[ROM][NOUGAT][QUARK][AOKP 7.?]DROID Turbo/Moto MAXX

[kitcostantino]

i speak zero, but still watch City of God on Netflix every now and then just to remind myself of the nuances i do not fully understand. i speak a bit of Spanish, a bit of Italian (Sicilian dialect), and know enough German to properly offend native speakers. i love languages, but never followed through with any to fluency aside from English.

in hindsight, i wish i had known you in my Nine Inch Nails collecting days. Broken in an actual jewel case vs the cardboard digipack the rest of the world got was wicked hard to find. lol. and it was a Brasil only version.

 

[newbe1droidx]

I barely speak English but I love cheese rolls!!!

 

[priccis]

Anyone experiencing random signal loss? In the last two builds and in the last 2 weeks it is happening to me several times a day (5 ~ 6 times). The signal will completely go away and the only way to bring it back is restarting the phone (tried airplane mode and soft restart with no help).
It happens most the time when I answer my phone. Few seconds in the call and I'll hear a bip and then no signal. But it also happens when browsing or tethering.
One thing I've noticed some times is that when the signal goes away, a pop up of one my apps will ask me if I want to give it access to the USB device. As far as I know, the radio module is connected via USB to the motherboard of the phone, so maybe is a kernel issue or a hardware issue.

Obviously, before posting I made a clean flash of the lastest build and flashed the modem cleaner zip.

Any ideas of what's going on? Someone with the same issue?

 

[NepoRood]

Anyone experiencing random signal loss? In the last two builds and in the last 2 weeks it is happening to me several times a day (5 ~ 6 times). The signal will completely go away and the only way to bring it back is restarting the phone (tried airplane mode and soft restart with no help).
It happens most the time when I answer my phone. Few seconds in the call and I'll hear a bip and then no signal. But it also happens when browsing or tethering.
One thing I've noticed some times is that when the signal goes away, a pop up of one my apps will ask me if I want to give it access to the USB device. As far as I know, the radio module is connected via USB to the motherboard of the phone, so maybe is a kernel issue or a hardware issue.

Obviously, before posting I made a clean flash of the lastest build and flashed the modem cleaner zip.

Any ideas of what's going on? Someone with the same issue?

The room I hang out in doesn't have very good reception (as far as "bars" go). I often make/receive calls without a "signal". But what you are describing appears to be complete loss of working access point...

A) Check your APN, make sure it's correct (if it''s on Straight Talk, and you're a VZW client, delete the Straight Talk APN)
2) Try going back a radio, I'm on the ".04R", and don't have any problems, you may want to drop back to .03 or the .02 (search this forum)
C) Do you live in a "low signal area", I'm in a "4G/LTE" town, weird that I can lose signal but still have data...

 

[priccis]

The room I hang out in doesn't have very good reception (as far as "bars" go). I often make/receive calls without a "signal". But what you are describing appears to be complete loss of working access point...

A) Check your APN, make sure it's correct (if it''s on Straight Talk, and you're a VZW client, delete the Straight Talk APN)
2) Try going back a radio, I'm on the ".04R", and don't have any problems, you may want to drop back to .03 or the .02 (search this forum)
C) Do you live in a "low signal area", I'm in a "4G/LTE" town, weird that I can lose signal but still have data...

Thanks NepoRood for your fast reply and great ROM.
Yes, it is a complete loss of access point, and some times, even after a first reboot my device will stay in a "no sim" mode (the signal bar won't appear and only a stroked sim will appear in the status bar), needing another reboot to fix.

A) Checked my APN and it's ok
2) Good point, i forgot to try this before posting. will try upgrading to .04R (I was there time ago but rolled back to .03 back when there was a problem with tethering, already fixed by you, to see if that was going to fix it). The problem, and the reason I'm not on .04R is that many of the modems available in the forum to flash puts me on a boot loop, and I can't remember which works (SU4TL-49_bl-radio_twrp.zip OR MCG24.251-5-5 ModemFsg.zip OR MCG24.251-5-5 Radios BL-New.zip OR other)
C) I'm in the same area I've been the whole time, even when I had not this problem (2 weeks back and earlier)

 

[NepoRood]

MCG24.251-5-5 ModemFsg.zip

This one is the .04R

 

[priccis]

This one is the .04R

Thanks, that was the one that works indeed.

But the issue persists... In the interval of 3 hours since flashing .04R I've lost signal 2 times, needing to reboot.
I was able to capture the screen with the message that pops the second the signal loss occurs. Attached. (I talked about this in my first post about the issue)

One thing I've noticed some times is that when the signal goes away, a pop up of one my apps will ask me if I want to give it access to the USB device. As far as I know, the radio module is connected via USB to the motherboard of the phone, so maybe is a kernel issue or a hardware issue.

 

[ChazzMatt]

Thanks, that was the one that works indeed.

But the issue persists... In the interval of 3 hours since flashing .04R I've lost signal 2 times, needing to reboot.
I was able to capture the screen with the message that pops the second the signal loss occurs. Attached. (I talked about this in my first post about the issue)

I'm going to ask a stupid question. You don't have any kind of USB OTG device or other USB cable cord attached to your phone? Because it sounds like it's asking to access some kind of media.

 

[priccis]

I'm going to ask a stupid question. You don't have any kind of USB OTG device or other USB cable cord attached to your phone? Because it sounds like it's asking to access some kind of media.

Thanks ChazzMatt,
I don't have anything connected to the USB.
You are right, that message is the one that pops up when you connect something via USB OTG (example: a USB flash drive), and no, I'm not connecting anything... Not even the charger.
That's why I mentioned that the 4g/3g modem (radio chip, antenna or whatever it is called) is connected via USB to our phones motherboard.
It is like: a) the kernel, while communicating with the radio, encounters some error, the connection is killed and 'plugged' again, so the phone thinks a new USB device is connected, but doesn't know what to do (since the connection is normally made at the boot sequence) and the 'new device connected, what to do with it' message pops up (image attached earlier)
b) there is a physical problem with my phone (since no one else is having the same issue), that appeared spontaneously (because I hadn't dropped my phone, nor spilled water on it).

I have to add 2 comments,1) the signal loss does not occurs when I, for example, shake my device. There's nothing apparently loose inside it. The signal loss can occur even with the screen off and the phone sitting still in a table. 2) today I realized that when the signal loss occurs, the GPS won't work either. Normally, GPS works even in airplane mode.

I don't what to give up on my droid turbo easily. It's getting really annoying and inconvenient, but I don't have money for a new phone as good as this one. Any light on the issue is greatly appreciated.

 

[NepoRood]

Thanks ChazzMatt,
I don't have anything connected to the USB.
You are right, that message is the one that pops up when you connect something via USB OTG (example: a USB flash drive), and no, I'm not connecting anything... Not even the charger.
That's why I mentioned that the 4g/3g modem (radio chip, antenna or whatever it is called) is connected via USB to our phones motherboard.
It is like: a) the kernel, while communicating with the radio, encounters some error, the connection is killed and 'plugged' again, so the phone thinks a new USB device is connected, but doesn't know what to do (since the connection is normally made at the boot sequence) and the 'new device connected, what to do with it' message pops up (image attached earlier)
b) there is a physical problem with my phone (since no one else is having the same issue), that appeared spontaneously (because I hadn't dropped my phone, nor spilled water on it).

I have to add 2 comments,1) the signal loss does not occurs when I, for example, shake my device. There's nothing apparently loose inside it. The signal loss can occur even with the screen off and the phone sitting still in a table. 2) today I realized that when the signal loss occurs, the GPS won't work either. Normally, GPS works even in airplane mode.

I don't what to give up on my droid turbo easily. It's getting really annoying and inconvenient, but I don't have money for a new phone as good as this one. Any light on the issue is greatly appreciated.

Have you experienced this on any of the other Quark ROMs? (RR, crDroid or Stock based?) You should also test with clean install, don't restore or add any 3rd party apps, and see if the problem persists.

 

[priccis]

Have you experienced this on any of the other Quark ROMs? (RR, crDroid or Stock based?) You should also test with clean install, don't restore or add any 3rd party apps, and see if the problem persists.

I haven't tested any other ROM since this issue started, but I will.
And yes, I tested (your ROM) with clean install without restoring, or installing apps. I tried also with a newer version of open gapps.
Any way, it's probably not your ROM if no one else is having the same issue.

A last question, is there any log I can analyze?

Thanks for your help!

 

[saifjaf]

Excellent rom!!! Better battery then stock roms. Very stable using since the last week. Just can anyone guide me i need network traffic speed on my status bar.

 

[monsterlucifer]

Excellent rom!!! Better battery then stock roms. Very stable using since the last week. Just can anyone guide me i need network traffic speed on my status bar.

Settings > ROM Control > Swipe Left Menu > Statusbar > Network Traffic

 

[saifjaf]

Settings > ROM Control > Swipe Left Menu > Statusbar > Network Traffic

Wow thanks man!!

 

[Watevah]

Is WiFi router working ok in this rom? In some roms it doesn't work, what keeps me away, because I really need this feature.

Tks

You may be right, since he's translating from Portuguese to English. Something may be lost in translation.

But tethering/hotspot is a routine feature in all custom ROMs. Why is he staying away from Quark custom ROMs because he heard it doesn't work? WHERE has he heard that feature doesn't work on Quark ROMs?

The exception is when tethering doesn't work. And speak of the devil, there is an exception right now but it's not this ROM. Every dev who has a Quark ROM who's been active in these Quark for more than 3 months -- all their ROMs have Hotspot/tethering and it's so assumed it's not really even discussed much. (Yes, occasionally something may break that feature, but it's quickly fixed in the next release.) The exception is from someone who doesn't seem to own a Quark and therefore can't test everything, and that's all I'll say.

In that case, then Yes, WiFi tethering works, last I tried it anyway. It's not something I use that often, or ever actually




Accidents will happen, at least you never got rid of your Turbo

Actually, just two days ago I tried using the WiFi tethering feature for the first time in the last year (or two?) and I have to say it doesn't really work. The other phone would try to authenticate and connect but the connection is instantly dropped. Just now tried it with a different device, it's all the same.

It's one of those features you don't really care about until you actually have to use it for once. I'm on the 17/04 release atm, going to flash the 08/05 update tonight and see if it works.

 

[ChazzMatt]

Actually, just two days ago I tried using the WiFi tethering feature for the first time in the last year (or two?) and I have to say it doesn't really work. The other phone would try to authenticate and connect but the connection is instantly dropped. Just now tried it with a different device, it's all the same.

It's one of those features you don't really care about until you actually have to use it for once. I'm on the 17/04 release atm, going to flash the 08/05 update tonight and see if it works.

Seems like others would have mentioned any problems as it's a default, expected and much used feature.
@NepoRood?

 

[Watevah]

Seems like others would have mentioned any problems as it's a default, expected and much used feature.
@NepoRood?

Well, I guess we can ask for some input from other Turbo owners, if most of them don't even use it, how would they know it's broken?

 

[ChazzMatt]

Well, I guess we can ask for some input from other Turbo owners, if most of them don't even use it, how would they know it's broken?

Too many people have asked for it. That's why I said it's "much used."

Seems like others would have mentioned any problems as it's a default, expected and much used feature.
@NepoRood?

However, I have only used it when I was last in Brazil two years ago. And I'm not on any Nougat ROMs yet. So, other users will have to tell you if they are using it or not.

 

[gimpy1]

Hey, Chazz, you better get on the stick. They're starting to come out with "O" pretty quick. You'll be two updates behind then.??

 

[ChazzMatt]

Hey, Chazz, you better get on the stick. They're starting to come out with "O" pretty quick. You'll be two updates behind then.??

Might just skip and go straight to O. Supposed to REALLY speed up your phone.

Android O wants to make your phone twice as fast
https://www.cnet.com/products/google-android-o/preview/

REVIEW:
ANDROID O PUBLIC BETA: OUR FIRST TAKE
https://www.digitaltrends.com/android/android-o-news/

Android O packs improvements like AI-powered notifications, improved Bluetooth audio, better battery life, and more.
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Google is also speeding up Android, in general. The company announced that through a number of operating system optimizations, boot time is now faster and apps should run a lot better. It is also implementing “wise limits” on apps that run in the background — ensuring they do not take up too much battery life and processing.