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T-mobile HTC sensation signal problems

I need help, I'm already desperate...
Got a T-mobile HTC sensation, it was already unlocked for other carriers but no S-off or unlocked bootloader.
I got an S-off, unlocked the bootloader, changed CID, flashed Android Revolution HD 6.7.2, but I have HORRIBLE signal reception. So I found that update file in the header which said "- HTC Sensation 4G (U.S. T-Mobile PG5810000 | T-MOB010) users can flash this for better signal and data speeds!" I installed it... NO IMPROVEMENT, my last hope is flash a different radio. Anybody knows what's the problem and how to fix it?
configs right now
different carrier sim (not t-mobile)
S-off, unlocked loader
HBOOT: 1.27.11111
Radio: Radio_11.76A.3504.00P_11.24A.3504.31_M
cid changed to 1111111
firmware: 3.33
ROM right now: is the XE version with beats (tried 1.2.2 too, no change)
Kernel: faux
EDIT: just found out that my wifi is not working either, tried the boot.img fix, didn't help. I get Wifi for a brief second and if I managed to connect it will stay for a while, but if I don't no wifi after that.

Kernels vs Radios
kkira13 said:
Kernel: faux
EDIT: just found out that my wifi is not working either, tried the boot.img fix, didn't help. I get Wifi for a brief second and if I managed to connect it will stay for a while, but if I don't no wifi after that.
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Have you tried a different kernel? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1269247 (maybe its for AOSP only though)
Sensation Kernel Update (different and more recent than above): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1256668
Different (userfriendly) radios? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459767
Remember to make a backup before install.

yes I have tried 2-3 kernels, including Bricked.
and I have changed 7-8 different radios/firmwares
P.S. fixed wifi with WiFix, at least this 2 issues are not connected

Greetings. I'm taking a stab at asking my question here because it seems sort of related.
I'm a T-mobile USA customer with a brand new SIM card in my Sensation 4g that I bought a few months ago.
My bootloader is unlocked, I'm S-off, I've flashed the custom firmware (version: 3.32.401.3) that was recommended for those flashing the Cyanogenmod 9 ROM. I'm currently using the most recent STABLE Cyanogenmod 9 ROM (not 9.1, but the STABLE 9 ROM). I'm using the stock Cyanogenmod 9 kernel (the one that came with the ROM: 3.0.26-g7290c7f). I never bothered to flash a new radio, not sure if that's a mistake or not.
My reception is good but it seems rather obvious that my phone is completely unable to hook up to or unaware of the 4g network. When downloading, the icon in the taskbar always shows either "3g" or "H" and when I check the "Status" in "About Phone" my "Mobile Network Type" is always listed as UMTS:3 or HSDPA:9.
Can anyone make any suggestions for how I might begin the trouble shooting process to remedy this issue. Thank you in advance for any sage like advice you might provide, I'm pretty lost here.

iamabot said:
Greetings. I'm taking a stab at asking my question here because it seems sort of related.
I'm a T-mobile USA customer with a brand new SIM card in my Sensation 4g that I bought a few months ago.
My bootloader is unlocked, I'm S-off, I've flashed the custom firmware (version: 3.32.401.3) that was recommended for those flashing the Cyanogenmod 9 ROM. I'm currently using the most recent STABLE Cyanogenmod 9 ROM (not 9.1, but the STABLE 9 ROM). I'm using the stock Cyanogenmod 9 kernel (the one that came with the ROM: 3.0.26-g7290c7f). I never bothered to flash a new radio, not sure if that's a mistake or not.
My reception is good but it seems rather obvious that my phone is completely unable to hook up to or unaware of the 4g network. When downloading, the icon in the taskbar always shows either "3g" or "H" and when I check the "Status" in "About Phone" my "Mobile Network Type" is always listed as UMTS:3 or HSDPA:9.
Can anyone make any suggestions for how I might begin the trouble shooting process to remedy this issue. Thank you in advance for any sage like advice you might provide, I'm pretty lost here.
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H is good. It means you are on an HSDPA network. That's 4G for the purposes of this conversation (though what really constitutes 4G is a little more involved)
HSDPA:9 might just be the best speeds that are available in your area. For instance 8 is the best I can get at my house. No amount of better phones will fix that. It's just what's available from the tower.

Skipjacks said:
H is good. It means you are on an HSDPA network. That's 4G for the purposes of this conversation (though what really constitutes 4G is a little more involved)
HSDPA:9 might just be the best speeds that are available in your area. For instance 8 is the best I can get atso my house. No amount of better phones will fix that. It's just what's available from the tower.
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That's helpful thank you. One last question in the interest of clarification. Should I find myself in an HSPA+ reception area, should I expect the information over the reception bars to change from 3g to 4g and would "Mobile Network Type" then reflect HSPA+ as opposed to HSDPA 9?
Just curious so I might know what to look for when crossing into better network areas.
Thanks again for the tip.

The H means 4g technically. You can update your radio and ril very easily. Will find links and edit post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202867
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app

lackdog said:
The H means 4g technically. You can update your radio and ril very easily. Will find links and edit post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1202867
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app
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Thanks for the link. I guess what I was wondering is whether or not I actually need to update my radio, I'd feel a lot more confident in my reception if I ever saw HSPA+ listed in my phone's "Mobile Network Type", but I never do. I had previously thought that HSDPA was 3G, but maybe I'm missing something.
Thanks for the link, flashing a new radio is something I had been giving consideration, I'm just wondering how user friendly the process is. Like picking a needle out of a haystack, or is there someway to narrow down what radio/ril combo is best for one's phone/network.
I'll read through the thread for the link you posted and update my progress here later. Thanks for the info.

iamabot said:
That's helpful thank you. One last question in the interest of clarification. Should I find myself in an HSPA+ reception area, should I expect the information over the reception bars to change from 3g to 4g and would "Mobile Network Type" then reflect HSPA+ as opposed to HSDPA 9?
Just curious so I might know what to look for when crossing into better network areas.
Thanks again for the tip.
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your data connection will still say 3G, unless you start to use the data then it will automatically switch to 4G/H (saves battery this way)
HTC made a fault with the Sensation with building the antennas into the back case (hand over the back of the phone = small loss of reception)

Theres a program called getRIL in the play store. You can update your radio and ril as long as your root. Which i assume u are. I do it thep old fasion way though.
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app

[Q] HTC Merge radio upgrade?

Hi all,
Last night, thanks to jianC, I was able to put Cyanogenmod 7 on my old HTC Merge. I was thrilled, until I realized I had no "phone" icon on my screen, and no 3g service. WiFi works, as do all the apps I tried. But I can't actually make or receive calls. My phone is a Verizon, and is perm-rooted and s-off. The radio version is 1.06.00.0910. I suspect this is my problem, but haven't been able to find anything on the internet to help me upgrade the radio. I've reverted to 2fast4u's xfusion rom so I can use my phone again, but I'd really like to get cm7 working. Can anyone help?
Here's the rest of my info in case it helps (new to this so most of this means nothing to me.)
LEXIKON XC SHIP S-OFF
HBOOT-0.82.0000
RADIO-1.06.00.0910
eMMC-boot
Sep 10 2010,22:06:02
Thanks!
Speedoo

HTC One X Airplane Mode

hello all,
when i'm on mobile data sometimes currently i found my phone get overheated and then the airplane mode turns on automatically and mobile data says that's turned off because of radio signal, i attached the photo of the problem, and to restore the connection i must turn off the phone for 15 min. or so.
is there any solution for this problem?

Is your phone unlocked and rooted? If so you probably need to try a different radio.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
Is your phone unlocked and rooted? If so you probably need to try a different radio.
Sent from my Evita
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No, It's not rooted

It sounds to me like a radio issue. Have you contacted tech support to see if it's still under warranty?
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
It sounds to me like a radio issue. Have you contacted tech support to see if it's still under warranty?
Sent from my Evita
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Unfortunately the HTC agent in Egypt isn't good enough and didn't reply for either of my mails

You can unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery etc and then you can change the radio yourself. It may or may not help the situation though, it's possible you have a hardware fault too.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
You can unlock the bootloader, install a custom recovery etc and then you can change the radio yourself. It may or may not help the situation though, it's possible you have a hardware fault too.
Sent from my Evita
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How i could do that, and how i can know if it's a hardware fault or not?

You'll only know if it's a hardware problem if no radio fixes your problem. Is your phone the at&t model? If it is it'll have the at&t logo at the top of the screen.
You should check your signal strength, go into Settings/About Phone/Network and tell me what it says under signal strength.
Sent from my Evita

timmaaa said:
You'll only know if it's a hardware problem if no radio fixes your problem. Is your phone the at&t model? If it is it'll have the at&t logo at the top of the screen.
You should check your signal strength, go into Settings/About Phone/Network and tell me what it says under signal strength.
Sent from my Evita
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No, It's not at&t.
Signal strength, -91 dBm 11 asu

Ok well your strength isn't great, that's fairly low. If you really want to you can go to htcdev and unlock your bootloader. We should check your bootloader details first. To get into bootloader turn your phone off, once it's completely off hold the volume down button and then the power button (so you're holding them together), after a few seconds let go of power but keep holding volume down until you reach the white screen with text, this is your bootloader, I only need to see the first four lines.
Sent from my Evita

[Q] Probelm with -edge- network? [radio logcat attachment]

I have a HTC One S [S4]. No only GSM mode,and the registration on the network is very slow [after boot ~ 10 min.].
I tried go back to stok with RUU,but this not solved my problem. I hope this is a software issue and not hardware
Pls help me,cause I'm going crazy!
Thank you very much!

I've had that on three OneS devices plus on my wife's OneS SE. I believe it's to do with ROM/radio combination and I was never able to fully solve it. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
mobile viper bite

Sneakyghost said:
I've had that on three OneS devices plus on my wife's OneS SE. I believe it's to do with ROM/radio combination and I was never able to fully solve it. Sometimes it worked, sometimes it didn't.
mobile viper bite
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I tried a RUU [JB], if it's possible that I run ICS ruu? What do you think about it?

If you're S-OFF just try any RUU see if it helps. RUU is still the best way to deal with these odd issues.
It might be a hardware damage too, you know. The OneS had huge issues with the radio/modem part. Many devices were bugged.
mobile viper bite

Tomorrow I will try change my SIM card, cause now I can't send sms ...I don't understand: 3g connection ok, network signal ok, call quality ok, but the sms not work...Only gsm mode not working too,and the problem when I only gsm mode, I'm unreachable so the radio modul not working.
Relock, S-on, JB ruu,not work. So I will try these thing:
-change SIM
-go back ICS RUU
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Sensation 4g stuck in 2g

I have a HTC Sensation 4g that i got and repaired and switched over to it from my inspire 4g. My inspire would hit 3g great where i am and beyond it at times. So i thought the Sensation 4g would be the same but so far all it will do is 2g for some reason. Have checked APN, making sure WCDMA preferred is set and nothing still 2g but can take my sim stick back in the inspire and bam 3g and more....Not really sure what is going on here...Have searched alot but have not found any real answers yet and hoping perhaps somebody here might know something...So far i have learned a great deal about the android system from here and hoping there is something that can be done. Really like the sensation so far except for the fact its only got a 2g connection...Thought it could be the sim card but then it would not work in my inspire then, so that is ruled out....also went as far as trying different roms thinking maybe different firmware maybe, but nope nothing so far at all. It is rooted and S-off if that matters. Currently has 3.32 firmware and unlocked. Currently running Revalation. If anymore information is needed let me know.....

slick97477 said:
I have a HTC Sensation 4g that i got and repaired and switched over to it from my inspire 4g. My inspire would hit 3g great where i am and beyond it at times. So i thought the Sensation 4g would be the same but so far all it will do is 2g for some reason. Have checked APN, making sure WCDMA preferred is set and nothing still 2g but can take my sim stick back in the inspire and bam 3g and more....Not really sure what is going on here...Have searched alot but have not found any real answers yet and hoping perhaps somebody here might know something...So far i have learned a great deal about the android system from here and hoping there is something that can be done. Really like the sensation so far except for the fact its only got a 2g connection...Thought it could be the sim card but then it would not work in my inspire then, so that is ruled out....also went as far as trying different roms thinking maybe different firmware maybe, but nope nothing so far at all. It is rooted and S-off if that matters. Currently has 3.32 firmware and unlocked. Currently running Revalation. If anymore information is needed let me know.....
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Update to 3.33 universal. You can find that on the first post if the help thread. Point 13 I think.
Otherwise, do an Ruu. I would recommend the above, as at the very least, you get the latest radios.
VERIFY MD5 BEFORE FLASHING. Make sure you have 70% or more battery. A wrong flash of 3.33 will get you a hard brick, but don't worry as long as you take above precautions.
Happy to help.

Far_SighT said:
Update to 3.33 universal. You can find that on the first post if the help thread. Point 13 I think.
Otherwise, do an Ruu. I would recommend the above, as at the very least, you get the latest radios.
VERIFY MD5 BEFORE FLASHING. Make sure you have 70% or more battery. A wrong flash of 3.33 will get you a hard brick, but don't worry as long as you take above precautions.
Happy to help.
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Alright thank you for the quick reply. Gonna get right on it will post back later today with a update...

slick97477 said:
Alright thank you for the quick reply. Gonna get right on it will post back later today with a update...
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So just got done flashing firmware 3.33 and will include a pic of bootloader. It was successful and it updated radio too...However still only gets 2g signal. So i guess now im gonna hunt for a RUU and see what that does....As a sidenote I did not reflash the revalation rom...I assumed i didn't need to...Please correct me if i am wrong....Just looked at the bootloader image i took...doesn't look like it has the latest radio gonna find it and flash it too(whoops). Will post update....

slick97477 said:
So just got done flashing firmware 3.33 and will include a pic of bootloader. It was successful and it updated radio too...However still only gets 2g signal. So i guess now im gonna hunt for a RUU and see what that does....As a sidenote I did not reflash the revalation rom...I assumed i didn't need to...Please correct me if i am wrong....Just looked at the bootloader image i took...doesn't look like it has the latest radio gonna find it and flash it too(whoops). Will post update....
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there is no need to reflash revelation rom
go for ruu now and see how it goes

rzr86 said:
there is no need to reflash revelation rom
go for ruu now and see how it goes
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The link for the RUU i found on xda is not a link takes me to a dead page

slick97477 said:
The link for the RUU i found on xda is not a link takes me to a dead page
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have you seen this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425

rzr86 said:
have you seen this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672425
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No i haven't thanks

slick97477 said:
No i haven't thanks
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How odd...Even ran the RUU and it succeeded. Rebooted put in the APN settings and nothing. Still at 2g network. This doesn't make any sense to me at all.

slick97477 said:
How odd...Even ran the RUU and it succeeded. Rebooted put in the APN settings and nothing. Still at 2g network. This doesn't make any sense to me at all.
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check the antenna which is responsible for network
lift them up gently if it is necessary

Alright will do that as soon as I get home from work and will post update. I just remembered something, this originally a T-Mobile phone but is unlocked to use on any network. Not sure if that is useful or not but more info the better to help resolve the problem
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slick97477 said:
Alright will do that as soon as I get home from work and will post update. I just remembered something, this originally a T-Mobile phone but is unlocked to use on any network. Not sure if that is useful or not but more info the better to help resolve the problem
Sent from my HTC Sensation 4G using xda app-developers app
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Got home a while ago and took it apart and checked all the connections and the antennas and everything seems ok...but still 2g...
Just out of curiosity...is there something perhaps in the buildprop possibly that I might be able to edit or something to make it see the 3g network... just thinking out loud... haven't touched anything in there yet.... just trying to figure something out.... really like this phone but not much use to me without data....

slick97477 said:
Got home a while ago and took it apart and checked all the connections and the antennas and everything seems ok...but still 2g...
Just out of curiosity...is there something perhaps in the buildprop possibly that I might be able to edit or something to make it see the 3g network... just thinking out loud... haven't touched anything in there yet.... just trying to figure something out.... really like this phone but not much use to me without data....
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Did you try with using another carrier sim card ?

Mile_zdr said:
Did you try with using another carrier sim card ?
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No, I dont have another carrier sim card...Have had net10 for several years and not anything different. Can put my sim card though in my inspire and 4g works fine so i am to believe it is not anything to do with the sim card itself. Have also put the same sim card in my ZTE 990 as well and 4g works too. I thought about buying a different plan on a different carrier to get a different sim but that could be in vain....

slick97477 said:
No, I dont have another carrier sim card...Have had net10 for several years and not anything different. Can put my sim card though in my inspire and 4g works fine so i am to believe it is not anything to do with the sim card itself. Have also put the same sim card in my ZTE 990 as well and 4g works too. I thought about buying a different plan on a different carrier to get a different sim but that could be in vain....
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I have tried just about everything i can think of and for the life of me cannot figure out why this thing is stuck in 2g mode. I have ordered a new back panel for it and maybe that will help but im reluctant to think it will considering wifi and the 2g signal it does get is full bars.Unfortunately most of everyone i know is on the same service out here that i am so no way of trying a different carriers sim card.....Short of that being tried I can't think of anything to try....I am open for any ideas at this point.....

slick97477 said:
I have tried just about everything i can think of and for the life of me cannot figure out why this thing is stuck in 2g mode. I have ordered a new back panel for it and maybe that will help but im reluctant to think it will considering wifi and the 2g signal it does get is full bars.Unfortunately most of everyone i know is on the same service out here that i am so no way of trying a different carriers sim card.....Short of that being tried I can't think of anything to try....I am open for any ideas at this point.....
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As a update...This is a T-Mobile Version of the Sensation therefore only uses 3g on a 1700 mhz band in which the cell company I am through does not broadcast on that band so this phone will never get 3g or anything else unless i change companies. Thank You Everyone for your help.

slick97477 said:
As a update...This is a T-Mobile Version of the Sensation therefore only uses 3g on a 1700 mhz band in which the cell company I am through does not broadcast on that band so this phone will never get 3g or anything else unless i change companies. Thank You Everyone for your help.
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Should have tried that other SIM card mate.
Happy to help.

Far_SighT said:
Should have tried that other SIM card mate.
Happy to help.
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Unfortunately buying and activating a sim card from another network just to see if it was gonna work was something i did not have money for...I have spoke with HTC and confirmed what i wrote in the other post about this being a T-Mobile phone and specific to certain bands...and unless the network i use has that specific band it will never work for 3g. Unless there is a way to reprogram the radio frequencies it is a limitation all T-mobile sensations have sadly....but I have found another company that runs on the bands this phone needs to run so will be switching to the new company next month.