I live in Edmonton, alberta Canada and have a 9000m on bell with darky rom10.2 JVQ band.
the phone works great in town I have zero complaints but as soon as I get outside the city even a kilometer or two it drops right down to one bar then some after to nothing.
now my girlfriend's iPhone 3g has full reception in all the areas mine has none, hers is also on bell so she has been bashing my wonderful phone claiming iPhone superior.
after reading threads I have come to the conclusion my modem installed is incorrect. as there are about 6 or so different modems I'm wondering if anyone in my area can narrow it down for me as I have read different modems are for different providers and areas.
any help would be great!
Change ur modem
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Hey Guys,
I have a GT-i9000 (Unlocked) and after a few firmware upgrades I have been noticing worse call receptions (more drops) and worse 3G data performance.
For example, I once had near perfect reception and few call drops along my drive home, now (5 firmwares later) I have been dropping calls like my old iPhone (actually worse) and what is more upsetting, yesterday my friends with their iPhones all had signal while I was getting the no service icon.
While i know the Captivate users can use the i9000 kernels (but swapping out the modem file) I wonder if anyone knows if I can use their Captivate modem file (JG8) instead of the one that comes with JM7 to fix my issues with reception and 3g performance .
What functionality will i lose? I travel to Germany often, will that cause issues with 1900Mhz and 2100Mhz bands ?
Is there any other reason that my signal would be so poor?? I really need help with this.....
Is anyone else using an unlocked i9000 on AT&T and having poor voice calls (signal/drops)?
What firmware are you using now? I would like to see if this relates to my issue.
I'm using JPC on my Bell i9000m and am starting to wonder if the reception is not as good as with JH2... I am contemplating using the JH2 modem file with JPC to see if it helps...
Coincidentally, I'll be in the US in a few weeks so I want to ensure I have good reception on AT&T as well.
i am using JM6
Just tried the modem from the the Captivate JG8, it would not even install.
So I am running JM7 now.
I will see how many dropped calls i get today.
JPC stopped booting for me and I am on JM7 as well - I'll post my comparative results as well tomorrow.
kurtkbee said:
Just tried the modem from the the Captivate JG8, it would not even install.
So I am running JM7 now.
I will see how many dropped calls i get today.
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Just did some tests with my wife's iPhone (3gs) and my galaxy s.
Passing the same dead zone and her phone could make calls and mine would fail.
I wonder if i put it on gsm mode only if that would help.
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Hi, was just interested to hear other peoples experience with certain modems in certain countries. Im in Australia and am currently using jpp and was wondering for issues such as reception and data speeds is there certain modems we should use in regards to where we live?
I havnt notice much dif with modems except JPM modem hangs on me often. Currently using JP0 and it seems stable. speed wise I havn't noticed any dif as Optus is always screwed due to over selling its network. Btw you are using optus too
Yeah Virgin using Optus just heard other people saying this modem does this and that compared this modem which doesnt etc just got me thinking cause we are flashing european firmwares maybe we should be using certain one.
I have owned my Samsung Captivate for ~6 months. I constantly have problems with internet in School. I always have 0 or 1 bar in class and in bathrooms. This is a major problem for me, the consumer.
I am using the Serendipity 6.3 and the hardcore speedmod kernel. I am on AT&T. I live in North New Jersey.
Someone told me 1900 doesnt penatrate walls as well as 850 so I switched my modem to I9000UGJL2 (Froyo) found at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391
This seems to have improved my internet connection speed, but I still seem to not have any internet and 0 to 1 bars in most class rooms and bathrooms.
When I get really close to the Window my bars go up and internet is there again and when I go outside I am also able to access sites again.
Because of this I am planning on switching to either Sprint of Verizon. I don't want to switch to the Evo 4g considering the Captivate Hardware surpasses the Evo 4g's. I have talked to a few friends and I am aware both Sprint and Verizon phones have internet in my school. My friend went on multiple websites in front of me on his droid on the Verizon network while I was not able to.
Any suggestions?
Please Help! Thanks.
its just the reception and wave length, not much will change it
ryanmahan said:
its just the reception and wave length, not much will change it
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But why do people have internet on Verizon and I don't? Verizon just dominates in NJ?
You could try putting your phone down while your at school and doing some work.
CB650 Wolf said:
You could try putting your phone down while your at school and doing some work.
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My grades are high. I own an online business so I constantly have to talk to staff online and when I have no internet this is impossible.
I am planning to switch to Verizon this week. I will buy myself the HTC ThunderBolt 4G and my mother the Samsung Convoy U640.
Verizon has better coverage... And are you using h or 3g?
Try using 3g if you were using h... But verizon would be much nicer
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Eksellent said:
My grades are high. I own an online business so I constantly have to talk to staff online and when I have no internet this is impossible.
I am planning to switch to Verizon this week. I will buy myself the HTC ThunderBolt 4G and my mother the Samsung Convoy U640.
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You could try flashing jk4... If not jvk or kc1....
I work in a car plant And it is huge and barricaded by walls and am on a constant H.... Modems, do vary by region, im in ohio....
Hope this helps... The modem thread should help out as well..
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I have talked to a few friends and I am aware both Sprint and Verizon phones have internet in my school.
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There could be a Sprint and Verizon cell tower in your campus.
Using Serendipity 7 build 1 on my ATT cappy.
3G/HSPA works fine at home (ohio) but I'm in south carolina for a few days and ask I can get is AT&T EDGE network, which is s...l...o...w... Despite the fact that the att coverage map on their web site says 3g is available.
Is this a modem issue? Am I just not seeing the right towers in this part of the US? Which modems work with s7 that might correct this down here?
thanks!
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Please post in the Serendipity sticky and do not start a new thread for a ROM-specific question.
gsarnold said:
Using Serendipity 7 build 1 on my ATT cappy.
3G/HSPA works fine at home (ohio) but I'm in south carolina for a few days and ask I can get is AT&T EDGE network, which is s...l...o...w... Despite the fact that the att coverage map on their web site says 3g is available.
Is this a modem issue? Am I just not seeing the right towers in this part of the US? Which modems work with s7 that might correct this down here?
thanks!
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^^^^this^^^^
Always keep a couple of modems on sd card especially when traveling.
Hi,
I just came back up from the states for vacation and I was using my galaxy s roaming. It was working perfectly fine down there but when I came back up to Canada, my phone couldn't connect to Bell. It sees rogers and I connect to it for "SOS calling only" but it can't find the Bell networks. Any help?
Thanks
What modem are you running? Also did something happen to your APN settings?
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.
I'm using JL2 and am on MIUI. My APN settings are still there. The exact same as before.
You must be on a different modem than jl2 because it has roaming issues in the states, that's why they released KC1.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.
Well, when i was in the states, i was on kc1 but when i came back up, i noticed that i couldn't connect to Bell. I thought that flashing to JC2 may help but it didn't.
In perkas file stash app there are 850 enabled modems and there is a kc1 modem there you could try. It Is cwm flashable also.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.
I'm pretty sure its not the modem. I've already flashed multiple that are confirmed to work on Bell and have the 850 frequency.
I did have a problem one or two times after flashing a new rom and then our modem and it didn't work right away, but eventually it worked fine. Maybe if you give it some time it may work. Are you in a 1900 band area or 850 only?
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.
I live in a pretty big city so I would guess that I would have both frequencies. The phones been in this state for a good 24 hours now so I don't think waitings going to help. Do you think it may have something to do with the SIM?
It is possible that there is a problem with the sim. They aren't indestructible. You could try someone else's sim.
Swyped from a galaxy far far away.