Hi all,
I live in Germany and had a Motorola Milestone 2 before. On my new beloved Droid 3 which I imported and unlocked for usage with Vodafones network I noticed signal issues with both EDGE and 3G. So I searched for a soultion and found a thread about the Droid 2 Global which is said to have a not so well GSM signal too and offers a solution for this.
After adding these lines to my build.prop I have noticed a HUGE improement of signal strengh and data transfer speeds.
Code:
the code is (much thanks goes out to Zeppelinrox and his v6 supercharger script):
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=28
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=9
Please test it and tell me if it works for you too!
This is the original Droid2Global thread: http://www.droidforums.net/forum/dr...acking-tweaking-3g-settings-radio-driver.html
According to the thread you linked it was added to local.prop , not build.prop?
I'm also guessing he meant local.prop
So anyways, added it to the file, rebooted, and everything still works.
It's too soon to say if anything improved at all. Not more bars than before the reboot anyways.
Hi,
yes I know that in THAT case it was added to local.prop, but while looking around I saw that these "tweaks" are pretty old. On a CM page those lines were added to the build.prop so I put them there, too.
PLEASE report if you notice any improvements.
Ok i see. So you were correct after all. I will change it and report back
Edit: Changed it in my build.prop this time, and rebooted, but not much has changed for me.
I'm on the Vodafone network in The Netherlands.
OK, would you say that it would be better to put those lines in the local.prop then?
Nope, i'm saying neither of them are doing anything for me
But i did some searching for the changes you mentioned, and one of the articles said it could take up to 3 reboots before it takes effect.
There was no mention of signal though. Just speed.
Well, I just tested this. And it seems to have resulted in better signal reception. At least for me, so thank you for digging it out!
I tested it too but it doesnt work for me. Maybe it depends on the carrier you´re on. (I use E-Plus)
I tried to edit both Local.prop and Build.prop, I had no problem with editing Build.prop...
but for Local.prop, it resets to default as soon as I reboot my Droid 3, is this the reason why I have not experienced any improvement?
Thanks.
You could also use Network Info II or some sort of signal checker off of market to get a numeric before/after measurement of your cell signal. I'm interested in the results.
@Moderator: Please move this topic to general! Thanks!
i found no difference in the dbm of my signal strength after this, and in all honesty unless you do a large number of speedtests before and after (i'm talking 20), any differences you see will probably be within the margin of error
onethreeteeh said:
i found no difference in the dbm of my signal strength after this, and in all honesty unless you do a large number of speedtests before and after (i'm talking 20), any differences you see will probably be within the margin of error
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That's what I figured, too bad
Is anybody else's phone hanging around in 3G even if the singal strenght is ~109db (or no signal bar) and no more mobile internet is possible, but at 2g the signal would be great? It takes just too long to switch and its burning battery like hell meanwhile.
I did notice that too...
I'm on a dext while motorola fixed my hardware keyboard again .. it has the same problem, poor battery life, low 3g signal but no 2g signal at all. Probably related to my provider but i did notice thatwith the last swap phone they gave ne (desire z) it had at least 2 bars better reception and 3-4 times the battery life. Didn't measure the dbm for any hard numbers when i had it. Shame
Willis111 said:
I'm on a dext while motorola fixed my hardware keyboard again .. it has the same problem, poor battery life, low 3g signal but no 2g signal at all. Probably related to my provider but i did notice thatwith the last swap phone they gave ne (desire z) it had at least 2 bars better reception and 3-4 times the battery life. Didn't measure the dbm for any hard numbers when i had it. Shame
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Are you trying to get 2G signal on Bell Canada? If so - no GSM phone will ever pick signal - Bell does not have 2G network - only 3G.
Willis111 said:
I'm on a dext while motorola fixed my hardware keyboard again .. it has the same problem, poor battery life, low 3g signal but no 2g signal at all. Probably related to my provider but i did notice thatwith the last swap phone they gave ne (desire z) it had at least 2 bars better reception and 3-4 times the battery life. Didn't measure the dbm for any hard numbers when i had it. Shame
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I have a DZ and my Droid 3 is crossing the Atlantic sea right now, I can compare them easily the next week.
After the poor battery experience with the milestone 1 I decided to keep the DZ, to see if the droid 3 is usable.
I added the code to build.prop and after reboot it remained.
But I didn't noticed an improvement in signal strength. :-(
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The signal on my Sony Xperia SP fluctuates all the time and changes mode from H to H+ quite a bit, and when I pick the phone up it usually disappears to nothing and I lose signal.
Is there a fix for this? Does anyone else experience this problem?
Made a video to show what I mean https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQVTygYlK-k
It is normal that the signal changes from time to time. Normaly a connection is just H and when available it will switch to H+ when the network is in use.
What I advice at first is a new sim card. This does fix most of the network signal issues
thebtman said:
The signal on my Sony Xperia SP fluctuates all the time and changes mode from H to H+ quite a bit, and when I pick the phone up it usually disappears to nothing and I lose signal.
Is there a fix for this? Does anyone else experience this problem?
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Its normal. You have poor HSDPA signal in your area. Switch to 2G Only Mode when you don't need fast internet connection via data packets.
It will hold better signal (of course if you have 2g transmitters in your area) don't switch modes at all so battery drain is also a little less.
Like the title says, I'm looking for a solution on the Nexus 6 to get rid of the useless signal bars and have signal strength in dbm. Sadly I can't seem to find any solutions for this.
AOKP stopped developing and they are the only mainstream rom that ever had signal strength in dbm and displayed the signal type as well.
Cyanogenmod had dbm in the past but it never displayed 2g, 3g, or LTE/4g so you never knew what you were on, and they dropped that in Lollipop anyway.
Xblast Tools had this feature, but it never seemed to work on any KitKat roms right, I know I had it on some roms working at some point, but whenever dbm went weaker than -115 dbm it would display 0 or some weird number depending on the rom, so it didn't really work so well.
If anyone has any ideas, I'm open to suggestions, at this point I think editing the systemui.apk might be my only option since no one seems to have anything developed, but I wouldn't even know where to begin there.
I don't suppose anyone is working on this as a feature for an xposed module? It's the one thing I've felt gravity box was really missing.
I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure cataclysm rom has it
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You can install the SignalCheck Pro app. It shows dBm as well as cellular band in a small icon in the notifications bar.
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I might be wrong but I'm pretty sure cataclysm rom has it
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Unfortunately Cataclysm on 6.0 on the Nexus 6 doesn't seem to. I checked a video that goes through settings and their thread and I think when I had a nexus 6 a bit over a month ago, I tried that one and it didn't have that feature. Thanks for the suggestion though.
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You can install the SignalCheck Pro app. It shows dBm as well as cellular band in a small icon in the notifications bar.
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I know but then I always have a notification, it displays this squished text, and I still have signal bars, plus I have no way of knowing if the app is draining battery running all the time checking the current signal strength. I really just want to replace the signal bars the way I was able to do in every version of android until kitkat/lollipop when the feature started to disappear.
Maybe I'm wrong but I thought pure nexus had something like that. It's listed as network traffic meter options on the OP thread
Have you tried this? Quick glance at the thread looks like mixed results, but some Nexus devices and someone said it works on MM. But perhaps it works?
Ditto
Started looking for the same today as the cell and wifi icons are terrible. I'd even be happy without the signal strength text and to just have some bars and get rid of that triangle. I came from a note 3 and it at least had bars in the triangle instead of a solid block with like 3 levels of fill for the strength.
If you use a OnePlus device specifically a OnePlus 3/3T then there's a really high probability that you've been effected by the unstable network problems(Data network automatically switching to 2G or 3G when the 4G signal becomes a little weak even though the device is capable of receiving the signal) caused when the signal strength is very poor. Even if you select 4G/3G only in the settings the signal becomes 2G.
If you are getting affected by this issue then you can solve this just by installing an app from the play store.
STEPS-
1. Install the app " JOnePlus Tools".
2. Open it and then click on "More Settings" icon on the top right corner.
3. After that click on phone info.
4. In phone info select drop down menu and choose the option, "LTE only" or " WCDMA only" according to your need.
5. Done.
I've been testing it for a few hours now and and haven't faced the issue.
If you are still not able to understand what to do then watch this video, everything done step by step.
Yeah you can temporarily solve this problem with this guide but,
-If your carrier doesnt support VoLTE, your phone can not drop to HSPA/2G when you select LTE only mode and you can't make and receive calls.
-It is known that LTE signal is weaker then 2/3G signal and old technologies have better coverage in some areas unfortunately. In that areas you may not to receive any signal.
Anyway, thanks for guide.
I absolutely agree with you about problem. Phone drops suddenly 3G from LTE for no reason and reception is weaker than most new phones. But unfortunately we have no good/permanent solucion.
Makes you wonder what 1+ did as this is only an issue with their stock roms and roms based on their roms. AOSP based roms dont suffer from this.
qhsusb_bulk said:
Yeah you can temporarily solve this problem with this guide but,
-If your carrier doesnt support VoLTE, your phone can not drop to HSPA/2G when you select LTE only mode and you can't make and receive calls.
-It is known that LTE signal is weaker then 2/3G signal and old technologies have better coverage in some areas unfortunately. In that areas you may not to receive any signal.
Anyway, thanks for guide.
I absolutely agree with you about problem. Phone drops suddenly 3G from LTE for no reason and reception is weaker than most new phones. But unfortunately we have no good/permanent solucion.
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Thank you for that information
zelendel said:
Makes you wonder what 1+ did as this is only an issue with their stock roms and roms based on their roms. AOSP based roms dont suffer from this.
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OOS has signal spoofing in it, i.e it shows a good signal even when the reception is very weak.
Hi
This can be done by dialing the code *#*#4636#*#* >phone info. No need to install a separate app for it
Like the title says, this phone (G8441) keeps dropping to 2G when calling. VoLTE is very much enabled; I can VoLTE-call for a brief period after restarting, but it doesn't last. Note that this isn't a signal problem (see below).
Normally this wouldn't be a concern, but most operators in here (India) are moving towards sunsetting 2G networks — the quality of phone calls on 2G has already started to get worse. I'm at a complete loss as to why this is happening, and I really need a resolution before the 2G networks go offline and this phone turns into a pretty little brick.
Things I've done:
Rebooting gives VoLTE calling for a short while (it doesn't last)
Installed Xposed Framework v90-beta3 as a Magisk module (does not seem to be a contributing factor, since the issue persists with or without)
Disabled all Xposed modules. No difference. GravityBox is often the culprit in many issues, but not here
Installed (and later removed) a Magisk module to force VoLTE. No difference
Installed the OEM modem files for VoLTE in India according to my firmware version (47.1.A.16.20)
Standing directly under a cell tower for full reception. No difference
Using an aluminium bumper case. Signal strength loss doesn't seem significant, nor does taking it off change anything