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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] gbritton:
My new M8 definitely seems to hold onto LTE better than my EVO 4G LTE did, it's always saying LTE in parts of my house where the old phone would drop to EVDO. In fact, except for forcing it to EVDO once, I haven't seen it drop there at all.

I am seeing strange issues with Wi-Fi though. The 2.4GHz Wi-Fi radio seems to work fine, but at 5GHz things get lossy. Using Signal Check, I see the link speed up around 300-500Mbps and RSSI varies between -55 dBm to as high as -31 dBm, however, if I were to setup a ping between my laptop on the same network and the phone I see upwards of 50% packet loss. Moving the phone physically I can almost plot out what seem like signal nodes and antinodes. My AP here is an Asus RT-AC66U, and the M8 is the only 802.11ac capable device I believe I've ever tried connecting to it. My older phone and my laptop connect to it at 802.11n just fine.

I'm wondering if anybody else is seeing 5GHz issues, I'll continue to try diagnosing things to see if it's a problem other than with the phone.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
-85 dBm > -95 dBm

The first number is 10 dBm greater (higher) than the second number. The negative is part of the number - I wasn't talking absolute value - the actual number.

Higher dBm means the signal is better.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] cincyelite22:
I see what you mean now. My bad. I was forgetting that it is displayed with the negative.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
Mine is acting wonky. LTE connects but no data is ever transferred. Then after about 30 seconds it kicks back to 3g. This is in places that I always have LTE. Anyone else have that happen?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] cincyelite22:
You could be in an area where circuit switch fallback hasn't been installed on the towers. If this isnt installed then your phone won't stay on LTE. Usually its added pretty soon after LTE goes live. How long has LTE been in your area?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
It's been "around" for about a year. Not everywhere in the town, but close to it. I dropped 2 calls while driving tonight and was also roaming in some areas that I really shouldn't be roaming.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
So you're telling me that I bought the newest phone out there and it can't connect to LTE properly? W T F

Also my 3G is awful. Takes almost a minute to even begin a data transfer when I'm on 3G.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] cincyelite22:
The triband phones do not run 3g and 4g simultaneously like no triband phones to save battery. All your voice and text comes through 3g and the tower will ping your phone to switch off of 4g to receive a call or text then switch you back to 4g when it's done. However this needs the circuit switch fall back on the towers so the tower can ping your phone properly. If a tower doesn't have this then youll get a scenario where your phone connects to 4g realizes the tower doesn't have the circuit switch fallback causing it to switch off back to 3g only to make sure you don't miss calls or texts.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
Good lord this is awful news! I've been spoiled on 4G for over a year, how could they not have this fall back switch implemented already? I feel like I've been penalized for having the newest phone lol. Is there any site that shows when these fall back switches might be installed or someone I can contact? That's insane.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] cincyelite22:
Well id call sprint and ask if its installed on the towers so you know its that and not a defective radio.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
I'm taking it in today. Texts are taking 30 minutes to go through and phone calls aren't even working now. Lol so far this has been great. Hopefully it's just an error in their system or something.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] rhe12:
Signal strength for me is better than with my EVO 4G or 4G LTE, and as far as Spark's speed, well, I'd say it's pretty good, 60 down 14.18 up.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] AarSyl:
60 down is pretty good? So what do you consider as good?

For me, that's damn good! I have never seen those speeds...on any device.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] gutrrob:
60mbs down is outstanding not pretty good
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] rhe12:
Well I was being conservative. It's true. That's an outstanding speed.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
worse than the M7

I don't have numbers to back it up, but what I can tell you is that I have worse signal strength when compared to the M7. I used to toggle back and forth at work between 3g and LTE on the M7, but I never even see an LTE connection at work on the M8. I would also play poker on my break and never have any disconnects on 3g with the M7, but the M8 can't seem to say connected long enough to play 3 hands in a row! I also noticed when I put the M7 and M8 side by side (M7 is connected to another line on my plan now) that I show 5 bars on the M7 and 0-1 bars on the M8! Did I just get a bad phone???
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ronniemayo:
I have better building penetration than with my m7, at work I would drop in and out of 4g but with the m8 I'm on a constant 4g.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] josh030181:
Where in working now I had better signal with the m7 then the m8, I was able to talk on the m7 in the building, with the m8 I have to walk outside so I don't get a dropped call.

That area has bad service but at least I was able to keep the call with the m7 without losing anywhere in the building now I can't.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
I can get LTE in more places with my M8 but I think the radio/RIL is still buggy. It'll occasionally jump from around 90db to ~120db which makes it drop the connection.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
The bars aren't really the best way to measure signal strength because some devices manipulate them. The signal strength (in db) is usually more accurate.

You can find it under settings -> about -> networks or by dialing *#*#info#*#* . Just be careful not to change anything in the latter unless you know what you're doing.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Rydah:
Holy smokes, haven't seen [MENTION=2719349]xHausx[/MENTION] since the OG Evo days???
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Granite1:
Waiting on my M8 to be delivered.

I've had really good LTE service crop up around me this past year. The LTEvo is screaming when I can connect. My wife's Note2 stays connected, the LTEvo will poop out often. Really can't wait to see what the M8 radios will do for me.

It's really good to see the Cap'n and xHausx on this device. Gives me the warm and fuzzy for some development magics. :good:
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
Now there's a blast from the past, what are you upto these days?

The note 3 definitely holds on longer but I found the connection to be less reliable. My evo had slightly higher speeds with a weak signal and the note would often try to keep the lte connection past the point of it being useful, so trying to use cell data in my house it would almost always time out and give me errors.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] sgt. slaughter:
This guy.... Don't let xHausx lurk around he's up to no good. Jkjk :)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Rydah:
haha, right!? Just hopping from one flagship HTC to another since the Evo days. You?

Lol slaughter ol buddy, makes me happy to see familiar faces here.

Sent From My HTC One (M8)
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Captain_Throwback:
Parties are fun. Let's hax together ;).
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
Can you or someone post their phone information screen (namely the lower half where stuff is clickable) so I can make sure I haven't changed anything accidentally that's wrong. Also when you're on the phone information screen there's an option that lets you select the radio band. Is choosing anything in that menu a good idea? I picked the 1900 pcs band. Everything else seems to make it lose signal immediately.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
eh, In the past selecting bands has been a very very bad idea... On the evo lte changing that would cause it to stop using all available bands and the only way to fix it was to factory reset the device and reactivate it.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
I've had bad bad connectivity issues from the moment I activated this thing a week ago I've been trying everything. It'll randomly just lose all signals. Like no bars and the x above the bars. Browsing various forums, there is a fair number of people having the same issues. Is there cause for concern?

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Is there any way to tell if I'm able to use all available bands? I did a factory reset tonight.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
see: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=51647768&postcount=38

The AOSP RIL is completely broken when it comes to CDMA devices so I assume it's just taking htc longer to get all the bugs worked out.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FlowingAway:
Does that mean a software or firmware update could solve this?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FractalWarlock:
I really hope this issue can be fixed by an update. As it is, the connectivity issues are so bad for me here in SoCal that I'll probably have to return the phone if a fix isn't deployed soon.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] Rydah:
At my desk at work, i usually had a solid 3 bars of LTE, only getting 1 bar consistently. Not too bad, but definentily noticeable.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] kkwus74:
I'm having the exact same issue as you smh , have to keep my phone on CDMA only for it to work like a phone . If I put it on CDMA/lte , incoming calls go straight to voicemail and I don't get any incoming text . Hope a software update fixes this ????
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FractalWarlock:
I went to a sprint store to see how my phone's signal strength compared to the ones in-store. The in store one had much more stable/stronger signal strength than my own. No connectivity issues at all, including data. So I ended up ordering a replacement. With all the issues being reported though, I can't help but wonder if there was a bad batch?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
Thanks for this, but it only confirmed what I was already thinking. Side by side M8 and M7 on the info screen shows -107 dbm on the M8 and -81 dbm on the M7. LTE was strong on both.

I am thinking I might have bad hardware as well. I don't want a phone with a worse signal than I had before and it sounds like most people have better signal, so it must be the phone I'm guessing.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] FractalWarlock:
When I was in the store I ran a ping test with them side by side and my device failed them while the store one passed them almost immediately. That, along with signal strength fluctuating dramatically led me to the hardware issue conclusion. Maybe you could try the same thing?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] howie411:
My new HTC One M8, keeps dropping the signal at my house (even though its showing 3-4 bars) didn't have this issue with my HTC One M7.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] ycats:
I'm having similar issues too...............any settings we can change in programming mode to help with this?
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] MassStash:
Damn, this is awesome! Really is resurrection of the OG EVO days lmfao. So it looks like the need to update the code for how signal bars are represented by LTE strength. Seem to be setup for evdo as well or something.

That's signal checker pro

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[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
Basically the bars lie when you're on LTE. The m7 had this same problem until Sprint fixed it in the Kitkat update. Before the update a -110 dBm LTE signal was 1 bar. After the update it was 4 bars. I'd imagine this will be fixed in a future update on the m8 as well.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] xHausx:
When stock the bars usually show voice strength (cdma/1x) instead of data.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
Except the M8 can not be connected to both voice and data at the same time, so it shows the signal of whichever it is connected to.

Even on the M7, which could be connected to both CDMA/1X and LTE at the same time, the bars showed the data signal strength. (After the 4.3 update. Prior to the 4.3 update the M7 showed CDMA/1X strength).

The main issue right now though is that when on LTE the bars are not showing an accurate representation of the LTE signal strength which is causing people to think they have a weak LTE signal when in fact they have a strong one.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
But that doesn't explain why I no longer get an LTE connection at work when I used to with the M7. I would also fall back on to 3G in certain areas of the office and could play poker without any disconnects and I disconnect all the time on the M8. I would love to believe it has nothing to do with the hardware, but I am just not so sure.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
I have noticed that in some cases after the phone switches from an LTE signal to 3G/1X it may take an abnormally long time to switch back to LTE once you return to an area with a very good LTE signal. Typically, it is about an hour. At first I thought this had something to do with eCSFB, but now I suspect it is more likely a firmware issue with the radio. The update that Sprint is rolling out today has a fix labeled: "network acquisition enhancements", so I'm hoping this will be addressed.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
I think you might be on to something with the update. I just updated this morning and now I have LTE Spark at my office! I still have the problem with signal strength showing as 1 bar or less when connected to LTE (seems to always be 1 bar when connected to LTE no matter where I am). I will have to see if it stays connected all day. I did a quick speed test and had 6 down and 5 up. Not the fastest I have seen but beats the 1 down 0.2 up I had here on 3G yesterday!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
Just because the spark icon is there does NOT mean you actually have spark (tri-band LTE). The phone will never display the LTE icon without the spark icon. So unless you're in one of the cities where spark is actually enabled, you're probably just on single-band LTE.

I concur that they did not fix the problem with the bars (although this problem is purely cosmetic).

And so far, the new radio firmware does seem to have fixed the problem where the phone used to take an abnormally long time (~1 hour) to connect to a good LTE signal. I will confirm this for sure on my drive home. My house is right next to a tower with a very good LTE signal. Normally it would take almost exactly 1 hour from getting home before it would connect to it (although toggling airplane mode on/off or rebooting would cause it to connect immediately.) So if it acquires LTE quickly today then I'll know it's been fixed!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
I am in a Spark area (Dallas) and according to the coverage map I am in the reach of Spark. I also know that on the M7 LTE speeds at my work never got over 2 down and 2 up. The fastest I have seen the LTE is at my house with the M8 at 10 down and I never got that on the M7.

I have never noticed a connection issue with LTE. Mine seems to go back and forth just fine. My house is in a strong area and is always connected to LTE.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dragonforce11:
It looks like I am one of the few who seems to have had an issue with the update. It appears that my signal is worse now than before. There were places that I used to get LTE, where I am now stuck on 3G. My LTE, when connected, IS faster, but it is connected a lot less of the time.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
All day at work and I only lost LTE and dropped for 3G once and it regained within a couple of minutes! Update worked wonders for my situation!
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] m03sizlak:
I can confirm, the new update completely fixed my "phone takes forever (~1 hour) to connect to LTE" problem! It now grabs LTE quickly, < 1 minute.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] integra3g:
I guess I spoke too soon! When I got home, I couldn't connect to LTE at all. Normally I would always be connected at home and not at work and after the update it seems to be the other way around. The LTE signal has always been strong at home but for some reason it wouldn't even connect after toggling airplane mode. I will try to update profile when I get home and see if that helps. I have wifi at home, so not that big of an issue, but it is still odd.
[Sprint HTC One (M8)] dreDrennon1:
I have much better signal than the Max which I had for a week before I got this
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekka-maki:
as the only UV kernel (of only 2 kernels available) for the V500, I wanted to to love this thing. But it simply will not play nicely with 03/02 Mahdi. Have others experienced same? no touch input whatsoever in xbmc latest nightlies, beta 2 Gotham or even v12.
[G Pad 8.3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tekka-maki:
i realize this is not a suitable place to ask. i have 10 posts now but still cannot post on the applicable dev thread. sigh...
[Java for Android App Development] SujithZis:
I know

1. c++ programming

2. JAVA basics

3. XML basics

4.I have some UI designing for my Brother's Development Projects

And other basic stuffs

And i really needed HElp from someone who could help me code a BatterySaverApp

I want it to be pre-customised . Not like the usual SaverApps in which you get have a lot of Setting and Options and all .

I have set up the build environment on my Laptop And I am currently reading this App Development thread

And i am pretty confused regarding where i should start from
[Java for Android App Development] danelab:
Hi I have some experience with battery-related apps. So, I'll try to give some advices :)

Most of all battery saver apps are based on the same principles:

Screen. Consumes a lot of energy. Battery Savers tries to reduce screen brightness in case of lack battery.

Wifi, 3g, Bluetooth. Same story, all radio interfaces consumes energy. Disabling radio interfaces will save battery.

Implementing different strategies, like "disable wifi, disable bluetooth, disable 3g, while user sleeps".

Determining apps that use wakelock's. A wakelock is a mechanism to indicate that your application needs to have the device stay on.

I think this is enough for start
[Java for Android App Development] SujithZis:
Some more to the list

I was thinking of adding some more things to what the app can do

App Interface has a "Conserve" button which disables all *unnecessary things > Then goes to a screen which provides access to just 3 things

Internet,Dialpad,GoogleMaps

So If these are unnecessary , the app could force close these too :

1.The notification bar

2.Remove lockscreens ( And use a Default lockscreen that automatically unlocks when pressing the power button

3.Switches off all not required sensors and stfu

[If it was actually possible to write scripts to do these]
[Java for Android App Development] arpitkh96:
As far as I know you can only kill notification bar temporarily that also with root.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brown_89:
There's a way to port the cLock app from Cyanogen to stock rom?
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] EddyOS:
No need ;)

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.dvtonder.chronus

Been using it for months
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] CheesyNutz:
That too bloated imho
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] illnez:
Did you test dashclock? i like it and there are a lot of addons for several apps! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.nurik.roman.dashclock
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dakura:
Dashclock and chronus both too "bloated" imo too. Well, chronus isn't really bad but dashclock is giving me headaches and draining battery too much. I would like to see a cLock port too.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stereoprologic:
How is Chronus bloated? It's the exact same thing as the Cyanogen cLock.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mistahseller:
You can always extract the apk from a CM ROM and then download an apk installer, but they seem to have the app in playstore now.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brown_89:
Chronus drains battery like hell!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JRJ442:
Chronus on the Play Store is the best way to go. Updated regularly, better options on the pro version. Its the same dev that made cLock in the first place.

---------- Post added 28th March 2014 at 12:03 AM ---------- Previous post was 27th March 2014 at 11:39 PM ----------

No it doesn't. I've been using it since it was released on the market and its never once showed up in battery stats. Something is wrong with your set up if it is. Battery stats are all relative based on the time the phone has been booted. So naturally if an application thats pretty much the only app that's been in use for a period of time, of course its going to show up at the top. Over a span of 8 or 10 hours, its going to go down on the list significantly.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] pispuso:
I have been using Chronus for some time too and never drained too much battery, usually it never even appears on the battery stats. Best choice imo.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wotandsdwys:
Also, never appears in battery stats here. Using for maybe almost even a year or so with no problems.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrjaydee82:
Here ya go https://www.dropbox.com/s/h3ngemk4hsgcv45/LockClock.apk
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xVermicide:
chronus IS the same app from CM, just updated and with extra features added.

the clock from CM was called "cLock" for "chronus lock."

saying chronus "drains battery"/"is bloated" and then asking for the CM clock is just plain ignorant.
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tylog:
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[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] brown_89:
Just my impression!
[Nexus 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] stereoprologic:
Next you're going to complain you now have 2 Clock apps in your drawer and ask how to get rid of one.
[Your Portfolio] danvecchio:
Hy guys,

I've been developing an Android Security Assessment application for my Phd. research. ;)

This app analyzes device's settings from a security point of view, showing to the user the problems and how to fix it in order to make the device more secure.

I would appreciate if you could install it and give a feedback to me! Good or Bad ;)

As I cannot post a link yet you can search on Google Play for it's name "Security Assessment" or it's package "br.unicamp.ic.lsd.securityassesment"
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] falapt:
I'm running 4.4.2 on a rooted Note 3.

I was wondering... if I downloaded stock android apps like... dialer/contacts, camera, gallery, clock... can I just freeze the stock Samsung ones via Titanium Backup and use the stock android ones as default? Would that work normally? Anything I should take into consideration?

Thanks =)
[Galaxy Note 3 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] antique_sonic:
I don't think simple like that :).

especially if you take it from other device. And even same device, if you take it from AOSP, you can't just simply uninstall old one, and replace new one. you will have FC.

Because samsung apps if a modded to work on TW framework, and the AOSP apps some need modification first to be able to work on TW framework.

I could be wrong :)

Cheers.
[HTC Droid DNA] Win_Wizard:
Hey guys i cant sell this on swappa but figured maybe a dev would like to pick this up. the power button has seen better days, but it is s-off and on eng-hbooot. I will ship it free to anywhere in the us for sure (will have to look into pricing for other countries). I just got the m8 preordered and need to recooperate some of my money. PM me if you are interested or for more details.

EDIT: forgot to mention it comes with a black seidio active case
[HTC Droid DNA] xXminiWHOOPERxX:
Check your pm.. I'm really want to have 2 DNA's to play with

Yes I'm a girl.!!! But I'm an android nerd :)
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Markor13:
Downloading now
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Someone grab it! I want that modem.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] Gary02468:
We don't need another thread on this topic.
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] jerrycoffman45:
[MENTION=4273149]graydiggy[/MENTION] someone did it is in the official kitkat thread
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] graydiggy:
Omw there now!
[AT&T Galaxy Note 3 General] nviz22:
But what if I want another thread on this topic? It's a glorious day since we get 4.4.