[FROYO] [WIFI] Firmware version

hardcore · Dec 24, 2010

UPDATE:

I've put up a post with update.zip can that change your wifi firmware version. DXJPA's wifi firmware seems to use less power than XXJPY's.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056736&postcount=6706

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Hi guys,

I'd like your help to find out which Wifi firmware versions are included with which PDA firmware package.

This is what you can do to help:

1. Find out your Wifi firmware. Turn on your Wifi, then do:
adb shell "dmesg | grep Firmware"

You should see output with the Firmware version of your Wifi.

2. If your firmware is different from what other people have already found, then if you can, please package it and attach it to your post. You can do this by:

adb shell
su
cd /system/etc/wifi
tar cvzf /sdcard/wifi-(your PDA firmware version)-firmware.tar.gz *
exit
exit
(Back in DOS)
adb pull /sdcard/wifi-(your PDA firmware version)-firmware.tar.gz

Then upload the tar.gz file.

Please use the full 5-letter version of your firmware name, for example XXJPY, and not just JPY, or DXJPA, and not just JPA.

This is what I've found so far:
DXJPA: Firmware version = wl0: Jun 4 2010 14:21:21 version 4.218.214.3
XXJPY: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 16 2010 08:56:21 version 4.218.250.38

ashwinds · Dec 24, 2010

adb shell "dmesg | grep Firmware" doesnt return anything hardcore .. on JPY with JPY modem.

hardcore · Dec 24, 2010

ashwinds said:
adb shell "dmesg | grep Firmware" doesnt return anything hardcore .. on JPY with JPY modem.

You have to turn off and on your Wifi first. The driver will print the firmware version in dmesg everytime you turn on wifi.

jsen · Dec 24, 2010

ashwinds said:
adb shell "dmesg | grep Firmware" doesnt return anything hardcore .. on JPY with JPY modem.

need to turn on your wifi

ashwinds · Dec 24, 2010

hardcore said:
You have to turn off and on your Wifi first. The driver will print the firmware version in dmesg everytime you turn on wifi.

I have the same as yours:
XXJPY: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 16 2010 08:56:21 version 4.218.250.38

I must say that the situation is improving after about 12 hours on JPY.

I have an outlandish suspicion - dO you know if they have started to use Google Backup to store Apps and settings? Maybe it syncs with Google/Samsung when the phone is Idle? And maybe it happens only on Wifi.

hardcore · Dec 24, 2010

I've put up a post with update.zip can that change your wifi firmware version.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056736&postcount=6706

DXJPA's wifi firmware seems to use less power than XXJPY's.

ashwinds · Dec 24, 2010

hardcore said:
I've put up a post with update.zip can that change your wifi firmware version.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056736&postcount=6706

DXJPA's wifi firmware seems to use less power than XXJPY's.

well... i meant to do it later tonight - but heck - let me try it for a couple of hours now

PS: flashed and it now says DXJPA: Firmware version = wl0: Jun 4 2010 14:21:21 version 4.218.214.3 - will report how it works in about couple of hours. If its any better than 8% - its good.

captive · Dec 24, 2010

Italian (ITV) RSJP5 has same DXJPA wifi firmware (4.218.214.3)

EarlZ · Dec 24, 2010

hardcore said:
I've put up a post with update.zip can that change your wifi firmware version.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10056736&postcount=6706

DXJPA's wifi firmware seems to use less power than XXJPY's.

How did you measure power usage and is the signal strength affected ??

hardcore · Dec 24, 2010

EarlZ said:
How did you measure power usage and is the signal strength affected ??

I don't know yet, thats why I'm asking people to try it. But so far DXJPA has worked well for us in the past, so it should work well now too.

If we can identify the wifi firmware of XXJPY being the cause of higher battery usage, then we have a ready solution - use the older wifi firmware.

ashwinds · Dec 24, 2010

1 hr mark - mostly idle - looks very good - 1% drain... which is close to normal (with JPA firmware). And no big %age in "Running" - its 8% - which again sounds normal compared to the 40-50% earlier.

Update:
2 hrs - and the drain is 4% - not the best ever - but looking close to normal. Running is 10%, Wifi usage though is still 25% - but given that its just 2 hrs, that seems ok.

xan · Dec 24, 2010

hardcore said:
XXJPY: Firmware version = wl0: Nov 16 2010 08:56:21 version 4.218.250.38

Firmware version = wl0: Nov 16 2010 08:56:21 version 4.218.250.38
I can confirm that.

dvdbos · Dec 24, 2010

XXJPU (docv4) same as XXJPY.

hardcore · Dec 24, 2010

Okay so far it looks like there are 2 versions of the wifi firmware:
- one for 2.2 roms (e.g. dxjpa)
- one for 2.2.1 roms (e.g. xxjpy)

And the DXJPA one is working well on XXJPY. Might be too early to say for sure, but I'm getting quite good battery life with it.

ragin · Dec 24, 2010

I think you need to mention [MOD] on the Title.

gothfebrio · Dec 24, 2010

ragin said:
I think you need to mention [MOD] on the Title.

theres no modding being done here.

lgkahn · Dec 24, 2010

having drain with jpy here.. just applied jpa wifi firmware will let you know how it goes.

side comments..i have the wifi upstairs two walls and a floor away with external antenna.

with jpa or my old jh2 (similiar) wifi firmware signal was marginal in the bathroom down in master bedroom (extra wall)
and about 3 out of 3 squigles curve power ranking in bedroom.. with jpy firmware it was always full.
it looks like they may have upped something that improved reception or sendng power.. .and that is one reason why
the battery went quicker.. with older even though signal strength seems lower i could still get about 2 meg or 16 megabit per
sec. sustained transfers.. (max is 24 megabit down here as benchmark from my laptop)...

Rixsta · Dec 24, 2010

Hey on JPY Darky's rom...just flashed this......will report back !!

Thanks

itenos · Dec 24, 2010

lgkahn said:
. with older even though signal strength seems lower i could still get about 2 meg or 16 megabit per
sec. sustained transfers.. (max is 24 megabit down here as benchmark from my laptop)...

What kind of Wi-Fi are you using? N or G? I never achieved more than 1MB/s with any firmware from my laptop to my phone using a G router. And if G than what program do you use to transfer? Normal FTP?

Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

XyFreak · Dec 24, 2010

Hi guys,
two things:

I wrote a little bash script that extracts the wifi firmware from the tar files you use for flashing with odin (all-in-one and .tar.md5) and parses the fw version.

h t t p://pastebin.com/cnZmSfLc

EDIT:
woops forgot to add a small fix ^^;

Just extract the firmwares and run the script (as root since it needs to access losetup and mount) from there
eg

Code:

~/odin/firmware/2.2.1/ $ ls
I9000XXJPX  I9000XXJPY
~/odin/firmware/2.2.1/ $ ~/findfw.sh

It'll create a directory /root/wififw and puts the firmwares in there (with tarballs) and it'll dump the version and stores it in FIRMWAREVERSION.version.txt

Turns out that sometimes only one of those files gets updated....
I'll look into it in greater detail once i got more firmwares

Code:

I9000DXJPA.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: May 27 2010 4.218.233.0
I9000DXJPA.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000DXJPA.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3

I9000XXJM1.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3
I9000XXJM1.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJM1.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3

I9000XXJPK.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: May 27 2010 4.218.233.0
I9000XXJPK.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPK.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3

I9000XXJPM.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: May 27 2010 4.218.233.0
I9000XXJPM.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPM.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3

I9000XXJPO.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: May 27 2010 4.218.233.0
I9000XXJPO.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPO.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3

I9000XXJPU.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3
I9000XXJPU.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPU.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Nov 16 2010 4.218.250.38

I9000XXJPX.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3
I9000XXJPX.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPX.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Nov 16 2010 4.218.250.38

I9000XXJPY.version.txt:bcm4329_aps.bin: Jun  4 2010 4.218.214.3
I9000XXJPY.version.txt:bcm4329_mfg.bin: Apr 24 2010 4.218.214.0
I9000XXJPY.version.txt:bcm4329_sta.bin: Nov 16 2010 4.218.250.38

EDIT2: added more firmwares

Appearently the same firmware has been used from JPU to JPY so it'd be interesting to see if the drain occurs on the older firmwares as well. If it does we "just" need to revert it back to JPO fw

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