Ever since upgrading to official lollipop I've had signal issues go from zero to none to almost all the time now. I can't get as good of LTE signal on the lollipop radio and it drops the data connection frequently when using the mobile hotspot on either Sense or GPE ROMs.
In you guys' experience, which radio is best to use with lollipop?
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Good news is I rooted and loaded CM 10.1 Rom last night with zero issues! I was actually very surprised that I didn't have a single hiccup.
Bad news: the signal strength here at home is definitely worse since rooting/roming ...took my first call this am and it was horrible. When in and looked at my signal strength and Im at -110db. Am I right in my assumption that with rooting and roming that I am now on an older radio than stock 4.1.1 OTA? If yes is there a way to flash the latest radio? Also my 4G seems to be working good. Thanks for any help!
godsidekurt said:
Good news is I rooted and loaded CM 10.1 Rom last night with zero issues! I was actually very surprised that I didn't have a single hiccup.
Bad news: the signal strength here at home is definitely worse since rooting/roming ...took my first call this am and it was horrible. When in and looked at my signal strength and Im at -110db. Am I right in my assumption that with rooting and roming that I am now on an older radio than stock 4.1.1 OTA? If yes is there a way to flash the latest radio? Also my 4G seems to be working good. Thanks for any help!
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Regardless of what ROM/radio combo you are using the signal strength is hit or miss. Right now I am using the radio from the latest OTA and flashed the Avatar ROM and get -95 dBm signal strength at home and has been consistent almost everywhere I go. If I were to flash another ROM I might not get the same results. Lastly if you want to flash the latest radio go to the android development section to find it then flash it to your phone.
godsidekurt said:
Good news is I rooted and loaded CM 10.1 Rom last night with zero issues! I was actually very surprised that I didn't have a single hiccup.
Bad news: the signal strength here at home is definitely worse since rooting/roming ...took my first call this am and it was horrible. When in and looked at my signal strength and Im at -110db. Am I right in my assumption that with rooting and roming that I am now on an older radio than stock 4.1.1 OTA? If yes is there a way to flash the latest radio? Also my 4G seems to be working good. Thanks for any help!
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Signal strength really depends on many things, like the current radio and rom you're running. In general, AOSP roms like CM10.1 have worse signal than TW roms. Try Cleanrom or Bean's rom.
Danno131313 said:
Signal strength really depends on many things, like the current radio and rom you're running. In general, AOSP roms like CM10.1 have worse signal than TW roms. Try Cleanrom or Bean's rom.
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I am using an AOSP ROM(Avatar) and have better signal. You have to take into account where you live as I got average signal strength with the ROMs you've mentioned. ROMs and radios can only improve,degrade or do nothing for your signal strength. In reality your location and your carriers coverage in the area you live in along with the phone you have play a larger role in signal strength. Example I live in New York City(urban area) so I generally have good coverage and a strong signal with most of the phones I ever owned. This phone has average signal strength which is the worse out all my previous phones. Cleanrom and Beans didn't improve that but the Avatar ROM gave me the type of signal strength I was accustomed to with my previous phones.
jmxc23 said:
I am using an AOSP ROM(Avatar) and have better signal. You have to take into account where you live as I got average signal strength with the ROMs you've mentioned. ROMs and radios can only improve,degrade or do nothing for your signal strength. In reality your location and your carriers coverage in the area you live in along with the phone you have play a larger role in signal strength. Example I live in New York City(urban area) so I generally have good coverage and a strong signal with most of the phones I ever owned. This phone has average signal strength which is the worse out all my previous phones. Cleanrom and Beans didn't improve that but the Avatar ROM gave me the type of signal strength I was accustomed to with my previous phones.
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Well, by the nature of TW based roms being specifically built for our device, and explained by many devs, TW roms communicate better with the radios and *usually* have better signal. It depends on other factors, you might just be lucky.
Danno131313 said:
Well, by the nature of TW based roms being specifically built for our device, and explained by many devs, TW roms communicate better with the radios and *usually* have better signal. It depends on other factors, you might just be lucky.
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I am going by my experiences with cell phones and this is the only phone that needed to be rooted/jail break to improve cell signal. That is on Samsung for poor radio design. I shouldn't be getting the signal strength of someone living in a rural area in the city. Verizon, Sprint, AT&T and other carriers have great cell coverage in NYC and your phone should capitalize on that. It is a known fact that the Galaxy S 3 isn't the best when it comes to cell reception. It is also a known fact is not everyone will have the same experience when rooting their phones signal strength included so an AOSP ROM giving me better signal isn't luck just proof that results vary from user to user.
I live .7 miles from a 4G LTE tower and get full coverage on both my galaxy nexus devices and moto x. These are the screen shot of my new Nexus 5 the normal signal is on 4.4 and the horid is on 4.4.2. I have tried flashing three times all with same results. Or can I just flash the radio
or is this a OS issue.
venom_762 said:
I live .7 miles from a 4G LTE tower and get full coverage on both my galaxy nexus devices and moto x. These are the screen shot of my new Nexus 5 the normal signal is on 4.4 and the horid is on 4.4.2. I have tried flashing three times all with same results. Or can I just flash the radio
or is this a OS issue.
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Signals fluctuate often. Hard to pinpoint an issue just from a little bit of testing, though does seem odd. Can't say I'm shocked when I hear Sprint service not working well for some reason or another. You can try a different modem here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2514095
Its not a service issue its a device issue, I have tried two Nexus 5's and both have lousy signal and regain it when flashing back to 4.4.
It's was talked about quite a bit after 4.4.2 was launched that people were facing signal issues with the radio packed with 4.4.2. Some people flashed back to the 4.4 radio and reported improvement. Personally, I haven't seen a difference.
If you want you can flash the 4.4 radio and see if it improves your signal.
I just rooted and flashed the KRT16M and it made a huge improvment.
You can just flash the modem from 4.4 to use with 4.4.2. All the benefits of the updated firmware with the radio performance of the old modem.
I went to the .15 radio tonight and it seemed to help some. Plus remember the radio is a triband radio unlike your other two phones.
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Hello all,
Sparse poster, long time lurker. I just upgraded my Nexus 5 (purchased from Google, on T-mobile) from 5.0.1 to 5.1 using the OTA link available from AndroidCentral and though no other problems have been found, I am having some trouble with the radio now. When I'm on a call now, the data connection drops from LTE to GPRS, showing the 'G' next to the signal strength icon. Before upgrading from 5.0.1, this would drop to HSPA ('H') at worst. I came to expect that the 5.1 update would enable VoLTE since I thought the N5 was capable of this and the upgrade enabled VoLTE on the N6 for a buddy of mine. Either way, I think GPRS is a pretty bad when I need a data connection while on a call.
I tried to reflash the bootloader, radio, boot and system img's manually and nothing changed. Any ideas? Anyone else having this issue?
Thanks!
hi, I encountered same issues with tmobile LTE after I sideload to android 5.1.
cocopete5243 said:
Hello all,
Sparse poster, long time lurker. I just upgraded my Nexus 5 (purchased from Google, on T-mobile) from 5.0.1 to 5.1 using the OTA link available from AndroidCentral and though no other problems have been found, I am having some trouble with the radio now. When I'm on a call now, the data connection drops from LTE to GPRS, showing the 'G' next to the signal strength icon. Before upgrading from 5.0.1, this would drop to HSPA ('H') at worst. I came to expect that the 5.1 update would enable VoLTE since I thought the N5 was capable of this and the upgrade enabled VoLTE on the N6 for a buddy of mine. Either way, I think GPRS is a pretty bad when I need a data connection while on a call.
I tried to reflash the bootloader, radio, boot and system img's manually and nothing changed. Any ideas? Anyone else having this issue?
Thanks!
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Tried downgrading to previous radio version?
I use kitkat radios on lollipop
I'm not having any problems with LTE. I'm on T-Mobile.
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My stock 5.1 radio was very broken. Phone process froze, no deepsleep, losing connection and sim, people could not call me. Very bad.
Using 5.01 radio now, its much better.
My provider is Vodafone NL.
Greetings,
First off as general context, the greatest complaint that I have had with the Nexus 5 has always been its radio and I've been a user since Nexus 5 launch. I am a Canadian user on the Rogers network, and I have found many areas that other phones (any of the iPhones, Samsung Note 2, Samsung S4, HTC One m8) receive signal on the Rogers network (at least 2 bars) while I have zero reception. Most of these areas are basement level areas or complete concrete buildings. Has anyone else encountered this problem? This is especially annoying as I tend to be in basement areas often.
Second off, I am a rooted user on Carbon ROM for 4.4.4 KitKat but running 4.4.2 radio. I've found that the 4.4.4 radio was highly unstable for me, losing signal every few minutes or so while being in areas where I receive full bars and remaining stationary. Thus I reverted to 4.4.2 radio only and it fixed my problem. Now that 5.1 build is out, I would like to update only my radio and bootloader for 5.1 as I am not ready to enter Android 5.x with the memory leak problems and other features. All i would like to try out is mainly the radio to see if it fixes my first issue. Would flashing only the radio and bootloader of 5.1 be okay? I'm not sure if there is some sort of problem with flashing radios and bootloaders of a whole different build (5.x onto a 4.x). Thanks.
xtremeryo said:
Greetings,
First off as general context, the greatest complaint that I have had with the Nexus 5 has always been its radio and I've been a user since Nexus 5 launch. I am a Canadian user on the Rogers network, and I have found many areas that other phones (any of the iPhones, Samsung Note 2, Samsung S4, HTC One m8) receive signal on the Rogers network (at least 2 bars) while I have zero reception. Most of these areas are basement level areas or complete concrete buildings. Has anyone else encountered this problem? This is especially annoying as I tend to be in basement areas often.
Second off, I am a rooted user on Carbon ROM for 4.4.4 KitKat but running 4.4.2 radio. I've found that the 4.4.4 radio was highly unstable for me, losing signal every few minutes or so while being in areas where I receive full bars and remaining stationary. Thus I reverted to 4.4.2 radio only and it fixed my problem. Now that 5.1 build is out, I would like to update only my radio and bootloader for 5.1 as I am not ready to enter Android 5.x with the memory leak problems and other features. All i would like to try out is mainly the radio to see if it fixes my first issue. Would flashing only the radio and bootloader of 5.1 be okay? I'm not sure if there is some sort of problem with flashing radios and bootloaders of a whole different build (5.x onto a 4.x). Thanks.
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The bootloader and radio are separate from everything else on the Nexus 5, you can use any version with any version of Android.
I just installed the latest CM12 nightly on my Nexus 5. The experience has been smooth for the most part, but my connection to T-Mobile's network has been pretty unreliable.
In places where I used to get LTE with stock Android 5.1, I now randomly switch between HSPA+ and 3G. I have a feeling that something is borked, but I don't know for sure. Any suggestions? Thanks.
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There shouldn't be anything from the ROM side that messes with your connection. I would double check your APN settings and you can try flashing other radios to see if your connection gets better. Is T-Mobile doing any work in the area? In on T-Mobile and have had no such issues on any aosp based Roms. I'm not much for cm but haven't noticed anything while running them.