XT862 always showing 0dB GSM reception

[rojocapo]

Hi guys,

I've had my Droid 3 since October and I've tried all sorts of SteelDroid, CM9, AOKP ROMS since day one.

With all the ROMS, including VZW stock the dB info shown in *#*#INFO#*#* is 0dB.

My provider is Movistar Argentina and I have HSDPA service. The radio works ok, not awesome, but ok. I have to reboot the phone sometimes and I lose calls and SMS, but not very frequently.

I have tried reflashing the radio with Chinese XT883 but it also shows 0dB all the time.

What do I have to change in build.prop to get the proper signal level displayed?

Thanks in advance,
Axel

 

[DoubleYouPee]

What about settings > about phone > status?

 

[rojocapo]

What about settings > about phone > status?

Signal strength 0dBm 97 asu

Mobile network type
UMTS:3

 

[danifunker]

I have noticed the same issue on AOKP since build 4.0.4 (I think that was almost a month ago)

 

[MrObvious]

I have the same thing. I'm using T-Mobile and will see if I can figure it out.

 

[rojocapo]

Flashed to 5.7.906 and now dBm is not stuck at zero anymore.

BTW Maverick 4.0 is pretty nice. I don't miss ICS and the camera is fully supported

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[MrObvious]

Flashed to 5.7.906 and now dBm is not stuck at zero anymore.

BTW Maverick 4.0 is pretty nice. I don't miss ICS and the camera is fully supported

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Would flashing .906 make it work on ICS 4.0.4?

 

[rojocapo]

Would flashing .906 make it work on ICS 4.0.4?

My D3 has GB 5.7.906 with MavROM as non-safe system and AOKP nightly 25/April on the safe system. The dBm indicator works fine in GB but in ICS it's stuck at zero. Probably something to do with build.prop since I've been editting it manually.

 

[MrObvious]

No it actually has to do with the new 4.0.4 code and Hash hasn't been able to fix it since he has CDMA service. I suggested he get a T-Mobile SIM to see. The data is there though. I downloaded a signal widget for now.

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[cool2be]

Would flashing .906 make it work on ICS 4.0.4?

Method #1
For those under .906 version:
You will need to be "Root"
1. Using Root Explorer (or other similar ap), go to "/system" folder
2. FInd build.prop
3. Backup it up (copy as build.prop.bak)
4. Make mount.R/W (in the left rigt corner of Root Explorer) to R/O
5. Open build.prop with text editor (long tap on build.prop and choose text editing)
6. Add to the end of file next code:
# THE CODE for better gprs, 3g reception
ro.ril.hsxpa=3
ro.ril.gprsclass=12
ro.ril.hep=1
ro.ril.enable.dtm=1
ro.ril.hsdpa.category=28
ro.ril.enable.a53=1
ro.ril.enable.3g.prefix=1
ro.ril.htcmaskw1.bitmask=4294967295
ro.ril.htcmaskw1=14449
ro.ril.hsupa.category=9


7. Save and exit from build.prop
8. Reboot
P.S. You might feel the difference only after 2 or more restarts

Caution! Causes the battery to last less and you do this on your own risk.

 

[MrObvious]

So doing that will fix it?

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