I curently have a huawei x1 on cyanmod 7.2 and have a fair idea that the radio frequencys for this rom is not compatible for my network because i am suffering from low signal/signal drops. I accadently deleted my stock rom that was on my phone before i rooted it and now I can't find any roms running the 850/2100 frequency which telecom xt(new zealand) runs on. I need help is there a way to modify the rom to run 850/2100 frequency? I know that the carrier supports it because I bought it from a telecom xt shop. Any help in any way to help fix the problem will be much appreciated. Oh one more thing i think the phone is only running on 2100hz because in some places i pick up a signal but when i go inside/drive to other areas i get signal drops where all other phones work, i think this because i read somewhere that 2100hz signal is poor when inside buildings and telecom primaraly uses 850 hz. any help is much appreciated
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Can someone please help of give me some opinion on what to do, I am really frustrated with it losing signal grrr
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hello.
i have the siemens SX-56 device and i did a rom burning of the special rom 1.2 from xda-developers.
the problem is that i have no reception.
something in the phone module got wrong.
i tried various bands, i tried different sims...but nothing.
i get zero reception and i cant make a call.
what to do?
have i been doing something wrong?
i tried to burn the 1.2 rom several times, but each time was the same.
PLEASE HELP
Thank you guys.
I also get no reception but I'm beginning to believe it's because I'm running Cingular and they run on th 850mhz band which the phone doesn't support :evil:
So I've now changed to the Special Addition ROM and the T-Mobile Radio Stack. When I go to the network selection within the phone tools, the only two that show are T-Mobile and AT&T. I'm running Cingular, but I was under the impression that I should be able to piggyback my coverage on T-Mobile coverage. For some reason, I still get no signal and when I try to tell it to connect to T-Mobile I get an error message.
bad upgrading!
Tried Flashing in T-Mobile ROM and the Radio Stack and it went through no problem. Still getting same issue. Could it just be the area I'm in, Syracuse NY that is.
Please help me too, i have the same problem...
does anyone here knows what to do?
Do NOT use the SX-56!!!!
I read alot of complaints about this ROM, its buggy!
You could try changing bands from the gsm bootloader menu.
Thank you for your reply,
i have already tried several bands from the bootloader.
is there a special way to change bands?
i chose the band i wanted, and right after that i did a SR.
is that right?
isnt there anyone here who could know whats going on? this is so bizzare.
Thank you
I am leaving for a flight to europe in a few hours from Canada.
I was looking up the usage charges on Rogers.com http://www.shoprogers.com/store/wireless/coverage/international.asp?shopperID= to find that the countries that i will be travelling to use the 1900mhz frequency. i should have known this.
Anyway, my XDA with 2003 on it is in 1900 mode for north america right now
I remember i used a cooked 2002 rom that had a little util in it that let you change the radio frequency to 900/1800 without a hard reset. I cant remember for the life of me what it was called.
if someone can please post a name or better a link to the software, hoping that it works under 2003, i would be very much appreciative. I dont want to have a paperweight while i am travelling.
Thanks everyone in advance.
Ian
dont know of such a program
but your device can work at 900/1900 and eu devices can work at 900/1800
so your device should be able to work with any eu operators who use 900
Ths tool ist the bandswitchtool.
Take a look here:
http://wiki.xda-developers.com/wiki/BandSwitchTool
I had never tried it, nor anything else done with it. But try searching here in the forum. Maybe fou find some important hints....
Wish you a good traveling.....
HTH
Stefan
You can boot into the bootloader menu, and change your band to 900/1800 without using the tool. However, quality can be quite bad because your phone is not native 1800 Mhz. I used my telephone for quite some months running on another band, and with some providers my reception was very bad.
regards
Thank you everyone for your help.
Based on what Rudegar mentioned, i am hoping that my phone will just work when i get there
I set my phone back to 1900... wish me luck
I also got the bandswitch tool just in case.. it doesnt seem to work though., it says my current radio is ERROR. Does nothing when i click the frequency buttons
Thanks again
Ian
Hi all,
i'm searching for the best (well, at the moment) radio to use in italy.
Usually i use 3 as operator and umts is the only choice.
Does anybody of you already tested out some rom which thinks it's better than others?
I tried the latest 1.5x but they seem to be not so stable.
Sometimes my hermes ask me for the pin as it lost the signal.
Some others it freezes.
Any suggestion?
Thanks in advance.
Acr
I could have sworn 3 used GSM and 3G networks, otherwise they would have very little coverage. Anyone else like to comment?
As for the Radio's, unless you find someone on the same network, with the same phone in the same area you wont know without trying them. Personally my first upgrade was to 1.50.00 then I moved to 1.54.07 which I am finding to be very good.
Hi All,
I'm new here. Hoping someone can give me some advice/direction on my issue.
Just received two Elephone P3000S phones (one for me, one for gift). I'm in Canada on Koodo network, but don't get 4G because we are pretty rural (west of Ottawa), so we are using WCDMA/HSPA+ 850/1900 MHz.
The P3000S supports the following:
GSM:850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA:850/900/1900/2100(HSDPA), FDD-LTE:800/1800/2100/2600
At home, on our old phones (Samsung Galaxy SIIX), we would get cell signals of -93 dBm or better (not great, but usable). With the P3000S phones in the same location (both of them), the signal is -110 dBm or worse (not usable - not able to make calls or send texts). There are no protective cases on the phones to interfere with signal.
I've tried the the following:
- choosing 3G only and WCDMA only networks and editng APN settings specifically for Koodo
- changing/adding build.prop entries for ro.ril
- posting in Elephone forums - no help
- contacting Elephone - no response
The P3000S is new - just came available mid-December. Elephone has issued one update since then. It did not help my signal problem.
I know this could be a hardware/antenna issue, but since the phone is new, opening it up to tweak/boost the antenna is not really an option - a last resort if I can't sell the phones to someone who is located where they will work.
So, my next step (I think), is to try flashing a new modem, but I have no idea where to start with that to find one that might be compatible with Koodo and the P3000S. I'm willing to try several, but it's very new to me.
Relevant info:
Octacore MTK6592 + MTK6290
Android version: 4.4.2
Baseband: MOLY.LR9.W1423.MD.LWTG.MP.V3.P3
I'd really appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance.
Anyone have any ideas where I might start?
heath3000 said:
Hi All,
I'm new here. Hoping someone can give me some advice/direction on my issue.
Just received two Elephone P3000S phones (one for me, one for gift). I'm in Canada on Koodo network, but don't get 4G because we are pretty rural (west of Ottawa), so we are using WCDMA/HSPA+ 850/1900 MHz.
The P3000S supports the following:
GSM:850/900/1800/1900, WCDMA:850/900/1900/2100(HSDPA), FDD-LTE:800/1800/2100/2600
At home, on our old phones (Samsung Galaxy SIIX), we would get cell signals of -93 dBm or better (not great, but usable). With the P3000S phones in the same location (both of them), the signal is -110 dBm or worse (not usable - not able to make calls or send texts). There are no protective cases on the phones to interfere with signal.
I've tried the the following:
- choosing 3G only and WCDMA only networks and editng APN settings specifically for Koodo
- changing/adding build.prop entries for ro.ril
- posting in Elephone forums - no help
- contacting Elephone - no response
The P3000S is new - just came available mid-December. Elephone has issued one update since then. It did not help my signal problem.
I know this could be a hardware/antenna issue, but since the phone is new, opening it up to tweak/boost the antenna is not really an option - a last resort if I can't sell the phones to someone who is located where they will work.
So, my next step (I think), is to try flashing a new modem, but I have no idea where to start with that to find one that might be compatible with Koodo and the P3000S. I'm willing to try several, but it's very new to me.
Relevant info:
Octacore MTK6592 + MTK6290
Android version: 4.4.2
Baseband: MOLY.LR9.W1423.MD.LWTG.MP.V3.P3
I'd really appreciate any advice.
Thanks in advance.
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Hello, i bought same phone and seems signal is ok. But i am probably not so far from BTS.
It seems your phones has worse antena then phone before, you can not solve this by software (ril mod, baseband etc.). You have to try to solve it by hardware mod, probably extend antena to get higher gain. Under and around NFC antena on back cover is enought space tu use copper foil strips, you can try make unclosed frame with connection on main antena.
Hi MioCZ,
Thanks for your thoughts. So you don't think a different region (i.e. North America) baseband/modem would help at all? The hardware tweak is my last resort - I'm not particularly fond of opening up a new device. And I don't exactly know what to look for as far as NFC antenna or main antenna. Any idea where these are located on this phone?
Again - thanks for your insight.
EDIT: Oh, I see you reference the antenna on the back cover as the NFC antenna. I can try to work with something there without opening up the phone? Or do I need to make a mod to connect the new copper to the main antenna from there? So I guess I need to know where the main antenna is. Is the 4G/LTE antenna the same one used for 3G/WCDMA/UMTS/HSPA? I'm not sure if there are separate ones. If so, the 4G/LTE antenna location is pretty clearly marked.
EDIT AGAIN: I answered my own question by reading up on cell phone antennas. Gotta love Google. So, I'm going to try to rig something up to the main antenna, which I assume is under the section marked "LTE 4G" in the upper right hand corner (when looking at the back of the phone). I'll post my results when I finish.
Engineering mode
You can call *#*#3646633#*# to enter to Engineering mode. It should have antenna test somewhere in menus.
Hi
heath3000 said:
Anyone have any ideas where I might start?
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Hi, have you solved the issues on your phone?
I believe this is the same problem that I am facing with coloros. In fact he does not write the correct base band and when he writes, does not connect to the network 3G / 4G or make calls. is a mistake that just found this unit ... which makes the port of ROMs for this device and portability including future versions of android. It is not compatible with any other MTK6592 I know.
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Hi, have you solved the issues on your phone?
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No, nothing I have tried helped.
Hello my phone's operator signal is weak like 2 bars and sometimes its just looking to connect to the operator
i had the stock rom with lollipop now i have Vision X rom but still the same, i need advice, can it get better if i install a new kernel, new modem (what do you recomend?) or a new rom, im trying to find another rom with android 5.1.1, thanks in advice guys
this is 3G or LTE? is one better signal than the other? why do you think adjusting the phone will fix it? you could try another phone on the same carrier to attempt to confirm if it's simply your location that's the problem