I am running on AT&T with no problems except where I live(very rural). My Blackberry Curve would get 2 bars with no dropped calls. I really like my G1 but I get from "0" bars to "2" bars depending where I'm in my home and phone either gives me "no service" when dialing or just drops some of the calls. Also, takes forever to complete dialed number.
Is there anything I can do to improve performance at home?
Many Thanks,
Stan
have you updated your radio to the 26I Radio?
To expand on what Bman said, if you have rooted your phone, please go to Settings > About phone and check the the radio ends in '26I'.
Followup ? on reception
I bought the phone used and it had 1.5, don't know if anything else done such as "rooting".
When I went into "settings" I now find it says its 1.6, but I couldn't see anything about changing radios.
Any further help?
Stan
Stan_in_AR said:
I bought the phone used and it had 1.5, don't know if anything else done such as "rooting".
When I went into "settings" I now find it says its 1.6, but I couldn't see anything about changing radios.
Any further help?
Stan
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Sorry I should have been a little more explicit. The radio is also know as the baseband. Sounds like your phone is running the official update, not much we can do in that case... (What I mean is, if it was rooted it might have the wrong radio firmware installed, as yours is official it will be up to date.)
Many thanks, I'll guess I'll have to wait for closer tower
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Sorry I should have been a little more explicit. The radio is also know as the baseband. Sounds like your phone is running the official update, not much we can do in that case... (What I mean is, if it was rooted it might have the wrong radio firmware installed, as yours is official it will be up to date.)
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They are suppose to be putting up a tower closer to my home, currently 7 miles away as the crow flys
Stan
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So i got a diamond for about a month now, and im pretty happy with it except for one problem which absolutly drives me crazy, and pretty much makes it suck as a mobile phone.
Tried searching the forum but can't see anything about this, my only guess is it might have something todo with 3G weak reception.
i still don't know when exactly this happens, under what conditions exactly.
but basically this happens a few times a day.
The problem:
I will get/make a call while having signal.
I click accept
as it is trying to connect the call suddenly all reception is lost and i lose my signal.
basically it fails to connect the call
a second later i will have reception again.
if now i get called again, it will usually give me the same problem.
I have absolutly no idea how to fix this.
tried reflashing the official rom, but it didn't work.
i really hope this is an easy fix, as i really like this phone so far, but seems my wizard worked better as phone.
aRnonymous said:
So i got a diamond for about a month now, and im pretty happy with it except for one problem which absolutly drives me crazy, and pretty much makes it suck as a mobile phone.
Tried searching the forum but can't see anything about this, my only guess is it might have something todo with 3G weak reception.
i still don't know when exactly this happens, under what conditions exactly.
but basically this happens a few times a day.
The problem:
I will get/make a call while having signal.
I click accept
as it is trying to connect the call suddenly all reception is lost and i lose my signal.
basically it fails to connect the call
a second later i will have reception again.
if now i get called again, it will usually give me the same problem.
I have absolutly no idea how to fix this.
tried reflashing the official rom, but it didn't work.
i really hope this is an easy fix, as i really like this phone so far, but seems my wizard worked better as phone.
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try to flash latest radio
if no improvement ... looks like a hardware problem -> service center
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try to flash latest radio
if no improvement ... looks like a hardware problem -> service center
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Well i flashed the official rom from HTC website, i assume it has the newest radio rom.
its got radio version 1.00.25.05.
although i see there is 1.00.25.06, but .05 is recommended in the thread
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Well i flashed the official rom from HTC website, i assume it has the newest radio rom.
its got radio version 1.00.25.05.
although i see there is 1.00.25.06, but .05 is recommended in the thread
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Hey aRnonymous,
It seems your radio is (1.00.25.05) quite outdated.....try this Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=432770
You will find many radios which you can use. Than you can see if your problem will be solved...probably a bad flash from your current radio is causing the problem you prescribed....
Good luck fella en let us know about your progress....
also...look @ my signature...this radio is working great (at least, in my opinion, you have to try many radios)
Regards
Jeroen
I recently flashed my G1 to:
CyanogenMod 1.4
JACxROM-v1.3r3
ota-radio-2_22_19_26I
and the newest SPL
I've noticed the phone never actually gets 3g connectivity anymore - only edge.
Any clues?
Hmmm, that is really weird, did you check the settings and make sure the Use 2G network only is not checked? I dont get 3g either way because I am using att but I dont see why it would affect anything like that when you flash a rom.
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did you check the settings and make sure the Use 2G network only is not checked
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Yessir. Its unchecked. I noticed this same problem as well back when I had my ATT Tilt (htc kaiser). Soon as I started flashing roms and radios, I lost all 3g connectivity. Had to go back to the dealer to get a new chassis.
REALLY hoping that isnt the case with this one. Did a speed test with wifi tether - I have four full bars of service, but I'm only getting ~20k/s downstream and the symbol by the service indicator bars is an E
I'll have some more time today to test it while out and about, using other towers and I'll report back here once thats taken place
Yea, I would try some other towers. If that doesn't work then I would try going back to the original spl, radio, and rom and see if 3g works then. It would really blow goats if that was the case, and I would brick the phone or something to get a replacement because 3g should work no matter what seeing as how it is a hardware thing. Maybe try a few different romslike cyanogen cuz I know people who use it and still get 3g.
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try going back to the original spl, radio, and rom and see if 3g works then.
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Wont that brick the phone? I heard that going back to old radios is a no-no.
I beleive if you do it in the right order it should be ok but I could be wrong, try searching around. If not I would atleast try using a tmobile rom. I looked around on google and didn't find any info on this problem so I really think it is either a rom problem or something with the towers, I don't see how flashing anything would affect your 3g band or stopping the phone from using it.
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Wont that brick the phone? I heard that going back to old radios is a no-no.
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If your gonna do this, flash the DREAIMG.nbh file from the original rooting process
F YOU HAVE THE NEW SPLE FROM HAYKURO.. DO NOT FLASH DREAIMG.NBH FILE IT WILL ALSO INSTALL THE OLD RADIO AND THUS WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE.........
It is an easy fix though... just Re-Flash the HardSPLhttp://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1...SPL/update.zip
Do that ^^^^^^ and you can re-Flash the DREAIMG.nbh (RC29) image with no problems
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I did alot of searching and this is what I found, so if your still having the problem then this is how I would go back to the original rom. If you just flash back to RC29 DREAIMG.nbh without switching the SPL first then you will brick because RC29 flashes the old radio back along with the rom. Something else I thought of trying would be if your significant other has a 3G capable phone try holding the both in the same place and see if they get different reception (3G/E).
I spent some time driving around - no 3g connectivity at all.
So the consensus is to flash all the way back to rc29 and go that route?
also, that url that was linked above was shortened - anybody got the full one?
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I spent some time driving around - no 3g connectivity at all.
So the consensus is to flash all the way back to rc29 and go that route?
also, that url that was linked above was shortened - anybody got the full one?
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http://koushikdutta.blurryfox.com/G1RootWalkthrough/HardSPL/update.zip
Is it possible for the radio version to affect GPS/navigation performance?
The problem I'm having when delivering pizzas is my Nexus rarely finds a GPS signal and when it does I lose data connection... Ive tried toggling airplane mode and anything else I can think to reset connections with no avail
I'm using Kings latest D2N Rom and before I was using Desire ReMix, same issue with both.
Flash a different radio and see if it helps.
Just flashed EPE76, problem is still present... However in the Build # it still says ERE27. Not sure where to go from here... Should I use the stock radio (ERD79), or try flashing again? I'm afraid or losing a phone and gaining a paperweight worth half a grand
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Just flashed EPE76, problem is still present... However in the Build # it still says ERE27. Not sure where to go from here... Should I use the stock radio (ERD79), or try flashing again? I'm afraid or losing a phone and gaining a paperweight worth half a grand
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Just wondering if you ever get this problem solves. I am experiencing similar problem. I recently rooted my nexus one with modaco rom and my navigation system voice guidance is not working. In the notification bar, it shows gray color. The voice will not talk but the map shows. It says "Searching for GPS" at the bottom screen. It gives all route directions and maps though.
Please where can I go to activate the voice guidance or what exactly do I need to do to correct this?
Thanks
Hello all,
My issue with this phone has been mentioned here: http://www.google.com/support/forum/p/android/thread?tid=384f4daca48e10b1&hl=en
My basic problem is that atleast 4-5 times each and every day the 3G connection suddenly drops out. As the link says, I see the "up arrow" blinking, but no action from the "down arrow" next to the 3G symbol on the top right corner of the phone. At this point, all apps complain about no network connection. About 45-60 seconds later the connectivity is restored automatically, and I can happily do anything on the Internet again.
I've had the phone for 1 week and this happens regardless of location or signal strength. So I've had this problem at work, at home, while driving etc. The dropouts also occur even when the number of bars indicating signal strength is 3 or 4.
These constant dropouts are really infuriating and I'm not sure if it's a network problem or device problem. Has anyone else had this? I'll be very grateful with any suggestions.
Thanks.
same here, I dont know if this caused by my ****ty provider.
I'd like to try new radio but it seems it still has problem with bluetooth
I had this problem too, it was very frustrating. However the new radio 5.08 appears to have solved the issue for me (I don't use BT currently so can't report on that aspect)
Ask a work around, try setting your phone to "WCDMA Only". That improved things for me previously.
Sent from my Nexus One using XDA App
I have also had this problem and I am on stock FRF91. It really slows me down when I need to quickly perform a task that's data related.
cpm said:
I had this problem too, it was very frustrating. However the new radio 5.08 appears to have solved the issue for me (I don't use BT currently so can't report on that aspect)
Ask a work around, try setting your phone to "WCDMA Only". That improved things for me previously.
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This is exactly what I'm doing.
The internet oon the phone barely works on 2G, so I lock it on 3G only mode.
Have this problem on stock.
Also drops calls when it goes down to 1 bar (in areas where another phone with the same provider will have 2-3+ bars)
This has been discussed in detail here
http://www.forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?t=2720
Thanks for the replies guys. So if a mod completely gets rid of the problem, that means it's a software issue right? What's this radio 5.08 that solves the problem? Can I apply this chagne without rooting?
I'm in Australia, running stock 2.1-update1 (EPF30).
you could try update to Froyo
it has new radio
apratomo said:
you could try update to Froyo
it has new radio
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Oh, so Froyo will fix this issue? That's great.
I don't mind waiting for Vodafone to release Froyo then. Shouldn't be long now.
TT1986 said:
Oh, so Froyo will fix this issue? That's great.
I don't mind waiting for Vodafone to release Froyo then. Shouldn't be long now.
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Uh, I'm not sure if it will fix your issue
but for sure froyo comes with new radio 4.06 but lately 5.08 been buzzing around
idk if froyo will get another radio update
apratomo said:
Uh, I'm not sure if it will fix your issue
but for sure froyo comes with new radio 4.06 but lately 5.08 been buzzing around
idk if froyo will get another radio update
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Hmm I see. I'll wait and see I suppose.
I'm surprised if it's just a software issue, why it hasn't been released to everyone.
3G and APN
I have froyo it does not solved the problem.
I also have an issue with the APN, I can't change the MCC to 425 from the default, it wont save it, any suggestion?
Hoash said:
I have froyo it does not solved the problem.
I also have an issue with the APN, I can't change the MCC to 425 from the default, it wont save it, any suggestion?
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That is disappointing.
mgorman said:
This has been discussed in detail here
http://www.forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php?t=2720
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I tried going though this, but unfortunately it's not obvious to me what I should be doing. I'll include my details here:
Firmware: Android 2.1-update1
Baseband version: 32.26.0024U_4.04.00.03_2
Build number: EPF30
Could someone please help me out here? Is it possible to upgrade just the radio version somehow?
How do the CM mods manage to get a radio version better than Froyo?
Thanks again.
I currently have 5.12.00.08 radio. According to this page: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version it says the radio should be the LATEST VERSION. But doesn't say what version that is. I have CM 7.0.3 and 2.6.38.7-CFS-redstar+ kernel.
My understanding is 5.12 is the latest for anyone, but I don't know if it was ever officially released in USA or just Korea. I couldn't find anything definitive.
I've been seeing performance issues for quite some time with regard to 3G data. Doesn't quite seem usable, very slow and sometimes the little arrows show nothing happening for several seconds before anything starts to move. When standing next to someone with a Verizon phone, it's pretty embarrassing when their data is already loaded and I don't even see my little arrows doing anything yet.
Speedtest has almost always been .25MBs-.45MBs when on 3G. I'm not expecting 100Mb, but it really makes the phone hard to use when 3G is this slow.
I've called Tmobile on a few occasions and they either tell me it's an unsupported device and, basically, go pound sand or that they are always working on upgrading service and I should see better speeds with time.
What else can I do to get better speeds?
If everything is working you shouldn't worry too much.
The Radio that got update with OTA GB is 5.08.00.
I've run 5.12.00 before without a problems. I went ahead and put 5.08.00 on cause that's what is official with GB.
baseballfanz said:
If everything is working you shouldn't worry too much.
The Radio that got update with OTA GB is 5.08.00.
I've run 5.12.00 before without a problems. I went ahead and put 5.08.00 on cause that's what is official with GB.
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lol did the same thing
i think 5.12 is a specialized radio for certain regions