Hey Guys
I was wondering. Is the bad wifi signal strength on the HTC legend unfixable ?
I am currently standing 5 meters away from my Wireless router and only getting "good" sometimes "fair" reception when i got 2 meters to the left and into my kitchen whereas with my laptop I can go out into the yard of my appartment complex and still get "good" reception - out there the legend can't even pick op the signal.
I'm running CM 7.0.3.
(And also has problems with getting a gps fix even when lots of satellites. And overly exposed flash photos - but that's another story - maybe these will be fixed in the next CM)
Have you tried different radios?
As far as I have been told the radio firmware is for the GPS since the WIFI is on a separate chip ?
But have tried several deffirent radios to try to fix the GPS issue I also have without any luck.
hello, as the topic suggest my galaxy s 2 's WiFi is PRETTY weak.. i hv goggled and found many suffer from this problem, but i couldn't find any solution. i was hoping someone over here could guide me to some script or update to fix this..
i noticed this problem when i step out of my room bars go down to 2.. and if i go little further with galaxy s 2 then no signal, my iphone 3gs and laptop catches signal fine at distance..i have tired routers at different location's, for example my friends house, in university, so problem definitely is in galaxys2.. it may it requires some other kernel or modded stock kernal.. i dont know..
btw i was on stock ROM same problem existed there, now i am Cyanogen Mod 7.1(2.3.7) and its here too..
please let me know what more could i add that might help you guys here figure out a solution.
thanks
Well, the wifi is not the strongest ever seen but i can use it outside my house (for about 10-15 meters away) without problems
Inside the house i have full/almost full signal in every room (on every rom tbh)
So yes, it's not strong but at my eyes, looks like yours is even weak than normal
mine also has a weaker signal than my other devices. However, I ran speedtest on all of them and the galaxy s2 has the same download and upload speed as the others. This is in spite of having zero or one out of three bars. I read in another forum that the wifi signal indicator of the galaxy s2 just shows a more accurate signal strength and the others just increase the indicators to make you believe that it has a strong signal. :-D
Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
Same issues here
I just got GSII from sprint and i still have my other 2 EVOs and i loose wifi signal when i go downstairs or other rooms while my EVOs get nearly full bars and speed.I never remember having any wifi issues with my EVOs.I also have the same no or weak wifi issues at work while no other phones at work have such wifi signal problem.any suggestions...?
One thing I tried which helped a little was download 'WiFi Alanlytics' from the market and select your SSID and it will advice which is the 'Best' channel strength for your router.
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Hi i have same problem with poor signal.Any solution for this !? Try connect with 5 different router same stuff....flash with many different roms and no results any ideas ?
Sparksltd said:
Maybe your router wifi transmitter is weak. Also you could try a different wifi channel on your router.
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I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
Zamrock said:
I agree completely, but another thing you should keep in mind is which modem is the best for you, i went though and tested 20 modems and ended up with LP6 which give me good range, speed, and battery, i suggest you test different modem types
Use THIS app to check, is highly accurate
another thing worth mentioning is that i recall once reading that all kernels will not be compatible with all modem types, I use Siyah kernel, GT i9100T, and BULP6 modem
hope that helps
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*Modem/Radio/Baseband is all the same thing and can be seen by going to Settings - About Phone - Baseband. It's basically a driver which receives and sends Mobile Network signals as well as handling switching between GPRS, 3G, HSDPA etc....... (but not WiFi connection, that and switchover between Mobile Network and WiFi is handled by the kernel).
Whilst you are absolutely correct in saying modem has nothing to do wifi whatsoever, why revive a two month old thread ?
I have a Samsung Galaxy S 2 (euro) currently running
- KJ1 frankenstein rom
- XEU CSC
- KI3 modem
- speedmod 2-13 kernel
One observation is that the phone tends to cling on to very low 3G signals. Arguably this isn't a problem per se - some may argue it's a good thing -- but I can't help thinking it's not the best for battery life.
This is especially true at work where I do have wifi. At home a 3G microcell solves the signal issue.
I was wondering if people found other modems like KI4 - or even earlier ones tackle this scenario differently. I can imagine never ending debates over which is better or worse of course.
I have tasker and thought about setting that to flip to 2G when wifi was detected, but it seems as if that option doesn't work on the SGS2 even with a rooted environment.
Maybe it's not really an issue...
You can check in in SamsungServiceMode and then do network priority I guess. All modems by default are set to hang to UMTS then if not switch to GSM. There's an option there however to do GSM first but i'm thinking it's more like if super strong UMTS is available it'll go there instead of staying on GSM.
hi
has any one come cross and issues with poor signal
I am using a custom rom which is not available publicly
more thinking its hardware as i had one system yesterday and was fine
but the one b4 that and this has very poor signal
Any have any ides
So I purchased a XZ1 G8343 which is meant for Canadian carriers, but also works in the US with T-Mobile. I have years of experience with my HTC M8, 10, and U11 with customs ROMs and they all work amazing with my SIM card.
What I have done is unlock the bootloader on the XZ1 and installed the latest CE1 firmware for the XZ1 and added the oem_X-FLASH-CUST-C93B file from the G8441 firmware to retain VoLTE and Wifi-Calling. This works to enable those features. T-Mobile considers this IMEI not compatible because of this, but flashing that G8441 files fixes it. The IMEI is clean.
My issue is this. The mobile data and sim network signals are extremely polarizing. When I'm in my apartment, it's completely weak and no networks are there. When I go outside on my balcony, great signal strength. I work as a delivery driver and gave this phone a test run . . . and it was BAD. I'd be losing signal almost everywhere and it reconnects randomly in other areas very close by. I don't see what would interfere with it so much, since this doesn't happen with any of my other devices. It seems way too sensitive.
This is weird because none of my HTC devices have these issues. I looked further into the specs and noticed the G8343 model is missing a few signal bands the G8341 model currently has. But it also supports more bands than my HTC U11 (unlocked) which gets network connection everywhere I need it.
Am I looking at a possible radio antenna hardware issue?
I have the G8343 also.
I live near Chicago and mostly have no issues with signal (LTE).
But, when I travel, many places I only get H+, or similar low signal connection.
Any ideas how to make this work better?
I have been looking at flashing other ROMs, but I cannot find any (particularly stock, like one for G8341) that say they improve the connection.
The CE1 is Central Europe, and I am not sure that would make the signal better.
I have not looked too much at the other ROMs, because I'd like to keep all the Google security stuff in place and not have to tinker with something like Magisk, which I had problems with on my previous phone.
Any help greatly appreciated!