[Q] Bionic 5.9.901 with 5.9.902 radio?

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With 5.9.901, my Bionic would drop cell data connection without warning several times per day needing either an airplane toggle and/or battery pull to fix.

With 5.9.902, that problem has greatly improved, if not completely disappeared, however a new problem has surfaced. Now, if Wifi is on and connected, I put the Bionic down, when I come back to it and turn the screen on, I see that the wifi icon is gone, and after about 30 seconds or so, wifi comes back on and re-connects.

Is it possible to maybe use the 5.9.901 firmware, but with the cell radio from 5.9.902 and maybe get the "best of both" (i.e. no cell drop, and no wifi drop)?

Check your battery savings settings.

Sent from the Evil Empire

Originally Posted by smokedkill

Check your battery savings settings.

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If you're talking about Settings -> Battery & Data Manager. Battery mode is set to Performance (I never want data off, unless I put it into airplane mode myself). Data Saver is turned off. And the 3 boxes under Data Delivery are checked.

So if you mean something else, please give details.

No offense meant, but I've been dealing with data drop issues, and seeing others report it too, since getting the Bionic. Sorry, maybe I should have mentioned that I've done all those things since getting my Bionic in SEPTEMBER and experiencing the data drop issues. And the drops happen EVEN AFTER A FACTORY RESET, and adjusting the "Battery & Data manager" settings. So I get very frustrated when someone gives what comes across as a very general statement, rather than SPECIFIC details.

Maybe now is a good time to say, the wifi issue I'm experiencing with 5.9.902 happens with my router (WNR3500v2 with either the stock Netgear firmware, or DD-WRT), as well as Linksys WRT54G(v5) with latest linksys firmware. Where as my 3 laptops, my wife's laptop, my Thunderbolt, my BB9780, and our many other wifi enabled smart phones don't have this issue. And the Bionic didn't have it until the 5.9.902 update.

With 5.9.902, the cell data drops seem to have improved/vanished (why I'd like to use its cellular radio codes), where as the WIFI dropping like this is new (doubt its part of the 3G/4G radio code).

Hence the question I originally asked... is it possible to running with 5.9.902 3G/4G radios while using the 5.9.901 code?

As a follow up to myself, incase anyone else might be interested...

Yes, you can run the 901 code with the 902 radio. (revert back to 5.5.893, do the update to .901, then grab the radio.bin from the 5.9.902 FXZ package and flash it via "fasboot flash radio radio.bin"

but NO, it did NOT fix the wifi issue. Wifi still turns off at some point after screen is off, and re-connects moments after screen lights up

This is way beyond me, but could you clarify your phone modifications?

It sounds like you are not fully stock. If not stock could you go there and look for this issue, including only having stock applications installed.

Originally Posted by sgschwend

This is way beyond me, but could you clarify your phone modifications?

It sounds like you are not fully stock. If not stock could you go there and look for this issue, including only having stock applications installed.

I am 100% stock.

Even flashing the 902 XML image, the problems exist.

Also, not mentioned above, I've made sure that under the wifi settings, (menu button) -> Advanced.. I've made sure it was set to never turn wifi off (which is NOT the default setting)

I've since switched back to my TB and have given up on the Bionic.