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[G2 and Desire Z General] funkeee:
It happens. It happens with every phone, including the G2. It just depends on where the antenna is and how it's held. You can play around with attenuation by enabling dBm signal strength in CM.

To enable it, go to Settings > CyanogenMod Settings > User interface > Status bar > Check Show dBm.

dBm is measured in negative numbers. A higher (less negative) number indicates higher signal strength.

-80dBm is stronger than -100dBm for example.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhkr123:
This is actually a non-issue.

Explanation:

The phone actually picks up signal BETTER than other phones... especially when the signal is weak. The effect that you are seeing is actually the reception returning to a *normal* level when you happen to be holding it in some particular way.

I have two phones; an HTC DREAM and an HTC VISION. Sitting on my desk at work, the DREAM will show 0-1 bars, but connected, the VISION will show 2-3 bars. Holding both in my hand, the DREAM will continue to show 0-1 bars, the VISION will drop to 0-1 bars and both will read the same dBm. Same signal when held, the VISION is just more sensitive (i.e. sensitive in terms of able to hang on to a weaker signal, not sensitive in terms of flakiness).

In contrast to apple junk, the apple junk actually has the antenna wrapped around the outside of the phone. When you hold it in your hand and the signal drops, it isn't suffering from attenuation, its being GROUNDED OUT.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Deleted member 663166:
Whatever the cause is, the phone was unusable when I held it in my hand normally. The only semi-fix was to hold the phone at the top near the earpiece, which was uncomfortable...or never touch it.
[G2 and Desire Z General] KCRic:
Seems like you just have a poor signal or faulty phone to begin with. I don't have that issue at all. In fact this phone seems to hold a data connection in weak areas better than my previous android phone did. If yours was that bad then there was something horribly wrong that warrants replacement.

You may also try CM7, it seems to keep a signal even better than my current ROM does. Not sure why, maybe it's just a placebo effect.
[G2 and Desire Z General] Smartenup:
Humm, no issues with Wifi, H or G3 dropping, Bell network though, BUT when I switch from H/ G3 to wifi, if I am on bluetooth, it gets all garbled and I have to hangup call. I would think a location issue or some form of interference you guys are having.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bongd:
Nah, I'm positive that the sentiment is that the radio hardware does suck and there are definite attenuation challenges. I've now verified this through a myriad of different Desire Z's here.

At my work desk I get HSPA and HSPA+ speeds at times. However holding it drops it down so there are 0 bars and it stays on HSPA, drops to 3G with no bars, back up to HSPA, etc... lots of unnecessary band switching whereas other handsets will not do this. They'll get a lower signal/dB all together though. And their attenuation is a lot less.

If you hold the phone upright the reception is much better. Drop it down and hold it in landscape mode and there is an immediate drop and sometimes it begins switching bands depending on the service area you're in. It can be quite annoying being right on the cusp because that's a huge battery killer.

I really wish there was at least some modest software fixes to accommodate for this flaw. I know that much can't be done hardware wise at this point but I think some improvements should be attainable through updates and optimizations. Hears to hoping because I love my Desire Z!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Cheeze[iT]:
I agree. I experience this the most when I browse the web since I usually browse with the keyboard open.
[G2 and Desire Z General] funkadesi:
There is a SIGNIFICANT amount of drop in Wi-Fi signal strenght whem the keyboard is open and your hand is covering the left side (top for portrait). However when the keyboard is closed and you cover the TOP again the signal drop is maybe by 1 bar....

As far as 3G/4G to EDGR drops are concerned.... that can be taken care of... if you go into radio diagnostics (*#*4636#*#* > Phone information) and selecting WCDMA ONLY...... this will prevent phone going into EDGE if minor fluctuations occur in the cell signal. Mind you, this option is only useful if you are in a GOOD 3G/HSPA+ coverage area....

Cheers
[G2 and Desire Z General] Deleted member 663166:
Just remember to change it back to allowing Edge if you are going to travel outside the 3G/HSPA area.
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheNewGuy:
I have noticed this since day one. It was very obvious at weak signal locations such as were I work. Inside a steel building with 20 machines running on 480 volts. I have enabled 180 degree rotation in CM settings and have used it this way so much that I have no doubt that the signal is reduced when the phone is held the "normal" way, in either hand. If I hold it upside down, trackpade at top, then it is fine.... also if the H signal is strong, more than 2 bars.. then it doesn't matter how you hold it.

I have compared this to my G1, that I still own. And the problem is that the G2 seems to have trouble switching from weak H to weak E and I can replicate a loss of signal everytime. I mean that an"x" Is displayed over the signal strength meter. And I can not make calls. This never happened on the G1. I have even disabled the ability to use H and it solved the problem. So then I took the htclib_ril.so from the G1 and used it in the G2. This didn't seem to change much.... So I believe that it IS a problem with the radio, or a problem in the librilswitch.so that does not get referenced in the G1 build.prop. But is in the G2...

If anyone knows how to make adjustments to when the phone switches from H to 3G to G to E I would really like to know. I think it could be the solution we need....
[G2 and Desire Z General] trees247:
When I check my phone it always say HSPA and never HSPA+ whats up when will I know if I'm on 4G I'm in a 4G market Philly!!
[G2 and Desire Z General] Deleted member 663166:
I received my G2 yesterday, and it is a lot better at handling a signal when you hold it in your hand. There's still a slight drop in reception when you hold the phone, but more of what you should expect to happen rather than a complete drop down to the dreaded X. Still testing it out a for a few days before deciding to drop Verizon, but I sure do like that I can talk and use data at the same time on the G2.
[G2 and Desire Z General] dhilberg:
I've had this problem with my new G2. With either the stock ROM or CM 6.1.1 when I hold it the signal drops. This is a non-issue in areas where there's good coverage, but at my house where the signal is quite weak this usually means the difference between signal and no signal. If I don't hold it the signal improves. My Cliq gets better signal here than my G2 does. Also, the Cliq doesn't suffer any noticeable signal issues when I'm holding it.

It's funny, as I go about my daily routine with my G2 instead of my Cliq, I notice these things. I get much weaker signal in certain areas with my G2 where I got acceptable signal with my Cliq.
[G2 and Desire Z General] bongd:
I don't believe there's an HSPA+ icon. Just H.

Try using the Speedtest.net app to check your speeds. There's no HSPA+ on my network but I still get decent speeds. I just wish coverage was better so I wouldn't switch bands and lose signal all the time. The radio hardware on the G2/DZ sucks!
[G2 and Desire Z General] TheNewGuy:
The only option I have found yet,(limited time to tinker) is to turn on 180 degree rotation and hold the phone "upside down" it seems to work every time.... So when I am in a place that has weak signal and I need to use data, I flip it around, and it works fine.... I know this is lame considering I paid so much for the phone but.... it does work.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] myers022:
Does anyone have a working HTC Sense LiveWallpaper for CM7 or can make a version that works with CM7
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] musashiken:
Unfortunately, the HTC Sense Livewallpaper is ripped from HTC Sense Froyo.

So most likely you have to wait for a HTC Sense Gingerbread phone with the livewallpaper first. If I'm not wrong, you can't really hack the Froyo one to the Gingerbread rom because the libraries aren't updated yet.
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] Bryce2010:
Is musashiken's post the final answer with this? I too would love this to work with CM7/GB. It's one of my favorite live wallpapers. I'd be happy to 'buy a beer' - actually make that a couple beers to anyone that can make this work! :o
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] myers022:
+1 for that,
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] death1246:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11796997

Check my topic :)
[Nexus One Themes and Apps] myers022:
Worked Awesome!

Worked awesome on my N1 CM7 nightly build 12!

Thanks!
[EVO 4G General] huoter:
Just talked to developer Hero_Over and please check member only forums for the latest update. Things appear to be baking again so check before this is deleted
[EVO 4G General] SharkUW:
Why would this be deleted?
[EVO 4G General] 4redstars:
i signed up for the forums there but I still get a message that states "please tell the admins why you want to be in here"
[EVO 4G General] phistyle:
you have to "donate" to get access..
[EVO 4G General] CheesyNutz:
NO YOU DON'T im a member with access and DID not donate anything
[EVO 4G General] firemedic1343:
I didn't donate and never got a reply.

Hero_Over is a great dev. But the way he left XDA...say's a lot
[EVO 4G General] bigmoogle:
This reply alone is the reason why I would never go there.
[EVO 4G General] firemedic1343:
Yeah, I don't like having to prove why I'm there...with money...
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dressanderc:
I have just finalized a trade with another member in the marketplace. For my iPhone 4, I received a:

- Nexus One, near mint (AT&T)

- 8GB SD Card

- iPhone 3G with dock

....don't hate, I always like a taste of iOS in my life. However, I'm in love with Android....

What do you guys think? Did I make the right move, or was it the stupidest thing you've ever heard? Discuss....

Thanks!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] familiarstranger:
I guess it depends on what you traded?
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dressanderc:
Wow, that would have been helpful information, huh? :)

*Edited OP, thanks
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] michaelg117:
Heck ya! Well in my noobish kinda worthless opinion. Two phones for one? Yea!!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] galaxys:
Sounds like a great deal...enjoy your N1!
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T.C.P:
Sounds like a good deal :D
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whiteness:
Hello,

First i used z4root to root my sgs 2.2 but since i updated to 2.2.1 i cant root it anymore.

Anybody got a solution?

Greetings from holland
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
SuperOneClick.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682

Desktop app that seems to work with EVERY firmware version I've tried.

Alternatively, flash one of the custom kernels from the i9000 dev forum. For example, I've flashed SpeedMod which includes root as well as the recovery fix.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jasonchen:
Yeah, I met the same problem, once I upgraded to official 2.2.1 JPY. Unfortunately, since Z4root doesn't work anymore, there is no easy way to root it without computer.

Seems like super one click is the best option so far.

Plus, you might be aware as well, adfree can't support i9000 2.2.1. :-(
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Whiteness:
Thank you, with SuperOneClick it worked :D.

I'm Root again.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gschot:
I could not get SuperOneClick working on my Dutch SGS. I regained root on 2.2.1 with CF-Root-XX_XEU_JPY-v1.3-BusyBox-1.17.1.

Just pushed it in using Odin, no problems so far.
[Captivate General] devilisht2003:
I'm going on a cruise soon and want to take my phone. My question is how can I shut off all data but allow text messages to still come in?
[Captivate General] Red_81:
How about a tool like smartbar to turn off data and then google voice to send your texts to email
[Captivate General] slow_DC4:
You could use the "toggle mobile data"widget that comes with juice defender. I can still receive regular text messages but no picture messages.

Sent from 234 Elm Street
[Captivate General] saiy1412:
if you have a custom rom with the Extended power Menu option, just bring it up and chose "Data Network Mode" to disable or enable data.

You can also go to settings, Wifi and Network and click on Mobile Network, uncheck "Use Packet Data"
[Captivate General] whiteguypl:
What they said. And then open messages hit options and down at the bottom turn off auto download under multi media messaging. That way it will give you the option to download multi media messages when you chose to do so(after you turn mobile data back on). Otherwise the messages will break and you won't be able to retrieve them at a later date. You will still get standard texts as usual.
[Captivate General] s60convert:
I use "SwitchPro Widget" to turn off the radios.
[Captivate General] jz3:
"Quick settings" is another good one works well for me.
[Captivate General] boborone:
There have been many threads on this. The simplest thing to do is put the phone in airplane mode and call AT&T and tell em to suspend your service. They will do it for free.
[Captivate General] flashman2002:
That is not what he is asking. If you put the phone in airplane mode and have att put an account hold on how would he get sms? I assume what has been posted above would work well for the op.

This is my captivate. There are many like it buy this one is mine.
[Captivate General] foxbat121:
As long as you don't have data roaming checked (it is unchecked by default), you don't need to do anything.

If you have any 2.2 ROM, you should have an option to disable cell data altogether as well either in settings menu or the power button quick list.

But, as I said above, you shouldn't need to do anything unless you turned on data roaming in settings. I've used my Captivate through couple of Asia countries and didn't have any data roaming charges.
[Captivate General] whynotletmeusemyemailaddr:
I highly recommend APNDroid. It is the best way that I've found to be able to ensure with certainty that the 3G data radio will not be used.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Ok so i'm not sure what setting I turned on but whenever I'm on the phone and someone calls linda starts chatting my ear off with the callers number and name and all that jazz. I' ve messed with just about every setting I can think of and looked all over. If anybody has any ideas I would greatly appreciate them. Thanks
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dligon:
that's not linda talking to you its those voices inside your head they have returned :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Oh if only it were that easy
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
I think I forgot to mention it will read the text messages too. I' ve looked in Assesability settings and nothing yet.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Lethal_NFS:
It is an app you downloaded. I had to turn that crap off too. She never shuts up. Go to accessablity or something in your settings.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Thanks that's what I thought. I hope I can narrow it down she's driving me friggin nuts.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] offdutyninja808:
Women... can't live with em...

Lol jk
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1lenz:
Vlingo perhaps?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] T.C.P:
Post the name of the app when you find out :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] iynfynity:
LMAO!! Your sig FTW!
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tecjunkie:
Not sure if that is it but I recently started to use vlingo. I have to go to running services just to kill it. Kind of annoying.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mobsterguy44:
I'm new here but just thought i would give some advice because i had the same issue with my text to speech. Go into settings under voice input/output, text to speech see if driving mode is checked. If so all you have to do is uncheck it :D
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] s1lenz:
yeh then its probably vlingo. just open it up and there's an option to read everything or stay silent.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
I don't have vlingo but I just uninstalled all of my unessary navigation software (except stock nav) and see if it's something caught up in there. If not I'll just use titanium backup to reinstall them. If it does take care of it them I'll just reinstall them one by one.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
And I did look at driving mode nothing was checked so I'm going to see if unistalling oruxo maps helps. If not then I think I'll try checking it rebooting then unchecking it see if that works.
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Xan_Kriegor:
Settings > Voice input and output > Text-to-speech settings > Driving mode?
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Yeah the driving mode was unchecked so I'm going with an app somewhere, but haven't gotten two phone calls our a text while I'm on the phone since I posted
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] erhan82:
Go 2 settings....then voice inout/output make sure all the way on bottom piko isnt checked snd make sure that near top no other boxes are checked....happened to me as well. I think it when I downloaded text to speech for google maps
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Ok so it wasn't the nav apps. I have gone to voice/default engines and when I uncheck Pico it just closes the window when I reopen it it shows pico is still enabled
[Vibrant Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DanK Ups:
Pico text was the answer thanks guys
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
A Bell Canada Galaxy S I900UGJH2?

Looking to revert back to 2.1 from a leaked Bell 2.2 build, since the phone ended up in a boot loop, managed to get it to the Galaxy S screen after flashing the above build with the 512 pit, but thats about it, its just a black screen ATM, recovery mode doesnt work with the 3 button combo but download mode does, am I missing something here? Do I need to add phone and CSC files too?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
Yes. Any firmware starting with i9000UG is a Canadian firmware.

Search the general forums for someone who has linked to a JH2 firmware that also includes an SBL file. Depending on which 2.2 firmware you flashed, you might need this.

If none of this works, flash JL2 and call it in for service/replacement.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
Thanks a lot I appreciate the reply, Ill take a look around for the JH2

If this doesnt work and I flash the JL2 do I only need to flash that PDA and the 512 PIT? I assume I would flash the JL2 pretending that I upgraded to 2.2 when it was official in Dec and now its messed up to have it covered under warranty?
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
Here is how you fix this:

- First off, download odin3 v1.7

- then download i9000UGJL2 and i9000UGJH2 (the JL2 is the recent stock rom, JH2 is 2.1 that your phone shipped with, they are both .tar files so make sure you see that)

- download the latest speedmod kernel from the development section

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=822756

get the "speedmod-kernel-k12p-500hz.zip"

- boot odin

- put your phone into download mode then plug it into your computer

- odin should see it (you will see under ID:com)

- click the pda button and locate the speedmod.zip file

- click start, it wont take long and your phone will reboot (you should have recovery mode now but we're still not done)

- put your phone into download mode again

- close and reopen odin so it's back to default

- plug your phone in and make sure odin detects it

- leave everything default but check off "phone bootloader update"

- click the PDA button and find the i9000UGJL2.tar file

- click start (this time it will take longer and flash the entire ROM)

- now when you go into recovery mode it should ***** about dbdata missing

- put your phone back into download mode

- close and start odin again (leave everything default this time)

- plug in your phone and make sure odin detects it

- click the PDA button

- locate the i9000UGJH2.tar file and then click start

- this will flash the stock rom your phone shipped with, once it's done it should boot fine

- then you can plug kies in and flash JL2 on top OR flash a custom rom

- good luck, let me know I can post the stock ROM's if you cant' find them but they are on this site somewhere

PS your phone isnt' dead, so dont waste your time getting it replaced, it can be brought back to life so dont worry. I was in the same boat as you once :D and if this works dont forget the thanks button!
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
Ok well I reflashed back to JH2 already, Im pretty sure I was on JL2 when it went into a force close, then was just constantly boot looping, so now Im on JH2 and it boots but only to a black screen, after flashing it through Odin the phone reboots itself into recovery mode, I tried doing the update.zip that was showing in the card but it gives me the E:Error business, so I just selected the reboot, which takes me to the black screen after the S logo is done

My only concern is if I apply the speedkernel pda and that doesnt fix it then if they were to actually check the phone and they find the modified kernel they will know I was messing about with it, one other issue I was concerned about was not being able to get into download mode, since I cant get into recovery with 3 button, the speedmod kernel doesnt change any of the secondary bootload options does it?

*edit* I misread what you posted so it does change the bootload by allowing the 3 button to work
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
You can always flash back, if it takes a flash through odin then it will flash back. If you follow those steps you should be fine, msg back
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
Thanks Ill give it a try

Ill post back how it goes
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] gtg2:
The challenge is that the symptoms being reported are also associated with unrecoverable problems. It would be great if you could enter recovery and indicate what if any error msg you're getting below the menu.

If the above directions from spectre85 don't work (great post BTW), don't kill yourself. Call it in for a replacement.
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spectre85:
Ya I agree, once you get into recovery mode you can tell us the error you are getting, if it's complaining about missing dbdata or some kind of missing data your still ok. If it's the dreaded can't mount SDcard then your sunk
[Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DT3CH:
Bahh I think its soft bricked I tried spectre's advice and it was boot looping again, plus even with the new bootload it still wouldnt go into recovery, I just put on JL2 and am gonna bring it to Bell..... good thing there was issues with the version so I can get this under warranty :D

Thanks for your help guys I appreciate it

Yall got double and triple thanked ;)
[Fascinate General] D_Steve595:
I got Froyo on my Fascinate!

Now if only I had a paper towel..
[Fascinate General] phooky:
lol.

best b & j flavor
[Fascinate General] D_Steve595:
It's incredible.. love the brownie bits. But best has got to go to Phish Food.
[Fascinate General] larry0071:
In smilar fashion.... I put gingerbread on my fascinate Christmas day!
[Fascinate General] uzumaki82:
I had a good laugh!
[Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mikejames07:
I've seen people post that the newer model Captivates have working GPS. I was wondering if I contacted At&t about this, would they swap my phone to a newer model Captivate. I have the release date 1006 model and on stock 2.1 my GPS never worked.

Also, those who have successfully swapped their phones please tell me what you did. Thanks!