fix yet. There is a fix in the works though.. its cm7
Is cm7 a modded gingerbread rom? I saw krylon is working on it in the rootzwiki but I dont know much about it.
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^oops some how i added my question in your quote, lol. Talking about putting words in your mouth,lol. Sorry
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I really, really wish I hadn't quoted FB. :'(
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It's cool I got back at you. Muahaha.
CM7 is a modded version of AOSP, it's gotta be built from source for different phones.
CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official Android based firmwares of vendors of these cell phones.
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http://www.cyanogenmod.com/
My .02 : I am also on gb 2.3.4 hk1 and show poor signal strength, but I can still connect via wifi even when it says I have no signal. So I believe its just an issue of the graphical signal representation not matching the actual signal strength that you have.
Gman
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My .02 : I am also on gb 2.3.4 hk1 and show poor signal strength, but I can still connect via wifi even when it says I have no signal. So I believe its just an issue of the graphical signal representation not matching the actual signal strength that you have.
Gman
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No its a actual signal problem becuase i did a wifi speed test and got under 1mb when i usually get 15+ mb so its not a graphics error. But im sure someone will solve it soon.
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i know its a gb problem, but try flashing different modems. particularly...KC1. i seem to have the best wifi connection with that using gb.
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i know its a gb problem, but try flashing different modems. particularly...KC1. i seem to have the best wifi connection with that using gb.
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Can you give me that modem file so i can flash with ordin? thanks so much.
or how to have GB with that modem
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Nope its a known issue.. no fix yet. There is a fix in the works though.. its cm7
Who said cm7 would fix wifi, for all we know it could be worse
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knightmn said:
Can you give me that modem file so i can flash with ordin? thanks so much.
or how to have GB with that modem
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Click on the "Modems" link in my signature, you can download it from there.
Dsexton do you wanna share that fix? A lot of us still run ROMS other than ICINB. WIFI full strength on GB should be released to the masses(or at least me!)
As Always Thanks
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Dsexton do you wanna share that fix? A lot of us still run ROMS other than ICINB. WIFI full strength on GB should be released to the masses(or at least me!)
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I never said i had the fix and if i did of course it would be released, ha!
Things dsexton has released to the masses:
Ext4
Overclocking passed 1.3
Figured out how to flash a rom with cwm
Rooted gingerbread
Smoothest tweaks around
If i find something major the masses will have it
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HA i didn't mean to imply you had the fix it was more of a wish. Hope it didn't come across the wrong way on the interweb.
As far as the other things such as
Things dsexton has released to the masses:
Ext4
Overclocking passed 1.3
Figured out how to flash a rom with cwm
Rooted gingerbread
Smoothest tweaks around
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Yeah man thanks for all of those
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HA i didn't mean to imply you had the fix it was more of a wish. Hope it didn't come across the wrong way on the interweb.
As far as the other things such as
Yeah man thanks for all of those
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Its all good i was just poking fun
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Fun is good. Poke on
The wifi reception was purposely handicapped for security/privacy reasons. It has a comparable range with any other handheld device.
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I am 7 feet from my router with my sgs4g running a leaked gb. Valhalla to be exact. I have 1 bar on wifi. In comparison my g2 with its official gb release had full signal. I would not consider that comparable.
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If there is an issue its visualy with the icon.
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Hello I'm running my g2x on an miui.us rom and my GPS literally takes fifteen minutes to lock Bo matter where I'm at. It always knows where I'm at on Google maps instantly but can never give me directions.I've tried the blister program and several gpsfix programs and NOTHING works. What else could bebwrong? What else can I dobthat might be successful? Please and thaank you I need to use my GPS everyday andbthisbis aggravating
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Well to get directions you need access to the internet so make sure you have wifi on or have mobile data other than edge because that's "wiked" slow...(damn i'm going to college in those island and now i'm saying wiked)
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Have you upgraded to the new baseband?
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C0dy said:
Have you upgraded to the new baseband?
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Yeah that's the sad part I upgrades to the July 16 gingerbread bseband and its still slow as balls. I've tried.bloater and everything.I haven't tried manually editing the GPS config as I'm scared to mess it up. I might attempt to flash back to stock and wipe system a billion times to clear everything then reflash and see what happens bit I love miui.us too Mich and want to keep it...the inlet downside o have right now is GPS everything else is perfect
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Haven't seen anyone post this but have seen people asking about roms. I flashed cm 7.2.0 RC and I am not experiencing any of the call sound issues.
Just thought I'd pass along the fyi
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Haven't seen anyone post this but have seen people asking about roms. I flashed cm 7.2.0 RC and I am not experiencing any of the call sound issues.
Just thought I'd pass along the fyi
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Ummmm the baseband is 2012
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Are you sure you are on right baseband? Did you test both incoming and outgoing calls: i dont think this matters but you should be hearing static instead of call if you are on the latest baseband and not official ROM
So op which is it
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U liar. It doesn't work.
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g1user101 said:
U liar. It doesn't work.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sibbor.getril&hl=en
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.sibbor.getrilpaid&hl=en (premium version)
I think GetRIL would solve the ROM/Baseband compatibility problem. (Not affiliated in any way with GetRIL or the developer. I take no responsibility for anything regarding this.)
I used getril (free version) and wifi calling worked fine at least. Don't know about conventional cell calls though.
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I used getril (free version) and wifi calling worked fine at least. Don't know about conventional cell calls though.
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Did you try the March 11 2012 (latest) baseband with an unofficial ROM?
Tried cm7 with gitril. Only works on first call. I was so happy, then my brother called again and static came back.
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Man I want so bad come back to cm7 I've tried some days ago without getrill and couldnt call... hope with getrill I'll be able to call again will try it later
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Getril won't fix it. There are more significant changes that need to be made to the ROM.
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Getril won't fix it. There are more significant changes that need to be made to the ROM.
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Indeed, after reinstalling CM7 today, even with using GetRIL, I get horrible static on both ends of a cell call. Wifi-calling works fine still. I hope devs figure out the disparity and add support for the march baseband. We'd really appreciate it!
My awesome.brother loves stock. So he traded me g2x's and now I.have cm7 so.happy!
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I can't find none
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Tune in radio. There's a free version in the market that works great
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I can't find none
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This phone will not be able to pick up FM Radio, if I recall correctly this phone has the chip inside ffor FM Radio but its not "connected" so it won't work, someone correct me if I'm wrong but I've tried before to try to listen to the radio on my phone but any app I use wont work.
Hope this helped!
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This phone will not be able to pick up FM Radio, if I recall correctly this phone has the chip inside ffor FM Radio but its not "connected" so it won't work, someone correct me if I'm wrong but I've tried before to try to listen to the radio on my phone but any app I use wont work.
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It's true, except mine, (from wind) had a radio app (FM radio) that worked. For some reason only wind's phones seem to be able to do that.
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Ya tune in works great. I have the paid version which even lets u save the broadcasts. I use it every day and have never had a problem.
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Ya tune in works great. I have the paid version which even lets u save the broadcasts. I use it every day and have never had a problem.
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Thats True no FM Radio for GX2, why they left tha spot there and not hook up?
How much data the TUNE IN waste?
Isn't there a way to reconnect the radio and modify the software to get it to work?
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Isn't there a way to reconnect the radio and modify the software to get it to work?
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If I remember my reading correctly, the hardware doesn't have FM capabilities. There was a thread that went through the debug responses from the chip, and the functionality just isn't addressable by software.
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It's true, except mine, (from wind) had a radio app (FM radio) that worked. For some reason only wind's phones seem to be able to do that.
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Do you happen to have an apk for the FM? I have WIND mobile aswell and would love to get FM on this too.
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Do you happen to have an apk for the FM? I have WIND mobile aswell and would love to get FM on this too.
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Even if I did, it would not work without the libs and proper kernel config.
Someone plz help
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If I remember my reading correctly, the hardware doesn't have FM capabilities. There was a thread that went through the debug responses from the chip, and the functionality just isn't addressable by software.
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everyone says it's "not connected", what if someone actually CONNECTED it?
What i mean is.. there's people out there who mod circuitry, and make thigns, like those arduino modules.
would it be possible for someone to soder/wire some connections to this radio chip so that it got power from the system, and worked?
for instance, the "wind" one seems to have SOMETHING working..
would it be possible for one to get it working themselves, and then have the system use it?
Am fm radio apk
Hi everyone, I'm running CM10.0.0 Skyrocket with UCLD2 modem. I live in Jupiter, FL and when I am traveling through town and pass through areas that switch between HSPA, 3G, and 4G, I often have to toggle airplane mode to get data back. Is this due to my radio? I was doing research in the forum about the various radios and I couldn't find a definitive comparison of the various modems to each other with a chronology of release. I'd guess that newer modems are better, but then I read that sometimes that's not the case. Anyone care to weigh in on why I lose data connection when traveling through different data zones? btw i checked my APN settings and theyre fine.
I too run into the same issue but when I'm at work I know that if you running jb data loss has been known to be an issue with it yes the newer the modem can potentially fix or issue depending on situation best option is test
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I too run into the same issue but when I'm at work I know that if you running jb data loss has been known to be an issue with it yes the newer the modem can potentially fix or issue depending on situation best option is test
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What particular modem are you using?
I'm open to suggestions from anyone for a modem to flash.
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What particular modem are you using?
I'm open to suggestions from anyone for a modem to flash.
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Flash them and see how it works for you. It takes all of 30 seconds
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Sounds like a handoff issue. Try CI3
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Thank you for the suggestion, I flashed it last night and so far so good. :thumbup:
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Just an update, things still seem good with CI3 compared to my old radio. Only thing I notice is it doesn't really like 4G data, it'll say 4G and have good bars, and I can make and receive calls fine. But if I go online it'll stall, and I'll watch it struggle and then swap to H+ and be fine. That’s the only remaining quirk. Not sure why it's doing that.
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I know no one is following this post at this point but I thought I'd post a final update about how i resolved the last issue I mentioned in the post above, just in case someone else has this same issue and searches the forum later.
I fixed my reception with 4G accidentally, i flashed the Lightning Zap v3 kernel to improve battery and lo and behold, reception hand off is fixed!!
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