Which Radio? - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I am currently running the Evil Fascinate 3.6 Rom. With the official ED04 radio. Really havent had many missed calls issues but seem to not get the best signal and seem to lose gps location sometimes. Anyone recommend a better radio i should flash through ODIN to help for that and maybe anything else?

That's my golden question too... I have tried every modem from ec01 to ed04 (and all versions in between) and now ec09. I seem to miss about 1 or 2 calls a week on all of them with the same data and gps performance. So, for my phone, there doesn't appear to be any noticeable differences. But when you look around you will notice some people getting differing results.
I suggest giving each modem a test drive to see how your phone reacts. Good luck
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[Q] WIFI Calling and TEXT Problems

I flashed to:
2.2.1 T959UVKB1
Kernel: 2.6.32.9
Darky's V. 9.3 XWJS5 Extreme _Edition
using a Samsung T959 Vibrant Model Phone
Everything is running well, Awesome ROM, the only two issues I'm having is there seems to be no WIFI calling and I cant receive any text now!
I searched the threads for info on this and this was all I found was A response from a thread responder:quote "Sweet honey is the smoothest out of Bionix and Darkys. At least in my opinion only item not working on it is WIFI calling" unquote
Also need an answer or suggestion on the texting issue as well!
The reason I need the WIFI calling so bad is I live so far out in the country, That I cant get a strong enough signal from T-Mobile's nearest tower to receive or call out, and when I was running the stock Froyo 2.2.1 I was able to call using the WIFI calling with my Broadband connection at my house! And I need the texting for business correspondence as well!
If there anyway to correct this and still use Darkys ROM? And IF NOT! Then what other similar ROMS to Darky's have the WIFI calling, and with no text issues!
Dont want to go back to stock If its avoidable, otherwise if there are no ROMS or fix's then I obviously have no other choice but to go back to Stock Flavor again! Which would be very sad and disappointing!
It is my understanding that none of the 2.2.1 roms are capable of running WIFI calling as of yet. There are a lot of 2.2 roms out by EDT and TW that you can run WIFI calling on. I'm currently on Trigger 2.7.2 and used the bloater app to install WIFI calling and it works like a champ. I was also having some issues with texting as well on one or two of the 2.2.1 roms as well, but not all and couldn't track down the problem. Hope this helps!
So with the Trigger 2.7.2 are you up and running with the text and good telephony using a WIFI AP ??? With 0 defects???
And How is the GPS aquisition capabilities with trigger and what modem does it use?? I Need good GPS routing when I travel for work, just as important as the other agenda's!
If this ROM can provide all Ive asked, then it seems a winner to me, I havent seen any pic's of it though and was wondering if it looks good, also how is the speed with the kernnel it runs on??
I know alot of questions, but still trying to find the right flavor I can stay satisfied with, and stop tweaking for awhile! LOL!!
Anyways thank you for your time and effort. Appreciate YA!
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So with the Trigger 2.7.2 are you up and running with the text and good telephony using a WIFI AP ??? With 0 defects???
And How is the GPS aquisition capabilities with trigger and what modem does it use?? I Need good GPS routing when I travel for work, just as important as the other agenda's!
If this ROM can provide all Ive asked, then it seems a winner to me, I havent seen any pic's of it though and was wondering if it looks good, also how is the speed with the kernnel it runs on??
I know alot of questions, but still trying to find the right flavor I can stay satisfied with, and stop tweaking for awhile! LOL!!
Anyways thank you for your time and effort. Appreciate YA!
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Yep, the WIFI app from the bloater app works great, no problems with calls or texts. GPS also works great, outside get a lock usually 9/11 birds and with using the navigation app, or maps its usually spot on. GPS on the vibrant is never perfect. Trigger is KB1 base with KB1 voodoo kernel and KB1 modem. After flashing Overstock, using quadrant, which isn't an accurate benchmark but can be used for comparisons, it scored mid 1700 to low 1800. Stock kernel scored mid 1400 to low 1500. Keep in mind, all hardware is different and you may not get the same results, and whenever flashing anything, be sure you know how to odin back to stock and read the OP fully! Good luck and hopefully this helps you out!
Cheers!
Also, I do flash the s.gps fix that is posted in the development section.
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Best radio to use for cm7?

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EC09 is supposed to be the GB radio, which is what i have on right now...
BUT personally when i first flashed Test build 7, I was on ED01 and did not flash EC09 radio and it worked fine.
I actually felt like i had better reception and everything else was smoother overall.
I thought maybe there was a bad flash or i screwed something up, so i went all the way back to DL09 and worked my way up and i still dont feel like it was as good as when i had it on ED01
So basically YMMV, but i think a lot of people are enjoying EC09
A number of people in other threads have complained of more missed calls with the EC09 modem than the ED04 modem, which could make sense considering ED04 is newer.
Falcyn said:
A number of people in other threads have complained of more missed calls with the EC09 modem than the ED04 modem, which could make sense considering ED04 is newer.
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But some also like the EC09 better, and they are able to achieve better data rates. That being said... the safest bet is probably just using froyo and ED04.
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I'm on CM7 (tb#7) with ED04 modem and it works perfectly. No missed calls and GPS lock is instant.
I'm on EC09, but I think ima go back to ED04, the battery seems to drain quicker on this radio though no missed calls or anything else. Speed is the same but I'm on Metro PCS and not on Verizon.
dricacho said:
I'm on CM7 (tb#7) with ED04 modem and it works perfectly. No missed calls and GPS lock is instant.
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+1
Haven't tried EC09.

what is the best of the best

i was wondering what everybody was running? Im still on evil fascinate, ed04 (which sucks), with a standard volt kernel running overclocked at 1.24 or it gets all glitchy and force closes. Im wondering what rom, kernel, radio combo works the best these days. Ive been reading all sorts of stuff and am just not oo sure what to go with. I use my phone alot for web surfing, a few games, music, etc. I also wondered if my aftermarket extended battery will work. any insight is greatly appreciated. Thanks to all the devs that make this possibel cause without them this phone really sucks ass.
I have been searching for a great daily and after trying the cm7.1 Rom I thought it was great, the only deal breaker for me was the sound issues with speakerphone. So i tried powerwashed and think is great, very stable and reliable.
Hope that helps, try it see what you think.
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benfikaman said:
I have been searching for a great daily and after trying the cm7.1 Rom I thought it was great, the only deal breaker for me was the sound issues with speakerphone. So i tried powerwashed and think is great, very stable and reliable.
Hope that helps, try it see what you think.
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honestly im not sure how you could consider the speakerphone echo a deal breaker on cm7.1... thats a very minimal issue at best imo, but to each is own. I do agree pwbg is a great rom aswell.
After constantly bouncing around ROMs, this is honestly the best setup I have had thus far: PWGB ROM with the Adrenaline Shot, fixpermissions.zip, EC09 radio, and the GeeWiz 2.1 kernel (very basic kernel, flashed to remove hotspot monitoring). I have tried the custom kernels but they remove a lot of stability for me. Also check out the sweet honeycomb theme for it!
do i just odin the eho9 radio? i have ed04 and i have trouble with having 3g or any signal for that matter. would eh09 be better? will it work with cm7, miui, or powerwsahed?
Yes Odin the ec09 modem...much better than ed04 IMO. Getting 1.3mb down on speakeasy.
I'm still running EC01, even with PWGB. Never had a data/call problem, ever.
I use my speakerphone a lot, so for me it is a deal breaker, it's a great Rom nonetheless
For powerwashed i restored back to original since i had to use the pit file to repatriation, think is great so far.
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And here is why you have to try all the roms yourself. i was on powerwashed GB rom and i hated it. Very glitchy and the touchscreen would freeze. Tried everything to try and cure it, adrenaline shot, turning off the 100mhz setting. To make matters worse something in that rom borked my connection to a PC, I couldnt get it to recognize my phone. I tried for 3 days finally got a connection and i dumped that pile. CM7.1 and been pretty good so far tho all roms have glitches you just have to try out what works best for you.
BTW best data connection I ever got was on the EB01 radio, I was getting 1.5 meg down. EC09 was horrible I got around 200k down. I'm on ED05 now will see how it does.
Im set up on powerwashed now and my screen freezes and im constantly takeing screenshots. I think im gonna give espresso a try. Thanks to everyone whos giveing their two cents on this. Greatly appreciated but I guess its trial and error. I do like to see everbodys feedback tho.
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Well what I have seen here lately is that their are multiple ways to root. But on top of that all the roms have different glitches. So I'm still stuck with debating and fixing my phone constantly. I'm running an old miui and can't really see a way to try the new 1.10.14.
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once the glitch kernel implements Jt's GPS fix, cm7.1 and glitch will be the best and fastest! It's the most overclock and also You can under-volt more than another kernel.
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once the glitch kernel implements Jt's GPS fix, cm7.1 and glitch will be the best and fastest! It's the most overclock and also You can under-volt more than another kernel.
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Glitch already is imo... I just use gps booster from market until the fix is implemented. Getting the same gps results as jt's kernal this way.

[Q] Best modem compatible with CM7?

Hey all. So I've been running CM7 for a few months, and most recently also flashed the Kang ROM. However, also for the past few months, I can't remember if before or right after CM7, I've been having a very distorted call quality, as well as data connectivity disappearing, only coming back with a reboot. I was wondering if someone could direct me to the best modem/radio combo I should be using... I figured this is most likely the culprit, though I'm in the dark. I believe I'm currently using EC09... my baseband version under "About phone" is S:i500.04 V.EC09
Even if EC09 is the newest modem I could use, what else is compatible with CM7? I feel like the biggest noob ever, but could someone explain to me exactly what the modem and radio are specifically responsible for?
When I find a modem/radio I'd like to flash, can I just do that over what I have now, or do I have to flash an earlier build like Eclair or something and rebuild from there?
Flash the EH03 radio. You can download it from me I will post a link. Use Odin to flash it right over what you currently have. It will not mess with your ROM so no need to do anything else but flash this file
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/32493357/eh03_radio.tar.md5
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Thank you so I don't have to wipe a single thing before flashing? Should this remedy the call quality, loss of data connectivity, or both?
I didn't see much of a difference between those two radios on the CM7 kang, but it's worth a shot. MTD roms tend to have data issues from time to time, but if you lose connectivity, toggling airplane mode on and off usually worked for me, as opposed to fully rebooting. Call quality could be related to your signal strength and other factors on the other end of the call. Unless all calls are distorted?
Yes, all calls are equally distorted. Significantly worse than the phone originally was
No you don't have to touch a thing with your ROM. Odin that file and it will reboot to your rom with the new radio. I'm running eh03 on ics build 6 and it's great
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the radio will not make a differenc on call audio quality...use glitch v13.1, the audio is much better than the kernel that comes with cm7.
Thanks for your help everyone. I'll install glitch as well as the new radio.
I asked before, but can someone please explain to me exactly what the modem and radio are responsible for and what advantage there is to updating them?
Also, i've never installed a modem or radio without installing current builds of both at the same time. Will it matter that upon installing the above radio, my radio will be more current than my modem?
Your radio and modern are actually the same thing. It can improve your signal/connection from Verizon so it it important to have a reliable radio. EH03 is a stock Verizon radio so we know it's reliable and the advantage is knowing you have a good reliable radio
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Modem For ICS

I am run running AOKP Milestone 6 with the Devil Kernel. I switched from the stock modem to EC09 because all I hear are good things about the modem. My signal strength actually decreased from -91 to -93. What other Modems are there that I should try. My 3G was really slow with the stock modem, so I am looking for the fastest speed.
asf1187 said:
I am run running AOKP Milestone 6 with the Devil Kernel. I switched from the stock modem to EC09 because all I hear are good things about the modem. My signal strength actually decreased from -91 to -93. What other Modems are there that I should try. My 3G was really slow with the stock modem, so I am looking for the fastest speed.
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Droidstyle's guide (which you may have used) listed the modems he recommended the most (EH03, EC09, and I don't remember the other). I believe your choices might be somewhat limited by the network your on (Verizon vs. someone else), but I could be wrong.
From what I understand the EH03 (stock GB) is the fastest, so if you're not getting good speed it could be just the network like Aesrys already pointed out. Just try them all and see if any show improvement for you, if they don't then it's probably just your area. Also, have you updated roaming lately? Try *22891 which when dialed will download an updated roaming list to your phone, possibly providing better reception. When I did it I actually noticed a better signal at my house. Not sure if it'll help data too, but hey worth a shot.
I'm currently EC09 which i was running back on eclair ,,, and i also tried EH03 too,,, i actually never ran any gb roms,,, went straight to ics,,, and tried both EH03 & EC09 and the building i work in (a real tin can) just kills signal... It does seem to be very slightly better on jb roms but i finally got a decent wifi router so I'm real happy with that,,, ,,,anywhere else outside of work i get good enough 3g signal too do all i want to do...
I could and can navigate w/Google maps great,,, surf web/twitter/fb,,,etc on 3g during lunch
Before jellybean I was considering greeting a newer Samsung phone in hopes of a better 3g signal,,, but I'm glad i upgraded to jb and wifi..:thumbup::thumbup:
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