Question about Radios - AT&T, Rogers HTC One X, Telstra One XL

I'm on the turge stock 4.2.2 room with the new firmware. While I don't have data drops my signal doesn't seem to be as strong. In settings in my house it's -97 dBm. Is it possible to change back to the existing AT&T radio on this Rom without any data drops?

Did you flash twice so your radio would update as well when you flashed the 2.15 firmware? Can you post your baseband version here?
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This is the info. From everything I can tell it updated correctly.
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Yeah that's the updated radio. You can try flashing the older radio to see if it helps with your signal strength.
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You can try a different radio. A small number of folks have had weak reception with the newer radio, and report better reception with an older radio.
But you might start getting the signal drop issue, as I believe its related to the power save function on Sense 5 ROMs not being compatible with the older radios.
If you aren't actually experiencing any reception issues (no dropped calls or breakup during calls, good download speeds on the network), and only observing the measured signal strength, I'd lean toward saying to leave the radio alone. Might cause an actual problem versus the present "perceived" problem.

Where would I find the older radio and would i flash it like the firmware? I feel like my download speeds aren't as good and I'm willing to give it a try.
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louslugger15 said:
Where would I find the older radio and would i flash it like the firmware? I feel like my download speeds aren't as good and I'm willing to give it a try.
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Click Redpoint's Evita resource thread link in my signature, then navigate to the radio section and click that link. You'll find all the radios in that thread.
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louslugger15 said:
I feel like my download speeds aren't as good and I'm willing to give it a try.
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Have you actually measured the speeds using Speedtest, and at different times of the day (networks tend to be more congested at certain times)? You can just be having a placebo effect.

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Benefits of flashing recommended radio & ril with rom?

I have read & read & read & want to know what's the benefit or advantages to flashing a recommended radio for a Rom versus using the stock rooted radio?
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I see you have been asking around about this with no responses, I cant give you the best advice but from my experience i never had any better signal or gps lock on with the recommended radios. some radios will help get better signal and GPS but most of time it's no better then the stock radio.
So the recommended radio isn't necessarily going to be any better.
Well its a personal choice. Like with different roms they recommend certain radios. My advice to you is,try different radios with ril files. But don't flash and say "I see no improvement." Let the radio get settled in and then after 2-3 days, judge for yourself. Keep trying different ones till you find out suitable for you and your area. They affect battery life,data connection,gps,and signal strength for your area. So the only reason they recommend certain radios,is because when tested,they provided the best results. So flash away till your happy
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mattmiller said:
Well its a personal choice. Like with different roms they recommend certain radios. My advice to you is,try different radios with ril files. But don't flash and say "I see no improvement." Let the radio get settled in and then after 2-3 days, judge for yourself. Keep trying different ones till you find out suitable for you and your area. They affect battery life,data connection,gps,and signal strength for your area. So the only reason they recommend certain radios,is because when tested,they provided the best results. So flash away till your happy
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I've noticed in many posts, the recommendation is to "let the radio settle in for a couple days", and i'm presuming that is the best way to test battery results with a specific rom.
But, should a person be able to see immediate results regarding signal strength when flashing different radios? I ask because my home is in a location where signal strength can be spotty, and usually that is may reasoning for trying new radios.
Well I've flashed two radios,stock and the newest ota radio. And I've seem 13hrs + while using a DHD ROM. Because its been 1 week and great results. So imo,yes within that first day u may notice more bars and data speeds increased.
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The reason the ROM's recomend a radio is because that is the RIL files loaded in the ROM, if Im not mistaken.. As long as you flash the matching RIL file to the radio you are using all should be good.
I can't really tell any difference in GPS signal or Internet speed with any of the radios.
I can say that I have been using the radio in my sig for 3 weeks now and i do get better phone reception than any other radio.
Well I'm using a way different radio for a DHD ROM and getting 4.15mbps down and 1.45mbps upload.
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I'm going to make the attempt of flashing a radio and ril file. Worst case scenario, I don't see an improvement, where do I find the stock radio and ril files to flash back?
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Here's the link to the radio. Use the one in the second post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1002226
As for the ril. You can go into rom manager >gtg>ril flasher> select 26.06.06.30 and flash it through recovery.
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mattmiller said:
Well I'm using a way different radio for a DHD ROM and getting 4.15mbps down and 1.45mbps upload.
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What radio and files are you using?
thanks

What is the best CDMA radio flash file for stock ICS

I am currently using LC1. Seems to improve my wifi reception quite a bit. But cdma and 3g signal still sucks. So just a quick poll for everyone. Which radio to use on ICS, and dl links if you have them. Thanks!!!
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babyblue4u006 said:
I am currently using LC1. Seems to improve my wifi reception quite a bit. But cdma and 3g signal still sucks. So just a quick poll for everyone. Which radio to use on ICS, and dl links if you have them. Thanks!!!
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Really which is best is very subjective. I have personally never seen a difference with any of them. Theoretically though, the latest one should be the best one. Here is the link to the thread in the development section.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13751063
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Thanks for the reply. I have seen that thread and tried all except the KD8, I didn't notice a difference with any but LC1. My signal seemed the same but my speed tests were faster at home with the airave. Which I know runs the same 3g speed constantly. . . According to my other phones. The point of the post really was to see if anyone knew of a better radio. In their opinion besides the ones on that list. But I will update after I try the KD8.
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No noticeable difference between the two.
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Wifi speeds are not necessarily dependent on the used baseband firmware. Wifi speeds are influenced in fact much more by the used drivers (corresponding shared objects with "so" extension and library files) and its bugs. These drivers are located on the system partition. Official binary blobs containing wifi drivers can be downloaded. The official ROM uses binary blobs (proprietary SW) for wifi operation. Though some custom ROMs may contain open source drivers.
babyblue4u006 said:
Thanks for the reply. I have seen that thread and tried all except the KD8, I didn't notice a difference with any but LC1. My signal seemed the same but my speed tests were faster at home with the airave. Which I know runs the same 3g speed constantly. . . According to my other phones. The point of the post really was to see if anyone knew of a better radio. In their opinion besides the ones on that list. But I will update after I try the KD8.
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There aren't different radios than those. If you see a different radio not in that list, you should probably not flash it if they're claiming it's for our phone. Obviously a new radio could come out again and there could technically be some radio that never went official but if those make it into the public, the thread would likely be updated and have them.
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Thank you all for the input. Had issues with sprint. Hate that i had to. But went to Verizon today so ill be checking out the droid charge forum
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[Q] 4G LTE issues with CleanRom 5.0

Hi all,
i have some questions about CleanRom 5.0 however i don't have the authority to post in it's forum, so i'm hoping someone can help me out here.
overall the rom is incredible, my only issue is the speed of my 4g lte network. it is much slower than what i am used to.
using speed test i consistently get about 12mbps down and 8mbps up, however if i go back to my stock nandroid backup so my phone is like it was before i went to cleanrom i used to consistently get about 23mbps down and 16mbps up. is this normal for cleanrom and if not is there a way to fix it because now the speed is about half of what it used to be.
i should probably also mention that i flashed the new radio and rpm that scrosler provided links to in the second post of the cleanrom forum
I've seen it stated many times that roms won't affect connection. Likely it is the new radio you flashed. You can always try flashing the old radio and rpm. Someone with s little more experience may have more insight.
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Snappyts said:
I've seen it stated many times that roms won't affect connection. Likely it is the new radio you flashed. You can always try flashing the old radio and rpm. Someone with s little more experience may have more insight.
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Gotta agree with this. Roms do not change/impact your signal.
OP, flash another set of modem/rpm or even return to what you used before. Personally, my data speeds were below what I'm used to when using the latest modem/rom. My experience is nothing more than anecdotal and a single trial. I switched back to a prior modem/rpm combo and have enjoyed my normal speeds/LTE access.
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@SlimSnoopOS
Thank you both very much for the responses. I will try flashing the old modem and rpm to see if that solves the issue.
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baseband help

is there a way to reset the baseband? i wanted to try the "Jedi Mind trick SGSIII Style V2 rom" and flashed the baseband modem update that was in that thread. tried the rom a bit, then restored my previous rom that i was using prior before the jedi mind trick rom. and went to about phone in settings and saw that my "baseband version" was unknown. and i been receiving texts late. is there a way to fix this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
You can find the blaze baseband here, I'm using the newest T989 and signal seems better.
If you lose signal after flashing the radio you want a reboot usually helps or you may have to get the correct APN.
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thanks! that worked!
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henslo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
You can find the blaze baseband here, I'm using the newest T989 and signal seems better.
If you lose signal after flashing the radio you want a reboot usually helps or you may have to get the correct APN.
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Did you flash T989 modem on your Blaze 4G? And if you did, any issues? I checked the post and it also listed modem for the Blaze 4G which is UVMB1.
nope, no issues. its all gravy
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Signal seems better.
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Yea signal is definitely better for me on the 989 radio. I never had any service inside my office but now I seem to have one bar today. I'll update tomorrow and see if it was just a fluke.
henslo said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1895400
You can find the blaze baseband here, I'm using the newest T989 and signal seems better.
If you lose signal after flashing the radio you want a reboot usually helps or you may have to get the correct APN.
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SGH-T989_UVMC6_radio.zip is this the modem your using on SGH-T769 ? if so did you just flash in cwm or twrp ?
thanks
Yes, it works great.
woodyjlw said:
SGH-T989_UVMC6_radio.zip is this the modem your using on SGH-T769 ? if so did you just flash in cwm or twrp ?
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Can flash in either, no need to wipe anything just flash/reboot if no signal reboot again should be good after. I'm trying out the 989D telus modem now.
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henslo said:
Can flash in either, no need to wipe anything just flash/reboot if no signal reboot again should be good after. I'm trying out the 989D telus modem now.
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I just flash and works like a champ so far good data send and receive text mms and calls in and out just fine. I will see how battery dose on it next.
many thanks
Speed test on the T989D telus modem. Not to bad
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Ok decided I would update on my previous post... Today I could make a call where previously I couldn't (under the canopy at the warehouse), and I noticed I could make a call quicker after I lost/regained service than the previous modem. HUGE help for me. Funny thing though, my co-worker with a 989 still has to put hers on the window seal lol.
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Ok decided I would update on my previous post... Today I could make a call where previously I couldn't (under the canopy at the warehouse), and I noticed I could make a call quicker after I lost/regained service than the previous modem. HUGE help for me. Funny thing though, my co-worker with a 989 still has to put hers on the window seal lol.
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Have her flash a Blaze radio and see if it works better lol
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henslo said:
Can flash in either, no need to wipe anything just flash/reboot if no signal reboot again should be good after. I'm trying out the 989D telus modem now.
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hows that 989d telus modem running for you? I am guessing that the reason the other modem software is working is cause the hardware is similar or same between some of these phones right? is there a way to find out what chip sets are on these phones to get an Idea of what other firmware works on some of these phones? the T989UVMC6 seems to help my charge time a little and dose seem a little faster on download speeds but still nervous about causing any long term problems but there is no signs of overheating or running flaky so I guess it should be fine.
thanks
I have done some preliminary testing with the UVMB1 and UVMC6 radios and have some very definitive results. There's a speedtest.net server where I live so there shouldn't be too much variance here. I have done some other testing with the other radio (the t989d) with mixed results. The t989d radio is very inconsistent where I live.
The UVMB1 is the first three results, and the UVMC6 is the next three. Pretty conclusive to me. I will be on the UVMC6 from here on
I'm also using the UVMC6 and it does seem to give me a stronger signal. I should probably run a test and get some "official" results.
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been running all day with UVMC6 almost 14 hours and still 64% battery and I used my phone a lot today listening to Pandora radio for almost an hour and 4 or 5 phone calls and played on the web a little. I think I am safe to say it improved battery but I rarely loose much signal in KCMO so I cant say that signal is better but I may have seen more H+ than I normally see. my home has steel siding so I dont see as much H+ when inside but it seems to have been H+ most of the time I checked today.
and again thanks for sharing with the rest of us on this information, it has improved the quality of my phone so many thanks
Welcome, I found it when had my skyrocket and figured I'd try it out. It does seem to make signal stronger and battery. The 989D was ok just didn't hold signal to long
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Thanks worked well on my phone much faster.
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Better reception with MF1 or ML1?

I recently came off of the MB1 radio to the newer MF1 radio.
Has anyone been using the new ML1 and compared results of which radio receives the best reception?
I know it may very by geographic location but am interested in what others find.
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Both seem the same to me. The biggest difference I noticed is ML1 drops down to 3G much more often. I almost never saw 3G with MF1 as it would stay in a low 4G instead. I'm guessing they opted to drop down to 3G for a better user experience if it was stronger than a weak 4G.
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MrBrady said:
Both seem the same to me. The biggest difference I noticed is ML1 drops down to 3G much more often. I almost never saw 3G with MF1 as it would stay in a low 4G instead. I'm guessing they opted to drop down to 3G for a better user experience if it was stronger than a weak 4G.
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This would also improve battery life... makes sense.
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I really don't see any difference and I am on my phone heavy every day from morning to night. I also don't travel much outside of the normal work, shopping, mall, etc areas by me in NY. Furthermore, 4G is very prevalent in my area. I am rarely on anything less than 4G and even in my home, I have 4-5 bars of 4G at all times. #LoveMyBigRed :good:
RBarnett09 said:
I recently came off of the MB1 radio to the newer MF1 radio.
Has anyone been using the new ML1 and compared results of which radio receives the best reception?
I know it may very by geographic location but am interested in what others find.
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Do not use ML1 unless you go to a touchwiz 4.3 rom. If you are staying on 4.1.2 or AOSP stick with MF1. If you go to the touchwiz 4.3 you will need the ML1.
Lord_Tardis said:
Do not use ML1 unless you go to a touchwiz 4.3 rom. If you are staying on 4.1.2 or AOSP stick with MF1. If you go to the touchwiz 4.3 you will need the ML1.
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I'm on AOSP 4.4.
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RBarnett09 said:
I'm on AOSP 4.4.
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Then stick with the MF1 unless you notice connection issues. I was on Nottas PA 4.4 with MF1 and it was great.
Lord_Tardis said:
Then stick with the MF1 unless you notice connection issues. I was on Nottas PA 4.4 with MF1 and it was great.
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I'm sorry but you really don't know what you are talking about. You could use the ML1 modern on a 4.1.2 ROM if you wanted. That's OK. What you should NOT do is use an older modem on a newer Android Version (e.g. MB1 on 4.4).
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Im in Cen-Cal i was on ML1 i didn't notice a difference fone still rang mms still went out my status showed the same signal numbers
MrBrady said:
Both seem the same to me. The biggest difference I noticed is ML1 drops down to 3G much more often. I almost never saw 3G with MF1 as it would stay in a low 4G instead. I'm guessing they opted to drop down to 3G for a better user experience if it was stronger than a weak 4G.
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Agreed about the similar performance. Except LTE is a more efficient protocol than CDMA is... however if there's a low LTE signal and the phone is smart enough to stop trying to ping the LTE band, that could save some juice. The constant polling and searching, be it data to wifi, drains the battery more than a constant or static location connection.
Speaking from my own experience my ping time on speed test have improved drastically. Call quality is a bit better as well. I still get the same speed test results ranging from 25Mbps down to 72Mbps down. Text are sending and receiving a bit faster as well for me.
jamesn2k said:
Speaking from my own experience my ping time on speed test have improved drastically. Call quality is a bit better as well. I still get the same speed test results ranging from 25Mbps down to 72Mbps down. Text are sending and receiving a bit faster as well for me.
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On MF1 or ML1?
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ML1, I ota'd so I'm running the whole new sha'bang.
Hi guys
So from what I've read on this thread, it seems that you have an option of either MF1 or ML1. However I think I have both? I'm such a noob at this. Here's a screenshot. And just to confirm, MF1 gives a better reception/call quality?
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SketchySean said:
Hi guys
So from what I've read on this thread, it seems that you have an option of either MF1 or ML1. However I think I have both? I'm such a noob at this. Here's a screenshot. And just to confirm, MF1 gives a better reception/call quality?
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You have mf1.
The build number is simply the name of the rom, the developer put the base it was built on in the title, which is ml1.
Your baseband says what you're currently running, which is mf1.
Radio choice is subjective, if you're getting poor reception on mf1 try flashing the ml1 radio and see if it improves. It's reported to improve signal specifically on a ml1 base.
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You have mf1.
The build number is simply the name of the rom, the developer put the base it was built on in the title, which is ml1.
Your baseband says what you're currently running, which is mf1.
Radio choice is subjective, if you're getting poor reception on mf1 try flashing the ml1 radio and see if it improves. It's reported to improve signal specifically on a ml1 base.
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Thanks man!
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Radio choice is subjective, if you're getting poor reception on mf1 try flashing the ml1 radio and see if it improves. It's reported to improve signal specifically on a ml1 base.
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+1.
I haven't seen any improved reception with ML1, but each device is different and it's really subjective, so you may find it performs better than MF1 does.

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