yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Sorry for the off-topic post, but yup, I remember those days, although I was just a kid at the time. My first computer was a TRS-80 that my father had bought, fully loaded with 16K of RAM, tape drive, modem w/ acoustic coupler. :D I still remember the feeling when I hooked up to a BBS for the first time! In the words of +++The Mentor+++:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Gucci.Nexus:
Anyone know where I can get the dvkk6 ril please?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27441945
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nixguy:
I'm in Canada with wind mobile and using xxlf1

I've been noticing call drops I'll talk for couple of minutes then the call just drops...anyone noticed the same thing??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tjizzle:
Which one of these radios is best for 4.1.1? I flashed dvlf1 in cwm and fast boot following the instructions and I'm only getting Edge. I'm on T mobile, US.

Sorry if this has been addressed already.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Robdyx:
In Europe using the same baseband, my wifi signal has dropped significantly, currently looking for another one with better results.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
in hong kong, i found xxkk6 is the best. least data drop.

we use europe band too.

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thekurrgan:
GN seems to prefer 1900mhz band

Has any one noticed that the galaxy nexus REALLY prefers the 1900 band when available on AT&T ? I just bought a GN from google play, and this thing is stuck to the 1900mhz band like glue. It will only go to 850 if the signal is below -108 for about 45 seconds, and will switch back as soon as it possibly can. I have a rather in depth knowledge of the cellular network in my area which is why I can tell from the CID if its on 850 or 1900, not to mention the signal strength differences. Baseband it came with was I9250XXLF1, I have flashed I9250UGKL1 and it seems to have helped. However, I am wondering why the basband it came with shows as a standard european baseband on this thread, and if thats a factor? I would assume that an EU baseband wouldnt operate properly in the 850 range, however this is a bit different of a case, seeing as how its unlocked, and has nearly every band available from the factory..

Any recommendations? Its on 4.1.1 at the moment
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nixguy:
Wind Mobil uses the 1700/2100 frequency. Which one are u using
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Maybe try one of the Telstra radios. See if they favor 850 a little more.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jb305:
Im in the UK on O2 running 4.11 on AOKP rom my current baseband is XXLA2 i think this is for ICS 4.04 if so can you inform me which is the latest baseband and where i can find it i have never changed on before is it the same as flashing a rom ?? thanks for your help.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] colocynth:
xxlf1 is the latest, for jb. available at the op.

Sent from Colocynth's Galaxy Nexus
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Landara:
nm
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pdxtechdoctor:
I would just recommend the latest international version, XXLF1. The DVLF1 and XXLF1 should be pretty close to the same since they came out at the same time (LF1) but the DV means that it is designed for Australian networks and not the US - XX means international and it is what is being push out by Google in the US with the jellybean updates

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Baseband doesn't have anything to do with wifi - the wifi drivers are part of the kernel.. did you update your rom or kernel? There are quite a few complaints that the wifi drivers in JB are not working as well as in ICS..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Need a helping hand!

I was messing around with my Play Store GNex in anticipation of changing my radio from XXLA2 (came with my Rasbean Jelly 4.1.1 ROM) to UGLC1, which seems to be the favored radio for T-Mobile. While I'm on the $30 T-Mobile Monthly 4G plan, I actually am roaming on AT&T where I live most of the time.

Anyway, I entered my advanced phone settings, and went into the choose a different radio band function. I think I was probably on AUTO, and I changed to USA BAND with negligible improvement in signal strength. Then I chose EURO BAND, and immediately lost signal (no connection, emergency calls only). The bad thing is that when I re-enter the radio band setting, all choices are blank (i.e., do not appear), and I can't seem to select AUTO or USA any longer. I would appreciate any assistance with how to deal with this. I'm hesitant to reboot my phone not knowing what might happen. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Reboot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Ok, still no network signal, and no choices for radio basebands in Testing. I only see a grey band that says "Set GSM/UMTS band" and it does nothing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] 3rdstring:
I don't think any of the custom ROMs flash the RADIO & I know that RasBeanJelly doesn't. You don't change the baseband in advanced phone settings, you have to flash it. Sorry I don't really have any knowledge about the advanced phone settings, never used it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Reboot again. (I know it sounds silly, but sometimes you will have issues if you don't reboot twice.)

If that doesn't work, try flashing a radio from this thread, along with the corresponding RIL. That should reset the radio.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Who would've thought?!

I may have misspoke. The function in Testing menu is to change Radio 'Band', not baseband. I reflashed my ROM (08-03 Rasbean Jelly) with just clearing cache and dalvik, and still no system signal. I'm inclined to simply flash a new radio right over the top. Should replace my present radio, correct?

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I really seemed to have done a number on my phone! I installed the XXLF1 radio and matching RIL, but I still have no system signal and cannot choose any specific radio band in Phone Testing menu. A complete reflash with OEM factory image would fix this on my Droid X, would you advocate I try this with my GNex? Any other ideas?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
I guess it won't hurt.

I'm not sure exactly what the menu you were playing around with changes.

You may want to try to copy the nv_data files over from factory and reboot. See if that does anything before reflashing a stock ROM (and wiping your data).

cat /factory/nv_data.bin > /data/radio/nv_data.bin

cat /factory/nv_data.bin.md5 > /data/radio/nv_data.bin.md5
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Back on our feet!

UPDATE: After 2 radio installing attempts, 6 or more reboots, and backing everything up before flashing an OEM JB image, finally a Wipe Data/Factory Restore managed to restore my radio system signal! I can only think that this probably was/is a bug. Why should the menu of radio band choices (in advanced Testing menu) disappear once the EURO band is chosen, but not with AUTO or USA (I don't know about the listed Asia bands)? Further, fresh radio/ril installs failed to rectify the situation, suggesting that the choice of the EURO band resulted in a data change that perpetuated through all but a data wipe. I looked for possible settings on my phone to see if there was a toggle/(un)checked box/etc. that might relate to the radio state, but saw nothing unusual, except no system signal.

Restoring data and settings now, and hope to be back better than before soon! I am starting this fresh attempt on the UGLC1 radio/ril, and I'll see if my roaming strength on the AT&T network is improved over the XXLA2 radio that comes with the RasBeanJelly 08-03 rom. Later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.is.for.michael:
sorry to jump in after you've had so much hassle, but there's an easier way. Just choosing a different network type in the phone settings menu, and setting back will force the radio bands list to repopulate
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] wicozani:
Thanks for the suggestion! I hope never to have to remember this! LOL! Lesson learned, among many. Later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] AnnS:
Hey! I'm using stock Jelly Bean and I notice bad signal, like two or less bars most of the time, and sometimes it even drops the connection for a few seconds/minutes.

My carrier uses the 900Mhz band. Anyone experiencing the same with that band? Or do you know which baseband would work best?

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tibere86:
Am I the only one suffering from battery drain when using XXFL1 radio? The ICS radios were way better battery wise but I suffer data drops. Anyone getting decent battery life with XXFL1?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] akash3656:
You can use the ICS radios. People have mentioned that they have no data drops once on jelly bean without updating their ics radios.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] yosula:
I live in Spain and I have the xenon hd rom and radio xxla2 because as the radio partner gave me more cuts xxlf1 signal with the consequent consumption of battery
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] hugocious:
easier way to get and trim basebands

Hi, i have tried following the commands on how to do this but have no idea how to go about it. Would you know a YouTube link for instructions or an easier explanation? Will appreciate any help. I have a Gnex JB 4.1 and want to flash my baseband because my signal is ridiculously bad here in Sweden and need a better GSM signal.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
Those commands are only needed if you want to rip and trim your existing radio. Unless you have a radio not reported/listed on page one, there's no need to do this.

If you are uncertain about commands for flashing radios, I would recommend just downloading the CWM packages and flashing the new radios from recovery.

If you're not comfortable flashing things in recovery, I would start with some youtube videos covering that ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fahmeed:
Better signal all of a sudden

I got my unlocked gsm Nexus last week in Montreal Canada. I am with rogers and all week i was getting poor signal every where (my house, work, college). I read alots of thread and post about people having bad signal with rogers on nexus so i thought this was normal. I tried putting bell and tellus sim i got full signal at my house when with rogers i got 1-2 bars. I tried flashing every single radio here but that dint help either. But today all of a sudden i noticed for the first time i had full signal with rogers. Its been 6 hours i have full signal even in my basement. (before i got 0-1 bars in basement). I tried doing speed test i am getting 6 mbps now (before i was getting 2). What could have caused this? i really hope it stays this way. i am even too scared to restart my phone. I am using xxkk6 right now
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
New cell-towers in your area maybe? It happens :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fahmeed:
thanks

Thanks for the reply. I dont think that's the reason because i was getting bad reception at my house and work and i work 30 km away from my house. Now i am getting good reception at both places
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] thegtfusion:
Im getting huge battery drain yes. Going back to xxla2
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ppog:
I'm in Europe. I first encountered this problem when, in my eagerness to check out JB immediately I forgot to flash an updated baseband. Problem was that EVERY time I worked my data connection it dropped all signal, the PIN screen flashed up for a second, but then it just reset itself without the pin and reconnected. Anyway it happened all the time before I flashed xxlf1,which I'm on now. I thought that would solve the problem, but still sometimes when I work the mobile data hard, like facebook or my banks app or a heavy website the signal cuts out, pin screen flashes up, then it just connects again. anyone know whats going on?

P. S . sorry if this is a stupid question, but I'm new to the gnex; only got it last week
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milamber33:
You could try getting an app called GetRIL off the play store and seeing if your baseband and RIL match, but I haven't heard of this before, and people are mixing JB with basebands all the way back to XXKK6 with no issues, so I doubt it's that. It sounds to me more like a ROM problem, possibly a bad flash or corrupt download. Check the MD5 of whichever ROM you flashed last, and try dirty flashing it just to make sure it's installed properly. Don't forget to wipe your cache partition and davlik cache.

Just another thought, did you do a factory reset when you upgraded to JB? This is a must whenever going between different ROMs, and is also highly recommended going to a newer version of the ROM on a different Android version.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ppog:
Thanks for info. I have getRIL, all matched up. I was worried it was a ROM issue, but i've been checking the ROM's thread and no one else seems to have had issues. I'll try a re-flash. What do you mean by dirty flash? I'm coming from an ancient Galaxy Spica, it was all ODIN and corrupted partitions etc., and getting anything above 2.1 to run on it involved hacking it to bits. I love how easy everything is with nexus!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dronb:
I'm having same problem after changing fw to stock google rom 4.1.1. My gnex is unrooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milamber33:
'Dirty flashing' is when you flash something without doing a factory reset. It's fine to do a dirty flash to make sure your current ROM is installed properly (or undo a mod or kernel you put on afterwards), and it's sometimes fine to dirty flash going from one version of a ROM to another version of the same ROM based on the same Android version. Anything else and you're playing with fire. There are plenty of people who do it a lot and get away with it, but if you dirty flash and you run into problems, the first thing everyone will tell you to do is factory reset it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dronb:
i've flashed my new gnex fw I9250XWLD2 using toolkit v7.8.0 with yakju-jro03c. I assumed that toolkit wiped all when it unlocked the bootloader. is this "Dirty flashing"?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.is.for.michael:
no. It's wiped clean.

Dirty flashing means keeping the app and system configuration data intact (i.e. Not 'wiping all') while upgrading the framework and program executables themselves (e.g. When moving from one build to another of a particular ROM).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] k00zk0:
What is the best radio for Mobilicity AWS in Toronto?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sniry:
XXLF1 in Israel (Cellcom)

Just upgraded from XXKK6 to XXLF1 and I can indicate tremendous improvement in 3g signal reception (though not 100% of the time).

Signal improved from to above -90 to -80\-85 inside my house, and from -80\-85 to -70\75 outside.

Wifi looks the same and GPS not yet tested.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nixguy:
Xxlf1...at least in Ottawa for windmobile aws
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
UGLH1 radio (from yakjuux JRO03C ROM)

I've attached the new UGLH1 radio (in both CWM-flashable and fastboot-flashable formats). Tested and working.

Big thanks to jz687 for letting us know in this thread!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Cool, thanks.

Do you have the accordant RIL, too? ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Posted here.

Do you guys think that the RILs should be in a separate thread, or do I leave them in this one?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
leave them here, together with the basebands
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Dr Tone:
Installed the latest RIL. GetRIL reports a mismatch because it still doesn't know about UGLH1? Just want to make sure UGLH1 RIL did install properly?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
Yeah, it installed correctly. I haven't let sibbor know yet about the new radio/RIL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
Done already :o

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus running cm10
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pwc realtor:
Anyone used this on T-Mobile in the US yet? If not maybe I'll take the plunge.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
For about 30 minutes, left coast in BF Nowhere (tiny rural town with spotty service depending on if you are on a high spot or low spot).

Getting a little better data and bars in the house where it is always really poor. 4G, not a chance, but 3G speeds seem up or at least as good. Will test more later.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pwc realtor:
I know it wasn't released long ago so I just went ahead and flashed it. Getting about the same dbm in my home office (I force the phone onto EDGE when at home since otherwise it switches between 2g and 3g and I have WiFi anyways).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jesfreak:
I'm totally new on this thing about radios so can anybody tell me which is the best radio for my gnex?? I have installed XXLF1, i'm in Mexico

Thanks :cool:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milamber33:
There are so many different factors (location, carrier, signal strength in your area, usage, etc.) that noone can really tell you. Search the thread for other people in your general area and on the same carrier as you and/or test them yourself.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] josteink:
Thanks. Mirrored and added to first page :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Felixpau86:
Report:

Modem/RIL: UGLH1

Network: Rogers

Area: Markham, ON

AOKP Fitsnugly Aug 08, 2012/Franco 246

Been running it for a few hours. Great reception so far. Network signal is on par if not better than UGKK7 (best reception/battery balance), UGKL1 etc.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nixguy:
I've been running uglh1 for a day now reception seems better then xxlf1 on wind mobile in Ottawa (aws 1700/2100)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Kocai:
I have been running UGLH1 modem since yesterday and so far the signal strength and everything else seems to be the same with XXLF1. Haven't noticed any difference. Area: Central Jakarta.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SovereigN7:
Running UGLH1 in BC Vancouver, no real change yet. Will try later when school starts and see the difference on top of the mountain.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Master_falco:
Running UGLH1 on Telstra in Western Australia. Reception same as DVLF1. Still terrible reception for me since upgrading to Jellybean, any other Telstra users seen this drop in reception?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] damngood98:
never really gotten a grasp with radio/ril correlation.....if i flash the radio, is it necessary to flash the ril as well? i always thought there was risk involved in flashing a ril?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.is.for.michael:
Normally you'd flash both (use getRil from the market). There's probably less risk flashing a ril than a radio, as you automatically flash one when you flash a ROM.

Ril is part of the system software and allows the os to "talk" to the radio. Radio is more like the driver for the chip itself and sits on a different partition in your phone (which doesn't get wiped when you flash a new ROM). Having a mismatch won't necessarily degrade performance, but possibly might; so keeping them aligned is probably sensible.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] lincolnwan:
thx

thanks for this.

Am currently on XXLF1, and quite content with it.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Milamber33:
A better way to put it would be that the radio is the firmware and the RIL is the device driver. ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChazzMatt:
Thanks! Just flashed UGLH1 found in this thread and the matching RIL found here:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27441945

UGLH1 is supposed to be the latest GSM Galaxy Nexus radio for North America, right? Previously I had XXLA1 -- which I guess came with my custom ROM, AndroidMe v1.4..

I'll see if anything improves, and if so then flash my wife's Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Pkt_Lnt:
UGLC1 and now UGLH1 made a difference in a weak spotty coverage area on the central coast of CA for me. I can get solid 3g inside where I got really crappy EDGE before. YMMV.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zantiszar:
so if i flash the zip provided in there i will get the baseband and the ril all together ?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No. There is a zip for the radio and a separate zip for the RIL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mrfleetwood:
Just flash the radio and use the GetRIL app to get the right RIL.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zantiszar:
Yup just found them in a thread efrant had when they first saw the new uglh1 baseband and got the zips from there
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ChazzMatt:
Or use the link I provided for the RIL. NO NEED to install an app.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ooohhaaahh:
So my phone sometimes hangs up when making or receiving a call it'll hang up on connect or really quickly after, it was working fine for a few day (both on my old radio and new one) it also does it on the old radio.

Will the cache clear through fastboot help (i haven't had the chance to get on a pc)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Piccles:
I've tried various modems / matching ril etc...the longest call i have been able to have is a couple of mins. On the flip side - data works extremely fast.

Is anyone on Vodafone uk? Would love to know which modem you are using....

Sent from my CMX'd Gnex
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] osi13:
I'm on T-Mobile pre-paid, and UGLH1 seems to be great. I have noticed better service at work, which should translate into better service at home. I was on UGLC1 before, and it seemed better than 3 or 4 other radios; however, UGLH1 seems dramatically better.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ooohhaaahh:
Oh....

Damn :/

But it's only sometimes with certain numbers
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] m.is.for.michael:
have you tried a factory reset or another ROM?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ooohhaaahh:
I haven't tried a factory reset or other rom. I have swapped radios and cleared cache via fastboot

the uglc1 seems to hold calls fine (atleast alot longer than the lh1)

But it is soo much slower

I now average 980kbps

Before I'd get ~3.8mbps average

My low would be 2.8 with a high of 6.

I'm using straight talk at&t but I'll be switching to T-Mobile soon
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] damngood98:
where at in michigan are you? haven't tried this radio yet personally....did you flash the ril as well or simply the radio?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dbott67:
Hi folks,

I've been lurking for a while and been reading through a number of threads and have a couple of questions regarding my Galaxy Nexus. I read various posts that explained the naming convention and regions for the various baseband modems and know that I am using the standard radio that is included with JB (XXLF1).

My first question is why did Google choose to use the XX (European) radio rather than the UG (North American) radio if the phone was purchased via Google Play store in the US?

In reading through this thread, I've noticed that some folks have noticed improved signal when switching from XX radios to UG radios (as well as others saying that they have no issues with XX radios). Reception at my house has always been poor. I'm currently with Rogers and previously with Telus and have always had weak reception at the back of my house and a bit better at the front, regardless of the phone or carrier, so I'm reasonably certain that there is not problem with my phone. FWIW, I've also tried a VirginMobile SIM (Bell network) and experience the same weak signal in both my phone (GNex) and my wife's phone (unlocked SGS-II), as well as our previous phones (Acer Liquid e; Nokia e71; Motorola KRZR & RAZR

Anyhow, my 2nd question relates to flashing the radio and OTA updates. From what I gather, if I choose to flash the radio/RIL to UG I will no longer receive updates via Google and that I would need to revert to the stock radio to get OTA updates. Is my understanding correct?

Thanks.

Phone Details:

Purchased via Google Play Store
Android 4.1.1
Baseband version: I9250XXLF1
Build: JRO03C
TAKJU
No mods
Carrier: Rogers (currently) - switching to Virgin next week
Area: Niagara region / southern Ontario / Canada
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zantiszar:
Yeah you probably wouldn't get updates but still here in xda you can get em while they develop them in ROMs. And yes the uglh1 band improves a lot cause now I can get steady signal at home and steady 5MB in download speed in which where I live is fast as home internet
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] efrant:
No one knows, and no one knows what the differences are (if any) between the UG and XX radios. That said, many of us have reported no real difference in reception/performance between UG and XX radios.

You will get the notification of an update, but when you try to install it, it will fail. But all you have to do is flash back the XXLF1 radio, and try installing it again -- it will work then.