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I might have to send mine back, if I were to buy some apps and then get a different handset, can I still use them on the new device.
Kev
no they are tied to your gmail account. So if you send it back you can restore them on your new device without having to pay again..
I can verify this - I have apps that I bought for my G1, still in my downloads when I got my magic and again have been transferred to my Hero. Linking to your gmail account is a really fair way for software to work -
On Win Mo it was often tied to the IMEI so if it bust or you sold it you had to buy again or grovel for another code....
Dayzz
Thanks Both, that is good to know.
Coupled with a post I have read on here from someone who apparantly got a refund very simply on an app, it is making Android look really good.
Only issues left for me are.
1. Trying to forget how good the iPhone is (at the things it does)
2. Try to increase font sizes on Hero.
3. Try to solve the frequent "a network error has occured, please retry, or cancel and return to the previous screen"
4. Solve the seemingly poor wi-fi reception.
5. Try to forgot how none of those things are an issue on iPhone
Kev
kevwright said:
Thanks Both, that is good to know.
Coupled with a post I have read on here from someone who apparantly got a refund very simply on an app, it is making Android look really good.
Only issues left for me are.
1. Trying to forget how good the iPhone is (at the things it does)
2. Try to increase font sizes on Hero.
3. Try to solve the frequent "a network error has occured, please retry, or cancel and return to the previous screen"
4. Solve the seemingly poor wi-fi reception.
5. Try to forgot how none of those things are an issue on iPhone
Kev
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Lot of things there that you have compared to the iPhone, what do you like better than the iPhone though?
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Nahhh get a iPhone. The Hero's not for you. It's 'orrible. You won't Like it.
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Hehehe
Dayzzzz - Get set for going off to the Ed Festival...
It appears to be tied in my experience. I bought video safe and photo safe on the g1, and on upgrading to a g2, it am unable to install those apps. It appears that trying to reinstall is making an attempt to charge my bank card again.
I have emailed the supplier. I would see what they have to say.
You might get a checking credit card details message but I think this is just to check that its the same as the one that paid. I've never been charged again for the apps I've bought, including copilot .
Dayz
Does anyone know if XDA developers have any intent to create an app that would allow us to force the HTC Hero (CDMA for Sprint), and future Sprint Android phones, to roam? Service is weak in my office and I would love to force it to roam.
Thanks!
Would love to have the ability to force roam.
I would love to have the ability to force roam. Sounds like I'm in the same boat. At work i get like 1/2 bar of reception, while my roaming reception is full bars. My centro had the ability to force it to roam which really saved me but my hero doesn't. I would love if an app made this possible with maybe a toggle switch widget. Not sure if you would need root access for this or not. Could someone elighten us as to whether or not this can be done and if someone is already looking into the issue?
totally on the same boat. this is a must have.
it was done easily on my sprint touch on winmo =/
I would love this ability as well.
^^ Bump ^^
Same problem here!
Same here...while I don't know anything about rooting, I would imagine it wouldn't be that difficult for someone with some skill to allow roam only if it was a setting originally there and disabled before release..
Had this for my Pre. Definately would make my Hero much more usable. I actually believe my battery would last over a day if someone could create this.
Ok, we need to bump this thread. I just switched from my Q9c that had full signal while roaming at my
house (otherwise, no service from sprint). I got my Hero yesterday, and I can't get service PERIOD. I
am willing to pay, and so are a lot of others, for an app for the Hero to force roam. Willing to pay damn good money here.
PLEASE, someone chime in on this.
Yes I need this app I would so pay for this I only need it at my home and I'm paying for air rave bump bump bump
Someone seems to be trying http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg16197.html
I have noticed something.......if I turn on wifi in my home rather than use the data it finds roaming network 50% less. If I leave an app running that consistently taps the data which can be expensive unless you have unlimited it seems to hold the roaming signal in place until the data connection goes dormant.
bump?Anything?
Bumpity bump. This is the only thing stopping me from getting a Hero (or another Android phone).
I am honestly shocked noone has come up with this yet. This is definately one instance where Android fails. Im bout ready to jump ship to big red.
pahick said:
I am honestly shocked noone has come up with this yet. This is definately one instance where Android fails. Im bout ready to jump ship to big red.
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I'm surprised as well. I think I'm going to get the Pre for now, and if there is ever a fix for this, then I'll move over to an Android phone. I'd like to contribute to a solution, but unfortunately time is hard to come by (the same I'm sure for many people).
I upgraded to Android and love it but hate the no forced roaming crap so I had to trade my other phones for a TP2 but I can't activate it until I get my stupid $100 MIR back from Sprint. So I suffer....
V.A.T.Juice said:
Someone seems to be trying http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/msg16197.html
I have noticed something.......if I turn on wifi in my home rather than use the data it finds roaming network 50% less. If I leave an app running that consistently taps the data which can be expensive unless you have unlimited it seems to hold the roaming signal in place until the data connection goes dormant.
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So the link you provided above...is guy that barking up the wrong tree?
Alright folks..I think i may have stumbled upon a workaround to force roaming!!
Procedure:
1. Download and install the diagnostics drivers for the Hero
2. Download the latest version of QPST (i'm using 2.7 build 323)
3. On your phone make sure USB debugging is turned on and push ##3424# in your phone keypad
4. Plug your phone in via USB and install the diagnostics drivers when prompted
5. If you've installed the drivers correctly, you should be able to go to Device Manager in control panel and see it registered as a COM port/USB diagnostic device
6. Next open QPST Service Programming>Connection>New. You should see your phone/COM port and you obviously choose that.
7. Choose "Read from phone" in the lower left hand of the window, after which you'll be prompted for your service programming code/MSL (Google your way to find it if you don't already have it)
8. Whence you have entered that code you'll see your phone info around
9. Go to the System tab (5th tab in my setup)
10. NOW..what worked for me was this setup: Preferred Mode: Digital Only (upon further investigation, apparently "Automatic" works as well) Band Preference: A Only (as a side note B Only worked for me as well) Roam Preference: Automatic
11. Press Write to Phone
12. Reboot your phone
That should do it!! If alls done right you should see the familiar Roam triangle over your service bars! Hope it works fer ya..to change back from roaming only change everything back to Automatic.
*DISCLAIMER*: I've been messing around with my phone's service programming quite a bit so this may only work for me cuz of some erroneous change I made to the internals. Also I've only tried this in an area that I know I can get signal at, so whether it is TRULY roaming, I don't know. All I do know is that it says Roaming in my phone's Status
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Alright folks..I think i may have stumbled upon a workaround to force roaming!!
Procedure:
1. Download and install the diagnostics drivers for the Hero
2. Download the latest version of QPST (i'm using 2.7 build 323)
3. On your phone make sure USB debugging is turned on and push ##3424# in your phone keypad
4. Plug your phone in via USB and install the diagnostics drivers when prompted
5. If you've installed the drivers correctly, you should be able to go to Device Manager in control panel and see it registered as a COM port/USB diagnostic device
6. Next open QPST Service Programming>Connection>New. You should see your phone/COM port and you obviously choose that.
7. Choose "Read from phone" in the lower left hand of the window, after which you'll be prompted for your service programming code/MSL (Google your way to find it if you don't already have it)
8. Whence you have entered that code you'll see your phone info around
9. Go to the System tab (5th tab in my setup)
10. NOW..what worked for me was this setup: Preferred Mode: Digital Only (upon further investigation, apparently "Automatic" works as well) Band Preference: A Only (as a side note B Only worked for me as well) Roam Preference: Automatic
11. Press Write to Phone
12. Reboot your phone
That should do it!! If alls done right you should see the familiar Roam triangle over your service bars! Hope it works fer ya..to change back from roaming only change everything back to Automatic.
*DISCLAIMER*: I've been messing around with my phone's service programming quite a bit so this may only work for me cuz of some erroneous change I made to the internals. Also I've only tried this in an area that I know I can get signal at, so whether it is TRULY roaming, I don't know. All I do know is that it says Roaming in my phone's Status
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Has anyone tried this yet? I don't have my cable available now to do so myself, but hopefully I can get it this weekend.
links
links please.....
I dont know if this has anything to do with the ROM im running (cyanogen 5 series)
but when i lose service for a period of time, like in my office, then i go outside on the road, it remains without service until i reboot. Anyone else running into this? I find it annoying i have to restart just to make a call
Try toggling on and off Airplane mode. Probably quicker.
Are you running the latest Radio?
Hi,
What radio version are you using?
*#*#4636#*#*
ERE36B 32.24.00.22u_4.03.00.21_2 ...is that the information u were looking for?
i have the same problem! it happened after the first radio update and im running stock rom..i have to go to settings/wireless & networks/mobile networks/network operators/select automatically to fix the probelm..its crazy because it shows i have full bars and 3G and I still can't send messages or call people till i do my fix...any answers??
same problem, i havent updated my radio but am using the latest cyanogen. i usually reboot. thanks for the airplane mode tip.
Moved as not Android Development.
Come to think of this... I had the issue once. I tried toggling Airplane Mode, but it kinda froze and wouldn't let me disable AM. Had to reboot and then it worked fine. Weird, but have only had it happen once. Someone post about this on Google's support site?
My sister has the Nexus also (talked her out of iPhone) and she's having these same issues. 3g dropping to edge randomly while the phone is just sitting there. Can't send SMS and has to reboot the phone. I feel bad because I'm the one that told her to get it and now she's having all these issues... though AT&T really sucks in my state. Her phone is up to date with the OTA updates.
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My sister has the Nexus also (talked her out of iPhone) and she's having these same issues. 3g dropping to edge randomly while the phone is just sitting there. Can't send SMS and has to reboot the phone. I feel bad because I'm the one that told her to get it and now she's having all these issues... though AT&T really sucks in my state. Her phone is up to date with the OTA updates.
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Those are separate issues, I think. I haven't ever experienced those issues... all I've had happen is to go into a building for a while where there was no signal, then after leaving and going outside, not reconnecting to the network. As I said though, a reboot fixed my issue. Not sure about your sister's issue, though it seems some are also experiencing... but not everyone is, which leads me to believe it's either something network related, or specific to a handful of phones. Perhaps a swap with HTC is in order.
It's network+Android. It's even prevalent in good 3G/H saturated areas. Anytime you're switching a speed (EDGE -> UMTS -> HSDPA) all data transfers stop until it's initialized. Unfortunately it seems that Android is handling this changeover extremely slowly and the problem is exacerbated by switching towers (like when you go to a new location). I've found that whenever I travel to a new location I use an Airplane Mode widget toggle when I get there and the problem goes away until I go somewhere else. But like I said it still exists when stationary like if there isn't a really solid HSDPA connection.
It's annoying.
Edit: I should point out that this problem exists with EDGE-3G (first gen Android handsets) as well. Try to do a stream or something like that with one bar of 3G then have it get knocked down to EDGE. 10 to 1 the stream gets interrupted. I know it happened plenty in certain areas with my G1. We're only noticing it more on the N1 because of the antenna placement makes staying on mediocre 3G connections tricky and add in the fact that we're now dealing with a THIRD connection type.
Edit again: I reread my post and it sounds like I'm coming off as "ZOMG THIS IS FACT". It's nothing more than my personal opinion and experiences. Sorry for the confusion.
Again... I think the OP is talking about LOSING SERVICE altogether.... i.e. the bars going grey and the little x showing up above the bars. Not the data connection switchover. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's what he's asking about.
uansari1 said:
Again... I think the OP is talking about LOSING SERVICE altogether.... i.e. the bars going grey and the little x showing up above the bars. Not the data connection switchover. Correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm pretty sure that's what he's asking about.
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Possibly, the OP isn't clear but that is pretty normal for XDA.
Gonesingle said:
I dont know if this has anything to do with the ROM im running (cyanogen 5 series)
but when i lose service for a period of time, like in my office, then i go outside on the road, it remains without service until i reboot. Anyone else running into this? I find it annoying i have to restart just to make a call
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Possibly, the OP isn't clear but that is pretty normal for XDA.
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Dude... read the post again. It's as clear as day...not to mention the title of the thread!
I've got the same issue too, and I'm with WIND mobile, so its definitely not a T-Mobile thing.
I either have to go to Airplane Mode, or if that won't work or takes too long, then I just battery pull, reboot and the phone is fine.
I've had this happen in different situations... If like the OP, I'm in an area with no coverage and then I enter a region with coverage, the Nexus One won't pick-up or notice that there's coverage and it'll just sit there and say no service.
If I try to manually select my Network/Mobile provider from the settings menu, it'll error out and say your SIM card is not recognized (others have had the same happen to them as well).
I've also had the phone go from full signal to a total loss of signal and signal would not return until I performed a battery pull.
Brownbay said:
I've got the same issue too, and I'm with WIND mobile, so its definitely not a T-Mobile thing.
I either have to go to Airplane Mode, or if that won't work or takes too long, then I just battery pull, reboot and the phone is fine.
I've had this happen in different situations... If like the OP, I'm in an area with no coverage and then I enter a region with coverage, the Nexus One won't pick-up or notice that there's coverage and it'll just sit there and say no service.
If I try to manually select my Network/Mobile provider from the settings menu, it'll error out and say your SIM card is not recognized (others have had the same happen to them as well).
I've also had the phone go from full signal to a total loss of signal and signal would not return until I performed a battery pull.
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I've never experienced the last problem you described...
By the way, instead of pulling the battery, you should do a soft reboot by pushing power, trackball, and volume down simultaneously. This is easier on your device then just cutting the power. Just bear in mind that it will take a few seconds for the phone to reboot, so be patient after hitting that key combo.
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Dude... read the post again. It's as clear as day...not to mention the title of the thread!
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I took it as data. /shrug
I'm not calling you out or anything. Chill out.
uberingram said:
I took it as data. /shrug
I'm not calling you out or anything. Chill out.
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I know man... I originally responded to you because I thought you had accidentally posted in the wrong thread, that's all.
uansari1 said:
I've never experienced the last problem you described...
By the way, instead of pulling the battery, you should do a soft reboot by pushing power, trackball, and volume down simultaneously. This is easier on your device then just cutting the power. Just bear in mind that it will take a few seconds for the phone to reboot, so be patient after hitting that key combo.
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Thanks for the tip man... Will definitely do what you've described from now on.
WIND is having some network issues, so their signal might have cut out and then that must have triggered the loss of signal bug with the phone where it doesn't see to renegotiate the connection.
BTW, does setting it to "WCDMA Only" make a difference for anyone?
Ok, after seeing some major call integrity gains by enabling evrc-b I decided to dig a little deeper. This is going to be an on going project of mine to help us get some better performance out of these beasts!
Requirements
1. Sense ROM with access to EPST
2. Your MSL
3. The ability to not panic if you mess up something
4. Root
Disclaimer
Your messing around in EPST, if you don't know exactly what that means you should google it because if you break something it's your fault not mine.
Now then! Onto the fun stuff! Please if you have anything to contribute please post and if you have real world experiences in how you have benefited I'll add it to the OP!
Note -- I highly advise you write down all your initial settings and keep them safe just in case
Call Quality and Integrity
1. Open the dialer and type ##778# and input your MSL (edit mode)
2. Open CDMA settings and scroll down to the bottom, you will see three settings. Home Page, Home Orig, Roam Orig. Change all of these to EVRC-B.
3. In the right hand corner tap menu and commit modifications.
This will help you maintain calls and help keep a higher quality of service when in a weak signal area. This is a noticeably big difference. With EVRC enabled I get a ton of dropped calls at home. With evrc-b enabled I get none. Like I can change these in real time and see the difference.
Call Integrity (possibly incorrect configuration looking into fixing)
1. Open your dialer and type ##778# and input your msl in edit mode.
2. Go to the NAM setting menu and scroll to the bottom. You will see an Access Overload setting. This effects the priority of your calls on the network. The higher the number the better. Change this setting to 9.
3. Hit the menu then commit modifications.
You should only see a difference when the network is experiencing a high call volume. Your calls will have priority over them. A side note, I've seen conflicting information for this. The Information I'm using is based off Wikipedia and Government listings. 10 is reserved for test and alert signals, 11 is for emergency services and 12-15 are reserved channels and I would not use them unless you want to risk getting in legal trouble.
Call Responsiveness
1. Open your phones dialer and dial ##778# and enter your msl in edit mode.
2. Go into the Modem settings and the Top option should be Slot Cycle Index. change this setting to SCI 1.
3. Hit menu and commit modifications.
This should help your phone feel and act a little more responsive (not talking about UI speed, but network speed) as it makes your phone poll and communicate with the towers more often. Other benefits to increasing the amount of polling your phone does remains to be seen. Negative effect on battery is possible and probably guaranteed. Also, as a side note. You can drop the setting to 0 but I feel that 1 wouldn't effect the battery as negatively. Plus some more information, towers broadcast at the '1' level and phones by default ping the towers at the '2' level. So better service or better battery?
Data up/down Speed Increase
1. Open your phones Dialer and type ##3282# and enter your MSL in edit mode.
2. Go to Advanced and scroll to the RTSP/HTTPS settings. Change the proxy servers to 0.0.0.0 (or leave them blank if you choose) and change the proxy ports to 0.
3. Hit ok then menu - commit modifications.
This makes it so your phone doesn't route through sprint. This is a tried and true method to get noticeable gains.
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thronnos said:
Call Quality and Responsiveness
1. Open your phones dialer and dial ##778# and enter your msl in edit mode.
2. Go into the Modem settings and the Top option should be Slot Cycle Index. change this setting to SCI 1.
3. Hit menu and commit modifications.
This should help your phone feel and act a little more responsive (not talking about UI speed, but network speed) as it makes your phone poll and communicate with the towers more often. Other benefits to increasing the amount of polling your phone does remains to be seen. Negative effect on battery is possible. Also, as a side note. You can drop the setting to 0 but I feel that 1 wouldn't effect the battery as negatively. So better service or better battery?
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This MOST DEFINATELY will reduce your battery life significantly. There is no need for this to be set lower than 2. 1 will make the phone ring faster because of the constant polling but only by about 1 second, maybe 2 seconds. Also this will not effect calll quality like the other setting you have will. This is simply how often it polls the towers. The other 2 tweaks are very useful though. good job
94tbird said:
This MOST DEFINATELY will reduce your battery life significantly. There is no need for this top be set lower than 2. 1 will make the phone ring faster because of the contant polling but only by about 1 second, maybe 2 seconds. Also this will not effect calll quality like the other setting you have will. This is simply how often it polls the towers. The other 2 tweaks are very useful though. good job
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Thank you! Yeah, this is a work in progress and the information will change and more will be added as I read, learn, and play.
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How can I get my MSL? Seems the few apps I've tried from the play store are a no go.
reynoldsrobbie said:
How can I get my MSL? Seems the few apps I've tried from the play store are a no go.
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Go to the sprint website and enable an e-chat. Tell them you want to enable evrc-b on your device and they should give you the msl with no issue.
Edit: that's what I did
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reynoldsrobbie said:
How can I get my MSL? Seems the few apps I've tried from the play store are a no go.
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PM me and i can tell you how to obtain your MSL
Most of this info is correct. Except for the ACCOLC setting. In fact, the lower the better. ACCOLC 0 and 1 are reserved for emergency-response teams to gain priority over 'regular callers' during storms, hurricanes etc. You can even use 0 or 1 but it will not do anything special -seing as how this is intended for GSM-based sim voice connections. The only thing we use SIM for is LTE. Leaving it at the default 2 isn't bad or good or netural, it just is. Either way, I always use 0
@thronnos you should include changing the proxy servers for RTSP and the other thing. Just erase the addresses, leave the ports how they are. You can alternatively use 0.0.0.0 for the addresses if you don't want a blank field. Also, OP, will you be including QPST tweaks at some point? I've been meaning to plug my phone in ##DIAG# mode and load up the latest QPST software to mess with everything, but I haven't found the time.
I will be trying out the EVRC-B thing because I've been getting A LOT of dropped calls over the last few weeks. I'd say at least every other phone conversation or so. I'm hoping that this does solve the problem.
Eventually I will be adding more to this. Its just as I have time to play around and Google and see what works or doesn't.
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Tilde88 said:
Most of this info is correct. Except for the ACCOLC setting. In fact, the lower the better. ACCOLC 0 and 1 are reserved for emergency-response teams to gain priority over 'regular callers' during storms, hurricanes etc. You can even use 0 or 1 but it will not do anything special -seing as how this is intended for GSM-based sim voice connections. The only thing we use SIM for is LTE. Leaving it at the default 2 isn't bad or good or netural, it just is. Either way, I always use 0
@thronnos you should include changing the proxy servers for RTSP and the other thing. Just erase the addresses, leave the ports how they are. You can alternatively use 0.0.0.0 for the addresses if you don't want a blank field. Also, OP, will you be including QPST tweaks at some point? I've been meaning to plug my phone in ##DIAG# mode and load up the latest QPST software to mess with everything, but I haven't found the time.
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I got my ACCOLC thing straight from Wikipedia and it's links
And verizon has it enabled, I've read that sprint doesn't but doesn't hurt!
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Possibly found a way to greatly increase 1X and LTE speeds/throughput. Playing around now. I'll report back later.
Right now results seem negative but that just could be a placebo.
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Ok. I've tried both settings and it's safe.
I need a couple people who want to try out both of these settings (LTE users preferred) and report back settings.
I'll use 2 control groups. I want to try and keep it fair between both settings. If anyone wants to help test just post here. I'll get something setup.
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thronnos said:
Ok. I've tried both settings and it's safe.
I need a couple people who want to try out both of these settings (LTE users preferred) and report back settings.
I'll use 2 control groups. I want to try and keep it fair between both settings. If anyone wants to help test just post here. I'll get something setup.
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I would be interested in testing out your settings. I have great LTE coverage here in D/FW. I'd say about 90-95% of the time, I am in an LTE coverage area, but those times when I travel outside of the metroplex, I am stuck on Sprint's terrible 3G network. So anything that would increase data speeds would be most helpful!
Count me in. I'm in Houston.
firebornexirta said:
I would be interested in testing out your settings. I have great LTE coverage here in D/FW. I'd say about 90-95% of the time, I am in an LTE coverage area, but those times when I travel outside of the metroplex, I am stuck on Sprint's terrible 3G network. So anything that would increase data speeds would be most helpful!
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Alright. What your gonna need to do is this.
1. Dial ##778# and then enter your msl (edit mode)
2. Go to Modem Settings and down at the bottom you will see a setting CDMA Mobile Receive Diversity. Its disabled by default. There are 2 settings enable and RDDS.
Turn on 'Enable' and hit commit modifications. Let your phone reboot (might take a while) if it hangs just so you know how to force a reboot. How the power and volume down till screen shuts off.
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kleen3r said:
Count me in. I'm in Houston.
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Do the same thing. Enable. Not RDDS
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thronnos said:
if it hangs just so you know how to force a reboot. How the power and volume down till screen shuts off.
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Just need to hold the power button... No need for Volume keys. Maybe you read a tutorial that showed you it that way, so that you boot straight into Bootloader... But yea its just the power button. YOu will see the lights blinking.
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Just need to hold the power button... No need for Volume keys. Maybe you read a tutorial that showed you it that way, so that you boot straight into Bootloader... But yea its just the power button. YOu will see the lights blinking.
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Ahhh. Yeah, that's what it was
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Recently I'm quite often annoyed by a popup asking me to select the network I want to connect to. Took me a while to figure out in most cases my mobile signal was weak then. I've set the device to automatically chose the network (as my provider has two entries here, one for 2G and one for 3G).
As I explicitly said "automatically", why I am always asked and, more importantly, how to get rid of that?
What good is an automatic like that otherwise, if I'm just trying to read something (offline) on my device, and all 2..5 seconds have to close such a stupid popup
Besides I remember having had a similar popup when my battery dropped below 30% -- which is where the built-in energy saver should kick in. Instead of kicking in (as I would expect), I just got a popup where it asked whether I want it to activate now. Makes no sense to me if I have to approve each and every action. But in this context, it looks like I have some stupid setting sticking somewhere, setting actions like the mentioned ones from "automatic" to "manual". Is there such a thing, and I've missed it?
Both issues are meanwhile confirmed by two other users running the same (v10h) stock ROM. Any more confirmations here? Or is this a thing specific to the European version?
Select the network manually in the network settings menu. That should solve the popup problem.
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Thanks for your suggestion, but that's not an option. My provider has 2 network entries (for different bands, I guess -- check for yourself, we share the same provider), so that would make me lose coverage. Besides, I doubt that would remove the popup: As soon as the connection gets too weak, it will always come up again ("Please select a network [since the current one is too weak]").
Writing "this should solve" (instead of "try it, it might solve"): Have you tried it, or have you any reference?
Izzysoft said:
Thanks for your suggestion, but that's not an option. My provider has 2 network entries (for different bands, I guess -- check for yourself, we share the same provider), so that would make me lose coverage. Besides, I doubt that would remove the popup: As soon as the connection gets too weak, it will always come up again ("Please select a network [since the current one is too weak]").
Writing "this should solve" (instead of "try it, it might solve"): Have you tried it, or have you any reference?
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I didn't tried it myself for that specific network when the signal gets too weak but there was a problem with cm nightlies where this popup did occur also and manually selecting the network did solve it.
OT: Referring to my "should" in my other post: I'm not native English and I sometimes get confused with this whole "should, shouldn't, must, mustn't etc." thing so I'm sorry if my reply gave you false hope, but I'm just trying to help you? If it's not appreciated by you I will leave you and your problem alone
EDIT: One question? Did you even try my solution? Or why do you know that you loose coverage when you choose it manually? Don't write such things if you have no reference
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OK, the hint to CM is a good reference: might be the very same issue, thanks. Maybe I will try that (just to check; as written, it's not a "permanent option" for me).
As for the "should": Your help of course is highly appreciated! It's just that the wording suggested you might have tested it. Not being an English native myself, I know how easy we Germans confuse words (you might know the famous joke: "Waiter, when I become a beaf-steak?", but that plays at the similarity to the German word "bekommen", "to get" ) So my apologies if I sounded "accusing"; I was just seeking affirmation :angel:
(such a thing seems only to happen when two Germans try to communicate in English...)
You're right only Germans try to be this accurate when it comes to grammar
Which network are you on exactly?
The E-Plus network is very bad indeed but I never get this popup on my WerewolfJB thing (even if I have no network signal at all like when I passed the alps down to Italy).
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Well, I'm using E-Plus (since ~1995), switched to their "Base" section two years ago. In "Networks", my O4X shows me two entries to select from (after searching for ages). At least it did last time I checked − currently I only get an error message after about 2 minutes, and no list at all (at least it's booked in with 1 bar) Ah, now: Both are labeled "E-Plus", but one has "UMTS" and the other "GSM" below it.
Could very well be that it's only a speciality of our O4X to display them separately, and it wouldn't matter which I select. To figure out, I just selected the GSM entry; before that I had HDSPA in the notification, now it's just EDGE. Will check later today when in an area with stronger (UMTS) signal, and report back then.
Btw: I'm on stock (so no werewolf), and unfortunately will have to stay there: Not having any Windows machine to play with, I'd have no fallback in case anything goes wrong while flashing (didn't know one needs to obtain a Windows license to use/update an Android phone; not sure if I would chose a LG device again for that reason and their mafia-ware called "remote call service")...
Oh, wait a sec: The "H" is back. So my assumption was correct: The "two entries" are just to show that both standards are available. O2 e.g. was only shown with GSM here. (Well, in the heart of Munich, in a big business center, almost no coverage...) Now let's see if that nagging screen re-appears. I'm pretty sure how I was able to trigger it, just using the elevator (Faraday cage )
Postscriptum: As I expected from the beginning, fixing the device to a given network/provider doesn't keep that stupid message from popping up. Had it a couple of times already again