My XDA phone seems to work just dandy...as long as it doesn't lose connection. If this happens I invariably have to switch the phone off and then on (not the whole xda) for it to pick up the signal. Sometimes when I do this it jumps up to full strength so it's certainly not signal problems.
Is there same way to force a signal search without turning the phone off? It's very annoying as I miss calls because of this assuming i'm connected when in an area with good signal (central london say - no i'm NOT in the tube!)
Thanks for any help here.
Daniel
You may want to upgrade the phone software. I used to have this problem on older RSU versions, and it disappeared somewhere along the road. 4.21 seems fine.
(The XDA will never be the phone for rural environments though. Radio reception just doesn't compare to e.g. the better Nokias..)
Thanks kindly for your reply.
ROM Version: 3.17.03 ENG
Rom Date: 05/15/03
Radio Version: 4.21.00
Protocol Version: 32S54
Anything wrong there? Would it be worth reinstalling the radio stack perhaps?
Do any of you XDA pro's know if there is actually a function to force a re-scan of frequencies to find a connection? How difficult would it be to write one as I could see it being incredibly useful even for people who's phones DO reconnect themselves (After a while).
Best regards,
Daniel
Hi Daniel, I have the same problem as do 54 of my colleagues. I have just had to rollout these XDA's out to my colleagues as part of a real time
information project and all have the radio stack 4.21 installed. If the guys are in a dead phone area in excess of 30 mins, it will never find the network again until we do a POR. I guess that the firmware either has a retry limit then gives up or it is done by time then gives up. I sure would like to see if this can be resolved?
Yep, I too have the same problem!!
And it's a pain in the arse! Anyone have any ideas? I have the latest firmware, radio stack etc from o2 UK.
Any of you technical sort of people know?
What we need are two little apps...
1. An app that will run the "reconnection" process without requiring the pin number to be re-entered.
2. a "cron" type program that will run it every 30 mins.
But I'm dammed if I have a clue how to do that!! =) Techy types...heeelllppp!!!
I'm in asia and running the same 4.21 have the same problem using the 900 band but with the 1800 frequency it's ok.
I'm in Argentina (GSM 900-1900), same problem. Tried different PPC versions / Radio Stack versions. Now it is:
ROM version A.30.09 ENG
ROM date: 01/01/04
Radio version: 6.24.00
Protocol version 324e4
(Hardware model PW10B1)
I hate going somewhere and when I get there check the green light just to see if it blinks and it doesn't! And when I turn on flight mode and then off, I get a strong signal. I can't have a phone like that! Why it doesn't check for signal automatically???
A solution would be to have a program turn on the PDA with the backlight off (to keep battery life) at predefined intervals, check the signal and if it is OK turn off the phone but if it is on No Signal "tap" on the signal icon, then on Turn On Flight mode, then repeat. That would be a quick and dirty solution. I would love to implement it but I don't have the resources (you can read programming knowledge) to do it.
Kind regards,
Marton
I also have this problem (in australia) but only noticed it since upgrading to the latest firmware. Hopefully when they do their next release they correct the problem agian.
If you happen to find a revision that doesn't have this problem, please let me know!!! Thanks!!
Marton
What happens when you try to make a call after you have lost the signal, and are back in an area with signal?
I did have the same problem- every time I came out of the underground.
It would often say 'Unable to make the call' etc.
But then i found that sometimes, if I called voicemail, the phone would pause for 30 seconds, then suddenly re-aquire the signal.
This seems to work most of the time now.
When I turn it on, the signal icon starts "Searching" and the three dots go blinking endless without getting the signal. If I turn on flight mode on and off, signal comes in normally. It is very strange but it seems too many people has this problem and it's sad that there's no aparent solution
Marton
Yup. But i found making a call (e.g. to voicemail) even when it shows 'no signal' did force it to start searching for a signal, although it freezes for 30 seconds.
OK, but I have no problems with turning on and off flight mode to get the signal back to make calls. The problem is that the phone can't receive calls.....
This sux
I was kinda hoping I was the only person with this problem, or that I'd find sum1 else had the same problem & knew how 2 fix it... I just purchased a Wallaby on eBay, but am becoming EXTREMELY frustrated with the lack of reception (0-1 bars connecting to Optus PrePaid within Australia) and when it frequently loses the signal all 2gether, I have 2 reset the phone 2 get it 2 pick it up again. VERY annoying. If ne1 knows of nething that might help (I no very little about all this ROM/radio stack stuff) then please, let us know!
Hello,
How are you?
I also have this singnal problem.
Has anyone found a solution for this?
I am running radio 4.21 in France.
Does anyone know if there is a later version of the radio stack?
thanks for advice,
monza
I just installed 1.06.00.10 and its grate i get 3g in places in areas that i never did befor and all bars most of the time. The problem im have is with Iguidace software takes for ever to load except if i turn off data transfer. Any one else have this problem.
what are some other good radios for ATT?
the latest official ATT Radio:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=334697
I am having problems. I HardSPL 2.10 OliPro and Black 3.01. I live in the houston area and every since Hurricane Ike, i have had problems with my reception. It will just totally drop for a couple minutes and then all of a sudden be full strength. I will do this serveral times a day. Or it may say it has no reception and is "searching" but i can send text messages but if i try to make a call it will say phone not ready. I know there is 2 newer version (i.e. 1.54.30.10 and 1.56.70.11. Wasnt i wasnt sure about is if those are compatible with the US network.
i found a thread on it finally and i saw some other people that live here in the US installed it.
I have had my hd2 for about a month now and hasn't really been experiencing problems with it until recently. when I just got the phone I had 3g data pretty much every where and around my while house. a couple of days ago I stopped having 3g data all together I only receive EDGE even outside. I am have radio version 2.15.50.14 and rom version 3.14. amy idea as to why this is and any possible solutions to this problem, thanks in advance.
Tmous right? You probably went over your 5GB cap. T-mobile gives you EDGE once you go past that mark, which I think is gonna happen to me real soon...
does 3g resume once the new month starts?
yes it does
I have recently upgraded my HTC HD2 to ROM 3.14.531.0 (04666) WWE (1.66... before) and Radio 2.15.50.14 (2.06... before) and my WiFi router signal strength became very poor.
Now the signal is poor even at 0.5 - 1 meter away. Before the upgrade the signal was good even at 10 meters away with 2 walls between the phone and a laptop.
Also tried to set "Best Wi-Fi Performance" on/off and nothing changes.
Also tried to use 3rd party WiFi Router software called WMWifiRouter - same problem.
Ok, then I have downloaded Android MDJ FroYo HD v. 4.1 for HTC HD2 and started HTC Hotspot app. The signal was perfect even at 10-15 meters away.
I think that there's some hidden settings which can help improve WiFi signal in WM because in Android the signal is strong by default.
Can anybody help me with WiFi router signal improvement in WM?
Thanks in advance!
i had the same problem, so i rolled back the radio to V2.12 all is well now.
check out the rome dev threads on how to do this.
Thanks for your advice!
I also thought the problem is in Radio BUT as I've told WiFi Router works perfectly on the same device when I run it on Android OS.
So it looks like the problem is in some WM settings or drivers but not in Radio version.
I'd prefer not to downgrade the Radio but to fix the issue in another way.
Maybe there are better solutions???
upgrade the radio version - same advice as above
Same problem with WiFi
Hello, I have exact same problem with Wifi Signal strength and I have the following software versions: OS: 5.2.29148, Manila 2.5.201914.0, ROM Artemis 44.0 WWE, Radio 2.15.50.14. So everything is latest, I have nothing to upgrade. Problem is with Artemis ROM I can't downgrade the Radio, it says in his thread that a lower version won't be compatible ( I am at 3m from Wifi Router with 1 line of signal, barely connects and when I put the phone down on the desk it loses the link completely, even with Beste Wifi Performance on. I am absolutely sure it's not the router because with my laptop I have full power and datarate. If I turn WiFiRouter (the embedded app) on and leave the phone in exact same position I can go at 2 brick walls away and still have 3/5 signal strenght on my laptop when connected to the phone and internet works ok. So it's not only in Android, I can bet it's some sh*t setting in WM. Please help.
the temporary solution I use is to change power mode in advanced WiFi settings to the left one - "maximum efficiency" or sth like this (sorry, have non-e\nglish ROM, so don't know the proper names)
tzuik said:
I am at 3m from Wifi Router with 1 line of signal, barely connects and when I put the phone down on the desk it loses the link completely, even with "Best Wifi Performance on".
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Best Wifi Performance is called and yes I tried with that on also and same results
It may be that the aerial has disconnected. How is the FM Radio & Bluetooth reception?
i have noted that my brother's tmobile 3.14 rom hd2 has a slightly weak wi-fi antenna in winmo, even with wireless n mode activated (though only at a fairly long distance unlike yours)...but it pulls the signal and works well in android...my leo (india), 3.14 rom works without problems in wino and android at the same distance...... i guess its with the tmobile specific winmo rom/radio?