I just got a used g1 and it only picks up 3g, it dosent switch over to edge it only gets siginal in 3g, i tried to factory reset it, i used the *#*#4636#*#* to switch it to edge no dice, rooted it, ive pretty much done everything i can think of, anybody else have this problem and know how to fix it, would it possibly be the antenna acting up?
Hypeonline said:
I just got a used g1 and it only picks up 3g, it dosent switch over to edge it only gets siginal in 3g, i tried to factory reset it, i used the *#*#4636#*#* to switch it to edge no dice, rooted it, ive pretty much done everything i can think of, anybody else have this problem and know how to fix it, would it possibly be the antenna acting up?
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Couple of possibilities;
1) fried amplifier (unlikely),
2) there has to actually be a 2g network within range in order to connect to it... you sure there is one?
yea i know im in 2g range, i had another g1 that never had this issue and when i say no signal its none there is no switch over at all to edge or g, either it 3g or its an X on the bars, i went and to tmo and got a diff sim card still no dice, would the amplifier cause summin like this to happen? ive been around the towers and it works like a charm but i get to far and it drops all service what could it be could it be the spl or something im going to root it again tonight to see if anything changes
Hypeonline said:
yea i know im in 2g range, i had another g1 that never had this issue and when i say no signal its none there is no switch over at all to edge or g, either it 3g or its an X on the bars, i went and to tmo and got a diff sim card still no dice, would the amplifier cause summin like this to happen? ive been around the towers and it works like a charm but i get to far and it drops all service what could it be could it be the spl or something im going to root it again tonight to see if anything changes
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There is ABSOLUTELY NO POINT in "re-rooting" if you already have root. It won't gain you anything. The SPL itself can't affect anything to do with the radio. The RADIO system *could*, but I doubt it is since I've heard of every combination working at least to some degree.
You could try a wipe, installing a fresh ROM, and ensuring that your SPL and RADIO are decent/recent ones.... I suggest you install SPL version 1.33.2003 (which is NOT deathspl), along with radio 2.22.23.02.
SPL 1.33.2003 is fully compatible with the device's stock SPL, which was version 0.95.0000 except that it is a FULL ENGINEERING SPL. There is also a PARTIAL engineering SPL version 0.95.3000 -- it is not nearly as strong as 1.33.2003.
Note that the radio and spl themselves can NOT be "broken". They are either both present/correct or the phone is totally bricked. There is no in-between.
well i have danger SPL, i went from the 26I radio to .23 no dice, a fresh rom (cyanogenmod 6) install, wiped the phone multiple times a day still noting what can be done about this im completely out of ideas and still no dice, if i have to change the boards in the phone, where can i find them and would i have to revert the rooting on the phone to not cause any issues. . Well I got some stuff to work if I switch it over to gsm auto (prl) I get signal in some places but still not fuily work there is no data when I do this tho and I still drop the siginal alot
I figured it out my gsm antenna is damaged on the outside, is there anyway to repair this without chaing the back, and where if i could, get the antenna from?
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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.
crpercodani said:
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.
crpercodani said:
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
I had read somewhere that the unofficial updates fixed the 3g issue for someone....
Any truth to this?
I never had any problems with my G1 phone with cyanogen mod and my 3g/edge connection
however, this damn nexus one cant hold a signal for ****.
If you have root then I say try one of the different radios to see which one works best for you.
I've tried all the radios and several ROMs and do not have near as good a connection like I did with my G1. Probably doesn't help I am usually on the edge of 3G coverage when I am at work and notice this. But the G1 was way better than any combination I have tried
with the ERE36B radio my Nexus gets WAY better reception than my G1 ever did.. and data speeds as well even with the garbage ERE27 radio, my buddy's (my old) G1 cant touch it in terms of actual data speed
Need help hoping someone can point me the right direction or has had this problem before.
On random occasions my connections to the T-Mobile network will stop. The way that I know it's stopped is I'll look at the 3G or H icons in the drop bar and the up arrow will be blinking as if it's try to connect but nothing will happen. During this time, no calls will come in or out, and data will not work. To get out of this, I either have to reboot or switch from 3G to EDGE (also happens while on EDGE too) or just wait it out, EVENTUALLY, the connections will be restored and the up and down arrows will light up showing traffic is flowing again. I know it's not coverage since more often than not I have full bars or at least 2 bars.
I'm thinking it's not the radio firmware, since I'm running modded ROMs (currently running CM6.1 RC1) and I've upgraded the radio successfully each time. The radio I'm currently running is 32.41.00.32U_5.08.00.04
Let me know if anyone has any ideas on how to troubleshoot this or has a clue on what I should do.
thanks
5.08 and 5.12 radio versions came from Korean updates, so would you like to give 4.06 a try to see if it solves the problem? if still doesn't, try 5.12 see if it works.
Radio image is not really tied with Rom, Froyo requires 4.06 or later radios. Since radio software handles all data communication.. so it is still possible that radio software caused the problem (i think )
Ive had this problem since I first got the N1, was happening even while running stock 2.1 so I dont think it has to do with the OS. I had written it off thinking it was an issue with TMO and their network. But at this point doesnt seem like that.
I've ran 4.06 radio in the past and still the problem presented itself so Im pretty confident that rolling back to 4.06 isnt going to fix it. I've just recently upgraded to the 5.12 radio so we'll see if that ends up working.
Other than that any other ideas?
So I've been messing around with more roms lately trying to find one that has all the features I like and that are easy to use. I am on the latest clockwork recovery through rom manager. I was on the korean radio 5.08? and flashed around with superhybrid, miui bundle, desire hd, rodriguez miui. and an oc-kernel for 1152mhz? something like that.
My phone just won't connect to the data connection no more, on any of the rom. i tried changing my APN to a couple. I tried switching back to my usual rom, I tried upgrading to the radio to the latest korean radio of 5.12. I was able to get edge connection for a brief moment, but it barely works. When I say brief i mean like 2 minutes then there goes my edge connection....
I'm hoping this is network side in this general area only, but is there a possible problem on my phone? any solution if it is?
I would try it out at different part of town that you usually get 3G.
If it's like that all the times everywhere than it might be the phone but I doubt it.
I had the same problems for about 2 weeks here at work (everywhere else it work fine). Tmobile must have fixed the tower cause it's working fine now at work also.
I have been experiencing data issues after rooting my device. The signal bar never seems to fill all the way since rooting. Before root I would have pretty consistent LTE. I still have a data connection, however it isn't nearly as it was before. Also, next to the signal bar I've noticed an "!" every now and then, I've tried searching for what this might mean, others have experienced it, but there were no answers. I am on Verizon, my SIM Status states I am on the network,
Network type is CDMA - 1xRTT
Baseband version is: MDM9625_104446.01.02.101R
Building # is LMY47Z white/64
I had read some where on this forum about flashing different radios. I've never attempted to do so. I'm fairly new to rooting, this is my second phone I've rooted my self. So feel free to use Crayons when explaining. The only thing I've done outside of the root was enable WIFI tethering through the system/build.prop.
Thanks for any help
Well rooting alone will not affect your data. You must have done something else to affect it
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Well rooting alone will not affect your data. You must have done something else to affect it
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I wasn't sure if maybe the recovery I used might of had an old radio of some sort, not really sure. I used TWRP if that matters. Like I said the only other thing I edited was the Build.prop with "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true"
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I wasn't sure if maybe the recovery I used might of had an old radio of some sort, not really sure. I used TWRP if that matters. Like I said the only other thing I edited was the Build.prop with "net.tethering.noprovisioning=true"
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if you messed up on the spelling in the build.prop method, you wouldnt be able to boot. twrp recovery does not have a radio, and is the only recovery for the n6. and rooting doesnt touch your radio, all root does is give you administative permissions. as a fact, since you still get a radio signal, even though crappy, its still a signal and nothing is wrong with your device. the only issue that you seem to be having is with your provider. do you live deep in the country? i know that with tmobile, thats where bad signals are, and some report the same issue as your having.
I get weird signal lte bars, but that's not indicative of call signal right? I am on cricket aka AT&T, using in central metro area, it tends to flux. Where as Nexus 5 and LG G3 seemingly had better signal (going by bars).
EDIT: have you tried checking your Settings>Battery>Cell Standby? What's you "time without a signal"? Today I got 3%, previously it was 10%, but I'm going in and out of buildings/elevators.
Well after a couple days I've been checking the Cell Standby like you mentioned. Its around 10%. When I'm at work its about 60%, but that's because I work in a controlled area that blocks most cell signals. My connection seems to be getting better, I can stream Netflix and other things on without much problems. I had my phone for a little bit before I rooted, and I never got the "!" next to my signal bar. I guess the "!" means it is searching for a data signal. I get it at least 3 times a day. I do live in a rural area, I wouldn't call it back woods. I'm about 30 min from the capital. but everything is settling out,
thanks for the replies!
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