Since upgrading to the new base/radio, I've noticed that my 4G speed is good and fast. But my call reception is terrible.
I was on Nils' v3.0 first, and I thought the iffy call quality was due to some trouble spots at work.
But now I'm running Joel's BAMF and it's like I can't compete a call without a dropout.
Data is crazy fast on both ROMs, but the call issues are killing me.
Do you think maybe there was a problem with the RUU install? Is there anything I can do, short of a complete reinstall?
Bump.
Sorry for pushing this, but I really need some help here.
It seems to be a conflict within the radios used by the radio app and the ones used to conect with the mobile netwok....
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I tried disabling mobile data and making a call, but there was still a lot of reception dropout.
Any other ideas?
BBEgo said:
I tried disabling mobile data and making a call, but there was still a lot of reception dropout.
Any other ideas?
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i havent seen this yet. in fact my call quality has improved with the latest ruu and the 4g speeds stayed the same. you could try relocking it, flashing the ruu, unlocking, then a rom of your choice. but i dont see how that would help at all.
I'm just thinking maybe the radio flash didn't go quite right? I'm just running out of other ideas.
Tonight when I get home I'm gonna try the stock battery with the original cover. Maybe all the battery pulling goofed up my extended battery cover's antenna?
I am running the stock ICS leak on a stock phone and my reception is fine.
Somebody recomended installing the RUU twice to eleminate chances of problems.
That's what I did and have not had the first problem yet.
It's not running it twice. More like it updates hboot then needs to be rebooted back into the updated hboot to complete the rest of the update.
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I tried going back to my stock battery and cover to see if I was having an antenna problem on my extended battery back cover, but there was no noticeable improvement in cell reception.
Again, data was great, but calls were dropping with alarming regularity.
I decided that it was likely due to a bad flash of the RUU with the new base, so I hunkered down and went through the process again. Re-lock; RUU; Unlock; Flash Amon Ra Recovery; Flash Joel New Firmware Kernel; Wipe Data, Cache, and System; Flash BAMF; Boot...
It's late, but I called Best Buy's auto line. I got through the whole list of options without an audio dropout. Tomorrow will be the real test, but I'm encouraged. Wish me luck!
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I tried going back to my stock battery and cover to see if I was having an antenna problem on my extended battery back cover, but there was no noticeable improvement in cell reception.
Again, data was great, but calls were dropping with alarming regularity.
I decided that it was likely due to a bad flash of the RUU with the new base, so I hunkered down and went through the process again. Re-lock; RUU; Unlock; Flash Amon Ra Recovery; Flash Joel New Firmware Kernel; Wipe Data, Cache, and System; Flash BAMF; Boot...
It's late, but I called Best Buy's auto line. I got through the whole list of options without an audio dropout. Tomorrow will be the real test, but I'm encouraged. Wish me luck!
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If this works for you, I think I'll get off the bench and into the game.
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The Reinstall of the RUU did not fix my radio problem.
Man, I look forward to the next base leak. My data is great, but call sound quality and reception reliability is REALLY bad.
Is it a regional thing? Is anyone else running on the new base and living in the Riverside/Corona CA area?
Is it a phone thing? Is it just my phone that doesn't like this update? I have done these a few times in the past, and I haven't had any other issues. My Radio numbers and HBOOT versions all show correct. The ROMs I've run (Nils' ICS 3.0 and BAMF 1.1 and 1.2) on this new base all work great, and behave as we've all read about in the development section. Everything else is fine.
Does anybody else have any ideas? Thanks
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I posted this on the froshedyo page too.
For about a week now my fiance and I have noticed that our service has been getting really bad. We have verizon and usually have great service anywhere we go and where we live we have usually full service but lately its been going to no service and then back to kinda full and then full.
EWhat I was wondering is is it a rom thing or could it be that the baseband version we have is sprint so maybe that is causing the bad service or just verizon taking time switching over the towers to 4g.
We really love this rom and dont want to switch if we dont have to. What can we do to go back to the way our service was before? Thank you for any help
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Have you noticed any difference in 3G speeds, call quality, or sending texts? It could be that the phone is doing it. Which radio did you put on? You can flash xtrSense and put what changes on the phone you need to on there. Just make a NAND backup in Amon_RA and you can go back to the way you want.
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The speed seems fine it just drops the calls and picks them right back up once it gets service again. The radio we have is the one that came with the froshedyo v10 rom 2.42.01.04.27
Is flashing xtr sense the only way to fix it or can I fix it on the rom we have? Also would flashing a verizon radio make a difference. Thanks for the help so far.
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The speed seems fine it just drops the calls and picks them right back up once it gets service again. The radio we have is the one that came with the froshedyo v10 rom 2.42.01.04.27
Is flashing xtr sense the only way to fix it or can I fix it on the rom we have? Also would flashing a verizon radio make a difference. Thanks for the help so far.
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The dropped call issue is a 2.2 issue. It's not the rom or the radio. It's a known issue with all 2.2 Eris roms. Unfortunately no fix has been found for it yet.
Right I knew the dropped call issue is a froyo thing but the phone also goes in and out of service while just sitting there not even doing anything to the phone and it never did that with our stock 2.1. Maybe it is just verizon. I dunno.
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The speed seems fine it just drops the calls and picks them right back up once it gets service again. The radio we have is the one that came with the froshedyo v10 rom 2.42.01.04.27
Is flashing xtr sense the only way to fix it or can I fix it on the rom we have? Also would flashing a verizon radio make a difference. Thanks for the help so far.
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I just wanted to make sure you know that rooted ROMs usually don't include radios, and FroShedYo definitely doesn't. The reason is that screwing up a flash of a radio be pretty dangerous, so the rooted ROMs leave the radio alone.
Traditionally, once using a rooted ROM, the only way to get a new radio version is by manually flashing just the radio.
* Note that the purpose of this post has been for educational purposes only. Any use other than for that which it was intended will result in me complaining to my girlfriend, who is larger than I am, and will kick your a**. j/k
So I am a proud owner of the Thunderbolt now and I am loving this phone a lot. I’ve moved over from the Sprint EVO. I was rooted since day 1 with that phone. I ran CM7… and while my overall phone and speed test were faster than the stock phones in the house… I still seemed to have constant issues… be it from the phone itself or the network.
Of course I can’t leave well enough alone with this phone. I wanted to put Gingerbread on it (it still has 2.2 WTF?!) and I wanted to put Sense 2.1/3.0 on it. So I successfully rooted (WOW that was easy) and installed clockwork recovery. I decided on SHIFTS3NS3 V1.4F as it seems to have exactly what I want (I kind of don’t want to go back to CM7, everyone claims they have no signal issues but I am sure they do, especially when my Sense loaded Evo could get 4G where CM7 could/would not).
So BEFORE I rooted or did anything, I did several speed test throughout my home and work. Smooth scaling and great speeds. After rooting and installing Shifts3ns3, I started running test. My speeds dropped… and now I was seeing “skipping” with the speed test (gets to a point, stops, drops, stutters going back up, drops again, etc). So I get to work this morning and the speed test is doing the same here. I did a nandroid backup of my stock set up last night before I installed the new ROM… restored it this morning… and ran the test at work again… lo and behold I am getting faster speeds and no stuttering.
So perhaps a radio issue? I noticed there are Froyo radios and GB radios (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128)... When installing the GB ROM does it update the radios? Was I running Froyo radios on a GB rom and is that bad? Should I try upgrading to the latest GB radios and run test again? Does any of this Rom switching/radio switching affect the simultaneous voice and data ability (that’s actually huge for me and the main reason I got this phone)?
I appreciate any help. I’ve been a XDA board reader with EVO since 11-2010… so while everything is familiar to me… this all seems different with the Thunderbolt.
First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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Reading up on their site now
Quick question, since I am on page 10 and not seeing this answer... what is the difference between ADR and non ADR? He mentioned on page one that its "Adrynalyne. Its what I made according to my own wants"... but I am not sure what that means LOL. Only reason I am concerned is that there still seems to be a sense 3.0 lock screen bug that someone said is a known bug and to flash the non ADR version.
miketoasty said:
First off I would upgrade to the latest radio. Although these are *beta* radios, they work much better than the stock radios.
Second, after installing the latest radio try, Bamf 2.4.1. Just like you I like staying close to stock, but like extra elements with my ROM. To me Gingeritis is just too far from stock, plus the Carousel home screen is a pain in the ass. Bamf 2.4.1 is just stock with sense 3.0 weather and lockscreen, and without the location icon in the status bar.
Also, my speedtest on Bamf 2.4.1 was a straight shot. No drop offs what so ever.
And, of course this is all just my opinion but I strongly believe that Bamf 2.4.1 is what you want.
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Gingeritis doesn't have a carousel home screen. Gingeritis3D does.
meteron said:
Reading up on their site now
Quick question, since I am on page 10 and not seeing this answer... what is the difference between ADR and non ADR? He mentioned on page one that its "Adrynalyne. Its what I made according to my own wants"... but I am not sure what that means LOL. Only reason I am concerned is that there still seems to be a sense 3.0 lock screen bug that someone said is a known bug and to flash the non ADR version.
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The ADR version uses elements of sense 3.0 while the normal version is basically stock. You want the adr version.
meteron said:
So I am a proud owner of the Thunderbolt now and I am loving this phone a lot. I’ve moved over from the Sprint EVO. I was rooted since day 1 with that phone. I ran CM7… and while my overall phone and speed test were faster than the stock phones in the house… I still seemed to have constant issues… be it from the phone itself or the network.
Of course I can’t leave well enough alone with this phone. I wanted to put Gingerbread on it (it still has 2.2 WTF?!) and I wanted to put Sense 2.1/3.0 on it. So I successfully rooted (WOW that was easy) and installed clockwork recovery. I decided on SHIFTS3NS3 V1.4F as it seems to have exactly what I want (I kind of don’t want to go back to CM7, everyone claims they have no signal issues but I am sure they do, especially when my Sense loaded Evo could get 4G where CM7 could/would not).
So BEFORE I rooted or did anything, I did several speed test throughout my home and work. Smooth scaling and great speeds. After rooting and installing Shifts3ns3, I started running test. My speeds dropped… and now I was seeing “skipping” with the speed test (gets to a point, stops, drops, stutters going back up, drops again, etc). So I get to work this morning and the speed test is doing the same here. I did a nandroid backup of my stock set up last night before I installed the new ROM… restored it this morning… and ran the test at work again… lo and behold I am getting faster speeds and no stuttering.
So perhaps a radio issue? I noticed there are Froyo radios and GB radios (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048128)... When installing the GB ROM does it update the radios? Was I running Froyo radios on a GB rom and is that bad? Should I try upgrading to the latest GB radios and run test again? Does any of this Rom switching/radio switching affect the simultaneous voice and data ability (that’s actually huge for me and the main reason I got this phone)?
I appreciate any help. I’ve been a XDA board reader with EVO since 11-2010… so while everything is familiar to me… this all seems different with the Thunderbolt.
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i came from the evo too so welcome. IMO the reason people are having soo many data issues is not from the radios but from the 2.3.5 build that was meant for the nexus s phone. 2.3.4 doesn't have those kinds of problems. just my 2 cents!
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i came from the evo too so welcome. IMO the reason people are having soo many data issues is not from the radios but from the 2.3.5 build that was meant for the nexus s phone. 2.3.4 doesn't have those kinds of problems. just my 2 cents!
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I'm inclined to agree.
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I'm inclined to agree.
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if i could find a decent 2.3.4 aosp build id jump on it. the only thing keeping me from sense is the low volume issues.
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if i could find a decent 2.3.4 aosp build id jump on it. the only thing keeping me from sense is the low volume issues.
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Low volume in call? Geeze... I wish I could turn it down! Gingeritis3D is blaring loud. I never use it more than half way up.
Thanks everyone for the responses!
I guess I am just scared to do anything to mess up my phone. I trouble shot and tinkered with the Evo so much so often.
Right now the phone works. And works great. I just wanna help the battery life some... and remove Verizons bloatware.
It seems the Thunderbolt handles radios differently depending on the build? With the Evo I would just flash a radio and I could bounce around from sense to AOSP, froyo to GB, and it wouldnt matter. The thunderbolt has MR2 radios... Froyo radios... GB radios. So my last question here is... right now I am on stock. If I go to a GB based rom, do I flash the radio first? And if I go back to the stock rom, do I flash the MR2 radios first (my phone updated to 1.70.605.0 while it was being set up in the store) then flash back to stock? Basically do the radios persist throughout the builds and I flash them according to what ROM I am using?
Thanks again.
meteron said:
Thanks everyone for the responses!
I guess I am just scared to do anything to mess up my phone. I trouble shot and tinkered with the Evo so much so often.
Right now the phone works. And works great. I just wanna help the battery life some... and remove Verizons bloatware.
It seems the Thunderbolt handles radios differently depending on the build? With the Evo I would just flash a radio and I could bounce around from sense to AOSP, froyo to GB, and it wouldnt matter. The thunderbolt has MR2 radios... Froyo radios... GB radios. So my last question here is... right now I am on stock. If I go to a GB based rom, do I flash the radio first? And if I go back to the stock rom, do I flash the MR2 radios first (my phone updated to 1.70.605.0 while it was being set up in the store) then flash back to stock? Basically do the radios persist throughout the builds and I flash them according to what ROM I am using?
Thanks again.
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The latest radio's available will work with all ROM's out right now (Including the latest Froyo ROM's).
If I remember correctly you should be okay to just flash the ROM (No need to flash the new radio as MR2 works with both GB and Froyo).
The Radio's persist through everything except a RUU or PG05IMG.zip flash (Depending on what you are flashing of course).
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The latest radio's available will work with all ROM's out right now (Including the latest Froyo ROM's).
If I remember correctly you should be okay to just flash the ROM (No need to flash the new radio as MR2 works with both GB and Froyo).
The Radio's persist through everything except a RUU or PG05IMG.zip flash (Depending on what you are flashing of course).
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OK so it IS like the Evo then. The radio thread isnt stating that they are Froyo/GB radios... but where the radios got pulled FROM. I was totally reading it wrong.
Thank you for the clarification!
So those of you who received the OTA update...
Have you noticed any improvements related to the radio? Things like battery life and signal strength/holding.
I am wondering if I should take the time to re-lock and RUU for the radio update.
It would be so much easier if we had a way to flash the radio. Even a round about way would be nice.
I will try to keep up with this, and keep this post updated with the general consensus. It will be easier than reading through all the different threads.
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Most are reporting that the new radio is a significant improvement. At worst, a few say that they see no improvement, but that it isn't hurting anything either.
I was wondering this myself. Also won't thus update your main version making it a pain to flash a different kernel
sent from my newly unlocked Rezound
Anyone Worried About mainver Issues, Just Extract The boot.img From The ROM And Flash It In Fastboot. Doesn't Matter What mainver You Have.
Flash The boot.img First So If The ROM Automatically Goes To The Bootloader You Can Select Reboot And Not hboot.
Stocked and updated. Last night my battery was very impressive. I probably average 6.5 hours on my battery since I got the phone and last night I hit 8.5 with 45% left. I did use it less than normal since I was busy but I've never come close to that even with the extended battery. I'll be out again today and will be away from a charger for a good 12 hours so we'll see. Oh
I did shut down 4G, but I do work outside of the 4G network so my battery life comparison still holds water. Other than the 4G being turned off, my phone is set on Auto brightness. Everything else is running at the highest level.
KORM via the beast known as the Rezound.
Marine6680 said:
So those of you who received the OTA update...
Have you noticed any improvements related to the radio? Things like battery life and signal strength/holding.
I am wondering if I should take the time to re-lock and RUU for the radio update.
It would be so much easier if we had a way to flash the radio. Even a round about way would be nice.
I will try to keep up with this, and keep this post updated with the general consensus. It will be easier than reading through all the different threads.
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Honestly, I am in a 3G only area and haven't noticed any difference with my signal strength. I live rural and at home only get 1-2 signal bars with db about -83 to -91 which is about what I had before.
In the nearest city, I get 5 full bars and db is about -53 , but never really looked at it before. I always had 4 full bars in the city though so that is the same. Haven't noticed a big diff with 3G either, I never lose it anyway so can't tell. Maybe when I travel more when the Weather warms up I will notice on my trips farther into the rural areas.
Wasn't really that big of a deal to go through the process and I just looked at it as practice if I ever have to RUU again.
I relocked and flashed the Firmware update and the first thing I noticed was how much louder it was speaking to someone on the phone. I actually had to turn the volume down a bit. I'm hoping this sound also translates to the speaker.
It's honestly a fairly easy process..took me like 20 minutes to do.
As For The Signal Strength Difference YES It Is Much Better. I Used To Have -75 -80dBm And Now It's Up To -65 -70dBm.
Marine6680 said:
So those of you who received the OTA update...
Have you noticed any improvements related to the radio? Things like battery life and signal strength/holding.
I am wondering if I should take the time to re-lock and RUU for the radio update.
It would be so much easier if we had a way to flash the radio. Even a round about way would be nice.
I will try to keep up with this, and keep this post updated with the general consensus. It will be easier than reading through all the different threads.[/QUOT
The new radio gives me a stronger signal at home and my calls sound a lot better now with the new radio.
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I'm definitely seeing better signal strength. It was prety good before but I'm getting strong 4g in some places where it had been spotty, so the radio is an improvement.
Not sure about the battery life yet. It seems about the same. I'm sitting at about 40% after 12hrs 40mins right now, but that's with 4g turned off most of the time and using juice defender. Not heavy usage at all-couple of phone calls, bunch of texts, some web stuff, words with friends and streamed a few songs (again, 4g off most of the time cuz none of that stuff needs it).
The five signal bars looks nice, but really doesn't affect anything important.
Overall happy with the update. Haven't unlocked/rooted yet so there weren't any hoops to jump through. Was waiting for S-Off but will probably go ahead and root soon because the bloatware is bugging me!
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Plus it has fixed the audio hissing/whining!
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Am I the only one who updated the OTA on an unlocked bootloader? I didn't lock, update, unlock and I haven't noticed any issues.
At home I always had poor reception with my HTC inc only getting 1-2 bars at most and I returned a Galaxy Nexus since I was only getting 1 bar of 3g/4g. The Rezound however is 3 out of 5 and about -86 dBm. I know VZ likes to change the signal bars over time but at least its not flip flopping like the GN was doing.
So I have had the updated ota (hboot, radio, etc) since yesterday.
Fiancee drug me to the mall like usual today. Before the update I was unhappy with the Rezound for it did not get signal where my old HTC Incredible did. I spent many a shopping trip with no signal at all, and resorting to watching a movie while she did the changing room shuffle.
Well now after the OTA, I had signal throughout the entire mall, including 4g, in the exact same places as the Incredible did. This mall plays hell on signal (like im sure alot of big malls do.)
Just my .02
So it seems the radio is better at holding signal.
The real question... do I want to get the new hboot or not... New hboot means that s=off is even less likely.
Not too much of an issue with Dev unlock, but still prefered.
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Am I the only one who updated the OTA on an unlocked bootloader? I didn't lock, update, unlock and I haven't noticed any issues.
At home I always had poor reception with my HTC inc only getting 1-2 bars at most and I returned a Galaxy Nexus since I was only getting 1 bar of 3g/4g. The Rezound however is 3 out of 5 and about -86 dBm. I know VZ likes to change the signal bars over time but at least its not flip flopping like the GN was doing.
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That's how I did it as well. It downloaded and everything. Unless it just didn't apply.
Nah, I had an unlocked bootloader as well. OTA went through just fine. It didn't care. Only issue I had was the frozen apps had to be restored before it would install.
joblabbo said:
Am I the only one who updated the OTA on an unlocked bootloader? I didn't lock, update, unlock and I haven't noticed any issues.
At home I always had poor reception with my HTC inc only getting 1-2 bars at most and I returned a Galaxy Nexus since I was only getting 1 bar of 3g/4g. The Rezound however is 3 out of 5 and about -86 dBm. I know VZ likes to change the signal bars over time but at least its not flip flopping like the GN was doing.
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Same here with the galaxy nexus, had to take it back because of the ridiculous signal flip flopping. After the radio update, I haven't noticed a difference yet, and I haven't placed any phone calls either to check the clarity. I live in a pretty strong signal area, but my signal is weak at work, going from 4g to 3g a lot. It'll get the real test tomorrow at work. Hope it's better.
joblabbo said:
Am I the only one who updated the OTA on an unlocked bootloader? I didn't lock, update, unlock and I haven't noticed any issues.
At home I always had poor reception with my HTC inc only getting 1-2 bars at most and I returned a Galaxy Nexus since I was only getting 1 bar of 3g/4g. The Rezound however is 3 out of 5 and about -86 dBm. I know VZ likes to change the signal bars over time but at least its not flip flopping like the GN was doing.
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No sir! I was unlocked, bone stock perma rooted and I flashed the stock recovery and accepted the update. I lost root but remained unlocked. I pushed Amon back on and flashed su in recovery and I'm good.
I did try to flash Tachi's ICS and I got the mainversion issue. I got back to my stock gb. What's the best way to go about fixing that so I can flash other roms?
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No sir! I was unlocked, bone stock perma rooted and I flashed the stock recovery and accepted the update. I lost root but remained unlocked. I pushed Amon back on and flashed su in recovery and I'm good.
I did try to flash Tachi's ICS and I got the mainversion issue. I got back to my stock gb. What's the best way to go about fixing that so I can flash other roms?
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There are ways around the updated MainVer... Scotts cleanROM is updated with the new MainVer so it will flash fine.
tynman11 said:
Plus it has fixed the audio hissing/whining!
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What hissing/whining?
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I did try to flash Tachi's ICS and I got the mainversion issue. I got back to my stock gb. What's the best way to go about fixing that so I can flash other roms?
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You can download the android-info.txt file in the developer section and place that in the PH98IMG.zip file of the ROM you want to install (/kernel directory)... or you can take the boot.img from that zip file in the /kernel/ directory of that ROM and flash it in fastboot.. via:
ensure usb debugging mode is enabled/and have the boot.img/fastboot.exe in the same directory... open cmd prompt. cd to that directory. then type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then flash the rom in recovery.
a few more steps... or you could read the guide on hex-editing some file to change the version back to the old one ( i haven't tried this. others have and they've been successful)
Good luck.
The one from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1352844
So I feel really dumb because I am S-off and rooted using Tranquility ICS Rom HBOOT 1.12.PRI 2.45_003 PRL 25006 Baseband 1.12.11.0809 but my cell signal just drops when I am making calls. Could I have damaged the radios somehow while getting to root and S-off? Things haven't been the same since I tried to use CM10. I put CM10 on just after I rooted and flashed I put CM10 on it and that is when I started to notice my radios would just drop. Almost as if they were rebooted. Then I takes me a long time to get a good connection back. Could flashing the wrong firmware for your radios damage them? Not sure if I did that or not but I may have.
I was happy with stock but I wanted to tether every once in a while and that is why I did it. I am horrible and a very bad phone guy.(said with a little chuckle even though it is true)
If you can, please lend me some advice.
Thank you in advance. I really should stop playing with my phones as I am not savy enough to not break them. However I love to tinker but I think I will stick with full sized computers as I know how to fix them.
Andrew
Is this the wrong place to put this?
mayford5 said:
So I feel really dumb because I am S-off and rooted using Tranquility ICS Rom HBOOT 1.12.PRI 2.45_003 PRL 25006 Baseband 1.12.11.0809 but my cell signal just drops when I am making calls. Could I have damaged the radios somehow while getting to root and S-off? Things haven't been the same since I tried to use CM10. I put CM10 on just after I rooted and flashed I put CM10 on it and that is when I started to notice my radios would just drop. Almost as if they were rebooted. Then I takes me a long time to get a good connection back. Could flashing the wrong firmware for your radios damage them? Not sure if I did that or not but I may have.
I was happy with stock but I wanted to tether every once in a while and that is why I did it. I am horrible and a very bad phone guy.(said with a little chuckle even though it is true)
If you can, please lend me some advice.
Thank you in advance. I really should stop playing with my phones as I am not savy enough to not break them. However I love to tinker but I think I will stick with full sized computers as I know how to fix them.
Andrew
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i believe if you flash the wrong firmware your device just wounldnt boot. you are on the latest radio.
might have a defective radio chip in your phone, but i dont know how to check that
You said you're running an AOSP Rom, right? Check this out : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32126633&postcount=106
thefoss said:
You said you're running an AOSP Rom, right? Check this out : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=32126633&postcount=106
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I think I am going completely back to stock and see if that has any issues. Maybe my radios aren't right so if I return to stock I will take it back to sprint and try to get it exchanged. thanks all
mayford5 said:
I think I am going completely back to stock and see if that has any issues. Maybe my radios aren't right so if I return to stock I will take it back to sprint and try to get it exchanged. thanks all
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Okay so friday night I went with the stock rotted rom and Kaboom. My radios returned to normal. Not only that but after going with the custom roms I was having major battery issues(only 13 hours worth with limited use). I cleared the battery stats and charged it Friday into Saturday. I didn't need to recharge until tonight. 1day 8hrs 43mins with a good amount of use. I even used the wifi for about 2 hours at home installing all my apps that didn't get a proper titanium backup for some reason. Everything is back to normal. That is very strange because a lot of guys using those roms say they get similar if not better battery life. Could be me. Thanks guys for the info.
Andrew
Glad it worked for you. I've played with the AOSP roms, but I'm holding out til someone ports a Jelly Bean Sense Rom over. Til then, try Viper 2.3
I just got an LTEvo and when I activated it I noticed that data was working, but was extremely slow. My last phone was the original EVO 4G and 3G data worked much better. I streamed music and videos all the time. Apps downloaded quickly. Now the new phone connection times out most of the time just searching the play store. Downloading an app is torture unless I'm on wifi. It takes a long time just to start and just took about 5 min. to download the 3.04MB speedtest app. This was instant on my old EVO over 3G. Results on speedtest say: ping - 832ms, 132kbps down/ 58kbps up on the attempt I didn't get connection issues. The data seems to randomly disconnect.
This issue started on the new phone so I can't blame the network. Phone info is: HW version 0003, Software 1.13.651.1.710RD, PRI 2.28_003, PRL 25006, kernel 3.0.8, baseband 1.02.12.0427
I've already gone ahead and finished RegawMod and LazyPanda (data problem was present before this), so is there anything I can flash that might improve the data on this phone? I was about to flash the 1.22 firmware here to see if this fixed anything. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd appreciate it. I'm completely new to this phone.
The firmware may help a little. U update prl? My og EVO was just as slow for me, so can't say much.
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I just got an LTEvo and when I activated it I noticed that data was working, but was extremely slow. My last phone was the original EVO 4G and 3G data worked much better. I streamed music and videos all the time. Apps downloaded quickly. Now the new phone connection times out most of the time just searching the play store. Downloading an app is torture unless I'm on wifi. It takes a long time just to start and just took about 5 min. to download the 3.04MB speedtest app. This was instant on my old EVO over 3G. Results on speedtest say: ping - 832ms, 132kbps down/ 58kbps up on the attempt I didn't get connection issues. The data seems to randomly disconnect.
This issue started on the new phone so I can't blame the network. Phone info is: HW version 0003, Software 1.13.651.1.710RD, PRI 2.28_003, PRL 25006, kernel 3.0.8, baseband 1.02.12.0427
I've already gone ahead and finished RegawMod and LazyPanda (data problem was present before this), so is there anything I can flash that might improve the data on this phone? I was about to flash the 1.22 firmware here to see if this fixed anything. If anyone has any other suggestions I'd appreciate it. I'm completely new to this phone.
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new firmware info and download here:
FIRMWARE-S-OFF-1-12-HBOOT-ONLY-Jewel-Firmware-Collection-Latest-Radio-1-12-11-0809
hope this helps. seems that the new firmware and radio helps with data.
Anthonicia said:
The firmware may help a little. U update prl? My og EVO was just as slow for me, so can't say much.
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Yes, I updated PRL and profile. I can't believe that anyone could live with data this slow. Oddly enough, everyone applauds Verizon's speed, but in my area Sprint is faster. I got excited when Verizon claimed my area was covered for LTE, but it's so spotty I'm never covered.
I'll just see how the newer firmware works out. I think it includes the newer radio which is hopefully better.
Okay, just tried the 2.13 full firmware zip from the link ccaudio1 posted. Everything seemed to take except the software version is still 1.13
Nothing is different on the ROM at all. Do I need to do a reset first?
That's because the firmware is separate from the Rom, you only flashed the newer radios and any other changes/improvements made to firmware
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That's because the firmware is separate from the Rom, you only flashed the newer radios and any other changes/improvements made to firmware
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Yeah, just noticed that I didn't have the ROM file. Downloading now, but it's taking a while.
Data doesn't seem any faster though. Still terrible. Weird that my old EVO was much quicker. Maybe it's just a coincidence and Sprint is working on the towers around here again. I'll give it a try in another area and see if it works better. I was getting speeds 10-20 times faster before I switched phones.
One more question before I install the ROM. I'm unfamiliar with the TWRP recovery. Which option do I use to do a full wipe? System? Internal Storage?
Sorry, I've been in a low coverage area and unable to use data, you don't need to wipe internal but it may help avoid issues. Back up any data you want to keep. Wipe dalvik, cache, factory reset, system
Thank you all so much. For some reason data worked perfect after the rom update. Back to 2.1 Mbps down over 3G. Been a little busy, but wanted to update that it did fix the data issue and have been loving the new phone since.