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signal drop

I have a weird problem with my galaxy s. Normally my phone reception is strong and shows 5 bars but then sporadically it drops to 0 bars and I have no connection. This happens even when I don't touch the device. However I do notice that when I touch it the signal drops slightly. When I was in a train yesterday it dropped all the time. My father has the same provider as me with his iphone 4 and is not experiencing any drops so that shouldnt be the issue.
This problem seems rather recent after installing darky's rom v.7 and 8, but I'm not sure if that's whats causing the probem. Any ideas? I would hate to send back my phone. Could it also be a sim card problem for some reason?

Try to switch to GSM mode only.. I noticed my signal is about 50% lower if my network mode is set to auto instead of GSM mode.

the signal does seem a bit stronger you're right! thx for that
I'm not sure if it fixes the problem though because it could jump from strong signal to no signal in a split second..

Changed the ROM and got problems does that not give you the answer .
Cannot send back the phone as with a non standard ROM warranty is invalid .
I would flash back to Eclair via ODIN the use Kies to update to your providers current firmware .
jje

well it makes no sense that changing a rom that works well for everyone would be a cause of a weird problem like this. I gotta say though that since changing the option that EarlZ mentioned helped and I haven't seen a drop yet, so lets hope that fixed it.

Metusion said:
well it makes no sense that changing a rom that works well for everyone would be a cause of a weird problem like this. I gotta say though that since changing the option that EarlZ mentioned helped and I haven't seen a drop yet, so lets hope that fixed it.
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Does not work well for everyone if you read the multiple complaints .
Thats the nature of rom building a work in progress .
Easy way to test is as always to revert to original rom .
jje

Signal Problems on Custom Rom

Alright,
First, Here is what im using currently:
My Own Rom
-Cooked with Dsixda's kitchen
-Based on rdannar's Barebones 10e froyo rom
-With my own custom bootanimation
-Go Launcher instead of SonyErricsson
-some various build.prop tweaks [hsupa cat.,lcd density(changing quite often so i can use a lower density and still use the market... ugh!)]
-And bedwa's thrillz v3 kernel cooked in
And my issue is:
At random times i will have a complete loss of service. Usually what happens is, im texting someone back and forth and when i go to text them back, my text wont send! so, i retry sending... doesnt work. Usually the only way i can make it work is to reboot, however a few times putting it into airplane mode and then back out has worked.
Now, i know what your thinking, its probably my rom... But i am fairly certain i had this issue when i was using just the barebones 10e rom, and i cant remeber exactly but i think i had the problem once back when i was on gtg465x's thriller v1.1.0 rom with my own OC kernel.
So, basically im just curious if anyone else has had this problem as well, or if anyone has a fix for me?
anybody who wants to post their:
-APN settings
-build.prop network categories
-and other build.prop settings
-or anything else
would be appreciated.
thanks

Had that problem
On every rom
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Sounds like it could be many possible things... Myself I'm on Roadrunner and whatever beta kernel I'm tweaking with my Thrillz line (Currently on BetaV4.) and I haven't had any issues. Then again I'm not sending SMS/MMS. I do all of that through Google Voice as I have SMS blocked. (old UNL Data FTW)
Is it primarily when sending SMS or MMS?

Were you able to fix it ever rdannar?
I do a lot of texting so typically yeah it is when im using messaging but I'm pretty sure that a few of the times it has just been when trying to use the browser...
Usually happens once the screen has been off for a while, then I turn it on, try and use an app that uses data, and then it it just never connects... until I restart.
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Another question is have you guys tried one of the 920h basebands as well. I have a signal drop on rare occasion, but nothing truly affecting service. It has to be one of 3 factors. Kernel, Baseband, Rom.

I have tried everything except 920h... people have always reported signal drop with this device. The hard part is it only uses hspa + so it doesn't usually catch 3g signals much.... at least that's what I've read about... try and take out hspa and network tweaks out of the build prop to see if that helps
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Hspa+ is nothing more than a network improvement on UMTS (Standard 3G). It almost sounds like the radio.

Yeah I don't know why, but every custom rom I've tried on this phone has crap signal.

Dec 14
On the 14th (wednesday) im gonna start chasing down the cause of my signal problems using some of your suggestions. I have to take my finals and finish up some final papers then i'm going to dive back in to trying to help make the thrill awesome.

bzlmnop said:
On the 14th (wednesday) im gonna start chasing down the cause of my signal problems using some of your suggestions. I have to take my finals and finish up some final papers then i'm going to dive back in to trying to help make the thrill awesome.
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Good luck with finals and we'll be here

I think i figured it out!
So, finals went well... (i think), I still havent gotten my grades back...
But, i wiped data/factory reset, wiped cache, and wiped dalvik. Then flashed the latest Doomed froyo w/ OC (thanks Urabewe) just to have a fresh start. Finally, i started playing with the build.prop network tweaks and almost everything i did had a negative effect on network speed and consistency of the connection. [also, im pretty sure the doomed build.prop did not include any of the common network speed tweaks, i.e. hsdpa cat, etc.]
So, in short, i am pretty sure the build.prop stuff was my problem.
However, i am going to continue testing various ro.ril build.prop tweaks and various apn settings; to hopefully find out what build.prop tweaks will have a negative effect and if any will have a positive effect, and what apn setup works best. I will post anything significant i discover in this thread...
Thanks for the build.prop suggestion, i had suspected that was my problem...

[Q] A ROM that simply works[Solved]

I'm currently using CM7.2 by Mebitek and I must say it is running very smoothly with stability. But recently, I've been having problems with my wifi and 3G data not connecting. It's probably because of the Kickass kernalizer script.
Anyway, I wish to know which is the most stable ROM and which scripts or mods can be used with it. Also, which scripts should one stay away from while using the said custom ROM. Doesn't matter if it is CM7 or stock based.
Here is what I use my smartphone for: calls, sms, email, web browsing, YouTube, and Amazon Kindle. I use wifi and 3G.
Please suggest something. I've messed around with a lot of Custom ROMs(I had fun while doing it) and now I wish to have a phone that I can rely on in times of need.
TL;DR: Need to know which is the most stable custom ROM and which scripts can be used with it.
Solved:
Mebitek's CM7.2.0 RC1 v1.0
With:
1) Slaidyboost V2.3
2) Darktremor's a2sd
3) Beats Audio
4) BraviaMegaBass
Issues: Google Play Store error 492. Unable to delete dalvik-cache. Unable to uninstall an app.
Issues 2: Getting system FC sometimes in v1.2.
MORe ROM with Slaidyboost:
1) Rebooted while I was showing off. So embarrassed.
Andro-ID v3.2 without any scripts:
The most stable and smooth ROM among all of the above.
Andro-ID v3.3.1 without any scripts:
Stable but a little slow sometimes.

you can try MORe v1 by godell
stable, fast, and it includes slaidyboost script too

RC 5.3 with slaid shuld give a good battery and stability
Andro-id 3.3.1with slaid but I still dint test that rom for connectivity issues...give it a try..
Cyanmobile and sliad was good for me...well of course I had a force or sleep of death atleast once a day, rather than that, everything shuld be fine.
Emanon V3 with slaid is good too..
P.S -- Sucks to say but I don't use 3G coz I like airtels connectivity and it sucks in terms of 3G coz thhey rob us....lol
And off-topic - does docomo has good 3G plans? Want to change to 3G badly...
Cheers.. give a try to all these roms and suit yoursrlf...

boaxfux said:
I'm currently using CM7.2 by Mebitek and I must say it is running very smoothly with stability. But recently, I've been having problems with my wifi and 3G data not connecting. It's probably because of the Kickass kernalizer script.
Anyway, I wish to know which is the most stable ROM and which scripts or mods can be used with it. Also, which scripts should one stay away from while using the said custom ROM. Doesn't matter if it is CM7 or stock based.
Here is what I use my smartphone for: calls, sms, email, web browsing, YouTube, and Amazon Kindle. I use wifi and 3G.
Please suggest something. I've messed around with a lot of Custom ROMs(I had fun while doing it) and now I wish to have a phone that I can rely on in times of need.
TL;DR: Need to know which is the most stable custom ROM and which scripts can be used with it.
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no rom runs video streaming better than the stock rom in my experience, if i wanted that i would go back to a stock rom (it's been fine tuned by the vendor)
stock worked best for me, but it's not performance i'm interested in, it's the features, that's why i use cyanmobile atm

Thanks guys. I'll give it a try and post here.
freakyfriday said:
And off-topic - does docomo has good 3G plans? Want to change to 3G badly...
Cheers.. give a try to all these roms and suit yoursrlf...
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I'm using the Rs. 246/month plan(Prepaid). It gives 720MB of data, which lasts a month if used for browsing(With pics) and Google Maps. The plan includes 250 minutes of calls to local/national and roaming. It also includes 100 smses(I replace this with the Rs. 7 plan which makes SMS cost Rs .05 paisa). So, at only Rs. 246, I don't have to recharge for a whole month. Check the attachment.

boaxfux said:
Thanks guys. I'll give it a try and post here.
I'm using the Rs. 246/month plan(Prepaid). It gives 720MB of data, which lasts a month if used for browsing(With pics) and Google Maps. The plan includes 250 minutes of calls to local/national and roaming. It also includes 100 smses(I replace this with the Rs. 7 plan which makes SMS cost Rs .05 paisa). So, at only Rs. 246, I don't have to recharge for a whole month. Check the attachment.
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Thanks buddy...will take no. port to TDCMo soon..

freakyfriday said:
Thanks buddy...will take no. port to TDCMo soon..
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Sure, no problem.
For CM7 RC5.3, should I install the updates too? There are 4 updates there. One says "(Outdated. Do not install.)".

boaxfux said:
Sure, no problem.
For CM7 RC5.3, should I install the updates too? There are 4 updates there. One says "(Outdated. Do not install.)".
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Apply 1st 2nd and optional updates....no need for outdated one as its included in 2nd.. also dwnld slaid...its working wonders for me

I have just tried lots of different Roms.
I've finally settled on emanoN version 6. this is the only rom I've tried that has had no force close at all.
it does have issues with disappearing icons from the draw and the home screens, installing adw launcher totally cured it.
I don't tinker with any settings and am not interested in over clocking as performance is ok.
I use wifi and 3g intensively and have had no problems with lost connections.
I use aldiko for most books, and coolreader for books in plain text format.
also installed the gingerbread keyboard.
would highly recommend it.

I'm unable to turn off the 'Automatic Brigtness' option in RC5.3. Can someone please help me with that?
@top_Score: Thanks for detailed answer, friend. I'll try that too. Actually, I'm going like this: Take advice from the guy with the highest thanks meter. If unsatisfactory, take advice from the next highest thanks meter fellow till satisfactory results are obtained.

Andro-ID v3.2
But don't use any scripts.

freakyfriday said:
RC 5.3 with slaid shuld give a good battery and stability
Andro-id 3.3.1with slaid but I still dint test that rom for connectivity issues...give it a try..
Cyanmobile and sliad was good for me...well of course I had a force or sleep of death atleast once a day, rather than that, everything shuld be fine.
Emanon V3 with slaid is good too..
P.S -- Sucks to say but I don't use 3G coz I like airtels connectivity and it sucks in terms of 3G coz thhey rob us....lol
And off-topic - does docomo has good 3G plans? Want to change to 3G badly...
Cheers.. give a try to all these roms and suit yoursrlf...
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I used 3g for 20 seconds or so and they charged 4 Rs for that
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boaxfux said:
I'm unable to turn off the 'Automatic Brigtness' option in RC5.3. Can someone please help me with that?
@top_Score: Thanks for detailed answer, friend. I'll try that too. Actually, I'm going like this: Take advice from the guy with the highest thanks meter. If unsatisfactory, take advice from the next highest thanks meter fellow till satisfactory results are obtained.
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The mini has got no auto brightness sensor. So don't care about the option. The option is only for phones which support it.
The developer hasn't deleted the option. You can try kittenlunix cm7. He has deleted unsupported options from the rom.
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motorazrv3 said:
The mini has got no auto brightness sensor. So don't care about the option. The option is only for phones which support it.
The developer hasn't deleted the option. You can try kittenlunix cm7. He has deleted unsupported options from the rom.
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Oh that's fine. I want to turn on the 'Status bar brightness control'. But the option to turn on the status bar brightness control is grayed out and it says 'Automatic brightness is enabled'. I attached a screenshot of that in my previous reply.

Hm i cant remeber that option. Squads rc 5.3 is a long time back.
On the other cm7 roms, like mebiteks, the option for changing brightness via statusbar is working.
Maybe you should try another version of squads rom.

boaxfux said:
I'm currently using CM7.2 by Mebitek and I must say it is running very smoothly with stability. But recently, I've been having problems with my wifi and 3G data not connecting. It's probably because of the Kickass kernalizer script.
Anyway, I wish to know which is the most stable ROM and which scripts or mods can be used with it. Also, which scripts should one stay away from while using the said custom ROM. Doesn't matter if it is CM7 or stock based.
Here is what I use my smartphone for: calls, sms, email, web browsing, YouTube, and Amazon Kindle. I use wifi and 3G.
Please suggest something. I've messed around with a lot of Custom ROMs(I had fun while doing it) and now I wish to have a phone that I can rely on in times of need.
TL;DR: Need to know which is the most stable custom ROM and which scripts can be used with it.
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It's hard to recommend since I also use the Mebitek's version (from Kittenlinux), I would suggest to remove that script and go for slaidy. For me it's the longest installed ROM I've used, the only nag is the Mobile Tethering is buggy (when I select it opens but you can't turn it off unless you start wifi).
But the stability is hardly compared by other ROMs.

Tree DreamW Rom batteri life 2g 3g umts all work nice overlocked at 740 go to 806 but i recomand 710 max 740

tisazalay said:
It's hard to recommend since I also use the Mebitek's version (from Kittenlinux), I would suggest to remove that script and go for slaidy. For me it's the longest installed ROM I've used, the only nag is the Mobile Tethering is buggy (when I select it opens but you can't turn it off unless you start wifi).
But the stability is hardly compared by other ROMs.
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I'm currently testing the RC5.3 with slaidy and it seems to be very nice. I was just thinking about using slaidy with Mebitek's CM7.
When I was on Mebitek's ROM, I was using V6 supercharger and Kickass Kernelizer. I had problems like:
1) Settings would not stick. Example: Go to settings>Sound> Turn on Audible touch tones. Press back. Go to Sound again and see that "Audible touch tones" is off.
2) Google Play Store error.
3) When on wifi connection: Turn off wifi and wait for it to connIf it does not then turn on airplane mode, then turn off airplane modeect using 3G. If it gets connected to 3G then great. If it does not then turn on airplane mode, then turn off airplane mode. It should connect. OR just reboot with wifi off.
After sometime if you try to turn on wifi again: Error. Bang head on wall.
If it does not then turn on airplane mode, then turn off airplane mode
I suspect that the above problems I faced were because of the Kickass Kernalizer script, beause the script came with a warning.
Did you manage to handle the wifi hotspot issue? By using a third part app or something?

Most stable ROM/kernel and reception/3g problems

I'am currently using Darky's ROM Extreme, the newest version. And well, from the moment I started using it my internet & reception started to work very poorly. Connectivity to 3g is dying almost always (And I live in LONDON. How's that possible?) and reception bar's jump from one to max frequently. I am not quite sure that this is Darky's fault but well - when I was running stock ROM + speedmod it was just perfect.
So yeah two questions from me:
1) What's the best ROM in the matters of 3g and reception? It also need's to have the tether function (all ROM's have that right?) 'cause I'm using that quite a lot.
2) If not because of the ROM, any idea where from my problems might be coming from?

Try putting in #9900# in keypad
Disable fast dormecy and exit (may need to do this everytime you restart phone)
or
search the #197328640# code on here I use Ario Rom as I dont like ICS type roms
Its stable fast and no issues with 3g or wifi..
..and it has tether w/semaphore
See if that helps.

CM 7 and 10 always lost signal

Hi all,
I'm always losing cellular signal when using CM 7 or 10 roms.
And I will not be aware of the problem until I try to make calls, then the signal indicator will turn to an "X". Which means I could be missing incoming calls.
It doesn't matter which baseband I use. This problem always occur as soon as on the same day I install the rom.
I don't have this problem however as long as I'm using stock roms (30A, 20S, 20Q, etc), even if the rom is from other regions.
I'm from Singapore and having the signal problem on M1 and Starhub. Would really like to use CM roms and appreciate if any one can help.
Thank you.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda app-developers app

ranger79 said:
Hi all,
I'm always losing cellular signal when using CM 7 or 10 roms.
And I will not be aware of the problem until I try to make calls, then the signal indicator will turn to an "X". Which means I could be missing incoming calls.
It doesn't matter which baseband I use. This problem always occur as soon as on the same day I install the rom.
I don't have this problem however as long as I'm using stock roms (30A, 20S, 20Q, etc), even if the rom is from other regions.
I'm from Singapore and having the signal problem on M1 and Starhub. Would really like to use CM roms and appreciate if any one can help.
Thank you.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda app-developers app
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Use SU1120 BB

OK. I have flashed my BB to the SU1120 as suggested. Will monitor from here.
Thanks.

Update: With Temasek's Kang, the phone has been working well for the first 36 hours since flashing. However, i have been having signal lost a few times already today but the signal always manage to come back after some times.
So I guess SU1120 is better than all other BB that I've tried, though signal lost still happens. Looks like I have to stick to the stock rom with stock kernal.
Those in Singapore, what BB are you using with CM7 / CM10? Do you encounter signal lost?