[Guide]Confirmed fix/workaround for 4G reconnection issues

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swatspyder

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Originally posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717307&page=3

This is a confirmed fix for the long lag time (5+ minutes) to reconnect after losing a 4G signal.
Those of us using a rom with the newest software 1.47.651.1 have been having issues with the 4G connection not reconnecting when losing 4G signal. These instructions fix this problem.


Requirements:
Your MSL code (See Here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697487)

Instructions:
Turn OFF your 4G radio if it is turned on!
1) Click on phone and dial ##DATA# (##3282#)
2) Click on "Edit Mode"
3) Type in your MSL code (see above if you don't have it yet)
4) Click on the menu entry "WiMAX"
5) Scroll down the list and click on "WiMAX_Scan_Retry(s)"
6) Enter the number 15 and click "OK" (This equals 15 seconds instead of 300 seconds)
7) Scroll down the list and click on "WiMAX_Entry_Delay(s)"
8) Enter the number 0 and click "OK" (This equals 0 seconds instead of 300 seconds)
9) Press the "Menu" key and click on "Commit Modifications"
10) Grab a cup of coffee, get a bite to eat, or sit back and wait for your EVO to restart

Testing:

1) Go to your phone's settings and click on "Wireless & networks"
2) Scroll down and click on 4G settings
3) Click on 4G to turn it on and wait for the status to change to "Connected to Sprint"
4) Without touching any of the menu items, cover the top half of your phone with your hands until the status changes to "Scanning..."
5) Uncover the top of the phone and count the seconds until it says "Connecting to Sprint"
6) Realize that you no longer have to cycle the 4G radio to reconnect :D

Result:
After modifying my EVO and my girlfriend's EVO and inputting these changes, the phone will reconnect to the 4G tower in as little as 20 seconds!
Yes, 20 seconds, the most I have seen so far is 30 seconds after dropping the connection. This is a HUGE improvement over the 5+ minutes to reconnect (300+ seconds).
 
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flipzmode

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It makes perfect sense. Instead of waiting 5 minutes to scan again it is lowered to 15. Of course this will also kill battery fast so make sure to turn off 4g if you aren't if you are leaving a 4g area, but you should do that anyways. :)

Good work, thanks for sharing!
 

saintsfan

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i will have to try this one when I get home. I can't install the CDMA Workshop on this computer. But i hope this works for me as well. thanks for the post. :)
 

sdc177

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My post on the Q&A thread:

Holy ****! It works! THANK YOU!


Question: I had previously changed my idle sleep time to 300 from 10. Does that need to change?


Now I just need to figure out why my Wimax processes are constantly running when 4g is off (see my first logcat above) and thus killing my battery.
 
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Ceger

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My post on the Q&A thread:

Holy ****! It works! THANK YOU!


Question: I had previously changed my idle sleep time to 300 from 10. Does that need to change?


Now I just need to figure out why my Wimax processes are constantly running when 4g is off (see my first logcat above) and thus killing my battery.

That might be the issue I am having where my battery is dying very quickly. I also have the idle sleep time change to 300.

Your logcat results aren't posted, can you check what you tried to attach or link to?

What are other peoples idle sleep value set to?

Ceger
 

sdc177

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Ceger- got the pm, haven't had a chance to reply. The logcat is in the "reconnecting" thread in Q&A.

All- this method seemed to work for brief periods of being out of 4g range but it didn't work after a period of 3 hours.



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swatspyder

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Ceger- got the pm, haven't had a chance to reply. The logcat is in the "reconnecting" thread in Q&A.

All- this method seemed to work for brief periods of being out of 4g range but it didn't work after a period of 3 hours.



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I would test this myself, but my area is saturated with 4G.

One thing about this issue though... Unless your phone is plugged in during this entire time without 4G, the WiMAX radio is going to be sucking power. It would be good to turn it on when you need it and turn it off when you don't.
 

sdc177

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Jan 15, 2010
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I would test this myself, but my area is saturated with 4G.

One thing about this issue though... Unless your phone is plugged in during this entire time without 4G, the WiMAX radio is going to be sucking power. It would be good to turn it on when you need it and turn it off when you don't.

I'm cool with battery drain when 4g is ON. But when turned OFF I see this every few seconds in the logcat and I'm concerned about how much this affects battery life not to mention I hate seeing the words "Incorrect" and "PROBLEM" in my log:

I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 18281
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 21317
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 27467
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 28481
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 18778
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 17489
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 16977
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 17730
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 22082
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 30307
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 17440
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 16967
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 18994
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 20034
I/Wimax ( 161): <DC SOCKET READER DEBUG> Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): <DCP HEADER PROBLEM> proVersion is 21577
 

redsolar

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I'm cool with battery drain when 4g is ON. But when turned OFF I see this every few seconds in the logcat and I'm concerned about how much this affects battery life not to mention I hate seeing the words "Incorrect" and "PROBLEM" in my log:

I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 18281
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 21317
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 27467
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 28481
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 18778
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 17489
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 16977
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 17730
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 22082
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 30307
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 17440
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 16967
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 18994
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 20034
I/Wimax ( 161): Incorrect header was received
E/Wimax ( 161): proVersion is 21577
As surprising as it is, these are acceptable and normal.

Thanks OP, the solution definitely works, confirmed by driving through about 5-6 4g zones last night while listening to Pandora, and it would pick 4g up nicely as it should


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swatspyder

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Dec 27, 2007
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As surprising as it is, these are acceptable and normal.

Thanks OP, the solution definitely works, confirmed by driving through about 5-6 4g zones last night while listening to Pandora, and it would pick 4g up nicely as it should


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Thank you for testing it on your drive. The only issue we can run into, like flipz said, is battery drain if the 4G radio is left on. So the best option is to turn it off if you are not using it or if it is not plugged in.

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mrkmrk

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May 19, 2010
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Unsure of whether this is related, but WiFi Tether has been terrible since I fixed my 4G. Granted, I hadn't used it since 4G broke, but...

Anyway, it connects just fine. Works just fine. After a while (could be 8 minutes, could be 20...), the wifi icon in my systray gets the little exclamation point (indicating a connection, but no internet access), and then promptly loses sight of the phone's connection. Simply doesn't appear in the list of networks at all. Works again if I disable and re-enable tethering, but then the process repeats. 4G is steadily connected at 3 bars the whole time.

Any thoughts, anybody? WiFi Tether is unusable like this, in which case there's little point in my using 4G at all :(.

EDIT: Baked Snack 9.6 w/ netarchy's 3.6.4 build, as well as Frozen Eclair 3.2 (though this happened previous to my installing Frozen Eclair, so that's probably not important), if that matters at all.
 
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swatspyder

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Dec 27, 2007
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Unsure of whether this is related, but WiFi Tether has been terrible since I fixed my 4G. Granted, I hadn't used it since 4G broke, but...

Anyway, it connects just fine. Works just fine. After a while (could be 8 minutes, could be 20...), the wifi icon in my systray gets the little exclamation point (indicating a connection, but no internet access), and then promptly loses sight of the phone's connection. Simply doesn't appear in the list of networks at all. Works again if I disable and re-enable tethering, but then the process repeats. 4G is steadily connected at 3 bars the whole time.

Any thoughts, anybody? WiFi Tether is unusable like this, in which case there's little point in my using 4G at all :(.

EDIT: Baked Snack 9.6 w/ netarchy's 3.6.4 build, as well as Frozen Eclair 3.2 (though this happened previous to my installing Frozen Eclair, so that's probably not important), if that matters at all.

Unfortunately this is not related to this fix (my tethering is working fine on Fresh EVO 1.0.1), but you might look into uninstalling wifi tether and download the most recent update from google code, 2.0.5. http://code.google.com/p/android-wifi-tether/downloads/list

See if that fixes your issue.

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mrkmrk

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May 19, 2010
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Austin, TX.
I've tried that, but it couldn't hurt to try again. Thanks for the suggestion; and I'll be out of this thread, since I'm off-topic :).
 

swatspyder

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Dec 27, 2007
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I've tried that, but it couldn't hurt to try again. Thanks for the suggestion; and I'll be out of this thread, since I'm off-topic :).

There is a bug report on this issue on google code. "PC loses IP address."

One suggested fix if it continues to happen with your computer, is to disable WEP encryption from within Android WiFi Tether. The problem with this workaround, is that you are going to be broadcasting everything in the clear. Your wireless traffic will be subject to sniffing. Of course this essentially would be irrelevant if someone captured your WEP key and then sniffed and decrypted your traffic... Until Froyo comes out with WPA2 encryption, then it will be generally unlikely that your wireless traffic will be compromised.

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    Originally posted here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=717307&page=3

    This is a confirmed fix for the long lag time (5+ minutes) to reconnect after losing a 4G signal.
    Those of us using a rom with the newest software 1.47.651.1 have been having issues with the 4G connection not reconnecting when losing 4G signal. These instructions fix this problem.


    Requirements:
    Your MSL code (See Here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=697487)

    Instructions:
    Turn OFF your 4G radio if it is turned on!
    1) Click on phone and dial ##DATA# (##3282#)
    2) Click on "Edit Mode"
    3) Type in your MSL code (see above if you don't have it yet)
    4) Click on the menu entry "WiMAX"
    5) Scroll down the list and click on "WiMAX_Scan_Retry(s)"
    6) Enter the number 15 and click "OK" (This equals 15 seconds instead of 300 seconds)
    7) Scroll down the list and click on "WiMAX_Entry_Delay(s)"
    8) Enter the number 0 and click "OK" (This equals 0 seconds instead of 300 seconds)
    9) Press the "Menu" key and click on "Commit Modifications"
    10) Grab a cup of coffee, get a bite to eat, or sit back and wait for your EVO to restart

    Testing:

    1) Go to your phone's settings and click on "Wireless & networks"
    2) Scroll down and click on 4G settings
    3) Click on 4G to turn it on and wait for the status to change to "Connected to Sprint"
    4) Without touching any of the menu items, cover the top half of your phone with your hands until the status changes to "Scanning..."
    5) Uncover the top of the phone and count the seconds until it says "Connecting to Sprint"
    6) Realize that you no longer have to cycle the 4G radio to reconnect :D

    Result:
    After modifying my EVO and my girlfriend's EVO and inputting these changes, the phone will reconnect to the 4G tower in as little as 20 seconds!
    Yes, 20 seconds, the most I have seen so far is 30 seconds after dropping the connection. This is a HUGE improvement over the 5+ minutes to reconnect (300+ seconds).
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    After applying Geniusdog254's [GUIDE - YMMV] Connect to 4G sooner & stay on longer then this I actually get 4G's in my home when before I couldn't. After making the dog's changes I could get 4G at the house windows, and after adding these changes I can get it all through the house. Albeit POOR, but that is better than broke.

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