Anyone else having issues with internet connection using the new radio and DCD's ROM?
One minute, I'm getting Rev A speed, next minute, connection drops completely.
i have been using dcd mine and a couple of others roms and i haven't had any issuses with this rom at all. Are you in a area that is inbetween evdo and 1x i have seen problams with some ppc switching between the two. but really i dont know just a though.
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hello...i currently have the 1.50 radio...but the battery life sucks...i havent tried 1.51 yet... but anyone on at&t sacramento please tell me what is the best radio to use! i have the unlimited internet plan so the more 3g hsdpa the better..pls. help!
1.41 or 1.48..
I'm from the east bay but make my way up to sac
I use 1.40...
What about Portland, OR area? I'm guessing the network wouldnt differ much on the west coast but i could be waaaay wrong.
1.48 works well in Vacaville.....
i like 1.14.01.10
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I use 1.48 on vp3G 3.0 rom. Battery life is ok, reception is so, so.
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I use 1.48 on vp3G 3.0 rom. Battery life is ok, reception is so, so.
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I'm in FolsomI use 1.48 on vp3G 3.6 rom. Ditto.
Was in middtown Sacramento last night (Starbucks on Alhambra). Using 1.54.07.00 radio, vp3G 3.62.0 ROM, about 8PM PST.
Connection showed 3G initially in Starbucks, and would switch to H as I browsed Ebay mobile. The connection was very fast - before I started browsing I ran a D/L test on DSL reports and chalked 760kbps on a 1MB file. I browsed with no problems for about 20-30 mins, but then lost the 3G/H signal. The phone searched for about five seconds, then connected as Edge. I'd use Edge data connection for a few minutes, then phone cycled to 3G/H for a few seconds, then lost 3G/H signal all over again. This happened about 7-10 times in a row. Overall I didn't experience a great deal of downtime - the phone found the Edge signal quite fast after losing 3G/H, but it was annoying.
Eventually I went outside and tried again from my car, parked across the street from Starbucks. Same pattern.
Because I was using 3G/H with no issues for about half an hour I'm inclined to chalk this up as a problem with the local tower, but am curious to hear if anyone else has encountered 3G/H connectivity issues in the Sacramento area with these versions of ROM and Radio.
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hello...i currently have the 1.50 radio...but the battery life sucks...i havent tried 1.51 yet... but anyone on at&t sacramento please tell me what is the best radio to use! i have the unlimited internet plan so the more 3g hsdpa the better..pls. help!
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Live in Shingle Springs, CA just outside of placerville,ca
Work in Folsom.
I have had great sucess with 1.54.07
VZW xv6800
Loader: 2.40
Radio: 3.39.10
ROM: DCD 3.1.2
I see lots of discussion concerning GPS and Bluetooth (BTW the 3.39.10 GPS aq. speed is awesome) but not so much about Data Connection. Maybe I’m just not looking in the right place or using the right search terms.
Not sure if I’m putting this in the right forum, but this seems to be upgrade related, and quite honestly, the caliber of posts here seems a bit higher than in the general Titan forum.
Since upgrade my Data Conn speed is a whopping 150Kb/sec. Ugh. I have tried it tethered, Bluetooth, PDANet, PAN, indoors and out. Even tested IE Mobile to http://text.dslreports.com/mspeed . Never got much above 150Kb/sec. I typically got ~600Kb/sec before I upgraded my radio.
Maybe I’m having a bad air week and pushing a low DRC, I’ll continue to test, but my question is this;
For the purposes of troubleshooting/testing, how can I tell if I’m getting an EVDO Rev A connection (I know it is available here)? Is there a way to turn off Rev A and force a 1X connection or vice-versa?
Anyone else having problems with Data Conn. Speed? I use this fairly frequently and while I am just euphoric over the GPS, I may run into a serious dilemma when professional stress demands a faster connection.
You have rev A. As for the data speeds hmm- is you phone possibly set to 1X only? To check go the the phone settings menu and under the 2nd tab it says Mode of Operation, click that
Was set to hybrid.
I tried with EVDO only. 177Kb/sec
1X gave 121Kb/sec.
Have set it back to Hybrid, icon shows 'Ev', but still not sure if it is Rev A.
Signal is strong, would hate to have to roll back to stock just to test if the problem is with the Radio. What speeds are others getting with Radio 3.39.10?
Edit- What I am thinking is that I am getting a Rev A signal and maybe it is more sensitive to SNR and dropping my rate. Thus I want to turn off Rev A to test. Then again, maybe I just don't know what I am talking about.
check your EPST settings. if RevA is ENABLED, change it to DISABLED. its a misnomer.
No such entry in EPST.
Also,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=394977&page=2
Been there, done that.
Thanks for trying.
Tried both with same speeds
Just tried both settings and the speed tests had the same results.
I'm using Radio 3.39.10 and Rom3.39.10(Sprint), have the option to enable/disable Rev-A but my speed is still 419.40 kbps. no matter which settings I choose.
what location are you in?
are u sure its one of the locations that has reva?
what radio did you have before you updated to 3.39? did you let customizations run?
I upgraded for the first time about a week ago. I initially went to Radio 3.37 and ROM DCD 3.1.2 and the VZW CAB using the SD card method. Customizations ran after the DCD ROM flash. Everything works seemingly well, other than the slow Data Connection. Yesterday I flashed to the 3.39 Radio. GPS Acquisition went from 60+ sec to < 10 sec. No change on the Data Conn.
With Stock Radio I typically received at 600Kb. Now it is 150-170Kb.
I’m in the SFO bay area, but beginning to think that Rev A is a red herring. Don’t really know much about how Rev A works, but after reading a great deal about it, connecting to a Rev A equipped station should with or without a Rev A equipped mobile should not affect the connection speed adversely. One either has a strong and clear enough signal for the higher speeds or one does not. I am connecting via EVDO, just getting really slow speed for no apparent reason.
Tigueraje reports speeds of 419.40kbps with Ev or 1x. Wish I could get even that. BTW, 1x should not go that high, so was probably connecting to Ev both times. If you truly want to check your 1x speed, try a soft reset, or at least stop and start the data conn after changing.
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Thanks, I'll look into that. Hope this is safe to do on a VZW phone. My PRI Version is 1.35_002 and my GPS is rockin', but I will proceed carefully.
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Thanks, I'll look into that. Hope this is safe to do on a VZW phone. My PRI Version is 1.35_002 and my GPS is rockin', but I will proceed carefully.
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i cant say that its safe on vzw. that post on ppcgeeks was a telus user...
sorry if i was misleading in my last post, i thought the OP was telus.
I haven’t done anything yet. After a rush to upgrade the Titan when I first got it, and many problems afterward, I have been proceeding very cautiously. I’m not confident that the PRI update will address my issue.
I just talked to a co-worker on VZW with a Treo 700wx. He is also having problems with Data Conn speed in my area. So, I think this is just coincidental to my upgrade. I will keep tabs on it, and if I can get down to Campbell this week (a verified strong Rev A area) I will test there.
Still curious about what speeds others are seeing with the 3.39 Radio. Anyone confirm Rev A (anything over 1024Kb/sec)? On VZW?
Alltel user here, just flashed to Radio 3.39 and have gotten two different download speeds of 1045.
Thanks for the info.
Just tested in San Jose, Ca (about 15 miles from Home) and got 927Kbps. Problem must be with the tower near home and coincidental to my upgrade.
927 0.204s (1024k) myvzw.com Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 6.0; Windows CE; IEMobile 7.11) 320x320; VZW; UTStar-XV6800; Window Mobile 6.1 Professional;
To clarify REV-0 VS REV-A
The download speeds you see when looking at EVDO will not be majorly different, it is the upload speeds that REV-A is most meant to address. REV-0 theoritical download speed is 2.4 mbps, and upload is 153.6kbps and this is shared bandwidth. REV-A is 3.5 down and 1.8mbps up. A DOM module will take from 1 to 4 T1s in and at the moment most VZW sites are running only 1 and some are running 2, so with a max BW of 1.54 mbps on a T1, you will not ever see the max download speeds of REV-A until 3 T1s or more are at the site, and like I said it is the upload that will be most different.
I just upgraded my Sprint Mogul to WM6.1 from WM6. Prior to the update my phone worked great. Now, it roams all the time so I can't make (receive?) phone calls. I also connect at lower than EDVO a lot. What happened? What can I do to fix this?
Also, are there extra charges to use the phone service when it is roaming? How does that work and how much does it cost?
Thanks in advance guys!
I was having the same problem. I updated my PRL to the most recent and have had MUCH better signal.
I have the same problem too... I am not sure what is going on.. My phone keeps dropping down to 1X even though I have all 5 bars. Please help someone!!! I have tried pretty much every PRL since 60611 and also done a PRI update to 2.04... Can one of the experts please help here! I reflashed a dcd rom and have tried Radio 3.42.08 and 3.42.30.... But nothing seems to be helping.
Bump! Urgently need a reply to this...
I'll keep an eye on my network indicator, but I haven't had any major issues with making/receiving calls yet...
But I do know this latest Sprint rom seems to be ridiculously slow for me in the typing aspect...
Otter said:
I'll keep an eye on my network indicator, but I haven't had any major issues with making/receiving calls yet...
But I do know this latest Sprint rom seems to be ridiculously slow for me in the typing aspect...
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I think I have a theory about this.. I have a feeling that somehow the phone ends up roaming onto Verizon's network but the phone does not know that its roaming so it does not try to switch to another tower. Since it gets a better signal it just keeps to the tower its connected to. I know there is a HomeID that is specified in the Phone's programming but its 0/0 for me on Sprint. Could that be an issue?
I also recently upgraded to wm6.1 i noticed once i upgraded my EVDO bars were going up and down like crazy. while in 1x it's all the bars. can't figure it out. seems to work better in 1x than in evdo.
So all of a sudden my TB's 3G started acting odd. It disappears (the 3G icon disappears) unless I'm checking for updates, in which case it randomly reappears and seems to be doing work. Toggling airplane mode on and off doesn't help nor does turning the phone on and off. I can still get texts and calls but no 3G...
Tried everything (going back to ROMs that were backed up from a few days ago) as well as flashing that full new ROM/radio update. Wasn't doing anything specific before it went out...
Any ideas?
solved!
solution: http://www.androidcentral.com/having-3g-problems-your-thunderbolt-fix-just-few-settings-away
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solved!
solution: http://www.androidcentral.com/having-3g-problems-your-thunderbolt-fix-just-few-settings-away
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I didn't find that this worked at all. Only since the new radio was installed have I found 3g drop because I know I am in a partial 4g area. So for the time being I don't want to turn of the ePHRD. Has anyone else experienced this since upgrading radio and such?
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I didn't find that this worked at all. Only since the new radio was installed have I found 3g drop because I know I am in a partial 4g area. So for the time being I don't want to turn of the ePHRD. Has anyone else experienced this since upgrading radio and such?
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Well I did upgrade the radio and this fixed the problems I was having. Getting great speeds now. But I'm far away from any 4G areas :/
I am having all kinds of problems today with the 3g icon going on and off. Sometimes when its on I still do not have data connectivity. Is this a verizon problem or just the new radio?
I think it has to do with LTE being prepped to roll out and more intensive stress-tests that they may be planning.
I've been having similar issues. I did the entire rooting process then flashed BAMF 1.5 and had little radio issues, but once I saw the 3G cut out a couple times yesterday, I flashed the radio that was already on my SD card. Since then it randomly cuts in and out, and sometimes requires a full phone reboot to come back. I don't think it's Verizon at all (at least not in my case), although my area is supposed to get 4G sometime this year.
I'm hoping the official OTA has a "better" radio that can fix these issues...since I sort of had issues like this in Boston when I was stock, but at home out in Central MA, 3G was as solid as ever.
Just an update in case anyone was reading this older thread--I continued to have signal issues for a day or two after rooting but I think I just had bad timing on flashing the new radio. I've spoken to a few Verizon customers (my mom included) and many of them had 3G issues the last couple days. Yesterday it was solid as a rock, signal better than I'm used to. So it probably was just a Verizon outage, testing 4G or whatever it was that they've been doing.
It's Verizon outages right now, lots of testing upgrading going on with VZW right now.
Not sure what everyone else's take on the new radio is (.627), but I personally am not having as good of reception with 4G as I did with the MR 2.5. I ran the speedtest app on both and confirmed this.
I switched back over to the MR 2.5 as a result of my test, and sure enough, the 2.5 is still better.
Anyone else with similar issues?
I agree service wise mr2.5 was much better on 4g and even 3g... however, the new one has not given me even one restart since i loaded it. 2.5 i was having restarts or simple shutdown few times a week.
I have never had reboots with any radio or Rom but with the new OTA radio I lose 4G and it sticks to 3G a lot. If I force 4G I will see 1x a lot of times when I pick the phone up.
I went back to leaked 2.5 and all is right again in the world.