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[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
How to enable 4G and hopefully get your orange icons to settle down

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For XT912 phones, CDMA​

Enable 4G indicator

Use Gravity Box Xposed module to enable your 4G status. /Statusbar tweaks/Signal cluster settings/ LTE indicator style, set for 4G. Now you know your network speed. 3G is very poor, not even good enough for HDTV.

Reset your Network Settings

Got 4G now. Went into Mobile Network Settings and took away CDMA/EvDo auto and back to CDMA + LTE/EvDo, toggled "data enabled" to shut off data for a few seconds, see 3G disappear, check enable data again, watch 4G come back, with orange icons. After a while, maybe a minute or couple of minutes, the orange is gone. Takes a while to get connected. (LTE is the fastest thing out there. It theoretically tops out at 100Mbps, so without it, I don't even see how we can get 4G speed, for me which is 20-30Mbps download and about ½ that upload. VERY, VERY fast like cable modem.)

See if that helps. We have to nail this one down, People so I can submit it for code review! Everybody who can, participate if you have this issue please. Do the network stuff mentioned above FIRST and do not do the zip files so we can nail down the cause. If it is not related to the zip APN, we can get the right code put into the builds. If we really do need my old APN file in the zip, fine, I will get it in the build. But ONLY do the zip as a last resort and then try resetting the network again.

If you need an APN fix, go into Settings/Mobile networks/Access Point Names. Tap the menu button and try "Rest to default", see what you get. Toggle Mobile Data as described above and see if it helps. If not, go back to APNs and manually set them for CDMA + LTE/EvDo, toggle data as before.

Orange icons come and go. They should settle in within 2 minutes, but we are exploring new ground. They should NOT be there 24/7.

How to reset APN

Hughes Flashable zip #1 (Ohmster's APN)

Hughes Flashable zip again

Thank you all for your help and participation!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
I would occasionally/rarely drop to 3G on the stock ROM in the past and have only seen that once on the recent ROMs. The rest of the time it's always on LTE. At the moment the phone is my only internet access using the AP so I'll definitely notice if there is a data problem.

I've seen the kind of speeds you posted but today I've got: 47ms ping, 16.46 Mb/s down, 4.36 Mb/s up
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SimpTheChimp:
Ohmster:

Just to verify:

Do you copy the new apns-conf.xml over the old one (in etc) THEN do an APN reset to default (and reboot)? Or do you first reset to default, then copy the new file and reboot?

Just want to make sure I am getting this right...

Also, do you know if this file would also work on a Droid Bionic? They're very similar - my wife is also using CM 11 and if it would work I think this would help with her orange bars.

-Tom
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
6/29 nightly is up! I was beginning to think we were going to miss another one.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
No manual conf file necessary. Hughes made the flashable zip for us to do exactly that. I have to go now but did perform this flash. I will check that the file permissions are correct when I get back. (Permissions are correct.) You should not have to set the APN to default, try it without doing that step and if you have issues, then reset to default. You will probably have to reboot or at least toggle the data off, wait a couple of seconds, turn it back on, and wait for your data connection to come back and see the results. (The How-To explains how to toggle the data on your device.)

There is a really nice Xposed module that I personally use and love, Advanced Power Menu. It gives you lovely colored reboot options, gives a really nice screenshot option, gives you an enable data toggle, Anti Theft helpers, lets you configure the Power menu, all can be accessed by holding the power button a short time like you would to reboot. Find it in Xposed Framework, downloads section if you want it. Oh, there is an update for it, gotta have it man!

Cannot be sure about Bionic. Make a Safe Strap backup and then try it. If it does more harm than good, revert to your backup. :D

UPDATE:

I checked the properties for /etc/system/apns-conf.xml and they are exactly correct. Hughes is darned good at what he does. :D Owner=root -rw--r--r--

[MENTION=1807728]brkahughes[/MENTION] you are an amazingly talented man with these config files and ability to create your own flashable zip files. I really want to learn this process unless it would be too hard for you to teach me. We are friend and you can reach me PM if you care to disclose. I would not be offended if you would rather not. :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I am SO on it, now that I got my 4G back. Thanks for the heads up, Dwillian! :good:

Update:

Okay Dwillian, I made the OTA leap to 06/29 because yes it does contain a LOT of good stuff, including the CPU frequency tweak. Now to see if I have 4G or not. Gosh I am scared to open the screen but here goes...

...OMG, YES! 4G and NO ORANGE! Oh I think I died and went to Heaven. :laugh:

This is SOOOOOOO getting backed up but I better wait a bit, a day at least, to make sure there are no hidden bugs. Thanks man! :cowboy:

---------- Post added at 04:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:02 PM ----------

Your data speed is quite respectable and well within the 4G range. :D

Ahhh, but I did notice after much frustration that my mobile network settings were at CDMA auto. I remember this phone works best with LTE so I manually made the change to CDMA + LTE/EvDo and then toggled the data by unchecking the box, wait a couple of seconds, putting check back. After several seconds of no data or LTE at all, 4G came right up.

Since you rarely if ever have drops to 3G, what is your /Settings/Mobile Network settings/System select at? I really need to know this to see if you have the CDMA + LTE/EvDo setting in use or what exactly is your setting?

Thank you! :)
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I have been dying to try out TapaTalk for a long time, so this is it!

06/29 is an awesome build, I have been using it all day and driving around, watching the signal icon all day. 4G is rock solid, no orange icons, although signal strength does fluctuate as I drive. This building is almost perfect, no black screen at all!

Okay well I really want to try out the app and I got the chance to play with it. Keep up the good work fellas, we are an incredible team!

~Ohmster
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
OTA to 6/29. Still have orange bars. Still have drops to 3g in strong 4g area.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
I just posted an extensive How To on this very issue. It solved my problems and many others. Have you tried it? :p

Do the network stuff. I am not convinced the zip alone does it, it may not be necessary at all. You have to do the network stuff in the How To Manual.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] scottgti:
I don't use xposed. I have tried everything else that you and everyone else has suggested. I get orange bars many times daily. Dropping to 3g doesn't bother me that much and switches back by itself after some time . I'm still thankful for this ROM and like it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
Would you recommend updating from 6/21, Ohmster?

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
I use Global for the network type since that is what the original ROM was set for. I've tried CDMA+LTE/EvDo and didn't notice any difference between that and Global. (I know that I will only use CDMA+LTE/EvDo here in the U.S.)

System select is on Automatic

CDMA subscription is on RUIM/SIM although CM11 defaults to NV. I used NV for several weeks without trouble and have changed this mostly because "everyone" seems to think it should be set to RUIM/SIM.

On the APN's, the CM11 LTE-Verizon Internet is selected automatically when the phone connects. I've tried setting up an APN with the settings from the original ROM (which has the MMSC defined, several APN types defined, and no Bearer defined.) I've also tried the APN file that brkhughes(sp) posted which were very similar to what was viewable in the original ROM except for Bearer being undefined.

I've messed around with the APN's mostly due to the comments of others. Like I said before, I do rarely catch some orange bars but nothing changes that and I'm sure the same thing was happening in the original ROM.

I guess I'm lucky; I've never had the APN unspecified issues, SMS/MMS has always worked.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Xposed is not some big, scary hard to setup thing. It is built into cm11. Gravity box will allow you to see if the signal is 4G, 3G, or none. The original stock rom always had a big, blue 4G when I had it running. I think you are shorting yourself by not checking out the cool xposed modules but it is not mandatory. Just run a speed test if you want to stick with apps. Here is a really good one:

Speedtest.net

If you get download 2Mbps or less and upload is usually ½ that on a phone, you are likely on 3G. But if you get speeds of 15-30Mbps, you are for sure, on 4G.

Orange Icons have never been "fully fixed" and probably never will be. They are indicators to your phone's connection to Google servers. Maintaining a 24/7 connection to a very busy server on the web is nearly impossible for a mobile device, but we can make it better. Orange means "Not connected to Google servers at the moment". White or colored special icons gaining their color back means we are all good with Google. We all get orange icons from time to time. Right now, I have none. When phone boots, it could take several minutes for them to go away. They come back sometimes. But for the most part, they do not hang around like they used to. :)

---------- Post added at 01:24 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:48 AM ----------

Hell yeah! 06/29 is freaking awesome and Michael put some CPU frequency mods in it to wake the phone easier, run snappier, and it rocks! 06/21 is one of the build I had major trouble with having only 3G available. All the last builds would only give me 3G. I went on to figure it out and wrote a How To for it, but if you do not have this issue, go for it, or go for it and follow the How To guide.

If you want to be totally safe, Noe!, make a Safe Strap backup of what you got first, so if you do not like it, you can just "go right back" and not have to configure anything. :good::D:cowboy:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Noe!:
I updated and everything is running smooth so far. It's funny, you seem to be getting 3G most of the time and I only seem to be getting LTE (I can't even use it) and so 3G would be great on the go for me.

Sent from my XT912 using the XDA App.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Out of interest, on the XT910 I did some speed tests while on HSDPA (don't know if that's considered 3G still, or 3.5G).

I can only connect on EDGE or HSDPA ("E" or "H" status bar icon).

Anyways my results are (in Mbps):

From home: D - 3.86, U - 1.95

In the city: D - 4.14, U - 1.98

Then, I just played a bit and changed my APN settings (Bearer = LTE). Still in the city: D - 7.56, U -1.76

Note: XT910 does not have LTE but as far as I can remember it's specs are 14.4Mbps down, 5.76Mbps up.

Need to do another test, but don't have any data left, and not planning on buying any. This is why I keep my phone on EDGE and save battery and do any updates only on WiFi. So speed is of little importance to me, unless I get a worthy amount of data on my plan.

PS: 06/29 working well, flashed it over 06/25.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SimpTheChimp:
I downloaded and installed this Gravity Box you mentioned; however, when I try to run it, it always responds with 'GravityBox system framework not responding. Exiting.'

Was there something I missed doing or downloading?

P.S. I did download and install the Kit Kat version of GravityBox, so I think I have the correct version.

P.P.S. I guess the 'real' question(s) are: 1. CM11 does already include the Xposed Framework, correct? And 2. I think I need to run Xposed and check(mark) the GravityBox menu - but how does one start the Xposed Frameworks module on CM11? I don't see anything to run on my program list for Xposed....
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nthaifisch:
Thank you for your concern. I was at a wedding, therefore had no time.

I downloaded the fastboofiles, but I could not open the zip file to modify this xml file as described here.

Would you recommend these steps for RS Lite?

This is my source:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2231249

Regards,

Hai
[Motorola Droid RAZR] DumbleCore:
Do you want to downgrade from JB? Or why do you want to edit XML?

First extract that fastbootfiles, for example, I have a folder fastboot and put all the files in there

The usual installation is, install drivers, install rsd, start rsd, put your phone into ap fastboot! Plug phone in usb on computer

Then choose the spdrem XML in rsd lite and click on flash/start

If u got warning, low battery, put it on wallcharger for at last 1 hour
[Motorola Droid RAZR] drewski_1:
Usually there's an Xposed app in the App Drawer, but I didn't think CM11 includes XPosed (at least the last version I ran a few weeks back).

If it's there, follow the steps below. If not, here's the Xposed installer thread with download link => http://xdaforums.com/xposed/xposed-installer-versions-changelog-t2714053

After you install.

- Launch Xposed Installer

- go to the Framework section, Install/Update

- go to the Modules section and click the checkbox next to Gravity Box

- Reboot

- Profit​
[Motorola Droid RAZR] d.casper.b:
Xposed isn't in CM11, it is included in JBX Kernel though.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Xposed framework is installed with JBX, but I've never seen it bundled with a ROM, def not CM.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Sorry, I need to refresh before I post... [emoji5]
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
For me, it is "Just There" but now I remember where I got it. I just downloaded the Framework apk, installed it, and it has been with me ever since. You do NOT have to install and kernels or anything else, just the Framwork and you can get it here.

Cheers Mate! :cowboy:

---------- Post added at 04:51 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:40 PM ----------

LTE is the fastest data out there for mobile devices. Have a look at this chart.

(I only know US speeds, not what is available overseas.)

Verizon has a great write up on it too but one might think their opinion is biased, so I gave you an independent review from PC Mag first. Go see the Verizon one, yes it is a sales pitch but the speeds are accurate.

Or just look up LTE speed on Google. :D

Your quote, "I only seem to be getting LTE" is pretty funny. It is like a family complaining "

But we only get Lobster, Filet Mignon, and only the finest foods from our personal International chef

"

If you want to see the 3G or 4G indicator, go install Gravity Box and turn it on. Directions are in my How-To Here.

By the way, 3G is very slow. No, not like "dial-up slow", but slow. 4G is like rocket power. Same as home cable internet. Download an entire CD in what, an hour or two, more important, watch fantastic High Definition Video on a device with 4G.

Do a speed test, Noe! Download this and run it, Speedtest.net. 3G is 1 or 2 Mbps, 4G is 20-30 Mbps. Yeah, that much faster! Sometimes less, depends on your signal.

You, my friend, are doing quite fine. :laugh:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] SimpTheChimp:
Thanks, Ohmster - problem was that I thought CM included the Xposed framework, but obviously not. Once I downloaded and installed the framework, it now seems to be functioning.

-Tom
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Yeah, I thought so too, it has been a while but now I do remember reading about all these cool modules and installing the Framework apk to get started. Some people are saying you need JBX to get it and other stuff. Not so, just the Framework installer. You go boy! :D
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
6/29 has randomly rebooted on my 3 times today. Check that, just happened again. Once when I got off the phone, once after a text message came through, once while I was reading an email, and once when I tried to open the app drawer. I am using the "PhotoPhase" live wallpaper for the first time. And maybe that is causing the issues. I might try running with just a normal background and see how that goes.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Dwillian:
I've been running 6/29 since it was first posted yesterday without any spontaneous reboots. I am just using an image for wallpaper though.

Update: I was out driving around Seattle today using Google maps for navigation. I experienced two spontaneous reboots. I guess 6/29 isn't as stable as I thought. On to 7/1 now.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] nthaifisch:
Hi,

Thank you! No, I dont want to downgrade.

I've downloaded all the files, problem: the phone is not starting.

I will charge it longer.

Will write sth when I can switch it on.

Regards,

Hai
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jeff_roey:
Impression on 06/29 battery life?

I OTA'd 06/29 on top of 06/23. Battery use went from under 2% per hour to about 4% per hour. I'm going to give it another day or two to settle before rolling back. What are others on 06/29 experiencing?

---------- Post added at 08:53 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:33 AM ----------

Just two observations I've made with regard to the stock JB and CM 11 VZWINTERNET APN:

(1) If you look at the 'APN protocol' and the 'APN Roaming protocol' fields for the STOCK VZWINTERNET APN, the locked selection for both is "IPv4/IPv6". In CM11 those fields for the same APN default to IPv4 only. Even if you delete the CM11 APNs, restore stock APNs (using the APN B&R method further back in this thread which I do because they give me the best results) and reboot, the protocols continue to default to to IPv4 only. You have to manually change them IPv4/IPv6 and hit Save for it to stick. I trying to check to see if it has any effect on signal strength/quality. I don't think they will but we'll see.

(2) I noticed that after a reboot, none of my APNs are selected. I have to manually go into the APN menu and select the radio button next to VZWINTERNET for it to highlight. Interesting thing is it doesn't seem to have any impact on my data: I can reboot the phone and have fully functional data without any APN actually being selected.

I'd really like to figure out why it appears that signal strength seems generally lower across the board on CM11 compared to the stock radio. :confused: I'm just not smart enough to know where to be looking ;)

XT912 running 06/29 nightly. No JBX. No Xposed.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] msuguy71:
I was wondering the same thing.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] deboyz1014:
Loved 6/26, if no 4g, it dropped to 3g quickly which is heaven sent. Tried 6/29, seems it will try everything in its power to stay on or locate 4g even if the signal is crap.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
[MENTION=2079608]jeff_roey[/MENTION] [MENTION=821605]msuguy71[/MENTION] I believe the consensus is that the signal meter in cm11 reads consistently lower, but if you check the dBm readings, the signal is about the same. Both ROMs are using the same radio firmware as it is a separate section of code in the phone. As for the 'radio buttons' in the APN list, they appear to do nothing, as the phone will automatically select which one it needs. Jeff, have you tried flashing either of the zips I uploaded? I'm curious if they do the same thing with IPv4/IPv6.

-Brian
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jeff_roey:
Thanks for the reply Brian. I haven't tried your zips - I latched onto the APN B&R method once it was posted and it worked well for me so I haven't done anything more. That said, it seems easy enough to restore APNs so I'll give it a shot later tonight and let you know what I find.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
[MENTION=5920431]whemix[/MENTION] I haven't forgotten you, I'm still waiting to hear back from Hashcode. He's an insanely busy IT professional who spends much of his free time laboring for nothing on android devices. He's been known to be caught coding on his phone during his kid's ball game [emoji38]. Anyway, he's been trying to finish a 'week of SafeStrap' updating all the versions he has made, and has been incommunicado for about three days now. He may be taking some down time to chill with his family [emoji41].

As soon as I hear back, I'll let you know.

- Brian

Sent from my continually born again RAZR MAXX!

Oops, posted to the wrong forum...
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
Excited for this new build :)

droid razr maxx cm 11 jbx kernel
[Motorola Droid RAZR] brkahughes:
Waiting for you to tell us it won't break our phones. 'Course you *never* have a problem with new builds [emoji57]. (Or you just know how to fix 'em better).

- Brian

Sent from my continually born again RAZR MAXX!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] JakeDHS07:
Everything fine for me 7/01

DROID RAZR MAXX CM 11 JBX KERNEL
[Motorola Droid RAZR] mikeoswego:
Fine here also!

Can you (or anyone) enlighten me on this LZO decompression changes for the next nightly? Is this something that will mostly affect boot times or are all things android compressed and therefore it could help all operations?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] jeff_roey:
Thanks for keeping it in perspective Ohmster.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] tmsullivan333:
Hi everyone!

Just recently decided to start using CM 11 nightlies and decided today that I would use it as my main ROM. I'm coming from CM 10 and I had always like the option to switch the external SD card to the default storage place but cantseem to see how to do it on 11. Is it still possible? If not no big deal. Thanks for any help you can give :). Also sorry its its been mentioned already and just not searching the wrong words or if its really easy and I'm just missing it.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] my2cents:
I was trying to figure that out too. Whatever it might be, I know that Stargo is the man and it should be awesome! Also, did someone give the CM team some crack or something? They have been insane lately... :good:
[Motorola Droid RAZR] dshulman:
Installed 7/1 this afternoon and it's screaming fast. 6/29 was so slow and buggy. Did an OTA.
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Ohmster:
Welcome, thanks. Been in electronics my whole life. Meters and calibration are drilled into my brain. These signal icons are like the old style VU Meters on the big Teac Open Real tape decks or my darling Marantz 510M 400 WRMS per channel @ 8Ω loads. In Stereo mode, you could be dead center, JBL 4211 Control Monitor speakers 10' equal on each side, perfectly balanced, with a 1KHz tone, and yet one meter reads -3dB and the other reads -6dB (In audio wattage, that is ½ as loud), same signal, same load. Switch the meters to other side, same meter reads low. You got a bad meter. Meters like that take an average reading. 3 really quick booms with low to mid level sound would show the average sound level, not the immediate spikes. Like our phone icons should read. If a VU meter suddenly started swinging violently back and forth, the meter damping would be blown and it would fail to reproduce average values like it should. I cannot believe I get ZERO bars, move 6' up the street and now get FOUR, full bars. No huge building or bridge in the way. All the way up and down the road it is like that.

Our phones get an average, overall signal. You would not drop a call walking down the sidewalk and into a 0 bar 3' zone and back into full signal. It makes no sense. I reported it. Devs are busy and which dev works on the icon calibration would be a fun hunt. We have hundreds of devices, each with several models, the rom development is broken into so many sections like user UI, radio, CPU and data, kernel, OS, file system, databases, app management, memory management, and the list goes on. "Who" actually works on "the signal icon calibration"? Probably nobody, it got whacked in some build, and hasn't been discovered or reported, or worse, a proprietary Motorola binary blob like the Bluetooth mess was. [MENTION=3457922]stargo[/MENTION] would actually *love* to take on a project like that, but it is not fair to dump so much on him in such short amounts of time, and he lives in Germany on GSM so he would never get to see it. ...it will get looked at, eventually. :p

'night Joey. ;)