Berry2Droid

Anyone else have horrible service with this setup? I thought a new radio was supposed to give better service? Im running Skyraider 3.0 Vanilla, with a 2.15 radio and a 2.6.32 kernel..

Anyone know a fix or anything?!?

gonzoguy24

I know you will hate me for this but try *228 option 2 (I sound like a VZ tech)...I have had great signal strength with 2.2 and the 2.15 radio

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Berry2Droid

yea i did this lol

gonzoguy24

Try a different ROM>?

Berry2Droid

I semi noticed it on Skyraider 2.5.2, however, I didnt notice it running skyraider PRIOR to my radio upgrade. But it doesnt make any sense, doesnt the radio upgrade supposedly help signal strength?

ChiTownJim

I have had better call quality but shit for 3g service since installing the 2.15 radio

Berry2Droid

Yea idk maybe its in my head. I just have to keep resending texts because they fail, last night i dropped my first ever call in 2+years..Idk..Might go back to stock and get real ota, because the things I rooted for dont even work correctly anyway.

bjanow

I'm in the mountains and getting great service. Same setup as Berry, weird. Haven't dropped a call since I have this phone.

yojoe600

i have had no problems with either lol... but i do know signal bars are misleading if thats what yall are going by since mine are always low

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Berry2Droid

Im going by my girlfriend babbling and rambling, then all of a sudden she stopped, and im like uhhh helloooo? Thinking she caught me in a non paying attention state, I go "oh yea, thats weird babe", then i hear the beep beep beep, im like oh crap she asked me a question and wasnt paying attention. Call her back and im like sorry, shes like yea you hung up on me!

Phew..

Idk, ive tried everything from changing my SID code, to reformatting and reinstalling rom, everything..Cant figure it out.

On a side note, how do you format a sd card into FAT32 from the phone??

ChiTownJim

Honestly I had a little voice quality issue when I had the stock radio once I updated to 2.05 everything was perfect . Then I installed 2.15 and while my call quality is supurb my Data service is pathetic. I pretty much have stopped doing anything but checking email and getting sports updates when not on WiFi luckly I don't really need data when I'm out away from WiFi as I'm usually doing something/someone more interesting then playing with my phone.

bjanow

You haven't tried changing girlfriends yet.

bjanow

Interesting post Jim. Simply because it got me to thinking that my habits are pretty much the same. If I'm not on Wifi then I'm not ******* with the phone other than perhaps weather. But... (I should probably think before writing) we just did a trip to Dubuque, about 1000 miles, and kept Radio Time on all the way. Had signal the whole time except when switching towers in big cities. Was on 2.15 too.

ChiTownJim

I'm pretty aggervated, I'm thinking of just calling Asurion and filing a claim for a new phone . I haven't made a claim in over 2years and I've been paying them I think I'm due

bjanow

No doubt. It will cost you $90 but it might be worth it. You'll have both phones for a few days and you can compare. I would do it in a flash if I were having major issues.

lafester

if its really that bad why not just use the patched 2.05 radio?

bjanow

Yeah, lafester, that's an option too. Jim, you did say it was perfect on 2.05

BaadAndy

I started having issues on the 2.05, so I went to the 2.15 hoping it would take care of the speed issues I was having. I get anything from over 2MB to 56k down on 3G and its killing me I was trying to use while in san Antonio. I thought it was the kernel I was using after the radio did not help, I was running the kings#3, switch to Hydra #4 and still had issues. I am running skyraider 3.0.
I guess I will have to try another rom to see if it will cure it? I sure hate to since I really love the rom.
Signal is normally good by the bars for what they are worth.

Last edited by BaadAndy; September 3rd, 2010 at 08:36 PM. Reason: I missed it

ChiTownJim

I thought you couldn't revert back to 2.05 from 2.15

I'll definetly give that a shot first , before calling Asurion

bjanow

Yeah, that's right I saw that too. Better do some research first on that. Saw previously that 2.05 was only a patch for 1.x and not a full radio as is 2.15.

lafester

check the new radio thread in the roms section
lots of new options including a 2.05 that is easy to install

ChiTownJim

Yeah saw that , I just don't know if I can simply install a diffrent radio via Hboot with 2.15

lafester

as long as you s-off you can.
very easy. changed radios twice last night.

ChiTownJim

Very nice I"m gonna try the new 2.15 radio I saw on that tread

Which radio are you using?

lafester

i am trying the 2.07 radio at the moment.
tried the new 2.15 last night as well.

haven't noticed any signal difference here at home. will have to try some calls to see if there is any audio quality differences. have not done any speed tests yet either.

was mainly just making sure they worked and installed correctly.

ChiTownJim

I just want 3g back. I miss her

lafester

so hows it going? did you flash the new radio yet?

ChiTownJim

Yeah the other 2.15 didn't do anything , just flashed 2.07 gonna try it out today . I'm keeping my fingers crossed

EDIT::
Still no go on either 2.15 of 2.07... I get a wopping 138kbps download and 186kbps upload

Trying 2.05 now lol.... If that's no go Asurion will be hearing from this guy

What's really weird is if I let it sit there on 1x it will eventually show 3g then I click on anything requiring data and it instantly goes to no service . 1x is at least reliable 3g won't work at all

Last edited by ChiTownJim; September 4th, 2010 at 10:04 AM.

BzB

My signal quality and speed seems unchanged from 2.1, but being in a large metropolitan area it's always been mostly good. I get good cell service at home (dbm around 80), however I use wifi n exclusively when I'm there. The n speed is just blazing!

That said, I am rooted but haven't tried any custom roms or tinkered with any network settings.

ChiTownJim

Yep no go, tried every radio with the same results some worse.

Must be something wrong with the phone itself, cause I've tried diffrent ROMS, Kernals and now radios . I've *228 options 1 and 2 (not with the new radio because for whatever reason when I dial *228 on CM6 i dont get a dialer so I Can't select either option.. kinda strange)

Welp guess on tuesday I'll be ordering a new incredible

lafester

so you are completely stuck on 1x?

have you tried going completely stock 2.1 and starting over?
update prl manually?

ChiTownJim

No I have not, can I go back to 2.1 just by flashing a 2.1 ROM ?

and what is update prl manually ?

noob questions

and yes stuck on 1x 3g will show up but it doesn't work the second you try to connect it completely loses service for a few seconds and reverts back to no data then makes its way to 1x

lafester

well i did some searching and it looks like there are no download links for verizon prls.
prl is the preferred roaming list that updates when you do the *228. with sprint you can download any prl file you want to try and find one that works best for you. you can do it with verizon as well if you can find the files.

there is a thread here for going back to 2.1. its a .zip that you run in hboot. it will load the stock recovery, radio and rom back on your phone. you will retain s-off so you can easily get root back when you want.

lafester

[VIDEO] HowTo UnRoot Incredible by downgrading

ChiTownJim

I don't have time now , but I'll unroot and go back to stock and see if that works.
So basically the plan here is go back to unrooted 2.1 then re root and install 2.2 ?

lafester

well if you go back to stock and you are still having problems I would say you have a hardware issue. if all is good then install clockwork recovery and go back to whatever rom you want. just pay attention when installing apps to see if the problem returns.

jamor

I'm confused. You said you had the new radio and were having 3g problems to in Adrenylane's(sp) ROM thread?

bjanow

No, wrong guy. Never had 3G probs or used Adreny's rom.

jamor

My bad. I was just reading this that you +1ed

[Radio] The Official Radio Thread

bjanow

Oh, I see. No, I was just commenting that he should try everything before having to spend the money for a new phone. :-)

bjanow

I wonder what happened, Jim? It just seems like it can't be hardware because you said it was working great at one point. Although it could have crapped out I guess. What is your hboot version? I did the .92 ver update some time ago.

FYI, I went back to KK #1, and set my OC back down to 998 with "conservative". Looking for a little better battery these days.

ChiTownJim

I haven't looked at it really , I got a solid 1x connection good enough to stream white sox games and slacker so I'm good . I might try to downgrade tomorrow we'll see how things progress.

Not sure what my hboot version is , Im on my phone now so I can't really look but i'll get back to ya

Berry2Droid

Jim jacked my thread haha

ChiTownJim

my bad on the hijack

Berry2Droid

Its ok. as long as its helping someone. My problem is still going lol

ChiTownJim

Yeah man I'm still have problems too.

Did you try any other radios ? cause I tried all of the radio versions available they didn't fix my problems but I did notice some had better voice coverage then otheres

Berry2Droid

Voice coverage is the last thing I care about. Its my texting mainly. If i send a mass text, i have to resent it like 10x.. I am still getting 5bars while driving around, but at work and in places ive never had problems im getting problems. Its whatever, im gonna flash the 2.2 leak and see how that works too because Skyraider is ugly to me atm lol..and nothing I wanted from it works right.