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Are we all Mad?

You know what, i look at this forum everday hoping to improve my phone. I don't know anyone else who does this, and those that know I do think i'm mad.
All i'm trying to do is get a good sigal on my phone. I've tried flashing every radio ROM and and its time to face up to it... we'll never get a decent signal on these things.
I get two bars in my house. Just put my sim into a nokia n82 and its constantly on full bars! 3.5g too constantly.
Have I got a duff phone? or are all these HTC TDs just crap at what their primary purpose is ... to connect to a mobile network properley?
Shame. i'm thinking of buying an i900 Omnia instead, Is this any better for signal strength? maybe i should use my old nokia 2110 from the 90s. prob has a better battery still than the HTC TD!

Just out of curiosity... Why are you posting this as a new thread in the rom development forum?
I'm also looking for better signal strength... Have been ever since getting my diamond. I've also flashed all available radio roms... But this is (at least in my experience) quite common with these phones... After a couple of month (and a couple of version updates to radio roms) for the most part resolved...

The diamond is the first phone which give me full bars at my home. Using .05 radio.
No probs at all.

I understand your beef with eh signal man but this is not the correct place to voice your issue as this part of the forum is for ROM development.
Have you tried other Radios too?

To see 2 or 5 bars - it is a question of programming. This does not mean, you will have a "better" signal on a different device.
On the other hand, your handset can be also defected.
BTW I think this is not the right forum to post this problem.

Because i've been trying all the radio ROMS here and they don't seem to make any difference to the RF. Maybe battery power is improved. I read that elsewhere that the poor signal was just down to the ROM.
Does a Radio ROM exist that actually improves reception?
Thanks,
Mark

skrap3 said:
The diamond is the first phone which give me full bars at my home. Using .05 radio.
No probs at all.
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Really? maybe I have duff hardware? Sorry if i posted this in the wrong area (hangs head)
Any advise would be great though. Just flashing ROM .5 again . I've been usign .7 and .11 also .8 but nothing spectacullar. Duttys ROM is great for all else though. These phones would be nothing without xda developers!
Thanks again
Mark

Ya YOU are mad posting this on the ROM section!

Sergio PC said:
Ya YOU are mad posting this on the ROM section!
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Please can someone move this thread into another section? I don't think i'm going to be able to sleep otherwise!

goodnite. now u can sleep.
ps: jus cudnt stand seein u get mad on ur own!

I have a complete opposite exprience. Before i had orange i had no reception in my house. Neither with the sim in my diamond. I changed to hi/kpn and got 2 bars inside and 2 outdoors (with radio .03). With radio .05 2 bars inside and 3 bars outdoors. With .07 the same as .05 only faster gps fix. Now with .08 i have 3 bars inside and 4 outdoors.

ill sacrifice a bar or two ANY day to have the coolest device in the world. im almost batman!

mwatson said:
Really? maybe I have duff hardware? Sorry if i posted this in the wrong area (hangs head)
Any advise would be great though. Just flashing ROM .5 again . I've been usign .7 and .11 also .8 but nothing spectacullar. Duttys ROM is great for all else though. These phones would be nothing without xda developers!
Thanks again
Mark
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With duttys roms i always got gps issues, using swiftblades 6.0 lite now. I get a gps signal in my living room (near windows) which was not possible with older phones i used or with any of my girlfriends phones.
But i can tell you it was a hard way of trying roms and settings to get my diamond working nearly perfect.
I think its a good mix of a rom, radio and settings.
Only way is trying.
...its no advertise for the diamond. Its still a nice ppc but i prefer other devices.

Blazeitup123 said:
ill sacrifice a bar or two ANY day to have the coolest device in the world. im almost batman!
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I'm with you on this, if all we wanted was better reception we'ld never be buying these things. (Mine last almost a year at best) It's all about tweaking, playing & most of all coolness (My teenage kids will kill me)

Rom Choice Question

Hello..
I am gettign a good deal on a Sprint TP2 .... I am currently usign a Kaiser(Tilt) and love it... I am unlocking the Sprint TP2 so I can use it with a GSM providor.... I was wondering if someone can reccomend a hopefulyl unbranded Rom & radio combo that are known to work with this phone.. The gsm carrier I will be using is called Einstein PCS... But I think any one that works well for AT&T will be good for me as I roam i ntheir networks often.. I am not worried about the 3G speeds as my carrier doesn;t offer that, and I will usually just use Wifi anyways.. Thank you in advance...

Lately lots of people ask this question, but no one want to answer I think you must flash some Roms and choose the best in your opinion

Teej53214 said:
Hello..
I am gettign a good deal on a Sprint TP2 .... I am currently usign a Kaiser(Tilt) and love it... I am unlocking the Sprint TP2 so I can use it with a GSM providor.... I was wondering if someone can reccomend a hopefulyl unbranded Rom & radio combo that are known to work with this phone.. The gsm carrier I will be using is called Einstein PCS... But I think any one that works well for AT&T will be good for me as I roam i ntheir networks often.. I am not worried about the 3G speeds as my carrier doesn;t offer that, and I will usually just use Wifi anyways.. Thank you in advance...
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Firstly, DO NOT flash a GSM ROM, or use any of the GSM unlockers. Head over to the Rhodium CMDA forum and use the tools there.
Secondly, just pick the ROM that you like the look of, there are some in the CDMA forum and a few more on PPCGeeks IIRC. It's not that hard, if you don't like the look of a ROM, change it, if you don't like any, put the stock ROM back on.
EDIT: P.S : Read this : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=583481
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Dave

T-Mobile G E 3G and H Networks

I don't know if it's a coincidence or because of Cyanogen's Froyo rom, but ever since the 11th, I've had H a lot more often than 3G on my Nexus one.
I noticed H within a couple hours after flashing Cyanogen's RC1 Froyo rom and it's been mostly H with some 3G and E here and there.
Is H faster? I did a speed test* on H and got just under 1Mbit. I don't remember what I got on 3G last time I tested (Months ago).
*I was using the Xtremelabs Speedtest
Edit: I forgot to mention, that I've never seen H before Cyanogen's mod. I've used stock roms all the way up to Froyo before the 11th and only had 3G max.

Flawd said:
I don't know if it's a coincidence or because of Cyanogen's Froyo rom, but ever since the 11th, I've had H a lot more often than 3G on my Nexus one.
I noticed H within a couple hours after flashing Cyanogen's RC1 Froyo rom and it's been mostly H with some 3G and E here and there.
Is H faster? I did a speed test* on H and got just under 1Mbit. I don't remember what I got on 3G last time I tested (Months ago).
*I was using the Xtremelabs Speedtest
Edit: I forgot to mention, that I've never seen H before Cyanogen's mod. I've used stock roms all the way up to Froyo before the 11th and only had 3G max.
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the stock rom doesn't report H, it continues to show 3G, the only way to determine if one is on H in the stock rom is in the info panel(a ping test will cause it to switch from UMTS to HSDPA)

Jep4444 said:
the stock rom doesn't report H, it continues to show 3G, the only way to determine if one is on H in the stock rom is in the info panel(a ping test will cause it to switch from UMTS to HSDPA)
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Thanks for the reply!
In speed, is 3G faster than H? I know T-Mobile was rolling out HSPA+ but that was supposed to run 7MBit (I think).

Flawd said:
Thanks for the reply!
In speed, is 3G faster than H? I know T-Mobile was rolling out HSPA+ but that was supposed to run 7MBit (I think).
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H is faster.
Its the new HSPA/HSPA+ towers..

[Q] 3g vs. H noob question

I'm running cognition 3.02 speed mod,and jk4 or kp1 and can't seem get the H signal, is it the rom Im using and is H all that much better than 3g. Thanks

rob1216 said:
I'm running cognition 3.02 speed mod,and jk4 or kp1 and can't seem get the H signal, is it the rom Im using and is H all that much better than 3g. Thanks
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H is basically like 3.5G. The speeds are all relative, and unless you are looking directly at the speeds, It's basically the same when your surfing the web. As for your connection, I haven't run cognition in a while so I don't know about that.

Dupontrocks11 said:
H is basically like 3.5G. The speeds are all relative, and unless you are looking directly at the speeds, It's basically the same when your surfing the web. As for your connection, I haven't run cognition in a while so I don't know about that.
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I don't think it is a part of Cog., but is part of Perception. I personally like Phoenix and it has HSPA enabled.

Gr8Danes said:
I don't think it is a part of Cog., but is part of Perception. I personally like Phoenix and it has HSPA enabled.
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Pheonix wass my first rom. Very very stable rom, I liked it but couldn't get over the unreliable battery. I'm on Ultimate JPY v5.6 right now (speedmod, tweaks, lagfix) and I'm getting about 18 hours with heavy usage.

Ok so if I want the H signal I need to change roms correct, not modems right? Was thinking of flashing perception anyway and using speed mod and jk4 modem. That should get me H?

Also, (for some crazy reason) it's possible when making the ROM to turn off the H and have the 3G only.
Just FYI.

rob1216 said:
Ok so if I want the H signal I need to change roms correct, not modems right? Was thinking of flashing perception anyway and using speed mod and jk4 modem. That should get me H?
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The HSDPA/HSUPA is not actually part of the ROM.
It's the Kernel/Modem that your using. It's only available on the i9000 based setups.
So if the ROM your using is i9000 based it will be enabled by default

Ya that's what I figured but when cog starts up it says i9000, but anyway I'll try perception see if it activates H.Thanks

I just flashed Perception 10.3 a few days ago and i get HSDPA.

3g/h depends on the modem, not the rom. most of the modems already have the h enabled.

mengbo said:
3g/h depends on the modem, not the rom. most of the modems already have the h enabled.
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But captivate based roms wont ever display H.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using Tapatalk

MikeyMike01 said:
Also, (for some crazy reason) it's possible when making the ROM to turn off the H and have the 3G only.
Just FYI.
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Battery consumption drops significantly if you lock the phone to UMTS 3G.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Just like everyone is saying, HSUPA is enabled once you install an I9000 modem.
On stock captivate ROMS (like Cognition), an "H" symbol will not appear, but you still have an HSUPA enabled if an I9000 modem is installed. Only I9000 based ROMs will show an "H".
The best way to check if you have HSUPA enabled on a stock captivate ROM is getting an internet speed test app and checking your upload speed. At my fastest, I get about 500kbps upload speeds with only 3G enabled.
I have an I9000 modem installed, and HSUPA is enabled, as you can tell from my internet speed test results, but my phone still shows "3G" because I use a ROM based on Rogers stock Froyo release.

Wow, good to know. All this time I thought the "H" was sub 3G speeds..
You'll have to excuse me, I'd been using an unlocked G1 on AT&T's network for almost two years; never had 3G until now.

Hspa+ ?

So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...

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So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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Unfortunately, our phones don't support H+. We can get HSDPA, and the i9000 modems can get HSUPA, but that's not true H+. However, if HSDPA/HSUPA is acceptable, try flashing an i9000 modem/kernel/rom setup and see if that works for you.

piffdaddy420 said:
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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if 3g in your area is that crappy, dont think that hspa is going to fix it. it all rides on the same bands/frequencies. hspa+ is just an increased 3G. in my experience with all my '4G' devices, excluding my LTE ones, obviously, its no different than rocking an i9000 rom/modem on my captivate.

piffdaddy420 said:
So I read that it was not possible ti get a captivate modem/rom to support 4g/hspa+
However I read several ppl on here get the h+ with their captivate?
I look thru the roms but none say hspa+...
Can someone help me out and tell me which rom I can get the h+ with?
3g ib my area is terrible I get 50kbps if I'm lucky, and h+ is available here...
Thanks so much. I really hope its possible, I love captivate and would hate to have to get a new phone...
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To clarify this one thing for ya...
Those reporting the "H+" on their Captivate were more than likely running one of the previously leaked i897 firmwares, that had that built into the leak itself. So nothing official and probably someone thought it would be cool, funny, etc. etc.
The latest i897 leaks are back to just showing the "3G".
Anyway, just an fyi.