Possible reception issues? - Fascinate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Where I work with by Droid X2 I was getting full bars and everything. However with my Fasci I seem to rarely get above 3. Is there any tweaks I could do?
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my fascinate gets fewer bars then my wifes droid2. i think motorola just has better reception

taz1458 said:
Where I work with by Droid X2 I was getting full bars and everything. However with my Fasci I seem to rarely get above 3. Is there any tweaks I could do?
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yep I've tried different 3g radio versions with very little luck... I guess here in my hole ,,, er,,, I meen at work ,,,, I just have pathetic reception
elsewhere it is marginal to moderately OK to live with...
only real thing I HATE about my skanky jellybean fassy with EC09 radio
I seem to at least get 1X signal compared to nothing or hunting and killing my battery,,,although I now mostly leave it plugged up 21x7
Tested EH03, and ED05 also
Order Oldest to newest -- I think??
1: DL09
2: ED05
3: EC09 (gingerbread radio)
4: EH03 latest "official" radio

I get terrible reception at work too. I've found that EH03 gets the best though.

Is there any way to check your radio version without just knowing?

Crawshayi said:
Is there any way to check your radio version without just knowing?
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Go to settings, then about phone. The radio is listed under Baseband Version.

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how to get better phone signal?

about to flash celb rom on my phone and i remember when i flashed it with evil eris 3.0 i dialed a bunch of different numbers to get better signal and update the cell towers?!?!?! lol also another number to go into the phone and change it to auto cdma. anyone know what those numbers or what to dial to get better cell signal after flashing a rom? also what you have to do to program it right off the bat also?
thanks
Cheatman1 said:
about to flash celb rom on my phone and i remember when i flashed it with evil eris 3.0 i dialed a bunch of different numbers to get better signal and update the cell towers?!?!?! lol also another number to go into the phone and change it to auto cdma. anyone know what those numbers or what to dial to get better cell signal after flashing a rom? also what you have to do to program it right off the bat also?
thanks
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You can't update your prl through a froyo rom on the eris yet, but flashing a new rom shouldn't change the changes you made on the 2.1 rom, if I understand your question righit about the battery, 1st step- search forums for recalibrate battery step 2-read post and follow instructions
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One of the # I think your thinking of is *228 then 2
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BrownEye02 said:
One of the # I think your thinking of is *228 then 2
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thats one then there is another one. ... 4 numbers with starts and number signs #*#*3333*#*# something like that?
That is for the epst app we do not have one that works with froyo. Flash the prl in plain Jane and flash up the roms don't change the prl. Also keep in mind that the bars on the froyo roms are liniar instead of the "optimized" versions found in stock and sense Roms the signal strength is the same just appears lower
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Delvaris said:
That is for the epst app we do not have one that works with froyo. Flash the prl in plain Jane and flash up the roms don't change the prl. Also keep in mind that the bars on the froyo roms are liniar instead of the "optimized" versions found in stock and sense Roms the signal strength is the same just appears lower
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still in evil eris 3.0 and wonder what rom i should try next.
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[Q] SuperClean radio/kernel combination

I've read that using the eb01 kernel and DL09 radio can improve battery life in SC 2.8. Truth?
myth..
however i wouldnt try any other radio with eb01
Give it a shot. Easy enough to do the switch and you can always go back. The presenter of that configuration is a trustworthy source here on the forums.
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dunno about battery life yet .. going to wipe bstats in a few . i can say that it improved my data connection tremendously .
Actually, it's highly probable. Especially if you use gps. It's a commonly known fact DL09 had the best gps lock of any other. Dunno about data connection speeds...
being a noob, I don't want to mess up how my phone is working right now. I used adrynalyne method to flash my phone back after 2.7, to stock. Flashed new CWM, flashed 2.6 then 2.8 voodoo, used eb01 kernal, and enabled lagfix. I also have EB01 midnight/steel blue theme rocking. I would like to get back to dl09, becuase of the GPS performance. Do I need to do anything special before I do that, or just find and flash it via CWM. Voodoo is the part that makes me hesitant, and that fact that I use my phone as my modem, so I mess it up, I can't access this forum to fix it.
Thanks in advance.
Chopper posted a .tar. I'm on voodoo too , just flash via Odin in the PDA section.
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As stated above by lucas.scott use odin to flash the tar file using the pda option. And below are links to both so you can undo it if you should feel the need.
EB01 modem
DL09 modem
Credit to danknub (from irc) for the links and hosting.
good day.
do I have to worry about voodoo? Or is that just the kernal that i worry about? sorry for the noob question.
420fan said:
do I have to worry about voodoo? Or is that just the kernal that i worry about? sorry for the noob question.
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Not at all. Flashing a modem tar with odin includes no voodoo worries.
good day.
chopper the dog said:
Not at all. Flashing a modem tar with odin includes no voodoo worries.
good day.
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Thanks for the quick reply, trying now!
How is it working out for you guys? I am tempted to try it, but would like to know if you see any differences. Thanks!
Dl09 is better for gps in my case
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Haven't seen any difference in battery life . But GPS went from taking 15 minutes to sync on eb01 , to about 2 seconds . So that's well worth it in my book .
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Update to sc 2.9.1and you won't have anymore gps issues. I lock almost immediatly.
Any improvement in reception, battery life, data tranmission (i.e. reliability and speed)?
I tested it for a few hours, and noticed that my MMS died. I could not receive MMS messages, it would stick on downloading. Of course after that, I went right back to EB01 modem.
Hmmm I haven't had any mms problems. In fact , I was experiencing data drops on eb01 . Dl09 cured that for me . Crazy how different phones are reacting so differently .
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lucas.scott said:
Hmmm I haven't had any mms problems. In fact , I was experiencing data drops on eb01 . Dl09 cured that for me . Crazy how different phones are reacting so differently .
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Honestly though, I should test again. The MMS in question were from my girlfriend who is on T-Mobile, and I have often experienced bull**** from her MMS with T-Mobile. So that may be it, I might test further because most people say DL09 is sweet.
Tell me about it dude , my girl is on at&t and about 60% of our texts never reach each other . Switching her to vzw this month.
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[EC09][MODEM][ODIN] EC09 Radio/Modem for Odin

Hey everyone,
This is just the modem (radio) file for ODIN. This way you can download this modem separate from the all-in-one ODIN. At this time, I would recommend this modem, but I would NOT recommend the EC09 ROM as it is buggy.
To extract this file, you will need 7zip. It is one of the best zip/LZMA/tar programs for Windows. http://www.7-zip.org/
Instructions
Download 7zip from the link: http://www.7-zip.org/
Download ODIN if you haven't. http://adrynalyne.us/files/odin/Odin3v1.3.exe
Download the package below, and extract it with 7zip.
Open ODIN, and connect your device with the battery out while holding the volume down key.
Click PDA, and select the .tar.md5 file you extracted.
Click Start, and it should flash to your phone.
Put battery back in, and {optional} via Clockwork Mod flash NAMELESS v4 or whatever custom TW Gingerbread ROM you wish! jt1134's CM7, andmer's MIUI, or your ROM of choice.
MD5
ec09-modem.tar.md5.7z = 5ffd2b3ce243948493de400c61230435
Thanks to...
P3Droid for the EC09 Gingerbread Leak
vegittoss15 for pointing out that my checksum was screwed up
Thanks in general to...
Adrynalyne
nemesis2all
jt1134
imnuts
TSM (sbrissen)
navenedrob
and the other devs & irc crew
UPDATE: I added a poll on what you think about EC09's modem.
UPDATE 2: It is recommended to use this modem when running jt1134's CM7 (and I assume andmer's MIUI). Certain things will either not work or not be stable if you use ED-series modems on CM7 mtd due to jt using parts of EC09.
Happy Flashing,
JP Tech
thanks given!
No problem, I'm just giving back to the community!
does it work with miui gb?
godofwar762 said:
does it work with miui gb?
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You can try it. Radios are independent from ROMs and kernels. I haven't tested it, but I don't know if there is a reason to have this radio over say ED04 for MIUI.
Andmer is on ED04, so I would say stick with ED01, ED03, or ED04 radios.
Use this with CM7 mtd and MIUI.
Anyone noticing any improvement with this radio?
jearl75 said:
Anyone noticing any improvement with this radio?
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Results on the irc are mixed as far as data speeds. Some had great. Others were clearly slower. You just have to try it for yourself. Your mileage may vary.
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i don't know if radio version effects GPS but changing from DL09 to the EC09 radio gave me a more accurate position. Went from around 100m error inside my house to a 30m error. I did notice that i cannot maintain a fix on all the satellites, constantly dropping one or two and reconnecting. I don't have this fascinate on the network so i cannot give any feedback about data speeds
sorry if you find this nooby
but why do we need 7zip , this file extracted fine with winrar itself ?
This radio has made a huge difference in battery life when in a marginal signal area. I mean HUGE. I went from killing a battery in 8 hours to it lasting over 24 hours. This radio is magic.
Has anyone tried this radio with com rom 2.x? I don't see why it wouldn't work, but one never knows.
If not, I may try it for giggles once I'm near a computer I can use to revert if it breaks everything..
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ssewk2x said:
Has anyone tried this radio with com rom 2.x? I don't see why it wouldn't work, but one never knows.
If not, I may try it for giggles once I'm near a computer I can use to revert if it breaks everything..
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I've tried it; it works perfectly fine.
zeroxg4 said:
I've tried it; it works perfectly fine.
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Observations? Is it any better than any of the others in your opinion?
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garywojdan81 said:
Observations? Is it any better than any of the others in your opinion?
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It seems about the same as ED04 in my experience. Others say it makes GPS super awesome. All in all it seems like a somewhat lateral move.
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I flashed this modem so that I could try the new nameless rom. now the nameless rom made my phone take a dump. I went back to comm rom 2.1 and ec09 seems to be working fine.
Does anyone know of any other roms that will work with this modem?
zeroxg4 said:
It seems about the same as ED04 in my experience. Others say it makes GPS super awesome. All in all it seems like a somewhat lateral move.
Ok, thanks for the info. I'm on comrom2.1 & ed04 now & trying to decide if its worth making the move or should I wait for the sleep issue on cm7 to be resolved.
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I cannot yet comment on any battery impact, but I am running ComRom2.1 and upgraded to this modem a few hours ago. My signal is drastically improved, so there's another in the "it's better" column...
M00NEY said:
I cannot yet comment on any battery impact, but I am running ComRom2.1 and upgraded to this modem a few hours ago. My signal is drastically improved, so there's another in the "it's better" column...
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This modem is oddly awesome. I get better data speeds and signal strength. NO missed calls or anything. AND Google Sky Maps runs 20x faster (NO **** TRY IT). Also I was running TOP from adb shell and the accelerometer seems to actually take less cpu.
Updated to EC09 from ED04 on ComRom 2.1, and don't have any complaints so far. I often get an extra bar of signal, and while my download speed is about the same, I seem to have picked up a healthy 150-200kbps in upload. The real test will be tomorrow at work where I get almost no signal...
EDIT: Yup, love this radio. Getting 1 solid bar with 3G working at work, whereas before I would get absolutely no data connectivity and a soild 90% time without signal
um for some reason i cant flash this.... it alwaise fails... tried like 30 times now literally 30 fcken times

No auto 4G-LTE with Das BAMF Sense 3.0 GB RC3

Flashed BAMF Sense 3.0 GB RC3 and noticed that I never get 4G LTE service unless I manually go in an set to it using Das BAMF Toolkit or LTE switching app. Then it will acquire 4G LTE service and I can switch it back to CDMA+LTE/EvDO-auto and things seem to work ok from there on out. Anyone else have this happen?
texz71 said:
Flashed BAMF Sense 3.0 GB RC3 and noticed that I never get 4G LTE service unless I manually go in an set to it using Das BAMF Toolkit or LTE switching app. Then it will acquire 4G LTE service and I can switch it back to CDMA+LTE/EvDO-auto and things seem to work ok from there on out. Anyone else have this happen?
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sounds like a radio issue to me. flash another one and see if it changes.
I was having this issue using the kernel that came with the rom. I flashed up to the 2.3.0 dream kernel (an updated version of what comes with the rom) and noticed that the 4G using the cdma/lte auto was close to flawless.
Note that sometimes it did drop to 3G, but it seemed to be an issue caused by juicedefender constantly turning the radio on and off.
Also, if you're on mr2.0 switch to mr2.5. Apparently it has much better luck with 4G.
Best of luck, and as always, anything you do is at your own risk.
I find some ROMs I have 4g issues with MR2 and I will switch to MR2.5 and it works. Sometimes the opposite occurs. It's a strange deal.
On 2.5 and no issues with 4G.
bthomp21 said:
sounds like a radio issue to me. flash another one and see if it changes.
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Does it with either radio for gb.
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youarealwaysthereMD said:
I was having this issue using the kernel that came with the rom. I flashed up to the 2.3.0 dream kernel (an updated version of what comes with the rom) and noticed that the 4G using the cdma/lte auto was close to flawless.
Note that sometimes it did drop to 3G, but it seemed to be an issue caused by juicedefender constantly turning the radio on and off.
Also, if you're on mr2.0 switch to mr2.5. Apparently it has much better luck with 4G.
Best of luck, and as always, anything you do is at your own risk.
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Ill try the new bamf sense 3.o rc4 as its supposed to have latest dream kernal. Tried flashing 2.3.2 dream kernal and it crapped my whole phone out.
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For what it's wort I flashed rc4 and did not change kernal and I'm running 2.5 radio.
I work in a building right on the fringe of 4g, My coworkers have thunderbolts and Samsung charges. I'm the only rooted non stock phone (I'm working on it) of them all and we all get 3g inside and 4g outside. All phones seem to switch in the same place at about the same time.
texz71 said:
Ill try the new bamf sense 3.o rc4 as its supposed to have latest dream kernal. Tried flashing 2.3.2 dream kernal and it crapped my whole phone out.
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I did the same and I had to wipe and flash. It was later mentioned that a boot issue was found and the kernel dev fixed it in what I believe is 2.3.6. Try the rc5 with the official mr2, best results so far for me.
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[Q] Radio Question

I'm having terrible 4g issues. i got a replacement thunderbolt a little while back and flashed eternity which im not too happy with on there. but i never flashed a new rom because i was told that the new radios on the most current hardware would supprt it. sure enough it did but the 4g doesnt work like its supposed to. just goes in and out and stuff
since i'm not too good with radios i need to know which one would be the best to flash. and why if someone doesnt mind explaining it to me. thanks!
Willis_G said:
I'm having terrible 4g issues. i got a replacement thunderbolt a little while back and flashed eternity which im not too happy with on there. but i never flashed a new rom because i was told that the new radios on the most current hardware would supprt it. sure enough it did but the 4g doesnt work like its supposed to. just goes in and out and stuff
since i'm not too good with radios i need to know which one would be the best to flash. and why if someone doesnt mind explaining it to me. thanks!
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Are you currently running the most updated 605.19 stock radios?
You ARE if you go to settings, about phone, software information, more, and the baseband version reads 1.49.00.0406w_1, 0.01.79.0331w_1
If these are not the numbers you see, flash these radios from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24992678
If these are the numbers you see, then it should be working properly. If not, you may have installed an older version of Eternity. Check to make sure you flashed the most updated one.
Or the 4G in your area may be simply going in and out. Try flashing another ROM to verify this.
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RBarnett09 said:
Are you currently running the most updated 605.19 stock radios?
You ARE if you go to settings, about phone, software information, more, and the baseband version reads 1.49.00.0406w_1, 0.01.79.0331w_1
If these are not the numbers you see, flash these radios from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24992678
If these are the numbers you see, then it should be working properly. If not, you may have installed an older version of Eternity. Check to make sure you flashed the most updated one.
Or the 4G in your area may be simply going in and out. Try flashing another ROM to verify this.
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Thank you bro! i'm going to start messing with this and checking everything. and i'll probably reflash too. i've been wanting to for a while but i think im going back to bamf. i ran bamf for over a year and really liked it
Willis_G said:
Thank you bro! i'm going to start messing with this and checking everything. and i'll probably reflash too. i've been wanting to for a while but i think im going back to bamf. i ran bamf for over a year and really liked it
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I run Gingeritis3D and still love it. I tried running BAMF Forever 1.10 but it was too laggy, even after changing kernels. Just keep flashing and find out what you like.
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RBarnett09 said:
I run Gingeritis3D and still love it. I tried running BAMF Forever 1.10 but it was too laggy, even after changing kernels. Just keep flashing and find out what you like.
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I just did the LiquidSmooth-ICS-v1.5-MR3
and have no data now. Im trying to determine what the best radios are for this. does anyone have ideas?
The .19 radios works best for me. Have you tried toggling data on and off or putting it into airplane mode for a minute and taking it back out.
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disconnecktie said:
The .19 radios works best for me. Have you tried toggling data on and off or putting it into airplane mode for a minute and taking it back out.
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.19? i guess i dont understand
605.19 is the name of the radios. Not the entire name but the last 5 digits of the radio name are usually what we go by.
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disconnecktie said:
605.19 is the name of the radios. Not the entire name but the last 5 digits of the radio name are usually what we go by.
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cool man well i dug threw the thread and found the radios that other people flashed. and ran those threw the phone. still have sketchy 4G but if i keep it on cdma only and run permanent 3g its smooth, just not super fast like i wish.
does anyone know a specific LTE only radio i can flash in that they have had success with running the ICS Roms?
Willis_G said:
cool man well i dug threw the thread and found the radios that other people flashed. and ran those threw the phone. still have sketchy 4G but if i keep it on cdma only and run permanent 3g its smooth, just not super fast like i wish.
does anyone know a specific LTE only radio i can flash in that they have had success with running the ICS Roms?
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I'm pretty sure the LTE radios they used were from the 2.11.605.19 OTA. They may have flashed a different CDMA radio, but Idk. The leaked LTE radio causes most phones to reboot a lot.
Here's a link to the combo radios though. I suppose it never hurts to try them out... the outcome varies by phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30974567
But it is still recommended to use the 2.11.605.19 radios... which I posted a link for them above.
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RBarnett09 said:
I'm pretty sure the LTE radios they used were from the 2.11.605.19 OTA. They may have flashed a different CDMA radio, but Idk. The leaked LTE radio causes most phones to reboot a lot.
Here's a link to the combo radios though. I suppose it never hurts to try them out... the outcome varies by phone.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30974567
But it is still recommended to use the 2.11.605.19 radios... which I posted a link for them above.
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Cool bro, thanks alot. its funny you mentioned the autoreboot, the phone did it once to me already.
I will experiment with LTE radios and keep flashing until i find something that works good.
Willis_G said:
Cool bro, thanks alot. its funny you mentioned the autoreboot, the phone did it once to me already.
I will experiment with LTE radios and keep flashing until i find something that works good.
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I've even had luck with the old 2.11.605.9 radios.
Try them if you'd like.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1396408
Just be careful flashing different radios. If you flash a bad radio, it can brick you.
Also, I was always told to never flash the same radio that is already installed. So if you flash the .9 radios and they are currently installed, don't flash them again until you flashed a different radio.
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