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[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumon:
Have anybody tried Atrix HD radio?

The specs seems to be very similar.

I have this phone and probably could dump the radio for someone to try.

It gets 4g on all ATT and T-Mobile bands.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
Yes, I tried using the AtrixHD radio last week. Same results with the added glitch that the sensors are broken and auto rotate and other functions don't work.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
So, what could it possibly be?

The hardware specs say this phone can understand the frequency that 3G / 4G AT&T data is running on.

Could it really be a configuration file in the phone is simply telling this phone NOT to listen / use that specific frequency?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Bump
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
If I had any sort of satisfying explanation I would certainly have posted it. I don't...sorry.

When I have done some logging in QXDM it clearly shows that the L1M for WCDMA is stopped and it is not registering on the WCDMA band at all.

I haven't been able to figure out why and it has been bugging the crap out of me, but I am not a radio engineer.

The solution that has been suggested in the RAZR HD forum of flashing the fsg.mbn with the NON-HLOS.bin does not work and gets no signal whatsoever on any network.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcons:
I'm intrigued by this. The Droid Razr M according to GSMarena can do 3G HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 MHz and 4G LTE 700 MHz.

According to wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cellular_frequencies/

AT&T runs on 850/1900 MHz

T-Mobile runs on 1700/2100/1900 MHz

So the only issue should really be T-Mobile on 1700.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
So, AT&T should work no problem on 3G at the least and in theory 4G should work as well.

Unfortunately, the best I've ever gotten on my Droid Razr M is Edge service.

Now, huge kudos to the members here who came up with the solution of using the Aussie radio for getting AT&T and TMobile to work even a little bit because lovely Verizon blocks them; however, it's killing me (and I'm sure others) not having at least 3G on such an awesome phone!!

Is it possible the Australian carriers do not use the 1900mhz frequency so the 1900mhz frequency on the Aussie radio is also disabled?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dumon:
I've mentioned before here... AU Telstra uses 850MHz for 3g.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
On very selected locations, I have H+ on T-Mobile

Guys, it seems to me some of you are a little mislead, as there is nothing in the radio firmware, or in the phone itself, that prevents it from connecting to 1900Mhz WCDMA (that is, 3G/H+) band on T-Mobile, and I'd assume it's the same for AT&T.

In fact, I can get H+ consistently on T-Mobile using the Telstra radio in a few specific spots with very strong signal.

I posted this before, but it may have gotten unnoticed. These spots are something like, an intersection, or a parking lot, etc. and I only get 2 bars, if I just move 100m/300ft away, I lose signal. I can provide screenshots if people don't believe me. Only thing I didn't verify is, if that was actually 1900Mhz band, but T-Mobile only has AWS or 1900, and this phone supports AWS even less ... maybe I can verify, but that requires QXDM, so I'll do it if I have time.

So, the issue is not that the 1900Mhz frequency is disabled, but for some reason, the Telstra firmware + Verizon hardware don't match, and the signal is not processed/amplified/whatever correctly (I'm also not a RF engineer, just software...) so the phone is not able to pick up the signal.

I've been thinking that, maybe, tweaking some of the NV Items related to WCDMA, 1900, or similar may get us somewhere, but I don't even know where to start. If somebody is knowledgeable enough, or adventurous enough, or simply has more time on their hands than I do and wants to start investigating on this, well you're most welcome, I may even drop some bounty for it.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcons:
How about someone over there in the US tries an Electrify or [not droid] Razr M XT905? I'm no techo, but did once purchase an Atrix 4G and it was TERRIBLE reception in Australia even though it supported the bands here.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
That would be great, do you have one to sell, or do you know where to get one here in the USA? :D

Because that was my original plan, to find the XT905 on ebay or other store and use it here with T-Mobile, but I couldn't find it from any store nor ebay. I bought the one from verizon and flashed the Telstra radio as a "plan b" ...

Anyway, the *terrible* reception you got from the Atrix cannot match the one I (don't) have ... it's practically zero for H+, except for rare happy islands of, like, 50m radius :)

By the way: I was looking into the Electrify M, which looks a lot cheaper as well, but it seems it really only supports CDMA, no GSM capability ... and I don't know if it's just disabled in software or it really doesn't have the electronics.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pjcons:
Hey aslomagic! I'm usually pretty good at swapping and upgrading phones so am on the lookout for a "spare". As Telstra now have lost their 3 month deal for monopoly some should be coming up and as they generally do as ppl with more money than sense start saying "oh well back to iPhone".

I would LOVE to be able to help and send a XT905 to the US and have you guys/gals test it...will keep my eyes opened...even if one has cracked screen which ppl often just sell cheap, radio should not be affected. Watch this space!! :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
Yes, let me/us know! :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
I've stood on the roof of my office which has a known working AT&T 3G tower and my phone still only uses edge.

I used the radio that was provided much earlier in the thread. Is this the same radio you're using and can get H+ (even for the split second you have it)? Because I can't get H+ or 3G regardless of how or where I stand it makes me think that I may be using the wrong radio??
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
Yes, I use the one originally posted by wintermute. I also tried one of the RAZR HD radios in the equivalent thread (I think the first one), and that also works. Of course, I'm using T-Mobile, I have no experience with AT&T ... one thing I could check, once I have some time (very rare these days) is to go to one of those spots, with my laptop connected to the phone and the phone in BP Tools mode, and check with QXDM which frequency band and channel it actually connects to, maybe it's different for AT&T.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Are there any known phones that are just like the Droid Razr M that work fine on 3G / 4G?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
Not that I know of. There could be, I'm sure not everybody has tried all the possible combinations of phone, gsm carrier and radio firmware ...

For example, the Electrify M in theory only supports CDMA, but has anybody tried to put a TMobile/AT&T sim in it? Or a Telstra radio on it?

Also, nobody has really tried a stock Telstra or Softbank (japanese) RAZR M in the US, although they are supposed to work if unlocked.

---------- Post added at 01:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:32 PM ----------

Similar experience with the RAZR HD, althought it seems a little better, as H+ is a tiny bit more available.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=37097381#post37097381
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
What or how do you feel about the Droid DNA by htc?

It apparently it fully unlocked and doesn't require any hacking to be used on AT&T.....

Thoughts about this device? I may opt to get one of these on ebay and put the droid razr M that I have up for sale.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
I feel that the only reason I went for the RAZR M is because it's a manageable, pocketable size with modern hardware. If I wanted a 4.5 to 5 inches screen phablet I'd just get a Nexus 4, or Galaxy S3/note, or any of the many huge unlocked phones out there...

Also, I had bad experiences with HTC in general, I had a Nexus One and the touch screen was always misbehaving. I was almost going to buy a HTC One S (manageable 4.3"), but I read a lot or reports of similar issues with touch screen, so I decided not to get HTC until they figure out their issues...
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Very good feedback. I hadn't looked at the screen size but that is EXACTLY the reason I chose the droid razr m - because it's not a ridiculous beast. Scratch the DNA idea - that's definitely not an option - Guess I'll have to wait to see if someone can solve this issue of 3G data on GSM networks. Do you get 3G data on t-mobile?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
No. Only edge with this hack. 3g or h+ is non existent, except for the rare happy island as I said before.

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Does anyone know if I were to get my phone unlocked by Verizon if it will then work with 3G / H+ without any issue?

Or, does this phone really not have an "unlock" process?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
There is no lock code on VZW global models now at all and nothing they can or will do for you will make this work on these devices on ATT.

They are the ones specifically requesting that Motorola provide radio firmware that blocks US GSM carriers.

If you simply want a device that is virtually identical to the RAZR M then I suggest you get the RAZR I which is available on ATT. It has the same form factor and specs except it is an Intel Atom chip set.

The graphics and overall performance are very close to the Qualcomm S4 but not quite as good in benchmarks.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
And, it's an x86 architecture, which means any application that relies on native ARM code won't work. I'll personally wait a little longer before jumping ship to x86 cellphones...
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freak4dell:
I have a RAZR i, and so far, the only app that I haven't found to be compatible is Firefox. Everything else I've tried seems to run fine.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
I've been thinking about this, and I remembered that in the process of trying to make the phone work with 3G/H+, I made some more modifications to my phone: I used QPST service programming to enable every single frequency, even though 1900 was already enabled, and I changed a few lines on build.prop. I have no idea if these changes actually made any difference, but when I'm back using a computer instead of typing from my phone, I'll try to post those here (I took them from some other thread on xda, so you may find them by searching as well).

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Arnold Snarb:
Got H+ on Net10/AT&T

I used DFS (from cdmatool.com) & dev drivers from somewhere on XDA to set NV item 8322 to 0, and now I have H+ on Net10/AT&T in the US, with the US modem. Still says "Sim from unknown source" on boot, and remember set your APN correctly. Please report if you get this too, maybe there's something else I changed that is also important.

Super thanks to CellZealot, P3Droid, and everyone else for investigation, I wouldn't have tried if you didn't.

Happy hacking
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Holy cracker jacks! If this works, I'll buy you a beer. Can you please provide directions as to how to edit this value?

I think there are a lot of people watching this thread who would REALLY appreciate it!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
I'll try this asap on TMobile, will report back soon... /me crosses fingers :D

Sent from my XT907
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
WOW!!! This completely works folks!

Huge thanks to Arnold Snarb! Brilliant work!

I am currently on ATT with full HSPA+ service under the VZW modem after using DFS tool to edit 8322 to 00 as stated above.

I am also using an edited build.prop file that I have setup for GSM testing,and need to determine if those edits have any effect and also whether it works with stock build.prop and simply swapping SIMs is all that is needed to switch between normal VZW service and GSM service.

It is also possible that we can create a flashable zip for CWM recovery that can perform the NV edit without the need for a PC or Diagnostic Mode access tools.

This is really fantastic news and will almost certainly have implications for other devices as well.

Congratulations to Arnold Snarb and everyone else who has contributed to the investigation!

:D
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Are you still on the Aussie Radio or did you switch back to the default verizon radio prior to making the NV change?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
As I stated above, this is using the stock VZW modem, although I am using an edited build.prop with GSM settings.

I have to go to work right now but will post more info tonight.

DFS tool can be a little tricky to use and we need to get a full write up of the procedure done properly.

I am posting this from my laptop while tethered to my M using WiFi Tether for Root and getting over 3Mbits on HSPA15 BTW... ;)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tehlike:
Please, please send a tutorial :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
And with this tutorial if you could also let us know how to use the stock verizon radio with AT&T.

When I put the sim in the phone with the stock verizon radio it wouldn't connect to AT&T at all.

Thank you so much!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
That is what the edit accomplishes. It allows the stock modem to function fully as a global radio with no block on domestic US carriers.

P3Droid is trying to replicate my results now. DFS tool is tricky and appears to write the item but it doesn't stick.

I had to write it several times before it finally worked.

When we have a completely repeatable procedure we will post it.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Ok, I must be misunderstanding. So this NV edit will permit full usage of the stock radio on US carriers with full H+ / 3G speeds.

What I had thought this was fixing is the Aussie radio because we cannot get H+ and 3G.

I apologize for the misunderstanding and am very happy that you guys were able to solve this problem.

I am very much looking forward to getting this working on my Droid Razr M.

If it isn't too much to ask, could you point me towards the default verizon radio so I can flash back to it in preparation for setting this NV entry?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
Check the dev section for the stock VZW full XML.zip and use the NON-HLOS.bin from that file.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
As Neil Armstrong once said according to The Onion(ahem:P) on July 21st, 1969: HOLY LIVING F*CK.

THIS WORKS AND IT'S SO INCREDIBLY ELEGANT AND SIMPLE!!!

I get very strong H+ signal with T-Mobile wherever it is refarmed. Finally the wait is over, thanks Arnold (and whoever helped you, if anybody)!!!

Now you just need to post your paypal so we can thank you properly :)
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
Do you think you can provide directions as to how you edit the NV entry?

Did you revert back to the Verizon radio or did you simply edit the NV entry on the aussie radio?

I have DFS on my machine but I need to know how to connect the razr M to dfs in order to edit the NV entry.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
Can you post how you were able to edit the NV entry? I'd like to try this with T-Mobile in an area that is supposed to be refarmed
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cellzealot:
Hopefully by tonight I will be able to test making a zip file that writes the NV item from recovery.

We made such files for previous phones with MDM6600 chipset and can probably do the same as long as the binary supports it.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
can anybody post the drivers needed for dfs tool to see the razr m on the computer?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] freak4dell:
Dammit...I knew I should have just bought an M from Craigslist or something and waited on you guys to figure it out. Now I feel foolish for spending more for the i. Oh well. Congrats, guys!
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
Will steps be posted on how to edit the NV values with DFS?
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] technologicrepair:
They are going to post directions on how to do the NV edit this evening.

He is even attempting to make a zip file that makes it an easy 1,2,3 that updates the NV value without any special tools.

Hopefully he posts it soon.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mic213:
Glad to hear. Much thanks to arnold and everyone involved in getting this working. Can't wait to see H+ on this phone.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jessezx:
please share, can't wait to try. by the way, how do i flash back the Verizon radio ? i am on assuie radio now.

you guys rocks.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] aslomagic:
The zip file would be super convenient...

But, I'll try to give a brief step-by-step "cheat sheet" guide here. Not a real tutorial, sorry ... don't have time to go back and try all the steps, take screenshots, etc... for the "easy way" I'd wait for cellzealot ...

I installed the drivers for all the tools like DFS, QPST, QDXM, etc long long ago, not sure where but I think the ones from this thread should work:

Drivers: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1891582&highlight=drivers

Direct link: http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1333751&d=1347903431

After installing the drivers, power off the phone, then hold power + volume up + volume down, and select "BT Tools" from the boot menu (press volume down until it is highlighted, then press volume up). Wait for the phone to boot, then plug it into the PC. It should recognize it and install a new COM port (if not, go to Start->Motorola->Mobile Drivers->Motorola Drivers Installer and see if that does the trick.. again, I installed these drivers long ago so my memory is a little rusty).

After installing the drivers, install DFS, I got it from this thread and it worked, you may get it somewhere else as well:

DFS: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1876457

Direct link: http://www.2shared.com/file/xBxUOnPz/DFS.html

(1) Make sure you still have the phone in BT Tools mode connected, and start DFS.

(4) Click on the "Ports" button, double click on the newly installed COM port (for me it's called "Motorola QC Diag Port"), close ports manager

(4a) Check: Make sure the port is selected in the drop down to the right of the "ports" button

(5) In the main window, select "Qualcomm" on the DM drop down

(6) click on SPC (leave code as 000000), make sure it says "DEVICE UNLOCKED" in the console at the bottom

(7) click on NV tab

(8) enter 8322 the "Start" field, and 8323 in the "End" field, then click "Read range"

(8a) Check: It should show only one item called ITEM_8322

(9) select (highlight) the item ITEM_8322, click in the "Edit NV" box below, type 00 replacing the 01

(10) select (highlight) the item ITEM_8322 again, click "Apply changes", then "Write selected item" while item is highlighed

(10a) Check: repeat step 8 and verify it now reads 00

(11) reboot and cross fingers.

I hope this is clear enough even without screenshots, and that I didn't miss any step, but hopefully adventurous and impatient people that cannot wait for cellzealot's zip will figure it out ;)

Disclaimer: I am not responsible for any damage you might do to your phone, or any other undesirable consequence, as a result of following these instructions.

---------- Post added at 06:37 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:33 PM ----------

Of course, in case it wasn't obvious, if you flashed your phone with the Telstra radio (or any other radio), you have to flash back the original verizon radio... I'd assume that if you were able to flash some radio on it, you are probably able to flash the original radio back, but if not, I can give directions for that as well.
[Droid RAZR M Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kelvin0007:
Thanks for the info!! Im with safestrap 3.05 and seems it has to be removed to enter BT mode, any ideas about this?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyman08:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1957561

just found out their is a official Ubuntu for the nexus 7 now my question is are their any devs that want to work on doing a port, Or think it can be done for the tf300t ?
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joelalmeidaptg:
Ubuntu 13.04 will come with improvements for portable devices. It is still in early development. It should take a while to get it to our babies. I can't wait for that! :D
[Transformer TF300T Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joeyman08:
Soot I can't wait for it to hit my phone having ubuntu as my phone and desktop would be awsome

Tf300t cm10
[HTC One X] janahi911:
Hello,

Which JB ROM is known from your experience has the longest battery life?

I don't care about performance as much as battery charge stays for a whole day as I am a super heavy user for the phone. Tips are also appreciated if any tweaks would help.

Thanks xda members in advance.
[HTC One X] janahi911:
FYI ... I also don't mind installing a non sense rom. I'm just looking for a super battery saver Jelly Bean rom.
[HTC One X] matt95:
OrdroidX
[HTC One X] neron42:
Maximus v8.0 awesome battery life, installed with 90% at 3pm today, heavy use, 70% now at 9:30pm
[HTC One X] janahi911:
Will try v8.0 because I was on v6.0 and battery wasn't that good
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dre89:
I put the GB Eaglesblood rom on my friends G2x and as of this last week it seems to freeze up overnight while on the charger. I thought it might be the cpu locking up on it's lowest speed so I bumped up its speed setting but no luck.

Anyone know what it could be?

noted for future reference on my Note 2
[T-Mobile LG G2x] rtotheichie:
Go to development settings and choose "stay awake while charging"

It might be under a different group, but it's there
[T-Mobile LG G2x] justjackyl:
What kernel you using as well?

G2x-temasek CM7 build135.3 w/faux 054 kernel
[T-Mobile LG G2x] lilaliend:
I was having the same problems with GB based MIUI. Someone recommended I change the kernel, which I did, and haven't had the problem since. (few weeks now)
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dre89:
I'll give that a try, I'll search through her settings

Just the kernel that came with the rom

noted for future reference on my Note 2
[T-Mobile LG G2x] dre89:
Ah ok, what kernel did you switch to?

noted for future reference on my Note 2
[T-Mobile LG G2x] justjackyl:
btw , you can find a slew of kernels in the link in my signature.

faux054 is my daily driver.

Iconia A100 CM10 PRIVATE BUILD, TabletUI, Updated to 11/03/12 Source; godmachine v2.0 kernel
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] seshmaru:
Every time I flash a custom kernel, MTP will stop working. ROM doesn't seem to matter and which kernel doesn't seem to matter either, it just stops. Any ideas?
[Eee Pad Transformer Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MUHAMMAD KHALIL:
Same problem!!!!

PLEASE HELP US!!!!!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] joshtb86:
is it possible to use usb otg without a custom ROM or kernel? does anyone know of a method to do so?

thanks!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Warrior1975:
There is a method, I've seen a thread about it...just not sure where.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brainbeatuk:
Stickmount from play store works on stock rooted
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alfeuss:
Here is an option for non-rooted device.

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.homeysoft.nexususb.importer&feature=nav_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDMsImNvbS5ob21leXNvZnQubmV4dXN1c2IuaW1wb3J0ZXIiXQ..