I've a velocity and with the ICS upgrade I'm seeing lower reported signal strength (though it seems OK in practice). Is there a collection of various radios out yet that we can flash independantly of the ROM?
nope not till we get s-off
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Hello all, I've spent a lot of time trying different Radios on my Kaiser, but I've had some trouble. While I'm not certain my troubles are radio-caused, I know that when I got my phone (AT&T Tilt), I was able to make calls indoors without a problem and rarely experienced drop calls.
After flashing custom ROMs and different radios, my phone performs abysmally indoors and drops calls frequently. Other AT&T phones I have do not have these problems in the exact same locations.
Is there anyone out there who uses AT&T in California who might have some recommendations for the best performing radio? What radio did the AT&T Tilt's ship with?
Thanks in advance.
Moved as not ROM Development..
The best you can do is try Radios as so many variables.. Also may be worth going back to stock ROM with stock Radio to see if a hardware issue if recently has started happening.
Radio
Sorry for the wrong category...the Radio downloads are in the ROM dev section so I put it there without thinking
If I flash the stock ROM, will that automatically put me back to the stock Radio? What is, in fact, the stock Radio?
No need to be sorry and if it wasn't a Sunday i would have probably just directed to the Radio thread "but from what you said you tried loads"
Stock ROMs come with Radios the WIKI holds stock ROMs
same problem in CT on ATT. Nothing but stock will work now. I have tried all radio combinations and they work for a little while and then stop.
You say that they "stop" working? Very unusual for a Radio to outright "stop" working.
Hey guys, I live in a rural area in the USA and I use to get a pretty steady 1-2 bars my house. Recently I started flashing my ROM with some of the ROMs here and I've noticed I can now only get maybe 1 bar by my window. I was wondering if somehow my radio got changed or something else? I'm on T-mobile. Thanks for you help.
Beaver2
What radio version have you got installed?
(in case you don't know, look under 'start>system>settings>device information>software information'.)
Here's a thread with lots of different radio versions for download: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549939
Different radio versions are often better suited to different geographic areas/carriers. Take a read and see whether there are any comments about a particular radio version from someone who lives near you/uses the same carrier.
It says:
4.49.25.17
I'm knew here and I understand the concept of ROMs but what is the radio for and does flashing the ROM change it?
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It says:
4.49.25.17
I'm knew here and I understand the concept of ROMs but what is the radio for and does flashing the ROM change it?
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You can go here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=549939 and read about the different radios. Some roms work better with certain radios. Flash some and see what works best for you..
The radio (not to be confused with the internal FM-radio) is the firmware which controls the device's various antennas (among other hardware). It sits between your device's hardware and Windows Mobile. The radio is a huge factor in your reception in a given area, so changing radio versions may help you. The only problem with radios is that your situation is completely unique, and therefore, nobody can tell you which radio is best for your location. My advice is to simply try the latest ones, and see how those work, and using older and older ones until you find one that works for you. The procedure for flashing ROMs and radios is the same. Just ensure you don't flash a CDMA radio, or you'll brick your device. Visit cr1960's link for all GSM Rhodium radios.
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Hey guys, I live in a rural area in the USA and I use to get a pretty steady 1-2 bars my house. Recently I started flashing my ROM with some of the ROMs here and I've noticed I can now only get maybe 1 bar by my window. I was wondering if somehow my radio got changed or something else? I'm on T-mobile. Thanks for you help.
Beaver2
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Aluminum foil wrapped around a fork and tied to my phone seems to work for me.
Flashing a cooked ROM won't affect your radio version. But if you flash an official ROM, that usually comes with its own radio version too.
After the most recent stock update that added Sense 3 I started having intermittent radio problems. I had always been on stock and never fiddled with the firmware, radio, anything like that. The radio would randomly disconnect from the network and stay disconnected for a while, or I could get it back faster if I rebooted the phone or cycled flight mode. Using data often acted as a catalyst for the problem and I could reduce occurrences by using wifi when I'm at home. Total annoyance. I decided to try fixing it myself and I've found a lot of useful information here.
I first installed a couple different ROMs and found that after booting, there was no signal, so it was probably the radio. I had HBOOT 2.0 so I had to downgrade, use Revolutionary to get S-OFF, then start working with different radio versions. I haven't had any luck since.
Current setup:
Bought unbranded and unlocked from the UK. 900/1700/2100 model
Revolutionary HBOOT-6.13.1002
Baseband: 20.4802.30.0882U_3882.10.08.28_M
ROM: Virtuous Quattro RC2 (Android 4.0.2)
Network: 3 Sweden (UMTS 900/1200 network)
I've also had the same problem running Cyanogen 7.1 and Android Revolution HD 2.1.3. I had high hopes for ARHD since it said it specifically was designed for the radio I've flashed. I actually even went through and tried every single radio release from Gingerbread for the IncS. Same problem on all.
Strictly speaking it's not actually a no-signal problem, it's a very weak/malfunctioning signal problem. When I do a network scan I usually only see two of the three GSM networks here and most if not all 3G networks are missing. The few times my home network has actually shown up in the network scan list, I can't register on it. I get the "Temporarily unable to register on this network. Try again later." message.
I hope I've done enough searching and effort on my own here before posting. Needless to say I'll be grateful for any help I can get here. After many hours of reading, flashing, rebooting, reflashing, rinse and repeat, I'm looking for an end to this!
mroach said:
After the most recent stock update that added Sense 3 I started having intermittent radio problems. I had always been on stock and never fiddled with the firmware, radio, anything like that. The radio would randomly disconnect from the network and stay disconnected for a while, or I could get it back faster if I rebooted the phone or cycled flight mode. Using data often acted as a catalyst for the problem and I could reduce occurrences by using wifi when I'm at home. Total annoyance. I decided to try fixing it myself and I've found a lot of useful information here.
I first installed a couple different ROMs and found that after booting, there was no signal, so it was probably the radio. I had HBOOT 2.0 so I had to downgrade, use Revolutionary to get S-OFF, then start working with different radio versions. I haven't had any luck since.
Current setup:
Bought unbranded and unlocked from the UK. 900/1700/2100 model
Revolutionary HBOOT-6.13.1002
Baseband: 20.4802.30.0882U_3882.10.08.28_M
ROM: Virtuous Quattro RC2 (Android 4.0.2)
Network: 3 Sweden (UMTS 900/1200 network)
I've also had the same problem running Cyanogen 7.1 and Android Revolution HD 2.1.3. I had high hopes for ARHD since it said it specifically was designed for the radio I've flashed. I actually even went through and tried every single radio release from Gingerbread for the IncS. Same problem on all.
Strictly speaking it's not actually a no-signal problem, it's a very weak/malfunctioning signal problem. When I do a network scan I usually only see two of the three GSM networks here and most if not all 3G networks are missing. The few times my home network has actually shown up in the network scan list, I can't register on it. I get the "Temporarily unable to register on this network. Try again later." message.
I hope I've done enough searching and effort on my own here before posting. Needless to say I'll be grateful for any help I can get here. After many hours of reading, flashing, rebooting, reflashing, rinse and repeat, I'm looking for an end to this!
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Remember to close your back cover after each radio flash so you will get much accurate result.
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nsg86 said:
Remember to close your back cover after each radio flash so you will get much accurate result.
Sent from my HTC Incredible S using Tapatalk
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wow..i was having the same problem. totally forgot about the antenna in the back cover. i was going nuts flashing different radios wondering why i was getting only edge. i feel stupid. thanks
I had no idea the back cover made any difference at all. Thank you for pointing that out to me! I was seriously about to go buy an iPhone or something, but I remembered I loathe the keyboard in iOS
I'm all good now! Running radio .28_M with ICS and things are as they should be. At least throughout all this hassle I got my radio upgraded to a hopefully less-crashy version and I got some ICS up and running
Cheers guys!
I've recently upgraded to ICS about two weeks ago and have been having unstable signal for my phone. Incoming calls don't get through, 3g connection is unstable and off most of the time, and my sms/mms won't show up until much later in the day if at all. Am currently on Nik's X Project v2 Rom and have tried various ICS roms too. My phone's s-off with the latest HBoot 2.002, and have been using various radios from GB to ICS .Any help will be greatly appreciated!
If the problem only occurs on ICS I'm pretty sure, it's a Radio thing. Try this one: http://d-h.st/users/Inferi0r/?fld_id=3417#files
May be the antenna problem. It is in the back cover at the bottom. I had to replace it to get a good reception again.
Hello all...
Are there any Sinless ROM 4.1 GE (or similar ROM) users out there who are finding signal strength, both on wi-fi and cell/data, to be weaker on this ROM than others? Is this just in how it is measured or might there be a radio issue?
Both seem to work, but it's distressing to be seeing no signal when I was used to two bars or more on stock...
Thanks!
-marcintouch
marcintouch said:
Hello all...
Are there any Sinless ROM 4.1 GE (or similar ROM) users out there who are finding signal strength, both on wi-fi and cell/data, to be weaker on this ROM than others? Is this just in how it is measured or might there be a radio issue?
Both seem to work, but it's distressing to be seeing no signal when I was used to two bars or more on stock...
Thanks!
-marcintouch
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It is just how it is measured/displayed, in the ROM threads there are a few posts on the ARGE for one
Thanks so much!