So like the subject says, can I solve my recent poor reception problem by updating the radio version on my N1? Reception has gone down the tubes lately and I'm really not sure if it's the update to Android v2.2 that did it or if AT&T is randomly starting to suck in my area.
It could be both, though I'm not sure. AT&T has tendencies to stink it up reception wise, but in CT, and at least in Hartford county, minus sporadic areas of poor reception, it's all good here. As for the Android version, I really can't honestly remember having reception issues this badly with v2.1.
So any thoughts?
(And if this is in the wrong forum, I apologize, but it's more of a question and I just want an answer from similar users like myself, so I posted here).
I've never noticed any change in reception when I switched between radios on my ATT nexus. But some people claim they do. Best is to try it and see.
Anyone try the 5.12 radio in the US I have 5.8 and I have reception problems.
Been using 5.12 for a few months note worth no problems.
Receptions is good on tmobile.
I used 5.12 on froyo for a long time with no issues. I an back on 5.8 now though since that is what Google pushed out with Gingerbread. If you're having reception issues though, I doubt a radio is going to fix it.
Hi all,
I updated to 4.4.2 last night on my unlocked dev edition VZW Moto X. I am in San Francisco's Financial District, prior to the 4.4.2 update I was getting 20mbps down while indoors and 60mbps while outdoors on LTE. Ever since updating, my LTE speeds have been terrible: under 1mbps down and up. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
kampana said:
Hi all,
I updated to 4.4.2 last night on my unlocked dev edition VZW Moto X. I am in San Francisco's Financial District, prior to the 4.4.2 update I was getting 20mbps down while indoors and 60mbps while outdoors on LTE. Ever since updating, my LTE speeds have been terrible: under 1mbps down and up. Has anyone else experienced this issue?
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I have the same issue; I thought it was because I installed Xposed framework (it didn't take couldn't use the modules; GEL settings) so I uninstalled and flashed back back to 4.4 to get a clean image. Got the 4.4.2 update again and I was still having radio issue or slow speeds. But when I cleared the cache data in storage; that worked but for a bit, but it slowed down again but clearing seems to work when it was slow.
I think VZW is throttling bandwidth, maybe?? But with the FCC Speed test app before 4.4.2 update download 22Mbps vs. after 8Mbps in Washington DC metro area
Check that; tried it twice and getting 6Mbps and 5Mbps
I am thinking of just flashing MRA58Kto my unlocked Nexus 6, has anyone with AT&T experienced any problems doing that? Tired of AT&T dragging their feet with OTA's
Yeah I did it. I'm on Att also. But my phone came preloaded with project fi firmware so I get those ota's.
Just flash the factory image and you'll be good. And the latest firmware is MRA58R. Not k.
Good luck
Is it AT&T that is holding up the OTA update? I cannot find any information one way or the other? My nexus 7 was slow to get the update as well, but it finally rolled out last week.
It's always Att. Always. My galaxy s5 didn't get the lollipop update until 7 months after Samsung released it and 4 months after the other carriers released it.
It's always ATT. Always
Nexus 6 & at&t
I've just heard some stuff like bad LTE reception, bad battery life, etc, has anyone encountered any issues.
Besides AT&T are idiots
WINEMK68 said:
I've just heard some stuff like bad LTE reception, bad battery life, etc, has anyone encountered any issues.
Besides AT&T are idiots
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My LTE reception on AT&T seems a little sketchier than it used to with the new radio. You can always skip the radio and just flash the system/bootloader/recovery/boot images if your current radio is working well for you. Battery life on Marshmallow is a huge improvement over Lollipop for me.
I just flashed this build to my N6 a couple a days ago and right off I noticed that while in my house I wasn't getting a good lte signal anymore. Now before I updated to this build I had good lte in my house almost full bars even in my basement I had at least 2 or 3 bars. Well needless to say I wasn't happy with that so I flashed back to what I was running before which was MRA58N and sometimes R . Well when I flashed back to these builds I noticed again that something wasn't right my signal seemed to have been broke! So I started flashing just radios to see if that would help but to no avail.. I even called T-Mobile and they said nothing was going on in my area and I should have good signal ,but in that same sentence he brought up the cellspot tower that they want everyone in low signal areas to use. Well to make a long story short I live in the city and before I flashed this latest T-Mobile build I had great service even in my house. The messed up thing is I can't fix my N6 now know matter what build I use my signal is no good in my house anymore. It's almost like they have put a patch of some sort to my phone and it modded my phone to not had goog lte service behind walls. My phone now jumps from 3g to h to the ! Mark even when it's in some spot! My battery sucks now because of the constant change. I'm getting a new n6 Monday and I hope it doesn't have this X build on it because I'm going to not flash and see if my signal stays the way it used to which was a good signal. If it has good signal I'm (and this is just my opinion) think there /T-Mobile is just trying to push this cellspot tower on as many as they can and help it along is turning down Rf in our phones so they don't work well indoors.. Just my opinion!
I want the MRA58X radio to see if I have the same problem. I have the MRA58M with the 27R radio and it runs good. I wanna see if the 30R radio gives me more band 12 because I live in a band 12 area but it switches back to band 4 with the quickness. Anybody have the 30R radio in zip forms? It'll be greatly appreciated.
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I want the MRA58X radio to see if I have the same problem. I have the MRA58M with the 27R radio and it runs good. I wanna see if the 30R radio gives me more band 12 because I live in a band 12 area but it switches back to band 4 with the quickness. Anybody have the 30R radio in zip forms? It'll be greatly appreciated.
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Oh the MRA58X does have band 12. Im not flashing this X build when my new N 6 gets here! I'll stay far away from it! I'll stick with Google's official builds! MRA58N worked great for me on T-Mobile and WiFi calling and I had band 12 as well. When I flashed this X build everything went haywire... IMO!
Im on MRA58X just wanted to know why all these different numbers ? And why is the x bad?
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Im on MRA58X just wanted to know why all these different numbers ? And why is the x bad?
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MRA58X screwed up my data/ signal it was jumping all over the place for me. It would literally go from band 12 to 2 then 4 the radio never had a chance to settle and was causing major battery drain. The messed up thing is for some reason I couldn't even revert back to other builds cause the radio stayed messed up no matter what build I was on or rom.. I truly think MRA58X messed my n6 up and T-Mobile thinks it may have as well that's why there sending me a new n6 by Monday..?
Oh I forgot this radio jumping all over the place happens anywhere I go even when Im not even moving..?
Flashing different radios don't help either... I'm truly think this build/X does something weird with the way the phone tracks signals and for me its a major problem
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MRA58X screwed up my data/ signal it was jumping all over the place for me. It would literally go from band 12 to 2 then 4 the radio never had a chance to settle and was causing mager battery drain. The messed up thing is for some reason I couldn't even revert back to other builds cause the radio stayed messed up no matter what build I was on or rom.. I truly think MRA58X messed my n6 up and T-Mobile thinks it may have as well that's why there sending me a new n6 by Monday..?
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Interesting, i have moto x pure , nexus 5x amd yesterday got the nexus 6 from the Amazon deal, so before using the nexuses i was with the moto x and had no problems with it watching youtube videos or anything. Then 3 days ago i got the nexus 5x and put my tmobile sim in it and started using that and was noticing that the videos were stopping like i was feeling something is not right , then yesterday got the Nexus 6 and put the sim in this now im having the same issues i was on lollipop and was not offering me the marshmallow update, so i unlocked the bootloader and when the phone started it gave the 6.0 update . so now im on the MRA58X. And im thinking maybe the marshmallow has to do something with that? Because the moto x is on lolipop and its a beast. Sorry for the long write.
you guys do realize that you can use any nexus 6 radio on any version of android? well you can. if this radio is giving you issues, you are more than welcome to try any other radio that you like, until you find the one that works best for you. im on tmobile, am using the 27R radio, wifi calling works fine, and so does everything else.
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you guys do realize that you can use any nexus 6 radio on any version of android? well you can. if this radio is giving you issues, you are more than welcome to try any other radio that you like, until you find the one that works best for you. im on tmobile, am using the 27R radio, wifi calling works fine, and so does everything else.
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I know but im thinking maybe its the T-Mobile giving problems with the signal not the phone itself? Or maybe the marshmallow is handling the radio differently then the lolipop?
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I know but im thinking maybe its the T-Mobile giving problems with the signal not the phone itself? Or maybe the marshmallow is handling the radio differently then the lolipop?
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im using marshmallow on tmobile, in nyc, and no problems here. try a different radio, or a few, if the problems still persist then its probably a local tmobile issue. as i said before, im using the 27R radio.
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im using marshmallow on tmobile, in nyc, and no problems here. try a different radio, or a few, if the problems still persist then its probably a local tmobile issue. as i said before, im using the 27R radio.
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I've tried every radio out there. Before MRA58X this would solve the problem but since I flashed the X build it seems every radio now that I try has same issue. It's like the new X build did some kind of software change and now I'm stuck with every single radio I use jumping all over the place. Before X I didn't have this issue..
I did call T-Mobile and they said there is no problems with the network in my area. They are sending me a new phone and I'm not flashing X period..?
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I've tried every radio out there. Before MRA58X this would solve the problem but since I flashed the X build it seems every radio now that I try has same issue. It's like the new X build did some kind of software change and now I'm stuck with every single radio I use jumping all over the place. Before X I didn't have this issue..
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well, it could be not the radio thats the issue as well. tmo delayed marshmallows release because they found a bug, then waited for a rom update. the rom update might be the issue. no, im not on that last tmo build, but all the builds work on tmo, and all of tmos features too. maybe you should try a different marshmallow build?
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well, it could be not the radio thats the issue as well. tmo delayed marshmallows release because they found a bug, then waited for a rom update. the rom update might be the issue. no, im not on that last tmo build, but all the builds work on tmo, and all of tmos features too. maybe you should try a different marshmallow build?
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I did go back to NRA58K then N then even R. But after I flashed the X build it screwed up something where now even on those older builds its screwed up my data. before I flash X I was using MRA58k N and r with no issues. But since I flashed X now on any build its screwed up . Hope that makes sense..?
I'd put up a logcat but I run purely stock anymore because of PAY which I have to have?when I get my new n6 I'm not going to flash MRA58X and I'll see how things work. If all is well then it was the X build or maybe just something in my phone broke. I guess I'll find out Monday..
I've been on stock x for about 4 days. I'm seeing none of these issues and I still have great battery life. Phone has been perfect. I took the ota though. I did not flash x
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I am having the exact same issue on my Nexus 6 after taking the MRA58X update. My phone never used to associate with anything besides LTE or HSPA. After updating my phone would switch between all different network modes, even those that I have never seen in my area before the update. The problem is especially bad when roaming around, but having the phone stationary can also exhibit this behavior. The sequence of events is similar to the following: LTE, HSPA, GPRS, EDGE, UMTS (3G), GPRS, EDGE, LTE for a couple seconds, GPRS, HSPA, GPRS... The network is so unstable on the 2G based networks which made using the Internet very difficult. Reverting the radio to the previous version does not fix the issue as reported by a previous user, and it seems like that the update has made some changes in a way to at affects how the radio associates with neighboring towers permanently. I would advise against taking this update if you are using T-Mobile and your device is out of warranty, as T-Mobile will most likely not cover the "damage" even though it may be OTA related. It does however seem that using the *#*#4636#*#* code and forcing the phone into LTE mode makes the mad network switching go away, although now the phone can't grab onto HSPA in LTE coverage holes and call issues in non VoLTE areas. My standby battery life also seems to be significantly reduced by all of this network searching in the background.
You have been warned...
I took the X Ota and the phone is working flawless for me. Sorry you guys are having issues
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Clean flash back to lollipop and see if that changes anything.
If it doesn't, it isn't the phone/rom.
BTW I recently got the X update and so far so good but to be fair I'm on wifi alot.
(but LTE does work as before)
...and it there are indeed weird tower issues, a rep won't tell you specifics.
I'm on MRA58N with TMO in the Metro Chicago area, WiFi calling, VoLTE, and HD calling all work fine, but it seems as though my N6 is just stuck on band 4. I've never ever seen this device surf on band 12 (and I run the LTE Discovery app).