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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] elegantai:
hmmm. I just can't say I would recommend that :D What is the problem you are having?

I suppose you could just flash the older radio like you would any radio, but I don't know the impact or benefit of doing it D;
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Some would say this is 100% placebo but whatever...

I've had the best luck with toasts 1.39.00.05.31 radio
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
also just remember if youa re using a rom that is made for the new radio flashing back can cause problems so look for an older version of most popular roms.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nebenezer:
Sorry, accidental double post

FYI, I'm running that radio with the latest cyan nightly, no problems.

In my strong signal areas I'm getting -55 to -65dbm

In my weaker areas I'm averaging about -85
[Desire General] supasye:
Am i doing something wrong or am i right to believe that the gps on the desire is pretty pants?

I have tried testing it several times on different journeys and i can't say that its reliable. I never had a problem when navigating using my son ericsson w900 with a bluetooth gps reciever. but this is just.......... i makes me want to throw the phone out the car window!

The desire is always losing gps signal, and im not 100% sure here but it seems to work better when its not plugged into the car charger but then we all know about the battery.. the phone locks onto gps whenever it wants to. ive used the gps test app and it doesnt really tell me much more than what i already know.

im using a stock unbranded desire.

can anyone clarify what the problem is here?

thanks.
[Desire General] ko-bahn:
Maybe you have an athermal windshield and something goes wrong. Have you tested the gps out of the car?
[Desire General] dougsdir:
i found the gps to be excellent when i was on stock rom

since i rooted and flashed custom roms i havent really used gps
[Desire General] aindow:
I find the GPS to be brilliant. I get a GPS signal even indoors and only have small windows.
[Desire General] supasye:
Mmm maybe ill give htc a call.. i cnt be arsed to send it off again though pffffff..
[Desire General] supasye:
Do u guys use google nav?
[Desire General] Oby One:
I use the gps all the time and it's very precise and fast.

Maybe you have some specific problem that you need to fix.
[Desire General] tommo123:
since moving to r5/r6 (was fine on stock and mcr 3.1) mine;s crappy. 10 minute walk into work and normally it would lock on within seconds of leaving the house, now it goes 0/6, 0/8, 0/9, 0/10 - until i'm almost in work. about 6-7 minutes of walking till it finds me. that's pretty pathetic really. :(

when it locks on it's fine. problem is, i went from 100% to 85% since during my 8 minute walk trying to get the damn thing working. if i was driving i'd be going in one direction waiting for the damn thing to kick in before it tells me which direction i should take
[Desire General] Whiterin:
I have found that the Desire with the Telstra ROM on it has some what inaccurate GPS. I know the GPS with most Desires is excellent, but the Desire with Telstra has had GPS issues from day one. It didn't even work when they first released the device. Wondering if a stock rom being flashed over the Telstra one would fix the issue.
[Desire General] Tander_ZA:
I am sure if it is their ROM that is causing the problem, that flashing a different, stock ROM would fix the issues?
[Desire General] siliconaddict:
GPS on my Desire is excellent, fast lock and very precise. Drains the battery rapidly though :(
[Desire General] oursoul:
Yep my gps is bang on.. connects almost instantly and is precise.

..sent from my Nokia 3310 using voodoo...
[Desire General] SeishinBG:
Same here! My Desire is locking fast and it's very precise on the roads... I'm using unbranded Desire with stock 2.1-update1 :)
[Desire General] mazinya:
A bit off topic here, but i would like to ask, if i wanna install a different GPS software on the Desire that is not being downloaded via the market, do i need to have my phone rooted?
[Desire General] siliconaddict:
Shouldn't have to. As far as I know no commercial Android apps require root access.
[Desire General] Torben:
I use GPS Essentials to get a view of what my Desire can see.

I found that it helps having the data connection ON. I guess that's what the A (assisted) in AGPS does: -)
[Desire General] oursoul:
GPS Status is the only app ;)

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.eclipsim.gpsstatus2

The most recent update uses geoid height for altitude, which afaik no other app does, so the altitude reading wherever you are should be damn accurate :)
[Desire General] mortuus82:
Yeah cant complain either, gps usally always works alright both in copilot and waze etc.. sometimes it can take time to lock in but its rare and it depends where u are.

and i use this program to check status, its the best one ive used so far.

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.chartcross.gpstest
[Desire General] supasye:
Mine doesnt connect when plugged into car charger, i guess this doesnt happen to anyone else?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tramaria:
Can somebody please tell me if there is a blockbuster app for the evo or one similar of the same caliber? This seems to be one of the only 4 in. plus phones that don't have it. Thank you.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerseydvd:
What will play the digital downloads that come with blu-rays? They say they should play on portable devices.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majorbro:
Using battery optimazation processes like juice defender, and even having advanced task killer working, lowering my brightness, and otherwise just having everything turned off like wifi, GPS, and all that business, im still seeing OUTRAGEOUS battery drain,

using the cyanogen nightly build.

this morning in 25 minutes

lost 16 percent battery

after coming off a 6 hour charge..

So.

the question is.

Where to start?

What to do, my phones just not makin it, its dyin all the time.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
There are a few suggestions i would make. Just for background information have you used other Roms and if so was the battery ok for them or is this the first custom rom you have used? (just to compare to see if it is a new issue you are having with CM)

ok first i would get rid of the task killer. they do more harm then good Android will auto kill tasks and MANY of the tasks it kills are just stored in memory and are inactive causing little to no actual battery drain.

you can turn GPS back on it doesnt drain battery when not i use and can be useful to ahve on if you lose your phone.

If you havent done it yet search the forums and download SetCPU (or get it from the marketplace for a small fee) there are several posts about battery saving profiles on the forums or you can find one here.

A good post that has worked from some is to turn enable always on mobile ON (if previously turned off), turn auto sync ON (if previously turned off) TURN news / stocks/weather - OFF but keep your single google account turned ON.

I have no idea why or if this would work but have seen posts saying when they did this it did actually help.

If you havent tried to re calibrate your battery or the HTC charge method yet i would try hose as well (calibrate by charging to full draining it all the way till it shuts off then charge it back to full with out interrupting the charge.) The HTC charge method is to 1)charge the phone 8+ hours 2)unplug it and immediately turn it off 3)charge it for 1 hour. 4)power the phone on 5)unplug it for 2 minutes 6) then charge it on for another hour.

If you still arent getting very good battery life you can look for the app SystemPanel, if you purchase the full version you can get a history and see the top apps draining your battery (should let it run at least 24 hours while you use the phone normally so it can build data) this should show if you have an app that is hogging the battery. After all this if you are still having problems then you may try another rom or you may have a bad battery.

If i had to guess if this is a new issue i would bet that since you wiped to install CM6 you lost battery stats so a calibration and htc recharge will greatly reduce the problem.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] majorbro:
your reply absolutely kicked ass, ill start trying all your suggestions tomorrow, im so happy i got an amazing answer from someone here and not flamed for being a dumb noob.

thanks again!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jerryparid:
1. Get rid of CyanogenMod, flash Snacks 9.7 or DamageControl 3.2.3

2. Get rid of task killer

3. Turn off 4G/Bluetooth/GPS
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] trogdor182:
To tell you the truth get rid of Juice Defender. I have never found it to help at all. It could even be the thing that is killing you. Get SwitchPro and and add the data connection to the widget. If you turn it off when you aren't using the phone, I have gone 2 hours without seeing 1 percentage drop. Just tapping a button to turn it on when you need it is nothing, and it takes about 15 seconds to reconnect. Juice defender is supposed to be doing the same thing while the screen is off, but as I said I don't think it works.

Other than that like Omega said, SetCPU really helps especially when you have the screen off if you set up the profile for everything. His advice is pretty solid, I just found another battery recalibration to work better which is to charge it for 8 or more hours with the phone on, unplug it, and then shut it off. Then plug it in and wait for it to turn green again, and unplug it wait for the light to turn off and repeat plugging it waiting and unplugging it 10 times with the phone off. Each time takes only about a min or so.

And there is no reason to get rid of CM, I use it and get equal battery than I did with DamageControl.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] omegasun18:
No problem at all i did a LOT of research and fiddling before i got my battery life to a level that i found sufficient. I use batterydefender/ultimate juice add on and it does turn off and on my 3g once set i had it set up right. Juice defender says i get x1.6 battery life right now according to it. I will say when i had juice defender alone it never said anything but x1 so it may be the add on helping. According to SystemPanel it uses almost no battery power (over 2-8-24 hours all show under .1% to give an example swype shows .1% and i do roughly 40 texts a day and very little keyboard use otherwise) so i dont think it is the main cause but you can always try the suggestion to turn off/on data yourself as well.

Any way let us know how everything works out for you and if you are testing each one at a time what made the biggest difference (i did almost all my battery saving stuff in bulk so no idea which one gave the most benefit for me just know doing all of it worked lol)
[EVO 4G General] bobbynj81:
Hey everyone! As the title states...I'm getting constant notifications that 4G is available in Tampa. I work across the street from Raymond James and I get the notifications allll day. Unfortunately, my EVO just goes through a Scanning.... Connecting to Sprint... Obtaining IP Address... cycle and never actually connects.

Is anyone in the Tampa market able to successfully connect?

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
NOPE. I am also in Tampa. I get the signal between the hard rock and ybor areas as well as all over brandon but it will obtain the ip address. Maybe soon is all we can hope for.
[EVO 4G General] blakeboys:
There are threads addressing this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=720811&highlight=tampa and http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=726430&highlight=tampa

But people in orlando, tampa, and miami are reporting 4g networks popping up. Someone said it is because of military use and some reports say Sprint is testing. Who knows? I just hope my little town here in Lake County gets a little 4g love.
[EVO 4G General] m3Jorge:
4g in tampa works today!!!!

YES!!!!

I was getting the same obtaining IP thing and today I GOT CONNECTED. I am near USF area. Speeds are not lightning fast only about 2 down and 1 up but looks like progress to me!!! :D
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
I am at Bloomingdale and 301 in the Brandon/Riverview area. It said connecting several times but then went back to scanning. I'm gonna reboot and post back
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
I'm sitting in Eddie & Sams in downtown Tampa right now and have 4g at 6mbps down.

And only have one bar!!!
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
lucky! I still haven't been able to connect.
[EVO 4G General] IcOpRo:
Wonder when is going to start popping up here in Fort Myers, FL. Can't wait, those are good sings if you guys are getting it up there.
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
I'm sitting outside the St Pete Times forum waiting for the Storm game and there is 4g here too...
[EVO 4G General] Lythius:
I'm near USF as well, but mine gets stuck at "Obtaining IP address from Sprint".
[EVO 4G General] tampasbestdj:
I was just on 4g in Tampa from mlk and i4 to adamo no problems.
[EVO 4G General] Brutal-Force:
56th and Busch Boulevard. Connected, Obtained IP, poor signal. 300kbp down, 300kbp up. drops signal. It's almost here, but not quite.
[EVO 4G General] Lythius:
I get a 4G signal now, and it connects decently well now around the USF area.
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
It still isn't working for me.....
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
Full 4g riding on Dale Mabry by Ray Jay stadium.

At Waters and Dale Mabry, and full 4g.
[EVO 4G General] tauzins:
Where are you located Blake? I'm in leesburg but I don't think we getting it anytime soon
[EVO 4G General] Brutal-Force:
Down updated to 4Mbps.
[EVO 4G General] blakeboys:
I live in okahumpka but work in leesburg at our auction house. When I'm driving around town I always leave 4g scanning to hopefully get lucky. I thought I read some where that some one in leesburg area picked up on a 4g signal, was that u?
[EVO 4G General] hotdog32836:
Anyone picking up signal is st. Pete?
[EVO 4G General] lcorona056248:
thats great hoping it gets here in collier county but next weekend going to tampa to test 4g.:D:D
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
I am now in Brandon at Lithia Pinecrest rd and State Road 60 and am getting 1 bar of 4g and on speakeasy.net/speedtest I hit 3.75 MBPS. This is all inside at work, will report back after I test outside in a lil bit =]
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
I'm getting 3 down/1.5 up in ybor city.
[EVO 4G General] pokerjv:
not me, i'm in downtown st pete
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
Outside here at 60 and Lithia Pinecrest rd. in Brandon I was hitting 4.8 down and 1 up with 2 bars of 4G service, God this is amazing!
[EVO 4G General] lifesgreat:
im in miami and i only turned on 4g once when i first got the phone and never again. 4G is sounds good but not that important to me. running CM6 RC1 rigtt now may switch roms and see what happens.
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
Those still playing along at home:

Previous - Downtown is charged, all the way to the St Pete forum. Reports say to Ybor as well. Dale Mabry from Ray Jay to Waters Ave.

Today - Anderson & Linebaugh, the AMC Veterans, the Vet Expressway from Anderson to Hillsborough ave, with the strongest signal between Waters and Hillsborough. Up Waters to Dale Mabry.
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
I can confirm brandon mall area, the forum, and ybor city and channelside.
[EVO 4G General] pokerjv:
tried today and actually saw it trying to connect to Sprint then immediately goes back to scanning....never saw that before. does that mean they are testing 4g or that I have a problem w/ my wimax radio? i'm on the latest wimax radio from netarchy's 2.2 odexed rom.

update...holy crap, just updated my wimax radio again and retried, now i'm connected to 4g!!! sweet! getting 2300 down and only 471 up, but its a start! i'm in downtown St. Pete.
[EVO 4G General] Bulls729:
I was in the USF Area last night around 0030 and picked up 1/3 rockers (fair) of 4G service inside, the fastest of the download speeds was 1.54 Mbps (4G) with 3G coming in at Full Bars at 0.91 Mbps, the highest uploads were 0.67 Mbps (4G) and for 3G 0.51 Mbps. Outside I received 2/3 rockers (good) and the fastest DL speed was 3.04 Mbps (4G) and Upload was 1.01 Mbps (4G). I did not retest 3G outside as I already was receiving full service. These speeds were taken with the Speedtest.net App. To give a comparison my home wifi on the App receives around 8.00 Mbps down and 5.00 Mbps Up, while the same wifi tested on the computer gets around 25 Mbps down and 10 Mbps Up. Also at home I receive no 4G service as of yet, Riverview bordering Lithia area, right next to FishHawk.

My Evo has the latest Fresh build (3.1.0.1), with the latest radio (2.15.00.07.28), and WiMAX FW (26023_R01). It had the Stock Kernal at the time, although I just installed Netarchys 3.7.8b Kernal.
[EVO 4G General] Pierceye:
Anyone heard if this will be migrating further south? Like the Sarasota area?:rolleyes:
[EVO 4G General] mdwoods:
I was over by the Tampa convention center last night, had 4g but the signal was pretty low.
[EVO 4G General] RimkaIzumo:
I had a signal on Curlew and US 19, but every time it connected it would drop 2 seconds later. I was getting 2 bars when connected though, how odd.
[EVO 4G General] Itchiee:
Nice 4g at Clearwater Aquarium
[EVO 4G General] jdmsohc22:
that's wassup, 239 reppin... Im from Cape..
[EVO 4G General] muhbuhtuh:
i picked up 1 bar of 4G signal here in st.pete (more specifically pinellas park near parkside) it only lasted a minute before i lost the signal :(
[EVO 4G General] Compusmurf:
I had 1 bar INSIDE MOSI yesterday. Speedtest showed actually just a little slower than 3G while sitting in the same spot. 1.3Mb. but I had full bars 3G and 1 bar 4G, but it's nice to know it's coming!
[EVO 4G General] dcmasta:
4G all over orlando, all the way from the airport up to sanford. really good in maitland and again around east 50. Its fast, only down side is when you loose the 4G you drop whatever your doing when it switches back to 3G.
[EVO 4G General] elementur:
Hello guys, I felt I should add my 4G spots in Tampa. I can confirm 4G service all the way down Busch Blvd in between 30th and 56th. Also near the USF area as some have already noted. I have not tested the speeds yet, but if someone would like to know I will run a few tests. Unfortunately there is no 4G yet in Temple Terrace, which is where I live.
[EVO 4G General] skantman69:
Anyone notice the 4g wasn't working today. I was around the downtown area and never picked it up. Nothing has changed with my phone setup unless it took a **** on its own.
[EVO 4G General] elementur:
I did notice. I drove to where I usually receive a great 4G signal but the phone did not connect once.
[EVO 4G General] Brutal-Force:
Its been intermittent for two days now. I can pick it up on Busch Blvd but not at work where I usually have the strongest signal. Over in Ybor area. I was thinking it might be the inclement weather (if that can affect Wimax).
[EVO 4G General] Jsimon9633:
so it seems that maybe they are just testing it out? I have not seen it in my area near clearwater or near st pete near tyrone blvd

also in tampa i havent seen it
[EVO 4G General] Jsimon9633:
Well I have now experienced some 4g

For the briefest of moments it gave me 3mb down speed

When is it coming to Tampa area? I had thought it was originally august? Has that been delayed?
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
So it worked for me in Brandon Fl for the past 2 weeks, but now for the past two days it's been down. Hopefully it will be back up in the next day or two. They Officially announce 4G for the Tampa area in September.
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
And it's back up! 6.8 mbps down and 1 mbps up =] I'm loving it!

in Brandon FL
[EVO 4G General] Jeremiah239:
Hey I'm in Cape Coral too!!
[EVO 4G General] johnboy797:
I'm in st. pete near tyrone and no 4g here =\
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
That sucks, I get it at work but not at home which is only 7 miles away...

Edit: Brandon FL
[EVO 4G General] verngator:
I had it at Tyrone Mall the last time I was there - on 8/9...but not outside the mall...
[EVO 4G General] Roadk1ng:
I live in valrico and its been up and down for 2 weeks. I work in st Pete off gandy and 275. 4g full bars and 7mb dwn all week. I can no wait for it to out of testing.
[EVO 4G General] p4dime:
4g has been up. at my house in pinellas park I've been able to connect for a couple weeks and once got over 7mb/s dl. In st pete especially downtown you have to be in the open, on the roof of the building I work at I can get a decent signal. street level between buildings it'll just cycle. Next time I go outside ill see if it will connect

My guess is they're working on it.

Edit: in 33701 @ 1am 3g= ~1.5mbs, 4g= ~2.3mbs
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
I'm hitting 8mbps in Brandon FL! Cannot wait till they're through with testing!
[EVO 4G General] Pierceye:
Just a quick update. Driving through St Pete today, I picked up a weak signal at the south end of the Skyway. Obviously got stronger as I headed north. Good signal in Pinellas Point but as I headed up towards downtown the signal got very erratic. Not sure what the cause was but it got steady again just north of Tropicana Field. Good signal on 22nd Ave N from 275 to about 30th St heading west. Picked up four bars by Tyrone mall but my phone would not connect to the network there. Did manage one speedtest and got 2.37 down and .88 up. Not too shabby all in all. Any one know if Sprint is gonna maintain the 1mbs cap on upload speeds for 4G?
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
I'm at 301 and Bloomingdale in Riverview/Brandon FL and I'm at 2 bars of 4G! I finally have it at mi casa!!!
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
4G seems to be more and more stable, I am hitting 7mbps - 8mbps all over Brandon FL.
[EVO 4G General] elementur:
Same here. Everything seems very stable near the Temple Terrace/USF area. Now if only I could get a signal in my apartment... :D
[EVO 4G General] playya:
I am going to be up that way this weekend near the mall off 75 by W Brandon Blvd. Is there 4g up in the back over there and down by the jails area
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
There was up until September 1st, since then 4G has been down completely. I don't know what the deal is. They said it would be official as of September....
[EVO 4G General] ePIK000:
exactly...i picked up some signal near feather sound the other day but its all gone now...
[EVO 4G General] Pierceye:
I had the same thing. I was picking it uo all over the place and on the 2nd there was squat. What's the deal?
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
I don't know, I just hope they get on the grind and get it back up soon!
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
Is it working for anyone else in this area? It's been 6 days so far and not even a "4G is available" up in the notification tab. I just don't understand how it's suppose to go live officially as of September and I haven't got zip since the 1st!
[EVO 4G General] Pierceye:
I haven't heard anything specifically about Tampa, but I was speaking with Sprint yesterday and was told that they are working to provide a statewide network in New York, Texas and Florida. No time frame of course, but the rep said that those three states were going to be the first with with statewide coverage. Just have to wait and see. Same as always.
[EVO 4G General] m3Jorge:
4G is back up in Tampa :) (USF area)
[EVO 4G General] pokerjv:
My phone can see the network in downtown St pete today but won't connect. Says its available, tries to connect but then goes back to scanning. Anyone else seeing this?

update: 4g is back on in downtown St. Pete.
[EVO 4G General] rogerwalker22:
And we're back in business!!! Same as before, 8mbps down and 1mbps up in the Brandon/Riverview area. I'm convinced that Sprint has capped the upload to 1mbps. Either way I'm just happy it's working again!
[EVO 4G General] netmasta10bt:
Download the "Sensorly" app in market. It maps 4g and CDMA coverage ... even if you don't contribute to scanning, you can scroll through the map and see where people are getting 4G coverage around Tampa and Orlando.