yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ohnuhuh:
Maybe they're updating their entire network to fix the data issues people are talking about.. we can only hope. Although that's unlikely since a planned outage should probably have been announced
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bocaJWho:
Can anyone who hasn't installed the radios confirm that they still have data? Bonus points to anyone who is willing to restart and confirm. Please also post location.

Bay Area (Fremont): Installed radio and no data. Reverted to old radio, still no data, and now I can't seem to get a signal of any kind.

On the plus side, on the new radio, I could switch between wifi on and off and trick it into trying to connect. The signal strength went from 104 to 92.

Edit: Further confirmation of a Verizon-wide problem on other forums:

http://forums.androidcentral.com/verizon-galaxy-nexus/143300-vzw-data-outage-tucson.html

http://rootzwiki.com/topic/12758-no-data/
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ryands991:
I have NOT flashed the radio, and I don't have Data right now.

Restarting phone and....... No data at all.

I'm on the "Android_Revolution_HD-Galaxy_Nexus_LTE_2.1.1" ROM, if anyone cares.

Edit: Sacramento, CA
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aldouse:
I'm in Milpitas. same as you. tried flashing the old radio back on and still nada. since its network related.. i re-flashed the newest radio and will just wait this out until its fixed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aergern:
I'm up in San Mateo and I haven't had a stable connection for a while. After the flash it came back with data then went to 1X and nothing ... then 3G popped up for about 25 seconds and then back to nothing. I'm just crashing .. if I have no 4G in the AM I'll return to the stock radios .. just flashing the radios to the leak and back to stock should not damage the radios. It's one big coincidence.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] MoeDaddy:
I am in Jackson Wy and we have no 3g here either as of about an hour or so ago... Thought I messed something up lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] empirescrumble:
No data here in Los Angeles, either. And no, I haven't flashed the radio (running revolution hd 2.1.2)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5891:
Louisiana, baton rouge no data here

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Revolution
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] refthemc:
Los Angeles, CA here and I haven't had any 3G or 4G since about 11pm.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] howarmat:
lmao, no data here now in Indy either....i was just getting up and going to work and it had been on wifi last night. Switched back to data and wouldnt connect. I thought it was from flashing the radio too. Oh well, wait and see I guess
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Irieone:
Data is back up for me. The loss had nothing to do with the radios I posted in the OP. Lets get this thread back on point. Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] strongergravity:
I'm supposed to swap my Nexus in today for a new one...It would be easier to check out if Verizon's network was working...

http://www.androidcentral.com/verizon-midst-yet-another-major-data-outage
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
down for me to this morning also.. flashing radios now.. will update when data comes back up..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ssjbomb:
Pull SIM card for a few min. Then should work fine for 3G until verizion fixes the 4G outage.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] stopswitch:
San Diego, CA. Using original radios that came with phone, no data here. 530am wed.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] illwillnukka:
I have no data here in Phoenix, AZ. I flashed the new radios earlier this morning. I just called Verizon and the automated system says they are aware of the issue with 4G devices in my area and working to get it resolved....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
updated to new radios.. now i am on 3g..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] drpancake:
south florida, have no data, didnt flash radio
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P-bot:
Data back up off and on this AM, but speeds are screaming when it works. It seems like the speeds on my test don't drop off like they were but stay strong throughout the test. I vote that big red is dialing in it's 4G network.

The new radios seems to work fine. I ditched them for the originals last night after I lost data, but seeing others with the same issues on both radios made me flash back this morning.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] bekyndnunwind:
FIRST OFF...

Verizon's whole 4g network is down nationwide this morning.

Second of all..newer does not always equal better :)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidHam:
Flashed the radios last night; woke up today with no 3g or 4g and got PISSED at myself for ****ing up my phone. Did a nandroid backup and restored to a previous one with the same issues, reloading my nandroid now and waiting =D
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] fiveoh:
Updated radios applied

My signal went from -93dBm 2 asu to -83dBm 4 asu.

Phone also contacted verizon via *22829 (I believe that was the number) and updated the SIM by itself when it restarted.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Jester6x:
Can anyone make a .zip of the stock radios to flash through cwr? I haven't seen any improvement in signal and feel like my battery useage has gotten worse.

Thanks
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tx3kgtman:
Getting 3g now. Still no 4g yet in Dallas Texas
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P-bot:
I've got 4G here in the dakotas right now.

That's why we are testing the new radios and also why it is relevant to let people know that this was a V issue and not due to anything that we did to the phone. I think I'm seeing about the same to slightly better signal strength. 4G has been steady and fast for this whole post at least.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] gsxr1kmatt:
That's not true as I know it.

Yes, we have a 4G phone, but that's ONLY for data.

Voice and SMS still use 1x which use the PRL. *228(99) does update the PRL.

I'm not sure if there is some new auto-update process with 4G phones that updates the 1x (voice) PRL list.. someone in the know could answer to that.

ALSO, Does anyone have a copy of the stock radio's to flash back to in case these are in fact not better? I don't think a nandroid backup would contain the radio firmware.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidHam:
Ya I would love to have a flashable stock radio too
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] anthony2558:
Haha.. an algorithm fix to make the phone display more bars so it looks pleasing to the eye and not actully fixing signal strength.... classic
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
I have 3G service back and full 3G bars. Don't think I saw that on the old radio. -75
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] denonlake:
If I flash this boot loader do I need to unlock boot loader again or will it stay unlocked
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] deekjx:
I'm not worried about bars but I am worried about the raw connection. I've experienced a couple of problems since Thursday.

One was that the Wifi stopped working even though it showed a solid signal. I got no data in the market and error pages in the browser. Disabling the wifi caused the phone to work on 4g for at least a little while. Keep in mind my wifi was working on everything else in the home.

I've had it lose network connection to Verizon twice and one of the occasions required a reboot. The occasion that required a reboot was about 5-10 minutes after the Wifi issue I mentioned earlier.

If anyone can tell me if they have connections dropping out (not counting the Major Verizon Outage) it would give me some insight if this would be viable for me. thanks in advanced.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidHam:
My 4G is now back up.... Akron OH
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
I didn't have to unlock mine, no.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] varmillion:
Does this need to be renamed to update.zip before flashing or the will keeping the filename as is work?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GermanGuy:
Keep name as is.

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I am still hopeful that reception can be improved with a software update. Went to a Verizon store and the 2 other 4G Samsung phones (Stratosphere and Charge) had the same good signal as the Bionic. Nexus was about 10-15 dbm worse. Can't imagine that the hardware for reception would be any worse in the Nexus than the 2 other Samsung phones. This is not Samsung's first phone for Verizon 4G.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
still no 4g in Memphis, TN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] danman7:
Indeed, you are correct, sir! What part of town are you in?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
at the moment i am at work .. Winchester and Mendenhall.

i live in Cordova. you?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] DroidHam:
Anyone notice much slower upload speeds with the new radio? Yesterday I was getting 10-20 down and ~10 up, now I get the same down but 2-3 up.

Anyone have the stock radio available?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] danman7:
I'm at work, near Southwind TPC, but I live in Atoka, up in Tipton Co.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] airslant:
How do I check the strength of the signal before and after? What I mean is, the number you guys are reporting?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
yeop yeop.. nice..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aldouse:
got my 3g back.... but no 4g yet....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] P-bot:
Settings- about phone - status
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastaworm:
settings>about phone>status

I gained signal strength(-95 to -83) but lost 4g. I'm in Huntsville, AL and had 4g right before flashing. Are so many of us really experiencing this as a coincidence?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
There was an outage. It was a coincidence.

I have 4G back btw
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Grizzly420:
Lost 3g and 4g this morning in Saint Louis I'm waiting a bit to load to make sure LTE doesn't drop again and I go in panic mode.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kayefjay:
I didnt gain any db. I hover around 100 and mostly 120 and I spent 37% of the phone of the last battery cycle looking for service
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] LoyalServant:
No change for me. still riding -101 to -105 on mine.

The only thing that is different is today it's raining so I wonder if there actually has been an improvement but it's being attenuated by weather conditions.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sk309:
Updated to new radio. Philadelphia 4g area. 4G is up here.

Ran the *22899 after having created it as contact and it updated the PRL from 15098 to 52642. Not sure whether that is good or bad.

Signal before the flashing was around -93 and then varying to -110 (i.e. going back and forth on the same exact location). After flashing radio, it seemed to stay at -93. After PRL update, seems to be going between -103 and -107. The asu though under signal strength is much higher after prl update. Not sure what that means.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastaworm:
Well it's definitely too soon to fault the new radios, hopefully 4g will just come back soon for me.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biglipps66:
No change for me..

-120 99asu in office.. this blows. Even my TB has -97db which still sucked but not as bad as this ha.

Im going to come out and say it... OG D1 has the best signal of ANY phone released. PERIOD.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
You're comparing two different signal types.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
3g just dropped now..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ntantinan:
For me the new radio is awesome. I went from -95db to -83db, my download speed went up by about 3mbps and upload is about the same. Before i flashed this I also couldn't hear anything in the speaker during calls (or playing any type of media actually) and now it all works.

I flashed the radio, powered off the phone, took out the sim for 30seconds and put everything back.

And regardless of its relevancy I see an extra bar of signal everywhere.

Got 4G in Piscataway, NJ.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ccb1208:
Can anyone match those speeds? :)

That is WITHOUT the radio update!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] biglipps66:
31 / 15 !? Now THAT is some serious business
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
My highest was around 34mbps when I first got the phone. Let me see if I can find the screenshot.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] ad78:
View attachment 824552

your LTE is weak!

late night. located in CT stock radio as well
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kangxi:
For anyone that wants the stock radio, there is a thread on how to go back 100% stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TEK112:
No signal difference for me -109 31asu before and -107 30asu after, but the time it takes to lock and the handshaking is much improved. I'm no longer in no service status waiting for a connection. We'll see, in essence this should help with battery life tremendously.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid.:
Is it ok to do *228? I heard it will fry the phone, and when I tried (because if they tell me not to I am more inclined to try) it just tells me it cant do that command....
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] abrin:
Holy crap what a moment of panic. Did the whole *22822 thing and afterwords I lost my 3G (don't live in a 4g area). Rebooted the phone, no 3G. Switch from CDMA to CDMA/LTE, panic sets in, then I get a txt from a friend "hey man, is your 3G down?"

*phew!*
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
mine says call not sent.. WTF.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonydrone:
Anybody know why a new bootloader needs to be flashed with these new radios? Will it remain unlocked after flashing?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastaworm:
Hmm, just went back down to -93db in the same spot. New radios are only good for a few hours boost! lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Droidz:
Just flashed and I went from 1bar prior flash to 3 bars after flashing.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] mastaworm:
Yes bootloader remains unlocked and CWM stays installed.

Also, my 4g is back but signal is exactly where it was before. Maybe the handoff was improved though.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5891:
Running on a custom ROM revolution HD. Can somebody give me a step by step on how to install the new radios. I'm new to rooting and don't want to mess up my phone.

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Revolution
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
flash in clockworkmod
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tonydrone:
Flash the zip file exactly how you flashed the Revolution ROM through clockworkmod.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] player911:
You flash them the same way you flashed your Rom. Via ClockworkMod.

This won't screw up your root or recovery. I'm on a custom rom and still have everything before.

I don't really notice a signal difference but I'm at 80% battery at 1pm. 8am-1pm = 5 hours @ 20%. Seems like a big improvement. Usage hasn't changed either. I've also been constantly playing with Face Unlock today, so I figured it would be worse.

At this rate I'll have 7pm I'll be at 60%. At midnight I'll be at 40%. Hell that would be awesome. My old Rezound would only be at 12% by bedtime.

This of course is using RootzBoat AOSP 4.0.3 Rom, stock kernel, updated Radio/Baseband.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reagan Smash:
In atlanta, GA

-115 to -109dbm in the same spot. keep losing 3G and 4G

Stock Radio. 4G stable at the moment at -109dBm 31asu
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] sophware:
No noticeable difference in 4G dBm (four measurements, 10 mins apart, phone in same orientation, charging on desk, all in the 107-113 range, before and after). Lower download speeds and higher upload speeds (again, multiple measurements; BUT, post-upgrade measurements were done at 1pm, whereas pre-upgrade were done between 1am and 3am, an obviously lower-congestion time).

I have screenshots. Should I check them for asm numbers? Not sure what those are (not that I really know what the dBm means either).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] dahotz:
Edited to add the quote that I commented to:

1. Plug in your phone to PC

a. if Windows 7, open up the Samsung Galaxy Nexus that will appear under Computer.

b. if Mac, make sure you have Android File Transfer installed ( http://www.android.com/filetransfer/ )

2. Save the .zip file in the first post onto the root (the lowest level) of the internal storage.

3. You can Download ROM Manager, open the program and then click Reboot into Recovery. (easist way)

a. You can also turn off the phone. While the phone is off, hold the UP Arrow, Down Arrow, and the Power Button at the same time, then use the Down and UP arrows to navigate to Restart to Recovery.

4. In ClockworkMod Recovery use the Down Arrow to get to "install zip from sdcard".

5. Click the Power button to select that option.

6. Click the Power button again to seclect "choose zip from sdcard"

7. Use the Up and Down Arrows to navigate to the 403radios_btldr.zip

8. Press the Power button to select that file

9. Use the Up and Down Arrows to navigate to "Yes - Install 403radios_btldr.zip"

10. It will install the radios, be patient. It may seem like it freezes for awhile. Best thing to do, go get a drink or something for 5 minutes and then come back.

11. Using the Up and Down Arrows navigate to "Go Back".

12. Press the Power button to select "Go Back" to get back to the main screen.

13. "reboot system now" will be highlighted (if it is not feel free to navigate to it using the Arrows...)

14. Press the Power button, and it will boot back into your phone.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reagan Smash:
Make that 3G and -120dBm 1asu

What is asu btw??
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid.:
Awesome!

Thanks, this worked. I am currently working in a basement office and before I flashed this I was getting -120dBm on 3G or EVDO rev.A now I am getting -108dBm on LTE.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] slackwaresupport:
4g back now.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Bobboman:
am i going to have to do OEM Fastboot again?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5891:
Alright good don't have to do anything special. Downloading now then I will move it to the virtual SD card and flash. Thanks

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Revolution
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] tx3kgtman:
4g is back and doing better and better
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] SoCGHOST:
If any of you are flashing radios today, just be aware that Verizon is having data service outages across the US. The company I work for is a business customer and VZ Techs expect this to last most if not all of the day. Best to check your results tomorrow or later... hopefully not later, but anyway, thought I would mention that.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Reagan Smash:
Just flashed. Signal improvement is not even worth mentioning, but what I have noticed is that the hand off from 3G to 4G and back again is nearly instant now, and causes no data interruption.

My theory: this update is 95% radio hand off, and all signal strength variation is mostly coincidence
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] caforres:
3G and 4G are still off in Dallas. Bummer

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Spoke too soon. . . 3G is back but still no 4G
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5891:
What is a good signal strength app to measure the differences. Also not expecting to much of a difference right now BC of the Verizon data issues.

Besides speed test.net

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Revolution
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] leechy:
Can anyone comment if the new radio helps with wifi performance?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TEK112:
Sensorly hands down. Measures 3G/4G/WiFi and overlays coverage maps from other users of multiple carriers to see if what you are getting is on par.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] igotgame:
double post
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] droid.:
Spoke to soon, I was good for a while but now back to -120dBm on evdo rev.a

guess its because I am trapped in this basement. Probably need an extender of some sort. Do they make them for 4G?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] igotgame:
My experience with the new radios:

I have a very weak 3g signal in my house and there is no 4g in my area.

I've noticed with the new radios that the 3g signal is slightly stronger and my download/upload speeds are significantly improved (doubled and tripled in some test).

The thing that sticks out most though...my battery seems to be getting better and better and today I am at 5 hours 20 mins, about 2 hours on 3g and 3 hours on wifi, sending some texts, phone calls, quick web browsing..normal stuff..and I am at 81% battery. At this rate, I will be getting around 25 hours on a charge with normal use. This is better than what I have been seeing.

I think these radios are helping more so with signal hand-offs, signal searching(which in turn helps battery), etc..and slightly with the actual signal itself.

OH and just in case..if you want the stock 4.0.2 radios back and the stock 4.0.2 bootloader, just flash the attached zip in CWM. I thought someone could use this (or just in case the OTA update will not work on these new radios).
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] jeff5891:
Noticing a huge difference. I'm not in the strongest part of town and I'm getting between -83 and -93dBm

Sent from my Galaxy Nexus Revolution
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joekrill:
Any reason I can't push the new radio using my stock (but unlocked) bootloader (i.e. no custom recovery/Clockworkmod)?

Would this work without flashing clockworkmod?

adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash radio radio-cdma.img
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] aergern:
Dude, as far as I know a nandroid backup doesn't backup the radio firmware which is housed on a chip not in the filesystem on the phone. When you update the radio it flashes a chip with new firmware. So of course you wouldn't see anything different.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] GTxFinish:
fastboot flash radio <LTE radio>.img

fastboot flash radio-cdma <CDMA radio>.img
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nissan1973:
Trying to dial *228 also, same thing =/

Edit: I was sitting at -95dBm before flashing this and after it went down to -106dBM so I restarted my phone and now im at -93dBm so not sure if it really helped or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] theboo7:
Guys stop dialing any variation of *228, if you really want to update prl do a battery pull and remove LTE card and then put back in and boot like normal
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] nissan1973:
*228 is not available on 4G phones.

It will update on its own.

That would have worked too..
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Br0wNb0y:
Flashed the radio and here are my results. I'm on 4.02 ARHD 2.1.2

Before 4.0.3 radio:

Strength: -99 dBm 41 asu (pretty constant everytime I checked -- 2 bars pf 4g shown)

Speedtest: 5338 dl 2572 ul

After flashing 4.0.3 radio:

I checked 3 times:

-97dBm 43asu (2 bar)

-107dBm 33asu (1 bar)

-98db 42asu (2 bar)

Speedtest: 9500 dl 3079 ul

The signal strength is about the same for me but the download and upload speed went up. I guess I'll just wait to test later when the radio settles in.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] joekrill:
Ok I just updated my radio. In the part of my office building I sit in, I wasn't able to get a 4G signal before -- just a very low 3G signal (barely one bar). Previously my HTC Incredible was barely getting a 3G signal as well -- so this was expected.

After the radio upgrade, It seems to be moving between 1-2 bars 3G and 1 bar 4G, which is significantly better. I can't really speak to any actual signal issues or battery problems beyond that because I just got the device yesterday afternoon. But if the signal indicators I'm seeing are accurate, I'm definitely getting better reception now.

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On my way to work this morning, my phone (Galaxy Nexus) automatically dialed *22899. I just looked down and it had automatically called the number on it's on and was doing it's programming thing. Any idea why that would happen if it isn't necessary? Is it maybe necessary for when you have no 4G connection?
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TCommander:
I have not flashed the radio. In Chattanooga, TN
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] :
I'll take the better ping. :D

Edit: You should re-test, you didn't test on the same server both times
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TCommander:
Only one of those is mine. Someone else asked if they could match it and I happen to have taken a screen shot of that test.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Irieone:
OP updated w/ older radios

You will a find a CWR zip to revert back to the official 4.02 radios in the OP

(Although the leaked are working much better for me)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] TCommander:
After the new radio
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] refthemc:
An hour ago my phone kept freezing and rebooting everytime i tried to make a call. I flashed this leaked radio and all is well now. Thanks to whoever leaked this!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Flawd:
Works great for me. Just speed tested at 30mbit. Previous best was 23mbit.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Scubatl:
ok noob question, but i dont see a root folder on my nex....its rooted and unlocked, where do i put the zip