I've promised my brother to update his Milestone. I am active in another section of the xda forums. I am looking for a rom that is the lightest, fastest. I don't need all the extra stuff the cyanogen offers - is there weapon or eagleblood?
CyanogenMod 7 for you )
fjfalcon said:
CyanogenMod 7 for you )
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The cyanogen roms are the lightweight for you guys?
Heard from many that cm7 is fast and great performance . But I'm on cm6 , I need more ram , on cm6 it gives me around 110mb ram .
Well, generally speaking, CM gives you great performance and numerous features. However, I don't think it is the most lightweight rom. Also, battery has never been best with my CM's.
choose one of the motoroi based froyos
if something goes wrong, you can blame motorola
but everything should work in them (probably not just out of the box, but at the end will be able to configure to suit your needs)...
there is no best rom. there is just better for a usage pattern... also imho every rom needs additional modification to fit best to the user usage pattern
CM7 is great, and you can't go wrong with the froyo - personally I've recently taken a liking to MIUI...not going to say it's the "lightest" or "fastest" though; peshovec is right, depends on the user - more ram might not mean your brother is going to like it better
Now I'm using CronosX 2.3.7 ; you have to change some thinks but is very good for me:
the keyboard is a china and european mix, delete baidu.apk and download gingerbread keyboard
Radio, work if you live in china but I use Spirit Fm and I live happy
all other are ok
camera 8mp ok
video HD is ok if you have a class 10 SD (not work/crash if class 4)
HDMI (I don't know but they say it works)
bluetooth and wi-fi theater are ok
No phone problem, message....
ciao
Another vote for CM7 from me. The only downside is RAM usage is a bit high.
Using CronosX 2.3.7 RC2. (going to upgrade to RC2.1 soon)
I've got at least 40 ram free most of the time. Only issue is that it can be really slow sometime for no reason.
Haven't tried CM, but I will because I hear that it is a good rom.
"Now I'm using CronosX 2.3.7 ; you have to change some thinks but is very good for me:
the keyboard is a china and european mix, delete baidu.apk and download gingerbread keyboard
Radio, work if you live in china but I use Spirit Fm and I live happy
all other are ok
camera 8mp ok
video HD is ok if you have a class 10 SD (not work/crash if class 4)
HDMI (I don't know but they say it works)
bluetooth and wi-fi theater are ok
No phone problem, message...."
Gentlemen, I can say the HDMI is not working in CronosX RC2.1...
But is a fast rom on CM7... if the sdcard is in good condition... is really the best...
I allready tested others rom like as: KANK CM7 and SHENQI roms...
I've spent a long time using various versions of Cyanogenmod, but I always end up going back to stock sony, because it's just so much faster.
On Cyanogen, I'd sometimes have to wait a good 10-20 second after my phone starts ringing before it starts responding enough for me to answer.
I love all the nice UI stuff that lolipop brings to the table, and being able to install newer apps that no longer support Jellybean is also great, but it seems like this old phone is just not strong enough for it. Anybody have any advice?
I too would like to know which is the fastest and litest mod out there?! I don't care if they have to get rid of some visuals and animations or some features to speed things up or to lighten things.
All I care about is that it should be fast, lite and battery friendly. If I want some more features or visuals, I would get it from play store!
Japamala said:
I've spent a long time using various versions of Cyanogenmod, but I always end up going back to stock sony, because it's just so much faster.
On Cyanogen, I'd sometimes have to wait a good 10-20 second after my phone starts ringing before it starts responding enough for me to answer.
I love all the nice UI stuff that lolipop brings to the table, and being able to install newer apps that no longer support Jellybean is also great, but it seems like this old phone is just not strong enough for it. Anybody have any advice?
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I'm using SlimLP for now and I can say that it is great. It is really fast, never laggs and you have enough memory space for many apps! Just try it and you will see the difference. And the best thing is that @CodeZero regular updates the ROM so we have the latest security patches and ROM features. I hope that I could help you
KingShahJahan said:
I too would like to know which is the fastest and litest mod out there?! I don't care if they have to get rid of some visuals and animations or some features to speed things up or to lighten things.
All I care about is that it should be fast, lite and battery friendly. If I want some more features or visuals, I would get it from play store!
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I'm using SlimLP for now and I can say that it is great. It is really fast, never laggs and you have enough memory space for many apps! Just try it and you will see the difference. And the best thing is that @CodeZero regular updates the ROM so we have the latest security patches and ROM features. I hope that I could help you
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What about the battery bro , I read that CM12.1 and every ROM that it's built on it has battery drain .
For me I'm running an old copy of CM12 it's working like sharp no lagging enough space and the best thing awesome battery.
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What about the battery bro , I read that CM12.1 and every ROM that it's built on it has battery drain .
For me I'm running an old copy of CM12 it's working like sharp no lagging enough space and the best thing awesome battery.
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What version of CM12 you're running now?
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What version of CM12 you're running now?
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cm-12-20150619-NIGHTLY
I tried cm11 recently and it surprised me. Smooth( best experience I ever had) , nice UI, 1.42 gb of internel storage(cm12.1 has 1.2 gb). But it has an ANNOYING bug that made me say hello to cm12.1 : if you turn the screen off and turn it back on right after that, it takes like 10 seconds to turn on. I wish there was a kitkat aosp project for XL that is still being developed or had some stable builds. The latest build of cm11 on CM download page cannot detect sim card and has some wifi problems
Try it :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-l/orig-development/rom-cyanogenmod-12-1-t3195312
I'm using rom cm12 nightly 20160227.
No problem . faster and smoothness. OTA updata. Battery pin.
Rom amzing for everyday use.
Hello,
I am not sure what i should choose... i like a stable ROM and good camera quality but i like also stock android and latest Android version! how is the difference between the camera on CM/MIUI?
now i am running SMIUI (5.1.1 ) with NOVA launcher to get a taste of stock android
Thanks for your replys and help!
yeah we need AOSP room for Mi4C ...
I like MIUI ( haven't tried sMIUI yet ) but I absolutely hate all the apps that come with it., especialy those chineese i don't even understand ... oh and app market ... how do i get rid of that, PLEASE !!! ?
primski said:
yeah we need AOSP room for Mi4C ...
I like MIUI ( haven't tried sMIUI yet ) but I absolutely hate all the apps that come with it., especialy those chineese i don't even understand ... oh and app market ... how do i get rid of that, PLEASE !!! ?
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try smiui.... no bloatware and no heating! runs very great! but It is miui and not AOSP
Gesendet von meinem Mi-4c mit Tapatalk
made-in-tirol said:
try smiui.... no bloatware and no heating! runs very great! but It is miui and not AOSP
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yeah, that was going to be my next venture ... I am just waiting for the unlock code from Xiaomi if it will arrive in the next days, otherwise i will go with the guide to do it without the code .
At the moment I stick with smiui(6..) with root, xposed, viper4android...
It is great.
But I'm waiting for an official release of cm, aosp...
CM 13 doesn't run like I'm used to and the lack of custom kernels is pretty bad.
At the moment I don't have a big reason to stick with stock android.
On my s4 I only used GPE of android.
So I'm used to a 100 % customized system.
But for now I have to stick with smiui.
Because it works the best.
(only with xposed )
Camera quality miui>aosp/cm
It crashed a lot and it was a bad experience for me.
CM13 in Mi4c bad? How can you say that?
My experience with CM13 Team Superluminal has been awesome! some keys points for you.
-Batery life is a lot better (Screen time is almost the same but standby time in CM13 is ULTRA OPTIMIZED only 1 percent in all night)
-Camera is good (Not at level of MIUI)
-No crashes since last build (1 week now)
-Google apps working
-Now CM13 TS is stable, you get updates from OTA.
-Now, not coming back to MIUI.
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CM13 in Mi4c bad? How can you say that?
My experience with CM13 Team Superluminal has been awesome! some keys points for you.
-Batery life is a lot better (Screen time is almost the same but standby time in CM13 is ULTRA OPTIMIZED only 1 percent in all night)
-Camera is good (Not at level of MIUI)
-No crashes since last build (1 week now)
-Google apps working
-Now CM13 TS is stable, you get updates from OTA.
-Now, not coming back to MIUI.
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He is probably using CM13 ported by other members. I'm using TS CM13 and it's amazing. I think the camera image quality on TS CM13 is as good as MiUI, even though the UI is not as convenient. No crashing of the camera app.
Maybe the new version is better. i used mc 13 from ts.
i tested it 1 or 2 months ago and i got some bad problems.
i dont say it is bad but for me it was'nt stable enough to switch.
but im still waiting for an official release.
just try it out and see how it works for you
TSL's CM13 is great! You can try also Ketut Kumajaya's almost-AOSP CM13 Nexus-fy
I'm also using TS CM13 and i have to say after the release of source code, stable cm13 and firmware update from Xiaomi i'm having a really good experience with my phone. it runs great, and i also used xiaomi.eu builds and loved it, but i could not get over the little things/overal look and feel (and behavior) of the os. To be fair, i always preferred cm, more than stock, for it's simplicity and customization options.
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I'm also using TS CM13 and i have to say after the release of source code, stable cm13 and firmware update from Xiaomi i'm having a really good experience with my phone. it runs great, and i also used xiaomi.eu builds and loved it, but i could not get over the little things/overal look and feel (and behavior) of the os. To be fair, i always preferred cm, more than stock, for it's simplicity and customization options.
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If it runs like you describe it.
I'll take another look on cm 13.
Hopefully it runs better this.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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If it runs like you describe it.
I'll take another look on cm 13.
Hopefully it runs better this.
Thanks for sharing your experience.
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no problem, to be clear, i'm using 0423 build, flashed fw update from miui stable, but not the gpu blobs as described on their website:
Based on stable/cm-13.0-ZNH2K branch.
Proprietary blobs are from miui stable V7.2.4.0 version. http://www.teamsuperluminal.org/download/ts_libra_miui_v7240_fw_patch-zip)
Imho when using a new rom, give it 2-3 days to settle in in terms of battery performance.
I dont know whats the best and newest stabel rom for the umi z. I found. Umi z lite, Noa MM and Nougat. Gemini. Or the Original ? Can anyone give a answer pls
I would love to know that too. I've seen a few ROM's that seem to be better than the Umi Z Stock Rom. However, with the 7.1.1 Lite ROM it's almost impossible to read the user experiences, because it's on a Russian platform, so I have to rely on the quality of Google Translate.
For me, I've experienced the following issues on the stock ROM (latest OTA of MM) ;
- sometimes the sound stops working (alarms, ringtone & music etc.) and I have to restart the device to make it work again.
- video's don't have the best quality
- the camera is barely usable on third party apps (Snapchat, Google Camera), because they cannot change the ISO values? (or so UMI says) Result: very dark video's / photo's
- the phone sometimes heats up to a point that I have to stop using it in order to let it cool down again. I don't know if this could be solved by software tho, maybe it's just a hardware problem...
- connectivity > in the supermarket / stores the connectivity is really bad. I have zero signal. With this, I also don't know if it's software/hardware.
- Bluetooth > Very short range before it starts to sound really bad
Did anyone have these problems too with the stock ROM and did the custom ROM worked for you to solve these problems? Also, what issues have occurred on the custom ROM? I would also like to know what ROM has the best battery performance.
I'm sorry for this long post, I just really want to find out, like Dobberman, what the best custom ROM is for this phone (cuz for me the stock ROM crashes / has a lot of problems)
Thanks in advance.
Marly97 said:
I would love to know that too. I've seen a few ROM's that seem to be better than the Umi Z Stock Rom. However, with the 7.1.1 Lite ROM it's almost impossible to read the user experiences, because it's on a Russian platform, so I have to rely on the quality of Google Translate.
For me, I've experienced the following issues on the stock ROM (latest OTA of MM) ;
- sometimes the sound stops working (alarms, ringtone & music etc.) and I have to restart the device to make it work again.
- video's don't have the best quality
- the camera is barely usable on third party apps (Snapchat, Google Camera), because they cannot change the ISO values? (or so UMI says) Result: very dark video's / photo's
- the phone sometimes heats up to a point that I have to stop using it in order to let it cool down again. I don't know if this could be solved by software tho, maybe it's just a hardware problem...
- connectivity > in the supermarket / stores the connectivity is really bad. I have zero signal. With this, I also don't know if it's software/hardware.
- Bluetooth > Very short range before it starts to sound really bad
Did anyone have these problems too with the stock ROM and did the custom ROM worked for you to solve these problems? Also, what issues have occurred on the custom ROM? I would also like to know what ROM has the best battery performance.
I'm sorry for this long post, I just really want to find out, like Dobberman, what the best custom ROM is for this phone (cuz for me the stock ROM crashes / has a lot of problems)
Thanks in advance.
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So I am as much as you. I've read all sorts of reports from users of all the roms out there. But I must confess that the best Rome is still the last floor nougat. On the nougat rom I then flash some tools like greenify and make build.prop settings. After that she runs real solid. The reception is not the best on the phone, but Build.prop tweaks can improve things a bit. So I actually received quite a good reception. In shops, he is not so great, but usually sufficient. Have now actually tested all available roms.
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So I am as much as you. I've read all sorts of reports from users of all the roms out there. But I must confess that the best Rome is still the last floor nougat. On the nougat rom I then flash some tools like greenify and make build.prop settings. After that she runs real solid. The reception is not the best on the phone, but Build.prop tweaks can improve things a bit. So I actually received quite a good reception. In shops, he is not so great, but usually sufficient. Have now actually tested all available roms.
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can you outline what tweaks you made to the build.prop setings?
dobermann24 said:
So I am as much as you. I've read all sorts of reports from users of all the roms out there. But I must confess that the best Rome is still the last floor nougat. On the nougat rom I then flash some tools like greenify and make build.prop settings. After that she runs real solid. The reception is not the best on the phone, but Build.prop tweaks can improve things a bit. So I actually received quite a good reception. In shops, he is not so great, but usually sufficient. Have now actually tested all available roms.
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So you are now using the Umi stock Nougat ROM with tweaks? I've read a lot of problems about the Android 7.1.1 update on Umi Z (having to restart after flight mode etc).
Did you try any of the custom ROMS? What problems did occur to you when you tried them?
I've never done anything with build.prop settings, so I'm not quite sure if that would be an option for me..
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So I got the tweaks from the link. Did you adapt me easily. I have a good signal for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/best-build-prop-tweaks-t3489433
This are my settings too.
ro.signal.4g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.3g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.2g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.com.android.mobiledata=yes
logcat.live=disable
ro.def.camera.bright.main=high
ro.def.camera.bright.sub=high
ro.com.google.networklocation=0
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000
ro.media.capture.maxres=8m
ro.build.autobrightness=yes
ro.zygote.preload.enable=1
persist.radio.mobile.data=9,9
ro.double_screen_wakeup=no
ro.mtk_world_phone_policy=1
and i deletet all bull****, like ota update app and so on. I installt Greenify whit AD.
Marly97 said:
So you are now using the Umi stock Nougat ROM with tweaks? I've read a lot of problems about the Android 7.1.1 update on Umi Z (having to restart after flight mode etc).
Did you try any of the custom ROMS? What problems did occur to you when you tried them?
I've never done anything with build.prop settings, so I'm not quite sure if that would be an option for me..
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I don´t have anything Problems whit the Stock Rom.
At the beginning I also had problems with the stock rom. But I could fix it by simply flashing all of Rome's releases with the flash tool via firmware upgrade without having to start the phone until I had installed them all after each other. (also the beta version) After that everything worked well for me. Only I do not get more than 4-5 hours of screen on time. No matter what I do, but that will simply be due to the processor ... you can not really adjust this. I tried everything.
The custom roms are just so that most have a very bad camera. The battery life is usually not much better than the normal Stock Rome. Otherwise, I have not been able to detect big bugs.
As long as we do not get source code, it will not change much, I think.
Edit: you can See my sot. I test whit amplifiy. Powernap ans other tools like xposedandroidtools. And also you can See the green signal all the time.
dobermann24 said:
So I got the tweaks from the link. Did you adapt me easily. I have a good signal for me.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software-hacking/best-build-prop-tweaks-t3489433
This are my settings too.
ro.signal.4g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.3g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.2g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.com.android.mobiledata=yes
logcat.live=disable
ro.def.camera.bright.main=high
ro.def.camera.bright.sub=high
ro.com.google.networklocation=0
ro.media.enc.jpeg.quality=100
ro.media.dec.jpeg.memcap=8000000
ro.media.capture.maxres=8m
ro.build.autobrightness=yes
ro.zygote.preload.enable=1
persist.radio.mobile.data=9,9
ro.double_screen_wakeup=no
ro.mtk_world_phone_policy=1
and i deletet all bull****, like ota update app and so on. I installt Greenify whit AD.
I don´t have anything Problems whit the Stock Rom.
At the beginning I also had problems with the stock rom. But I could fix it by simply flashing all of Rome's releases with the flash tool via firmware upgrade without having to start the phone until I had installed them all after each other. (also the beta version) After that everything worked well for me. Only I do not get more than 4-5 hours of screen on time. No matter what I do, but that will simply be due to the processor ... you can not really adjust this. I tried everything.
The custom roms are just so that most have a very bad camera. The battery life is usually not much better than the normal Stock Rome. Otherwise, I have not been able to detect big bugs.
As long as we do not get source code, it will not change much, I think.
Edit: you can See my sot. I test whit amplifiy. Powernap ans other tools like xposedandroidtools. And also you can See the green signal all the time.
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Based on what you said, I've decided to upgrade the ROM to Android 7.1.1. The performance / speed is a lot better on this ROM and thus far I have not experienced any lagg or apps that stopped working; which is a relieve. However, the quality of the camera seem to have dropped and there is a greenish tint on it. Also, on third party apps it is still too dark to make pictures / video's.
Are the mentioned tweaks the ones to fix these problems? Or did you install another camera? I've seen the Lenovo and HTC camera in other threads about the Umi Z. I hope you can help me
Marly97 said:
Based on what you said, I've decided to upgrade the ROM to Android 7.1.1. The performance / speed is a lot better on this ROM and thus far I have not experienced any lagg or apps that stopped working; which is a relieve. However, the quality of the camera seem to have dropped and there is a greenish tint on it. Also, on third party apps it is still too dark to make pictures / video's.
Are the mentioned tweaks the ones to fix these problems? Or did you install another camera? I've seen the Lenovo and HTC camera in other threads about the Umi Z. I hope you can help me
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Great hehe. I can say thats not a camera APP Problem. You update the Software From the Start rom, whit the flash tool as Firmware upgrade. And you will See the Problem gone. I have this find out as i flashet the Rom back and forward many times and testet the Rom differents. From all original umi z Roms. DL all original umi z roms and flash it. Dont Start it. Finish The last flash and you can Start it.
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Great hehe. I can say thats not a camera APP Problem. You update the Software From the Start rom, whit the flash tool as Firmware upgrade. And you will See the Problem gone. I have this find out as i flashet the Rom back and forward many times and testet the Rom differents. From all original umi z Roms. DL all original umi z roms and flash it. Dont Start it. Finish The last flash and you can Start it.
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I'm sorry, I tried to understand what you wrote, but I have no idea what you're saying xD (I have no experience with this stuff). Are you saying that you have to flash the ROM and test the camera every time? It sounds really weird to me, sorry
Marly97 said:
I'm sorry, I tried to understand what you wrote, but I have no idea what you're saying xD (I have no experience with this stuff). Are you saying that you have to flash the ROM and test the camera every time? It sounds really weird to me, sorry
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Haha sorry. Yes i have try the camera on all umi z Roms. What i mean is that you install all the umi z Roms whit the flash tool. Mode:Firmware upgrade
http://community.umidigi.com/forum-148-1.html
dobermann24 said:
Haha sorry. Yes i have try the camera on all umi z Roms. What i mean is that you install all the umi z Roms whit the flash tool. Mode:Firmware upgrade
http://community.umidigi.com/forum-148-1.html
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What do you mean with " install all the ROMS?" Isn't it true that I only have to install the latest ROM (V7.01.20170711). Are you telling me that if you flash this ROM (instead of OTA), that the greenish tint in the camera and the dark camera in third party apps will be gone? I honestly don't understand how that could be possible. I've had the same issue with the dark camera in all the previous OTA versions. Only the green tint occurred in the 7.1.1 ROM
Marly97 said:
What do you mean with " install all the ROMS?" Isn't it true that I only have to install the latest ROM (V7.01.20170711). Are you telling me that if you flash this ROM (instead of OTA), that the greenish tint in the camera and the dark camera in third party apps will be gone? I honestly don't understand how that could be possible. I've had the same issue with the dark camera in all the previous OTA versions. Only the green tint occurred in the 7.1.1 ROM
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download all official roms and flash all with the flash tool from umidigi with firmware upgrade. Begin with the first version of the umi z cellphone. Until you arrived at the last version. then you can start the mobile phone. No cam probs more
I did these changes to build.prop
ro.signal.4g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.3g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.signal.2g=-140,-135,-130,-125,-120,-115,-110,-105,-100,-95,-85,-80,-75,-70
ro.com.android.mobiledata=yes
persist.radio.mobile.data=9,9
ro.mtk_world_phone_policy=1
resulted in a much better signal from mobile provider. 4G reception vastly improved. Thanks Marly97