My Sig strength is crap sense I flashd the mr2 radio, I can only get half my normal strength is there a way to fix this?
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How about a little more information like what rom you are using?
I've noticed this too. At first I thought it was mostly because I went from a Froyo 6+ reception bar to the GB 4 reception bar, but it does seem to have a higher -##dBm than I remember in Froyo. The difference isn't a ton and I'm still able to make/take calls so I'm not giving it too much thought.
The good thing I've noticed is, I'm not losing signal as much as I did with the old radio. My signal bars would disappear a TON with the old radio. This radio holds the connection and that's a *huge* winner in my book. Otherwise I would have stayed with Das BAMF 1.7 Senseless.
Signal
This might be a small liking to Apples "Antennagate" scandal. The new radio seems tolerate more fluctuations then the original radio, and in doing so raise the "bar" (sorry had to) on whats needed for a acceptable signal.
I'm running gingeritis Rom ver 1.0 final, of @ 1408 and seeing red theme. I did notice after flashing this theme is really when I noticed it but guys I work around seem to have the same signal strenth which is def lower
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I didn't think posting this in each GB Rom thread and kernel thread would be appropriate so I'm starting here. Thanks in advance for any feedback!
Okay......After doing countless and wasted hours of searching and coming up empty handed, why is it that only a few of us are having the WIFI issue on the Gingerbread ROMs? It doesn't matter which ROM I use as soon as the screen cuts off, BAM, no WIFI or 3G data. And yes WIFI sleep policy is set to never and I've tried turning on Better WIFI performance and I've even tried every kernal out there, nothing works. FROYO ROMs are working fine so it's got to be either the Gingerbread ROMs or the Kernels.
Either way I'm okay with the issue not working (yet) and I understand that HTC hasn't released the source for the GB Kernel yet. All I would like is some clarification from the people that build these ROMs and Kernels that the WIFI is not working yet. I understand if you're in a 4G area, after all 4G is much faster than the WIFI anyway but for those of us not in a 4G area yet WIFI is king when at home or at work. So if the developers are using 4G constantly I understand the WIFI neglect, but I really don't think it's the developers. These guys are too smart to let something like that slide by! Can someone shed some light on the issue? Thanks again in advance!
This is not an issue with the leaked GB roms themselves or the latest kernels, because the wifi is working great for most people.
It is going to be helpful if you list which rom, kernel, and radio you are using. I did have a similar problem one time, my wifi was going to sleep when the screen turned off and went idle.
It had been working fine but I tried to take a shortcut and reflash the rom without wiping data because it was the same rom. After attempting that which was a bad idea but more of an experiment/learning session for me, I had exactly the problem that you stated.
After wiping my phone properly and flashing the rom, the problem was gone.
I have been running BAMF sence 3.0 with the MR2 radio. I tried MR2.5 and had some different small issues, MR2 has been working Great. Currently with BAMF 3.0 RC 3, the MR2 rom and the latest dreamKernel, everything is running perfectly, at least everything I use or thought of using.
The background data is extremely important for me because I communicate exclusively with my girlfriends using IM services such as gtalk with Trillian. So I wouldn't be able to run gingerbread if it wasn't working REALLY good.
Here's the thread that I use often as a resource. It discusses some issues similar to what you are dealing with, and is update very regularly
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086518
I'm having an identical issue to the OP. Running BAMF GingerREMIX 2.1, Imoseyon's 3.3.8GBTest+ , MR2 radio.
Wifi just disconnects when screen is off. When I turn the screen on, i can see the wifi indicator is all black (similar to no bars). Once it's on for a second or two, it lights up again, and I get whatever notifications I missed due to no data(email, etc).
Ive done the 3x data, cache, and dalvik wipe before flashing the ROM and before flashing the Kernel. It's absolutely DESTROYING my battery life. Since noticing the problem, i've re-wiped and re-flashed everything, didn't help.
Thanks for the response...I'm stumped then because I have tried every combination of kernal/ROM that is available out of the Gingerbread leaks. I recently last night tried BAMF Sense 3.0 RC3 and GINGERTH3ORY V4.5.1 and BAMF 2.1 Remix again along with both MR2 and MR2.5 radios. Nothing worked so I went back to the reliable Perfect Storm 1.5 ROM and left my radio at MR2.5
Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!
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Thanks for the response...I'm stumped then because I have tried every combination of kernal/ROM that is available out of the Gingerbread leaks. I recently last night tried BAMF Sense 3.0 RC3 and GINGERTH3ORY V4.5.1 and BAMF 2.1 Remix again along with both MR2 and MR2.5 radios. Nothing worked so I went back to the reliable Perfect Storm 1.5 ROM and left my radio at MR2.5
Any suggestions? Thanks for the help!
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I'm having no issues with gingeritis 1.0 (Not the 3D Alpha), and lean kernel 3.4.0. Did you try those?
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I'm having no issues with gingeritis 1.0 (Not the 3D Alpha), and lean kernel 3.4.0. Did you try those?
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I did try the gingeritis 1.0 3D with dreamkernel but not lean. Maybe I'll give that a shot this evening but I'm not holding my breath...lol I've tried almost everything and known combinations that are working for others and all the wipes I can muster, nothing is working.
Okay I've been trying Gingeritis 1.0 3d with the lean kernel for a few hours hours now. When my screen turns off I will receive emails for a few minutes but then I stop receiving them until I wake the the phone up. Once i wake the phone up i start receiving messages likevi just turned it on from a good nights sleep. Does anyone know what's going on?
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I've actually had this problem also ever since i moved to the Gingerbread. When the screen turns off and i turn it back off after awhile, the WiFi seems like it was sleeping the entire time. I get all my notifications when i turn the screen back on. And i do believe this has been killing my battery life a bit. I have wiped before i flashed. I tried it with the original GB radio/MR2/MR2.5. I've flash different kernels. Wifi sleep is set to never.
Note: I tried running an app such as Pandora on while the screen was off and only in situations like this the WiFi doesn't have the problem.
tethering is ****ed up as well in gb, screen off, no tether, screen on and everything is okay. personally i think that something is ****ed up at the kernel, i switched back to froyo and problems went away.
For the record.....if I set wifi sleep policy to never when plugged in I still receive notifications instantly but it's through 3G because when I wake the phone 3g is active instead of wifi.
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This is something I've brought up before too, but nobody addresses it because there probably isn't an answer about a whether it's the kernel or rom. I've just come to terms that I can't use wifi. For those who are suggesting we didn't clear data appropriately, that's not the issue. Most of us who have this wifi problem have been determined enough to try multiple clean installs to get to the bottom of this issue.
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This is something I've brought up before too, but nobody addresses it because there probably isn't an answer about a whether it's the kernel or rom. I've just come to terms that I can't use wifi. For those who are suggesting we didn't clear data appropriately, that's not the issue. Most of us who have this wifi problem have been determined enough to try multiple clean installs to get to the bottom of this issue.
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Shall I throw another quirk into our problem?............... I flashed CM7.1 RC1 early this morning. This is the best ROM I've put on my TBolt yet. WIFI seems to be working flawlessly except for right after the initial install it wouldn't download anything, through browser or even open the market. After a reboot, I'm going strong. I am receiving messages and data when phone's screen is off. I'm beginning to think that it might be a Sense 3.0 problem....any thoughts from the peanut gallery?
The problem with GB is that it is not official. The ROM is not final (or has been ported from a different phone), kernel is not final, and neither is the radio. We shouldn't be surprised that a lot of features don't work properly. Now cyanogen do their own Roms and kernels basically from scratch, and maybe that is why it's working. GB was fun to have, but i just switched to Froyo for faster 4g speeds, ability to tether properly and better battery life. I'll wait for the proper GB before switching again.
Yeah not Gingeritis 3d but the normal version.... I've noticed also that it seems settings don't change, Like I have turned off Haptic feedback yet still get it when i type on the keyboard, and still get weather sounds with the sounds turned off. This is every time I flash even with 5 wipes. Settings don't seem to stick.
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Yeah not Gingeritis 3d but the normal version.... I've noticed also that it seems settings don't change, Like I have turned off Haptic feedback yet still get it when i type on the keyboard, and still get weather sounds with the sounds turned off. This is every time I flash even with 5 wipes. Settings don't seem to stick.
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For the keyboard not turning off haptic feedback, you have to go to the settings in the keyboard to disable it. Settings->Language and Keyboard->Touch Input->Text Input->Uncheck Vibrate While Typing.
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And I thought I was the only one having problems with wifi tether on gingeritis 3D. I posted a question in a different forum but no one answered me. So after trying different versions of wireless tether I found one that is working perfectly for me. It is wireless tether v2.0.5. I've been using it for 2 days with no issues and phone screen doesn't have to be on. Now, this may not work for everybody, like I said I tried different versions until I found the right one.
Here is the link: http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list
I hope this helps some of you.
Okay.......!!!!!!!! Thanks to the folks over at theMikMik.com (akaGingeritis ROMs) forums I now have working WiFi with the Gingeritis ROMs. Just download Advanced WiFi Lock from the Marketplace and set it up and you're good to go! Now that wasn't hard was it guys/gals? I've been looking for an answer for so long I can't even remember when I started....oh wait it was the first day that Gingerbread were available by these great developers!!!! Sorry, I didn't mean to vent, I'm not mad just very excited that now I can enjoy these Gingerbread ROMs. So everyone else that's having problems with the WiFi staying connected, download Advanced WiFi Lock from the Marketplace and get your Ginger on!
So is that the free version, or the paid version? You're finding that your WiFi now says connected even if the phone is sleeping? To do some more testing, I fully charged my phone, turned on my WiFi, and connected to my home wireless for 5 hours, just let the phone sit. Used 50% of my battery. Next day, same thing, but had WiFi off, 4g on. 5 hours later, used 15% of battery. Pretty sucky that I can't use my TB on my own home network.
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So is that the free version, or the paid version? You're finding that your WiFi now says connected even if the phone is sleeping? To do some more testing, I fully charged my phone, turned on my WiFi, and connected to my home wireless for 5 hours, just let the phone sit. Used 50% of my battery. Next day, same thing, but had WiFi off, 4g on. 5 hours later, used 15% of battery. Pretty sucky that I can't use my TB on my own home network.
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I'm using the free version as the paid doesn't offer any extra features I needed. I left my phone connected to WiFi all night idle, about 7.5 hours, and only used 13% of battery and received all messages. I can't test on 4G so please provide feedback for others.
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Not so lucky. Downloaded and installed advanced WiFi lock. Connected to my home wireless and see the same exact results. WiFi just sucking battery. Still draining at about 10% an hour on WiFi and about 3% an hour on 4g. I'm so confused over this, how is WiFi draining battery more than 4g? Phone isn't even usable on WiFi. Checking battery usage stats as noticed that the phone is constantly awake when WiFi is on.
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Hey everyone. I'm a recent Fascinate convert coming from a Droid X and CM7.
I've got CM7 on my Fascinate and am using the Glitchv13 kernel. Absolutely love the performance and battery life, however my modem/baseband seems to be a bit sketchy at times.
I'm wondering what your opinions are on the best modem for the Fascinate at this time. I'm currently using the EH03 modem.
I need reliable phone, text and data connectivity. I don't care so much about speed so much as I just need my data connection to stay up as much as possible. I've had several data dropouts on the EH03 modem already, some fix themselves while other require the airplane mode toggle or a reboot in the extreme cases.
Thanks!
I have not had any such issues with EH03... It has been rock solid.
Each person can have different results with a different modem. But as for me, I have to say EH03 has been more stable than all the others I have tried.
ec09 is the most stable withthe least amount of 1x switching. The problem is no matter what modem you have, on mtd based roms data dropping is a known issue in low signal areas. Luckily for me it was never a issue, other than having to toggle airplane mode occasionally.
Thanks for the replies, everyone.
I ended up rolling back to EC09. It seems to be more stable for me (data being solid for almost a full day now where it was dropping every few hours before).
I'm generally not in low signal areas and just about never use Wi-Fi. We have 3G everywhere so I'm not sure why I was having such awful luck with EH03.
Hopefully it keeps running smoothly. *knock on wood*
ec09 has been the most stable for me. consistent speeds and stability.
eh03 gave me lower ping times but the speed was to slow.
ed05 seems to be all over the place.
I've never switched from EC01 since it dropped (yes, before original official Froyo).
Never got caught in the missed calls stuff or anything.
I had missed calls every day with every radio I flashed until EH03. On my phone, in my service area, EH03 has been the most reliable by far!
Yeah for me its EH03 but its also the slowest of the three, but it's easily the most reliable too so I stick with it
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In my expierences, Miui does not have any data drop out issues. It only seems to happen in CM7 and VGB.
Running turl v8 build ICS on AT&T radio N_01.77.37P.
Got a couple of issues I can't seem to find others reporting, wondering whether its my radio (should I downgrade to 36P or other?).
- wireless hotspot will automatically turn itself off as soon as its turned on. So unusable.
- Sometimes when turning on navigation, I'll lose all mobile data (navigation of course then fails as it can't grab directions). Resolve by turning airport mode on and off again.
any others running Turl ICS build on my radio seeing same issues?
EDIT: Confirmed issue with that radio and turl v8, downgrade to N_01.77.36P fixed it. I didn't immediately realise it was the radio as I was already running 37P when I flashed turl.
best radio?
Are the radio specific to network or are they generic and one fits all model?
I upgraded to 37P soon as it was available and went back to 36P after a couple of days of data connectivity issues and funky website and app data problems. Been fine since I went back to 36P. Dunno what they changed. Wifi and data speed tests seemed the same, but connectivity was balked up. Been running 36P for a long time with all ROM's and no issues with it.
I have been on 37p for a few weeks. Without using edge or 3g my battery lasts 2 days and maybe 12 more hours if i dont use it too much.
But im on nottachtrix, while i was on cm9 it did a day or so just like any other regular android.
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i am currently on N_01.77.36P
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I have been on 37p for a few weeks. Without using edge or 3g my battery lasts 2 days and maybe 12 more hours if i dont use it too much.
But im on nottachtrix, while i was on cm9 it did a day or so just like any other regular android.
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ohhh...that's amazing. What is your average talk time during one cycle of recharging your battery??
I don't remember exactly when it started, but the last month or so my WiFi signal strength had been a lot weaker on my phone. I want to say it started when I started using ASOP roms, but even back in a sense Rom now, I can't hold a signal even one room away. It's not my router because other phones/laptops still get a good signal.
Any ideas on potential fixes to improve signal strength? I'm s-off and on Ineff Deus 1.2 at the moment. Tried different kernels with the same results.
Not much I can say, I get better wifi reception on CM9. Holds out way more than it did on senseless ROMs.
Wipe and reflash?
Already clean flashed a couple roms. Doesn't help. Now I'm just on LTE all the time, so not a huge issue, but of course battery drain is much higher.
Did you recently replace the battery cover or have it off a lot ? The contacts could be funky for the antenna..
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