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[Galaxy S II General] dogiedogie:
Can anyone think why this couldnt be ported to an N1 for UK Orange once its working?
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Just had a quick go at trying to get it to work on my custom rom i'm running and got the app to run but the icon stayed red. Must be missing a lib file somewhere...hmm

anyone had any bright ideas?
[Galaxy S II General] Archer:
I wouldn't jump to that conclusion too quickly. I flashed the official branded orange ROM and it never worked for me. Red house all the way!
[Galaxy S II General] dogiedogie:
Something to do with router compatibility/settings?
[Galaxy S II General] gadgetgaz:
There was one night when my red house wouldn't turn green for about a couple of hours but that is a rare occurrence.
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
It is for Blackberry and HTC PDAs
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
... and for the Galaxy S 2 :)
[Galaxy S II General] Martijnsmith:
I'm on villainRom and flashed the update.zip. Turn on signal boost and don't even see any house icons. Maybe due to notification mods I have installed? But signal boost doesn't seem to be doing anything...
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Just installed BVKG3 onto my uk sim free phone, now fully orange branded, and has signal boost working.... Im gonna system dump the handest and pick through the files and see whats there in this compared to KG6
[Galaxy S II General] jrshodges:
Excellent, we await your findings :)
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Arse, I cannot be bothered with it.
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Well, I could be, I will ring them.
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Not interested in this app. You use your own wifi and still have to pay to phone people. I think not!
[Galaxy S II General] jrshodges:
But at least you have signal so people can phone/text you (which doesn't cost you anything).

I think maybe you missed the point of the app, it is called signal boost and is not supposed to be a VOIP app or way of making free calls. It simply improves your signal by using wifi when your mobile signal is weak, everything else stays the same with regards to billing, caller ID etc.
[Galaxy S II General] CaspaTheGhost:
I have this working on the BB Curve I'm currently using... It switches automatically when I get home and it connects to my WiFi, shows a WMA symbol instead of the GPRS data icon... It did this automatically and I just happened to notice one day...

One thing though, I find the call quality to be very poor, so much so that I actually turn it off so I can use the GSM network!

S2 will be with me next week, but moving to O2 so wont be able to try it out to see if it was poor due to the BB... Not much help, but I thought I would throw a bit of real life WMA usage into the pot...
[Galaxy S II General] dogiedogie:
I've heard it usually sounds like normal, but might be some router issues [not as suited to the job or its kicking up a fuss etc.]
[Galaxy S II General] TeeJayEss:
I traced a lot of my battery problems to having this running - after unplugging in the morning, and having this connected all day, my battery would be nearly exhausted some 10 hours later, despite hardly using it.

Disabled the app, and that figure probably doubled instantly. It's nice to have, but my reception is just about good enough, so not worth draining the battery over for me.
[Galaxy S II General] CaspaTheGhost:
Could be right dude, but as I have decent reception at home there wasn't a need to look into it further...

Just got a big standard Netgear router from Sky...
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
I have Netgear router from Virgin.
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Any more progress?

Hi all.

Tried the original orange rom i9100BVKG2-BVKG3-GINGERBREAD.BVKG3, and got Signal Boost to work, i.e the house did turn green due to poor orange signal where I live.

I tried the signalboost.zip file posted here with the latest samfirmware KH3 but it wouldent work? or is there another app that does the uma part of this app?
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
There are 3 .so files that have to be placed in the lib folder.

It did work for me but I do not believe paying for calls when I am using MY WIFI!
[Galaxy S II General] gadgetgaz:
You have missed the point. It is meant to help those people who can't get an orange/T-mobile signal at home. For instance, my in-laws live out in the sticks and I cannot get a useable phone signal when I am there making my phone useless. All I have to do now is connect to their wifi router and I can use my phone again. Brilliant!
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Got ther in the end..

Hi inkyadrian,

Flashed the original Orange ROM "i9100BVKG2-BVKG3-GINGERBREAD.BVKG3", then the rooted kernel "CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG3-v4.1-CWM4", then finally the ace ninphetamine kernel "ninphetamine-2.0.5-release". Ready boost still working with green house as I live in a poor Orange 3G area.

I would still prefer to use my best custom ROM "Criskelo Rom" and the signal boost app with the correct files (posted one dident work).

Thanks anyway for your time...
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
well, i managed to get the signal boost app working on BVKG3, and have now installed XXKH3, working on the file structure now to see if i can find which lib files are required.

looking through the files listed, there appears to be 4 files needed which i am testing right now, currently have red house, but signal is good so gotta wait for low signal.... lol
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Please..

I can try/test the 4 files if you can make flashable with CWM..I am in a bad orange area so will be able to report back straight away!
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
i can attach the files but not as a flashable zip(dont know how)

**DO NOT INSTALL VIA CWM - Copy and paste files inside into lib folder**
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
One other thing i did think of.... Could in need the orange modem?
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Cheers

What file manager can copy and paste in system files arae?
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
erm, various in the market, i used androidmate.....

i may have a zip that might work if you want to test it? dunno if it will work tho so its done at your own risk!
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
ok will try anything bud
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
BE CAREFUL!!!

i have just replaced the files and app, and after a re-boot i have no IMEI!!!!

working on restoring this now!!!
[Galaxy S II General] shaitan:
t-mobile?

Hi Guys,

I am very interested in this as the reception in my house is border line but i am unsure if t-mobile (uk) has implemented the technology.

I know t-mobile and orange are sharing their networks to get a lesser degree but unsure if this will work?

has anyone tried it?
[Galaxy S II General] TeeJayEss:
It won't work on T-Mobile, yet - others have tried it.

Not sure when it might come, but I'd be surprised if it doesn't at some point, as they converge the networks even closer.
[Galaxy S II General] shaitan:
Thanks bud
[Galaxy S II General] oli107:
Has anyone actually got this to work not on orange stock rom? I have tried adding lib files but only get a red house, never green...
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Works for me

Hi oli107, works fine on stock this is what I did to get it to work.

Flash the original Orange ROM "i9100BVKG2-BVKG3-GINGERBREAD.BVKG3"

Ready boost still working with green house as I live in a poor Orange 3G area.
[Galaxy S II General] ed.dark:
I think he's was asking for a non stock ROM solution.

Anyway, I find It's total crap . It hoses my GSM connection when I come off a signal boost connection via WiFi. Only a reboot recovers it.... Orange really can suck...
[Galaxy S II General] dogiedogie:
Do you guys think what you have could be ported to the N1?
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Err what did you expect it uses wifi to connect to the network of course it's gonna drain the battery..:rolleyes:
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Bump?
[Galaxy S II General] johnnyremote:
Bump +1
[Galaxy S II General] shil64:
im stuck on a red house, does that means its not connecting?
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
Well after a week on this firmware i found not once did i get green house. Re-installed it and did full wipe and still same... Red house... Back to unbranded for me...
[Galaxy S II General] shil64:
any chance a developer will be able to bring this to a custom rom, or is this only ever going to work on orange branded firmware?
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Maybe a developer could help us here

Hi shil64;17091792

Was kinda hoping that would happen to, but alas looks like a no go..:(

I am back on the original orange rom i9100BVKG2-BVKG3-GINGERBREAD.BVKG3 and the signal boost works very well for me in a poor orange reception area, but I greatly miss the speed and awesome-ness of the criskelo rom's.
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
I'm gutted this isn't going anywhere. Think we should ask the devs
[Galaxy S II General] jrshodges:
+ 1 for speaking to some devs, not sure how we go about it though?
[Galaxy S II General] ed.dark:
I've asked Paul o Brien at Modaco for help on his SGS2 custom rom forum.....
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
What's the link?
[Galaxy S II General] ed.dark:
http://android.modaco.com/topic/344...en/page__st__420__gopid__1794024#entry1794024

Maybe if we all beg him, he may help produce a universal patch for all roms.....
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Just asked him on twitter and he said it should work. Now asked if he would attempt it ;)
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Anyone asked anyone else?
[Galaxy S II General] dan@msx:
one thing that did cross my mind, i know orange and t-mobile have merged and my phone switches between orang and orange-t-mobile... could this be one of the reasons why its a bit hit and miss?? if it needs a full orange only network to run, switching to the shared connection might not allow the app to work?
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
Please XDA developers help!

Yes I have asked Criskelo team also....fingers crossed someone wants to take up our challenge.
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
No developer help

Looks like a dead topic.....:(
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Its such a shame would be awesome. I may look into it myself.
[Galaxy S II General] diamonds:
The settings for SignalBoost have to be logged in the OS somewhere.....you can google for the "Blackberry Orange UMA settings" and manually input them
[Galaxy S II General] Grantzxr:
hello all just got my sim free sgs2 this week using my orange sim card in it realy sucks i need to put all the orange crap on just for this 1 thing any have any luck getting it to work?
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
I do not have orange crap on mine!
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
If you switch to gsm, you can choose your provider, orange or t-mobile. By the way, you may get a better signal on gsm, so there may be no need for that wifi thingy.
[Galaxy S II General] Methanoid:
isnt this supposed to work only for business customers? Acc to Orange website thats the story...

If only we could get a stock Orange Rom and then just debloated. I don't need a fully all singing all dancing custom Rom but I would like Signal Boost to work
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
I don't believe it's restricted to business customers
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Just installed it, again. It starts-up on Ninphets 2.0.5 kernel and gives me the option to use wifi, which I have ticked. I am not a business user.

You need those 3 unzipped library files to go in /system/lib. I used Root Explorer to do this.
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Using it at home now. The signal does not change but should it? I dont know if this app is working.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
If it's working the little house symbol on the top left should turn green. I installed on my tmobile phone and the symbol comes up red, i forgot to try it when i got home where i've no signal...maybe tonight if i remember :)
[Galaxy S II General] inkyadrian:
Arseholes to it, it is red, even if i switch off the radio.
[Galaxy S II General] gadjet:
I9100bvkj4

Hi everyone.

I guess stil no luck with getting a working signal boost apk...:(

See here for Przekret posting, its the latest offical Orange ROM KJ4 as far as I know.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1333709

I used the CSC: ORA I9100ORAKJ4 version no problem, and yes signal boost is stil there!
[Galaxy S II General] DonJassa:
I've found someone who's got it working! They've even given instructions on how to do it but it's way too complicated for me... so I hope someone can make sense of it for the rest of us here!

http://adq.livejournal.com/118239.html

Check it out...
[Galaxy S II General] irajh:
Thank i will love this
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Wow!
[Galaxy S II General] jrshodges:
Shame these instructions are a little bit too complicated for me too :-(
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Excellent find. Just read the instructions and they look simple enough. Extract the required files from the Orange firmware, create a text file, copy a few lines into it and copy everything to the phone. Job done :)

If no one else does this before me i'll try and create a CWM flashable zip over the weekend using the files from the latest Orange firmware. Haven't created one before but i sure there's plenty of guides telling me how to do it.
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
Any chance you could upload the files not in cmw form. I can't extract on windows.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
I searched the Orange firmware file but couldn't find the files listed except for libsec_ril.so

The attached rar file contains all the files as listed in the instructions. Don't have time to investigate a CWM flashable zip this evening. But you can just root explorer to copy the files to where they need to be.
[Galaxy S II General] alcurtis93:
these files work perfectly for me :) using the xxki3 modem and the call quality is fantastic.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
It's not working on tmobile, the house symbol just stays red :( Must be an orange only thing. Still at least one of us is up and running :)
[Galaxy S II General] alonjankelewitz:
I'm getting the green house symbol but i can't hear anyone. They can hear me though.
[Galaxy S II General] ashxda:
Works fine!

Works fine on my SGS2, Gingerbread 2.3.3

Baseband: I9100BVKE2

Used Super Manager's File Manager to copy files.

For 1st 5 mins, it was RED icon, then i went downstairs where signal is low, it turned GREEN.

Tried test SMS, call, works fine.

Good quality voice call.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Are you on orange?
[Galaxy S II General] gadgetgaz:
I am now using the stock BVKJ4 ROM and this also has the Signalboost built into the ROM.

It seems to be a bit better because there is no absolute silence anymore when the conversation goes quiet making you think the call got disconnected.

For those who are trying this out please remember you do not have to wait for a low mobile signal before trying it. Basically, even if you have the strongest signal, if you activate signalboost your calls will go through UMA!
[Galaxy S II General] oli107:
Works, amazing! Great job. Anyone know what this does to battery life over and above having wifi on?
[Galaxy S II General] benjo:
Just copied the files across posted above and can confirm it works, house icon turned green :)

Using CheckRom3 with Siyah Kernal.
[Galaxy S II General] r8zer:
Hi all, can i use this as well, im on virgin uk, but received an email saying i can now also use the orange network.
[Galaxy S II General] admanirv:
Works but house stays red on tmobileorange, you would have thought it should work seeing tmobile is basically orange.
[Galaxy S II General] benjo:
I think this will only work with Orange, because that's the carrier it's made for. T-mobile and Virgin may share Orange coverage but they're still a different carrier that handle their tracking and billing of calls and texts differently.

Correct me if I'm wrong though.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
T-mobile and Orange are the same company that's why i thought it might work, but it appears not.
[Galaxy S II General] Cactus42:
Only recently though, far too early so have seamless integration already. Given the amount of issues they're having (TMobile and Orange lost all business coverage in our area last week even though all our phones showed signal) it's going to be a while.

Oh, and have some thanks - clicked the wrong button lol...
[Galaxy S II General] gadgetgaz:
It's working, thanks. The in-call volume doesn't though. Can anyone else confirm?
[Galaxy S II General] ashxda:
Yes, I am on Orange

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I have been using it for couple of days now. Some observations..

Signals have to be really bad for UMA app to go GREEN else it stays RED. Yesterday the while day my mobile kept going to 1/5 bars, still it never went to GREEN. Today as soon as i started, in 5 minutes it went to GREEN. So dont worry if your doesnt turn GREEN, that implies your signal is better than what UMA app is expecting.

Although the call quality doesn't have any problem, (in fact its better) the call volume does. So if i do a comparison to cell call v/s UMA IP call, then both the speaker/ear-phone volume seems to be almost 60~70% less with same settings. In-call volume doesn't work, probably that could be reason for low audio at my side. Checked with friend at other end, he said no issues and he can hear me perfectly.
[Galaxy S II General] hoojii:
I went back to stock with Orange (UK) to pick up the UMA after various ROMs installed via ODIN (UMA desperately needed due to Orange signal struggling to penetrate my walls). Had no problems reinstalling 2.3.3 Orange stock thanks to Intratech, this enabled me to update to 2.3.5 BVKJ4 via KIES. However, since installing this I have not been able to connect to KIES again. Has anyone else had this issue? If so how did you resolve it?

I've uninstalled, reinstalled KIES several times. I've updated the drivers. I've tried all 4 USB ports several times. Turned USB debugging on and off. Autoplay pops up every time and the phone charges whilst connected.

I apologise if I've posted this in the wrong place but this thread appears to have some experienced people who are on Orange UK.

Help would be much appreciated, I intend to stay stock until ICS.
[Galaxy S II General] alferret:
I have had issues with KIES on KJ4 since I got my phone on the 11/11

I did finally manage to get kies to work, and a couple of times earlier this week.

I dont know if my info will help but for me I need to make sure I am on either the TW or Orange launcher, then connect phone to laptop without KIES running, wait until MTP connects to laptop then close the windows open with option on the laptop, start KIES and it connects probably 1 time in 10. If I try to use KIES whilst running ADW launcher it wont work for me. My phone is rooted with CF's KJ3 root.
[Galaxy S II General] hoojii:
Thanks Alferret. After 3 days of tearing my hair out I had an inclination to clear the memory, turn on Flight Mode, reboot the handset and hook up to Kies. Hey Presto! it worked.
[Galaxy S II General] Steve.P:
I've been following this thread from when it first started back in August hoping I could get UMA (Signal Boost) working on my SIM-free, non-Orangised, S2. I just wanted to post to thank all those who contributed but especially DonJassa & Joey2o11 from page 12. :) I got this working on my S2 last night. Excellent! :cool:

Well chuffed. :D

S.
[Galaxy S II General] kezgez:
hi. I have a unlocked, sim free phone, which has no orange stuff on it, I have downloaded the rar file and read the instructions but i cant work it out, my phone is stock, not even rooted, can someone please talk me through what to do. many thanks

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can you tell me how you did it please.
[Galaxy S II General] Steve.P:
Hi,

First you're going to need to root your phone. I found by far the easiest method to root is the fairly new "ZergRush Exploit". Read the following two threads:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1321538

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1321582

The process is very easy (it would have to be because I managed it :p). Simply download the file DooMLoRD_v3_ROOT-zergRush-busybox-su.zip from the second thread listed above and follow the instructions. Essentially extract the zip file to a temporary folder on your computer, set a couple of settings on your phone, connect phone to PC using USB cable, run the batch file from the zip file and in 2 to 3 mins you should have a rooted phone.

Next, download the .rar file kindly uploaded by Joey2o11 from page 12 of this thread. Extract the contents from the .rar file and using a root explorer copy the files to the relevant directories as instructed by the external link given by DonJassa again from page 12 of this thread.

In short:

The 4x .so files to /system/lib

The 1x .apk file to /system/app

The default.prop to /system

Once the files are in place reboot the phone and activate Signal Boost. Assuming you have no mobile signal and that your wifi signal is strong enough the app should work as indicated by the little house icon in the notification bar changing from red to green and your being able to make calls with no gsm/3G signal.

Again this app will only work on the Orange UK network AFAIK and no others.

Hope that helps.

S.
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Thanks, but...

Thanks for that, but before I hit the Thanks button, one question...

If you couldn't find the files in the Orange firmware, then how did you get them to post here?
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Got them from this thread, but they never worked as we were missing libsec_ril.so and the prop file. The instructions were too complicated for some people, so i uploaded the rar file for them. Never did look about the flashable zip though....
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Ok, I'm rooted but when I try to execute these commands via adb the first one says "remount: not found". The commands are:

adb shell remount -o rw,remount /system

adb push system/lib/libganril.so /system/lib

adb push system/lib/libkineto.so /system/lib

adb push system/lib/librilswitch.so /system/lib

adb push system/app/WiFi-Calling.apk /system/app

adb push libsec_ril.so /system/lib

adb push default.prop /system

I am connected properly I think. all the drivers are installed (had to do one via Device manager) and if I do adb shell it puts me in a shell (yes, I did exit before I typed the first command).

Be grateful for any help :( Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] Joey2o11:
Just copy the files using root explorer or es file explorer, no need for adb
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Missing WiFi-Calling.apk

Thanks I've discovered what the problem was. The first command is incorrect, instead of: adb shell remount -o rw,remount /system

It should be: adb shell mount -o rw,remount /system

(there is no remount command).

That got most of the files over. Just the one needed that, unfortunately, wasn't in Joey2o11's .rar archive - the one referred to in this command:

adb push system/app/WiFi-Calling.apk /system/app

Can anyone tell me where I can get a copy of WiFi-Calling.apk please?

[EDIT] Ah wait - is it the Signal Boost.apk file rather than WiFi Calling? If so, how come the filename has changed since the original guy posted how to do it?

[EDIT 2] I copied over the SignalBoost file and the app appears, I've got it running with an Orange SIM in the phone and the house icon does switch between red (on 2G network) and green (on WiFi) based on signal strength. Just one problem - people hear me well at their end but even at max volume their voices are very quiet (not distorted, just as if the volume is low).
[Galaxy S II General] Chris911t:
Just to pull this question out separately...

Does anyone else have problems with the volume on the Signal Boost app?

With call volume at max, and calling a landline, the other end hear me fine and yet they sound very quiet to me. Not distorted, just as if the volume control needs to be able to go a lot higher.
[Galaxy S II General] bakedecake:
I have had a couple of calls where I couldn't hear the person at the other end but they could hear me when the house icon was green.