Hey guys,
After a couple days of playing around with tapres.96.dll and monochrome bitmaps, I was successfully able to modify the EVDO indicator using the 3.2.6 kitchen.
If you would like to use it, here's what you do:
1. Replace the SYS\Redist_DPI_96\tapres.96.dll folder with the one provided in the zip.
2. Run BuildNB.bat and cook your rom like you normally would and flash.
Here's a screenshot for all you people who like pics...
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its not actually indicating a Rev A area though, right? just statically has an "A" now??
its not actually indicating a Rev A area though, right? just statically has an "A" now??
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Right...it's just for aesthetics. However, Verizon has completely rolled out Rev A on their entire network, so for Verizon users they actually are always getting Rev A as long as they are in an EVDO area.
bah i need alltel to roll out rev A everywhere
bah i need alltel to roll out rev A everywhere
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Soon you won't have to worry about that...
Verizon bought Alltel which means they are acquiring all their towers.
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what's that plugin on yer today screen that appears to show data counters of some sort?
BatteryStatus. It's the only reason I use it. I disable the battery meter and just show the data usage counter as I use Vistahide Battery Gauge.
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Soon you won't have to worry about that...
Verizon bought Alltel which means they are acquiring all their towers.
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Yeah Its gonna be pretty interesting to c how the merger goes through. I work for an alltel agent and no one on either end really has a clue whats going on lol.
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BatteryStatus. It's the only reason I use it. I disable the battery meter and just show the data usage counter as I use Vistahide Battery Gauge.
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Hey GC - Got a cab for the bat status? That does look cool....
Hey GC - Got a cab for the bat status? That does look cool....
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lol, somehow this thread became a battery status plug thread.
Here.
Thats why I liked the threads that were about seeing other peoples today screens, so I could see what items other folks have that I may want to try out..... lol Thx for the cab.....
gc14: That's neat. Can this be done after the fact without reflashing the ROM?
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its not actually indicating a Rev A area though, right? just statically has an "A" now??
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Can we get this in the next build of DCD? :-D I don't use a kitchen yet, it would be nice if it was in there by default.
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BatteryStatus. It's the only reason I use it. I disable the battery meter and just show the data usage counter as I use Vistahide Battery Gauge.
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gc14: Have you tried Batti vs. Vistahide? I liked Batti better seemed more configurable etc.
Also, as far as the data counters, don't you use Resco File Explorer (I thought everyone did) - it has this functionality on the today screen. I'm curious as to your choice etc.
gc14: That's neat. Can this be done after the fact without reflashing the ROM?
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No, it must be cooked into ROM and flashed.
Have you tried Batti vs. Vistahide? I liked Batti better seemed more configurable etc.
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It's a battery meter. I don't need it to be configurable, just more ram being eaten up by more today plugins. Vistahide is my preferred choice.
Also, as far as the data counters, don't you use Resco File Explorer (I thought everyone did) - it has this functionality on the today screen. I'm curious as to your choice etc.
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Yes I use Resco, and no I don't use the today plugin. See my reason above. The battery status data counter is nice and sleek, doesn't take up a lot of real estate on the today screen, and gets the job done. I just think the battery meter is inferior to Vistahide.
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Right...it's just for aesthetics. However, Verizon has completely rolled out Rev A on their entire network, so for Verizon users they actually are always getting Rev A as long as they are in an EVDO area.
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I didn't know this. So should I be disappointed that my speeds haven't changed much since flashing to one of dcd's roms? I always have EVDO coverage...but never more than 800kbps or so, tops.
Your speeds rely on how many T1's are on your tower. 800 is actually not that bad either. The upload speed is usually the dead giveaway that Rev A is there. What's your upload speed?
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Your speeds rely on how many T1's are on your tower. 800 is actually not that bad either. The upload speed is usually the dead giveaway that Rev A is there. What's your upload speed?
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What is a good site for upload speed check and which browser should be used? IE or Opera Mini?
What is a good site for upload speed check and which browser should be used? IE or Opera Mini?
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Test your speeds by tethering to a pc and then go to dslreports or speedtest.
I am getting 2.5 down and .3 up... not bad for a cell phone
I just did a test with mine (tethered via bluetooth), here's my numbers:
Speed Test #56479359 by dslreports.com
Run: 2008-08-28 19:34:15 EST
Download: 529 (Kbps)
Upload: 475 (Kbps)
In kilobytes per second: 64.5 down 57.9 up
Tested by server: 56 java
User: 2 @ dslreports.com
User's DNS: myvzw.com
Compared to the average of 81 tests from myvzw.com:
* download is 30% worse, upload is 59% better
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Your speeds rely on how many T1's are on your tower. 800 is actually not that bad either. The upload speed is usually the dead giveaway that Rev A is there. What's your upload speed?
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I got 680 down, 161 up when I'm tethered. I'm guessing it's an infrastructure thing, from what you described....I'm in a somewhat rural area.
Edit: I just realized I had bittorrent running...getting around 250 up now.
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Before root, my dwnld speeds averaged 18mb to 30mb. I'm lucky, and have LTE everywhere I go and those numbers were consistent. Since root, I can not get above 10mb. I've tried several roms and radio combinations to no avail. I would love to get back to those speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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Before root, my dwnld speeds averaged 18mb to 30mb. I'm lucky, and have LTE everywhere I go and those numbers were consistent. Since root, I can not get above 10mb. I've tried several roms and radio combinations to no avail. I would love to get back to those speeds. Any help would be greatly appreciated!
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They're probably not really slower, just dont use the speedtest.net application. Use http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/ instead.
Everyone keeps recommending the speakeasy site over the speedtest.net app. Not sure why it shows different numbers for some but they both show almost identical speeds for me (speakeasy is even a little slower at times). Maybe it depends on your location and coverage but no difference here. *shrug*
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Everyone keeps recommending the speakeasy site over the speedtest.net app. Not sure why it shows different numbers for some but they both show almost identical speeds for me (speakeasy is even a little slower at times). Maybe it depends on your location and coverage but no difference here. *shrug*
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If you try it on CM7 or any aosp rom it makes a world of difference for me at least. Download speeds are 1-5mbps on speedtest for it and 15-20 on speakeasy or just by testing through more scientific means (like using wget on a known file size, timing it and dividing out the size/time).
You realize the difference between 10mbps and 30mbps on a cell phone is completely intangible. There are no websites that even deliver content at 30mbps in the first place, aside from the speakeasy servers for testing purposes, and even if they did, you wouldnt notice the difference because the entire page layout would have already been loaded in 1 second anyway.
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You realize the difference between 10mbps and 30mbps on a cell phone is completely intangible. There are no websites that even deliver content at 30mbps in the first place, aside from the speakeasy servers for testing purposes, and even if they did, you wouldnt notice the difference because the entire page layout would have already been loaded in 1 second anyway.
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You assume we're talking about web pages. I was generally referring to large binary files handled over http. I download plenty of those from my own servers.
However, a webserver can deliver content at any speed it can handle (limited by load balancing or the max speed of a server). If you have a webpage with 100 large images on it, it's sure going to load a lot faster on LTE @ 2-4 MB/s than it would on CMDA at 300KB/s.
There are plenty of crappy wordpress and other crappy CMS sites out there that arent exactly very efficient in loading stuff either because they make too many http requests or they dont know what compression is. Either way, it'll make a difference.
another thing to keep in mind also, is the more people that sign up & get 4G the slower the network will gradually get.
even 3G used to be faster at first....
If I am getting 3 mb/s speeds on speedtest and 19 mb/s speed on speakeasy which should i believe?
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If you try it on CM7 or any aosp rom it makes a world of difference for me at least. Download speeds are 1-5mbps on speedtest for it and 15-20 on speakeasy or just by testing through more scientific means (like using wget on a known file size, timing it and dividing out the size/time).
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Yup, no difference here whatsoever. Speakeasy is actually slower than the speedtest app. Tested them back to back while sitting in the same location.
Always been this way from CM7 RC0.6 through 1.3 now on MR1, MR2, OTA MR2. That's why it always made me wonder when lots of people suggested using speakeasy.
Oh well...
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Yup, no difference here whatsoever. Speakeasy is actually slower than the speedtest app. Tested them back to back while sitting in the same location.
Always been this way from CM7 RC0.6 through 1.3 now on MR1, MR2, OTA MR2. That's why it always made me wonder when lots of people suggested using speakeasy.
Oh well...
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That's speakeasy.
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I got about the same running Cyanogenmod 7 RC1.3 27.83 Mb/s down and 3.82 Mb/s up, using the most recent Radio Leak
Think the app's are a bit misleading anyway. I ran the speedtest app on my phone and get 30mb down, then I tether to my laptop and run the same test from their website and get 7mb down.
I hate to bring back an old thread but has anyone discovered a solution to this?
Thought I'd share my tests for bandwidth, bluetooth and GPS using them with various test scenarios and comparisons.
Background info: I bought the Prime last week at Best Buy. I pretty much pulled it out of the box and ran all the OTA updates, so I have ICS and it's got the latest updates. Not rooted.
Serial: BCOKAS11**** (Gray, 32 GB)
Network: Ran the test at my house. I'm probably hitting my upload bandwidth on all the tests, so it may not be the best test for upload bandwidth. My average bandwidth on a computer is about 11.8 mbps down, 1.7 mbps up. I only run G Wifi at my house. I have an older N router, but it slows down my network overall... so I have it disabled.
The Speed test image below are the following scenarios (pictured from top to bottom):
- Wifi, GPS, bluetooth earpiece paired using Google Music
- Wifi, bluetooth earpiece paired using Google Music
- Wifi, GPS, bluetooth on
- Wifi and GPS
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As you can see, BT streaming kills about half of the bandwidth from wifi. This isn't great, but I can live with that.
Next test are for GPS. Sorry the pics are so big, I'll try to fix that later. These were done outside my house in a Michigan suburb with GPS Test and are picture in the following order (you can tell by the icons in the dock):
- All Radios on, connected to my Wifi network, Bluetooth using Google Music
- Wifi on connected to network and GPS on
- GPS only on
It took less than a minute to start picking up satellites, but no where near as fast as my phone. I am not too familiar with these read-outs.
I'm clearly picking up some GPS satellites outside. I seemed to be able to get some signal in my house.
Overall, I pretty happy with the tablet. It does have a few bugs that could be related to ICS like the slow browser issue and some FCs. I don't have any light bleeding, but my eye aren't that great either. I was really worried about this thing after everything I've read on here, but I think I must have got the keeper model.
I'm new to xda, so throw me a 'thanks' if this helps you! Thanks!
Links to your pictures dont work, guessing they are not in the public section of dropbox
Argh... standby. Guess that's why I'm still a 'Junior Member'.
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Links to your pictures dont work, guessing they are not in the public section of dropbox
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Can you see them now? It blew up the ones of the GPS screens after I did that. They weren't that big originally. Thanks for pointing it out.
I have the same tablet 32gb grey and mine is also BCOKAS11XXXX like yours.
Mine is perfect except wifi the wifi/bt issue.
So this batch is good , and mine confirms that the wifi/bt problem is hw related.
I'm afraid no firmware update will solve that, but I still hope.
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I'm afraid no firmware update will solve that, but I still hope.
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I heard that the same problem exists on cell phones, but I've never tried that for comparison.
Very weak signal compared to other devices, and this has come up a million times, yes it works. Yes it has a very weak signal.
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Very weak signal compared to other devices, and this has come up a million times, yes it works. Yes it has a very weak signal.
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Well, there are a lot of posts where people say they can't get a signal at all. So, I was just sharing my results with the serial numer I have since that seems to be trending info on the forum.
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Well, there are a lot of posts where people say they can't get a signal at all. So, I was just sharing my results with the serial numer I have since that seems to be trending info on the forum.
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Well yes, I agree it is working and usable for lets say photo tagging (in open air) or something but for example driving it most of the time will not work. But still it looks like you're lucky with your unit!
BTW: This is from the Galaxy S II
Can you tell me what the giant '0' is for on the GPS Test app? One test I ran had a '2'.
But yes, you definitely have more strength. I'm not implying its an amazing GPS device... but it's functional. It got my position to around 50 ft from every test according to the app.
Can we do some runs with WiFi please on a new C1 prime? I'd like to see a 250MB file transfer on a 2.5GHz N router connected to a ethernet wired PC and the transfer speeds associated with that transfer from various distanced.
I think what is happening is that people are reporting good Wifi using Speedtest because their DSL/Cable only goes as high as ~15mbps
For example, when I had both of my primes, my wifi was AWESOME with regards to Speedtests because my DSL line with verizon was only 7.1mbps down/768kbps up.
I never checked the LAN speed which would have accurately tested the maximum capability of my route/prime.
Who can help?
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I think what is happening is that people are reporting good Wifi using Speedtest because their DSL/Cable only goes as high as ~15mbps
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Well, I only pay for 12 Mbps down at my house. And that's still faster than any free wifi I would be connecting to anywhere (or my phone). I could test at a friend's apartment... I think he gets around 35 down and 6 up on an N router. He has the fastest internet out of the people I know. Providers are kinda limited / expensive in Michigan because they are different in each city.
If I stop at his apartment this weekend, I'll take my Prime.
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Can you tell me what the giant '0' is for on the GPS Test app? One test I ran had a '2'.
But yes, you definitely have more strength. I'm not implying its an amazing GPS device... but it's functional. It got my position to around 50 ft from every test according to the app.
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Not my picture by the way, I'm not sure what that means, maybe someone else?
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Not my picture by the way, I'm not sure what that means, maybe someone else?
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Ah. I thought you just ran that test and posted the pic from the S2.
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Ah. I thought you just ran that test and posted the pic from the S2.
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Nope, I found it online. I can however see what my HTC Sensation does, that one also has a partly aluminium back cover.
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Nope, I found it online. I can however see what my HTC Sensation does, that one also has a partly aluminium back cover.
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Ha. I have the same phone. I will probably test it out later today out of curiosity... better comparison to test in the same location I did the Prime.
P.S. I'm rooted using the DarkForest ICS Sensation ROM... Version 5.1 flys and the hotspot functionality works.
*edit... with O/C kernel too.
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Can you tell me what the giant '0' is for on the GPS Test app? One test I ran had a '2'.
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Ended up figuring this out. It's the MPH. Changes if you move around.
I know some Verizon phones have this, but does anyone know how to disable LTE and force hspa on our note? Just would be a serious boost for battery life when LTE isn't needed.
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Saurom ROM has that capability. You'll need to root and flash a ROM to get this afaik. I'm on Saurom 7.0 and it's functional.
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Thanks for the reply. Was hoping i didnt need to root/flash atm. Do you notice battery life improvements with this mod?
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Thanks for the reply. Was hoping i didnt need to root/flash atm. Do you notice battery life improvements with this mod?
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Personally, I don't ever turn off LTE considering that the way it's supposed to work is that while in a non LTE market, it defaults to HSPA+ anyway. And I've read that the lack of LTE doesn't interfere with battery life. Maybe I'll try for a day and see.
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Personally, I don't ever turn off LTE considering that the way it's supposed to work is that while in a non LTE market, it defaults to HSPA+ anyway. And I've read that the lack of LTE doesn't interfere with battery life. Maybe I'll try for a day and see.
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Yeah mine does drop to hspa inside some buildings but LTE blankets my entire county and surrounding ones. Basically I was just curious if forcing it to use hspa would conserve battery (in theory, it should). I'm surprised there aren't more threads addressing this.
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I'd like to figure this out too. I was using my Note with my old S2 sim card for a couple months (bought the Note used), and didn't know there was an upgraded SIM card for LTE users. Since upgrading to the LTE Sim chip, my signal bars are around 50% signal strength and I think it is the culprit to draining my battery so quickly. When I used the HSPA+ chip I always had full signal strength.
Are there any mods anyone knows of or ways to update any custom rom? I'm currently trying out the BlackStar ICS Rom.
Thanks!
Canadian ROMs have the Network Mode menu in settings. I don't believe it comes from the Radio so it must come from the settings.apk. Here is the settings.apk from the Rogers ICS ROM and it is already deodexed. Do a nand backup. Then copy this file to your system/app folder overwriting the one included in the ROM. Fix permissions and reboot your phone. You should then have the Network Mode menu in your settings. Let me know if it works.
I'm pulling the trigger now. . .
I'll let you know infive if it worked, ten if it didn't.
This could be GREAT!
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I'm pulling the trigger now. . .
I'll let you know infive if it worked, ten if it didn't.
This could be GREAT!
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Please do. I suspected this would work for some time now. When I installed the KOB4LT mod awhile back it installed the settings.apk from the GSII and it worked fine except there was no settings for the s-pen. Should work on any of the ICS NOTE stock deodexed ROMs. And if your stock ROM is not deodexed just delete or rename both the settings.apk and the settings.odex too
This would be interesting. Definitely helpful since so many reviews said LTE kills battery faster than 3G.
This is why I went with the Rogers stock ROM instead of the ATT version. Network Mode, HotSpot allowed, and no carrier ID on notification bar.
Daaarn!
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Same restricted crud. I wiped before I rebooted. Well, I'll gladly be your test dummy.
That sux. Was hoping it would look like this: Maybe you need the modem too?? It can't be that hard.
I am going to flash the modem you linked then reapply the settings.apk
Oh wait. . .I fixed it:
Back in 30 minutes.
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I am going to flash the modem you linked then reapply the settings.apk
Oh wait. . .I fixed it:
Back in 30 minutes.
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I knew there was a simple solution. lol :silly:
Ok rogers modem and settings.apk onboard.
No toggle (crap)
No sounds (startup, system, notifications, music player, browser)
Any adjustment to a system setting freezes phone for 15 seconds
Laggy
Good modem (signal strength, fast wifi)
There is good news. You are on the right track. I can *#2263# and get:
So this modem gives the band selection option (you already know that). But I haven't seen that menu in months!
I'm going to put back my original settings.apk.
turn off lte att note
i came across this thread as im looking for a desktop widget to turn lte off on my att note 3.
theres a few reasons for this. I hadnt thought about battery life until i read this but it cant help but increase battery life. this is because lte and hsm are two different radios. the gsm will always be on to controll the phone and sms functions and i believe the mms functions.
but simply here in the bay are most areas hspap seems to be faster.
lte upload is always faster and it penetrates buildings better. but i switch back and forth and do tests all the time.
this is a very urban area and hspap seems to have 5 bars a lot more than lte.
7.1
ill do a random test for you from where im typing this.
hspap 7.13 down 1.10 up. 5 bars. lte 4.12 down 3.76 up. 3 bars.
and as soon as i get to two bars lte seems to throttle below 1 down and stays at 3 up.
whereas hspap never goes below 6 down until its lost reception.
so anyhow i switch between the two without a rom by doing this
*#*#4636#*#*
device then i change the radio from lte/gsm auto to gsm auto.
that works immediately
now all that im lacking is a simpler one click way to change the setting.
I got an S3 a couple of weeks back.
I've noticed that the battery duration is subpar.
I haven't even rooted the device yet and it doesn't seem to be the same for everyone.
On the pic attached you can see that it has been a few hours since disconnected and it has already consumed almost half of the battery.
I wasn't doing much other than about 20 minutes of web surfing, 3 or 4 texts and about 15 of playing music for my car stereo through the aux. Other than that nothing, no pics, no calls, etc.
I'm on 3G (H,H+) all the time. Do you think that's the issue?
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I'm on 3G (H,H+) all the time.
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Depends. Please use the dialer code *#0011# (or *#*#0011#*#* on AOSP-based ROM's) and check if the RRC-state goes to "IDLE" when your phone has not transferred any data for some time and HSPA is active.
If not, your carrier probably does not disable Fast Dormancy or you have Fast Dormancy disabled for whatever reason.
Please, if rooted, let Better Battery Stats (free APK here in Xda) record the Wakelocks across several hours and make a screenshot of the Kernel wakelocks and Partial wakelocks.
All I can see from your current screenshot is that you're constantly discharging and probably are on an older firmware (Upgrade!) since it doesn't include the Fix for the cosmetic issue causing the Cell standby being battery drain Nr.1
Are you using Apps like Skype or Facebook? Both are known battery drainers.
Have you been in low-signal or no-signal areas?
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Depends. Please use the dialer code *#0011# (or *#*#0011#*#* on AOSP-based ROM's) and check if the RRC-state goes to "IDLE" when your phone has not transferred any data for some time and HSPA is active.
If not, your carrier probably does not disable Fast Dormancy or you have Fast Dormancy disabled for whatever reason.
Please, if rooted, let Better Battery Stats (free APK here in Xda) record the Wakelocks across several hours and make a screenshot of the Kernel wakelocks and Partial wakelocks.
All I can see from your current screenshot is that you're constantly discharging and probably are on an older firmware (Upgrade!) since it doesn't include the Fix for the cosmetic issue causing the Cell standby being battery drain Nr.1
Are you using Apps like Skype or Facebook? Both are known battery drainers.
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Thanks a lot for the reply.
I'm in Mexico and we haven't had the update released here. That's why I haven't upgraded yet.
I'd love to go to CM9 but as it stands I don't want to take risks with the modem, the scene is kind of young still.
I'm not using skype or facebook. I do have them installed but I don't have them running. I actually have sync for FB disable.
I'm very willing to uninstall both if you think it will help.
About RRC-State:
If I'm on wifi it says iddel.
The phone seems to go to HSPA only when downloading something and stays on 3G while idle. While on 3G RCC State reads "FACH".
How can I enable fast dormancy?
By the way, since 12 am today, I have downloaded less than 7MB of data from my mobile network. Anything else has been over wifi.
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Have you been in low-signal or no-signal areas?
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Not that I noticed. It seems to have good coverage around here. I'm in a 5 million people city and I normally move around a lot due to my work. Seems to be fine in that regard.
While on 3G RCC State reads "FACH".
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If it doesn't go down to IDLE then fd is confirmed off or not working. However not all providers support it so it's not that easy.
You can try this, but do a backup of the corresponding files first and of course replace wherever required the values with your provider's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27445663&postcount=1
I'm in Mexico and we haven't had the update released here. That's why I haven't upgraded yet.
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You don't have to wait, just flash any Rom of your liking, including e.g. Omega ROM. You can flash the CSC back.
I do have them installed but I don't have them running. I actually have sync for FB disable.
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Try uninstalling or freezing them. It might help. Trial & error
By the way, since 12 am today, I have downloaded less than 7MB of data from my mobile network. Anything else has been over wifi.
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The problem is, your phone keeps a full-fledged high-speed data connection open at all times since it or the network is unable to go to Fast Dormancy. Open 3G/HSPA connections drain the battery faster than you can look. Talk about carriers sucking you dry =)
I'm in a 5 million people city and I normally move around a lot due to my work.
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That causes some drain, but not to that extend
I'd love to go to CM9 but as it stands I don't want to take risks with the modem, the scene is kind of young still.
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The modem doesn't change when flashing CM9. You should flash the BFLB modem though since otherwise you get issues with voice calling.
Plus, you can always go back to stock by flashing your (or a close) firmware from samfirmware.com through Odin.
I highly recommend trying CM9 =)
d4fseeker said:
If it doesn't go down to IDLE then fd is confirmed off or not working. However not all providers support it so it's not that easy.
You can try this, but do a backup of the corresponding files first and of course replace wherever required the values with your provider's:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=27445663&postcount=1
You don't have to wait, just flash any Rom of your liking, including e.g. Omega ROM. You can flash the CSC back.
Try uninstalling or freezing them. It might help. Trial & error
The problem is, your phone keeps a full-fledged high-speed data connection open at all times since it or the network is unable to go to Fast Dormancy. Open 3G/HSPA connections drain the battery faster than you can look. Talk about carriers sucking you dry =)
That causes some drain, but not to that extend
The modem doesn't change when flashing CM9. You should flash the BFLB modem though since otherwise you get issues with voice calling.
Plus, you can always go back to stock by flashing your (or a close) firmware from samfirmware.com through Odin.
I highly recommend trying CM9 =)
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Thanks a lot for the help. I don't think I have the data required for doing that mod for fast dormancy. Most likely that is the culprit then...
I was waiting to root and such because of the flash counter but I guess there is no point in waiting. The phone like this actually doesn't do much for me. It's a pain to be concerned about enough power and I totally need to have the data on all the time (critical work emails). I always carry a backup iPhone 4 in case I have problems with my main android but I rather just use Android all the time (it rocks!).
I guess I'm down for CM9. Just one more question, my firmware doesn't appear as it is on samfirmware. How can I find out which one is closer to the one I got right now?
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Actually I found it. It wasn't there before but it is now. It might be newer to what I got right now.
I rooted my device and made a nandroid.
Just for research, instead of putting a new ROM I'll try to do a bbs log of my phone as it is to try to find out the reason for the drain although it might very well be the carrier config.
I was wondering if anyone has had any luck changing the band on any of the 4.2.2-based roms?
to be sure, i mean making the band "3g" only by dialing *#*#2263#*#* and then changing the band.
In all the 4.2.2 based roms i have tried, trying to go into service mode by any means results in an empty service mode screen with no options to select from.
my need to change the band is so that i can get out of the perpetual "H" or "H+" mode that eats my battery like no tomorrow.
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I was wondering if anyone has had any luck changing the band on any of the 4.2.2-based roms?
to be sure, i mean making the band "3g" only by dialing *#*#2263#*#* and then changing the band.
In all the 4.2.2 based roms i have tried, trying to go into service mode by any means results in an empty service mode screen with no options to select from.
my need to change the band is so that i can get out of the perpetual "H" or "H+" mode that eats my battery like no tomorrow.
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If you are using the ATT network, then I'm afraid you are stuck with the automatic band selection you are seeing now.
ATT networks are RAT restricted for this generation of device, and manual band changes cannot be made, regardless of the ROM you are using.
How nice it would be to drop back to an edge 2g connection at work and enjoy the battery life, like I could only 1 year ago using my inspire 4g, But the note will not allow it on this network.
Several other networks are able to change at will.......(C'mon ATT !! Seriously ??)........sorry......g
The Collective Room has a 4g(I think modem)on it works good but I like Rootbox better not 4g do http://d-h.st/TYO or look around cheers!!!!!!!!
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Its screen time/ brightness that eats battery. Why would H to H+ affect the battery? That change is an indicator of signal strength/distance to tower not what your modem is doing.
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Its screen time/ brightness that eats battery. Why would H to H+ affect the battery? That change is an indicator of signal strength/distance to tower not what your modem is doing.
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That's what I was thinking. Kind of noob around here and with this whole rooted and rom thing but I'm liking it. Haven't had alot of time to search around but is there a way to change the screen time? i know the brightness yes but wasn't sure about screen time. Sorry if a stupid question
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That's what I was thinking. Kind of noob around here and with this whole rooted and rom thing but I'm liking it. Haven't had alot of time to search around but is there a way to change the screen time? i know the brightness yes but wasn't sure about screen time. Sorry if a stupid question
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Change screen time by using screen less.
Less brightness is easy using the slider on the status bar.
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Change screen time by using screen less.
Less brightness is easy using the slider on the status bar.
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While i agree that screen time has a lot to do with this, i am talking about battery being eaten away without the screen being on - like 6%-12% drain per hour range. This is probably network related. For example, in my tests, keeping the radio on an LTE band would induce such battery drains. For comparative purposes, on the blackstar xi rom i was on before, battery drain was ~1.5% per hour range when screen off.
Just in case someone is wondering, these numbers are based on fresh installs (after full wipes x2) of several of the latest 4.2.2 roms (the latest (3/13, i think) collective rom included). the brightness is set around the 10% range. and the percentages are taken after the rom has had a chance to "settle down" (i.e. maybe 5-6 hours into it).
Also, in case someone was wondering, i have tried resetting the battery stats when installing a couple of roms (although this should be a non-issue) without any effect on the battery life.
Furthermore, there is a preponderance of evidence to support the 3g/H/H+ battery saving method (for quick summary, google *#301279#)
gregsarg - im on bell network in Canada.
Thanks for your comments so far, guys. keep 'em coming.
Also, it would be great if you guys could share some of your battery drain experiences with the new 4.2.2 roms. Perhaps stating the rom name/version, whether data is always on, and any battery saving apps/tips/tricks used?
Edit: Another thought is CPU usage - and ive tried underclocking, trying diff kernels and governors just to get marginal benefits.
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What baseband are you using? Try installing a Canadian ICS baseband/modem and see if that allows you to change your bands. They are not locked like ATT modems.
Uclf6.. I think that's the att one.
Latest Canadian ICS modem i could find was Uclf4. Let me try that.
Is the latest ucmb (sp?) Modem locked too?
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Actually, i also wanted to find what sort of drain are others seeing with data on, screen off?
Any modem that was released with at&t ROMs will be restricted. Canadian released modems or the Singapore ROM modem should allow band switching.
Latest Canadian modems can be downloaded from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801689
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Latest Canadian modems can be downloaded from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801689
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Any modem that was released with at&t ROMs will be restricted. Canadian released modems or the Singapore ROM modem should allow band switching.
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Thanks Agoattamer and rangercaptain. I tried MUGLF4 since im on bell - still no dice with the band menu.
*#*#BAND#*#* shows up as a blank screen.
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*#*#DATA#*#* > Phone information > [MENU] > "select radio band" shows a blank box as well.
any other ideas? maybe its a rom thing..
The ROM has the menu selectable band "Use 2G network only", so I think its a modem thing. I used an older Bell modem last year, and it had the service menu unrestricted.
I m using china vf695 4.2.2 6180 can I go for LTE mode ??