Could someone with the new 1.20 radio please confirm that it really gives a better wifi signal? I've read this in the development section.
Thanks.
There is no "recipe" or radio that is universally better. It's a "try and see" thing. For some is better for some is worse, it's depending on so many factors that is almost impossible to say. For me for example, it was worse in all aspects...wifi, cell reception, battery life. That doesn't mean it's a bad radio, it means only that is bad for me. So I use 1.15. Flash it and see how it goes for you, it is easy to flash another one
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Flased it and I haven't noticed anything different, up to now. Same wifi and 3g signal as before.
One thing I noticed: with the 1.15 radio the switching between 2g and 3g was fast (about ten seconds) but it used to slow down considerably after a couple of days without rebooting the phone. Now with the 1.20 radio it doesn't slow down. :good:
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hey guys Ive tried .10 and it seemed to suck the battery down from a full charge in the morning by that night it would be dead and i don't talk on it a whole lot any, suggestions?
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hey guys Ive tried .10 and it seemed to suck the battery down from a full charge in the morning by that night it would be dead and i don't talk on it a whole lot any, suggestions?
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did u try turn off the 3G (if u not using it)?
In the chicagoland area i'm using 11.31 and I see a difference in battery life due to the fact that is stays 3G more consistently than before...
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In the chicagoland area i'm using 11.31 and I see a difference in battery life due to the fact that is stays 3G more consistently than before...
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Based on your comment about 3G, I am assuming you mean the battery life is shorter. Am I right?
I'm in Florida and use 11.31 and use hsdpa and 3g all day. By the end of the day my battery is at 65%. Now if I use GPS it can suck the battery down real quick.
In my opinion so far 1.27.12.17 is best for battery saving with good 3G reception, but 1.27.12.32 is best for 3G and in weak signal areas.
It's indicated by several posts in the big Dutty V2/V3-thread that some experience heavy/extreme battery drain, regardless of radio-ROM used, so which radio you use might not be the only explanation to this. It doesn't necessarily have to do with installed software and/or push-mail etc either.
In my case I have tested .12.10, .11, .17 and .32 as well as .11.31 as well as reflashes, hardresets and whatnot and no luck with any of them. I experience significally worse battery life than just a few ROMs ago. This is 2G/EDGE-mode. 3G I don't even want to talk about
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thanks for the info
after reading what has been said i believe it may jsust be the rom. Dont get me wrong i love it but i have tried the .17 and the .10 and haven't noticed much of a change. Thanks for everybodys input
THAT'S IS THE QUESTION, WHICH? 3.08.90, 3.12.90, 3.18.90 or 3.21.90.
I'm using now the 3.08.90, but my cell phone apresent serious problems with the battery, and I need a good radio, could you should me one?
I like 3.18.90 a lot. It has pretty good reception with great battery life. The latest for the Herald is still 3.21.90. It might improve your reception more but at the expense of the battery. It's not as bad as everyone says but I do notice it compared to 3.18.90.
Well I would suggest using the 3.21.90 because I have seen improved signal and call quality with it, but none of them are going to magically give you a huge change to your battery life.
Most of the time the better battery life you get from a radio update is because your phone does not have to work as hard finding a signal. Battery is effected more from the settings on your phone and the programs you have running.
Bottom line give a radio a try it is small and fast to update on your phone so if you try one and it seems to have made things worse try another or go back to the version you were already running, but I have had zero problems with the newest version on 2 Wings and have not read about any major issues that anyone else is having with it.
I thinking the problem is with my battery, because I'm leaving home 6:00AM (battery 100%), When I come back the battery is 50% 01:00PM, This is strange.
If you flashed a custom rom, it could be a bad flash. Just reflash it and look if the battery is fixed.
There is already a radio thread where we all post our radios and discuss our radios.
As far as the radio making a difference, it's different for each phone. It doesn't hit all phones the same, so it's kind of like asking "which ROM is best?" Try all of them and see which one you like best. ^_^
Which Rom it's better for a better battery life?
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Which Rom it's better for a better battery life?
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The lightest one you can find if you don't install any programs that run in the background, probably. JustStable V2 Micro, for example.
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Hi all.
What is the best radio that makes the battery last longer.
I'm using stock radio and I feel like my battery drains a litle to fast.
I used 4.47.25.01 till flashed dutty's Leo R4 and battery life was much better.
In my opinion and according to the Radio thread, the one you can see in my signature is far the best radio...anyway you won't notice any extraordinary battery performance, none of the radios does.
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In my opinion and according to the Radio thread, the one you can see in my signature is far the best radio...anyway you won't notice any extraordinary battery performance, none of the radios does.
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I agree that except one point. I feel like the wifi reception is a bit weak. In my room, the adsl modem is in 3 meters distance to me and the TD2 wifi shows only the signal strength in one level. Can anyone confirm that?
For those who have upgraded their radio to the new leak, do you think it is better or worse than the official radio?
Worse. It keyed my car, impregnated my dog, and stole my wife.
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Worse. It keyed my car, impregnated my dog, and stole my wife.
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Thats weird. For me it got me a raise a work, bought me a new car, picked the winning lotto numbers and otherwise tends to my every need.
Note: all these results were only while the phone was still on the charger. fearful of that the new radio actually requires a gas powered generator to keep this up.
with old radio i use to get full bars at work but now it shows up 2 or 3 with six bar signal icon
I know you cant base it off that but now it seems to drop all signals more often
and when i use usb tethering now for some reason it runs at snail mail speeds
but i was going to give it as much of a chance as i could before flashing back but its not looking good for me anyways
I have been running the new radio on my own ROM and it seems the same.
I would mention that this is original ROM from Verizon, not the new leak. This weekend I plan on installing the leaked RUU and trying that for a while.
Anyway, I do agree with adrynalyne, **** did key my car..
I've noticed no difference. Literally. My GPS is still broken and my battery life is still mediocre. How do you activate the "steal wife" feature?
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I've noticed no difference. Literally. My GPS is still broken and my battery life is still mediocre. How do you activate the "steal wife" feature?
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Funny, after I installed it, my phone now runs on oxygen. It actually charges on my belt clip. Also, my GPS consistently can tell me where I'm going to be 20 minutes from now.
I am running the new radio and Bamf 1.5 Debloat. I have not had any improvement in keeping 4G signal. I am in very strong coverage area most of the time and if I keep it on CDMA+LTE it will prefer CDMA. If I change it to LTE only it will grab 4G and keep it even if I switch back to CDMA+LTE. Just seems I should not have to do that.
Seems like Verizon is still having problems in my area with 4G if I even go near the border of 4G 1-2 blocks from it but still inside it drops 4G.
better battery life for me for sure sure but gps still sucks..
as far as signal, 4G signal in Houston has always been great so im not sure
I haven't noticed a bit of difference unfortunately.
GPS is a lot faster to lock on. 4G has always been stable for me, so I don't notice a difference there. Battery life seems to be about the same as before, but then again, my radio almost never switched over to 3G and that was a problem a lot of people were having on their phones, which drained battery like crazy.
No difference at all. So far.
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Well, contrary to what everybody here seems to be experiencing (or not experiencing), the new radio has been an improvement for me.
The building I work in is pretty terrible, signal-wise. With the old radio, if I had the phone on CDMA + LTE, it would jump from 3G to 4G to 1X to no data all over the damn place. And the "no data" happened somewhat frequently, would last for a minute or two, and then kick back on. Kind of a pain if I was browsing web (while I should have been working).
But today, with the new radio, 4G was pretty much constant. I did see it drop out for a second here or there, but it resumed much more quickly and wasn't bouncing to 3G and 1X.
Only one day's worth of observation, but definitely seems to have helped here.
BAMF 1.5 Remix, if it matters.
With the new radio and bamf my phone sucks. Battery has gone to hell in stadby (even with all data off). 4G doesn't even work now. I even tried going back to stock RUU and reflashing everthing from the new RUU. No dice.
I'm going back to stock radio and bamf 1.4. At lease everything worked there... I think the new radio is to blame. BAMF 1.5 was running great when I didn't have the most recent raido.
my battery has gotten worse, and i cant send mms, signal has been about the same. GPS works better.
Edit : just flashed the new new radio and mms now works. We will see about battery.
On perfect storm 1.3 and the new radio has shown some signal improvement, and bettery battery life. My gps locks on within a couple seconds.
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Flashed new radio and BAMF Remix this morning. So far, I'd say it's been a pretty fair improvement. GPS is dramatically faster (I used to get no lock at all, now it takes maybe 30 seconds), 4G to 3G hand off seems smoother, and battery life seems reasonably improved though that may have more to do with the ROM + kernel than the radio.
I'd have to give it a few days to make a definitive call, but over a day's usage it's been a fairly solid improvement for me.
I've had a fair improvement in GPS locks, and a noticeable increase in battery life. I have a feeling that at least some of these complaints are tied to not using the proper GPS app fix, not wiping battery stats, etc.
That being said, these leaks normally give some people headaches, which is why it's only a leak ;-)
Bolted!
I am not sure why you would root, change radios, update kernels, etc... if the end result is that the things that work out of the box, stop working. What is it that you are looking for? I had an HD2 so I get it, and I have done the whole android thing, but what is the end game?
I have a huge battery drain, and i think that is because i have low signal (look at the picture).
I tried to recalibrate battery for two times, and use it for 2-3 days, but it's alway the same.
I get maybe 7h with normal use. 50% of the time with 3G/EDGE, 50% with WIFI. screen time 1h, and turned off Auto sync.
Can someone help me? I need my phone whole day, not 7h. :S
EDIT: I'm using stock 4.0.4 with matr1x kernel
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Can't really help you as cell reception is based on the quality of the carrier. I normally experience -95 dBm and I believe it is a cause for such high drain too.
The only thing I could recommend is try flashing a different radio and see if you get a better signal?
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BetterBatteryStats can let you know if it's not the radio. To test if it is the radio, try switching to 2G only.
Well, it was 3G-s fault. I switched to 2G and now there is no battery drain.
BUT, i still don't know why is there no 3G network in my house.
I have SGSII on my shelf, with the same carrier and it has 3G.
There is 3G at your house. It is just weak, much like me. A few too many concrete walls where i'm at.
Cell signals are done through waves which have to penetrate through walls and other solid objects, this vastly weakens the signal. Once you hit the ~-100dB mark your phone will start throwing more power into it's antenna to compensate, much further and it ditches 3G and goes to 2G assuming it has better coverage. Around the 100dB mark it tends to stay with 3G if data is on though which can start chewing through battery. It would be able to play around with the parameters but i don't see this happening anytime soon.
Compare the dB reading on your SGS2 and Nexus S. If it's much worse on the Nexus S, try flashing a different radio.
I have the same problem, i just switch back to 2g when i get back home and at night. for some reason, 2g networks tend to always have stronger reception