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[Verizon LG G3] phoneguy412:
hey, thank you sooo much for this lil tip ...i did this to my phone and went from 1-2 bars to 4-5 bars and speeds before was 5-10Mbps ...now i get 30-40Mbps!!!

would love to see the speeds on HSPA+ but i have no clue on how to turn off the LTE?...i look all over in my phone and cant seem to find the option ?

also want to add that its a shame that LG didnt pick up on this issue before releasing it to the people
[Verizon LG G3] Fuse8499:
I have nothing to do right now. So I'm grabbing a roll of tin foil and I'm just gonna try different placements and see what best results are. Thanks for the tip. I don't really have a signal problem unless I leave town. Sometimes I'll drop to 3G.
[Verizon LG G3] DeanGibson:
Foiling the antenna

I have not tried this, but there are two things to consider:

If the foil contacts something that is grounded, then it may act as a shield and/or a "ground plane" for the antenna.

If the foil is not grounded, then it may act as a secondary/passive radiator for the antenna.

In either case, at the frequencies that we are talking about, the shape and/or placement of the foil may be extremely critical. Also, the directionality of the signal may change from one that is low gain but more or less omni-directional, to one that is high gain but directional. For example, how are you holding the phone when testing?

A good experiment would be to report signal strength in various phone orientations, before and after adding the foil.
[Verizon LG G3] TechGuy30263:
works for me

Not gonna lie. Didnt check signal levels before but I can actually get 3g access at my home now. Sprint G3 flashed to PagePlus. and this actually worked. THANKS OP. its the simple tricks we never try first in life LOL:D
[Verizon LG G3] Shadow Assassin:
Remeber though. You dont want to much foil. If the battery doesnt have room to breath or is surrounded by to much foil. You can either stop the ventalation of heat or increase the heat in the battery compartment. Foil will help trap hot and cold. So just make sure the battery itself isnt getting hot.
[Verizon LG G3] Hnk1:
I will share my experience. I tried many things for an hour but I must say the position is very critical and little variation in the foil and you do not get the same result.

Firstly, the results. Sitting in the same position for 15 minutes without moving I was getting :

HSPA -97.

HSPAP -105

LTE -103 (and sometimes no 4g at all)

I tried many variations and the best I got was

HSPA -79

HSPAP -85

LTE -93

However, after many tries, these settings could be repeated few times

HSPA 83-89

HSPA 85-93

LTE 103-112 (got worse but i got constant 4g)

The places and other variations :

Covering battery didnot do much for me. To be honest I couldnot even cover battery well.

I realised doubling aluminium foil worked better than thrice but if i rolled it over 5-6 times, it improved. Could be I got wrong placement and the signals didnot improve.

I got best signals with RED variation while blue also got the trick for me. However, i didnot see any signal boost with purple.

In red variation, I folded it around 4-7 times and same with blue while purple was only one.

I used single piece of aluminium foil which was folded neatly. I didnot have many pieces of aliminuim sticking or folded together. It was over the battery and not under it.

I may try under the battery and over it to compare. Also if you have bad reception, check if your radio antenna is not damaged or folded inwards. (4 golden above battery opposite to sd card slot.
[Verizon LG G3] hawkswind1:
The four connections above the battery are for wireless charging. Or did you mean something else? Did you cut the foil around them so nothing shorts out?
[Verizon LG G3] Hnk1:
You can see location of internal antenna which may differ according to variants.

I covered the wireless charging pins and yesterday i tried again different things and now i am back at square one .

I will also try putting an aluminium foil vertically in the bottom and see if that helps.
[Verizon LG G3] Crossvxm:
After a year my friend's G3's LTE has been deteriorating. Mind you, the device looks as if it just came out of the box new, has no signs of use and the battery has already begun to show its age. While this trick was mentioned for the Verizon variant and he has a T-Mobile variant, I tried it and it really does help. It used to get stuck loading pages on any browser, now the issue has been reduced. Also, the LTE bars would drop or just completely downgrade to 4G or 3G, now it does not. Great job for finding this!
[Verizon LG G3] Spoonys.sl:
Hate to say it but LEGIT

I work in the middle of the MS river and have struggled keeping any kind of signal out here through Sprint. There are other companies that produce better signal out here, but for reasons not relevant I refuse to use any other company.

I used Hnk1's red method and honestly, I do not know if this is fluke or what but before I was lucky to stay connected to 4g LTE signal before. My day consisted of moving my phone all over this steel box I work in just to keep signal. On a good day I would average at most 30 Kilobytes/s download speeds...My speed test would always tell me I could get up to 8 Megabits/s but never have I even come close to those speeds.

After using this foil method ( about 5 layers thick ) I am getting as high as 950+- Kilobytes per second.....with an average guess of 400 Kilobytes/s

This is unheard of for me. Drastic change in download speeds. My use has not been very scientific to be honest since phone locations have changed through the whole process and when I first tried the method I did not notice any worth while boost in signal strength as far as Dbms........... but download speeds have improved significantly with large files.

I just know that in the 3 years of owning this phone I have never had such fantastic download speeds. Even when i had full 4gLte bars I had terrible download speeds. It almost seemed as though the higher my signal got the slower the downloads got. It is weird how it worked but I found that I got the best download speeds at about half signal.

I do not know how this works or why but I will say that I am impressed and I thank you for the help Sprint LG G3 (ls990)
[Verizon LG G3] sidehop:
Oh man...I was like come on, this is that stupid $1 signal booster crap method they used to sell on eBay but wow I'm shocked lol.

In fact where I get the noticeable boost is the upload speed. I rarely ever go beyond 100Kbps inside where I work due to the large steel structure and walls I'm surrounded by. On a good day placing my Sprint LG G3 next to the wall I may get 90dB but the upload speed for whatever reason always suffered. Forget uploading a 1MB jpg to imgur or some other site. It crawls badly.

So since I didn't have tinfoil at home, I used one of those mint case and cut it slightly smaller than the battery and taped the sides with a masking tape. I reset my phone modem and noticed it bumped to 88dB right away. It still fluctuates inside this building but once I got it stable, I took 4-5 readings through speed test. The download speed did go up by 1-2Mbps on average but I noticed my upload speed went as high as 1.5MB! That's unheard of here.

I tether my personal phone all day so I always need a reliable connection. I'm very happy I gained more in upload speed. It's crazy just one single dB can jump the down & up speed.

Maybe a fluke but hey I'll take it ;) So thanks OP!
[Verizon LG G3] Megalodon Byte:
Yep - i'm replying to an old thread .. I know better , but ..

I found this searching ' lg 4g boost forum posts '

And tried it - I have Lg Optimus Zone3 -

It cost me nothing, so why not fold foil 6x and wrap it around my batt - my non-scientific results indicate that it works !

No massive boost - but I wasn't expecting 5 bars .. I get marginal 4g at home ..

It usually pegs 1 and bounces to 2 bars

Alum foil mod - now pegs 2 and bouncing to 1 .

I already got workable connectivity, but sometimes had to 'lean' into hotspots while surfing .. With this 'half a bar' boost - i'm just over that threshold where I don't have to move around to play for signal ..

Thank you, to them who pioneered this theory.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GatorsUF:
How can I connect my N9 to my TV at work. Chromecast won't work due to work Wi-Fi security and I can no longer hotspot my phone since my MotoX gen 2 isn't too table.

Looks like the microusb doesn't have a video out.

I work at the fire department and it would be nice to load movies on my tablet so we could watch them at the station at night.
[Nexus 9 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] enriquejones666:
If your TV is DLNA compatible, you can use AllCast to play movies. Or if your TV supports MiraCast, you can apply this mod to enable MiraCast on your N9 (which will mirror your screen directly to your TV using WiFi Direct) - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2941396

Sent from my Nexus 9
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sepharite:
My S4 takes really terrible pictures indoors. It takes decent pictures outdoors but man is it terrible indoors. It does compensate for the light which is great, but it plaster the entire screen with a white mesh film that makes it look grainy and just plain terrible.

Is this a feature of the S4? Or a defect? Has anyone been able to fiddle with the settings to find the most optimal picture for indoors or in general?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
The Galaxy S4's F2.2 lens is not the fastest in the business (both the HTC One and Nokia Lumia 920/925) feature F2.0 lenses) but, in combination with relatively slow shutter speeds, it's fast enough to allow for shooting at low ISO settings even when taking pictures indoors.

In low light the S4 will use shutter speeds as slow as 1/15 sec which, given an equivalent focal length of 31mm, can lead to some camera shake. In low light it's therefore advisable to, whenever possible, take two or three shots of a scene to increase the chances of capturing at least one sharp image. You can also activate digital image stabilization which simply increases the minimum shutter speed to 1/30 sec, but this is very slow for moving subjects. In those situations your best option is to manually select higher ISO settings, but given that neither ISO or shutter speed are displayed on the live view screen, this can feel a little like flying in the dark. In this respect the Samsung is no different to its main competitors though.

Once the camera does climb up the ISO ladder, image grain and noise reduction show their ugly faces pretty quickly. That said, while at a pixel level the blurring and softening effects of noise reduction become visible pretty quickly, chroma noise is very well under control and the S4 images are usable at smaller viewing sizes up to the maximum ISO setting. The S4's high pixel count also means that at equalized viewing sizes image noise is less prominent than on some lower resolution competitors. Overall the Galaxy S4's low light performance is decent in Auto mode but when photographing people or other moving subjects it can be useful to interfere manually for best results.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sepharite:
Good response. Very informative.

Would you say the Nexus 5 has a better camera?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDroidZz:
no
[Android Apps and Games] Solaryclipse:
[YOUTUBE]Uvn6_Hx3ETg[/YOUTUBE]

Amoeblobs is a game designed to be very simple to pick up and play while still having some more complex physics based mechanics and strategies. Anyone can play and compete against your friends and even the world with online leaderboards.

The goal is to consume the right colors to convert Bacteria into Amoebas. But don't let your Amoebas get too large.

It took me 2 years to make this so please give me any feedback you have. Thanks.

Download for free on Google Play
[Android Apps and Games] TomBayley1:
Everyone seriously check this out! Its incredibly addictive and has a really good idea behind it!
[Android Apps and Games] rocky300:
Looks interesting, installing!
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
New Account

I am going to start posting from this account instead of Solaryclipse. Still same person but this is now my personal account. Also, thanks for giving Amoeblobs a try everyone.
[Android Apps and Games] ChumakovPV:
Idea is simple, but really addictive
[Android Apps and Games] codesmith488:
Just downloaded it, this game is quite fun. I think it will really catch on. But how do the injections work? I played the tutorial but couldn't get it
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
To use injections, press and hold in an area without any cells. A menu will pop out of that area. Then just drag to what you want to use. Each injection can be upgraded in the injection menu. Here are the different injections:

1. Slow Mo - Slows down the game

2. Rainbowizer - Adds all 3 colors to bacteria

3. Goldifier - Doubles the points you earn

4. Poison - Nuclei starts a chain reaction to eliminate any attached cells

5. Pill Frenzy - Pills come in from all sides to eliminate things quickly
[Android Apps and Games] Narutho:
your game very cool!!
[Android Apps and Games] codesmith488:
I c now, thats cool
[Android Apps and Games] codesmith488:
I just completed a weeks worth of dailys but the achievement for that didn't go up
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
What version of the game do you have? It shows in the bottom right of the Logo splash screen.
[Android Apps and Games] codesmith488:
Sorry for late reply but its 1.1
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
That should be fixed in 1.2. Just update it by going into the Play Store under My Apps.
[Android Apps and Games] killua690:
cool app
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
I just published the 1.3 update. The main change is that now all controllable cells will automatically move into the screen. I also now have a promo video on the Play Store page.
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
Update 1.4 is out:

Fixed upgrading injection cost discount

Fixed some sign in errors for leaderboards

Also, I would appreciate any feedback you guys could give me. I am about to start my next game soon and would like to improve.
[Android Apps and Games] Entangled Multiverse:
Very nice game with unique gameplay!! Will you add sound+music?
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
I would like to add sound eventually but only if it gets more popular first. Then it will feel more worth it ;)
[Android Apps and Games] Alex Feldmeier:
I just updated to 1.5. It includes the new icon and a more subtly background (along with minor bug fixes).
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
any one thried and work?

i tried xcular but didn't work with hight speed!

thanks
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] hn1716:
I use this program and the speed can reach to 728 MHz.

The machine is still stable and running very fast.

I use XCPUScalar 2005 ver 2.93 bought from PocketGear.com
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
realy!

it is strange!

i downloaded the latest version and installed

it hanged and not responfding after few minutes...

anyone has the same problem?

thanks!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wu5262:
mine doesn't work as well, strange enough when i plug in the power cable, it does reach to higher speed, and it's quite stable, but when i unplug it, the screen stop responding.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
or maybe is it the problem version?

i have the version 2007 v3_01

and how about u, Wu?

regards!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
I had similar experiences to you Wu. Happily overclocked to 733Mhz, on AC power, but crashed during movie playback 2 minutes into it.

Tried CPU Scalar many years ago and wasn't too impressed with its compatibility and stability then either. Definately removing it from my Ameo before it causes a major problem...like bricking my device!!

I saw a huge performance increase in WM6 over WM5 on the Universal...my bet is that we will see this same speed increase in the Athena when we get the WM6 upgrade. ;)

Meanwhile, I'm happy with the Athena as is.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
i have exactly the same problem like yours, wu!
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
then how come the other guy is running it normally?

how to get the old version?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wu5262:
i am using the newest version from pocket gear.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] parkertseng:
how about hn1716?

he said he can reach 728mhz and stable

mybe u he can provide us the old version?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
Hi Mackaby007,

I'm still using Dopod 900, but didn't have the guts to upgrade it to crossbow. I'm afraid pf getting stability problems since I'm already very happy with the reliability of Dopod 900 at the moment.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] mackaby007:
I've not experienced any instability with WM6 on Universal in over a month now. Very fast indeed and much more stable than WM5 AKU 3.xxx......anyway, as this thread is about Athena & Overclocking, I merely mentioned speed improvements in WM6 on another device compared to O/C. We can discuss this further if you like in the Universal forum. ;)
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] jlingo:
YESSS Sooo much more responsive!!! It's like upgrading processor feelings. I guess I don't really need the processor in Athena for now. :D
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] victoradjei:
Improved XcpuScaler for athena available

There has been a revision of xcpuscaler to version 3.03 (2007) which seems to work fine on Athena.

I have been using it since yesterday and auto scaling works up to 663MHz.

The software interface does not cover the landscape screen fully although you can still make your selections by scrolling doen with the arrow head.

The upgrade is offered free for those who already have the 3.0 version.

Those using it please give your experiences.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] BigDede:
Im using XCPUScalar v3.03 the latest one, and my Athena is very stable at 663Mhz (no auto-scale). Can not set it to 728 as it hangs after 20 seconds.

But running it at 663 is more then enough, it is more responsive and can handle 2 tasks the same time ...

I think it will run smoother and more reactive if we disable the auto-scale and running it all the time at 663 Mhz, but the battery life will be a lot shorter of course, I don't really mind as I will get a second battery

victoradjei

you said your using the auto scaling feature and it's stable on your device.

Can you give us more feedback if you are still using this feature??

is the device still stable?? what kind of SW are you running??

Im interested to know actually when you use TomTom, games, media player, waking up the device from sleep mode etc .... how it reacts when the CPU % change all the time.
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] wgary:
I'm confused. Doesn't this device have built-in auto-scaling of processor speed? I've played with PocketMechanic, and it seemed to work well. I just wasn't sure it was needed on an on-going basis. The one place I might use it is playing back MPEG2 videos which is laggy in TCPMP. PM helped somewhat. Other thoughts?
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] Deleted member 267841:
hi,

i'm confussed!

the xcpuscalar soft is compatible with the athena?

the athena as a intel processor and the xcpuscalar soft says compatible with omap and scale processors

thanks for your comments

Bart
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] TrekkerJmm:
Works GREAT on my HTC Advantage x7501...TJ
[Advantage X7500, MDA Ameo General] eaglesteve:
According to the product description, it supports xscale processor. Athena uses an xscale processor PXA270.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] imkojak:
my phone was rooted but i unrooted it using sammobiles and now when i try to update it it says updates has already been installed .. its at version 4.4.2 rigght now and 5.0 is out

should i flash?
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Joku1981:
I dunno what is your device but stock Android 5.0 (lollipop) isn't out for TW devices, only leaks or custom Roms and only for the i9505G (Google Play Edition).
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xDroidZz:
are you sure? which firmware did you flashed from sammobile so i can confirm it myself.

are you sure you are not trolling or something?

maybe you are on a GpE version lol. :highfive:

i dont see any news about the S4 rolling out the Official update 5.0
[T-Mobile, Samsung Galaxy SIII] pooranimator:
I have looked everywhere for an answer and did come across several but don't know how to proceed. I have got a Samsung GS3 16GB SGH-T999V from Wind (Canada). After using it for 3 months the phone died on me. Sent it to Samsung but they said that my warranty was void because I tampered with it. The truth is I tried to install an apk app file and that is it; no rooting or anything like that.

The phone is completely dead. If I plug into my pc, a red light appears and then after several seconds it goes away and that is pretty much it. I bought a jig for $1 and had no luck with it. I am not sure whether the battery is dead or not. It shouldn't be because the phone only lasted me 3 months. I haven't used the phone since 2012. Now I would like to use it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

p.s Would plugging that jig into my Samsung Galaxy Tab S 10.5 ruin my tablet? I just wanna know whether the jig is working.
[Galaxy S 4 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tony_Starkus:
We know, of course, the original android is cool, and the CyanogenMod (or AOSPA, AOKP) is very cool. We can't have some features of Galaxy S4 (Touchwiz) in CM12. For exempla the camera, toolbox, USPM (S5 feature ported to S4 in some roms), Mult-windows and more. Is possible port these features for CM12 ?

Sorry for my bad english :cyclops:
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Thömy:
Reserved

Nightlies now have

experimental

support for F2FS for /data and /cache. A compatible recovery is requiried.

WARNING

The F2FS version used by CM is newer than the one used by existing ROMs, recoveries and custom kernels. Features like inline_dentry and inline_data have been enabled to save disk space and improve the performance. Those features are not available on older kernels and this can cause corruption and data loss if you switch back! Just rebooting into a unsupported recovery can be enough. Always make a backup when you switch ROMs!

You can find a compatible recovery in the first post.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] srisurya95:
Thnak you very much!
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Libertunas:
Works only with ext4 partitions?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] fosco_:
I use this partitions:

/system ext4

/data f2fs

/cache f2fs

Waiting for someone to post all-f2fs rom image to convert /system to f2fs
[Nexus 7 Original Development] anheuer:
Coming from stock i will flash this rom, just wondering which kernal you guys would advise me to install.

Dont want anything fancy, i want its to be fast and perhaps support setcpu (and work with this rom obviously)

---------- Post added at 01:28 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:51 PM ----------

Hmm i tried to install this using team win recovery and it gave me the error:

Cant install this package on top of incompatible data. please try another package or run a factory reset

E: error executing update binary in zip .... location.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] Slim1023:
Is the Grouper specific CWM recovery needed or will any recovery do?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] fosco_:
I've used TWRP 2.8.3.0
[Nexus 7 Original Development] anheuer:
factory reset did the trick in CWM
[Nexus 7 Original Development] centrored:
No f2fs full support?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] 19dragon98:
Ask to [MENTION=5688594]adomol[/MENTION] to convert it to All-f2fs :)

Or try yourself
[Nexus 7 Original Development] anheuer:
Sorry for the off topic question... i see the word "f2fs" coming by a lot.

I googled it and i know what it stands for now but why would i pick this over non f2fs?
[Nexus 7 Original Development] luckyrumo:
It makes the tablet a lot faster.
[Nexus 7 Original Development] centrored:
how can I convert it to f2fs?