Gentlemen,
As the title suggests, I won't be taking long, I only have a quick question to make which I do hope it has a short and fast answer by you.
I'm no total ignorant when it comes to flashing, kernels , custom roms etc etc, I do know my way around.But I seem to have come to a dead end.
Just bought a Galaxy s3 , courtesy of verizon , second handed. The thing is, I plan on using it in Greece,
I've been reading a couple hundred posts about issues with GSM , data connections and whatever comes with it.I myself had a problem with being stuck at roaming after flashing cm 10.2 just tonight. I had to go back to stock 4.1.2 verizon to get signal back.
I hope you understand where im trying to land over here. Imagine this scenarion: Me, phone, Greece,non-stock based custom rom . Phone/text/data issues? What do you suggest? I come very confused...
St34lth said:
Gentlemen,
As the title suggests, I won't be taking long, I only have a quick question to make which I do hope it has a short and fast answer by you.
I'm no total ignorant when it comes to flashing, kernels , custom roms etc etc, I do know my way around.But I seem to have come to a dead end.
Just bought a Galaxy s3 , courtesy of verizon , second handed. The thing is, I plan on using it in Greece,
I've been reading a couple hundred posts about issues with GSM , data connections and whatever comes with it.I myself had a problem with being stuck at roaming after flashing cm 10.2 just tonight. I had to go back to stock 4.1.2 verizon to get signal back.
I hope you understand where im trying to land over here. Imagine this scenarion: Me, phone, Greece,non-stock based custom rom . Phone/text/data issues? What do you suggest? I come very confused...
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For roaming on AOSP, see here if it happens again. You'll probably want to edit your APN settings for data if you already have the local sim for Greece. I don't know much more than that but you should be good there. Popping the sim in and selecting GSM should be enough for calls. Keep a TW rom on your phone in case you have issues cuz that will help you in a jam. If you aren't confident that your AOSP rom is 100% stable, which they usually aren't in some way, having a touchwiz rom like Cleanrom or Bonestock could be your alternative rom.
Almost got to the bottom of this, flashing a TW based rom is working perfectly as expected.
Thing is with AOSP based roms i only get verizon wireless as a carrier and a constant -120 dbm signal power.ALthough i can make calls, i cant text or get data.
St34lth said:
Almost got to the bottom of this, flashing a TW based rom is working perfectly as expected.
Thing is with AOSP based roms i only get verizon wireless as a carrier and a constant -120 dbm signal power.ALthough i can make calls, i cant text or get data.
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That's even after switching to GSM in Wireless Networks?
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I just recently completed a move from Vegas to Phoenix. Upon arriving i saw that my mobile network just constantly bounced from edge to none to 4g to 3g and nothing ever above 2 bars. no matter where i go, thats the way it is. even when other people with TMO are right next to me and have perfect service. i finally bit the bullet and went into the tmo store and basically the guy told me that i had to get a new phone. My current rom is paranoid android but it does the same on AOSP MIUI and sense 4 viper rom. havent tried any others because i figure i have most of my bases covered there. ive flashed every combination of radio and RIL possible and it does the same thing. when i went in, they gave me a new sim card because they said my sim card was "2G" but seemed to pick up 4g just fine in vegas with 0 issues.
did my phone just really magically break while driving i guess?
another note: it seems worst when sending text messages, like ill recieve one with 2 bars of 3g, type it out, hit send, right after i hit send it just drops the service and says message cannot be delivered. i just have to keep getting it sent back and send it again until it finally goes through. this issue is very very frustrating. thanks for any help you guys can give me, i do want to get a new phone but need this one to work until i can afford it. oh yeah, newest firmware if that matters but i hadnt even updated it before i got out here, it was just one of things i tried to fix it. NOTHING has worked or even helped a little bit.
You and I live in different ends of the US but we seem to have the same issue. My wife has a Sensation also and has good signal most places when I can be right beside her and have no signal, just like right now, I will be lucky to get this to send. I too have tried several radios and RIL's also. I got some advice from mf2112 a short while back. I am just now going to look into it further. Check the pins that make connection to the back cover and make sure they all are making good connection. I am checking mine as soon as I get home, I am sick of not having signal when I know I should.
Hey guys i have an advice the same happened with me and i installed the official ruu with european radio and ril and it just went fine from there and after that i installed many roms(i lost the count anyway)it worked fine 4me try it out bestof luck
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T-Macgnolia said:
You and I live in different ends of the US but we seem to have the same issue. My wife has a Sensation also and has good signal most places when I can be right beside her and have no signal, just like right now, I will be lucky to get this to send. I too have tried several radios and RIL's also. I got some advice from mf2112 a short while back. I am just now going to look into it further. Check the pins that make connection to the back cover and make sure they all are making good connection. I am checking mine as soon as I get home, I am sick of not having signal when I know I should.
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I just checked my connections and even lightly cleaned the dust off of them to see if maybe that was the issue. actually seems like it helped a little but not enough to solve the issue. it was definitely worth a shot though. might be placebo effect tho...
soodmonu said:
Hey guys i have an advice the same happened with me and i installed the official ruu with european radio and ril and it just went fine from there and after that i installed many roms(i lost the count anyway)it worked fine 4me try it out bestof luck
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are you talking about flashing the actual RUU that says "mod edit: do not flash" or are you talking about the 3.33 firmware from europe? i flashed this firmware and it didnt help my issues. im wondering if i shouldnt try to go back to 100% stock or something this is very frustrating. the guy at the store told me "you know, when you flash things over and over sometimes stuff just breaks" which doesnt make any sense to me. every phone ive ever had i could flash as i please. and i wasnt even heavily flashing anything on this one until i started having this issue.
I have done exactly what the poster has done.
I have done everything... here's what I know
The issue is only from cm9 and aokp.. try flashog hyper nonsense and you shouldn't have issues.. problem is u lose all the aokp settings
It seems.like the issues flux in out.. one day it will work.. one day it wont.. sometimes I.wonder if the tower you are connected to.makes a difference
No,.it.doesn't break from.flashing it.over and over.. the storage is flash so it doesn't have a limit
Regards
I flashed the Goodness and the Wicked Sprint ports after hearing that they bump up dBm by -10 I was very sceptical thinking maybe it was just measuring incorrectly or differently giving scued numbers. While running Wicked yesterday I went to a restaurant and a local store were I struggle to get 3g and drop often. I had a bar of 4g ! and no drops I was going to restore a CWR nandroid of Beans7 to see if it was the Rom but I recently switched to TWRP and didn't have time to fool with it. Anyone know how this would be possible? I've flashed a lot of roms and never noticed any difference in dBm even though they were said to be tweaked.
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I flashed the Goodness and the Wicked Sprint ports after hearing that they bump up dBm by -10 I was very sceptical thinking maybe it was just measuring incorrectly or differently giving scued numbers. While running Wicked yesterday I went to a restaurant and a local store were I struggle to get 3g and drop often. I had a bar of 4g ! and no drops I was going to restore a CWR nandroid of Beans7 to see if it was the Rom but I recently switched to TWRP and didn't have time to fool with it. Anyone know how this would be possible? I've flashed a lot of roms and never noticed any difference in dBm even though they were said to be tweaked.
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You are still using a verizon radio/firmware so go figure
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You are still using a verizon radio/firmware so go figure
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Yep running the Verizon blk3 modem and rpm, for anyone who doesn't know Sprint modems will do nasty things to your phone never flash them (any modems other than Verizons for that matter). I went back to CWR so the next time I get back to the restaurant or the hardware store I'll restore back to Beans and get some screen shots for comparisson. I'd run some speed tests but they always end up being all over the place I don't think it would prove much. Post my shots once I get them, there is supposed to be a new Goodness rom out tonight so I know what I'll be doing later Flashhhh Aaaaahhhh God I love this phone
[Edit] screenshots first two Beans 7 second two Wicked Sensation port. Taken from exact same spot in the store, Wicked kept 2-3 bars of 4g through out the store Beans 7 never got 3g and dropped completely twice had to airplane to regain signal.
Noticed 10dB listed increase in signal on Wicked Sensations compared to CleanRom. Don't know if it's just the way the signal is reported or real boost!
Hey guys, I managed to completely root and unlock my bootloader and even install a custom Rom all on my own without asking a single question and I'm pretty proud Lol. Thanks to the awesome All in one Tool.
So I installed ViperRom XL 3.1.0 with Jellybean and I really love it, the creators did an amazing job so props to them. But ever since I flashed it, I have had horrible cell phone signal compared to stock, I would always have 4 to 5 bars in my house, now I only get 1 to 3, no matter where I go.
People have tried calling me a few times and said it goes straight to voicemail sometimes, and another weird thing I noticed is that as soon as I make a call or answer a call, the bars jump to full signal.
Do I need to flash a new radio or kernal to fix this? I have the at&t version of the One X currently, but any help would be GREATLY appretiated. I don't want to go back to stock anytime soon.
Kinotsu said:
Hey guys, I managed to completely root and unlock my bootloader and even install a custom Rom all on my own without asking a single question and I'm pretty proud Lol. Thanks to the awesome All in one Tool.
So I installed ViperRom XL 3.1.0 with Jellybean and I really love it, the creators did an amazing job so props to them. But ever since I flashed it, I have had horrible cell phone signal compared to stock, I would always have 4 to 5 bars in my house, now I only get 1 to 3, no matter where I go.
People have tried calling me a few times and said it goes straight to voicemail sometimes, and another weird thing I noticed is that as soon as I make a call or answer a call, the bars jump to full signal.
Do I need to flash a new radio or kernal to fix this? I have the at&t version of the One X currently, but any help would be GREATLY appretiated. I don't want to go back to stock anytime soon.
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Try checking your VPN settings. They mentioned this problem for AT&T customers.
HTC One X
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Viper XL 3.1.0
Re: [Q] Really low cell signal in ViperROM XL 3.1.0
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2105196
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I tried both methods, including the 152 thing and it didn't work
BUT, I managed to fix it on my own without having to flash a radio thankfully.
The problem was that during the Aroma installer, I picked "Stock" at the status bar icon selector while flashing ViperRomXL
Since I have AT&T, it must of calculated how many bars I have left incorrectly on the signal icon, so I factory wiped, and reinstalled ViperXL, this time making sure I chose the AT&T set of 4G/3G icons, and bam, perfect signal again.
But thanks a lot you guys for trying to help, I appretiate it.
Ok im starting to go crazy now. I had a galaxy nexus that was rooted and started getting dropped calls after 30min on the dot. I thought it was something i did to the phone so i went and got an S3. rooted with liquid smooth (stable) ROM and nothing else. Now im having the same problems. Got a new sim card and still having dropped calls after 30 min. Someone please help with this I am getting so frustrated with this. Im going to activate my untouched thunderbolt and see if it follows. I really dont wanna go back to a stock ROM on the S3 cuz i do not like the layout. Again any help would be great. Thanks.
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Ok im starting to go crazy now. I had a galaxy nexus that was rooted and started getting dropped calls after 30min on the dot. I thought it was something i did to the phone so i went and got an S3. rooted with liquid smooth (stable) ROM and nothing else. Now im having the same problems. Got a new sim card and still having dropped calls after 30 min. Someone please help with this I am getting so frustrated with this. Im going to activate my untouched thunderbolt and see if it follows. I really dont wanna go back to a stock ROM on the S3 cuz i do not like the layout. Again any help would be great. Thanks.
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I think is a Samsung Radio issue... I don't use my SIII anymore because of it.
The S 3 radio isn't the best your location can compound the problem. I haven't experienced drop calls other than in the obvious dead zones.
I have heard the radio wasnt the greatest but 30 min exactly every time? Thats gotta be something different. Could the way i unlocked have caused this or the ROM that was installed caused this? When i had my nexus rooted, i didnt have any issues till i messed with the radio. The S3 i didnt touch the radio unless it was built into the ROM. Liquid smooth (stable).
AOSP ROMs isn't as good signal wise as the Touchwiz ROMs with few exceptions. You can test out other AOSP ROMs to see if you are having the same problems.
That was one of the reasons I went way from Liquid (and bluetooth). I'm on CleanRom 6 now, and have pretty good call quality and signal with the VRBLK3 radio. For some reason, the latest radio from 4.1.2 didn't play nice with my phone or location. If you want better signal, TW is the way to go.
So you also had 30 min dropped calls or close to it from Liquid?
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So you also had 30 min dropped calls or close to it from Liquid?
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No, not exactly at 30 minutes. I would experience dropped calls in specific areas, like when I was driving. I also experienced more chopping sound quality with the latest radio. Flashed back to LK3 and it is much better.
Is it 30 minutes no matter what you are doing or where you are? If that is the case, I'd do a clean install of a TW rom with the radio and rpm of your choice and see if that helps.
I try to keep up with latest os, but 4.3 has me baffled. The first time I tried to install 4.3 was on Jellybam 10.2. I followed the instructions to the tee, but it didn't work. All 4.3 roms I've loaded I've never had a signal. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Now that all of the 4.3 roms have the custom recovery already on the rom, it still doesn't work. I have no signal. I thought about unrooting my sg3 and starting over, but that is a pain. So I'm basically stuck with 4.2.2. If anyone has anything to say about my problem please do so. Thanks
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I try to keep up with latest os, but 4.3 has me baffled. The first time I tried to install 4.3 was on Jellybam 10.2. I followed the instructions to the tee, but it didn't work. All 4.3 roms I've loaded I've never had a signal. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Now that all of the 4.3 roms have the custom recovery already on the rom, it still doesn't work. I have no signal. I thought about unrooting my sg3 and starting over, but that is a pain. So I'm basically stuck with 4.2.2. If anyone has anything to say about my problem please do so. Thanks
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I'll second that. Was running cleanrom 7.0, thought I'd fool around with 4.3 Flashed a couple of different ROMS, and none worked. Restored my backup of Cleanrom, and still no signal. It shows 4 bars, can receive an occasional text, but trying to text or make a call the signal drops away. Help!
Tim
wily5150 said:
I try to keep up with latest os, but 4.3 has me baffled. The first time I tried to install 4.3 was on Jellybam 10.2. I followed the instructions to the tee, but it didn't work. All 4.3 roms I've loaded I've never had a signal. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Now that all of the 4.3 roms have the custom recovery already on the rom, it still doesn't work. I have no signal. I thought about unrooting my sg3 and starting over, but that is a pain. So I'm basically stuck with 4.2.2. If anyone has anything to say about my problem please do so. Thanks
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I'll second that. Was running cleanrom 7.0, thought I'd fool around with 4.3 Flashed a couple of different ROMS, and none worked. Restored my backup of Cleanrom, and still no signal. It shows 4 bars, can receive an occasional text, but trying to text or make a call the signal drops away. Help!
Tim
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when you flash, co you clean flash? and what recovery are you using? This info would help in getting your questions answered.
i've been running Mastamoon's unofficial 10.2 (Android 4.3) nightlies (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385652), and regularly flash back and forth between TW Roms as well and have never had any real data problems. sure, drops data every once in a great while, but Mastamoon puts a lot of work into cleaning up issues.
one thing: IF you flash, and you don't have data, did you wait more than a couple of minutes? Sometimes it takes a while on first flashes. Also, did you check what your status said? (menu >system settings >about phone >status? Also, check to insure your mobile network is set up correctly (menu >system settings >more > mobile network settings) and check your CDMA subscription is set to RUIM/SIM and NOT NV, and network mode is set to LTE/CDMA/EvDo sometimes during a bad flash, these can get hosed up.
like i said, i run Masta's unofficial version, and go in and out of data areas (no data in the subway tunnels) and it always goes right back.
give that a try, and if still having problems, add more information befor just saying "i don't get any data with any 4.3 rom
goldsmitht said:
when you flash, co you clean flash? and what recovery are you using? This info would help in getting your questions answered.
i've been running Mastamoon's unofficial 10.2 (Android 4.3) nightlies (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2385652), and regularly flash back and forth between TW Roms as well and have never had any real data problems. sure, drops data every once in a great while, but Mastamoon puts a lot of work into cleaning up issues.
one thing: IF you flash, and you don't have data, did you wait more than a couple of minutes? Sometimes it takes a while on first flashes. Also, did you check what your status said? (menu >system settings >about phone >status? Also, check to insure your mobile network is set up correctly (menu >system settings >more > mobile network settings) and check your CDMA subscription is set to RUIM/SIM and NOT NV, and network mode is set to LTE/CDMA/EvDo sometimes during a bad flash, these can get hosed up.
like i said, i run Masta's unofficial version, and go in and out of data areas (no data in the subway tunnels) and it always goes right back.
give that a try, and if still having problems, add more information befor just saying "i don't get any data with any 4.3 rom
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Good afternoon, and thanks for your help.
I wish I could give you more information, but I broke one of my cardinal rules about messing with my phone and didn't take notes. Suffice it to say I was trying a couple of different 4.3 ROMS in the forums, as well as the two available MIUI roms that were in there. I use TWRP.
I did wait quite a while before declaring no data, it has actually been a couple of days. It does show I have a signal, and I can get texts that are sent to me. When my wife tries to call my phone it goes right to voice mail, even when it does say I have a signal (4G, full bars). I also cannot send a text, it immediately goes to 'failed message'.
I tried setting my phone back to LTE/CDMA/EvDo, but I don't see an option for CDMA subscription. I wonder if I accidentally tried a Global ROM instead? All I am really looking for is some 4.2 love, I like what my daughters Nexus 4 has for lock screen widgets, and my Cleanrom installation is acting a little wonky now and again, so thought it was time to flash something new. Silly rabbit, trix are for kids.
Thanks again. Thinking of flashing a stock ROM and starting over. Any thoughts?
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Good afternoon, and thanks for your help.
I wish I could give you more information, but I broke one of my cardinal rules about messing with my phone and didn't take notes. Suffice it to say I was trying a couple of different 4.3 ROMS in the forums, as well as the two available MIUI roms that were in there. I use TWRP.
I did wait quite a while before declaring no data, it has actually been a couple of days. It does show I have a signal, and I can get texts that are sent to me. When my wife tries to call my phone it goes right to voice mail, even when it does say I have a signal (4G, full bars). I also cannot send a text, it immediately goes to 'failed message'.
I tried setting my phone back to LTE/CDMA/EvDo, but I don't see an option for CDMA subscription. I wonder if I accidentally tried a Global ROM instead? All I am really looking for is some 4.2 love, I like what my daughters Nexus 4 has for lock screen widgets, and my Cleanrom installation is acting a little wonky now and again, so thought it was time to flash something new. Silly rabbit, trix are for kids.
Thanks again. Thinking of flashing a stock ROM and starting over. Any thoughts?
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follow my last post; Mastamoon has his version of CM10.2 (4.3) running great, and is very quick at answers (during the week that is) as well a couple of other DEVs that follow that tread are always willing to offer help. AND he has a download app, that once you install will tell you when there is an update, give you a direct link to it, and after downloading, will check the MD5 to insure a good download.
providing you are on VZW that is.
I actually had this problem coming from hyper drive to dirty Unicorn. But i started out on the Droid X back in the day so I was used to it. While I don't know if this really works but it worked for me is do *22899 then *228# ( so the keyboard pops up ) i did it a few times also i turned it off the cell service and turned it back on using the toggle. While i dont know if that will do it it worked for me. I know LTE dont need do that because of the sim but it does for me in the hiccup.
A question i have that i cant post in the Dev Fourm because of lack of post. I been part of XDA for long time just never posted. But I'm running Dirty Unicorn and theres a option for fast charge but it does nothing. I've used this feature before and makes my car charger work better and home charging and my battery sucks now but does anyone know how to get it working? I've tried terminal did SU and FFC but nothing.
I'm running twrp recovery. I'm asuming the latetest version. And i do let it settle for a while. As for the settings you mentioned, everything is normal,and as it should be. The imei,meid, ect. Is normal. Thanks for the input.
I've fixed this by going full ODIN, putting a stock image back on, and following the instructions at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2066133 Seems to be working, it is no longer on roaming.
Tim
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I try to keep up with latest os, but 4.3 has me baffled. The first time I tried to install 4.3 was on Jellybam 10.2. I followed the instructions to the tee, but it didn't work. All 4.3 roms I've loaded I've never had a signal. I don't know what I'm doing wrong. Now that all of the 4.3 roms have the custom recovery already on the rom, it still doesn't work. I have no signal. I thought about unrooting my sg3 and starting over, but that is a pain. So I'm basically stuck with 4.2.2. If anyone has anything to say about my problem please do so. Thanks
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When I tried 4.2 and turned off data it completely killed my signal. None of my recoveries of 4.1.2 had signal. Flashing back to stock fixed the signal problem.
Hellfire and Dirty Unicorns have worked great for me since going to 4.3 and 4.3.1. I use cwm touch recovery but idk how much of an effect recovery has with flashing a rom successfully.
But this tool makes rooting, unlocking the bootloader, and recovery very simple and easy. (but I would flash the latest recovery after using the tool just in case)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
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I actually had this problem coming from hyper drive to dirty Unicorn. But i started out on the Droid X back in the day so I was used to it. While I don't know if this really works but it worked for me is do *22899 then *228# ( so the keyboard pops up ) i did it a few times also i turned it off the cell service and turned it back on using the toggle. While i dont know if that will do it it worked for me. I know LTE dont need do that because of the sim but it does for me in the hiccup.
A question i have that i cant post in the Dev Fourm because of lack of post. I been part of XDA for long time just never posted. But I'm running Dirty Unicorn and theres a option for fast charge but it does nothing. I've used this feature before and makes my car charger work better and home charging and my battery sucks now but does anyone know how to get it working? I've tried terminal did SU and FFC but nothing.
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I believe fast charge is kernel related and not because of a rom. I haven't ever used fast charge but all the kernel threads always list fast charge as a feature. But which DU build are you running?