Hi all, I seem to have been fairly lucky so far with my Droid 2 Global.. my SIM unlock seemed to work OK and I only messed up once while getting Fission properly installed onto it
I have a question regarding the Fission ROM and whether it allows apps to toggle 2G and 3G mode with the GSM radio.
In short, I would like to have things set up such that when I am connected to wifi, the GSM radio auto switches to 2G mode. At home I have wifi, but get borderline 3G signal - but 2G is quite good. In this situation, the radio seems to constantly flip-flop between 2G and 3G mode. (If I'm unlucky enough to make or receive a call when it's on 3G, it doesn't hold the call for long - but on 2G it's flawless and rock stable)
I've found the Toggle 2G/3G app (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739530) that can do this on select ROMs, but neither the signed nor unsigned apks install on my D2G/Fission phone - so I'm guessing the current version of Fission doesn't allow for this. I've also tried using Juice Defender, which has similar functionality - it too doesn't seem to be able to do 2G/3G toggling.
This is apparently something the Cyanogen ROM can do. From what I've read, CM enhances the standard radio API a little to expose this switching functionality to apps. I'm not sure whether CM does this in the kernel, or something inside of /system -- hopefully the latter, as any kernel mods aren't going to get past the locked bootloader However, there's something in the thread I linked above, that mentions the apk need only be signed for a particular ROM - might it be possible that it can be signed against Fission and it would then work?
Does anyone have any clues/advice? Thanks in advance.
EDIT: I've just looked through the network settings, and in Fission there are two options: "GSM/WCDMA auto" and "GSM/WCDMA preferred". What is the difference between these two?
Hey guys i was wondering if someone could help me for getting a rom that works right outta the box with global mode. I tried liquid smooth and Slim Beans, but i cant switch to GSM mode or Add apn's...i am using Synergy right now, but i dont even get a whole day on one charge.. so i was wondering if anyone know of any Rom that can automatically find the APN, or at least we can add them. and also allows to use GSM Mode
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I am in cairo egypt right now. When I got here I was running pacman rom. I did not get a signal. I was able to eventually get a signal by going into the phone hidden menu thru the app pimp my rom (same menu the app phone info used to go to) and switch my radio to gsm auto (prl). But this seemed a little spotty at times. While here I wanted to try MOAR rom, which is touchwiz based. I figured if I cannot activate that I can just restore my nandroid backup in twrp and be fine. However after installing MOAR and waiting about 90 seconds, my Verizon S3 activated fine. So in my recent experience I guess the easiest wayI can say to get Global mode working is any rom based off stock, or stock rom itself.
Edit - Forgot to mention that I did not change the sim card and I am connected to Vodafone. However this means any calls texts or data I use while here incur very expensive charges with verizon, so I am using wifi and my Google voice number with talkatone to not have to worry about this.
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sfetaz said:
I am in cairo egypt right now. When I got here I was running pacman rom. I did not get a signal. I was able to eventually get a signal by going into the phone hidden menu thru the app pimp my rom (same menu the app phone info used to go to) and switch my radio to gsm auto (prl). But this seemed a little spotty at times. While here I wanted to try MOAR rom, which is touchwiz based. I figured if I cannot activate that I can just restore my nandroid backup in twrp and be fine. However after installing MOAR and waiting about 90 seconds, my Verizon S3 activated fine. So in my recent experience I guess the easiest wayI can say to get Global mode working is any rom based off stock, or stock rom itself.
Edit - Forgot to mention that I did not change the sim card and I am connected to Vodafone. However this means any calls texts or data I use while here incur very expensive charges with verizon, so I am using wifi and my Google voice number with talkatone to not have to worry about this.
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Awesome, will Give Moar a try. Did you install APN manager pro btw or did it let you add an APN.?
Thanks for the answer btw
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Awesome, will Give Moar a try. Did you install APN manager pro btw or did it let you add an APN.?
Thanks for the answer btw
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I did not use any apn software to get it to work on either rom. Also I do not believe it needs to be MOAR rom, any touchwiz based verizon rom should work, including synergy, beans or cleanrom. With the 4.1 jellybean update for verizon S3 i think the global mode was added by default, as it is a choice under settings->wireless and networks-> more settings, mobile networks, network mode
Hello,
as you may or may not know fast dormancy is by now a mature technology implemented by all major networks worldwide. It involves 3G (HSPA) technology only and it allows the phone AND the network to keep the connection on using different levels of state (RRC) so that when you finish transferring data at high speed the state goes to a lower energy one or even idle using much less power, saving battery life significantly.
It has been explained by XDA website 2 years ago, you can also find more info on wikipedia.
What's the point of this topic? With my i9505 International I've always used Google Edition ROMs since the first edition was released. Battery life has always been fine while using 3G data on standby.
When I upgraded to KitKat Google Edition I noticed the battery would drain much, much quicker (when the screen is off mainly). I got used to it that I assumed it was how things worked until I ended up reading about people with much battery life on 3G and KitKat (but CM11 or AOSP) so I started investigating and trying different ROMs/configurations (I asked devs on their respective threads but I have been completely boycotted! ). At the end I concluded fast dormancy was not working (on the phone part) in anyway on KitKat ROMs made by Samsung.
How do you know if FD is active on the device?
- install apps to detect wakelocks like BetterBatteryStats (you don't need root)
- turn on 3G data and disable WiFi
- keep the screen off for about 1 minute (make sure you're not downloading anything)
- turn on the screen on check "kernel wakelocks". If you have "fast_dormancy" anywhere in the list then it's on otherwise it is not active
What ROMs did you test and how?
This is what I did: I made sure to have the same configuration and apps on every test, same location and signal strength.
I charged the phone to 100%, turn on 3G data, unplugged and left it idling with sync on for 4 hours. I noticed (via betterbatterystats logs) that with fast dormancy off I would lose about 2.5%/h, while with fast dormancy on the drop would be about 0.7%/h!!
And let's not talk about when you move around or drive, for instance with FD off with my usual drive to class I've always lost 3-4% in 15 minutes, I mean ALWAYS. With FD on the battery wouldn't move at all! That is a HUGE difference!
The ultimate test for me was a real life test. I went studying for two consecutive days at college in the same spot using the phone the same way (browsing, tapatalk, facebook messenger), with FD off I would come back home after using the screen for 1h30m at about 15% (mainly because I would lose power just on stand-by!) but FD on repeating the same steps the following day with FD on I went home at the same time and after using the screen for 2h20m I still had 45% of battery, WOW!
ROMs where FD works:
- 4.2.2, 4.3 TW
- 4.2.2., 4.3 GE (untouched and customized)
- CM10.2, CM11
- AOSP 4.4.2 ROMs
ROMs where FD doesn't work:
4.4.2 GE (untouched and customized)
4.4.2 TW (leak)
I used only one modem during these tests, the latest from the KITKAT leak.
What have you tried to force it?
Well I can tell you for sure that ro.ril.fast.dormancy.rule has no effect on TW/GE ROMs, I also tried to change the database as described here http://www.androidnz.net/2012/06/at-your-own-risk-how-to-disable-fast.html to set it to ON but you should know that FD on every ROM is on by default. I have no proof of this but with FD off even if your network seems to go to lower energy states on the network side (you can see all this using Samsung Service Mode), on the phone side the radio keeps using a lot of power as if it remains "active" thus draining battery like a b*tch
So has Samsung forgotten to include this feature? What do you think?
Also do you know where I can ask support for this to be fixed? Should I ask Google on the play store (even if I don't technically have a GPE phone!) or via Samsung website even if it's not sold on their site? Even worse KK TW is not even out yet officially.
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Please incorporate this in the KitKat thread HERE
Thank you
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KitKat Sucks. My battery life is just magically drained all day. And the updates killed my texts.
REGARDLESS OF THIS - I AM OFFERING $25 PER ROM FOR ANYONE THAT SENDS ME STABLE CM JELLY BEAN ROMS FOR THE MOTOROLA PHOTON Q, I AM MOSTLY LOOKING AT PEOPLE LIKE KABALDAN, AAAAARGH, ETC WHO MIGHT HAVE THEM STASHED AWAY ON A HARD DRIVE SOMEWHERE.
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I'll see what I can dig up I spose. Either way, check your wakelocks.
Edit - I found a really old build of an unofficial cm10.1...xt897c. From April 29 2013. Not sure you want it, I'm not really sure what it is. I'll keep poking to see if I can find something official...
Edit 2 - cm11 is kitkat, just FYI
Edit 3 - checked my roomie's phone (he uses the Q now) and I only seem to have a couple of sideload's which I doubt are what you want... and a TWRP backup of stock jb.
I doubt you'll want this upload I have of some random 10.1, I seriously doubt it's "stable" by any stretch of the word. cm11 runs fairly well IMHO, but you seem to be completely against it... maybe someone else will have and old zip of cm kicking around.
Edit 4 - found some gold for you. Will be better I'm sure than the random build I have on my dropbox. No need to donate me any money, I'm just trying to help.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=xt897c
I guess that either an app causes wakelocks or the media scanner is going crazy (that's why I use XPosed + a module to modify its behavour).
For the latter it should be enough to remove all kind of media from the phone and the sdcard. After done that, insert the sdcard to the PQ.
The media scanner will be running in the background. If you want to reboot, do it before or right after you insert the sdcard. While the media scanner is running you should not reboot (just let it alone for a few hours).
I'm not quiet sure but if I remember correct, the media scanner starts a full scan after the sdcard has been inserted. It possible that it does the same after a reboot...
PS: Don't forget that any kind of repeated crashes or app-misfunctions cause a log entry. This can let to a wakelock like behavour.
To avoid this, don't use badly programmed apps.
I wanted to like KitKat. I feel that I have given it plenty of opportunity. But I dont even use my phone for an hour or two and then i have like 1/4 - 1/3 battery gone. And I'm buying brand new sealed MPQs from ebay so its not a battery wear issue.
There were some CM JB roms where the battery wouldnt move all day if you didnt touch the phone. 5 hours later, 99%. Never happens anymore.
I just feel like the JB roms were optimized for the phone and KK roms are an afterthought with no active development. When my texting was killed in an update, that was the last straw.
I love this phone cuz its the last great slider. I REFUSE TO ASSIMILATE. I also use the phone for actual work almost constantly. Emails, spreadsheets, forms, etc. I demand a keyboard for this work. It is definitely worth $25 to me to have a stable rom for the future of this phone. If the market doesnt provide a new slider phone I can still see myself with this phone in 5 years. So I am really trying to prepare for the future with nailing down some good stable roms for this phone that I can stick with for longevity.
I will try the rom(s) in your last link and if it pans out I'll send you some beer money. Thank you very much for taking the time to respond and dig around your files.
I know what you mean. I used to rock cm10.2 on my PQ and the battery would last like forever. I'm talking about 3-4 days with 6-7 hours of screen time. If I didn't touch the phone much it would last a week.
Sooner or later I updated to kitkat and at some point lost the backup. I wasn't satisfied with kitkats battery life so I tried to get back. But even after flashing some of the recent cm10.2 roms of that time my battery life would never get as good as the particular version I had.
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Kabaldan or skrillex or someone had their own build concurrent with the official builds and i think his had some good tweaks, that is the hardest one to find.
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Edit 4 - found some gold for you. Will be better I'm sure than the random build I have on my dropbox. No need to donate me any money, I'm just trying to help.
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=xt897c
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I downloaded CM 10.1.3 stable and I have no mobile data. I went with a CM11 nightly from the same list and still had no mobile data.
I believe its because I switched to ting, these builds default to an old sprint LTE or something. In any event, the phone status says "Mobile Network State 'Disconnected'" in both apps.
I am thinking about restoring my stock ting image and then flashing over it without wiping the data to see if this resolves the issue. If not, what was that secret code to get into the radio menu to activate/deactivate different radios and bands and stuff?
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I downloaded CM 10.1.3 stable and I have no mobile data. I went with a CM11 nightly from the same list and still had no mobile data.
I believe its because I switched to ting, these builds default to an old sprint LTE or something. In any event, the phone status says "Mobile Network State 'Disconnected'" in both apps.
I am thinking about restoring my stock ting image and then flashing over it without wiping the data to see if this resolves the issue. If not, what was that secret code to get into the radio menu to activate/deactivate different radios and bands and stuff?
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My roomie is on Ting, and I just flashed the latest CM11 snapshot and mobile data hooked up no problem IIRC... I can doublecheck his exact settings tonight.
Did you check the APN settings? Did you check which network 'mode' is chosen?
CM 10.2 2013 Feb 5 nightly boot looped on the dirty flash.... grrrr...... knew this wasnt going to be easy.
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CM 10.2 2013 Feb 5 nightly boot looped on the dirty flash.... grrrr...... knew this wasnt going to be easy.
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You can't dirty flash between ROM's... At least it's highly advised against.
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My roomie is on Ting, and I just flashed the latest CM11 snapshot and mobile data hooked up no problem IIRC... I can doublecheck his exact settings tonight.
Did you check the APN settings? Did you check which network 'mode' is chosen?
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How do I check the APN settings?
OK I changed network mode to CDMA + LTE/EVDO and I at least have 3g for now. It may even be 4g masquerading as 3g, I remember there was an icon glitch....
But how do I get to APN settings and the secret code for the programming menu? Or is that functionality gone in CM?
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How do I check the APN settings?
OK I changed network mode to CDMA + LTE/EVDO and I at least have 3g for now. It may even be 4g masquerading as 3g, I remember there was an icon glitch....
But how do I get to APN settings and the secret code for the programming menu? Or is that functionality gone in CM?
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UPDATE - As I pushed reply I glanced at my phone and the 4g icon is now present. Yay!
Will post updates as I test out the app
EDIT - spoke a little too soon - 4g timed out, sent and received a little data, but still not functional.
The PRL is the same on my stock ting which is updated and has 4g and full service, and on these other builds (54022)
What is not the same is my "mobile network type". On CM it just says "LTE" but on stock Ting it says "LTE:13" and again, "network state = disconnected"
Ok, here is a rundown of my current situation -
In an effort to verify that mobile data is working on any of my CM roms I went with the latest CM 11 nightly for jbbl.
I have no data in the latest CM11 nightly, and I also have no text messaging (send button greyed out / disabled), which is the reason I decided to start this adventure for old roms in the first place, when my texting went out on the 1/3/2015 nightly.
I need to figure out how to get to that hidden radio menu and see if that can help me, if anyone has the dialer code to get to that menu on CM it would be greatly appreciated. But it might not even be accessible on CM.
The only thing I can think of now is flashing the stock FZX and starting over..... not very excite.
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Ok, here is a rundown of my current situation -
In an effort to verify that mobile data is working on any of my CM roms I went with the latest CM 11 nightly for jbbl.
I have no data in the latest CM11 nightly, and I also have no text messaging (send button greyed out / disabled), which is the reason I decided to start this adventure for old roms in the first place, when my texting went out on the 1/3/2015 nightly.
I need to figure out how to get to that hidden radio menu and see if that can help me, if anyone has the dialer code to get to that menu on CM it would be greatly appreciated. But it might not even be accessible on CM.
The only thing I can think of now is flashing the stock FZX and starting over..... not very excite.
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Most of the dialer codes won't work in CM. You need to sort out any programming in stock, then move to CM.
If your data worked on stock before moving to CM, then there's something awry with your CM configuration I suppose.
From your last post, data works just not LTE? What APN is configured? PRL is a preferred roaming list, shouldn't have anything to do with regular service. Only applies when you are roaming.....
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Most of the dialer codes won't work in CM. You need to sort out any programming in stock, then move to CM.
If your data worked on stock before moving to CM, then there's something awry with your CM configuration I suppose.
From your last post, data works just not LTE? What APN is configured? PRL is a preferred roaming list, shouldn't have anything to do with regular service. Only applies when you are roaming.....
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I dont know how to get to APN settings on the different builds. Only one of them actually had "Access Point Names" in the mobile networks menu. If you can tell me how, I can get you this information.
On CM10.1.3 "Stable" from your link I get a 3G icon and mobile data (not sure if 4g, probably not) Mobile Network Type states - CDMA / EvDo rev A:6
(I seem to remember browser crashing, which it is, and Chrome becoming my internet app, with this build)
On CM 10.2 20131205 I get no data service, no data icon, and mobile network type is "LTE" and state is "disconnected".
On the latest CM11 nightly I am on "Mobile Network Type - LTE" "Mobile Network State - Disconnected" obviously no data
I do have phone service on all the builds. But no 4g and spotty 3g only on CM10.1.3 stable
I noticed when the latest nightly booted up that I had debugging mode already activated. IS there any chance that I had debugging mode activated during one of my flashes and that is the root of all my problems with this?
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I dont know how to get to APN settings on the different builds. Only one of them actually had "Access Point Names" in the mobile networks menu. If you can tell me how, I can get you this information.
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Access Point Name == APN, should be in the mobile networks menu like you stated. Maybe since you're on old CDMA builds it's not available, try on CM11.
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On CM10.1.3 "Stable" from your link I get a 3G icon and mobile data (not sure if 4g, probably not) Mobile Network Type states - CDMA / EvDo rev A:6
(I seem to remember browser crashing, which it is, and Chrome becoming my internet app, with this build)
On CM 10.2 20131205 I get no data service, no data icon, and mobile network type is "LTE" and state is "disconnected".
On the latest CM11 nightly I am on "Mobile Network Type - LTE" "Mobile Network State - Disconnected" obviously no data
I do have phone service on all the builds. But no 4g and spotty 3g only on CM10.1.3 stable
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Again, if LTE works fine on stock then you probably just have some bad settings on CM...
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I noticed when the latest nightly booted up that I had debugging mode already activated. IS there any chance that I had debugging mode activated during one of my flashes and that is the root of all my problems with this?
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Are you clean flashing every time you jump around? Each time you are basically jumping to a completely different version of CM, so make sure you are completely clean flashing (IE wipe all of the partitions (except external SD) including system and internal SD before trying another CM.
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Access Point Name == APN, should be in the mobile networks menu like you stated. Maybe since you're on old CDMA builds it's not available, try on CM11.
Again, if LTE works fine on stock then you probably just have some bad settings on CM...
Are you clean flashing every time you jump around? Each time you are basically jumping to a completely different version of CM, so make sure you are completely clean flashing (IE wipe all of the partitions (except external SD) including system and internal SD before trying another CM.
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I'm using open recovery and wiping data/factory reset, davlik, and cache every time
Hey Scott, you mind giving one of those old builds a whirl for me? Just for science's sake.
Update - I wiped the whole phone with RSD lite - same issues................................. jumped straight into the latest nightly - no data, AND no text messaging - mobile network state = disconnected
I have 2 MPQs, one on stock rom and one I am trying to get on CM - the one on stock rom always says Mobile Network Type = LTE:13. That is from Ting. The Mobile Network Type once I flash CM always just says "LTE" - obviously not the same. Does it matter that my base rom is 4.1.2?
Final Update - I downloaded the CM10.2 snapshot from the link you downloaded. At first I had no data. Then I switched to EVDO only and I had 3g. Then I went to the tile menu and I added LTE to the tile menu. LTE was off by default on the tile menu. I re-enabled LTE and then went to mobile networks and switched to CDMA +LTE/EVDO and miraculously, 4g appeared! I followed these steps on previous builds but it never did anything for me. So I dont know if it was the snapshot version or just messing with the settings over and over but I wish I had that 12 hours of my life back.
Its working now and I am going to let everyone know how it does. I appreciate your help as always Scott!
If you didnt remember, now you do.... I am THE KING of wasting forum space.
I play MOBA games on PC through tethering. It used to work fine but recently I see constant switching between H/H+/3G which causes instant disconnection in games. I googled and found that phones might do this when idle to save battery. I never had this problem before and I think my regular tinkering with ROM and Xposed settings have caused this. I have XBlast and Gravity box mainly and might have changed build.prop tweaks like optimize tcp, uncap 3g speed etc. I think the phone is getting idle even when tethering is on. Please Help. I want it to be H+ at all times, don't care about battery life cuz it'll be charging while tethering anyways.
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I play MOBA games on PC through tethering. It used to work fine but recently I see constant switching between H/H+/3G which causes instant disconnection in games. I googled and found that phones might do this when idle to save battery. I never had this problem before and I think my regular tinkering with ROM and Xposed settings have caused this. I have XBlast and Gravity box mainly and might have changed build.prop tweaks like optimize tcp, uncap 3g speed etc. I think the phone is getting idle even when tethering is on. Please Help. I want it to be H+ at all times, don't care about battery life cuz it'll be charging while tethering anyways.
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phone model and installed firmware was a really usefull information
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phone model and installed firmware was a really usefull information
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It's Galaxy Tab 2 p3100 with IZERHD 4. I figured gravitybox and xblast aren't device specific hence didn't mention sorry.
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It's Galaxy Tab 2 p3100 with IZERHD 4. I figured gravitybox and xblast aren't device specific hence didn't mention sorry.
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Nope, but build.prop changes persist, even when disabling xposed. So probably set up the phone from scratch is your best option to get rid of it. Its probably faster to perform a clean installation then spending hours to figure out, what you changed, that your device behave like this. And for Samung devices the flashing procedure is pretty easy