Hi all,
I've been running CM7 on my TB for quite some time and absolutely love it. However, I decided to try BAMF Forever and immediately noticed better connectivity and a stronger signal after loading the ROM. BAMF is a great ROM, but I much prefer the functionality of CM7, except for the apparent strength of the signals. Both ROMs are running the same base band (1.48.00.0906w_1,0.01.78.0906w_2). It's definitely not my imagination. With CM7 I often get no signal inside my office and if I do, it tends to only be one bar. With BAMF I'm getting 4 bars and none of the connectivity issues associated with my CM7 ROM.
Is there a radio that's known to be a better match with CM7?
Thanks in advance.
On my Fascinate I my wifi experience hasn't been the best. It drops out in my room whereas my iPod touch 4 has no problems. And I almost always just get 1 bar, more if fairly close to the router.
Is anyone else having low wifi signal their fascinate?
Could it have anything to do with my ROM? It's JT's vanilla GB
fascinates have crappy radios. I took my first one back because I thought the wifi was broken, only to get the new one home and find out that it was only marginally better.
mvmacd said:
On my Fascinate I my wifi experience hasn't been the best. It drops out in my room whereas my iPod touch 4 has no problems. And I almost always just get 1 bar, more if fairly close to the router.
Is anyone else having low wifi signal their fascinate?
Could it have anything to do with my ROM? It's JT's vanilla GB
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I agree. I'm using CM7 nightly 112 with EH03 radio and I be 15-20 ft away unblocked for the signal and not have full bars. However, I was able to get 1.89Mbps with 3G whereas I only got around 1.2Mbps on the EC09 radio. I thought it may improve the wifi which is why I tried it but aparently no dice.
okay, thanks guys.. At least it's not just me. so is it just the fascinate, or do all Galaxy S have bad radios?
Recently i hav flashed my rom to the new version of MiUi v4 WeUi v1.0. I find the signal strength to fluctuating up and down and even goes to NO SIGNAL some times. This never happened to be before cos i always have full signal in my area.
Also many people speaking through phone the other end that the voice clarity goes down and doesn't even able to hear the voice. But i tested with sound recorder that the mike is in perfect working condition.
What would be the cause of this guys.. Help me
galaxyfitftw said:
Recently i hav flashed my rom to the new version of MiUi v4 WeUi v1.0. I find the signal strength to fluctuating up and down and even goes to NO SIGNAL some times. This never happened to be before cos i always have full signal in my area.
Also many people speaking through phone the other end that the voice clarity goes down and doesn't even able to hear the voice. But i tested with sound recorder that the mike is in perfect working condition.
What would be the cause of this guys.. Help me
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You may want to try flashing a different modem.
When I receive or make a call, I can always hear the other party perfectly, but my voice starts breaking up almost immediately (to them). It disappears on and off and gets worse. After 20 to 30 seconds it is terrible. When the signal is stronger, it seems to be better, but never as good as it sounds to me.
I have tried every ROM after wiping COMPLETELY! The ROMs are usually working perfectly. After a while using Captivating, I'm loving Slim Build 4 (soon to be build 4.2). It has made no difference what ROM or kernel I have used, absolutely no difference. Other than this, my phone is working perfectly, and my side of the calls sound perfect.
I love my phone, but my wife is ready to toss it. Any ideas? (I text a lot.)
pete2bec2 said:
When I receive or make a call, I can always hear the other party perfectly, but my voice starts breaking up almost immediately (to them). It disappears on and off and gets worse. After 20 to 30 seconds it is terrible. When the signal is stronger, it seems to be better, but never as good as it sounds to me.
I have tried every ROM after wiping COMPLETELY! The ROMs are usually working perfectly. After a while using Captivating, I'm loving Slim Build 4 (soon to be build 4.2). It has made no difference what ROM or kernel I have used, absolutely no difference. Other than this, my phone is working perfectly, and my side of the calls sound perfect.
I love my phone, but my wife is ready to toss it. Any ideas? (I text a lot.)
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Try flashing different modems and see if that makes a difference.
I777(S2)
Captivating M3
UCLE5
AJK 1.49
Modems
Shawn said:
Try flashing different modems and see if that makes a difference.
I777(S2)
Captivating M3
UCLE5
AJK 1.49
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Thanks. I'll be doing some reading and then I'll try a couple of modems.
Have you tried turning off noise reduction? I believe it is on by default in Captivating...not sure about the others.
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Flash back to bone 2.3.4 gb stock. If you still experience the issue, it's hardware related.
Today I moved over to a 4.4aosp rom, and I noticed that the phone switches to 3g a lot, and always when I put it in my pocket. Never had this on TW. Is this common with aosp?
me too
ncwildcat said:
Today I moved over to a 4.4aosp rom, and I noticed that the phone switches to 3g a lot, and always when I put it in my pocket. Never had this on TW. Is this common with aosp?
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I'm having the same issue. But it's just strictly 3g. I'm on pacrom 4.4.2 nightly 4/21 release. Have tried at least 7 different versions of pacrom. Any fix or somewhere anybody can guide me would be great! Thanks!
ncwildcat said:
Today I moved over to a 4.4aosp rom, and I noticed that the phone switches to 3g a lot, and always when I put it in my pocket. Never had this on TW. Is this common with aosp?
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kude87 said:
Samsung has the proprietary drivers for cell signal. The RIL for CM Roms cannot obtain the same level of signal. I've compared this countless times with CM vs TW, and TW will always have the better signal/data strength. This is especially pronounced in areas of weaker signal. You'll notice that you'll drop LTE, and it will take a while to get it back. It has been much improved, but if signal is a must for you, TW cannot be beaten. Sometimes you can compare the dbm side by side and it will show the same, but real world use will have AOSP roms suffering more with their signal. Sucks, but it is what it is. I used to always flash aosp for speed and then signal issues would annoy me (work in buildings with poor service to start) and would end up on TW again. Ymmv
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I hope thats helpful
xredjokerx said:
Originally Posted by kude87
Samsung has the proprietary drivers for cell signal. The RIL for CM Roms cannot obtain the same level of signal. I've compared this countless times with CM vs TW, and TW will always have the better signal/data strength. This is especially pronounced in areas of weaker signal. You'll notice that you'll drop LTE, and it will take a while to get it back. It has been much improved, but if signal is a must for you, TW cannot be beaten. Sometimes you can compare the dbm side by side and it will show the same, but real world use will have AOSP roms suffering more with their signal. Sucks, but it is what it is. I used to always flash aosp for speed and then signal issues would annoy me (work in buildings with poor service to start) and would end up on TW again. Ymmv
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Understandable and thanks for replying back but I am still a little bit confused. This almost means that everybody who is on CM roms have only a 3G signal at best. And from what I have been researching TW roms pretty much do not exist anymore (or at least are not updated) I am just having a difficult time finding a rom that has everything I want as well as my LTE/4G data speeds. I have tried over 10 different nightly PacRom builds and its the same thing. If I mess around with the different "preferred network types I can get it to trigger LTE but then I am unable to make or receive calls. I would post this in the PacRom thread but I do not have enough posts to do so.
Thanks again for replying back.
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Understandable and thanks for replying back but I am still a little bit confused. This almost means that everybody who is on CM roms have only a 3G signal at best. And from what I have been researching TW roms pretty much do not exist anymore (or at least are not updated) I am just having a difficult time finding a rom that has everything I want as well as my LTE/4G data speeds. I have tried over 10 different nightly PacRom builds and its the same thing. If I mess around with the different "preferred network types I can get it to trigger LTE but then I am unable to make or receive calls. I would post this in the PacRom thread but I do not have enough posts to do so.
Thanks again for replying back.
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Do you get full 4G when you're on a TW rom? I run nephilim right now after trying all the roms and I think it works quite well. Theres no perfect rom out there, so you'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice
What I noticed on AOSP/CM/AOKP roms:
Battery life is dismal - even on airplane mode I drained my battery to 20 in 6 hours.
GPS performance is lowered - even though I get locked on, it doesnt seem to track me as well. (this could be coincidental or biased.. lol)
Signal - definitely lowered, but barely not very noticeable. (You might want to check on a TW rom like I mentioned earlier)
Camera - some roms are super buggy, crashing every other shot then unable to initialize my camera afterwards
Text reflow is gone
Random bugs all around, usually not bad if I'm working in the office, but for weekend excursions, I'd rather have the stability of TW overall.
Let me know what you think, and definitely try switching back to a TW rom to see if your signal woes are resolved. Could be a hardware issue as well.
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Do you get full 4G when you're on a TW rom? I run nephilim right now after trying all the roms and I think it works quite well. Theres no perfect rom out there, so you'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice
What I noticed on AOSP/CM/AOKP roms:
Battery life is dismal - even on airplane mode I drained my battery to 20 in 6 hours.
GPS performance is lowered - even though I get locked on, it doesnt seem to track me as well. (this could be coincidental or biased.. lol)
Signal - definitely lowered, but barely not very noticeable. (You might want to check on a TW rom like I mentioned earlier)
Camera - some roms are super buggy, crashing every other shot then unable to initialize my camera afterwards
Text reflow is gone
Random bugs all around, usually not bad if I'm working in the office, but for weekend excursions, I'd rather have the stability of TW overall.
Let me know what you think, and definitely try switching back to a TW rom to see if your signal woes are resolved. Could be a hardware issue as well.
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I need to locate a TW rom and go back to check. I am not seeing any that have been updated to 4.4 yet so I guess I will just have to settle with 4.3 because the signal and now that you mention it the battery life is very dismal. Thanks again for your assistance!
xredjokerx said:
Do you get full 4G when you're on a TW rom? I run nephilim right now after trying all the roms and I think it works quite well. Theres no perfect rom out there, so you'll have to decide what you're willing to sacrifice
What I noticed on AOSP/CM/AOKP roms:
Battery life is dismal - even on airplane mode I drained my battery to 20 in 6 hours.
GPS performance is lowered - even though I get locked on, it doesnt seem to track me as well. (this could be coincidental or biased.. lol)
Signal - definitely lowered, but barely not very noticeable. (You might want to check on a TW rom like I mentioned earlier)
Camera - some roms are super buggy, crashing every other shot then unable to initialize my camera afterwards
Text reflow is gone
Random bugs all around, usually not bad if I'm working in the office, but for weekend excursions, I'd rather have the stability of TW overall.
Let me know what you think, and definitely try switching back to a TW rom to see if your signal woes are resolved. Could be a hardware issue as well.
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I tried Trent's and nephillim ROMs and I still have only 3g on both. This has just started happening recently too but it stays on 3g no matter how many times I wipe data and factory reset. Im starting to think that I may need a new sim card. Also I didn't realize the WiFi issue with the other two 4.3 ROMs until I already flashed them and then reverted back to 4.4
Thanks again for the assistance. I'm gonna get a new late sim card and see if that helps.
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I tried Trent's and nephillim ROMs and I still have only 3g on both. This has just started happening recently too but it stays on 3g no matter how many times I wipe data and factory reset. Im starting to think that I may need a new sim card. Also I didn't realize the WiFi issue with the other two 4.3 ROMs until I already flashed them and then reverted back to 4.4
Thanks again for the assistance. I'm gonna get a new late sim card and see if that helps.
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Sounds like you also are on the old firmware..you will see WiFi issues on 4.3tw if your not on the latest
Just curious if anybody noticed better signal on aosp 4.4 after flashing a leak tw4.4 then back to aosp-like the texting fix floating around
ncwildcat said:
Just curious if anybody noticed better signal on aosp 4.4 after flashing a leak tw4.4 then back to aosp-like the texting fix floating around
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Nope its the same.