Signal problem in PDA2K..

[searing_heat]

hey guys...this is my first post here...

my pda2k keeps on dropping signals and sometimes halt during a call...

at first.....as instructed..2 time restarting solved the problem..
can you guys plzz help me out.......im using wm6

thnx in advance

[danieltompson]

What version of Radio do you using ? Try to upgrade to the last version.

[searing_heat]

my BA info is as follows

ROM version 5.60.00 WWE
radio version 1.12.00

well from where can i get the latest version of radio??

[searing_heat]

wel..i found it..and i am upgrading radio...
less see what happens

[searing_heat]

.....upgraded to 1.15.00
....no success......
im not the first one to have this problem..it ws in 2003. 2005 and now in wm 2006 now....
dunno what to do.....dont wanna throw away my pda2k:P

[jakubd]

Maybe it is an hardware problem?

[DANDANA]

If your problem is in WM2003, WM5 and WM6, just get the phone to a repair or a recycle center....

[searing_heat]

but the thing is ..it was working fine....
and after installing a resh rom...it works for like 2 days with no problem...

im sure that its not hardware issue....
its the same problem....which everyone esle is having in this forum..abt signal dropping...dun think tat this harware problem can come to lot ov ppl at the same time...

[sunish]

the problem is with the phone company...
my pda2k also gives me similar problems...
but when i'm travelling to some other countries and using a local sim card there... i do not see any such problem... even while roaming sometimes... i do not see any problem with the current sim card.
i think it is the home service provider which has the problem.

[rayt]

If you have signal dropping, replace the flex cable.

The flex cable signal dropping is a common problem to any slide phone.

In fact I slide the phone halfway to test the signal if it will drop or not.

No signal drop means good flex cable.

Same case with Nokias and other phones.

I've had my friend's BA flex cable replaced and signal drop is solved.

[SandStorm]

also, one old battery can do that issue.
with my older battery, it used to cut connections sometimes. with the new one, keep connection.

[searing_heat]

hmm...but the thing is...that this fone was working fine in my country i.e Pakistan..but its giving problem here in canada.......and it actually came from canada before....
i dont know what to do....there were also issues like that with my imate-Pocket pc before...and now same is with PDA2k...
i have chaged a lot of sims...but no success.......

[JPBRA]

I personally believe that there is a bug on the radio dll.

If you are using WM2003, try this workaround to see if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340557

In your case, activate only the 1.900Mhz band or the 850 / 1900 band only. I believe that the former is better, though.

I've been only using it for the last 2 days, but so far so good.

JP

[putchi]

Well same problem here in Bulgaria. We have 3 Telecoms. Unfortunately i have subscription to one of them and some times like every couple of months I have the same problem. Green light blinking, but when someone is calling me - out of service. It rings, but after i pick up - it drops the call and gives "No service" This last for about a day or so. When i switch sim cards to another service provider - it works fine. The same thing happens when I travel from one town to another. I thing this is due to poor software configuration in the GSM towers. Overall for three years this happens to me like 10-15 times for couple of hours to one day. And I have this problem only with one provider only. No work around as far as i know.. Sorry

[JFLB]

I personally believe that there is a bug on the radio dll.

If you are using WM2003, try this workaround to see if it helps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=340557

In your case, activate only the 1.900Mhz band or the 850 / 1900 band only. I believe that the former is better, though.

I've been only using it for the last 2 days, but so far so good.

JP

Guys,

Definitely the problem is software. I'm from Brazil and my operator is TIM. I tried many ROMs (at least 10) with the same symptom: if the phone misses the signal, I get into troubles to find the signal again and it keeps finding another operator instead TIM (in my case it only finds Vivo - which is 850Mhz).
After those many trials, I found a ROM that solves the problem partially. It's the PV DVH 19701 ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=390008&highlight=19701 )
With this ROM, it still looses the signal when on a place where the signal is not present and don't find while returning to a place which the signal is present, BUT, I just tap the antenna on the top of the screen, tap settings > network and finally tap "find network" and VOILA, the signal is back without much pain!!

One more thing is a little change on the registry according to a recommendation from Microsoft. Using one registry editor, go to:
HKCU\ControlPanel\Phone and change the value for "Features" parameter from 204c7d8 to 206c7d8. Remember that before you change, you need to choose the view mode to hexadecimal.

That's it folks...have fun!