To the softbank users, with good battery..How'd you do it? - 8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam Software Upgradin

...how did you freaking do it? I have tried everything from the 1.47 to the 1.54 and still nothing. I am living in Japan using the Cingular/AT&T 8525 and am always ...constantly connected to the 3G( i always have either the "3g" or "H" symbol showing. Is there some other trick i can do to get my battery to last me through the day? I cant use my phone on the weekends cause of this issue...I will be away from a usb port for too long lol.
I hear there is GPRS network in Japan...is there a way you guys are connecting to that instead when the phone is idle to conserve battery life.
The thing I dont get is there HAS to be a way to fix this because my non PDA phone (issued to me by softbank) has great battery life and it is using the 3G network as well. It must be using some other kind of band or something to preserve its life. I hate having to switch to my crappy phone on the weekends because of battery life...please help me out guys. Thanks.
P.S. I owe this site so much ...as it is because of this site I am able to even use my phone here. THx in advance.
phone: cingular 8525
rom: black satin
radio: 1.54.07.00
(got mms, live ...and all the other stuff working thx to u all..just the battery is left)

not a softbank user, but you can try and disable 3g using a comm managers that has the 3g button.
like this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=320239
see post #24 for the one with a 3g button.
you other option would be to get an extended battery, see the threads in the accessories subforum

I was using the Black Satin ROM for awhile and my battery life was really short. Same thing with K's Roms. They both ran nice and fast, but the battery was almost dead before I left work.
i switched to the latest HTC WWE Rom. Battery life was instantly better. Lasts almost 2 days. I have a Softbank X01HT in the US and connect to AT&T 3G service. I get corporate email, so Active Sync is constantly running too.

hmm interesting suggestions I'll have to try them (yes the xtended battery one too) However, are you connected to the 3g network constantly..cause I am, and I'm almost certain that is what the culprit is. I am just baffled how other phones here manage last long here, I know I am doing something wrong in my connection settings. If i turn 3g off, phone can no longer recieve calls and basically stops being a phone. Dayum.

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GPRS Problem on T-Mobile

Hiya,
Ive unlocked my O2 XDA and started using my T-Mobile sim card with it as I get a great GPRS deal with it. The problem is that with O2 it connects to GPRS straight away and have no problems with it. But with T-mobile, its all over the place, most of the time it doesnt connect and when i'm searching on the web it only displays pocket pc friendly pages or disconnects within a few minutes. Not like the O2 one, which seemed so stable. Could it be something in the settings as I set them up manually? I could do with get it up and running as it will save me loads of cash. I'd appreciate any help you can give. I'm using the WM2003 which I got from the ROM kitchen, which I lurve.
Thanks in advance.
Chris
If it makes you feel any better, my T-Mobile GPRS service sucks with both the T-Mobile ROM and WM2003. It just sucks. I am currently using the radio ROM 6.18. I do not know if 6.24 is any better.
Hi! Just to let you know that I took the plunge and upgraded my Radio stack to 6.24 on my T-Mobile device. It works much better for me! I now have "always on". Now, I'm not saying the "speed" is any faster but at least it now stays "connected" even when it is turned off.. I am using it with WM2003. I have not upgraded to the latest T-Mobile version. :lol:
So you see no improvement in the speed of downloading or connecting in the first place? Is the only improvement just the constant connection?
It connects very fast to the network but the speed is still pretty slow on most searches and downloads. Having said that, I am very happy now that it stays connected all the time (albeit, as long as I am in an area of coverage) and does not drop out when I have a call come in or the unit it self powers off the screen. I will be one of the 1st, I am sure, to buy one of the new XDA II's when available, if for no other reason than to see if WM2003 works better with that unit than with the current XDA version.
I looked forward to see how the unit works with Wi-Fi at my local coffee shop..
camarao said:
So you see no improvement in the speed of downloading or connecting in the first place? Is the only improvement just the constant connection?
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The always on connection is a big deal to me.
I usually go out with 3 connections open:
-Ezwap pointing to a yahoo wap page of market indices
-My brokage software open to my fav stocks
-PIE pointing to a news site,forum or my blog.
All these on pause mode as we pay by the Kb here.
I will refresh each of these pages as and when needed
throughout the day.
The best is calls can still come in AND your battery
will last the day. Try that with WiFi!
Only wish Xda2 will have Class A? gprs where you
can talk and surf at the same time.

ROGERS + 7500 3G/HSDPA problems

Hello,
Hoping to get some advice here. Currently on Sogarth Base Vanilla Rom running radio 1.58 on Rogers with the new 6GB data plan. Couldn't get the 3g and H to show up until I configured the Band settings to Auto (another tip i got from these forums). This changes the provider name to "ROGERS UMTS". At this point, I could get 3g + H downloads, although it still felt a bit slow. Unfortunately, my 7500 will no longer hold any cell calls. All outgoing fails, and incoming only lasts 1-2 minutes. These are tests throughout the city(GTA).
Wife's phone (Tytn II) is working great at 3G + H using stock rom.
The only way I can get good cell reception again is if I manually tune the Band settings to GSM & GSM (1900+850)+UMTS(1900+850). Of course, I can never get any type of speed over Edge. The provider name changes to just ROGERS, which is the same provider name that the Tytn II gets.
Anyone have any words of advice or tips that I can try? Rogers won't help because it's an unsupported phone. Data reception is not an issue because the Tytn II gets full 3G/H. I'm hoping to finally unleash the power of this phone.
I'm wondering if it makes sense to downgrade to 1.57. I never tried this version with the data plan, because I only just recently got it. Hoping some people may have some telling experiences.
Thanks in advance,
achok.
Just as an update, reflashed to 1.57 radio with no improvement.
any other athena + rogers users here?
did you try the 3G hack?
download the nice utility from this forum
it was called something super mobile hack
it lets you customize sooooo much stuff of the phone inside and out
after i enabled it, mine always gets the best stuff 3G and HDPDA speed
which was awesome
if i didn't enable it, it was always on EDGE, and very few times on 3G
HOWEVER!!!!!!
i think i know why HTC did not turn that on by default
because whenever i keep 3G & HDPDA on all the time
it drains battery real fast
is worse than using WI FI all day long
so what i do now, is to keep it on EDGE for the automated downloads from programs Weather, TomTom, Stock, push email, etc
but when i SURF THE WEB, i enable 3G, and ZOOM ZOOM ZOOM like the commercial
is a quick ON OFF thing in the COMM Manager.
and when i'm done looking up stuff on the WEB, i turn it back to EDGE mode
to save battery
Don't know why you need to turn it off, I keep H on all the time and at the end of a low-useage day I'm still in the mid-80's on my battery. Yes, if I start surfing heavily the battery goes down much faster, but not from background push/pulls.
i do surf browse de web quite a bit
lots of download, some uploads
streaming videos
and i use VNC and remote deskop quite a lot for work / home stuff, meanwhile on the road.
this phone is the best thing every.
now i can literally work from any where, and people will still think i'm in the office
as long as i have good signal that is
Best thing with the Advantage is...... OUR BATTERY LAST SOOOOO LONNNNNNNNNG compare to a LAPTOP of any size, doing the same thing
Thanks for the replies and suggestion. I'll try the 3G hack and report back.
Anyway you can report which Radio ROM you are using? I'm still believing that certain Radio ROM's are better suited for the Rogers/Fido 3G network....
...or is the Rogers/3G network just than inconsistent?
Regards,
achok.
as you can see in my siggie it's the X7510 which means it has the stock 1.58 Radio that everyone is upgrading to with the Modded ROMs
and the other thing is, im on FIDO, not Rogers.
but LOL as if that matters anymore, they are both the same company now.
just one has better billing, and Cutomer Service, than the Get Lost actitude from Rogers CS people, and always screwed up and over billed invoices every month....
Folks, just as an update:
I recently upgraded to Michy 4.0 1.2 spl (16mb version) (fantastic ROM by the way...) and stayed with Radio 1.57.
So far all looks to be good, but still need to test over the next few days.
Hopefully, this is a sign that things are finally starting to work the way it's supposed to.
Regards,
Achok
I just upgraded to AP 4.0 Platinum..Everything works fine ( I think ) except when I go to m.youtube.com to watch videos, and streaming media starts, It says "Failed to find network."
Please help!!!
Coz this is the very reason why I upgraded the rom..thinking it would solve the problem..
I'm with Rogers..
I already installed the latest FP7 plugin thingy..
HELP ME!!!!
i cant get my 3G or my HSDPA to work at all. Im using The HTC TOUCH PRO, which i imported on the ROGERS network. Ive been reading these forums and i have no clue as to what radios and rom versions are nor how to even tell what im using. WHOSE THE GENIOUS HERE...HELP ME.. This phones wack unless i get the best out of it...
Htc touch pro
if anyone can email me directly also that would be cool...
[email protected]

No signal when switching 3G to 2G.

As the title really, my phone has always done it. Whenever it switches from 3G back down to 2G (Automatically when moving through reception areas) my phone will loose signal for a second or two. While this isn't a problem, sometimes it can loose signal upto a minute! (then any txt sent while the phone is off doesn't get delivered until a few hours afterwards) This gets VERY VERY annoying!
I have tried it with an Orange and O2 UK sim. I have tried it with the stock rom and a cooked rom.
My question is, does anybody elses TG01 do this as well?
I think mine does the same thing.
I never noticed it happen in the UK, but out in Australia where there's much less 3G coverage (or much more 3G congestion), it seems to happen fairly regularly.
Anyone else!? I really need to know if another TG01 will experience the same problems or if it's just mine when I send it back!!

Sick connection issue.

Today I'm having issues with 3g connectivity on my Lumia. The phone just doesn't connect no matter what. I tried restarting it, pulling the SIM but no luck. At first I thought: my bad for cutting the SIM card myself, maybe after some time it got messed up. When I came home I grabbed my gf's 710 and it was behaving the same way (her SIM card is brand new). Coincidence? I don't think so. A friend of mine with the same carrier (H3G) just told me he had no issues whatsoever connecting using 3g connectivity, and he has a Nokia N97. This is starting to piss me off...anybody else having connectivity issues today? It must be something Microsoft/Nokia related. God I'm about to throw this thing off the window.
3g connectivity
I had the same issue the day i bought it..had to reset the phone for 3g to work again and today i face the same issue again!
Abhinavad3r said:
I had the same issue the day i bought it..had to reset the phone for 3g to work again and today i face the same issue again!
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My God I hope this is not the case, that would be annoying as hell...this is just too weird, why would this happen on two phones at the same time? Geez this is worse than on Android...
Hoping the same..Even im waiting for a workaround to make 3g work on my phone.
Ok, I just woke up and tried again, it works now Microsoft/Nokia have to do something about this tho, this is not acceptable...
Doesnt work for yet..still unablle to figure out why whatsapp is running fine but no other 3g activity happening. Please let me know if u had to do something for 3g to work.
Abhinavad3r said:
Doesnt work for yet..still unablle to figure out why whatsapp is running fine but no other 3g activity happening. Please let me know if u had to do something for 3g to work.
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Nothing special really, I simply let it charge overnight, picked it up in the morning and it was working. Yesterday I tried everything: plugged it to the pc, switched flight mode on and off, tuned it off for a few minutes but no luck. The last option would have been draining the battery completely then plug it to the pc to turn it back on, but that wasn't necessary. Really weird...i still need to check if my gf's 710 is working now.
Seriously, this is not good. I noticed it since yesterday again. I had it when I first got my Lumia. I have weird issues such as being able to stream music non-stop over 3G, yet being unable to make or receive calls. What I do to make it work? I switch to airplane mode and back.
I got both Lumia and MicroSIM for free; didn't have these issues for weeks. I got the newest firmware (12072) using cab sender, might be any constellation? Typed on my Lumia btw
Apparently my gf's phone is working as well now, gotta love these random bugs...
Happened the same here, suddenly I got no signal at all, tried everything, didn't want to format the phone so I just waited and some hours later connection was back, but 2g only, next day all was fine with 3g also workin
Sent from my Lumia 800 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
All issues are suddenly gone for me. Wtf
I've been having this exact problem for a couple of days now, i already called vodafone but they cant help me... WTF is happening?? no signal
same thing happened to my mate.. have you installed the latest update.. his issues went away after install??
luminated said:
same thing happened to my mate.. have you installed the latest update.. his issues went away after install??
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I was already running the latest firmware when I faced this issue, it's not a matter of that I guess...
Sent from my Lumia 800 using XDA Windows Phone 7 App
same here, does anyone have a solution? im a bout to trade this piece of S%$& for a iphone ...
ragdoll20 said:
same here, does anyone have a solution? im a bout to trade this piece of S%$& for a iphone ...
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How long has it been going on like that? Mine started working again after about a day...
6 days now, really getting pissed off. I think its just a faulty model. I'm gonna try to factory reset. Anybody have any other ideas?
6 days is a pretty damn long while...do a factory reset and if the issue is still there you should definitely get it checked. I had no idea this thread would have gethered all of these people, this is something that Nokia should be really looking into...
So i called vodafone and they told me that when i took my new 2 year contract (and got the phone) i also got a new sort of contract that slowed down my internet.. while this makes sense it also doesnt because the speeds they were talking about should still have been fast enough.. But since i also only had 500mb i upgraded and the problem is now gone. everythings really fast again.
One question though: When i pick highest network setting i can only choose 3g.. but with my current contract plan i should get "H". anyone have any info on that?
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6 days is a pretty damn long while...do a factory reset and if the issue is still there you should definitely get it checked. I had no idea this thread would have gethered all of these people, this is something that Nokia should be really looking into...
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So i called vodafone and they told me that when i took my new 2 year contract (and got the phone) i also got a new sort of contract that slowed down my internet.. while this makes sense it also doesnt because the speeds they were talking about should still have been fast enough.. But since i also only had 500mb i upgraded and the problem is now gone. everythings really fast again.
One question though: When i pick highest network setting i can only choose 3g.. but with my current contract plan i should get "H". anyone have any info on that?
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Ok let me explain what is going on. In Holland (Im dutch also) we have "H" as the symbol for an ACTIVE 3G connection (meaning downloading/uploading data). Where "3G" means an inactive (or not consuming data) 3G connection, this is not worse than H, its the same.
On the US version you will see 3G when not downloading and 3G+ when downloading (which is the same as our H). Whatever letter there is does not matter as long its not a G you have your max speed.
Now also notice that there are a lot of areas where providers can not peovide the maximum speed (crowded/low signal/etc). Make sure you check your speed with full bars and dont be paranoid with data tests. If the speed is reasonable and IE9 can load a decent page, than its ok. If it wont load a page than your 3G does not work.
If your 3G does not work (what was the case for some of you) than set the APN settings manually to your peovider (or use the Nokia Network Setup app), goto Settings --> Cellular --> Edit APN.
Now 3G will work.
Again dont be bothered about whatever Icon it shows, H, 3G or 3G+ its all good (or 4G). As long as there is no G or E you will have the highest connection your phone can receive. This does not guarantee your provider can deliver you what you pay for (probably you get much lower speeds) and they might also cap your speed if you surpass your datalimit (as does TMobile NL with "unlimited internet").
Good luck

Poor reception in India

I am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
irha said:
I am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
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Been using the Atrix for the past 6 months. Have used in AP Docomo, AP Vodafone and Chennai Aircel networks, Reception is top notch.
Everyone knows about the quality of BSNL signal and your problem lies there, IMHO.
Battery life is also awesome.
I used CM nightly and I do not overclock. I found faux kernel to be draining my battery so not using that too.
gkarthik16 said:
Been using the Atrix for the past 6 months. Have used in AP Docomo, AP Vodafone and Chennai Aircel networks, Reception is top notch.
Everyone knows about the quality of BSNL signal and your problem lies there, IMHO.
Battery life is also awesome.
I used CM nightly and I do not overclock. I found faux kernel to be draining my battery so not using that too.
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Interesting... I have heard people say bad things about BSNL signal, but I didn't think it would be this bad, so I was still under the impression that the issue is with the phone. May be I should borrow some dumb nokia phone from someone and confirm/rule out the issue with signal quality
I have't tried CM yet on this because I wanted the blur functionality for the dock, but I am not finding much use for the dock, so may be I will switch to CM one day, if only the support for biometric scanner is added. Thanks for the helpful reply!
Well, since the signal is always alternating, it increases the battery usage, i think
Well, my first concern is the reception. With full bars showing up, i am some times unable to make or receive calls. If his can still be BSNL issue, then I might just have to switch. When the phone is in this state, I have occasionally tried to see if restart would fix it, and though I can't confirm it 100%, I was almost always able to make a call immediately after the reboot. The reason I can't confirm that a reboot fixes he issue is because, there is obviously a few minutes of gap between that might have had external change as well.
irha said:
I have't tried CM yet on this because I wanted the blur functionality for the dock, but I am not finding much use for the dock, so may be I will switch to CM one day, if only the support for biometric scanner is added. Thanks for the helpful reply!
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Support for the fingerprint sensor is already present in Cyanogenmod 7. Give CM7 a try. The phone is smooth and rock solid.
And as ticiano_arraes suggested, poor reception or network quality has a direct impact on the battery, as the phone keeps trying to get hold of a stronger network.
gkarthik16 said:
Support for the fingerprint sensor is already present in Cyanogenmod 7. Give CM7 a try. The phone is smooth and rock solid.
And as ticiano_arraes suggested, poor reception or network quality has a direct impact on the battery, as the phone keeps trying to get hold of a stronger network.
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Nice, I would love to give CM7 a try. Is I said earlier, I am less concerned about the battery life than the reception, as 3 out of the 4 times when I want to make a call, I don't get the signal immediately. Also, callers complain about not able to reach me. This is not my primarily line, so I am able to somehow manage so far, but if the problem is definitely on the network side, I will consider switching to a different service. In any case, I will try CM7 and report back.
What band are you using?2g or 3g?never set it to auto.Set it to GSM ONLY
I use atrix with bsnl 3g sim, cm9 Turk,radio is 100R don't have any signal issues or battery drain if I am using only calls I switch to 2g only otherwise 3g only mode use lot of data if I switch to auto or other radios I had lots of issues but with 100R no issues good signal as well as good data speed so pls try that using for nearly 9 months without issue
This is what I have right now:
- Select network - 2G Only
- Operator selection - Select automatically
I don't have a GSM Only option anywhere.
First try 100R radio I too call& battery issues then switched to this radio now don't have network issue when using 36& 37 radios most of the time my mobile was not reachable even when signal was showing do u use data? If not select 2g only using power Widgets u can easily switch 2g or 3g mode easily try 100R with nottachtrix it was good & if u r interested try Turk cm9 & 100R it gives better battery life than others comparatively
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Regarding bsnl signal I have six phones in my home using bsnl I m in a poor signal area using 100R I have better signal than e71,n900 I'm using so try it with ur current from so u can check difference
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First try 100R radio I too call& battery issues then switched to this radio now don't have network issue when using 36& 37 radios most of the time my mobile was not reachable even when signal was showing do u use data? If not select 2g only using power Widgets u can easily switch 2g or 3g mode easily try 100R with nottachtrix it was good & if u r interested try Turk cm9 & 100R it gives better battery life than others comparatively
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Regarding bsnl signal I have six phones in my home using bsnl I m in a poor signal area using 100R I have better signal than e71,n900 I'm using so try it with ur current from so u can check difference
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Thank you, will give that a shot now. I found the 100R download link from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21525149&postcount=8
That post also mentions 30p, did you try that?
I got my mobile with .30 then switched to 36 got severe battery issues & switched to 37 it will show signal but mobile all be not reachable then switched to 100R never looked back try with ur current rom check difference.
I'm on .30P and JB epinter's CM10 rom and signal is top notch, no reception problems, battery life great, from INDIA on tata docomo
irha said:
I am using an AT&T Atrix 4G (rooted and has NottachTrix ROM with 37p radio) in India on BSNL AP circle and I have been getting really poor reception. It is so bad that I can only receive or make calls about 25% of the time. Many times, the phone shows no signal, but often it can't receive or make calls even when there are full bars on it at that moment. I tried using the other popular radio posted here, which is 36p and that showed no difference. Is there another radio that is better suited for this region and mobile operator?
I also have a severe battery life problem. With a brand new battery, it lasts about 24hs on standby, but even with a bit of usage it will not last full day. Sometimes it goes from around 60% to under 10% overnight (in 8hrs or so). I am using JuiceDefender for maximum battery life, and also verified with CPU Spy that the CPU is going into deep sleep as expected. Battery usage always shows "Phone Idle" and "Cell Standby" as the biggest battery consumers. Perhaps, the same problem that is causing bad reception is also causing the battery to go down quickly? I bought it as a used phone and used it on T-Mobile for a few days before leaving US. The battery life was terrible then too, but I thought it was because the battery was getting old, so purchased a new one before leaving.
Even though the reception on T-Mobile was also bad, it was nothing compared to what I am seeing here. Besides, T-Mobile didn't have a good coverage in that area anyway, so the reception was just like most of the other phones I tried there. My guess is that there is nothing wrong with the hardware itself, and the right modem firmware will fix both issues. Could someone who is already using this model in India, preferably with this mobile network comment?
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If you have the stock ROM it's probably that the main problem is the radio that you are using right now. The radios control the way the antenna communicates and all that stuff. So if you are having bad reception, the antena is searching constantly and making more effort to keep you alive on the mobile network.
Try flashing a new radio, it's too easy. Just find in the forum a radio for your region( but it could be from anywhere, for example i'm in Finland right now but i use the normal att{usa}).
I read that you are using just 2G, that's great for improving battery life, but don't expect a huge amount. I always run in 2G and in HSPA+ when i really need the gps, fast info, etc, I'm always syncing with FB, Twitter, Instagram, listening to music and barely it last a day withe the extended battery(bh6x).
Hope this works for you
btw, ,flashing a new radio doesn't delete the data of your rom, it's so easy
I have now observed the signal quality over 24hrs with the 100R firmware and I think there is marked improvement in quality. There were times when I had no signal and I couldn't make calls, but at least I didn't have a situation when there were bars showing and yet the call didn't go through. Obviously, I need more time to see if what I am seeing is genuine.
On the other hand, I don't think the battery life increased significantly. With very light usage, it went down from 100% to 22% in about 23hrs and 70% of that is in Phone idle. I have attached 3 snapshots taken at different times of the battery usage to show what I mean. May be it is just the stock kernel not fully optimized, so I will give CM7 a try.
I installed cwm touch recovery 5.8.1.8 and wondering if the backup created by this recovery is complete enough for the stock rom so that I can switch back to it if CM7 doesn't work out.
paarkhi said:
I'm on .30P and JB epinter's CM10 rom and signal is top notch, no reception problems, battery life great, from INDIA on tata docomo
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Does this ROM also support biometric scanner? What would be the biggest reason not to use it and go with CM7 instead? Stability?
irha said:
Does this ROM also support biometric scanner? What would be the biggest reason not to use it and go with CM7 instead? Stability?
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No, this ROM doesn't support biometric scanner and the stock Camcoder cannot record videos due to Nvidia Driver Issues (3rd party video recording apps work), apart from that sometimes random reboot, rest everything works like WiFi Hotspot, GPS is great, and instead of staying on GB I'd like to stay on JB with these few quirks...
paarkhi said:
No, this ROM doesn't support biometric scanner and the stock Camcoder cannot record videos due to Nvidia Driver Issues (3rd party video recording apps work), apart from that sometimes random reboot, rest everything works like WiFi Hotspot, GPS is great, and instead of staying on GB I'd like to stay on JB with these few quirks...
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The driver should then be there with CM7 as well as CM9 too right?
irha said:
The driver should then be there with CM7 as well as CM9 too right?
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AFAIK CM7 it will work and with CM9 it will not

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