Galaxy Nexus Watering Hole

[IndecisiveElle]

Ew I get -109 dbm at my house. I can make/receive calls fine, but it's in this crappie mini valley dead zone. My BFs parents get no reception with AT&T.

 

[Ninjak]

the lower the dBm the better, not really sure what asu is

i think anything around ~80 is considered a pretty good signal, and iirc around -50 is theoretically perfect signal

The absolute lowest mine ever was on a good day was 83. 93-111 or so was my norm. Mind you, it said that even when I had no 3G reception with grey bars.

 

[tluley51]

I'm about to flash the new radio's...any tips or something I should watch out for?

 

[jasaero]

Ninja'd you!

Hah! I thought I could take my time with everyone messing with their new toys! I wasn't raised on a smartphone forum thread ninja farm either though!

 

[zx10droid]

Saw that report too. Gonna give it a shot after I finish charging this thing up right now. Thanks for the report -- gonna do it tomorrow all day at work to see.



Ninja'd you!

i ninja'd you both! alhtough i didnt link :-\

 

[kk4df]

I found there is a new leak of the Nexus radio: My Droid World Forums

Here is a direct link for ya so you don't have to sign up for MDW: http://www.mydroidfiles.com/download...dios_btldr.zip

Be careful when flashing -- not 100% sure of the origin of the file though.



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Just flashed it. Booting up now...

I don't see any immediate changes based on the About Phone / Status numbers.

Edit: The Open Signal app is showing SIGNIFICANTLY stronger LTE signal. I don't know whether to trust that or not yet. Other forum posts seems to be reporting good improvements for some. But some seem to be experiencing a worse signal reading. Only time will truly tell.

 

[zx10droid]

The absolute lowest mine ever was on a good day was 83. 93-111 or so was my norm. Mind you, it said that even when I had no 3G reception with grey bars.

mines at -75 right now... although i should mention that my house is not in a 4g area so thats a 3g signal. i will get a 4g signal strength tomorrow from work

 

[jasaero]

Just flashed it. Booting up now...

I don't see any immediate changes based on the About Phone / Status numbers.

I am not hoping for any better signal numbers so much as voice and data connection a few more miles away from cell sites than I can get currently. As I pointed out earlier in the thread my wifes charge had 4g connection in a fringe 4g area here where my GN couldn't hold 4g and had to revert to 3g which has real good coverage everywhere here.

 

[BabyBlues]

Well one project left to go this semester! Too bad my laptop is cranky and i can't work on it for a while... I really need a new one.

We also don't have a tv so I'm not sure what to do for the next few hours. No other homework to do and my new books haven't arrived...

Download a book ? Play a game?

 

[IndecisiveElle]

Download a book ? Play a game?

Even my iPad was dead lol. Everything is still in boxes! I've settled on plugging in my iPad to this cool radio my BF got me and watching hulu. Only sucks that it's in portrait mode

 

[tluley51]

Hmmm lets see how this goes...

So mine got worse...from -107 to -113 with the radio AND stuck on grey reception so I can't do much...

 

[BabyBlues]

Even my iPad was dead lol. Everything is still in boxes! I've settled on plugging in my iPad to this cool radio my BF got me and watching hulu. Only sucks that it's in portrait mode

Oh no! I'm glad you found something to do.

 

[Stigy]

Flashing radios and doing my pre-4.0.3 nandroid backup now.

Going to flash GummyNex 0.1.0 (which is 4.0.3) tonight: [ROM][AOSP][4.0.3][CDMA] GummyNex 0.1.0 - xda-developers

 

[cggorman]

Checking in. I guess I got a good one. No complaints here.

 

[AndroiDad75]

How is everyone elses MTP file transfers? It took me like 2 hours yesterday to transfer 7GB of audiobooks. Then late last night it took almost 50 minutes to transfer 1GB.

What is everyone elses speeds when doing this?

Also if anyone can still help with reboot-from-recover.p (that you turned into a .bak file) I would truly, truly appreciate helping out.

 

[IndecisiveElle]

Oh no! I'm glad you found something to do.

Yup except it means I'll be pulling an all night for sure now

 

[Stigy]

How is everyone elses MTP file transfers? It took me like 2 hours yesterday to transfer 7GB of audiobooks. Then late last night it took almost 50 minutes to transfer 1GB.

What is everyone elses speeds when doing this?

Also if anyone can still help with reboot-from-recover.p (that you turned into a .bak file) I would truly, truly appreciate helping out.

What's the issue you are having?

 

[BabyBlues]

Checking in. I guess I got a good one. No complaints here.

Same for me. My whites are white. Signal seems to hold ok. I love this phone

 

[woodstorm]

Flashing radios and doing my pre-4.0.3 nandroid backup now.

Going to flash GummyNex 0.1.0 (which is 4.0.3) tonight: [ROM][AOSP][4.0.3][CDMA] GummyNex 0.1.0 - xda-developers

 

[halon]

Any guesses on how long it takes to upload a 23 minute video to youtube?

Anyone? Anyone?

Right now I'm at 4% with 322 minutes left LOL

Recorded my trip, with the Nexus, of Lights on the Lake with my friend.

 

[tluley51]

Yeah before this radio flash I was averaging about -113 to -117 on 4g...now I am stuck on -120 3g. Awesome.

 

[jbdan]

Same for me. My whites are white. Signal seems to hold ok. I love this phone

I concur! Battery life has become very good as well I finally am seeing super slow drain while phone is sleeping.

 

[kk4df]

Yeah before this radio flash I was averaging about -113 to -117 on 4g...now I am stuck on -120 3g. Awesome.

I'm sure you made a backup like I did before flashing.

 

[tluley51]

I'm sure you made a backup like I did before flashing.

Yeah, just incredibly disappointed that it didn't help what is a MAJOR issue with this phone.

 

[RazorSharp]

-_____-

I'm thinking it was either Razor or Stigy that gave me the link to the lifehacker site (sorry I can't remember who exactly) but I'd give you a kiss and buy you a drink if I could. It was great to be in the store with just phone rather than a big notebook today.

Hmm, Lifehacker links are usually my thing (well, really just posting links in general ), but I can't seem to recall the one you're mentioning. Still, I'll take the drink anyway! Haha.

4.0.3 Radios leaked.

LEAK: New CDMA/LTE radios for the Galaxy Nexus

Nice. Seems like people are getting mixed results so far, I'll wait a little until they're more stable and proven.