Just curious if there's an icon pack or some other method for replacing the signal bars with the actual dBm strength..
Running Viper4G
Thanks!
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It may be in the venom tweaks. Not sure though. I know its possible on cm10 however...
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i checked in tweaks but i dont see an option for it..i think that icon does look a lil more stylish tho..maybe somebody can mod it?
Had it forever back in my DroidX days. Seems odd it isn't available anywhere for our phone yet
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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.
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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 was using xtremelabs ever since I flashed liquid ics jmod and noticed the dl speed drop substantially, I had just assumed it was the radios I was using. Then I got a wild hair and redownloaded speed net and low and behold my dl speed is still high. Which one should I trust or is it maybe just the servers its picking. Only tested on WiFi btw.
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Have you tried cell coverage map? Also, speeds will fluctuate a lot depending on the bandwidth being used on the line or the cell tower so its hard to say how accurate any of them are.
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I haven't tried that one but I did 7 tests on each in a random order and the results were consistent on each of the two I tried.
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Well here's my 4G test lmao why am I even using Wi-Fi lol.
liquid thunderbolt ics
Good speeds. Why do you atk installed? That thing is just a battery drainer. In ics if you long press home and swipe the app it will close it completely.
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Just habit I guess. I been using atk for the past 6 yrs so I got used to it. I will try your method after next battery charge though and compare.
liquid thunderbolt ics
I think you'll notice a difference. You'll also notice you get less force closes and odd app issues. Like apps just kind of not working completely right.
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Yeah the one I been getting is Facebook stays all white but when I drag down like im going to refresh everything shows until it goes flush with the blue UI bar
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Forgot to say that the holding the home key method did fix that thanks.
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I guess that depends on why you are using speed tests, if it is for your own personal information stick with whatever you are already using it may not be the most accurate but it is still a reference you can use.
I would like accuracy not, eh I been using this one so I'll stay with it. Hence my asking. If its not an accurate measurement how can you judge your radios performance or your networks. Naw I mean mane lol
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Edit: Updated my radios, still having issues. More info in a thread below.
Hey all,
I recently started running leNoob CM9 mod, and I've noticed that my connection has bottomed out a bit. I normally would have 4-5 bars with little issue, now I'm lucky to have 1 or 2. I dropped a call earlier today, and I haven't had that happen in literal years.
Poking around I noticed there were radio versions better than what I'm currently using: (1.22.10.0421r, 1.22.10.0424r) but I'm completely unsure whether that's the problem here, or how to update them if it is.
I'm S-OFF, if that helps the solutions any.
Thanks for your time!
See the firmware thread in the dev section, you can update just your firmware/radios/etc and not have to run a RUU since you're s-off.
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Hey all,
I recently started running leNoob CM9 mod, and I've noticed that my connection has bottomed out a bit. I normally would have 4-5 bars with little issue, now I'm lucky to have 1 or 2. I dropped a call earlier today, and I haven't had that happen in literal years.
Poking around I noticed there were radio versions better than what I'm currently using: (1.22.10.0421r, 1.22.10.0424r) but I'm completely unsure whether that's the problem here, or how to update them if it is.
I'm S-OFF, if that helps the solutions any.
Thanks for your time!
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Yes, you can flash the hboot/radio combo by superchilpil, then flash a hacked hboot. Apophis has a thread with hex edited hboots.
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wlmeng11 said:
Yes, you can flash the hboot/radio combo by superchilpil, then flash a hacked hboot. Apophis has a thread with hex edited hboots.
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I was going to make another thread for this, but hey, I saw this one I made a few days ago and it came in handy.
Since the last time I posted I did the firmware upgrade to the 2.xx radios, but that sadly did not help my issues any. My data connection will randomly drop in any situation; indoors, outdoors, whatever. I can flip my phone to airplane mode and back to restore the data connection, and it usually instantly hits 4-5 bar 4G. Unfortunately, not long after that it'll drop to 1 bar and sometimes stabilize back up to 4-5 and stay there for awhile.
Other times, it'll drop to 3G, 1x, or turn off altogether. 95% of the time it will then just stay off until I reboot the phone or hit airplane mode. The rest of the time it'll come back into 3G or more commonly 1x and stay there until it repeats the above drop process.
I've had this problem on all of the CM9 mods I've tried (currently running Rage 1.2). I've tried various network modes but I've had the greatest success of getting any signal on the LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA setting; the LTE or CDMA / LTE only ever gets 1 bar ever, and never improves.
Before CM9 on Stock ICS I had 4-5 bars anywhere in my house, and even at work (the center of a very large building) I'd still have 2-3 bars and rock solid data connection. I have not yet tried going back to Stock to see if that fixes my issues, but I'm leaning that way unless anyone has some better options here.
Thanks for your time!
Shadowalker97 said:
I was going to make another thread for this, but hey, I saw this one I made a few days ago and it came in handy.
Since the last time I posted I did the firmware upgrade to the 2.xx radios, but that sadly did not help my issues any. My data connection will randomly drop in any situation; indoors, outdoors, whatever. I can flip my phone to airplane mode and back to restore the data connection, and it usually instantly hits 4-5 bar 4G. Unfortunately, not long after that it'll drop to 1 bar and sometimes stabilize back up to 4-5 and stay there for awhile.
Other times, it'll drop to 3G, 1x, or turn off altogether. 95% of the time it will then just stay off until I reboot the phone or hit airplane mode. The rest of the time it'll come back into 3G or more commonly 1x and stay there until it repeats the above drop process.
I've had this problem on all of the CM9 mods I've tried (currently running Rage 1.2). I've tried various network modes but I've had the greatest success of getting any signal on the LTE/CDMA/EvDo/GSM/WCDMA setting; the LTE or CDMA / LTE only ever gets 1 bar ever, and never improves.
Before CM9 on Stock ICS I had 4-5 bars anywhere in my house, and even at work (the center of a very large building) I'd still have 2-3 bars and rock solid data connection. I have not yet tried going back to Stock to see if that fixes my issues, but I'm leaning that way unless anyone has some better options here.
Thanks for your time!
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I've also been seeing the exact same issue with my signal but since flashing the Global RUU and Rage. Previously I was on older radios and NeoMax and had high performance on the signals and battery life. Battery life has also dropped significantly since the Global RUU and Rage. :/
neowisdom1031 said:
I've also been seeing the exact same issue with my signal but since flashing the Global RUU and Rage. Previously I was on older radios and NeoMax and had high performance on the signals and battery life. Battery life has also dropped significantly since the Global RUU and Rage. :/
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In Rage 1.2 at least, my screen-off battery life is almost bulletproof. 8 hours not on the charger and it only lost 3%. Screen-on time though is almost exactly the same as Stock, and that includes going to the Wheatley governor, sio, underclocking the CPU and cranking the screen brightness way down.
As far as the radio issue goes, somewhere in the Rage thread Neo mentioned that radios on AOSP roms atm are hit and miss; some people have no problems, some people have constant problems. Currently there's really nothing they can do about it IIRC, and we'll basically just have to wait until someone can pin down the problem. Either that or go back to a Sense based rom, to which I say, phooey!
Try flashing a ruu then doing a factory reset in hboot after before restoring recovery. Worked for me
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EFF that that. Don't ever do anything that touches hboot.
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scottspa74 said:
EFF that that. Don't ever do anything that touches hboot.
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Factory reset only wipes data....
And an ruu likely won't flash if it is corrupted.
Just check md5 anyway, as always.
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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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Anyone experience this happening to them? The text seems to go through, but the signal drops.
dmbfan13 said:
Anyone experience this happening to them? The text seems to go through, but the signal drops.
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The signal on the signal bar? If that's it it isn't really dropping completely, unless it shows No Service. AOSP just measures and show the signal differently than Touchwiz.
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The signal on the signal bar? If that's it it isn't really dropping completely, unless it shows No Service. AOSP just measures and show the signal differently than Touchwiz.
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Well it does drop. Because signal bars becomes empty (if that makes sense). If I try to go to a webpage while it's like that, it cant load the page. Mind you, the signal comes back in 5-10 seconds or so, so it's not a huge deal. Just curious if there is a fix by chance or something I'm just missing.
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Well it does drop. Because signal bars becomes empty (if that makes sense). If I try to go to a webpage while it's like that, it cant load the page. Mind you, the signal comes back in 5-10 seconds or so, so it's not a huge deal. Just curious if there is a fix by chance or something I'm just missing.
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My phone rarely show the service correctly in the Notification Bar (very low 4G signal and it doesn't show up but works perfectly), the accepted way to measure your signal in in About Phone/Status.
It sounds like you just have spotty coverage or low coverage and it becomes a little worse on AOSP.
No matter how many times it is said that AOSP reads/displays the signal differently for me it is actually a little worse on AOSP. When I say worse I usually have 3 bars of 4G and full 3G, no out of service time, and the measurements in the About Phone/Status menu are generally a bit better on TW. With AOSP I have 1 bar of 4G and 2 of 3G, 10-15% out of service time, and lower readings in the menu.
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